Both were greatly shocked and could only fight while retreating.

However, the Nameless Ancient Corpse was impervious to swords and invulnerable to fire and water. Possessing boundless strength, it was also incredibly agile. Most astonishingly, it could even employ profoundly advanced Martial Arts, forcing the two to retreat step by step!

Especially Mu Hongxue; his Power seemed quite weak at that moment. Within a few moves, he was sent flying by the Ancient Corpse.

At the critical moment, Wang Mu stood before him, employing the Four Seasons Yin Yang Palm to clash with it. Tremendous force erupted; the Ancient Corpse was repelled, but Wang Mu was sent flying even further.

“Brother Mu, you go first!” Wang Mu embraced Mu Hongxue and, taking advantage of the closing gateway, threw him out before engaging the Ancient Corpse in fierce combat once again!

“What are you doing!” Mu Hongxue, who had been thrown out, was stunned. Watching the gateway close, his expression instantly changed…

「Fengyue Valley, the back mountain.」

Witnessing this scene, the figure in bright red’s eyes welled slightly. “It must have been at this moment back then…” she murmured.

It felt as if emotions sealed away for many years were being unlocked; a wave of sorrow washed over her. She couldn’t help but take out a flask of fine wine, drinking as she watched.

It was probably then that the feelings from those days had burst forth like an opened floodgate.

She had originally taken quite a liking to the lad, especially after that scene.

Although the situation was somewhat different from the past, the experience manifested by the Refining Emotion Cave proved that this fellow’s choices were indeed identical to his choices back then.

At the critical moment, he had sent her out and fought the Ancient Corpse inside the treasure chamber himself.

Did she truly know what this fellow had experienced inside the treasure chamber back then? Now, after he had sent her out, she could finally see it clearly.

The battle was incredibly tragic…

Inside the treasure chamber, Wang Mu fought the Ancient Corpse for several days. His body was completely exhausted and infected with corpse poison in various places—limbs, neck, abdomen, face—all covered with wounds; he was hardly intact.

Especially since the treasure chamber was inside an Ancient Tomb, sealed tight.

Once the gate closed, the air inside was cut off. Compounded by the flaring corpse poison, his face turned a ghastly, dark blue.

Normally, in such a situation, one would be doomed.

The figure in bright red felt an inexplicable pang in her heart watching this, knowing this must be an alteration brought about by the Refining Emotion Cave experience.

If he were to truly die here at this time, it would mean failing the test of the Refining Emotion Cave.

But at this crucial moment, Wang Mu began to close his eyes and regulate his breath, and the corpse poison on his body actually started to weaken…

“This is… the Heavenly Poison Scripture!” she exclaimed. “It was that girl Bi You who passed it to him…”

The figure in bright red clenched her teeth. “It seems that in these past two years, he must have met that girl… No, not just her… Later, when he went to Heavenly Capital, Yan Qingwu was also there…”

After using the Heavenly Poison Scripture to disperse the corpse poison in his body, Wang Mu took a deep breath to focus his spirit.

“Divine Breath Skill!” The figure in bright red was startled. “He even learned such a Divine Skill for healing and recovery. No wonder he could survive such injuries… and later even make it to Heavenly Capital…”

Watching his recovery, she felt a flood of emotions.

She recalled the great lengths she had gone to find him, even dispatching numerous experts to this place. Unfortunately, the gate was sealed from within and could not be opened from the outside, no matter what they tried. After months of fruitless effort, they had to give up in frustration. She had been in a terrible state of mind during that period…

Meanwhile, he had continued his clandestine Cultivation inside. Within the remains of that Ancient Corpse, he discovered a Secret skill: the Innate Yin Yang Skill.

Beyond that, he also acquired many other martial arts techniques and ancient manuscripts from the treasure chamber.

All of these had been collected by the Fire King back in the day.

Wang Mu, neither eating nor drinking within the treasure chamber, studied for months…

In the end, relying on the Four Seasons Yin Yang Palm, he broke through the door…

Upon seeing this, the figure in bright red, for some reason, let out a sigh of relief.

The scenario changed again: Wang Mu arrived at Heavenly Capital…

However, seeing the graceful figure beside him, the figure in bright red couldn’t help but gnash her teeth.

“I worried about you for months… To think, when I finally saw you, you were intimately accompanied by that Yan Qingwu…”

In Heavenly Capital, at the Flower Appreciation Festival, scene after scene replayed. It was particularly impressive when he, using his profound Inner Strength, appreciated numerous Divine Flowers. This won him the affectionate gazes of the lady at his side, and eventually, he picked the Red Rose.

“Skip this quickly!” the figure in bright red urged, growing restless.

In the vision, it was finally her turn to appear. Yet, looking at it now, there was a touch of rivalry in her past actions, causing her cheeks to burn slightly.

“Hmph… Yan Qingwu really was so pure back then…” she muttered.

“She even pretended to be considerate, wanting him to give the Red Rose to *me*… In reality, if he had truly given it to me, a rift would probably have formed in your heart, wouldn’t it?”

Watching these scenes in the vision, the crimson figure snorted coldly.

Subsequently, she watched as the lad, to everyone’s surprise, tore up the Red Rose and fed it to others as an antidote.

It left me speechless, yet it won the adoration of the beauty by his side. What a clever tactic…

She closed her eyes, and the vision shifted to the Demon Palace, where they drank together and she revealed her true form.

At this point, she vaguely remembered Little Gu from her own family. Truly… incredibly foolish!

Then, she watched calmly, her state of mind gradually becoming serene, until the battle with Piao Miaoxu.

“I remember this battle; I fought shoulder to shoulder with him…” she said softly.

“It’s just that, in the end…”

「In Piaomiao Palace, a great door appeared alongside the Heavenly Vault.」

Wang Mu suddenly jerked awake.

“Damn it…”

“Again?”

Memories flooded into Wang Mu’s mind as he watched everything unfold.

This time, compared to the others, it was clearer.

Especially when the memories surged, he felt that this journey was noticeably more difficult than the previous two times.

This time it’s with Mu Hongyuan… Wang Mu took a deep breath. If it’s just this, how is it considered passing the trial?

Forget it, I won’t think too much about it.

That’s right, I remember when I fell, my two weapons fell as well…

The Sky-cutting Sword and the Shadow Hong Saber.

Both were Divine Weapons. The Shadow Hong Saber, in particular, was found in the Fire King’s treasure trove. It was later specially forged and had drunk the blood of countless enemies, imbuing it with immense Evil Qi and making it incredibly powerful. If the heavens and earth have undergone a change, and they too have endured some form of karmic consequence, these two Divine Weapons must have become Supreme Treasures, right?

Thinking this, Wang Mu looked over.

He didn’t see the sword, only the Shadow Hong Saber, which had fallen.

And it landed exactly where Mu Hongyuan was.

She obtained this saber… Wang Mu mused.

Wait, could it be that the Refining Emotion Cave came into existence because of the Shadow Hong Saber? That Divine Artifact… could it be…

While pondering, Wang Mu proficiently punched the Gate of Apocalypse, continuing his plunge into the boundless spatial abyss.

This time, he was determined to see clearly who that final ray of light was. It gave him a very familiar feeling; it definitely had to be someone he knew.

It’s just… this time, he still hadn’t seen clearly, only catching a silhouette in the ray of light.

But from that silhouette, Wang Mu figured it out.

It’s a woman… Wang Mu silently noted.

Then, all the scenes vanished…

Meanwhile.

「Fengyue Valley, the back mountain.」

The crimson figure stared at the vision, at the scene that was as still and silent as if it had remained unchanged for millennia.

For a moment, she was stunned.

“Is this how you’ve spent your thousand years?”

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