Chi Jie's heart rolled into the open snake mouth of the Shimmering Star Water Monarch.

At that moment, thunderclouds raged in the sky, and moonlight was just covered by a shadow.

Chi Jie burst into loud laughter, "Mere snake demon, claiming to be a Water Monarch, tonight you shall all become my sustenance! Let me take the Water Monarch's place, hahaha..."

The Shimmering Star Water Monarch widened his eyes in rage, and from the corners of his eyes covered with scales, blood dripped with resentment and despair.

His whole life of arduous cultivation, with deep mana, who could have thought he would fall to such a villain at that moment?

Amidst the howling wind and thunder, a dense rain, like beans, suddenly poured down, without anyone knowing when it started.

The fine rain hit Chi Jie's face, washing away part of his distorted features, while some fell into his laughing mouth.

In the same way, rainwater also rolled along Chi Jie's heart into the snake mouth of the Shimmering Star Water Monarch.

The rain came so suddenly, crashing down fiercely, that both man and demon could not react.

Chi Jie, in the midst of his laughter, froze in shock for a moment, "It's raining? Why does this rain have a taste of wine?"

The Shimmering Star Water Monarch's roar of rage paused for a moment as well, "The rain... why is it sweet?"

The rain was indeed sweet and had a taste of wine.

Because this sudden storm was actually orchestrated by Chen Xu.

Following the guidance, from afar, he saw the battle between man and snake on Glazed Island and quietly observed from a distance above the water's surface for a while.

Soon, Chen Xu discerned the key to the battle between man and demon.

He hesitated not and immediately chose to use the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine, to separate the deadly entanglement between this man and demon with this heart-piercing yet unseen method.

The Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine was mixed into the rainwater and unknowingly fell into Chi Jie's mouth in large quantities.

This person, deceitful and cunning, with strange tactics, if directly assaulted, would surely entangle the Shimmering Star Water Monarch.

To strip Chi Jie's evil magic from the Shimmering Star Water Monarch, the only way was to pierce the heart!

The rainwater mixed with wine poured down in torrents.

Chi Jie felt nothing strange at all—

Or perhaps even if he sensed something amiss for a moment, at the moment the spirit wine entered his throat, his entire thought, and heart soul, were unconsciously affected.

He licked the corner of his mouth, eyes widening, suddenly seeming to forget the heart that was just sent into the Shimmering Star Water Monarch's snake mouth.

No, he actually remembered.

To be precise, his thoughts leaped unknowingly, as if transported thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye.

That was the Jade Capital Celestial City, the most prosperous place in the whole Imperial Dynasty.

The Twelve-Layered Tower of Jade Capital, layer upon layer reaching towards the Celestial Palace.

The celestial winds passed under those exquisitely constructed eaves, bringing a wonderful sound of bronze and glazed chimes colliding.

Within the Twelve-Layered Tower, there were the most unparalleled beauties of the entire Great Li World, the most exceptional talents;

Also the fiercest fine wines, the most splendid stories;

And the world's strange treasures, worldly treasures;

Whether from the mysterious realms or Yellow Springs, from four seas or five lakes, or from the Immortal Mountain's wondrous abodes, or the dangerous extraordinary realms...

The Twelve-Layered Tower had everything one could wish for.

Here celestial music never ceased, flute and song, banquet and gala, or contests in martial arts, ardent discussions, pointing to the landscape, all were plentiful, each event touching.

As long as you are talented enough, distinctive enough, you can enter it, be sought after by thousands, praised in song by the world.

Chi Jie had imagined countless times being a guest of honor in the Twelve-Layered Tower.

Rather than hiding in a dark corner, watching those so-called bloodline brothers arrogantly trailing behind the Fifth Prince.

Entering and exiting always accompanied by nobility, with the company of talents and beauties.

And he, just because of a small mistake in the past, was to be banished and scorned.

Why?

Were those two any good?

That Fifth Prince really considered himself of noble birth!

Ridiculous, ridiculous, back when they were all trampled in the mud, who was more noble than whom?

Who didn't know whose origins?

Chi Jie, in his Divine Thought, suddenly found himself walking into the Twelve-Layered Tower.

Those so-called nobles who once looked down on him were now all surrounding him, showering him with praise.

Chi Jie looked down with a serene smile, "There's no need for that, gentlemen, I was just born understanding a bit more about hard work than you.

You already have too much, so it's understandable that you don't know how to strive."

He spoke, and his faint smile gradually broadened.

The laughter in his mouth grew louder.

He seemed to see the Fifth Prince covering his face in shame, and hear the painful cries of those two wretches.

It turns out they also wanted to enter the Twelve-Layered Tower and meet Chi Jie.

But in this vanity fair, who wasn't clever?

Chi Jie didn't even need to spare them a glance for others to unsheathe their swords, kick their legs, and willingly play the villain.

They rebuked, feigning authority, "What filthy wretches dare enter the Twelve-Layered Tower to disturb Master Chi's company!

Take them all down and give them twenty lashes as a warning…

Oh, be sure not to draw blood and dirty Master Chi's eyes!"

"Hahaha..."

Chi Jie could no longer contain himself, and a twisted laugh broke out from his throat.

Actually, he really wasn't a bad person.

Back then, when the Fifth Prince was nothing, wasn't it Chi Jie who helped those two ungrateful dogs sneak into the cold palace by climbing the dung cart?

He was like the fiercest wolf, guarding in front of the Fifth Prince.

Those two used to be incredibly respectful to him, striking wherever he pointed.

They braved through the hardest of times together, yet once the day came where the Fifth Prince rose in power, he began to despise this most loyal cousin.

It was just a small mistake, a small mistake... Yet the Fifth Prince seized the chance to banish him, even calling it leaving the capital to avoid disaster.

Was this avoiding disaster?

It was clearly passing the blame!

Chi Jie shouted loudly, "I'm unwilling, I'm unrepentant, I did nothing wrong!

Today, with my rise, you ungrateful wretches shall suffer the pain of soul-burning separation, then die at your own hands, hahaha..."

Laughing, laughing, and laughing, the heart that departed from his chest finally exploded three inches inside the mouth of the Shimmering Star Water Monarch.

Boom!

The Shimmering Star Water Monarch howled to the sky, fiercely spitting out a mouthful of shattered flesh.

Splatter, splatter!

The giant snake let out a mournful long cry.

Hiss—

The snake's cry was incessant, and the Shimmering Star Water Monarch, rolling over, finally broke free of the snake body previously bound by Chi Jie's evil technique.

His snake tail swept across, and Chi Jie screamed in pain.

It was this very sweep that finally woke Chi Jie from his blissful fantasy.

Chi Jie's entire body was like a rag doll knocked to the ground by the Shimmering Star Water Monarch, screaming, suffering the most violent backlash.

"No! What really happened? I can't accept this, a mere snake can turn the tables on me... Ah!"

"Fifth Prince, for me..."

Before he could finish, there was a loud boom.

Chi Jie's body erupted in a surge of rebellious blood.

In the past, the Gray Monkey King attained enlightenment overnight from drinking the Jade Liquid Heart-Clarifying Wine.

But now, having drunk the same spirit wine, Chi Jie's energy channels reversed, his Divine Soul shattered, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he exploded, dying!

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