Chapter 11: then title translation, then ===GLOSSARY=== with list of named entities appearing in these lines

At this moment, everyone who had been baptized by Shen Qingli's icy gaze felt a tingling numbness on their scalp! Even pillars of the sect like Zhao Yue and Bai Ren Shan were no exception.

Especially as soon as Shen Qingli's words fell, the heavens boomed with a "Boom—", followed by rolling thunder and lightning pouring down like rain.

Everyone instinctively clutched their pounding hearts, a sense of unease spreading through their whole bodies.

But this lightning was clearly meant to strike Shen Qingli—what did it have to do with them?

"Senior Brother."

Su Chacha instinctively ducked behind Pei Jianshu, her whole body trembling.

Pei Jianshu, who had just shielded her, softly coaxed, "It's all right, don't worry."

Upon hearing the commotion, Gu Cihe, Bai Chongtong, Zhao Yue, Su Zhengzong and the others almost instantly released their mystic power, shielding the frail Su Chacha who could not fend for herself.

Zhao Yue stared fixedly at the dense lightning that fell like meteors, and just as it was about to strike Bing Xue Feng, she let out a cold laugh, full of glee, saying, "Wicked girl! Die!"

"Bang!"

"Boom!"

Heavenly thunderbolts struck down, splitting Bing Xue Feng and the Bi Yu Sect as if the blazing sun had exploded, so bright that the cultivators watching from all directions felt their eyes would be blinded by the flash.

Zhao Yue and the others also instinctively raised their arms to shield their eyes; when the blazing light faded, they hurriedly looked toward Shen Qingli, expecting to see a charred corpse, but instead they were stunned enough to drop their jaws!

"You..."

"This is..."

Everyone stared in disbelief at Shen Qingli, her whole body emanating purple lightning and completely unharmed, unable to comprehend what was happening!

Only Shen Kuo's eyes lit up, "Heaven's Way Testament!"

"What!" Su Zhengzong's old face twisted, "How could it be the Heaven's Way Testament?"

"Master, what is the Heaven's Way Testament?" Zhao Yue asked doubtfully, feeling uneasy inside.

Su Zhengzong gave her a complicated glance, never expecting! His beloved disciple actually treated his own biological daughter so poorly, to the point that even the Heaven's Way acknowledged Shen Qingli severing the mother-daughter bond with her!

"As the name suggests, the Heaven's Way has proven that the elder sister's words were true, and it praised her bravery and decisiveness, unafraid of conventional prejudice, even using its power to help her reforge her foundation! From now on, her veins will no longer carry your filthy blood!"

Shen Jin's powerful and detailed explanation drained all color from Zhao Yue's face, "Impossible!"

Bai Ren Shan and the others also froze, instinctively looking toward Su Zhengzong, the only one among them who clearly understood the Heaven's Way Testament.

Su Zhengzong, however, didn't look at them but turned to Shen Kuo, saying, "It seems there's been quite a misunderstanding here; I'll take my leave and not disturb you further."

Zhao Yue and the others didn't even have a chance to speak before he ushered them all away, looking very much like they were fleeing in defeat.

However——

"Remember what I said!"

Shen Qingli's proclamation still rang clearly in everyone's ears.

"Impudent!" Zhao Yue instinctively turned back, habitually wanting to scold and rebuke Shen Qingli.

But the instant she turned her head, she met a pair of eyes glowing with purple cold light, like those of a demon god!

A murderous aura nearly pierced her body and soul, shocking her into a dazed stupor……

Likewise, Pei Jianshu, who also turned his head, was startled by the tall, upright Shen Qingli whose gaze was icy and lethal!

Pei Jianshu could hardly reconcile these eyes with the pair that had always held affection and tenderness when looking at him.

Only then did he suddenly realize——

Shen Qingli, she seems to have truly changed.

He suddenly felt panicked in his heart, wanting to speak up and explain something.

But Su Zhengzong had already led them away from Bing Xue Feng, so he could no longer see Shen Qingli.

On Bing Xue Feng, however, Shen Qingli felt a sense of ease throughout her body, as if the pent-up energy in her heart had finally been fully released.

But Shen Kuo, watching her, saw that the surrounding spiritual energy was still flowing into her body!

From the moment the heavenly lightning struck down until now, it has never ceased.

Even the spiritual pool water originally prepared for her was responding to this suction, converging into her body as pure tempering spiritual liquid.

"Huh?" Shen Qingli only then noticed the anomaly, about to withdraw her gaze inward for inspection.

But Shen Kuo immediately reminded her, "Don't stop; keep your mind at the dantian, spirit tranquil in the Great Void, maintain this state."

Although she didn't know what was happening, she still followed his advice, and gradually realized that it was her reforged bones, after absorbing countless thunderbolts, that had developed a voracious appetite, frantically drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Thus, Shen Qingli's entire body became enveloped in a thick white spiritual mist, obscuring her figure.

Shen Jin's lips curled slightly, as if hinting at some satisfaction, but Shen Kuo sent him flying down the mountain, saying, "Guard well; do not let anyone come in to disturb A Li."

"Understood." The carefree and unrestrained Shen Jin picked a crooked-neck tree, lay on its trunk, and rested his arms behind his head while gazing at the sky.

At this moment, the sky was clear and cloudless, as if the dark clouds that had just covered the heavens had never appeared, and everything in the Bi Yu Sect remained as usual.

But how could that be possible?

Inside the Holy Mother Peak's main hall, Su Chacha couldn't help but ask, "Grandfather, Senior Sister..."

"Ah." Su Zhengzong sighed, looking at Zhao Yue, "Didn't I tell you, no matter how resentful you feel, she is still your daughter—don't be too harsh on her?"

"No matter what, I gave birth to her—isn't that enough?" Zhao Yue still felt she had done nothing wrong, "Besides, I was only a little strict with her; uncarved jade cannot become a vessel, otherwise she wouldn't be where she is today."

"Yes, Grandfather. If it weren't for the master's strictness toward the elder sister, how could she have become the youngest Xuan King on the Xuanti Continent at fifteen?" Su Chacha suppressed her sour feelings, "Even Senior Brother needs twenty years to attain kingship."

"That's also true." Su Zhengzong nodded, then said, "But since the Heaven's Way has testified that she is in the right, Ah Yue, you should apologize to her—what deep hatred could there possibly be between mother and daughter?"

"Apologize?" Zhao Yue found it laughable, "As her mother, giving birth to and raising her is already a great kindness—what fault do I have?"

"Master, you really shouldn't have pulled out the elder sister's phoenix bone; she must resent you because it was so painful. If you apologize, she will surely forgive you." Su Chacha urged gently.

"Not bad." The usually silent Bai Ren Shan also spoke up, "In a month, it will be the sect's grand competition; this year's rules differ from previous years, requiring participants to be under twenty-five.

Our Bi Yu Sect may have many heavenly talents, but one more would make us steadier. Since Shen Qingli has already reforged her foundation, her cultivation seems not to have fallen much. Ah Yue, for the sect's sake, apologizing to her is no trouble.

"What Ren Shan said is absolutely right." Su Zhengzong stroked his beard in praise, "Everything must prioritize the greater good."

Only then did Zhao Yue ease her grim expression, nodding, "Alright, I will go apologize."

"Very good." Su Zhengzong looked pleased, just like Bai Renshan and the others, all feeling that as long as Zhao Yue admitted her mistake, Shen Qingli would surely forgive her, forgive the entire Emerald Jade Sect.

"She got off too easy." Gu Cihe muttered resentfully, "She made so many mistakes, even hurt the little junior sister and second senior brother, yet she just gets off lightly."

"Senior brother, it's no big deal if I suffer a little injustice." Su Chacha said earnestly, "As long as the eldest senior sister is willing to come back, we can return to how things were; I like the eldest senior sister leading us in cultivation."

"Not bad." Pei Jianshu nodded; he also wanted to return to the past. He didn't want to see Shen Qingli's eyes like that again.

It's a pity, but Shen Qingli is destined not to be as they wish.

At this moment she still didn't know what they were planning, and she remained immersed in that subtle cultivation state.

That white snake, unknown when it had coiled around her wrist again, faintly glowed with golden light, purplish-gold scales growing in overlapping layers, fine and dense.

"Cry!"

Within Shen Qingli's body, a phoenix cry rang out once again.

Before her eyes, a bloody scene flashed into view.

But this time...

It was not a nightmare, not a memory, not herself, but a completely new scene.

That was the scene of Shen Kuo being carved by the Ten Thousand Swords, blood-stained phoenix feathers scattering across the ground.