Chapter 94: Continuing to Spin Stories for Ah Yin
Qi Tian was indeed lying to Ah Yin—he simply replaced Tang Hao with himself as the protagonist and narrated the entire story vividly and emotionally.
It sounded almost like the intimate whisperings shared between husband and wife, and as Ah Yin listened, she felt a little embarrassed.
Because she had no way of verifying events from the future, she unexpectedly began to believe a portion of Qi Tian's story.
"Then… When did we first meet?" Ah Yin asked softly.
Qi Tian shook his head. "We won't meet again."
"I only managed to return because I absorbed my tenth soul ring, gaining a time–space soul skill. With it, I reversed the flow of time, allowing a single shred of my remnant soul to travel back to this era."
"But the price of reversing time… was burning away my past self. I no longer exist. Only this fragment of my soul remains."
"After I help you survive this calamity, this remnant soul of mine will also disperse into nothing."
"Burned yourself away? Then… is there any way left to save you?" Ah Yin asked, her heart tightening.
Though she hadn't lived through that so-called life-and-death love, she had already been pulled deeply into the emotional story.
Qi Tian thought for a moment. "There is. As long as you break through rank one hundred and become a god before my remnant soul disappears… There is hope of resurrecting me."
Although he was lying to her, Qi Tian wanted to give her a bit of pressure—a goal that would push her to cultivate harder.
Ah Yin had just breathed a sigh of relief, but after hearing she needed to become a god to save him, the burden on her shoulders suddenly felt enormous.
She didn't even realize anything was wrong. Qi Tian had only fed her a single immortal herb, yet she had somehow convinced herself she now bore the responsibility of bringing him back to life.
"Break through rank one hundred… become a god? I will do it. I will save you!" Ah Yin declared with determination.
As a soul beast, she had transformed into human form precisely to avoid the heavenly tribulation—and to seek the path to godhood.
"Good. I've already obtained the experience of becoming a god. I can guide you. From now on, you must listen to everything I say, understand?" Qi Tian said calmly.
"Mhm… I'll listen to you." Ah Yin replied earnestly.
But after she spoke, she suddenly felt something was off. Why should she listen to him?
She felt almost like she'd been poisoned—if someone saw her behavior, they might really think the Daffodil Jade Flesh Bone Immortal Herb she consumed was some sort of mind-controlling toxin.
Still, after leaving the advanced human soul master academy, she had no clear goal. Now that Qi Tian was offering guidance, she didn't mind following along.
"You said you're my future husband… but I still don't know your name," Ah Yin said.
Qi Tian replied, "My name is Qi Tian."
Ah Yin thought for a moment and said, "Qi Tian… then I'll call you Tian from now on."
"Tian, can you tell me more about the future?" Ah Yin asked.
Qi Tian had burned himself away, so she would never experience that future. She wanted to hear more—to capture the remnants of that romantic story using her imagination.
"Alright. Which part do you want to hear? I'll… tell it to you," Qi Tian said.
Ah Yin pondered. "You said we had a son whose body was taken over by a soul from another world. What happened to him later?"
Qi Tian said, "Our son was named Qi Si. His name was chosen to commemorate the bond between the four siblings."
"Four siblings?" Ah Yin was confused.
"The four siblings are you, me, and the Clear Sky Sect's two brothers—Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. It won't be long before the time when we first meet."
"But I cut all ties with them long ago. It was the two of them who exposed your identity as a transformed soul beast."
"They learned you had the ability to resurrect the dead, and they wanted your soul ring and soul bone even more. So they tricked you into preparing to sacrifice."
"They then informed the Pope of Spirit Hall, luring him to hunt you down, planning to deceive you into sacrificing yourself for Tang Hao, who was close to rank ninety."
"But what they didn't know… was that you and I had already pledged ourselves to one another. Our child was already on the way."
"When the Pope arrived to kill us, you sacrificed your soul ring to me for my safety, allowing me to escape."
"Remember—never sacrifice your soul ring or soul bone to anyone. Human hearts are fickle and treacherous. You never know if they're setting a trap to deceive you!"
Ah Yin felt deeply touched. She fully understood the mindset of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast—they absolutely would never sacrifice lightly.
"Being willing to sacrifice meant the bond between the two of us was truly profound, a love capable of transcending life and death."
"I understand. I won't ever sacrifice my soul ring for anyone else! I still need to become a god!" Ah Yin said firmly.
"With those words, I can rest assured. You need to cultivate as fast as possible until you reach maturity. Once that happens, no one will be able to recognize your true identity."
"Mhm, I will. At most two years—no, at most a year and a half—I'll reach maturity!" Ah Yin said confidently.
"Now tell me more about Xiao Si's story," she added.
A child was the link between the two of them, so she naturally wanted to know everything about her son.
Qi Tian finally relaxed. He'd already said so much—if Ah Yin could still be tricked away by Tang Hao afterward, then there was nothing he could do.
"Our son, Xiao Si… because the Pope was chasing us, he was extremely weak when he was born. His body was taken over by a soul from another world."
"I raised him until he was three. It was then that I discovered he cultivated using methods from another world. Only then did I realize he wasn't truly our son."
"But he carried our bloodline. So I could only raise him as my own."
As he said this, Qi Tian passed the Mysterious Heaven Skill to Ah Yin, telling her that he had tortured the technique out of that foreign soul.
Under Qi Tian's guidance, Ah Yin circulated her soul power through the Mysterious Heaven Skill once. She immediately realized how extraordinary it was—far superior to the meditation methods of this world.
Once she matured, she would be able to cultivate like a normal human soul master.
This technique would become useful to her very soon.
Qi Tian continued spinning his tale, altering Tang San's history slightly as he narrated it to Ah Yin.
"When Xiao Si was six, he awakened twin martial souls—my Body and your Blue Silver Grass."
"To ensure nothing went wrong during his cultivation of twin martial souls, I gave him your soul bone to absorb."
"But Tang Hao and Tang Xiao learned of this and forcefully abducted him, taking him in as their disciple."
"I was still injured at the time. I wasn't their match at all. I could only watch helplessly as he was taken away."
"Because Xiao Si carried the soul of an adult, and with those two teaching him, he quickly returned to his former personality."
"He even tricked a transformed soul beast into sacrificing for him. And after the Blue Silver King helped him awaken his martial soul, he actually killed the Blue Silver King—absorbing its soul ring and soul bone for his own cultivation."
Qi Tian spoke vividly, and the matter of the Blue Silver Emperor requiring a second awakening was something only Ah Yin and the Blue Silver King knew. Thus, her trust in Qi Tian grew even deeper.
When Qi Tian spoke about their son ascending to godhood, Ah Yin felt a wave of sorrow. If her child hadn't been taken over… he should have had the potential to become a god as well.
"Tian… I didn't expect you to suffer so much to become a god, only to burn yourself away in the end just to save me," Ah Yin said, deeply moved.
In her heart, she had already formed the image of her future husband—the vague yet heroic outline of Qi Tian.
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can save you, I'm willing to endure anything," Qi Tian said softly.
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