The Devil King? No, Please Call Me The Immortal King Xiaoyao.

The school year had ended, and everyone had been assigned to their respective Gu Master groups. Logically, these five days should have been a time for rest.

But today was different.

Almost all the students, family elders, the clan leader, and even other Gu Yue clan Gu Masters attended a funeral.

Whose funeral?

Gu Yue Qing Yao's funeral.

"Who?"

"Gu Yue Yi Xin's mother," a student whispered to his group leader.

In their line of sight, Gu Yue Yi Xin, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt before a coffin.

Tears streamed down his face, and his body trembled uncontrollably, emitting low, painful sobs.

"Rotten ropes snap at the thinnest point; misfortune always finds the wretched," a family elder from the academy murmured to himself, his expression complex.

His gaze fell on the thin teenager before him, and a feeling of pity welled up in his heart.

Gu Yue Bo, standing beside him, wore a solemn expression, his brow furrowed, his eyes filled with contemplation and reminiscence.

The others merely spoke in hushed tones, discussing what to eat later after the funeral.

Sadness is a solitary rain, only coming from the water of true emotion.

The night deepened gradually.

Yi Xin gently tucked Ah Niu and Ah Lan into their blankets before returning to the mourning hall.

He knelt on the prayer mat, his expression calm, not uttering a word, his eyes filled with deep contemplation.

His eyes shimmered, turning into a flowing stream.

The stream was crystal clear, sunlight shining upon it, creating sparkling ripples. On the riverbed, smooth pebbles were scattered randomly.

Gu Yue Qing Yao led Yi Xin, leisurely strolling along the stream.

She was barefoot, stepping on the pebbles, her hair loose, gently caressed by the bright sunlight. A breeze stirred, those strands of hair ravaged by age and illness, leaving only a tattered plain dress, long gone the splendor of the past.

She seemed to have returned to her youthful appearance, playing with the stream, frolicking with butterflies, a joyful sprite on the pebbles.

"Yi Xin, do you remember I never let you ask me about my past?"

Yi Xin followed closely behind, and upon hearing Gu Yue Qing Yao's question, he quickly replied, "I remember, Mother."

Gu Yue Qing Yao continued, "Do you know why?"

As Yi Xin listened, he felt that something was wrong with Gu Yue Qing Yao, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

"Yi Xin," Gu Yue Qing Yao suddenly turned around, looking directly at Yi Xin. Yi Xin was startled and stopped nervously.

"Wh... what's wrong, Mom?"

Hearing the word "Mom," Gu Yue Qing Yao's smile seemed to be mixed with bitterness amidst joy.

Her voice was very soft: "Yi Xin, I am not your mother."

"What!?"

What does she mean? Did I make her angry?

Did she discover something?

…

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Yi Xin's mind.

"Mom... what... what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

Looking at Yi Xin's confused and nervous expression, Gu Yue Qing Yao was quite satisfied, as if she particularly wanted to see Yi Xin make such an expression.

"I said: I am not your mother."

At this seemingly prankish remark, Yi Xin's forced smile froze: "Mom, don't joke around."

"I'm not joking. Your biological father is Gu Yue Yi Sheng, and your biological mother is Gu Yue Lian Xin." She tilted her head, recalling something:

"I guess it was about fifteen years ago. I had just snatched a Scarlet Iron Relic Gu from that damned, idiotic Blood Dao Gu Master, but I didn't expect him to be like a dog!"

"He chased me for three days and three nights, but unfortunately, I still managed to shake him off, hmph!"

"But, I was so busy escaping that I didn't realize I had gotten lost." Speaking of this, Gu Yue Qing Yao revealed a helpless bitter smile, but it only lasted for a moment.

"But I was lucky to meet your parents. Oh, right, your parents were truly a match made in heaven, your mother gentle as a painting, and your father resilient and brave, so wonderful~"

"Oh, I forgot to mention, Lian Xin seemed to be pregnant at that time. Brother Yi Sheng was preparing to go home with her. It would have been so nice to go home at that time; maybe the three of us would have held you together."

"But unexpectedly..." She suddenly fell silent, and a sad emotion appeared on her face. She even dared not look at Yi Xin.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't provoked that Blood Dao Gu Master, Sister Lian Xin wouldn't have..."

"Wouldn't have what? What happened to her?" Yi Xin had a bad feeling.

"Yi Xin, I'm sorry, I harmed your mother, harmed your father. I never thought that the Relic Gu had been tampered with!"

"So, they sacrificed themselves?" Yi Xin clenched his fists.

"Yes."

"We were ambushed, and your mother was severely injured on the spot. We were in imminent danger at the time."

"But I was still born, and you came to Gu Yue Village. What exactly happened?"

"Yi Xin, perhaps this is Heaven's favor to your parents. The place where we were ambushed was actually a secret realm inheritance. After being injured, we entered the secret realm."

"It was a Gu Immortal named Yi An Zhen Ren. Her secret realm allowed us to temporarily get rid of that Blood Dao Gu Master. But he was simply a dog; even like this, he refused to give up and just blocked the entrance of the secret realm."

"And we were trapped in the secret realm. There was no way; we could only stabilize Sister Lian Xin's injuries while searching for a way out."

"Finally, after many trials, we obtained a Gu worm, an Immortal Gu."

"It gave us permission to leave the secret realm, but that Blood Dao Gu Master seemed to have discovered the extraordinary nature of the secret realm and chased after us by any means necessary."

"So we had no choice but to fight him to the death."

"In the end, we defeated him, but your father also sacrificed himself because of this, and I also suffered extremely serious injuries. Sister Lian Xin and I could only support each other as we returned to Gu Yue Village."

"And so, we were healing our injuries in Gu Yue Village, thinking that we would get better soon, but unexpectedly, things didn't go as planned, and Sister Lian Xin went into labor."

Yi Xin's heart jolted. He seemed to already know what was going to happen.

"Her injuries hadn't healed, and she had a difficult labor."

"But she chose to let me live, right?"

"Yes."

It was the first time Yi Xin had seen Gu Yue Qing Yao so fragile. In his memory, she had raised him alone, and no matter what difficulties she encountered, she had never shown such an expression.

"I swore to Sister Lian Xin that I would raise you to adulthood no matter what."

"You did it."

Gu Yue Qing Yao shook her head: "No, I didn't."

"You are the Ten Extremities Physique, aren't you."

"What Ten Extremities Physique? What... what are you talking about?" Yi Xin's heart surged.

Gu Yue Qing Yao ignored Yi Xin's concealment. She gently raised her hands, and a silkworm cocoon quietly emerged.

She spoke to herself: "Lin Jiang Xian, a Rank Six Soul Dao Immortal Gu. It requires a person to sacrifice their soul, transforming into a ghost, using the true essence and immortal essence in the aperture as food to suppress the outbreak of the Ten Extremities Physique."

Hearing the Gu worm's ability, Yi Xin felt uneasy: "Wait, you, you wouldn't want to sacrifice yourself. This is impossible..."

"Yi Xin! This is not only for you, but also for me!" Gu Yue Qing Yao shouted:

"Do you know how old I was when I took you from Sister Lian Xin's arms? I was only seventeen!"

"To be honest, I haven't even held another man's hand besides you. Can you imagine? The person you call mother every day is actually a virgin?"

"I'm so young, with a bright future, but just because of my recklessness, I harmed myself and a wonderful family."

"Do you know how happy I was when I saw that you were the Ten Extremities Physique? I suffered serious injuries, my aperture was damaged, and the Immortal Gu was absorbing my true essence. I had already become a riddled wreck, and even the most powerful healing Gu Master couldn't do anything about it."

"If you weren't the Ten Extremities Physique, I would never do this. It will affect your cultivation and put a great burden on you. But you are the Ten Extremities Physique; it can save you and save me."

"Yi Xin, I don't want to die like this, just holding a broken body, lying weakly in a hospital bed!"

"I would rather be just a soul than be imprisoned in this body!"

"Please, help me, Yi Xin."

"I want to choose to live freely!"

Yi Xin on the prayer mat looked at the beautiful butterfly emitting jade-colored fluorescence, watching her dance gracefully, watching her caress him.

And watching her gently land on his shoulder, transforming into a figure wearing a sky-blue dress, holding him in her arms.

He seemed to hear a murmur: "Call me Qing Yao sister, okay?"

In the silent night, a melody seemed to be heard:

Where to go in this vast life? Autumn moon and spring flower have passed. For whom do I wither and lose my beauty? Difficult to dream at night, with layers of thoughts.

Unwilling to accept this endless hatred. Shame and slander, don't speak of it! Who understands my suffering? Dare to fight for life with death, to free the soul.