After Being Punished by the Divine Lord

Yu Li had punished a cunning, despicable woman, Xu Hesi, many times.

The first time, he took away her beauty.

She had once used dark magic to bewitch him, making him her devoted servant.

To make her smile, he did one ridiculous thing after another, and in the end even married her.

It became the greatest humiliation of his life.

The second time, he struck her name from the list of disciples due for promotion. He forbade her from ever setting foot on the path to immortality, condemning her to wander the realm of demons and ghosts for the rest of her life, unable to rise and only able to fall further.

The third time, he discovered that she had hidden a sword forged from his divine blood. The sword spirit born within it kept accusing him of being heartless.

He broke the enchanted sword, killed the sword spirit, then reclaimed the divine blood left in its body, finally severing every last tie between himself and that woman.

Thousands of years passed. He had long since sealed away her name. She was so despicable that he did not even want to remember it.

Xu Hesi had repaid the Divine Lord three times.

The first time, his life was nearing its end.

She used her inborn power of seduction to bargain with the Ghost Doctor, ensuring Yu Li survived his tribulation.

The second time, he was tormented by his inner demon.

She was captured by a demonic serpent and had her gallbladder cut out while she was still alive, yet she did not dare make a sound that might disturb his state of mind.

The third time, she went to the Ghost Doctor again, hoping to find a way to stop being Yu Li's inner demon.

She got her answer, but the price was her freedom. From then on, she had to remain by the Ghost Doctor's side and serve him as his medicinal slave.

For someone as vain and greedy as her, freedom was not all that important.

So she had not really lost anything, nor did she resent Yu Li for despising her. In fact, she could understand how he felt.

She was the speck of dust in his flawless world. Even if he brushed her away, she had once been there.

She was grateful that he had helped her when she was in trouble. He had not only saved her life, but also treated her as the person he cherished most. Even if he had done all that because she bewitched him, those memories were still wonderful.

So although she had traded the only precious gift she possessed, her power of seduction, for his life, he owed her nothing. On the contrary, she was the one who owed him gratitude for his kindness and protection.

She clung to that foolish idea until he took the life of the sword spirit who had been her only companion.

She had begged him. Kneeling, she pleaded with him like a dog, asking him to kill her instead. He could take out his anger on her life, just don't kill the sword spirit.

He did not waver in the slightest. His sword pierced Xu Hesi's palm and plunged straight into the sword spirit's spiritual veins. Then he slowly drew it out and wiped the blood from the blade.

Much later, Yu Li let himself fall into the filthiest, most evil rift in the world. He exhausted every drop of blood in his body, desperate to find the name he had personally sealed inside the rift, only for countless abominations to tear it apart until nothing remained.

Xu Hesi watched from the side, her expression unchanged.

All she had to do was tell him her name. There was no need to go to such lengths.

But she was no longer willing.

They must never have anything to do with each other again. Not even a name or a single tear should connect them.

Theme: See things through to the end