Chapter 50: Ye Liuli, Raised in the Lower Realm; Born at the Finish Line

The young girl was dressed in purple robes, her skin as fair as white jade.

Her features were exquisite and flawless, her legs long and slender. She radiated an aura of bone-chilling coldness. Though she appeared only seventeen or eighteen, her eyes set her apart from the human race—they were like glazed glass, shimmering with an otherworldly, captivating beauty.

Among the young creatures from the Immemorial Sacred Mountains gathered here, she was clearly the center of gravity.

Their gazes toward her were filled with absolute respect and deference.

Hearing the beautiful girl’s words, the winged youth from earlier waved his hand dismissively.

“Miss Liuli, please rest assured. Although this young man from the Upper Realm might have some background, to us of the Immemorial Sacred Mountains, he is nothing.”

“He dared to offend Miss Liuli. This matter will not end here.”

“Heh. Our Sacred Mountains haven’t emerged for tens of thousands of years. The Azure Realm has likely forgotten our terror. When we ruled this world, humans were merely our slaves.”

“A brat with an old servant… daring to stir up trouble in the Central State…”

The other young creatures nodded in agreement, their faces masking hidden arrogance and disdain.

To them, the so-called Imperial Dynasties and Holy Lands of the Central State were ants, easily crushed underfoot. The Immemorial Sacred Mountains had their own connections to the Upper Realm, and Void God Realm experts guarded their peaks in abundance.

Some of the great clans behind them had ruled since the primeval era. Even Supreme Orthodoxies had to treat them with courtesy.

Hearing this, the purple-clad girl nodded slightly, saying nothing. But the chill radiating from her intensified.

The group began to clamor, volunteering to capture the Upper Realm youth and drag him before her for judgment.

The girl shook her head. Her glazed eyes were icy.

“I want to see for myself. Who is this person? Who gave him the courage to scheme against Brother Ye Chen in the dark?”

“Relying on a mere Void God Realm servant to act so viciously…”

“I will not let him off easily.”

The crowd echoed her sentiments immediately.

“In front of Miss Liuli, his background means nothing! He will kneel and beg for mercy!”

The girl, Ye Liuli, possessed an incredibly noble status. She was a direct descendant of a terrifying clan in the Upper Realm.

At the age of three, she was sent to the Lower Realm to be raised. When she was six, turmoil erupted in the Sacred Mountain hosting her, forcing her to live with the descendants of an old servant.

That family was the Ye Family.

She grew up alongside Ye Chen, forging a deep bond with him. At thirteen, she was recalled to the Sacred Mountain for cultivation, disappearing for five years.

She had left the mountain intending to reunite with Ye Chen. Instead, she was greeted by a storm of ugly rumors.

Ye Liuli was shocked, anxious, and furious.

Brother Ye Chen provoked a Young Lord from the Upper Realm? Forced to flee like a dog from the Eastern Wilderness?

Ridiculous.

Coveting the Number One Beauty? A toad lusting after swan meat?

Slander! Absolute slander!

Brother Ye Chen was honest, kind, and steadfast. He would never do such things. He was being framed.

And the destruction of the Jialou Holy Land—simply for being connected to him—filled her with murderous rage.

Calming herself, Ye Liuli had traveled straight to Chongyue Ancient City. She would find this so-called Young Lord and demand justice for her brother.

“Aunt Xue… I want news of Brother Chen…”

Ye Liuli spoke to the empty air behind her.

Hum!

Ripples spread through the void, and a beautiful middle-aged woman materialized. She had been hidden within the fabric of space itself—a technique belonging to the Void God Realm.

Hearing the question, Aunt Xue’s eyes flashed with helplessness.

“Miss… that boy Ye Chen is hiding. I do not know his location.”

“I only know he has entered the Central State.”

Though her tone was polite, her internal disdain was palpable.

Ye Chen. A worthless brat. He wasn’t worth the Young Miss’s attention.

Once she found him, her first order of business would be to warn him to stay away. With Ye Liuli’s status, Ye Chen wasn’t even qualified to look up at her shadow. They were from different worlds.

“Is that so…?” Ye Liuli murmured, her voice tinged with sadness. “Brother Ye Chen must have suffered so much during this time…”

Her eyes grew misty as she recalled their childhood.

Her status was so noble that the other Ye Family children were terrified of her. Only Ye Chen treated her like a person. He shared his toys, gave her the best food, and once even risked his life venturing into the deep forest just to pick a fruit she wanted.

The memories made her heart ache with worry.

If anything happens to him… I will never forgive myself.

“Miss,” Aunt Xue interrupted gently, “sooner or later, you will return to the Upper Realm. You are a True Phoenix destined to soar the Nine Heavens. Ye Chen… he likely won’t even reach the Void God Realm in his lifetime. I advise you…”

In Aunt Xue’s eyes, Ye Chen was a manipulative brat who had learned to curry favor with a naive girl at a young age. Only the geniuses of the Upper Realm were worthy of her mistress.

Ye Liuli shook her head firmly.

“Aunt Xue, say no more. I know you all look down on him. But I believe in him. He will soar one day.”

“I still remember his words: ‘Do not bully the young for being poor.'”

Aunt Xue sighed internally.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west?

Even if you gave him thirty thousand years, so what?

Some people are born at the finish line that others will never reach.

“Aunt Xue,” Ye Liuli’s expression hardened into ice. “Let us go meet this ‘Young Lord.’ When the time comes… I will leave his Void God Realm servant to you.”