The Eight Empresses Betrayed Me, Only to Deeply Regret It After Being Reborn-Chapter 108: Such a Bad Deception

Shangguan Huanling froze.

Her battles with the Purple Phoenix Great Emperor—two wins out of three—were actually because Lu Ye had contacted the Purple Phoenix Great Emperor in advance?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Great Emperors had their dignity. The Purple Phoenix Great Emperor was the pride among them. How could she possibly have thrown the fights on purpose?

Wouldn’t that be throwing away her own pride?

Seeing Shangguan Huanling’s face full of disbelief, Yue Hongling raised an eyebrow.

"What, you still don’t believe it?"

"Of course I don’t believe it!" Shangguan Huanling’s voice suddenly rose.

"Then what about the Heavenly Firmament Great Emperor? I challenged her completely on the spot, without telling anyone. Don’t tell me Lu Ye was secretly pulling strings behind that too!"

Yue Hongling burst out laughing—laughing happily, laughing mockingly.

"If you hadn’t brought that up, I might have let it go. But now that you did, I can’t help but laugh even more."

"When you approached the Heavenly Firmament Great Emperor, what did you use? You pulled out Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations, and then what else? Heavenly Venerable Fist!"

"Across all Nine Heavens, who doesn’t know that the Heavenly Venerable Fist is my senior brother’s strongest divine technique? Do you really think the Heavenly Firmament Great Emperor is stupid? The moment she sensed the aura of the Heavenly Venerable Fist from you, it was obvious you were one of Lu Ye’s people. Back then, when he taught it to you, it was precisely to stop you from going out and getting yourself killed."

"With your level of strength, provoking any old Great Emperor would’ve gotten you slapped into dust. But the moment you released the aura of the Heavenly Venerable Fist, it was like senior brother was clearly telling everyone: 'This is one of mine—of the Nine-Life Heavenly Venerable. If you lay a hand on her, prepare to face my retaliation.'"

"The Heavenly Firmament Great Emperor isn’t an idiot. Do you really think just flaring your aura could scare her into backing down?"

"No. It was the aura of the Heavenly Venerable Fist that made her realize who you were!"

"No, no, no..."

Shangguan Huanling stumbled back several steps.

Her knees nearly gave out—she almost collapsed to the ground.

Bai Qiulan hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

"Then what about my battles with the other seven of you?" Shangguan Huanling’s voice still carried a trace of hope. She had fought each of the other women.

Yue Hongling scoffed, about to speak—but suddenly remembered how senior brother had forced her to agree to go easy on Shangguan Huanling back then.

Her face flushed red.

That time, senior brother really had been... indescribable. Unimaginable.

Afterward, when Yue Hongling was lying there feeling like she was about to die, she received a recorded message from Lu Ye.

He had brought up many matters she ended up agreeing to—among them, letting Shangguan Huanling off a little in battle.

Of course, that had only been one small part.

Lu Ye knew Yue Hongling well. If he had directly told her to hold back against Shangguan Huanling, especially in vague terms, Yue Hongling would’ve gone ballistic on the spot.

She would’ve beaten the shit out of Shangguan Huanling, without question.

But Lu Ye had made all sorts of outrageous requests—some of them so shameful and extreme that, by comparison, going easy on Shangguan Huanling didn’t seem like anything at all.

So Yue Hongling had casually agreed.

Even then, when the time came for her to fight Shangguan Huanling, she still beat her up—then pretended to run out of Dao source and conceded the fight.

Yue Hongling didn’t say a word.

Bai Qiulan let out a sigh. Things ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) had come this far—might as well speak plainly.

"Before you challenged us, we did agree to go easy on you for Lu Ye’s sake."

At those words, the last glimmer of light vanished from Shangguan Huanling’s eyes.

Her body went limp—she could no longer stand.

No. No!

Tears welled up rapidly in Shangguan Huanling’s eyes as scenes from the past flashed through her mind.

"Your Dao... is gone?"

One day, Lu Ye had looked at her in disbelief.

Shangguan Huanling had sunk into utter despair over it as well.

"Brother Lu, I really don’t think I have any talent for cultivation. I’ve tried so hard, so why hasn’t my cultivation improved at all?"

At that moment, it was as if Lu Ye had suffered a devastating blow.

"Your Dao is gone... Your Dao was the Path of Sentiment..."

"How could it be gone? Why would it disappear? I swear, I never—"

"What?"

Lu Ye had forced a smile that looked even uglier than crying.

"It’s fine... it’s fine. So what if your Great Dao is gone? That doesn’t necessarily mean... doesn’t necessarily mean you have no talent for cultivation."

"You wait for me. I’ll figure something out for you!"

After that, Lu Ye tried every method he could think of to restore her Dao.

He played with her, made her laugh, gave her treasures...

But nothing restored it.

Helpless, Lu Ye had no choice but to consider another route: to give Shangguan Huanling a different Dao.

But the Great Dao... how could it possibly be replaced once it’s gone?

Maybe for a peerless genius—but for someone like Shangguan Huanling, the implications were obvious.

Later, Lu Ye exhausted himself searching for divine medicine and even brought her along when he ascended.

She could feel how tired Lu Ye had become. So one day, she told him to stop worrying about her.

Of course, that wasn’t something she truly meant from the heart.

And Lu Ye had smiled and said,

"No abandoning, no giving up—this is the Steel Seventh Company!"

Shangguan Huanling: ???

Eventually, when Lu Ye discovered the Demonic Heaven-Swallowing Sutra, he began guiding her to cultivate it.

From the Demonic Heaven-Swallowing Sutra, to the Heaven-Swallowing Heart Sutra, then to the Heaven-Swallowing Dao Scripture, and finally the Origin-Swallowing Heaven Scripture—

She had finally stepped back onto a real cultivation path.

Even without a Dao, her realm rose at a terrifying speed.

Not only did she catch up with the other seven women—she even showed signs of surpassing them. Her confidence soared.

But Lu Ye had always warned her: never fight others. She had no Dao. Even if her realm was high, her actual combat ability was weak.

With her rapid growth in cultivation, she naturally refused to accept that.

She demanded that Lu Ye teach her powerful combat techniques. But Lu Ye refused.

She didn’t accept that.

So she began training combat techniques on her own.

But she kept failing.

Eventually, she kept pestering Lu Ye so much that he gave in and carefully selected three techniques for her to train in:

Heavenly Demon Blood-Escape Technique.

Heavenly Silkworm Nine Transformations.

And Lu Ye’s strongest: Heavenly Venerable Fist.

One memory after another resurfaced before Shangguan Huanling’s eyes, and tears streamed down her face.

"You had me cultivate the Origin-Swallowing Heaven Scripture just to turn me into a flower vase, a waste, a laughingstock for everyone?"

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Shangguan Huanling’s voice trembled with anguish.

Yue Hongling, who had just been reminiscing fondly about that certain time, suddenly shot to her feet at those words.

Her eyes sharpened as she glared at Shangguan Huanling.

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

Shangguan Huanling gave a dazed smile.

"What could I possibly mean? What could I possibly mean? You all have your Daos—but I don’t. I’m the weakest. What could I mean?"

"Origin-Swallowing Heaven Scripture... hahaha... what a joke. A scripture that only raises cultivation but doesn’t touch the Dao. He really fooled me so badly. So badly!"