TDFM Chapter 128

Completion 

Clang——

The Compassionate Sword fell to the ground.

Yun Qing swayed unsteadily and collapsed.

The world spun around her as she fell into an embrace.

Familiar cultivation power flowed into her body. Before her eyes, golden gentle light swept past, and she saw Baiyu summoning the Golden Frost Jade Dew Lotus.

Yun Qing opened her mouth, wanting to say it was useless.

But she could no longer make a sound.

The light from the Golden Frost Jade Dew Lotus poured frantically into Yun Qing’s body as if desperate to save her life. She saw Baiyu with tears streaming down his face, pleading bitterly for her not to die.

Yun Qing truly wanted to tell Baiyu not to be sad—the feeling of death wasn’t painful.

Her heartbeat had slowed, her entire body became very peaceful. Stripped of pain, a person became like a leisurely white cloud—so light, so joyful, so beautiful.

She thought of many, many things.

The trembling fear of childhood, humbly longing for family love, the despair when abandoned, that night she soaked in the cold river water—how she had hoped this world would be destroyed.

She had gained a new family, she had tasted fragrant sweet candy, and she thought again that this world wasn’t so bad after all.

She had made friends, and she had met her beloved. She loved his scent, loved watching him smile, loved his embrace.

She had wandered the jianghu, watching the love and hate, laughter and tears of the mortal world. People were kind yet evil, sincere yet false, selfless yet cunning, taking yet giving. People were complex, people were beautiful.

The mortal world had given her love, given her hate, given her pain, given her healing.

The world was always woven with light and darkness—without either, it would be incomplete. You couldn’t change them; the only thing you could choose was where to focus your gaze.

If you gazed upon light, light would illuminate your life. If you gazed upon darkness, darkness would rule your existence.

The mortal world had many hardships, but so what? The mortal world was also very lovely.

She would forever love this human world.

Yun Qing smiled slightly and slowly closed her eyes.

The Compassionate Sword let out a mournful cry, its blade’s radiance dimming.

Rumble——

The entire dao field began to collapse.

Jiang Baiyu turned a deaf ear, stubbornly using the Golden Frost Jade Dew Lotus to heal Yun Qing. The loss of cultivation and the departure of his magical treasure caused his mind to go blank repeatedly, but he remained unmoved like a statue.

The flowers, plants, and trees manifested by immortal power all disappeared. The ground of real blue bricks cracked into countless fragments with a crackling sound and began to fall.

Everyone in the dao field also began to fall.

Life force had already left Yun Qing’s body. Nearby, Fu Xue and Cheng Suiyan had completely fainted. Besides Jiang Baiyu, only Ci Li, who had transformed into a small cat, remained conscious.

In fact, Ci Li wasn’t entirely sure whether Jiang Baiyu was still conscious either.

The cat felt its body falling faster and faster. It looked blankly at the increasingly bright sun on the horizon. It had no ability to save everyone from this height of several thousand zhang, nor could it save itself.

It tried to struggle briefly, then finally closed its eyes and squeezed out a sentence with difficulty, “That’s fine… die… together.”

Roar————

The soul-stirring roar appeared again.

Ci Li almost thought it was hallucinating. It suddenly opened its eyes, its emerald pupils turning as a familiar divine dragon appeared at the edge of its vision.

The dragon’s scales gleamed with dazzling golden light in the sunlight as it swayed its tail, swimming like a fish.

In the round cat eyes, the dragon’s reflection grew larger and larger.

In an instant, the divine dragon swam before them, circling once and steadily catching the falling people on its back.

Ci Li lay on the dragon’s back with a very unreal feeling.

It glanced at Jiang Baiyu, who was still healing Yun Qing. Feeling somewhat sad, it lowered its ears and looked away, saying with difficulty to the divine dragon, “Thank… you.”

“You’re welcome.” The divine dragon’s voice was extremely resonant. When it spoke, Ci Li felt its entire body vibrating slightly.

Ci Li was ultimately curious. After holding back for a while, it asked, “Why?”

The divine dragon replied, “I have some connection with the little friend who summoned me. Having me oppose Qiguang Zi for her sake would naturally be impossible, but lending a small helping hand is no trouble.

I was hiding in the clouds watching the excitement just now. I thought you were all doomed, but I never expected that you mere mortals could actually slay Qiguang Zi! This is simply miraculous.”

Ci Li became even more curious. “Fu… Xue? Connection?”

“Her name is Fu Xue?” The divine dragon chuckled. “That suits her well. To tell you the truth, my right eye has cultivated a destiny mirror.

So I could see at a glance that in her previous life, she was a silver carp who was slain by Qiguang Zi on the day she was transforming into a dragon. Though she was only a dragon for less than a day, she could still be considered my kin.”

The corner of the cat’s mouth lifted in a very human-like smile as it said, “I knew it.”

****

This was truly the sweetest sleep she’d ever had in her life.

Gentle, quiet, deep, relaxed—her body felt like it was sinking into a pile of soft, clean wool, so carefree, so at ease, so wonderful.

Having slept her fill, she slowly awakened.

Before her eyes was a blue bed canopy.

She stared blankly at the canopy, her scattered consciousness gradually gathering.

There were footsteps outside the door.

The footsteps drew closer and closer. Then the room door was pushed open, and the person from outside entered. Seeing her with open eyes, they said joyfully, “Senior Sister, you’re awake!”

Yun Qing lay in bed and turned her head slightly to look at Fu Xue.

Memories surged back like a tide, and she asked softly, “Didn’t I die?”

Fu Xue quickly said, “How could that be? Aren’t you perfectly alive?”

“Is that so?” Yun Qing was somewhat puzzled. She sat up and scratched her head. “Did Xi save me? Did her divine soul not dissipate?”

Fu Xue didn’t answer. She placed the water pot she was carrying on the table, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to her. “Senior Sister, are you thirsty? Have some tea first?”

Yun Qing was indeed somewhat parched, so she took the tea bowl and drained it in one go.

After drinking, she handed the tea bowl back to Fu Xue, who poured her another cup. She waved her hand to decline.

Then she got out of bed. Fu Xue asked beside her, “Senior Sister, why don’t you rest a bit more?”

“No need,” Yun Qing felt strange in her heart. She shook her head and walked outside while asking, “Where are the others?”

“They’re all resting.”

Yun Qing reached the doorway and suddenly raised her hand to touch her chest.

In her heart field, there seemed to be a spring, with life force surging.

She asked Fu Xue, “Is Baiyu also resting?”

“……” Fu Xue lowered her head and vaguely hummed an acknowledgment.

“Fu Xue, tell me the truth.”

Fu Xue looked up at her with red-rimmed eyes filled with tears and said, “Senior Sister, Baiyu gave you the Golden Frost Jade Dew Lotus.”

Her suspicions confirmed, Yun Qing felt her mind buzz, her heart feeling as if it was being torn apart in pain. She turned and ran out of the room.

“Senior Sister, Senior Sister?” Fu Xue hurriedly chased after her.

The place they were in was an ordinary residence with about five or six rooms. Yun Qing pushed open doors one by one. First, she saw an empty room, then she saw a room where Suiyan was sleeping. Then, when she pushed open the third door, she saw Baiyu.

He was fully dressed, lying quietly on the bed, motionless, his face full of death’s pallor.

Yun Qing wept as she knelt beside the bed, raising her hand to caress his face.

Fu Xue walked behind her with red eyes. “Senior Sister, this is the letter Baiyu left for you.” She handed over an envelope.

Yun Qing opened the letter and read it carefully.

[Yun Qing

When you read this letter, I will no longer be here. Don’t be sad, because I originally died twenty years ago—every day I lived after that was fortunate. And my greatest fortune was meeting you.

I will always remember how you looked when I first saw you. You were frowning with a guarded expression, glaring at me fiercely. I don’t know how to describe the feeling I had then—I wasn’t intimidated by you, I just thought you were a bit cute.

The more I interacted with you afterward, the more I realized you weren’t as fierce as you appeared on the surface. Deep down, you were actually an extremely gentle and kind girl.

That night at the Fan family in Guangling City, when you used your body to shield me from Little Tower’s flying stones, my heart beat so fast that even the Golden Frost Jade Dew Lotus couldn’t suppress it.

Later on, it wasn’t just fast heartbeats anymore.

I wasn’t drunk on Jade Ring Lake, and you didn’t guess wrong that night on the rooftop—I was indeed trying to seduce you.

I wanted to gaze at you, wanted you to respond to my gaze, wanted you to know how much I loved you, and wanted to receive your love in return.

Later, I truly received your love. On that night when meteors fell, I really wanted to announce to the whole world that I was undoubtedly the luckiest person in the world.

Human hearts are ultimately never satisfied. I had already obtained the most wonderful thing in the world, yet I still felt regret.

Because I still had so many, many things I wanted to do with you, but unfortunately, there was no more time.

What I regret most is that we had clearly agreed—after rescuing Senior Le Chenzi, we would get married. I was truly looking forward to seeing you in wedding attire, but I’m sorry, I must break this promise.

I wonder if you will marry someone else in the future. If there really is such a person, he must be someone you carefully chose, he must be a good person, and he will treat you well. But he definitely won’t play the Song of Ease, and he won’t make delicious grilled fish either.

Forgive my rambling words. I’m just… afraid you will forget me, and also afraid you will remember me.

Yun Qing, I still remember our debate about dao and emotion with Martial Aunt on Huayang Mountain. Now I can finally understand it deeply. Only when something happens can a person truly understand what is most important to them.

For me, you are the most important—you are more important than my life.

I cannot accept your departure, so please forgive me for making this decision without discussing it with you.

Don’t grieve for me, because—do you remember when we discussed life’s completion on the rooftop at the Chu family? Now I can say: having received Yun Qing’s love, Jiang Baiyu’s life was complete.

Oh, and I made a little thing for you. When you miss me, you can open it.

Also, please apologize to Martial Aunt for me. I believe the Huayang Sect will flourish under her guidance.

Farewell.

I hope to meet you again in the next life.]