Chapter 1: The Demon Immortal Reborn

Shen Qingli swore before death that in her next life she would never enter the Jadeite Sect!

Who would have thought she would actually get to open her eyes again!

Shen Qingli lay in bed for a day, accepting the reality that although she had been reborn, her Phoenix Bone had already been pulled out.

The one who did this was not only her master, but also her birth mother, who claimed to have boundless love—the current Saint Maiden of the Jadeite Sect, Zhao Yue.

"Hah."

Shen Qingli couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, trembling from the pain.

At just fifteen, her birth mother had ripped out her bone while she was still alive!

Compared to Nezha, who returned his bones to his father and his flesh to his mother, she didn't even have the right to decide whether to return them.

Zhao Yue simply, while she was still alive, pulled out her bones one by one from within her body.

If it weren't for her innate Phoenix Soul and extraordinary foundation, she would have died the moment her bones were completely pulled out.

Thinking of this…

Shen Qingli grimly closed her eyes.

She began cultivating at three, and at ten she broke through the ninth rank to become a Profound Master.

At fifteen she refined her Phoenix Bone, becoming the youngest Profound King on the Xuanti Continent.

With such talent, no matter which sect she joined, she should have been a peerless genius cherished by all.

But in the Jadeite Sect, on Zhao Yue's Saint Maiden Peak, she was just a resentful senior martial sister.

Because of her talent, when allocating resources, Zhao Yue said, "You don't need these things; just give them to your junior brothers and sisters."

Because she was the head senior martial sister, whenever her junior brothers and sisters made mistakes, Zhao Yue said, "How dare you act as senior martial sister? Get out and receive tenfold punishment!"

Because she was her birth daughter, whenever a good opportunity arose, Zhao Yue said, "You are my daughter; I can't let people think I'm biased, so this time you shouldn't go."

……

She digested all such matters on her own.

But when her junior martial sister Su Chacha went into demonic deviation and Zhao Yue tried to forcibly pull out her Phoenix Bone, she truly couldn't stomach it!

She refused, yet Zhao Yue publicly slapped her and kicked her out of the Saint Maiden Hall, ordering her to face the wall and reflect.

The sect elders also rebuked her for lacking any sense of brotherhood among disciples.

The junior brothers and sisters she usually cared for and guided even more came forward to accuse her of arrogance, saying they often beat and insulted them, suffering immensely.

The sect leader, expressing extreme disappointment, directly ordered her punished by surrendering her Phoenix Bone; Zhao Yue, righteousness over family, personally tore out her Phoenix Bone.

In her previous life, she resented and wanted to reclaim her Phoenix Bone; Zhao Yue angrily denounced her wicked nature and directly threw her, on the brink of death, into the Heavenly Thunder Pool to suffer heavenly thunder punishment.

Later, although she escaped the Heavenly Thunder Pool, her foundation ruined, she had to turn demonic to survive, yet her birth mother, the utterly pure and holy Zhao Yue, personally purified her with heart's blood; the sect leader and elders joined forces to kill her, scattering her soul and spirit.

That was truly painful.

But it was nowhere near as painful as this moment.

A person having their bones ripped out while still alive, yet managing to live, is not mercy toward her but a punishment.

Such punishment, even if she were reborn, she still couldn't avoid.

"Senior Martial Sister."

Su Chacha's voice came in along with the sound of the door being pushed open.

Shen Qingli immediately opened her eyes and looked toward the doorway.

The pale-faced Su Chacha looked at her with tears in her eyes, "Senior Martial Sister, I'm sorry, I'm sorry…… I didn't know it would turn out like this……"

Shen Qingli felt only cold indifference; Su Chacha's visit now wasn't genuine guilt or apology—she was actually showing off, which is why in her past life she had been so angry as to want to reclaim her Phoenix Bone.

Even knowing that, in her ruined state she was no match for Su Chacha.

But she no longer had a Phoenix Bone—how much worse could things get?

At most just death.

Later events proved that something even worse could indeed happen.

"Junior Martial Sister doesn't need to apologize; it's clearly her narrow-mindedness!" Another voice rang out, followed immediately by——

Shen Qingli's most beloved junior martial brother, Gu Cihe, walked in, saying, "Is it just that you want my bones? As the head senior martial sister, you actually refuse to give them! What qualifies you to be senior martial sister?"

"Hah!"

Shen Qingli chilledly laughed in her heart.

Gu Cihe, about the same age as her brother in her memory, because of considerations for Zhao Yue, she couldn't go find her real brother, so she treated Gu Cihe like a brother, teaching and nurturing him.

Yet he came out accusing her of abusing him, punishing him in winter to suffer ice torment on the Extreme Cold Cliff, and in summer punishing him to endure poisonous flames in the Lava Cave.

Yet clearly he had begged her for more guidance, wanting to wipe away past shame and return to his clan to seize the honor of the rightful heir that belonged to him.

He never considered that, with his utterly ordinary foundation, without extreme tempering, how could he advance to Profound Master at fourteen and join the ranks of the Xuanti Continent's outstanding youth?

"Junior Martial Brother, please don't say that……" Su Chacha's tears fell like pearls, like a little white flower after rain, as she urged Gu Cihe, "Senior Martial Sister must be suffering terribly, we……"

"That's also what she deserves! If she had willingly stripped off her Phoenix Bone, it wouldn't hurt this much!" Gu Cihe stared coldly at the bedridden Shen Qingli, "What kind of look is that, Senior Martial Sister? Don't I speak the truth?"

"Get out." Shen Qingli, gritting her teeth against the pain, didn't want to see this pair of white-eyed wolves.

"Thud!" Su Chacha suddenly knelt down and began kowtowing, "Sorry, Senior Martial Sister, don't blame me, okay? I'll return your Phoenix Bone right now."

Gu Cihe immediately pulled her up, "What return? This was originally yours!"

Shen Qingli laughed angrily, "I underwent nine Nirvanas, in your so-called abusive Lava Cave, I fused bone and flesh nine times while alive to forge this perfect Phoenix Bone—how did it become Su Chacha's?"

These years, Zhao Yue gave her no resources, no opportunities.

Yet she managed to rise all the way, not only because of her talent, but because she gave her all!

In the end, the life she staked, according to Gu Cihe's mouth, was actually originally Su Chacha's.

"How, are you dissatisfied with the sect leader's punishment?" Another cold voice sounded.

Shen Qingli felt a pang in her heart, and unsurprisingly saw Pei Jianshu.

Clad in white, aloof and cold, she resembled a banished immortal.

This was the one who made her heart flutter when she admired him in her youth.

One was the head senior sister, the other the head senior brother; they had been together for years and were known as the golden boy and jade girl. She had thought they would eventually become dao companions.

But when everyone was blaming her, what did he say?

He said, "As senior sister, Shen Qingli failed to watch over the junior sister, causing her to go into demonic deviation; she should bear full responsibility. Extracting her bones as compensation is only fitting."

Now he stands before her, ethereal and graceful, looking down and saying, "Shen Qingli, you've caused such a mess; you don't deserve to be honored as senior sister."

"She truly doesn't deserve it! Relying on her status, she daily abuses our Saint Maiden Peak disciples—that's bad enough, and she also bullies the junior brothers and sisters of the other peaks."

"If not for everyone speaking up this time, I really wouldn't have known how many fellow sect members suffer like me from her. Shen Qingli, you're more vicious than a demonic cultivator!" Gu Cihe pointed at Shen Qingli and cursed hatefully.

Seeing Shen Qingli unmoved, Pei Jianshu slightly furrowed his brows, then suddenly grabbed her and pulled her up.

How could Shen Qingli's frail body, like a dying candle in the wind, withstand this?

"Pfft!"

Shen Qingli spat fresh blood; her boneless body went limp like a ragdoll, collapsing in a heap.

Gu Cihe immediately sneered, "Still pretending? Do you think this way you can avoid punishment?"

"Junior brother..." Su Chacha opened her mouth as if trying to stop.

But Gu Cihe grabbed Shen Qingli's collar, pulling her from Pei Jianshu's grasp and dragging her like a dead dog off the bed and out the door.

"Let go." Shen Qingli strained with all her might to grab Gu Cihe's hand, her eyes full of killing intent.