Chapter 1522: You Will Wish You Were Dead

Having been in seclusion for so long, the baleful energy on his body seemed even heavier. He stared at Ye Xinyu, who was on the scene, with one eye: "You still dare to come back?"

"What is there not to dare?" Ye Xinyu smiled slightly: "And even if I were to flee, where could I possibly go?"

"Heh, it is I who was mistaken. I originally thought that by controlling you, I could control Chen Yu along with you, but I did not expect that not only could I not control him, I could not even control you."

"During the time I was in seclusion, everything you did, I knew clearly. The reason I did not speak was that I hoped you could turn back before it was too late, but not only did you not, you have now gone from bad to worse?" Chen Tianming said coldly: "Do you really not take me seriously at all?"

"That is not quite it." Ye Xinyu said leisurely: "You are his grandfather; I still have some respect for you, but what you have done has angered both heaven and man, so you cannot blame me for not following your instructions."

"Heh, instigating my own people to betray me, you really have a way." Chen Tianming nodded slightly: "You are capable. That I have stumbled so badly at your hands is something I never expected before."

"Then what about now? What do you want?" Ye Xinyu raised her head, showing no fear at all.

"Heh, worthy of being my Chen Yu's wife, you have character." Chen Tianming laughed in extreme anger. He stared at Ye Xinyu and said: "What do you think I will do? Will I kill you?"

"You probably will not kill me." Ye Xinyu smiled slightly: "Because keeping me still has its uses."

"That is correct, I indeed will not kill you. Keeping you does indeed still have its uses." Chen Tianming nodded slightly: "But that is not a reason for you to defy me. Even if I do not kill you, I have countless ways to make your life worse than death."

"No one can betray me, and you, the things you have done, have already made me very furious. If I kill you now, you would have nothing to say."

"Then do it." Ye Xinyu sighed slightly: "I will bear all the responsibility alone."

"Good, you have backbone." Chen Tianming suddenly laughed: "For these decades, I have been contemplating the Heavenly Mystery, all for the sake of one day holding the power of destiny in my hands, but I did not expect to be taught a lesson by you. Heh, you are right, I indeed will not kill you."

"But do not think you will have it easy. You should have witnessed my methods; do you know what I do to those who betray me?"

"I do not know. The most terrifying thing is nothing more than death." Ye Xinyu said indifferently.

"Haha, if that is truly what you think, then I can only say you are too naive. Let me tell you, the most terrifying thing is not death, but a life worse than death." Chen Tianming gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Since that is the case, then I will let you know what a life worse than death is."

Chen Tianming pointed his right hand, and a mass of black energy suddenly condensed, surging into the center of Ye Xinyu's brow.

"No..." Xie Hongyan was startled. She fell to her knees with a thud: "You are a Destiny Weaver; she is but a woman. You cannot use such methods on her."

"Heh, for those who betray me, what is there that I can or cannot do? Did she not say that death is the most terrifying thing? Then today I will let her know what is truly the most terrifying." The old man of Heavenly Mandate laughed loudly. He turned around, took a step, and vanished from the scene instantly.

Ye Xinyu, as if struck by a heavy blow, staggered back a few steps, her consciousness blurring.

"Ye Xinyu... how do you feel?" Xie Hongyan grabbed her hand and said sternly: "You must stay clear-headed. That is a Demon obstruction. If you cannot distinguish reality from the virtual, you will fall into the path of the Demon."

Ye Xinyu clutched her head, feeling a splitting headache. The world before her eyes collapsed completely in an instant.

Before her eyes, a mirror seemed to appear, and this mirror was incomparably huge, while she herself in the mirror had become a giant.

Staring blankly at herself in the mirror, Ye Xinyu felt somewhat lost. Suddenly, she in the mirror spoke: "Ye Xinyu, are you living happily?"

"Am I... happy?" Ye Xinyu stared blankly at herself in the mirror. This question struck straight at her soul.

Yes, was she happy? It seemed she had never been; the happiest time was that period when Chen Yu woke up.

"Have you... ever lived for yourself?" The self in the mirror continued to ask.

"It seems I have not." Ye Xinyu revealed an expression of doubt, confusion, and shock.

Yes, it seemed she had never lived for herself, not even once since she was born.

"Since you are not happy and have never lived for yourself, then why do you not let yourself go?" The self in the mirror said leisurely. Every one of her words struck straight at the soul.

"I..." Ye Xinyu was conflicted. She clearly knew that what the other party said could not be trusted, but she simply could not control her own emotions.

"Ye Xinyu... listen to me, live for yourself once."

Within her consciousness, that voice became more urgent: "Everything you possess now does not belong to you; you are not happy."

"The most important thing for a person is to live for oneself. Wake up..."

Amidst the repeated urging, Ye Xinyu slowly closed her eyes. When she opened them again, what flowed from her eyes was a trace of profundity.

"Yes, I should... live for myself." Ye Xinyu murmured, and two streaks of cold light flowed out from her eyes.

Clatter... The mirror before her shattered in this instant, breaking into countless shards, and on every shattered mirror surface, a face of Ye Xinyu was reflected.

Her facial expressions were all different; some were angry, some sad, some sorrowful, and some were laughing loudly.

Opening her eyes abruptly, she returned to reality. The black energy between her brows flashed and vanished, and a cold aura sent Xie Hongyan staggering back a few steps.

The black energy in Ye Xinyu's eyes gradually faded. Although the black energy in her gaze receded, the chill on her body did not diminish in the slightest.

Her entire aura had changed, giving people a feeling of incomparable coldness. That bone-chilling sensation made Xie Hongyan feel terrified.

She knew that Ye Xinyu had fallen into the path of the Demon; her consciousness was no longer under her own control.

"Ye Xinyu, are you still there?" Xie Hongyan shouted urgently.

"Of course I am here." Ye Xinyu raised her head, her eyes filled with an unfathomable depth: "You do not need to worry, I am perfectly fine."

"But... you are no longer yourself." Xie Hongyan stared at her with worry: "You have fallen into the path of the Demon..."

"Is this the feeling of falling into the path of the Demon?" Ye Xinyu smiled slightly. She stretched out her hand, looked at her own fair, delicate hands, and said softly: "If this is the feeling of falling into the path of the Demon, then I am willing to fall into the Demon path."