Chapter 327 All Deserve to Die

Is the Devourbeast making a move against Lu Ye?

Bai Qiulan frowned deeply.

She’d suffered through Chaos Venom’s freezing torment many times, but it hadn’t dulled her mind.

Hadn’t she just watched the Devourbeast get pummeled by the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens’ power?

A Devourbeast that got wrecked the second it showed itself—how could it possibly attack Lu Ye?

"I need your help with this," An Li said.

Bai Qiulan’s heart sank.

She knew working with An Li was like bargaining with a tiger, but she had no other choice.

She hadn’t expected An Li to show her claws this fast.

"How can I help?"

With no way out, Bai Qiulan had no choice but to tie herself to An Li’s ship.

An Li replied, "My original plan was to use the Dark Cult to create a strong conduit between me and the Devourbeast. But who knew the Dark Cult would fall so fast?"

Honestly, An Li never expected Lu Ye to side with the Heavenly Gate in this life. Back in her past life, when she met Lu Ye, he and the Heavenly Gate were already at each other’s throats—hell, they’d fought tooth and nail.

In her past life, she hadn’t met Lu Ye in the Fourth Heaven but in the outer realms.

She wasn’t human—she was something else entirely.

Last time around, Lu Ye had dragged her back from the outer realms. This time, she’d come to the Nine Heavens on her own, only to get stuck in the Fourth Heaven right away.

Because the Heavenly Gate had sniffed out the Dark Cult’s corruption, leading to its destruction and severing the connection between An Li and the Devourbeast.

That’s why they desperately needed Bai Qiulan to swear loyalty to the Dark Origin.

"So with the Dark Cult gone, I’m your only option for a conduit between the Devourbeast and the Dark Origin?" Bai Qiulan asked.

"Yes!"

"And if I say no?"

An Li couldn’t help but laugh.

"Come on, Elder Sister Bai, we’re past pretending—let’s cut the crap."

"You’re on board, aren’t you?"

Unwilling? She was in too deep to back out now.

Even if An Li told the Devourbeast to kick Bai Qiulan out, would she even dare to go?

Now her only option was to ride with An Li—straight to hell.

No way out.

Bai Qiulan’s eyes flicked to Yue Hongling, encased in ice. "Why not use her as the conduit instead?"

An Li shook her head.

"No way!"

"Why?"

"Because she has never allied with me!"

This also meant that Yue Hongling had never been corrupted by the Source of Darkness.

Yue Hongling remained herself.

Bai Qiulan grew inexplicably frustrated. Yue Hongling had already gone so completely mad, become so vicious—how could she still not be corrupted by the Dark Origin?

So Yue Hongling was wicked by nature.

If she hadn’t been corrupted, she wouldn’t have done such things.

"What impact will serving as a conduit have on me?" Bai Qiulan asked.

"Nothing major. From now on, you will simply become a part of the Dark Origin. It’s perfectly normal. I, too, am part of the Dark Origin now. Do you see a problem with that?"

An Li pivoted, her black dress swirling, her skin appearing starkly pale against the dark fabric—elegant and beautiful.

"The Dark Origin is, in essence, a different kind of Providence. If the Dark Origin replaces the current Providence, then the Dark Origin will become the one true Providence."

"So, what are you worried about?"

"This world has always belonged to the victors. Victors rule, losers grovel. As long as we succeed, the current Providence will, in ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, a million years, become the fallen Providence!"

"And we—we will be the exalted beings who bring about a new world, a new Providence!"

An Li’s voice was impassioned, her eyes burning with fervor.

Bai Qiulan hesitated...

"I need you to make a pact with me. You must guarantee that I, as the conduit, will not suffer harm. Otherwise, I won’t agree to be the conduit," Bai Qiulan said.

An Li sighed and shook her head helplessly.

"Sister Bai, why can’t you ever accept reality? If the Devourbeast helps kill Lu Ye, of course I’d be delighted. But if it doesn’t, what do I care?"

"Meanwhile—if I leave now, what will you do?" An Li asked with a smile.

Bai Qiulan went quiet.

"Sister Bai, rest assured. Given our years of friendship, even having shared a bed once—such deep bonds mean I would never harm you."

"Once this is done, I’ll help free you from the Chaos Venom’s torment. Then, you’ll never be constrained by it again."

Bai Qiulan suddenly felt completely drained.

So be it.

At this point, she could only leave it to fate.

She hadn’t truly killed Yue Hongling. Though An Li kept insisting she could resolve the Chaos Venom, what if she couldn't?

Yue Hongling was the last person alive who could practice *Chanu's Extreme Yin Manual*.

She had to hold on.

"Fine, do it!"

Bai Qiulan's face showed determination.

An Li smirked, transforming into black mist surging into Bai Qiulan's body.

At this moment, the darkness in Bai Qiulan's mind was magnified beyond measure.

"Why? Why must I possess such a repulsive physique like the Chaos Supreme Yin Divine Body?

"Why? Why couldn't Lu Ye forgive me even after I owned up to my wrongs?

"I already gave him my virginity—I gave him everything most precious to me. Yet, just because I betrayed him once, he turned so cruel!

"Why couldn’t he accept my imperfections?

"I just wanted to preserve my dignity—is wanting to preserve dignity wrong?

"Why? Yue Hongling once said I was the finest teacher, yet she wasn’t even willing to help me alleviate the Chaos Venom!

"I saved Chu Ling, I saved Shangguan Huanling—I saved their lives! Why wouldn’t any of them help me?

"And this An Li, luring me over and over, dragging me step by step into the abyss!

"Lu Ye! Yue Hongling! Shangguan Huanling! Chu Ling! An Li!

"Damn them! To hell with them all!"

Strands of dark energy turned into threads, spreading toward every part of the Devourbeast's body.

The Devourbeast complied eagerly.

It was done, it was done, it was truly done!

This time, it would finally be free—even if in the most degrading manner, it was enough!

The threads spread rapidly,

connecting to every part of the Devourbeast.

All the threads seemed to transform into a tangled web of veins, intricate, densely packed.

This moment, Bai Qiulan suddenly felt an unspeakable dread.

"Sister Bai, be careful—here it comes!"

An Li kindly reminded her.

Bai Qiulan's features contorted. Under this terror, regret flooded her once more.

If she'd only known... if only...

"KABOOM!"