A swath of shy clouds veiled the moon.
As night breezes brushed by, his silver short hair unfurled, revealing the man's full forehead and exquisitely chiseled features. His deep purple eyes, like twin clusters of glaze-purple fire, sparkled in the dark night like morning stars, resonating with the reflection on the water.
Above the sky, suddenly, a streak of azure starlight flashed across, making all the stars in the sky dim a fraction in an instant.
At the moment the azure star appeared, within Yue Jinghua's body, her Dantian cracked as if a successfully incubated eggshell, seeming as if something struggled to break free.
The crack widened gradually, the azure light in the sky intensified, casting the full moon into a dim shadow.
"!!" The unfamiliar man took an unwitting step forward, stabilizing the Dark Energy swirling within the female warrior in the creek, which then surged upward.
Meanwhile, Yue Jinghua, in her bewildered state, felt utterly helpless, as if she were on a roller coaster with her organs battered between two waves of internal and external Dark Energy.
The Dark Energy, blocked within her for years, suddenly surged upward, and her body abruptly lifted hundreds of meters into the air.
From deep within the Dantian, an enchanting voice echoed, "Who are you?" Its tone held a mix of caution and astonishment. As soon as the voice faded, her Dantian yawned open, and a powerful surge of Dark Power emerged.
This force of Dark Power merged with the tumultuous Dark Energy within Yue Jinghua's muscles and bones. The formerly predominant black smoke was now being pushed back by the pincer attack of the internal and external Dark Energies.
Third Level... Fourth Level... Like a bursting flood, the surging Dark Energy gave Yue Jinghua the illusion of riding a roller coaster, with countless peaks and troughs threatening to tear her not-so-robust body apart.
She clenched her teeth tightly, emitting a grinding noise as if they were enduring extreme cold. Worst of all, as the Dark Energy inside meshed together, erupting from her Dantian, Yue Jinghua's Divine Sense felt light and floaty, as if it might be extruded by the growing conflict of the Dark Energies.
Her consciousness peeled away bit by bit. Tormented by the repelling force, her Divine Sense progressively blurred, and she could not control her body as it slowly submerged into the water, water surged into her mouth and nostrils.
Above the creek, the man with purple eyes squinted slightly.
Anyone could see that the female warrior was undergoing a mortal struggle. She must have practiced some forbidden Secret Technique and was trying to forcefully make a breakthrough, only to fall into a Heart Demon at the crucial moment.
A thread of ice-blue and red interwoven Dark Energy gathered in the man's hand, pulsing like a glob of water, yet resembling a ball of fire.
A slight hesitation in his hand, as if he too was surprised by his action, intending to use his life essence Dark Energy to heal a stranger.
In his moment of stupor, the unexpected occurred.
"Boom," the female warrior, seized by a Heart Demon, formed a fist with her hand and sprung forth with sudden force.
The calm surface of the creek exploded, scattering water droplets like shattering jade. The female warrior's eyes snapped open, her gaze as bright as the brightest star in the dark night, stunningly resplendent.
Her fine white fingertips pinched a steel needle, and a seductively beautiful smile emerged on her cheeks as she swiftly aimed for the second and third lumbar vertebrae.
"No, that's the vital point..." The man with purple eyes, in a fit of urgency, moved like a surprising flash, sweeping over without even causing a ripple on the water.
His hand had only just touched the woman's smooth body when a shocking burst of Dark Energy erupted from his body, coldly brushing against his face.
Before the broken needle could approach, it was shattered by the vibration.
Amidst the sparkling water, the female warrior had already reached the shore and sat down cross-legged.
Her body was uncovered, her snowy chest and slender waist exposed without a hint of shyness. Sitting by the water, she resembled the Luo River Fairy, her deep black jade-like eyes inspiring not an ounce of irreverent thoughts in others.
Her eyes were empty, still sealed by the closure of her Six Senses after the breakthrough, her actions driven purely by instinct.
Although the man with purple eyes could not possibly see her clearly at the moment, he still coughed softly and hastily retreated several steps, his cheeks flushing with a Red Cloud.
His sleeves billowing, the White Rhinoceros Armor on the man's body silently fell, inadvertently draping over the woman who had unsettled his mind.
Dawn approached, and by the creek, only Yue Jinghua remained, seated like a stone statue in meditation.
The moment the steel needle entered her body, it was like shattering glass; countless crystal lights danced through her mind, her Divine Sense and body separated, entering a brand-new world.
Her Divine Sense passed through layers of fog and descended into a boundless void where there was neither heaven above nor earth below.
Surrounding her was no longer the continuous mountain ranges of Hundred Beast Mountain, but rather a vast and mysterious realm like the starry sky.
Within sight, the only thing visible was a treasure book enveloped in starlight - Mo Xi Treasure Book.
Yue Jinghua thought that the long-vanished Mo Xi Treasure Book miraculously appeared in this sea of consciousness.
The treasure book moved without wind, as if an invisible hand was turning its pages, it automatically opened to the first page.
Mo Xi's Treasure Book, First Level: Nine Revolutions Creation Technique.
Between heaven and earth, creation is the greatest, to obtain the Nine Revolutions Creation Technique is to attain great creation.
Within the consciousness, the text at the beginning of the scroll. The first level of the Nine Revolutions Creation Technique, the Creation Power Scroll, the words on the treasure book appeared in her mind as clearly and deeply as if carved by a knife.
The Dark Energy first flowed through the Ren Meridian and Du Meridian and after running nine small cycles within her body, in Yue Jinghua's Mud Pill Palace appeared a wisp of golden energy; the substance flowed slowly inside her body, forming a steady force of creation power.
By the brook, Yue Jinghua radiated a soft golden light all around her.
Just like the first light that appears before and after dawn, the fierce distortion on her right face also gradually faded under the influence of the golden light.
As the golden light spread from her body, all the spirit wood within a radius of one mile seemed to have smelled the sweet rain, quivering its branches and leaves.
Immersed in cultivating the first level of the Nine Revolutions Creation Technique, Yue Jinghua was completely oblivious to everything happening around her, as the creation power exuding from inside her nourished the spirit wood outside her body.
The golden creation power nourished her Dantian, chasing away the black evil energy that lurked within her body like the sunlight.
"Who are you? You are not Yue Jinghua." In the consciousness, that bewitching voice became clearer, and that person had already confirmed that "Yue Jinghua" was not the original Yue Jinghua.
In the Star Sea of Consciousness, two strands of spiritual sense from different worlds truly intersected for the first time.
"Who I am is not important, you just need to know, from now on I am Yue Jinghua, the Yue Jinghua true to her name. Whether you are human, ghost, deity, or demon, you can forget about messing with me again. Also, the Dark Energy you took from 'me' in the past, you must spit it all out without any missing," Yue Jinghua retorted coldly, opening her eyes, her bright pupils shining like stars.
"Quite arrogant, you do have a bit of the temper I had back in the day," a voice teased with supreme arrogance.
In the Star Sea of Consciousness, clusters of green dandelion umbrellas began to float, the green fluff forming a humanoid figure when gathered together.
Under the starlight, unruly green hair cascaded to the ground, with upturned peach blossom phoenix eyes and a tear mole at the corner.
Sharp thin lips, and a complexion slightly sickly pale from not seeing sunlight over the years, wearing a Green Robe with Patterned Witch Robe that reached his knees, he seemed no less striking than "Yue Jinghua" prior to her disfigurement.
A man with feminine beauty, yet excessively alluring, this person really was enchantingly beautiful.
The troublemaker within "Yue Jinghua," whose voice sounded bewitchingly irresistible, turned out to be an otherworldly beautiful man who was even more eye-catching than women.
"I am Qing Pu, the last Summoner of Canglong Continent, commonly known as Witch Summon. Yue Jinghua, would you like to strike a deal with me, a deal that will make you reign over Canglong Continent and become a peerless powerhouse," Qing Pu inquired closely, his pair of playfully raised peach blossom eyes and provocative golden pupils seeming to draw one's soul into them.
Tempting words and penetrating eyes, how many on the Canglong Continent could resist the olive branch thrown by Qing Pu.
The phoenix eyes met a pair of eyes as dark and deep as a cold abyss, the dark eyes flashed with astonishment, but soon regained composure.
"I refuse," without even a moment's consideration, Yue Jinghua flatly refused. Now that she had Mo Xi's Treasure Book in hand and had restored all her Dark Energy, not to mention Mo Xi's Sea of Consciousness was her domain.
In her domain, to let others give orders and direct, unless she had her mind kicked by a donkey - suffering massive brain damage.
Qing Pu stumbled like a tall pine tree, and the teasing smile at the corner of his mouth could no longer hold.
"You don't want to become a peerless powerful warrior? Don't want to wash away the disgrace of being called 'trash,' don't want to win that person back..." Qing Pu questioned persistently.
"I am not 'Yue Jinghua,' I don't know what 'she' once did or what deal she made with you. But my body and my Dark Energy from heaven and earth are all precious things; why should I let others manipulate them? Without you, I can still reach the pinnacle of the present era. The past me could do it, and so can I now." Yue Jinghua stated confidently, her expression full of self-assurance, making her entire being resemble a finely honed sword, sharp and radiant.
In the world, it seemed as if only she remained, with all other entities reduced to mere ants.