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The phantom of the Shadow Hong Saber in Mu Hongyuan's hand emitted a series of clear ringing sounds.

The blade's shadow flashed and descended upon Wang Mu's neck.

Wang Mu closed his eyes, having given up and awaiting death.

The edge of the Shadow Hong Saber was still so cold.

After drinking the blood of countless people, is it finally going to taste its own master's?

At this moment, with the blade a mere centimeter from his neck, Wang Mu couldn't help but recall his encounter with Mo Xilan on Seven Emotions Island.

If Heaven gave me another chance, if I could start over, I would definitely kill the other one first. After all, one is always easier to deal with than a group.

Of course, Mu Hongyuan wanted to kill him not just because he had performed Emotion Cutting; a more significant reason was the connection to Brother Qin.

Wang Mu mused, For her to see her beloved disciple fall for the man who was once hers... this damnable, twisted fate truly leaves one speechless.

After some thought, Wang Mu opened his eyes and said, "Wait."

"What, scared of dying now?" Mu Hongyuan squinted.

"Death itself is not a concern," Wang Mu said, "but before I die, I have a request."

"Let's hear it. If I find your request satisfactory, I may agree."

"Give me the Unrivaled Bell. I will repair it," Wang Mu said. "After that, do as you please."

Mu Hongyuan was slightly taken aback as she looked at him.

His expression was completely calm.

"Since you've lost your emotions, just let it be ruined," Mu Hongyuan said. "Why fix it?"

"Because it's mine," Wang Mu stated. "You rely on this item to suppress the Emotion Poison in your body while cultivating the Great Yin Yang Map. Without it, you cannot cultivate. I don't want any more karmic ties with you. Repairing this item will sever my karma with you.

"Karma is not brought at birth, nor taken away at death. Since I am to die, I should die cleanly.

"Isn't that so?"

Hearing this, Mu Hongyuan's expression turned livid, then pale. With a flick of her hand, a small, exquisite bell appeared in her palm. She tossed it forcefully to Wang Mu, saying coldly, "Fine, then you fix it! This item is different from before; it is now my Lifebound Magical Treasure. You may have fixed the Green Frost Sword, but that doesn't mean you can fix this! In Fengyue Valley, there is a perilous place called the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond. It was formed when a drop of All Things Water Essence fell from the heavens during a cosmic upheaval and coalesced, eventually forming a Divine Pond over a long time.

"Any cultivator who enters the Divine Pond will be suppressed by the heavens, their heart frozen forever. For hundreds of years, countless bones have been buried there.

"The bottom of the pond contains the Mother Stone of All Things, which is the most crucial material for repairing the Unrivaled Bell. With it, by adding your own blood and a Splitting Stone, it can be repaired."

Wang Mu considered this. The damage to the Unrivaled Bell was somewhat lighter than that to the Green Frost Sword.

It also required one less material.

He took the Unrivaled Bell. Its appearance seemed no different from the one he had given Mu Hongyuan back then.

However, a sweep of his Divine Sense revealed the immense power contained within!

"Take me there," Wang Mu said.

Mu Hongyuan waved her hand, and the surrounding space changed. As if by teleportation, they instantly arrived above the clouds.

Wang Mu looked down.

A vast lake, its true size immeasurable, came into view below.

The silvery water was completely still, without a ripple.

Merely looking at it induced a deathly stillness, a feeling that one's Spiritual Power itself had become quiescent.

"If you really want to fix it, then jump down," Mu Hongyuan said coldly. "It's not too late to regret it. If you want to live, there are other ways. You just need to stop being so fickle from now on, and then we can restore what we had..."

Before she could finish speaking, Wang Mu leaped down.

Utterly decisive.

Mu Hongyuan was slightly startled and instinctively reached out, but she only grasped air.

His figure plunged into the Divine Pond.

"You..." Mu Hongyuan's expression changed instantly. Not even a moment's hesitation?

Watching the figure fall into the Divine Pond with a splash, her face turned pale, and she bit her lip tightly.

「Meanwhile.」

In the main hall of the Fengyue Sect.

"It seems... someone has entered the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond..."

The Elders looked at each other, utterly aghast.

The "Divine Pond Beckoning Fate" was the Fengyue Sect's public explanation.

In reality, the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond was the final stage of this trial.

However, this stage wasn't actually for testing; it was for punishing cultivators with malicious intent.

During the Fengyue Sect's past recruitment drives, there were often cultivators who used special Secret Techniques to hide their true intentions—such as altering memories, possessing others' bodies to seize opportunities, and so on—thereby passing various tests.

These cultivators, with their sinister motives, purely aimed to harm the disciples of the Fengyue Sect. Many disciples were used for Dual Cultivation and then abandoned.

When the Supreme Master emerged from seclusion and learned of this, he had all those individuals captured and thrown into the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond. There, their Primordial Spirits were tormented, suffering the oppression of the heavens.

Even they, the Divinity Transformation Elders, dared not enter it casually.

Moreover, once inside, the Divine Pond contains powerful heavenly rules. One must rely on their own strength to climb out; otherwise, they will be crushed to death by the Divine Pond Mysterious Water and slowly devoured.

Simply put, the Heavenly Demon Divine Pond was, in fact, a place of punishment...

It used to be the ultimate trial of the "beckoning fate." Some, to prove their innocence, even voluntarily leaped into the Divine Pond to accept punishment. If they could climb out, it indeed proved their innocence and would win them the respect of the Fengyue Sect.

However, over the years, all who had jumped into the Divine Pond had perished.

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