Back to the Demon Lord's Youth

[The Final Day]

Jiang Yu stood on a cliff battered by fierce westerly winds, with the unfathomable Abyss of the Underworld behind her.

If she fell, the evil spirits would tear her to pieces, leaving not even a trace behind.

Her pursuers had surrounded the entire cliff. Mu Changzhou stepped out of the crowd and gazed at her, his expression dark.

“If you dare jump, I will make all three realms perish with you!”

[Some Memories]

Jiang Yu was the weakest little immortal in all the Celestial Realm. She spent her days carefree and unambitious.

Yet the elders of the Celestial Realm entrusted her with the task of saving all three realms.

She would return to five hundred years ago and eliminate Mu Changzhou, the Netherworld Demon Lord who would one day destroy the three realms.

There were two ways to do it: kill him outright, or stop him from falling to darkness.

Jiang Yu, a lazy little fish, naturally chose the first option. Five hundred years ago, Mu Changzhou was just a cultivator who had recently joined the immortal sect. Killing him would be a piece of cake.

But when Jiang Yu hurried to the training grounds with her sword in hand, ready to slay the future demon, she saw the frail young man being trampled beneath someone's feet, covered in blood and utterly miserable.

Unable to stand by, Jiang Yu charged in and gave those people a thorough beating, saving the young man.

Unable to bring herself to kill him, Jiang Yu decided to use the second method: stay by Mu Changzhou's side and prevent the incident that would make him fall to darkness.

But the longer she stayed with him, the stranger the young man's gaze became.

[Unfinished Ending]

At the edge of the cliff, Jiang Yu gently shook her head. “You won't.”

Then she turned and leaped into the abyss without hesitation.

“Xiao Yu, no!”

Mu Changzhou's anguished cry echoed through the ravine.

Countless evil spirits surged toward her and slowly dragged her into the abyss.

Jiang Yu simply smiled through her tears.

Mu Changzhou, you were born an immortal. You should not descend into the path of evil.

Today, I will turn the tides with my own flesh and blood,

and let you be reborn through the flames.

She slowly closed her eyes, waiting for everything to settle.

But then a familiar figure suddenly appeared in her vision...

Mu Changzhou had jumped after her!

[There is a twist, but at heart this is still a classic, melodramatic groveling-for-forgiveness story. Proceed with caution if that's not your thing.]

Theme: No matter what hardships we face, we must keep striving forward.