Chapter 5: She is the Sky Priestess

The pitch-black night pressed down on Gu Liuxi, giving her a sensation of being unable to breathe.

The wind of the deep valley howled past her ears. That sense of emptiness felt as if she had walked into an endless, dark abyss; with every step forward, the suffocating sensation—as if the air were being drained away—made Gu Liuxi feel extremely uncomfortable.

She didn't dare look back, fearing that people would find out she had done something bad again. She really hadn't meant to do it.

She still remembered being young and senseless; every time she lost her temper, the people around her would suffer the consequences. It would either be the entire village flooded or the whole village burned. Everyone treated her like a monster, looking at her with eyes that seemed to be staring at an alien.

That look of condemnation made her heart turn cold, leaving her wandering and helpless like a child who had done something wrong.

Yes, no one had ever cared about her, and the only person who did care had died right before her eyes.

That old man who had looked after her and raised her since childhood—no matter how naughty she was or what others said about her, he would always stand by her side, never abandoning her.

She used to wonder if the old man would one day grow tired of her and leave her too.

She never expected that this day would arrive so soon.

The old man had chosen such a violent way to leave her, ensuring she could never find him again.

In the past, the children in the village wouldn't play with her; they all called her a monster and threw stones at her.

When it hurt, she would cry aggrievedly. Every time she cried, the village would suffer a flood; every time she got angry, the village would catch fire. The villagers finally couldn't endure her anymore; to avoid her calamities, they abandoned their homes and fled to live elsewhere.

Watching the villagers leave one by one, she always felt very sad. And whenever this happened, the old man would always be by her side to comfort her, gently rubbing her head and telling her that she wasn't a monster, but rather the Enforcer of this world, the Witch of the Sky, a person who existed to save this world.

The Sky Witch.

A witch who could control all weather; her emotions would directly affect the surrounding environment.

The old man was an elder of the Cangyue Clan. His clan was born with supernatural abilities; the women possessed the power to control the weather, shifting the surrounding air currents according to their emotions.

The Cangyue Clan was somewhat similar to the ancient Nuwa Clan; after a member of the clan gave birth to the next generation of witches, the mother would naturally die.

And she was a member of the Cangyue Clan, a descendant of the Sky Witch. Her mother died the moment she was born, and her father did not welcome her, abandoning her to fend for herself from a young age.

From the moment she became sensible, she carried the identity of a witch. She could not experience the seven emotions and six desires; she didn't even have the right to cry.

Every time she cried, it would bring torrential rains and floods to her surroundings.

Every time she got angry, it would cause natural disasters.

But none of this was what she wanted. She just wanted to be an ordinary child, to have parents who doted on her and loved her like normal children.

However, happiness never granted her such a wish.

After becoming sensible, she never dared to cry again, never dared to laugh heartily, and even dared not feel happiness, anger, or temper.

She was afraid of bringing disaster to those around her, and afraid of being looked at with those condemning eyes every time.

Since childhood, she had been treated as a jinx and a calamity by those around her. That feeling filled her with terror, as if she truly were some kind of monster, even though the old man emphasized every time that she wasn't a monster, but a witch.

After reaching adulthood, she followed the old man to the city to study. She thought that as long as she tried her best to suppress her emotions and lived a low-profile life like a normal person, she could lead a peaceful existence.

She thought that as long as she forgot her identity, forgot that she was the Sky Witch, everything would be fine.

Unfortunately, once she left the city, her life became even more treacherous. A group of people inexplicably sought her out, wanting to take her away. From then on, the old man began leading her on a path of flight.

Every time they stayed in a place for a month, they had to move immediately. She and the old man began a heart-pounding journey, making the whole world their home.

Those people still refused to let them go; no matter where they hid, they would still be found.

The peaceful life she longed for gradually drifted away. Changing schools became a common occurrence. During her last transfer, she thought those people had given up looking for her. However, they still found her, and they even captured the old man to threaten her into surrendering, threatening her to go with them.

The old man protected her with his life.

The only relative in her heart—the old man who had cared for her since childhood—died before her eyes just like that. That sky-filling blood stimulated all the boiling blood in her body.

Gu Liuxi had always thought she had learned to be brave and had gained enough strength, but when she saw the old man falling into a pool of blood for her sake, she still lost her temper.

Yes.

She was angry.

If it weren't for the old man, Gu Liuxi would still be that calamity in the countryside that everyone avoided like a jinx; there would be no Gu Liuxi of today.

But they actually dared... dared to kill the old man.

Unforgivable.

Not a single one of these people could be forgiven.

She was angry. Since she had become sensible, she had been suppressing herself.

And at that moment, the emotions suppressed for too long were like a dam suddenly breaking, surging forth violently.

At that time, there was nothing in her mind except a vast, boundless sea of blood—the old man's blood.

In that moment, her eyes were bloodshot, her face was full of killing intent, and all that remained was hatred.

In that moment, she wished she could destroy the entire world to be buried with the old man.

Her rage plunged the entire world into a dark abyss.

And those people seemed to have been prepared; they dispatched ten ability-users to attack her simultaneously.

When ten intense auroras shot toward her in an instant, the entire city seemed to crack and split, the winds and clouds shifted darkly, the sky lost all light, and she lost consciousness.

When she woke up, she had inexplicably arrived in this eerie place.

She encountered a series of unpredictable events. In truth, she didn't want to lose her temper.

She had deliberately tried to ignore her identity as the Sky Witch, but just now, she truly couldn't hold it back. Facing such a thing, anyone would likely lose control, so her emotions exploded.

If the old man were here now, he would surely be nagging her again.

Thinking of the old man's tragic death, her nose suddenly felt sour, and tears almost fell. In the end, she forced them back. She had just set the valley on fire; if she cried again, she would flood this place.

She wiped her eyes forcefully and walked forward.

The deeper she went, the more tranquil the valley became. Everything on the earth seemed to be asleep. A gentle wind occasionally rustled the branches with a rustling sound. The pitch-black night carried a mysterious aura, as if boundless thick ink had been smeared across the horizon, spreading a trembling terror beneath the suffocating scene.

The air suddenly fluctuated, and the night wind began to blow wildly.

As the sinister wind blew down, the night appeared even more terrifying.

Gu Liuxi hunched her neck, her legs trembling incessantly. What kind of ghostly place had she come to? Why did it get more terrifying the deeper she went? She wanted to turn back, but she feared those skeletons would come looking for her, so she could only grit her teeth and keep walking down.