Suddenly, many flashes of light appeared in Su Muyao’s mind.

The once blurry flashes were now clear; she could finally see them.

Numerous memories surged in her mind.

It turned out, she truly was Su Qingluo, the married-in wife of Cui Liyi.

Such actions would be despised by females in the Beast World and looked down upon by everyone at the Cui Residence.

She couldn’t understand why she would do such a thing.

She always felt she wasn’t the type to marry in just for a stunning male.

Yet, she did such things.

Moreover, as these flashes appeared in her mind, she remembered many of his words.

"Su Qingluo, I will never like you. All your efforts are in vain."

"As long as you stay quietly in the Cui Residence, I can offer you wealth and prosperity. But I can give you nothing else. I’ve always been clear from the start about this."

"Su Qingluo, you went through so much to marry into the Cui Residence. What is your purpose?"

"I thought it was for love, but Su Qingluo, do you truly care about me, love me?"

"Su Qingluo, what exactly have you done?"

"What’s so interesting about this Lantern Festival? You insisted on coming here... it’s so dull..."

"How stupid, you formed a contract just to get the Immortal Phoenix Bone. Did you think I did it out of love for you, sacrificing my own purity just to form this contract with you..."

As these words and scenes flashed in her mind, Su Muyao’s face turned deathly pale.

All the color drained from her face.

Her head throbbed with an intense buzzing pain.

Her heart ached as if being pricked by needles; she could barely stand.

How could it be like this?

So, all of Cui Liyi’s kindness these past days was fake.

In her state of amnesia, when she knew nothing, Cui Liyi was so thoughtful and meticulous, attending to every detail personally.

Since forming the contract, even bathing and dressing, he personally cared for her.

At first, she wasn’t used to it, but gradually, under his insistence, she got used to his care, to the extent of even feeling a bit dependent.

Because she thought, they already had a child, and because he was so good to her, she should trust him.

But now those past memories flooded back to her.

These past memories exploded like a thunderbolt over Su Muyao’s head.

She could hardly bear it.

Her heart felt suffocated, almost incapable of taking a breath.

"Cough, cough..."

She clutched her heart, the pain was unbearable.

Seeing Su Muyao suddenly like this, Cui Liyi was startled. He hurriedly went to support her and said, "Aluo, what’s wrong, are you suddenly unwell?"

Cui Liyi’s voice trembled; he was so nervous about Su Muyao that even a slight change in her complexion made him exceedingly worried.

Moreover, her complexion was evidently off.

Su Muyao instinctively pushed Cui Liyi away, her whole body rejected him.

This action made Cui Liyi’s expression change instantly, his entire body stiffening, his eyes showing a wounded look.

He couldn’t understand what was wrong.

Why did she suddenly become like this, out of the blue?

"Aluo, you..."

Cui Liyi opened his mouth, with a vague suspicion in his heart. But wanting to ask, he couldn’t voice it out.

He wanted to ask if she had regained her memory.

But all the words were stuck in his throat, not a sound could come out.

Su Muyao’s mouth curled into a cold, self-mocking smile, and her gaze towards Cui Liyi was indifferent, even filled with hatred.

"Hasn’t Young Master Cui already obtained my Immortal Phoenix Bone? Shouldn’t I be of no more value to you?"

"Why the act now, for what purpose, to acquire what?"

"My blood?"

Su Muyao spoke her questioning words in a light, airy tone.

These words were like daggers viciously stabbing into Cui Liyi’s heart.

Hearing these words, it was as if thunder struck Cui Liyi.

"You... what Immortal Phoenix Bone?"

Cui Liyi couldn’t recall.

Su Muyao laughed self-mockingly, "Haha, brave enough to do but not to admit."

Even now, she felt her bones aching all over.

That was the aftereffect of having the Immortal Phoenix Bone extracted.

Her eyes turned red, with tears brimming them, looking at Cui Liyi with pained eyes.

Initially, he indeed wasn’t good to her, but later he was, and inevitably her heart swayed; their contract was their first time.

She watched as the Red Sand on his arm faded and then disappeared.

But...

Why, why did he have to do that to her?

Su Muyao wanted to loudly question him.

Cui Liyi nearly had tinnitus.

"You... your Immortal Phoenix Bone..."

He couldn’t say further, seeing Su Muyao’s gaze and expression, he realized, the memory she recovered should be from the past.

But he didn’t extract her Immortal Phoenix Bone, how could he possibly do that to her.

"It wasn’t me, it really wasn’t me, Aluo, believe me, it wasn’t..."

As Cui Liyi spoke these words, he tried to approach her cautiously.

But now his heart was in complete disarray.

But with each step Cui Liyi took forward, Su Muyao kept retreating, maintaining a distance from him. Her entire being and mind were on guard, rejecting him, making Cui Liyi’s gaze quiver, his eyes tinged with a blood-red hue.

What should he do, how could he handle her?

"Even though I’ve lost my memory, Aluo, I wouldn’t do that to you, it’s the Destructive Black Lotus. There is the aura of the Destructive Black Lotus in my body, it must be..."

At this point, a wave of black energy surged around Cui Liyi; it was the aura of the Destructive Black Lotus.

Finally, when Cui Liyi’s emotions were tumultuous, and he was deeply wounded, he could no longer suppress it, and it emerged.

Simultaneously, it stopped Cui Liyi from speaking further.

At this moment, Su Muyao couldn’t hear a word Cui Liyi said.

She did not trust him.

She wanted to escape from here.

She even harbored intentions to kill him.

But, Su Muyao knew in her current state, she was incapable of harming him.

Just then, a piercing "crack" suddenly echoed through the sky.

This sound suddenly boomed from above Chaos City.

It sounded like shattering glass or crumbling stone, carried with a hollow rumble that instantly overshadowed the city’s clamor.

Everyone involuntarily looked up toward the source of the sound. As they looked up at the sky, they saw what used to be a crystal-clear night sky now rent with a crack, a black fissure seemingly tearing through the firmament.

Soon after, a tall silhouette slowly emerged from the void beyond.

The man’s figure was tall and upright, yet possessed a certain languid and bewitching grace. With each step he took, the void slightly trembled, as if he was stepping on people’s hearts.

He was clad in a blood-red long robe, the fabric shimmering with dark patterns, rippling with each motion like flowing flames wrapping around his form.

His face was stunningly beautiful, with brows like distant mountains lined with ink, the corners of his eyes slightly raised, tracing an exceedingly alluring arc.

His narrow eyes were unlike any ordinary color, surprisingly intense as blood. Within the depths of his pupils, there seemed to be a dazzling, enchanting flame flickering. One look could captivate one’s mind, making it hard to discern if it was enchantment or entrapment.