Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 384 - 216: Jiang Wan Awakens! (Two-in-One Mega - )_5

Chapter 384: Chapter 216: Jiang Wan Awakens! (Two-in-One Mega Chapter)_5

Years had taken away their beauty.

Wrinkles began to mark their faces, hair turning silvery white...

In life’s final moment, they smiled serenely at the brilliant Peach Blossom Grove and closed their eyes in peace.

——

Bang!

A massive collision sound startled the two women awake.

The stone door started to crack, as the skeleton relentlessly persisted.

But at this moment, Ran Qingchen and Qu Hongling looked bewildered, as if the illusion truly had them living through a lifetime.

Consciousness, like the first light of dawn, dispelled the chaos surrounding them.

Qu Hongling blinked, "Sister, was it a dream?"

The deity statue was shattered to pieces without them noticing, and two spherical crystals lay scattered on the ground.

One shone bright as the sun, the other pure and gentle as the moon.

Ran Qingchen’s mindset had not yet adjusted.

Yet that call of "Sister" sent a shiver to her heartstrings, the ephemeral memories of familial love fusing into her blood.

Suddenly, amidst a clattering noise, the solid stone door was forcibly breached.

The skeleton seemed to sense something that drove it into such a frenzy.

It saw the two crystal orbs on the ground and let out a shrill, ear-piercing screech, lunging towards the women.

They hastily defended themselves.

And the skeleton’s power and speed had increased significantly since before.

Qu Hongling lashed out with her flying sword, only for the skeleton to easily snatch it as if catching a falling leaf, severing the subtle connection between the girl and her sword.

"Sister!"

Ran Qingchen was shocked, her sword dancing in her hand, fury fueling its glow like a roaring tornado storm, sweeping towards the skeleton with irresistible force.

However, the skeleton neither dodged nor evaded, and a strange power burst from its bones. With a fierce shake of its bony arm, it tore apart the vortex of Sword Qi.

Then the skeleton retaliated with a backhand palm, the force of the blow sending Ran Qingchen flying!

Qu Hongling tried to invoke a secret technique once more.

But before the Dharma Seal could form, she was flung backwards, crashing heavily against the wall.

The skeleton raised its sharp claws, thrusting toward her.

"Is this death..."

With no more strength to spare, Qu Hongling felt an odd sense of release, thinking of the illusion where she saw Jiang and Ye, muttering, "Jiang, wait for me..."

Thud—

The sharp claws pierced the woman’s chest, splattering blood.

Qu Hongling’s face was filled with astonishment.

Before her, another figure had appeared—it was Ran Qingchen.

"Sister!"

Qu Hongling’s eyes widened, her head buzzing as if a tiny hammer was pounding at her temples.

Ran Qingchen looked down at her pierced chest, her expression filled with confusion and hesitation, perhaps not even she knew why she would sacrifice herself for the sisterly bond from an illusion, to save a woman from the Demon Clan.

But saved she had, and in the end, it was done...

It was better this way, she no longer had to follow the path laid by her mother, no longer had to be tangled in her husband’s affections.

Finally... she could let go of everything.

Ran Qingchen closed her eyes.

It was as if something within her had shattered.

Threads of black energy started to spread from the wound...

The skeleton, originally intent on tearing apart the woman before it, looked at this black aura and suddenly quieted, uttering a deep, murmuring sound, "So... this is it..."

The skeleton’s eyes, glowing like ghostly flames, slowly withdrew its hand.

With a gentle wave, the two orbs on the ground entered the bodies of Ran Qingchen and Qu Hongling.

Their injuries instantly healed.

Then, the next second, under the bewildered and astonished gazes of the two women, the skeleton turned into a pile of ash and vanished.

——

South Sea Holy Sect.

In a secret chamber of the forbidden area.

A doll covered in silver needles, inscribed with the name "Qingchen", suddenly fell from a small altar.

All the silver needles fell from the doll’s body.

"...A failure?"

In the chamber, a deep sigh echoed, "The ’Heartless Sword Heart’ within that girl is gone, ultimately we couldn’t make her heartless.

"Jiang Wan, it’s time for you to recover your memory. Which person holds the Living Buddha’s reincarnation relic you retrieved..."

"From whom will you... awaken?"

"If you do not return, your daughter, heh...