ACER-Chapter 30: He Finally Returned

As soon as Di Yange returned to her little nest, she excitedly opened the “Defying Fate Technique”. Turning to the first page, it was still those few bright red words.

She eagerly read the entire book from beginning to end. After finishing, she frowned with her picturesque brows.

The book was good, but the requirements were too demanding.

To change one’s aptitude required favorable timing, location, and harmony, along with heaven-defying spiritual materials, each condition was extremely difficult.

For example, the Chaos Divine Body required finding the purest place of chaos power, along with a Star Core, Divine Bone, Laws of Reincarnation, the Three Thousand Great Daos… and finally enduring forty-nine years of Red Lotus Karmic Fire.

Just reading this kind of thing made her shake her head.

The worst part was that the caster would suffer backlash from the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, endure millions of years of burning, and ultimately die with their body and soul destroyed.

That’s millions of years, she wasn’t insane. Even if she could gather everything, she wouldn’t do it.

Originally, she thought that giving Luo Ziyin her own spiritual roots and bloodline would be enough.

Clearly, it wasn’t that simple. If it was that easy, those with heaven-defying talent wouldn’t survive long.

Di Yange opened the Qiankun Ring and rummaged through it for a while before reopening the book.

Finally, she found something usable.

Extreme Yang Body.

Coincidentally, all the required materials were inside the Qiankun Ring.

Huangxuan Grass, Golden Sun Leaf, Heavenly Yang Lotus, Phantom Extreme Sand…

And under the backlash section, it noted that the caster would suffer an unknown curse, possibly dying on the spot.

Di Yange’s brows curved into a charming smile.

At that moment, she sensed someone approaching.

She immediately threw the book into the Qiankun Ring.

After a few light knocks, she opened the door.

Outside stood Xi Rou, wearing a light pink ruqun. The pale tassels at her waist draped naturally, outlining her slender figure. Her black hair was tied with a simple ribbon, making her appear lively and cute.

Five years later, she looked even more gentle, her softness seemed to emanate from her very bones, making others instinctively like her.

In her arms, she held a set of light blue clothes.

Only then did Di Yange realize that she hadn’t changed clothes for five years.

Fortunately, this world had cleansing techniques. Otherwise, she would’ve been in a terrible state.

“Senior Sister, are you here to bring me clothes? Thank you.”

Di Yange gave Xi Rou a warm smile.

As expected of someone who made both the villain and the male lead fight over her, her attention to detail was impeccable.

Xi Rou stood there shyly, her affectionate eyes secretly glanced at Di Yange before quickly lowering her head and nodding.

After handing over the clothes, she took out a storage bag.

“Junior Brother, I know you used to like spiritual plants. These are what I’ve saved over the years.”

Although Xi Rou’s glances were subtle, they couldn’t escape Di Yange’s eyes.

Di Yange also didn’t much of a reaction to it, after all, she had no choice. She discovered that she became even more beautiful.

After her cultivation improved, her appearance had become increasingly striking. Her features were the same as her past life, but for some reason, becoming more and more enchanting. Dressed in men’s clothing, she looked like a peerless young master. Even she wanted to admire herself in a water mirror.

So she completely understood Xi Rou’s feelings.

“Thank you, Senior Sister. Once I refine these into pills, I’ll send some to you.”

Di Yange accepted them without hesitation, giving her a mysterious smile.

Xi Rou was instantly dazzled, almost forgetting why she had come.

“Senior Sister, where is Ziyin?”

At the mention of Luo Ziyin, Xi Rou began to hesitate and stammer.

“He… he’s doing very well right now. He’s still living in my father’s courtyard.”

“Alright, I’ll visit him in a few days.”

At that time, Di Yange had never considered the fact that Luo Ziyin might be abused.

After confirming that he’s fine, she began preparing materials.

“Senior Sister, do you have anything else to do?”

Xi Rou felt her heart skip a beat, “N-no.”

“Then I’ll get back to work.”

With that, Di Yange closed the door, leaving Xi Rou standing there in a daze.

She remembered that she had originally come to ask about what Di Yange had done over the past five years.

After hesitating for a while, she finally left.

Meanwhile, Di Yange had already become busy again.

These materials needed further refining into proper components before proceeding to the next step.

……

“Brother, I’m sorry.”

Outside the light screen, Luo Ziyin was already in tears at some point. He had said sorry so many times it had become numb.

By now, how could he not know the origin of his Extreme Yang Body?

It turns out that everything he had was given to him by Di Yange, yet he had foolishly believed himself to be a genius and used what she gave him against her.

Long Yanche said bitterly, “Luo Ziyin, don’t flatter yourself. It hasn’t reached that point yet. No one knows what really happened.”

But Luo Ziyin was already lost in his own thoughts, unable to hear anyone else.

It’s just that, he still didn’t know the cost of altering someone’s aptitude.

……

At that moment, Di Yange, who was refining materials, sensed a disturbance outside the sect.

It seemed something major had happened.

She casually swept her divine sense outward and saw a man in early Golden Core Stage standing at the entrance of Jianxin Sect, wearing a black hood.

His entire body radiated hostility, his eyes filled with hatred and vengence.

Clearly, he was here to cause trouble.

Sensing her gaze, he glanced toward her direction, releasing a chilling aura.

Di Yange also saw his face clearly.

Xiao Jue?

Why was it him?

With that appearance, she thought he was some villain.

But… he had already reached Golden Core, while Luo Ziyin, the little villain, was still a useless person.

She needed to speed up the matter of changing his aptitude, otherwise Luo Ziyin might be killed by Xiao Jue in a single encounter.

So she continued working.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jue stared at Jianxin Sect’s plaque, his eyes filled with hatred.

He hated Di Yange for actually trying to kill him over those treasures.

He had treated her as his best brother, yet she had actually betrayed him.

She had even caused him to collapse by the roadside, where people from Tiangang Sect captured him.

In order to extract the secrets of his cultivation, those people tortured him with countless inhumane methods. In the end, it was only because he relied on his need to avenge his family and his hatred for Di Yange that he could endure til now.

Now, he had finally returned.

Even if she had crippled his cultivation, so what?

After being saved by Qian Xue, he secretly cultivated until he reached Golden Core. He then personally killed those who tortured him. Now that Tiangang Sect had been handed over to Qian Xue, he returned to Jianxin Sect.

He would never let Di Yange go.

After entering the sect, Xiao Jue immediately went to find Luo Ziyin.

Meanwhile, Di Yange was at a critical moment and had no time to pay attention to anything else.