Meanwhile, in the Jade Pool Palace of the Divine Realm.
"Bang—!" A peerlessly beautiful woman in white clothes smashed a vase to pieces.
"What 'fated person of the Divine Lord Baili'! It's utter nonsense!"
The woman's face turned as red as a beet. She had grown up with Divine Lord Baili, and had never heard of any fated person! That damned vixen!
"Goddess, please calm your anger..." a maid stepped forward and carefully took the object from her hand.
"The celestial phenomena must have been mistaken. Divine Lord Baili has always been as aloof as an exiled immortal. How could he be matched with a mortal woman?"
"Only a woman as divine and dignified as the Goddess is worthy of Divine Lord Baili..."
She observed the woman's expression while flattering her, and indeed, the woman's anger subsided somewhat.
"Yes, only a woman like this Goddess is worthy of Divine Lord Baili," she snorted and beckoned to the maid.
The maid leaned in, only to hear the woman say, "As my maid, how dare you harbor improper thoughts about Divine Lord Baili?"
The maid instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave and knelt down abruptly. "Goddess, you've been wronged! How would I dare have improper thoughts about Divine Lord Baili!"
"Even if the Goddess gave me a thousand or ten thousand times the courage, I wouldn't dare!"
The woman stood there, looking at her coldly. "Guards! Drag her away! Sever her meridians!"
"Goddess! Goddess, you're wronged! Goddess!" A group of soldiers clad in silver armor quickly surrounded her and dragged the maid away.
"Goddess! You're wronged!"
In the vast palace hall, the woman's eyes were extremely cold.
Fated person? She would see just which vixen was so shameless!
...
Bai Ran returned to her courtyard when a sharp pain suddenly struck her, and she collapsed on the ground.
"Master!"
"Little ones!"
The few little ones in the spatial dimension were frantically circling around. Fortunately, Dongfang Wuji followed her and quickly helped her up when he saw Bai Ran fall to the ground.
"What's wrong?" he asked worriedly, looking at Bai Ran.
This wasn't what it looked like even when breaking through to a new level.
Bai Ran gritted her teeth. "The seal... is about to break..."
After saying that, she lost consciousness, which startled Dongfang Wuji greatly. "Bai Ran! Bai Ran! How are you!"
He placed Bai Ran on the couch and hesitated whether to summon the Venerable when a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
"Dongfang Wuji, the blood of gods and demons is right before you..."
Blood of gods and demons?
He stared intently at Bai Ran, the voice in his mind growing louder.
"Yes, the blood of gods and demons. With just a drop, she can be revived. Don't you feel tempted?" the voice spoke with endless allure.
Just a drop... Qianqian could be revived...
Dongfang Wuji swallowed and his heart pounded.
At this moment, Bai Ran was frowning deeply, looking extremely pained.
"She has no power to resist at all. This is the best time to strike, Dongfang Wuji, make your move..."
"Make your move..."
The Venerable was absent, Bai Ran was unconscious, and in the empty room, there were only the two of them...
Dongfang Wuji trembled and reached out his hand towards Bai Ran...
Suddenly, his peripheral vision swept across the doorway, where a figure stood silhouetted against the light.
Instantly, cold sweat broke out on Dongfang Wuji's back. He silently withdrew his hand.
"What are you doing?" Jing Feng leaned against the door, looking at him in confusion.
Dongfang Wuji pursed his lips and pretended to be nonchalant. "Miss Bai suddenly collapsed and said something about her seal about to break."
"Seal?" Hearing this, Jing Feng frowned. "Could it be..." the ancient seal within Miss Bai's body?
At the same time, Bai Ran returned to her sea of consciousness.
Petals drifted everywhere, a refreshing scent filled the air, everything was so peaceful and beautiful.
She wandered in the sea of flowers, and two stone tablets appeared before her.
The first one was the shattered first layer of the seal from her last visit. So this second one... must be the second layer of the seal...
"Do you wish to remove the second layer of the seal?" The familiar and ancient voice sounded, the same question.
"Yes," the same answer.
In an instant, a tide of memories surged forth, engulfing Bai Ran...
...
"Bai Zihao! You're snatching your sister's things again!" A woman's graceful figure walked over and grabbed the boy's ear.
"How many times have I told you! This is your sister's!"
The boy cried out in pain and patted his mother's hand. "Mom! It hurts, it hurts!"
The woman let go, and the boy looked at her aggrievedly. "Why does she have this weapon and I don't!"
He tightly clutched a fiery red sword in his arms.
"Ranran earned this with her own strength! You little rascal, still trying to snatch your sister's!" The woman said indignantly, and a man pulled her into his arms.
"Yan'er, don't be angry, be careful not to upset yourself." The man's appearance had a distinguished charm after years of maturation.
Bai Ran extended her hand, but her palm was small.
"Mom... Ranran doesn't like this sword..." she said, but her eyes were fixed on the sword.
The woman sighed and crouched down in front of Bai Ran. "Ranran, do you truly dislike this sword?"
She nodded vigorously. "I don't like it, so I'll give it to my brother..."
The boy was delighted and spun around with the sword. "Yay! This is my sword now!"
The woman frowned. Her Ranran was always so sensible... but that was also what worried her the most...
On the day the two children were born, strange phenomena appeared in the sky.
One side was shrouded in auspicious clouds and shimmering with seven colors, while the other was filled with darkness, like an abyss.
The physiognomist said that one of these children would be loved and blessed by heaven and earth, and would surely become a bringer of good fortune to the people in the future.
The other, however, would be rejected and loathed by heaven and earth, and would surely grow into a disaster star, bloodthirsty and cruel...
As time passed, the two children also grew up and became extraordinary...
Bai Zihao was the younger brother, loved by all living beings from birth, and his personality became lively and cheerful.
Bai Ran, on the other hand, was the elder sister. She faced criticism from birth and suffered a lot, her disposition thus becoming sensible and calm.
They were both their flesh and blood. To spare Ranran further criticism, the family of four left Xian Du and began a reclusive life.
"Ranran, if you like something, you should say it. Don't always give in to your brother," the woman said with heartache.
Hearing this, Bai Ran clenched her fist. "Ranran is a disaster star... but Ranran doesn't want to be a disaster star..."
The woman's heart ached fiercely. She hugged Bai Ran tightly. "Nonsense, what disaster star? Our Ranran is the kindest."
...
Years passed. Under the careful care of her parents, Bai Ran's disposition also became cheerful.
"Mom! Ranran has a master!" A girl about waist-high ran over, her face full of excitement.
"So amazing? Which young master is it?" the woman asked, stroking her head.
Bai Ran smiled and said, "It's Divine Lord Baili from the Divine Realm!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the couple's expressions changed.