Chapter 330 - 125: I Don’t Want You to Return My Heart, A Clean Break, How Can He Have It Both Ways?

At this moment, she was no longer the immortal from her past life who stood proudly atop all worlds, looking down upon the masses. Instead, she was just a helpless woman, lost and filled with sorrow and pain.

"I don’t owe you anything anymore."

Although Jiang Lan’s face was pale, his tone remained as calm as ever.

As the wound gaped to its widest, he abandoned the Eternal Damnation Ancient Sword and plunged his hand directly inside.

A shimmering glow of Magical Power enveloped his hand, then spread over the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Immortal Heart.

Then, with a hard yank, a fountain of blood gushed forth. In his hand, the Immortal Heart—brimming with a mystical, celestial light—was still beating, vividly alive.

As the Immortal Heart left his body, all color rapidly drained from Jiang Lan’s face, and his life force began to fail.

Yet, his expression never changed from beginning to end.

This was a pain no ordinary person could endure, but compared to the Heart-devouring Disease he once suffered, it was practically nothing.

’At least in his eyes, everything he had done tonight was worth it. What was a little pain in comparison?’

"You never owed me anything in the first place..."

Jiang Ruxian’s face was pale as she stared, dazed and bitter, at the beating Immortal Heart.

This was the Immortal Heart that had once belonged to her. The very source of her all-consuming quest for vengeance in her past life was now right before her eyes.

But now, she had no desire to take it back. Her heart was filled with nothing but endless pain and regret.

She didn’t want this Immortal Heart at all; she never wanted Jiang Lan to tear out his heart for her.

But Jiang Lan’s words just now had made her understand... In the future he had foreseen, she had truly broken his heart. In life, her misunderstandings and cruelty had driven him to utter despair, and even in death, he found no peace.

Jiang Ruxian herself didn’t even want to recall the obsessive things she had done in her past life.

When Jiang Lan spoke of it just now, his calmness and composure—the fact that he hadn’t killed her on the spot—was already an act of immense kindness and mercy...

Jiang Ruxian could actually understand why he would tear out his heart to return it to her, wanting nothing more to do with her. After all, the only memories she had given Jiang Lan were of pain and despair.

"I’m sorry..."

Jiang Ruxian murmured, rising to her feet to support Jiang Lan.

However, Jiang Lan simply maintained his posture, holding the Immortal Heart out to her. He watched her calmly, not letting her come any closer.

"Don’t try to act tough... hurry and take a Healing Elixir."

Jiang Ruxian hid all her bitterness in her heart. With a trembling hand, she took the Immortal Heart he offered, her tone as gentle as she could make it.

Jiang Lan just nodded calmly and said, "I will."

She watched as Jiang Lan then turned and left without any hesitation, not sparing her another glance.

Jiang Ruxian clutched the Immortal Heart, still warm from his body. A pang of sorrow hit her, and she was overcome by a wave of endless bitterness and grief.

Fortunately, the rain was pouring down, and with her face already wet, no one could tell if it was from the rain or her tears.

She wanted to call out and ask him to stay, but she didn’t know what to say. ’Besides,’ she thought, ’what right do I have to stop him?’

The effects of the Soft Soul Immortalization Powder didn’t last long. By the time Jiang Lan’s staggering figure vanished into the dense rain and deep forest, Jiang Ruxian had already recovered her cultivation. She stood there, stunned, for a long time, letting the heavy rain soak her to the bone, making no effort to block it with her Magical Power.

Only when a clap of thunder echoed in the distance did her mind begin to clear.

She looked at the still-beating, living Immortal Heart in her hand. Using her abilities, she gathered the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth, then refined it into a crystal-clear Tao Source, within which she preciously sealed the heart.

When she returned to the ruined temple on the barren mountain, Madam Liu was still waiting anxiously for her by the bonfire.

However, Jiang Ruxian gave no response to Madam Liu’s questions.

She used her Magical Power to steam her clothes dry, then sat before the bonfire, hugging her knees. Her glossy black hair cascaded down, and she stared blankly into the flames, as if her body had returned but her soul was still lost outside.

"Miss Ruxian, what happened?" Madam Liu asked, looking at her with deep concern.

Jiang Ruxian didn’t seem to hear, sitting motionless as a clay statue, her vacant eyes reflecting the flickering bonfire.

At this moment, the ethereal mist that usually shrouded her was gone. She looked like a Fairy banished to the mortal realm, her picturesque face exquisitely pale and crystalline, yet her eyes were faintly rimmed with red.

Madam Liu had no idea what had happened or how to comfort her, so she could only sigh beside her.

Jiang Ruxian still paid her no mind.

However, when she heard Madam Liu’s next few questions, her eyes finally flickered, showing a spark of life.

"Miss Ruxian, the people who attacked us just now... were they from the Prime Minister’s Mansion?"

"And what you said outside the temple... were you saying that the ones who tried to kill me in Guangyuan City that day were sent by Young Master Lan?"

Jiang Ruxian turned her head to look at the questioning Madam Liu. Then, as if sensing something, a sudden viciousness flared in her previously calm and cold eyes.

She simply raised her hand and struck out toward a spot outside the temple. Instantly, a section of the Void, invisible to ordinary eyes, erupted with a deafening BOOM.

Accompanied by the CRACK of something shattering and a muffled groan, a hidden figure trembled and instantly fled, leaving only a spray of blood behind.

"What was that...?"

Madam Liu was utterly shaken and amazed.

But Jiang Ruxian just coldly spat out two words: "Royal Family."