Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess

Xiao Lingqiu's compromise undoubtedly cleared the biggest external obstacle on Jiang Shouzhong's path to becoming Emperor.

Though Yanrong thus lost the opportunity to contend for the tempting prize that was Dazhou, incorporating Nanjin Country smoothly into the map also dissolved some of Xiao Lingqiu's long-held grievances.

Once a woman makes up her mind to let go of past obsessions, she often embraces the present with an exceedingly passionate attitude.

In the following days, Jiang Shouzhong and Xiao Lingqiu, along with Yelü Miaomiao, indulged in ongoing entanglements.

Xiao Lingqiu was unwilling to rest for even a moment.

Meanwhile, Miaomiao was either pushing, or amid the process of pushing.

Curiously, however, in the days that followed, the sky remained draped in persistent drizzle, its canopy gloomy, with no sign of the sun appearing.

This made Jiang Shouzhong, endowed with the Heavenly Divine Fortune, keenly perceive some anomalies.

In his heart, he vaguely guessed that these strange phenomena might be caused by Li Guanshi.

...

The dense drizzle gently sprinkled onto the placid lake surface, stirring circles of subtle ripples.

This was the Mirror Lake.

The very lake that Li Guanshi had insisted on visiting with Jiang Shouzhong previously.

She returned to this place once more.

At this moment, she sat cross-legged at the lake bottom, encircled by a light purple glow.

Raindrops struck the water surface, creating circular ripples, invisibly stirring the surrounding lake water, raising tiny water patterns around the woman.

Who knows how long passed before Li Guanshi suddenly opened her eyes.

Those circular ripples swiftly expanded, enclosing large segments of the lake water, then slowly contracted, accompanied by a slight "sizzle".

In an instant, steam rose.

Forming strands of Karma Lines of varying thickness, appearing and disappearing, surrounding the woman.

"Boom——"

A colossal sound like the collapse of heaven and earth shattered the temporary tranquility.

Countless bolts of lightning intertwined frantically within the dark clouds, converging, looming over Mirror Lake, dancing in the air like fierce pythons, raging and roaring.

It seemed as if the Heavenly Humans were giving a warning.

Simultaneously, three figures rushed from different directions.

They were Jiang Wan, Yan Changqing, and Ye Zhuchan.

Jiang Wan gazed upward at the sky, which appeared both furious and slightly panicked, sighed gently, and said: "It seems those folks up there are truly alarmed, my junior sister has ultimately embarked on this path of no return."

She turned to Yan Changqing, revealing a smile: "You understand why she is doing this, don't you?"

Yan Changqing nodded solemnly and slowly said: "I've guessed, so I gave her a piece of Karma, which is essentially a sword."

Jiang Wan remarked emotionally: "Even you, the Sword Demon, has given away your last sword, it seems I, Jiang Wan, can no longer be selfish."

"Sword of the Masses!"

The woman's arm swung.

In an instant, countless sword souls flew from the bodies of Dazhou's millions, densely intertwined, forming an extremely enormous sword.

The Sword of the Masses aimed straight at the storm clouds.

Jiang Wan looked at Ye Zhuchan: "Girl, assist your master in paving the way, shall you?"

Ye Zhuchan gazed downward at the boiling lake with an expression complicated and unreadable.

She murmured:

"Father Emperor once told me, birth, aging, sickness, and death are natural constants, but there shouldn't be so much suffering among humanity.

Those immortals above, for the sake of so-called immortality, transferred diseases and calamities originally meant for them to ordinary people, making them bear the burden.

Even, to seize the lifespan of ordinary people, deliberately stirring wars, creating disasters... From then on, I vowed to give the world justice."

Ye Zhuchan slowly raised her delicate hand.

A resplendent golden Phoenix emerged behind her, transforming into a sharp sword.

The Phoenix Sword glowed all around, emanating a fearful pressure.

"The Heavenly Dao is unkind——"

As Ye Zhuchan grasped the sword's hilt, the blade burst forth with a brilliance piercing to the heavens, "Then let us forge anew the Dao of humanity!"

With a woman's resonant call, the Phoenix Gold Sword, like an arrow released from its string, shot rapidly toward the sky with unstoppable momentum.

Jiang Wan wielded the Sword of the Masses.

Yan Changqing threw back his head abruptly, gulped down a mouthful of fiery liquor, then shot skyward.

His body gradually transformed into an exceedingly massive long sword.

Three distinct streams of Sword Qi converged to form a spiraling light column, stirring the heavy storm clouds into a gigantic vortex.

The celestial phenomena attracted the attention of all cultivators, faintly sensing fluctuations within their spiritual power.

At the bottom of Mirror Lake, Li Guanshi's green tresses moved without wind.

Her pale fingertips traced through the void, severing each Karma Line, causing vast tidal waves to erupt from the lake surface.

Cutting off the bond between master and disciple.

Severing the bond between sisters.

One by one, the Karma Lines broke, turning to nothingness.

When the final line entwined with emotions towards Jiang Shouzhong emerged, the entire Mirror Lake suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Differing from the previous Karma Lines, this one between her and Jiang Shouzhong was more radiant, seemingly unbreakable.

Interwoven with emotions of joy, sorrow, sweetness, and helplessness.

Li Guanshi's hand began to tremble slightly.

This time, her actions were no longer as decisive and swift as before.

Countless complex expressions flashed across her eyes, with reluctance, fondness, struggle...

"Shouzhong..."

The woman murmured softly, her voice carrying unprecedented gentleness and sadness, as if squeezed out from the depths of her soul.

Easy to fall into emotions, difficult to sever.

Memories with him flashed through her mind like film strips, tightly gripping her heart.