After My Master Betrayed Me, I Proved the Dao

When Gu Xun later thought back to the day she died, she could barely remember the faces of the righteous people, or even the pain of dying.

Only Ye Xing'an's face, and every word he said, remained crystal clear in her memory.

She lay dying on the ground, rain washing the blood away until it snaked to his feet. He lifted a fragment of her divine bone, then turned and walked away with his sword on his back.

His back was tall and handsome, just as it had been when they first met. She had loved him for years.

In a hoarse voice, she asked him, “Master, why?”

Ye Xing'an didn't turn around. He spoke each word slowly and clearly. “Immortals must act for the sake of all living beings.”

Gu Xun began to tremble. She couldn't tell if it was from pain or something else.

“...She's one of all living beings. Am I not?”

The thing in her arms dug painfully into her chest. Summoning the last of her strength, Gu Xun hurled it at Ye Xing'an's back and screamed,

“If there's another life... If there's another life...”

She died before she could finish.

So she never knew that Ye Xing'an carried her divine bone down the mountain, as a hundred thousand cultivators watched in silence while his white robes were stained with blood. He walked through the crowd and placed the bone on the altar.

They praised and congratulated him, calling him noble, just, kindhearted, and virtuous, a paragon for the cultivation world.

Ye Xing'an smiled faintly, drew his sword, and laid it against his own throat. Calmly, he said, “My unruly disciple is afraid of the dark and needs someone to keep her company. Take care of yourselves. I, Ye, will go on ahead.”

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After death, Gu Xun opened her eyes and returned to when she was seventeen.

At the immortal sect's selection, she defeated everyone and claimed first place. Ye Xing'an asked her, “What do you want?”

Gu Xun grinned. “Master, please cast me out of the sect.”

Ye Xing'an's expression changed drastically. He snapped, “No.”

“Why not?” Gu Xun asked in surprise. “Master promised that if I won the competition, you'd grant one wish of mine.”

“In this life and every life to come, all I wish is to grow old without ever having anything to do with you again, Master.”

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Later, the same calamity struck the world, and the same hundred thousand cultivators surrounded Jingning Mountain.

This time, Ye Xing'an became a demon, and Gu Xun's sword pierced his heart. His face deathly pale and blood at the corner of his mouth, he asked with a bitter laugh, “Why?”

Gu Xun smiled faintly and replied softly, “Immortals must act for the sake of all living beings.”

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The male and female leads are both reborn. Expect an angsty, old-school, groveling-after-the-breakup romance.

Theme: Relying on yourself is better than relying on a man.