Author's Note: HELLO and MERRY LATE CHRISTMAS to all my readers <3 man I'm sorry for not updating for a while, Christmas was a fun and busy holiday for me and family especially with work so it has keep me from working on this chapter! But don't worry, my very late present has finally arrived to my readers and I hope all of you had a great Christmas and will enjoy this latest chapter 😊
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"Have you heard? Wen Gu-Niang killed another maid last night."

"What? What's the reason this time?"

"She didn't like her eyes. Said it was too ugly for her to look at."

"Goodness, that's horrible."

Since she was young, the one thing that she found that was beautiful was the liquid red gaze that belonged to her father. Those identical eyes that only she and her father shared.

However, everything else were ugly. Horrid to her taste. If she see something ugly, she must kill it...it is her rule.

Such as her killing and ruining her servants at a young age.

Killing animals.

Destroying objects.

She did all of these things with the sole reason of them being distasteful.

However, as she grew up into the beautiful maiden as she was now, a carefree butterfly fluttered across her path.

The moment her eyes gazed upon that butterfly...she wants it.

She want to hold that butterfly.

Caged that butterfly.

Bend the butterfly to her will and make it her's.

"Wei Yang..." she breathed out as she held a helpless butterfly in between her fingers by its wing. Her crimson gaze watched gleefully at the captured creature. "Soon...I'll make you mine."

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"Y-You bitch!" Wei WuHui grunted out as she continued to struggle against the effects of the poison.

"Oh dear, I have to clean that mouth of yours." Wen RiLuo pouted as she stared down at her captured butterfly. Grabbing her chin roughly, she tugged it upward where Wei WuHui's dull eyes met her's. "It's impolite to call your master that, you know."

"Master?" Wei WuHui sneered as her face contorted in disgust. "I would rather die than belong to a Wen bitch like you—."

Her sentence was cut off the moment she felt an intense pain in her right thigh, causing her to let out a short scream of pain.

"A Wen bitch? How crude." Wen RiLuo cooed as she held onto the dagger's handle that was stabbed through the other maiden's thigh, being the cause of her pain.

Wei WuHui groaned painfully as she felt the wetness staining her leg, belonging to her blood.

M̵̨̧̥̳̪̮̈́̿̌͝a̵̤̋s̶̡̧̭͓̲͎̭̼̠̿̿͐̈́̊̂͊̍̕͠t̴̨̟̙̟̖̖̮̏̈́͛̅͛́ĕ̸̻̫͓̞̈́̕͠r̸̟̬͊̄̇̍̒͝~̸̨̖͕̥̲̪̀͗̀̏̿͑́̂̕̕͜ ̴͚̖͚̿̌̇́̄̌́͆̍̌w̷̠̪̣̠̽ẖ̵̛̞̦͙̤̘͆̈́͂̒͑́̊͜͝͝y̶̨̛͉̮͕̱͈̰̹̙̠̏̾̉̓̕ ̶͓̭̟̬̝͓̩̗̙̣̅̋̀͋͊̈́̏͗͘͝n̴̠̮͗̅̽̐͂̅̐̏͑ö̸̢̦̫̣̱͕̯̝́͗̓͂́͐̒t̵͈͔̣̀ͅ ̵̨͓̠̪͖͇̝͈͚̒̊͑͛͠͝ŭ̵̺͛͑́̽s̴̮̟̙̱̻͇̳̻͈̰͑͐̆̂̅̈́͝e̵̛̱̔̉̍̅̽̌̇̀͝ ̴̯̥̫͔͉̒̄̾ư̶̧̧̭̩̟̄̏͛̀̈͜s̴̤̅̄̽͌͐̋̀̑?̴̬̳̝̦̬̋̌̽̃

Her body suddenly tensed up the moment she heard the sickly sweet voice in her head that sounded like there were multiple people speaking at once.

Ý̶̦̮̗̩͇̘̜͇͑͐̾̽̃̕ò̸̬̯̺̼̟̫̀͜͝͝û̵̡̢̼̘͎̼̝̈́͗́̔̏̇ ̶̡̙͍̜̘̀̒͗̅͒͗̅̉͝c̶̬̍͐̐̌̌̎̉̚͝ŗ̸̡̢̘͔͕̣̖̈́̾͝ͅē̴̡͈̩̬̈̈́̾̎̉͘͜͝͝ͅa̴̱̙̲̣͖̖̲͑͌̓̈́͂͑̑̆̓͠t̶̄̆̇͘͘̚͜e̵̛͕͕̥̬͇̹̙̰͆d̷̨̳͙̺̼͎͔͍̈͑͐̓̉̑͘ ̵̡͔̦̲̯͖̲͉͉̈́͊͒͂̂̍u̴̧͉̣͉͕̖͈̖̽̌̃̀͑̑̀͊s̸̥͐ ̵͈̠̺̪̃̿̉̾͌͑̾ö̶̞̺͓̦̹͓̼́͊u̶͍̜̗̘͖̭̳̒͌̀̏͠ͅt̷̖͚͇͔̠̭͗̊͋̄̾̂͋͘ ̶̧̧̛͙͒̾͊͌̉̚̚ọ̸̧̢̪̟̠̝̃̂̾̈́̕͜f̵̘̑̇̈́͐ ̷̨̡̻̟̻̲͚͎͕̈́̍̔̊̔p̷̢̬͙̘͕̹̈́͊͗̓̍̐̄̕͝u̵̡̧̲̪̣͂͛͋ŗ̴̞̞͉̺͎̰̖̰̲͗̆̈́͗é̵͎̭̞̠͖̰̚͜ ̸̨̥͍̮̠̳̪͉̀̋͜͜͠d̴̰͎̭̦͎̹̆̔̿̕ẹ̶͎̥̎̋̓̕ş̷̢̣͕̙̹̤̙̂̓͛̍̄͜i̷͙̤̦̝̳̖̭̾͘ͅͅͅr̴̦͓̳̻̾͑̊̀͑ẻ̴̲̺̖̼̞̞̒̇̓̊͊ͅ ̷̩̭̊̿̕ơ̶̛̻͖̈́͗̎̇͋͠f̸̧͖̫̮̾̒̅ ̸͖̠͖̙̼͈͍̠̞͌́h̶̯̺͎͇̥͔̹͒̒̌̓̽̆͜͝ú̷̡̱͕̠̖͕̪̅͌͋̆̔͊͜͜n̶̗̻̱̠̏̍͗͂̿̆̔͠t̸̪̺̝̪͎̬̘̥͛͆͆̈́͂͆ȋ̷͍̄̉̓̎̾̋͋̚͝n̸̖̮͔̣̉ġ̷͍̆̀̊ ̷̹̳̰͔̾̎̏̚͝ḑ̶͇̗̟̣͇͍͖̱̻̂̽͗̅̔͝o̵̟͍̱͉̙̪͒̓̿̎̅̿̂̚͝ẅ̶͈͕̥́̏̋́́̀̉͛͂̕n̴̮̟͛͑͗̒͠͠͝͝ ̶̡̮̎̈́̔͠W̵̢̮͓͔̼̐̆e̷̡̧̙͚̹͇͖̯̳̐̌́̆͗͜n̵̻͕̦͎̑́̂s̴̞̥̔͊͒,̴͕͍̳̳͓̅̃̽͠ ̶̛͔͇͛͛́̇̽̐͝͠d̸̦̖͇͉̗́̔͛͋͒͒̌̕͜͠ͅi̴̗̙̳͎̭͌d̴̢̤͚͉̣̟̩͖̬͋̌̓ ̷̱̙̟̬̝̹̀̑̊̋̓̑̈́̚̚͠y̸̛̥̟o̶̲͚͒̃ū̵̫̝̘̼̖̦̯̣̾̈́̀̓̀̎͒̌ ̶̰͓̲͉̲̻͒̎̈̏͂̋̈́̚͝͝n̷̨̠̰̎̈́͗́̈́̌̍o̸͓̭̯̻͛̓͘t̷͇̩̜̺̦̬͖̦͖́̓͋̊̈̈́̓͝͝?̵̧̼̰̑̃͐͂̍͊͛̀̾͊͜ ̷̞̱̺̗̆͛̀̑S̶̢̢̩̹͍͚̠͚̃́͐̽̆́͌o̸͍̤̣͙̒̎͋̅̈́̌͛͊̊̚ ̶̡̼̮̠̂̐̈́̾̒͐w̵̛̭̋̐͋̂͒̈͜͝ͅh̸̡̛͙͚̟̆̈̌̃̃͊͊͌͘y̴̧̢̛̜̩̐͠ ̵͈̤̙̟̺̳̠̥͒͐̈͝n̴̞̘̪̮͔̤̒o̵̧̡̳͂t̵̟̗͚̀̔̚̕ ̵̢̧̧̛̻̳̥̯̟̈́̃́̄u̶̲̞̜̰̼͌s̶̳̙̳͈͙̱̤͎͊̈́͐̐̿̐͛̒͝e̶͕̬͊̑̿̒̈́̓̕̕̕͝ ̵̺͙̆u̸̢̼͇̤̳̤͔̰͇͍̓̍̿͋͠͝s̸̮̩̟̤̊͑̍ ̷̧̣͎̬͓̣̈̑t̵͕̜͙̼̄̒̈͊̊̈́͜͠ọ̷̡̘̹͔̻̳͚̹̓͆̐̀̆̏́̀̕̕ ̸̢̟̖̰̜̳͙̼͆k̴̺̤̦̦̆̇̄͂̊̈́̓̉͆į̷͍̬͉̤̲̓̂͑̿̓̌l̷̲͎̺̽̑́̐̔̀̚l̵̯̺̱̟͕͖̖̈̇̈́̾̏̆̀͑͝ ̴̨̛̹̯͉̻̯̿̇͗̋̽̈͘t̸̪̲̥̱͇̄h̷̬̱̹̟̣̉͗̿͂̈́̃̀̀̒͝į̷̙̠̤̮̂͐̽̅͋̌̑̑̚s̸͔̣̙̘̀ ̷͙̲̙̹̠̗͈̼̂ơ̵̢̥̲̪̞̏͆́̈́͗̚͜͝͝ṉ̵̬͍̏ē̷̟̟̱̗̖̐̐́̋͝?̶̨̨̻͔͚̯̇̀

Y̸̨̨̹͇̻̏͘e̵̙͇̝̠̪̫̮̒͆͛́͝a̸̢͓̫̘͍͉̲̔̿̄h̶͖̻̪̬̊̋̊̎́͌ ̴̞̙͔̟̘̈͌͜M̸̘͕̘͖̹͖̟̪̣͈̆͆̔͊̆̒̌̕͝a̶͇̝̫̳͎̎̄̆̈́̏̌͌ͅs̷̙̘͚͕̯̘̖̯̞̝̓́̇̋̈́̀ț̴̮͍͛̐͋͋̊̕ë̵͚̫͍̹̯̠̥́́̽͜r̸͍͍̜͚͉͍͗̽̓̏̀~̴̭͐̈́͑ ̶̡͇͙̺͓͖̮͙̞̓͌̆̈́̑̓̔̚͝ĺ̸̫͙̒ͅe̵̺͇̤͇͕̹̋̏͝t̴͈̑́̍̅̏̈ ̴̜͖̞͙̻̜̾̔̎̿̊̚ů̴̩̝͉̤̩̱̗͛̿̽͒̔̔́̑͝s̵̗̽̓͝ ̵͖̯̚p̸̝͑͋̃̅̇̇̈́̚l̵̗̺̜̪̠̠͍͗̌̃a̷̮̱̳͎̣̙͊͌͛̐̒͌͑͘y̷̧͈̞̓̈̐̈̉̒͊͘͜ ̶̜̈́̆͠͝t̶̡̧̳̻̻͕̗̯̜̄̂o̵̙̠͗̃̇̏̏̌̔͆̕͘o̵̝̲̯͕̘̬̹̎̉̈̀̌̍̄!̴̪̄̽̄͊̎̆̋͌͘͝ͅ

'Shut up' Wei WuHui squinted her eyes closed as she attempted to blocked out the voices.

Ȃ̸̛̘̖̈́́̓̐̋̓̎w̵̡̗̻̭̞̤̝͛ͅẅ̴̢̛̥̣̼̯̳̗̪̱́͒ẃ̸̨̮̥͝~̴̨̧͉͎̤̖̣̱̾̿͆̈̾̄ ̷̳̣͖͌̏̀́̒͛̆͒͋ḍ̸̬̻̰̘̪̈́͑õ̷͓̝͍̥̼̪͊͗͜ͅn̸͓̥̺̥̞̱͙̯̲̐̀'̸̯̫̟̙̝̥̣̰͙͗͠ͅt̶̛̻̺̝̜̱̲̝̰͛͛͌́͒ ̶͍̈́͒ḇ̷̠̯̮̯̟̜̐̀̐̈́̆̾̕̚é̸͎̳̣̩̻̙̯͎̏̀̃̈́́́̚ ̶̩̙̀s̵̻͒̑̃̀̽̚͝ö̵̢̼͕̪̥͈́̓̽̿̎͂ ̷̡̪͚̤͔̈́̎̋̔̏̈͜ͅm̵̩̖̳͔̝̟̙̿͋̂̿̈́̐̀̌̕͘͜ͅe̶̛̼̤͊̊̒͆͆͑͊̕͝ͅa̷̢̖͇̜͑̍͒̑̂n̴̄̾̓̓̊͗̄͜ ̸͓̖̃̀͐̀̏͝Ṁ̷͔̦͙̞̻͈̅̀͒̿̽̀̆̈́͠ͅa̵̢̦̓̑̍̎͂̉̔͝s̴̢̅̈́̒ţ̵͖̬̼͕̟̝̖̑̈́͑̅̆̊͆͛̕e̷̞̘̣͒̎r̴̜̣̙̮̞̓̌̿͗͌͌͂̀͘̚!̶̟͇̈́̎̄̔͝

Then, a soft caress on cheeks alerted her as her eyes snapped open and replacing Wen RiLuo who was in front of her was a clone of her when she was still the innocent cultivator before the Wens attacked.

Freezing cold hands cupped her cheeks as her trembling eyes stared across the blazing crimson eyes.

G̴̜̬͑̔̇͂͑͑̕͠ǐ̷̢̧̘̻̺̘̣͖͋͂̌̀͝v̵̧̒͑̉̓̈́̊̕͝ẻ̷̘̗̠̋̎̾͝ ̵͈̯̦̳̮̲̓̍̆͊̌̑̎̈́̚i̸͇͓̝̹̩͚͓̟͕͊n̸̨͇͉͎̯̥̼̳̯̦̈́̽͒̓̊̑̈͂͛,̷͙̜͓̯̳̗́̊̇̇̌ ̶̨̢̨̢͖̮̹͚͍̤́́̄̇̑̚M̷͙̮̝͕̞͋̿͊̊͗͂̕͝͝͠ͅą̷̨̜̠͉̳͍͈̅̈̍̋̄͝ś̶̖̦̗̪͎̳̻̝̠͜t̶̢̛̩̻̹̙͇̟́̉́́̎͠ȩ̴̧̰͙̫̝̥̺̰̉͛͝ȓ̵̡̡̮̱̫̠̞͗̐́͜ͅͅ~̴̡̬̗͖͚̙̠̭͉̼̽̈́͊̈́̏ ̷̡̛̼͙̪̭̗͙͔̳̑̂̾̍̂̈́̑̾͘y̷̧̮̞̤̥̭̖̐̃̈̓͝o̸̢̢̨̙̫̹̼͕̣͎̊͝ų̵̢͔̼͉̦̘̻̑͂̐͗̃ ̷̛̣̪͚c̵̮͇̼̱̄̍͌̔ą̷̢̢̛̣̲̤͙̺̃̓̈́̏̍͠͝ͅn̴͕̞̅̌̿̐͘'̵̡̙̙̯̈́̽̂͑́̅̊̈́͘̚t̴͖͔͕͇̮̦̙̅̀̓ ̷͙̗͇͜͝ȩ̷̨͈̺͐̂͑̂s̷̢̛̹̞͗͑c̸̲̲̰̰̫̍̅͌͊̂̑͝á̵̢̨̗̞̝̘̣̃͛̆p̶̛̠͓͇̖̖͇͖̺̍͛̈͊̈́̏̑̅̕e̶̛̛̱̩͗̎͌̌̕͘ ̴̨̼̞̦̟̠̣̈̅̏̀͝f̸̢̱̜͈̹̿̌̈́̅̄̃̀͘͜r̷͖̼͈̳͇̍̃o̸̤̾͛̈̂̊̀͌̿̈́̕ͅm̴͇̆̈̈́̿̾͂͐ ̴̨̦̣̠͔̝̰̰̰͒̈́̃u̵̡͚̮̠̥̤̗͚̻̽͆͆̓͋̾̚s̷͍̣͒̒͌́̽̀̌.̶͈͉̖̻̠̠̫̯͉̻̀ ̶̢̰̘̦̓̒̾̉̍̎͘W̷̢̪̫͙̬͎̫̼̠̅̆͂̇́̍̉̚͜ě̸̡͎̳̘͖̙̙̭̯͇ ̷̱̟̻̻͆̂̆̓͑̕a̵̟̦͖͌͛̎r̴̡̳̩̺̳̀é̶̳̟͖͂̑͆̊ͅ ̸̟̌͗̈́̈̂̿͂ḁ̵͕͓͔̖̂͛̋͝p̷̡̝̰̳̣̞͚̯̬̀͑ą̵̝͔̦̜̾̔̃͊̏̈̇͜r̴͖̖̪̣̬̱̠̍̊̇͂͘̚t̵̢͚̹̬̃̏̓̐ ̶̩̳̩̿̐̋̂́͛͑̍̊̈́o̶̙̳͆̑̿̎̌͘͠f̶̧̡̲̭͙͚̗̝̤̄ ̷̡͙͓͖̽̋͐̌̏̾͐̅̌y̸̨̛͙͖̮̬̺̼̼͐͌͊̓͌̋͊͠͝o̴̙̙̍̇͐̾̓̃̒͘͜ú̵̜̂̑̑̃̾͝

Pulsing went through her body as her eyes immediately changed from their silver-grey to glowing red.

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"This is endless!" Wei WuXian exclaimed after kicking away one Wen disciple before slashing another. Just as he was going to move on to the next, a Wen disciple tried to sneaked up behind him with his sword raised up high. Ready to bring it down on the unexpected Jiang Senior Disciple.

But suddenly, the Wen let out a pained shout before falling lifelessly before his attack could work as Wei WuXian spun around, finding Lan WangJi standing behind him with his sword stained with the Wen's blood.

"Thanks Lan Zhan!" Wei WuXian grinned sheepishly.

Lan Zhan's eyes softened. "Be more aware of your surrounding." He replied.

Wei WuXian just gave an amused chuckle when out of nowhere, a sudden burst of energy waved over them.

"ARGHHHHH!"

Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi turned to the source and in the centre of the bloody battlefield, were two significant individuals.

"Mèimei!" Wei WuXian gasped out and without hesitation, ran to where his sister was. Promptly followed by Lan WangJi.

Blood dripping from her now bleeding left eye as Wen RiLuo staggered backward while clutching at her wounded eye.

'W-What just happened? It was too quick for me to comprehend everything' Wen RiLuo thought as she gritted her teeth in pain, her remaining eye shakily trailed to the other maiden that are now standing across from her. Surrounded in nightmarish tendrils of resentful energy. Her blazing crimson eyes glowing from within the darkness. 'Wei WuHui...'

Like in a trance, Wei WuHui stared at the wounded Wen Princess with zero emotions on her face. With one wave of her hand, her tendril of dark energy strikes.

'Ah...'

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Stay away from her

She's a monster

GET AWAY FROM ME! YOU'RE NOT MY CHILD!

A-Niang...where are you going?

The fading back of her own mother walking away from her child's hands as she was left behind under the bloody red leaves of a tall tree.

Then, a large hand was placed on top of her head as she hear the deep cold voice of her father's.

"You have no need for her. Come, A-Jiao, it's time for your training."

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'...I can't end like this' she coughed up a mouthful of blood as she stared down at the tendril that pierced through her midsection. She then glanced up with her single eye shakily at the dark maiden. 'I still need to capture this beautiful butterfly'

"Heh, i-it's not over yet. I will...have you in my grasp." Wen RiLuo rasped out as she pulled out a single talisman from her robe and with one final glance to Wei WuHui. She vanished away.

Right after that, the clouds of resentful energy that surrounded Wei WuHui slowly dispersed once the danger to their master has disappeared.

Fatigue immediately hits her as Wei WuHui felt her body collapsing over but it wasn't the hard earthy ground that her body made contract with, but instead a pair of warm arms that wrapped securely around her as she stared up weakly.

"Mei..ei...Mèimei!"

'Gege...I'm so tired' was her very last thought before it became black for her.

"We did it!"

"Wen RuoHan is dead! He is finally dead!"

"We won!"

After so many bloods had been shed during this war...in the end, the rebels came out victorious while the Wens...

their beloved sun had lost its glory...

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(Please correct my translation if I'm wrong and the GIFs and pictures used in this chapter does not belong to me, but their rightful owners)