Stealing The Yuri Protagonist Harem

Chapter 429: Chapter 428: The Traitor Star Flickers Faintly

Chapter 428: The Traitor Star Flickers Faintly

Ling Shuangxue’s gaze changed.

It shifted into something puzzled, odd, and faintly... pitying.

She was puzzled because she clearly recognized every word spoken by the white-haired girl before her, yet when strung together into a sentence, the meaning slipped from her grasp.

As for the oddness and pity...

(A Divine Transformation cultivator, yet so mismatched inside and out—white hair on a child’s body, speech full of strange nonsense... perhaps her mind is unsound.)

Ling Shuangxue had spent her life with only the sword for company and lacked much worldly experience, but she did have a Dao companion who loved to tell her stories.

In his stories, there were always those kinds of characters:

People with extraordinary power who carried some fatal flaw—like baldness, excessive caution, or the habit of waging mental battles with thin air.

He had once explained to her that such things were the "price of power."

There was even a saying: blackening makes you ten times stronger; redemption weakens you by three parts.

Her Dao companion had patiently gone over the meaning of those words.

With that thought, a trace of softness flickered in Ling Shuangxue’s eyes.

But recalling her present predicament, she quickly reined in her emotions.

"What do you intend?"

Her voice remained calm and even.

She had no wish to provoke a Divine Transformation cultivator who might have... mental irregularities.

The other party also showed no hint of hostility.

"Eh? No reaction?"

The white-haired loli blinked her starry eyes. "Aren’t you curious about what I just said? Don’t you want to ask about my dear best friend?"

"No."

’My Dao companion taught me to never get entangled with someone whose mind is questionable.’

’Especially if you’re not well acquainted.’

Ling Shuangxue’s manner stayed cool and indifferent.

Mainly because the girl’s words sounded utterly unreliable, and her acting was... embarrassingly over the top.

But suddenly, Ling Shuangxue sensed something complicated in the girl’s gaze.

The small girl let out a soft sigh.

"...Forget it. I’ll just plant a seed for now."

———

Yue Xuanji sat alone in the now-empty space, falling into brief contemplation.

Having achieved her purpose, she had released Ling Shuangxue from this domain.

"So pure, to such a degree... coupled with that reason, no wonder she became the first to officially become his dao companion."

Her starry eyes glimmered as her bare feet swung lazily, the white-haired girl murmuring to herself.

"Still, maybe I didn’t use quite enough of the ’ingredient.’ If it had been that dumb little fox, she would’ve rushed in to bite me by now... heh, the only woman who dares to lay hands on me."

"Speaking of which, the purer she is now, the more she’ll..."

A delighted smile suddenly blossomed across Yue Xuanji’s face, a trace of inexplicable anticipation flickering in her eyes.

But the smile quickly faded as she took in her surroundings.

All around her, countless stars had been shattered.

The Heavenly Divination Tower Master wore an expression of pure heartache, as though her very breath was caught in her chest.

"Such a loss..."

"This time wasn’t even that entertaining, and I lost so many... At least I didn’t pry too deeply into the Heavenly Mechanism."

"But something still feels off... hmm, even without using any spiritual awareness technique, I could tell that little girl just had some very disrespectful thoughts about me."

"This is exactly why I hate revealing my identity in this form..."

If the world knew that the illustrious Heavenly Divination Tower Master was currently a flat-chested, bottomless white-haired little girl, how would she maintain her reputation in the cultivation world?

"I want to see something fun... Maybe I should watch that dumb fox blowing her fur out?"

"Or... watch him curl up and shiver?"

———

Luo Wusheng shivered.

He could clearly sense that he had once again landed himself in trouble.

The next thing he knew, the orderly scene before his eyes warped into chaotic, fragmented space.

Just a moment ago, he had been diligently wearing down the black flood dragon’s soul-seal, waiting for the chance to break free.

He could feel the seal weakening.

But in the blink of an eye, his vision was filled with this distorted, lawless void.

And hanging high above was a single scarlet star, exuding a pressure so intense it made his breath falter.

Divine Transformation!

Luo Wusheng instantly judged the unrestrained aura’s level.

What’s going on?

What is this situation?

While confusion swirled in his heart, an even more bewildering voice drifted into his ears...

"That... the power of the Demon Moon has returned? No—impossible! I had sealed the Demon Moon using my own nether soul. It shouldn’t be capable of leaking enough force to enable cross-realm communication!"

A voice, half-mad and trembling with fury, echoed out from within the blood-red star.

At the same time, a terrifying pressure swept across the entire void.

One by one, other stars of varying colors, sizes, and brilliance flared to life.

"What’s going on?"

"Has cross-realm communication finally been restored?"

"Wait—did I just hear Elder Jiao say the Demon Moon was truly sealed yesterday?"

"We were cut off for a whole day... my mind has been on edge all this time. Unable to observe the Royal City, unable to contact anyone—how was I supposed to know when the order to strike would come..."

A babble of voices spilled from the awakened stars.

"Silence!"

The frenzied voice thundered again, and the entire space fell abruptly silent.

The madness ebbed, replaced by an unnerving calm.

"Yesterday, while retrieving the Demon Moon with my nether soul, an... accident occurred. To prevent the Demon Moon from falling into the Immortal Nation’s hands, I was forced to seal it myself."

"What? Even Elder Jiao’s nether soul suffered an accident? How many Divine Transformation cultivators did the Immortal Nation send to intercept your nether soul?"

A voice rang out from one of the stars, its astonishment plain.

"You speak too much!"

The mad voice snapped again, this time carrying a hint of barely contained rage.

Intercept his nether soul?

Who could possibly understand the helplessness he had felt yesterday?

The voice fell silent for a moment before resuming, calmer now:

"That is irrelevant. The real question is—why has the Demon Moon’s power become usable again?"

This time, after the oppressive sweeps of pressure, no star dared to answer first.

But then, an earthy-yellow star blazed to life.

Its size matched that of the crimson star.

A deep, resonant male voice rumbled from within.

"What’s so difficult to grasp? In the end, you’re simply too weak, rotten flood dragon. You failed to reclaim the Demon Moon; a flaw in the soul-seal is only natural. Hmph! To think the Netherking trusted you to oversee this operation. Once we return victorious, this old bear will personally report your failure to the Netherking!"

"What did you just say!?"

A surging aura swept through the void, clashing head-on with the bear’s.

For an instant, two overwhelming powers locked in open hostility.

But before the tension could erupt, a third force cut sharply between them.

"Enough. What’s the point of squabbling?"

A cyan star of equal size flared bright, releasing a cold, genderless voice:

"The restoration of the Demon Moon’s power is no misfortune. The Netherking is already preparing to act. Even if the Immortal Nation has truly broken the seal and taken the Demon Moon, they have no time to locate us here."

"On the contrary, this gap gives us the perfect chance to finish the discussions we left incomplete when we were first caught off guard."

"Someone outside the Circle of Stars might have broken the seal—so what? Could they possibly trace our location, let alone overhear our plans?"

Within the chaotic expanse, the countless stars flickered and dimmed in restless rhythm.

And then—

A single pale-white star glimmered faintly to life.

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