Chapter 551: Extra Chapter One: In the Previous Life, After A-li

In his previous life, Shen Ting.

After Shen Qingli's death.

Kunlun was frozen over tens of thousands of li.

The Kunlun Snowy Region, which had originally been habitable and cultivable, now utterly devoid of any immortal trace.

Until a wisp of supreme divine breath descended, and five-colored divine splendor spread across Kunlun, yet still no trace of life could be found.

Outside the Kunlun Snowy Region, the Central Shen Ting Army led by the Queen Mother of the West had just arrived, yet none dared or could cross the snow region by even a hair's breadth.

Following closely was the Grand Elder, who anxiously asked, "What happened? The Dao Lord hasn't fully recovered; how could he risk coming out of the Dao Palace?"

"Perhaps the divine sovereign has changed." The Queen Mother of the West's tone had not a ripple.

For her, only the Dao Lord's life or death could stir her emotions.

"The Kunlun Divine Sovereign?" the Grand Elder exclaimed, yet in his perception, not a shred of vitality remained inside or outside Kunlun.

Before, only the Kunlun Summit was like this; now, this is—this is the entire Kunlun devoid of any vitality.

"Could it be that the Kunlun Divine Sovereign was still alive before, and only now counts as completely dead?" the Grand Elder asked blankly.

But the Queen Mother of the West could not give an answer; only the Dao Lord still on the Kunlun Summit could.

When the five-colored divine splendor dispersed, the Queen Mother of the West immediately knelt and bowed, "Welcome back, Your Majesty!"

"Welcome back, Your Majesty!" the remnant Shen Ting Army also bowed down.

The Grand Elder also dared not crane his neck to look; he had already bowed down.

Before him soon appeared that person's splendid attire and divine boots.

Abundant Dao essence invisibly weighed down on him, so much that he could not even lift his neck.

"Your Majesty, please return to the palace." The Queen Mother of the West earnestly said, "You are vital to Shen Ting above and below; you cannot be negligent."

The Grand Elder immediately agreed, "What the Queen Mother of the West said is absolutely right; please, Your Majesty, observe mourning."

"Observing mourning?" In the indifferent Daoist tone lay a complexity the Grand Elder could not comprehend.

Yet the Grand Elder panicked, already prostrate on the ground, "Your Majesty, observe mourning!"

Before this, he had never sensed emotion in that person's voice.

No wonder they say the Kunlun Divine Sovereign is Your Majesty's sole true friend! Indeed so.

What he did not know was, in the "scenery" he dared not look up at.

The young Dao Lord stood with hands behind his back, his gaze dazed, his complexion deathly pale.

"I've just returned." Di Jin did not understand; before he left Bing Xue Feng, Lao Shen had been fine.

"Your Majesty?" the Queen Mother of the West didn't understand, "You've been back for a while, haven't you?"

"Return." As Di Jin's words fell, he had already returned to the Dao Palace.

But by the time the Queen Mother of the West also rushed back to the Dao Palace, what she saw was a Dao Lord devoid of vitality, like a morning mist, vague and formless.

The Queen Mother of the West could not believe it, "Your—Majesty?"

The doomed-to-not-respond Di Jin had already descended to the mortal realm, returning to Bing Xue Feng.

But on Bing Xue Feng, the familiar aura was long gone, only a few mountain wildbirds remained.

His divine sense swept over the entire Azure Jade Sect, yet found no trace of that "older sister".

Later, he learned she had died; Lao Shen, in his effort to reassemble her physical body, also died.

The forces that besieged them were Lao Shen's mortal spouse of one night, and also the mother of Lao Shen's daughter.

Di Jin snorted in anger……

This did not match the fate he had calculated.

Lao Shen had faced a love tribulation, and his daughter also faced a mortal tribulation.

But according to the calendar, they should have smoothly returned to Shen Ting.

"Someone has deceived me."

Di Jin needed no guess to know.

This was the Western bald donkey's scheme aimed at him.

Oh, it might not even be a bald donkey.

The bald donkey's situation is worse than his; evidently he lacks this capability.

Only one person could do it.

"The Regent Prince."

Di Jin gazed toward the West.

His people would not die pointlessly for no reason, leaving no remnant soul; only a political rival could have done this.

But that neuter person, by rights, could not have accomplished this so perfectly.

"Is it because of you?"

Di Jin reached out and gently touched the corpse's face—Shen Qingli's face.

But before his eyes appeared two separate scenes.

One was the scene of him, newly fallen "wah-wah" to the ground, held in her embrace.

The other was him repaying her, bestowing upon her the "Immortal-Demon Transformation".

Because of him, she had fared poorly; after he returned to his station and learned of it, he gave her a new path.

Yet she still did not survive……

Lao Shen also died alongside her, his divine status extinguished, rebirth hopeless.

Following the usual procedure, he would go to the Western Sect, sweep aside the villains, and take revenge for them.

After all, it was Lao Shen, not an outsider.

However, "I don't want to."

Di Jin sat cross-legged on the cold snow peak.

It's strange; this is the first time I feel lonely.

Because Old Shen died?

Certainly not.

When in Shen Ting, the two of them hardly ever interacted, almost to the point of dying old without contact.

Or is it because of you?

Di Jin's fingertip lightly rubbed, wiping clean the bloodstain on Shen Qingli's face.

Rationally, he cannot be willful, after all bearing the fate of Shen Ting's countless living beings.

If he lives, they live.

If he dies, they will surely be purged by villains.

Many old-timers who have not yet returned to their positions will likely be completely annihilated.

His plan to pull out the mastermind behind the great calamity will also be destroyed.

But his heart tells him he does not merely want to take revenge.

Because even if he takes revenge, Old Shen and Old Shen's daughter cannot be brought back to life.

And he wants her to live.

Really strange.

The scene before Di Jin's eyes finally froze on the expression of that stubborn girl, unwilling and unyielding.

He thought, he was merely a woman's benevolence, a single thought of pity.

However, that's not the case.

……

Di Jin silently caught his own tear.

Only one drop, but it is also the sole drop of his birth as a god.

It is because of her, Shen Qingli.

He actually still remembers what she is called.

I really owe you.

Di Jin closed his eyes, then transformed into five-colored light, scattering into Bing Xue Feng, Jadeite Sect, Xuanti Continent.

He had no way to revive her, because she lacked a divine soul, but he and she have karma.

Then let him be the cause……