Martial Master

“Is it a member of the Dark Clan?”

Qin Chen frowned, recalling everything he had experienced. Apart from the dark clan experts suppressed by the celestial fire sage and the lord of all spirits during the trial in the heavenly realm, and the powerful figures of the Dark Royal Family subdued by the Ancestral Master of the Heavenly Sword Pavilion in the Sword Burial Abyss, he had hardly encountered other experts from the Dark Clan.

So who could this person before him be?

The rolling dark magic energy surged around this individual like a demon. Qin Chen stepped closer, as the dark king blood within him absorbed the dark mist around, continuously enhancing the dark power in his body, containing a source of primal strength.

Step by step! Qin Chen moved closer.

In the endless darkness, a stunningly beautiful face gradually came into view before Qin Chen.

When Qin Chen saw a glimpse of the person's profile, he felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His entire body shook violently, and disbelief flashed in his eyes, as if he were seeing someone who should not exist here.

“Wan'er!”

Qin Chen exclaimed in shock, his eyes filled with unprecedented horror and surprise, like a bolt from the blue.

The figure shrouded in dark power before him was actually Shangguan Wan'er, the phantom demon sect master, who had been taken into the Gate of the Demon Realm by the lord of abyssal demons and vanished from sight.

How could she be here?

And enveloped in dark power?

Qin Chen vividly remembered that in the Tianwu Continent, when the lord of abyssal demons came with a split soul, Shangguan Wan'er willingly entered the Gate of the Demon Realm to save him and Sisi, sinking into the infinite abyss.

Over the years, Qin Chen had worked hard to improve himself and had plans to rescue Wan'er from the Demon Realm; this had always been his greatest regret.

In this life, having gone through so much, Qin Chen had matured a lot and had made peace with his feelings for Wan'er.

Although in his previous life, Wan'er and Shangguan Xi'er had deceived him and kept secrets for a long time, all of it was part of Shangguan Xi'er's scheme, and Wan'er had merely been a pawn.

In the years of his previous life, it was this woman who replaced Xi'er, silently accompanying him through countless days and nights, sharing feelings deeply.

Qin Chen had thought that he loved Shangguan Xi'er deeply in his past life, but eventually, he realized that it was actually Wan'er whom he loved.

Love to the depths, pain to the core! Wan'er had been a simple person back then. Though she and Xi'er were twins, they lacked parental guidance, and had been cared for by their aunt and older sister Shangguan Xi'er, which allowed Xi'er to manipulate her, yet in the end, she had fallen in love with him.

She was a tragic person, a pitiful one, even a hateful one.

After Shangguan Xi'er and Feng Shaoyu framed Qin Chen, Shangguan Wan'er finally awakened and broke away from Xi'er, resolutely entering the death canyon to search for Qin Chen, even willing to share life and death with him.

But in the end, she could not find Qin Chen's corpse and unexpectedly survived in the death canyon, obtaining the Demonic Enchantment Heartstone, leading to a transformation in her cultivation.

Though she lived, her heart had already died.

She suffered, believing she had survived the death canyon out of a divine mandate for her to atone for her sins.

From the moment she walked out of the death canyon alive, she changed. She destroyed her own appearance, becoming the phantom demon sect master, a terrifying figure that struck fear into the hearts of all powerful beings across the continent.

The meaning of her survival was to seek revenge for Qin Chen, to kill Shangguan Xi'er and Feng Shaoyu, avenging him.

She endured countless sufferings that ordinary people could not understand, cultivating the path of indifference, turning herself into an emotionless shell.

But ultimately, when she learned that Qin Chen was still alive, she smiled.

Faced with Qin Chen, she remained speechless, even afraid to face Sisi. In the end, she took the lord of abyssal demons' hand and fell into the Gate of the Demon Realm, entering the infinite abyss. This was the last thing she did for Qin Chen.