A brilliant silver light engulfed Yun Wuji's body, radiating with sutensity that it was almost impossible to look directly at him. His eyes were shut tightly, his expression focused as if he were deeply immersed in intense 'dedu'.

  Jasmiood in front of him, her crimson eyes fixed on his glowing figure. Earlier, Yun Wuji had struck a deal with her, if he could deduething signifit about her, she would agree to teach him all her skills.

  When Yun Wuji made the offer, Jasmiurally didn't believe he could pull it off.

  Despite him demonstrating tless unimaginable feats and even g to have predicted her arrival on this p years ago, she remained deeply skeptical about his ability to deduce her future. After all, applying a skill to oneself and applying it to another were entirely different matters.

  Even the Heavenly Mystery Realm could only glimpse vague signs of the future. They were incapable of dedug clear, plete pictures or precise information.

  After a while, the intense light gradually faded, and Yun Wuji opened his eyes. He raised a hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, his gaze moving to Jasmine. Shock, sympathy, and pity flickered across his face as he looked at her.

  "???" Jasmine frowned as she noticed his expression. Why was he... pitying her?

  Yun Wuji walked up to her, raising a hand to gently pat her head. Then, without a word, he half-k on the ground and pulled her into a sudden embrace.

  "Wh-what are you doing?! Pervert!" Jasmine's eyes widened in surprise, and she was about to push him away when his voice froze her iracks.

  "You poor little girl, only 13 years old... to think you experienced such cruelty at such a young age," Yun Wuji said softly. His voice carried a faint tremble, as though he was suppressing a deep sadness. Gently, he patted her back, his touch tender, as if trying to sole her.

  "What do you mea away from me, you creep!" Jasmine's body trembled at his words. She quickly suppressed her emotions, broke free from his embrace, and leaped into the air, putting distaween them.

  "Holy, before I made my dedu, I thought you were the victim of some royal family struggles, especially since you always call yourself 'princess,'" Yun Wuji said, still looking at her with pity in his eyes. "But after my dedu... sigh, I 't believe how low a human being sink. To think there's a father who would scheme against his own flesh and blood for the sake of vain power!"

  "Su utterly ridiculous and absurd method, ohat defies the very ws of heaven and society… And all for the mere sake of a 'possibility' at that."

  "Yo... you know!" Jasmine's body jolted at his words. Even though she didn't want to believe him, the truth was right in front of her!

  "Yes... I even know more than you," Yun Wuji nodded lightly, the sad and pitying expression never leaving his face as he gazed at her. He paused for a moment, then said, "You learned about this cruel truth from your brother, Xisu, right?"

  "You really know! I seriously uimated your so-called dedu ability," Jasmine said, her voice steadier now as she nded on the ground. A plex look crossed her face, but it quickly turned cold. She snorted and added, "Hmph! This princess doesn't need your pity. Go ahead and tell me what you've seen."

  "You would've been cuter if you'd stop with that tsu of yours. Sigh," Yun Wuji muttered under his breath. His words made Jasmine ch her fists in anger, but he tinued, "In fact, everything your brother told you was a lie."

  "A lie?! Are you saying my brother lied to me?!" Jasmine's anger fred, her finger pointing at him as she prepared to give him the beating of his life. No one was allowed to speak ill of her beloved brother!

  "That's not what I mean," Yun Wuji said slowly, his voice steady as he revealed the chilling truth. "Actually, your brother was led to believe a lie. The 'ritual' your father wao perform requires the sacrifice of two blood-reted close family members, not just one." He paused, letting the weight of his words sink in. "Your father and that old dog Tumi naturally knew about your brother's personality and his love for you, so they devised a scheme where they would make him 'actally' discover the 'truth' about the ritual."

  "That old vilin..." Jasmine ched her small fists, her face t with anger and deep hatred, as she cursed.

  "What your brother found was that the ritual required the sacrifice of one person to raise your father's cultivation," Yun Wuji tinued, his toeady. "Upon disc this, he fronted your father, and your father admitted that he inteo sacrifice him for the sake of the Star God Realm. Naturally, your brother refused. He would rather desert the Star God Realm than sacrifice himself."

  "But iy, the ritual requires two sacrifices, not just one," Yun Wuji tinued, "At the time when your brother was chasing the Brahma Moddess, Tumi seized the opportunity to make you i the Heavenly Sughter Star God iahat had reacted to you. Upon learning this, your brother, in an attempt to protect you, agreed to the ritual. But the reality is that both you and your brother were always inteo be sacrificed."

  "Your father and Tumi used the love between you two siblings to manipute him," Yun Wuji tinued, his tone ced with sorrow. "However, your brother's suddeh forced your father to abandoual."

  "So everything your brother told you was a big fat lie!" Yun Wuji finished expining, his gaze fixed on her as her ging expressions.

  "Lies! You're lying!" Jasmine poi him, her voice trembling with disbelief. "This 't be the truth, it 't be. Brother... brother..." she mumbled softly.

  "I know it's hard for you to hear, but I still have more to say," Yun Wuji said softly as he walked up to her and patted her shoulder.

  "What else?" Jasmine jolted, her eyes wide with shock, as she looked at him and asked.

  "A few years from now, your little sister, Caizhi, will i your brother's power, the Heavenly Wolf Star God Legacy," Yun Wuji tinued, his voice calm but heavy with the truth. "And when you return, knowing how much you love your sister, your father will use the same trick he did with your brother."

  As Yun Wuji spoke, Jasmine's body began to tremble untrolbly, her aura shaking with a violent force. The entire pace quaked uhe pressure, and an overwhelming killing i radiated from her, enveloping the entire area in a suffog aura e.

  "Old... Vilin... Old... Dog... Tumi!" Jasmiered through gritted teeth, her voice filled with a cold, murdere. She bit down so hard that a trail of blood began to seep from her lips, her whole body trembling with fury as she struggled to taiorm within her. "I... will... kill... you..."

  "Yes, iure, you and your little sister will be sacrificed by your father for the sake of his delusional ambition," Yun Wuji said calmly, waiting for her tain some trol over herself before speaking again.

  Jasmine's eyes were still wide open, her body trembling with hatred and rage. Her father had let her mother die, wao sacrifice her brother, and even po sacrifice her. Now, he wouldn't even spare her miserable sister.

  "Old vilin! One day, I will kill you!" Jasmihed, her fury reag its peak.

  "No! Caizhi! I o save Caizhi first!" Jasmine suddenly reacted, forcefully shaking off Yun Wuji's hand as she shouted in panic.

  "Jasmine! Calm down! Nothing has happened yet, and you 't leave in your current dition!" Yun Wuji's voice was firm, his words cutting through her rage. Slowly, his shout helped her regain some sembnce of trol.

  "Actually, it's best for you to never return to the Star God Realm," Yun Wuji tinued, "Even if your sister were to i the Heavenly Wolf Star God Legacy, as long as you remain thought to be dead, your sister will be safe."

  Jasmine remained silent, her back turo him for a very long time.

  From time to time, Yun Wuji noticed her small shoulders trembling faintly. After a while, she wiped her eyes and slowly turo face him. Her voice, soft and filled with emotion, broke the silence. "Yun Wuji, thank you..."

  "We're friends, it's only..." Yun Wuji smiled at her, but before he could finish, his body suddenly colpsed. He fell to his knees, bending forward with his head on the ground. His hands ched tightly around his chest as his body shook untrolbly, like a vibrating Nokia phone. His face turned an ashen pale.

  "Yun Wuji!! What... what's going on?! What happeo you?!" Jasmine's eyes widened as she excimed in shod fright. She reached to him stretched out her hand and held his shoulder, helping him down. Her eyes, already wide, became as wide as saucers.

  She saw that his usually calm and casual face was now torted, as if worms were crawlih his ski his bloodless lips, and a trail of blood leaked from the ers of his mouth. He was in excruciating pai he stubbornly fought to suppress even the slightest gasp of pain.

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