Chapter 138: Resolving Loose Ends and Character Fates

A summary of the novel's side plots, also meant to tie up some loose ends that were mentioned previously but never actually written down.
First, regarding Tang Yiyun's side plot.
As Ye Cheng's first girlfriend, Tang Yiyun's side plot indeed appeared somewhat hasty.
Because this side plot was too thin, in the later world-building, she was supposed to be a descendant of Tang Yuyuan, the sect master of the Immortal Dew Terrace, and her very blood...

With Liyang making a move, He Qingchuan immediately sensed the chilling aura that had invaded his body being rapidly suppressed. Overjoyed in his heart, he completely opened his mind and assisted Liyang in refining the cold, sinister energy within him.

Feng Tianyang thought wildly to himself, and worrying that something might go wrong while Su Yunliang was awakening, he simply stood guard nearby.

After returning to the village, everyone was gathered at Old Man Liu's house, not leaving because they were waiting for Wang Xingxin to return with his household registration settled. Seeing them come back, the crowd immediately swarmed around.

When Shuangxi was bound and forced to her knees before Gu Jingfeng, she was still completely clueless, having just emerged from an inn. However, looking at the anger in Gu Jingfeng's eyes, coupled with the triumph in Haitang's expression, she had a sinking feeling that something was terribly wrong.

As dusk approached, the village chief of Dragon Pond Village, who had been keeping watch from the village, felt that most of the day had passed and there should be no danger left. Therefore, he brought along several strong villagers, intending to go over and investigate the situation.

Although Groudon and Kyogre had already been suppressed by the top-tier powerhouses of the Alliance, the remnants of the two major organizations were difficult to completely eradicate. The Aqua Team and Magma Team, seasoned by countless battles in another world, were as comfortable in the ocean as fish in water, fully utilizing the terrain to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Alliance.

"Immortal Emperor Heishan, are the experts of the Demon Realm really that formidable?" Xuanyuan Zhantian leaned over to Immortal Emperor Heishan and asked.

Near the coastal waters of Brute Island, a pirate ship drifted upon the surface of the sea. The name of the pirate crew was the Steel Tooth Pirates, and their purpose in coming to Brute Island was not to plunder, but simply to resupply.

Anyway, seduction wasn't the only way to win people over; since Shen Qinghong didn't care for beauties, he would gift other things instead.

How was he supposed to tell Aiai? How could he tell her that her master had fallen deeply in love with her the very first time he laid eyes on her? And then, through calculated deception of her parents, stubbornly and selfishly kept her by his side purely for the sake of his own love—how on earth was he supposed to say this aloud?

His primary intention in coming to Central Capital this time was to find an opportunity to finish off the Fire-Artisan Monk. Since this person had already forged a mortal enmity with him, he simply had to die.

He took a deep breath, then closed his eyes slightly, leaning back against the seat and turning his face away so he no longer looked at Zhou Ranran.

Zhou Ranran's gaze lowered slightly, and then, without changing her expression, she reached out, her fingertips brushing very, very lightly against Xia Peizhi's arm.

Only then did she realize that during the dinner hour, all the palace attendants kept their heads lowered, wishing they could find a place to bury their heads, and their bodies were trembling slightly.

Behind the smiling face: To prevent scandalous gossip in this lifetime, one could simply place her under house arrest and keep her tightly controlled.

Talking to Zhou Ranran had to be straightforward and concise; if she spoke a single sentence too many, she was bound to start spouting nonsense, and Zhou Zhenting couldn't be bothered to waste his time here.

"What are you looking at?" he asked seemingly offhandedly. Perhaps because he had just finished recording a song, his voice carried a magnetic, clear resonance with a natural reverb that was inexplicably alluring.

"Cough, cough..." Xia Peizhi coughed twice. Although it wasn't a genuine compliment, Zhou Ranran's words still made him feel somewhat unnatural.

"Then I also have the right to refuse. I cannot pay too heavy a price for this condition of yours," Dugu Bo said calmly.

If it were just an internal dispute within the Blue Heaven Sect earlier, the intervention of the Demotic Cult meant that this matter had completely escalated into the fuse for a righteous-versus-evil war.

Having finished speaking, he grasped the steel spear with his uninjured hand and walked toward the campus of the Institute of Technology, carrying the distinct air of a hero heading into battle with no intention of returning.