It was late at night. The moon was bright, and there were few stars in the sky. There was no snow.
Perhaps it was because the moon's light shone on the ground, but the ground was covered in a layer of silver, causing the night to not be dark. When Su Ming lifted his head, he could see a faint light shining on the two-story building located at the middle of the mountain.
Su Ming held a strand of white hair in his hand. There were seven knots on that strand of hair. When Su Ming averted his gaze from the two-story building, he looked at the strand of hair in his hand, and a glint appeared in his eyes.
As that glint appeared in his eyes, he immediately moved his hands and instantly tied the eighth knot. The instant it appeared, Su Ming's heart trembled. He immediately felt a faint power appear and gather on that knot, as if it was struggling and fighting back.
At the same time, the eyes of the white-haired old woman who had been waiting for a month on the first floor of the two-story building flew open, and a strange light shone in her eyes.
"You're finally here!" She formed a seal with her hands and pointed at the statue. Immediately, the statue of the woman before her shone with a gentle light. Once it enveloped the old woman, she closed her eyes.
Almost at the instant she did so, an illusory shadow immediately appeared around the old woman in the building and beyond the gentle screen of light from the statue.
That shadow was a strand of white hair. That strand of hair circled around the room, and as it did so, knots appeared on it. There was also an ancient presence spreading out in all directions. As the long strand of hair circled around the room, it continued to tie knots, and that ancient presence became thicker and thicker.
"I am your Master. You must obey my will!" A muffled voice echoed in the room. More accurately speaking, it echoed in the old woman's heart, causing her to tremble. Her hands continued forming seals, and with that gentle light, she fought against the knots that appeared around her!
There were eight knots on that strand of hair at that moment, and each of them contained an ancient presence, causing the voice in the old woman's heart to seem as if it had been branded into her soul, and it did not disappear even after a long time had passed.
Even divine senses would not be able to detect this. If anyone else pushed open the door to the building at that moment, they would not see the illusory shadow of the long strand of hair, but the old woman meditating alone.
This was a battle of minds, and it belonged only to Su Ming and the old woman!
While the old woman was fighting against the knot of hair, Su Ming's heart trembled, and the world around him changed swiftly. What he saw was a gigantic lotus platform.
There were faint murmurs coming from the lotus platform, and they were speaking words Su Ming could not hear clearly. A woman gradually walked towards him. There was a gentle light spreading out from her body, and when Su Ming saw her, he immediately recognized her. She was the statue of the woman from the first layer of the tower!
However, right now, this woman seemed to have come back to life. She had a smile on her face, carrying a pure and holy aura as she slowly approached.
"My protector in my previous life, I have waited for you for a long time in this life … You have finally come." The woman's voice was gentle, and there was a will within it that shook Su Ming's soul.
"Before you died, you once told me that if time could be repeated, if life could be reversed, if there would come a day when we would meet again … and if you no longer remember me … then allow us to walk together in the wind and snow until our hair turns white." The woman was dressed in a long white robe. When she arrived before Su Ming, her eyes were gentle, and with a pure and holy expression, she stared at him. Her beauty seemed to have turned into a light that caused the world to lose its color at that moment, as if it wanted to be Branded into Su Ming's soul.
"Come with me … Let me help you activate the memories of your past life …" The woman smiled gently and stretched out her hand to place it in front of Su Ming, as if she was waiting for him to hold it.
Su Ming lifted his head and looked at the beautiful woman before him. In his eyes, she seemed rather familiar, but Su Ming … did not want that familiarity!
His expression was aloof. When he looked at her, he tied the ninth knot on the white strand of hair in his hand!
At the instant the ninth knot appeared, grief immediately appeared on the woman's face. Tears fell from her eyes, and when they fell on the lotus platform, they let out a soft thud.
In the midst of it, the world where Su Ming was shattered, just like the tears …
At the same time, the ninth knot appeared on the illusory strand of hair that surrounded the gentle light around the old woman in the two-story building. At the instant the ninth knot appeared, a wave of black smoke spread out from the strand of hair. It charged towards the gentle light around the old woman, as if it wanted to tear it apart and rush into her body.
The old woman's face turned pale. Her hands changed again, and she mumbled under her breath as if she was chanting some sort of incantation. She even bit the tip of her tongue and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Once she coughed up the blood, it immediately disappeared.
Soon after, the world before Su Ming's eyes fused together once more as it crumbled and shattered, but it turned into another world. That world was covered in a blood-red hue …
That blood-red hue did not come from fresh blood, but maple leaves that filled the sky. They were crimson red, and they danced in the air before being blown away by the wind and gradually falling on the ground.
Su Ming was sitting cross-legged. He was dressed in a long red robe, and in his arms … was an incredibly beautiful woman. She was staring at him in a daze. Blood trickled out of the corners of her mouth, but there was a beautiful and gentle smile on her face.
She lifted her trembling hand and touched Su Ming's face. The gentleness on her face caused the familiar feeling to appear once Su Ming saw it. This time, that feeling seemed to have turned into an ocean that wanted to drown him.
"You still can't remember me..? You didn't remember me in this life … I will wait. I will wait for our next life to meet. I will wait for you to remember me in the next life …" As the woman spoke, her face gradually turned pale. Her breathing gradually disappeared, but her gentleness was branded into Su Ming's eyes, causing his heart to tremble.
"Kiss me …" The beautiful woman touched Su Ming's face and uttered the last words in her life.
The familiar feeling in Su Ming's heart turned into a great wave of grief and pain at that moment. It was as if the woman's voice made him feel as if he had lost the entire world. He trembled and lowered his head, intending to kiss the woman's lips.
But right at the instant his lips were about to touch hers, Su Ming closed his eyes, and in anguish, he spoke softly.
"I only want to use this place to restore my cultivation base and reach Berserker Soul Realm … I don't have any intention of harming you. Once I leave, I will return you your freedom … You … Why must you do this?!
"This familiarity is something you forced on me. This memory is also the result of the Soul Catcher you cast." When Su Ming opened his eyes, they were clear. He tied the tenth knot on that strand of hair with his hands!
At the instant he did so, the woman before him laughed brokenly, and she shattered along with the world.
At the same time, the old woman in the first layer of the two-story building shuddered. Her hair was no longer white, but had turned black. The wrinkles on her face gradually disappeared, and in their place was a moist, pinkish hue.
She turned from an old woman to a middle-aged woman in an instant. Her appearance changed, and she turned into an incredibly beautiful woman!
Judging by her appearance, besides their age, she was incredibly similar to the woman in the statue. It was as if … they were the same person!
Once the tenth knot appeared on the illusory strand of hair, the gentle screen of light around her immediately devoured the gentle light and charged towards the old woman. It surrounded her body, and a powerful will that she could not fight against instantly turned into an awe-inspiring might in her soul!
"I am your Master. You must obey my orders!"
The old woman shuddered once again, and her appearance changed once more. In an instant, she turned into a girl in her twenties, and her appearance was no longer any different from the statue!
Her eyes flew open, and a purple glare flashed briefly in them. When the woman and the world shattered and fused together once again, Su Ming did not see the woman.
What he saw was Dark Mountain. That familiar presence, that familiar voice, and the smoke from the chimneys in the tribe during the morning!
What he saw was a man with long purple hair walking towards Dark Mountain Tribe with an aloof expression on his face. He held a long purple blade in his hand. Su Ming could not see the front of the purple figure. He could only see his long hair dancing in the wind.
Screams of pain and shrill roars filled the air. It did not matter whether they were men, women, old, or young. Their expressions were filled with despair and regret. Lei Chen's tearful roars and questions, Chen Xin's stunned expression, Bei Ling's grief, and … the elder's pale face and grief-stricken eyes.
He saw the entire tribe being killed by the purple-haired figure in an instant. Lei Chen's head flew into the air and fell by Su Ming's feet. Bei Ling, who had been protecting Chen Xin, turned into ashes. Tong Tong, the little girl, cried. When the purple-haired figure walked past her, he seemed to hesitate for a moment before he took her life.
Everything turned into ruins before Su Ming's eyes and turned into a pool of blood. Su Ming was stunned. He felt as if he had lost the right to speak, until he saw the purple-haired figure turn his head around and look towards him.
Only at that moment did Su Ming see that the purple-haired figure with the cold expression on his face was himself.
He held a bloody head in his right hand, and when he looked towards Su Ming, he threw it towards him. It fell before Su Ming and landed beside Lei Chen's head. That head was filled with white hair, and it belonged to … the elder.
Even when he died, his eyes were wide open, and in the midst of his anguish and regret, they were practically empty.
The purple-haired figure walked towards Su Ming, and when he stood before him, he stabbed the blade in his hand into the ground. With an aloof expression, he tore open his robes and revealed his chest.
"Kill me!" This was the first thing the purple-haired figure said since the start.
"Kill him … Kill him, and you will be able to take revenge for Dark Mountain … Kill him, and you will be free … Kill him …" This voice echoed in Su Ming's ears. In silence, anguish appeared on Su Ming's face. He picked up the long purple blade in front of him, and once he slowly pulled it out of the ground, he swiftly turned around and slashed at the long blade behind him!
With that one slash, the entire world, along with his long blade, shattered with a loud bang … Behind him, the beautiful woman who had appeared at some point in time was also shattered by that long blade. She stood there in a daze, staring blankly into the distance.
As the long blade and the world crumbled, Su Ming's hands … tied the eleventh knot on that strand of hair!
"Knots are also a disaster … I understand now," Su Ming mumbled.
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