Xiao Ting frankly told Tang Ruoxuan, "Ruoxuan, I can love you, but I cannot give up the Heavenly Sword and power for you, because I am the Abhiraja King."
Tang Ruoxuan's heart was torn, and her face turned ashen.
She had intended to give Xiao Ting a chance to turn back, but he remained stubbornly misguided.
Knowing it was impossible to salvage the situation, Tang Ruoxuan made a secret decision.
The next day, the battle between good and evil erupted. Xiao Ting, wielding the Heavenly Sword, faced several top masters of the righteous path.
The Beggars' Sect disciples, taking advantage of Xiao Ting's blindness, used their broken bowls and bamboo sticks to strike, forming a dog-beating formation, attempting to disrupt Xiao Ting's hearing.
Lan Shou Xing Guan, one of the Four Great Guardians, stepped forward to assist but tragically perished on the spot.
Xiao Ting was enraged, unleashing the divine light of the Heavenly Sword. The assembled heroes were no match, left to be slaughtered.
Just then, the Heavenly Dog Devouring the Moon appeared, weakening the Heavenly Sword's radiance. The crowd seized the opportunity to counterattack.
However, their resistance was short-lived. The Heavenly Sword regained its brilliance, its divine power surging. In his frenzy, Xiao Ting prepared to kill them all.
As everyone was about to die under the Heavenly Sword, Tang Ruoxuan threw herself forward, sacrificing herself, and was impaled by the sword.
The crowd cried out in shock, "Ruoxuan! Ruoxuan!"
Viewers watching on screen were stunned into silence.
Considering the astonishing power of the Heavenly Sword, being pierced through the body was undoubtedly fatal.
Just as everyone eagerly anticipated what would happen next, an advertisement abruptly popped up.
The audience was furious but helpless, cursing the unscrupulous advertisers while discussing the plot in the comments.
【The heroine was pierced through the body by the male lead. Can she still live?】
【Impossible, right? That sword went through her vital organs. How could she possibly survive?】
【That's not right. I remember before this drama aired, Jiang Ling clearly told fans that the male and female leads end up together in the finale.】
【How can they be together? The conflict between them is irreconcilable. The male lead refuses to abandon his career, and the female lead is unlikely to give up on avenging her parents. Them being together is a ghost story.】
【No way, no way, have we been deceived by Jiang Ling?】
【Not necessarily. Don't you remember the earlier plot? Tang Ruoxuan learned from a brocade pouch left by her master that the Heavenly Sword contained an elixir of immortality. This elixir could grant eternal life and surely save a life.】
【Right, right, right. The finale must be Xiao Ting, unable to bear watching Tang Ruoxuan die like this, destroying the Heavenly Sword and taking out the elixir of immortality to save her.】
【The elixir of immortality is the essence of the Heavenly Sword. Once it's used, the Heavenly Sword will immediately turn into scrap metal. Losing the Heavenly Sword, Xiao Ting will also lose his reliance for unifying the world, so he can only retire to the countryside with Tang Ruoxuan. Tang Ruoxuan, because he gave up the Heavenly Sword, will decide to let go of her hatred and live a good life with him.】
【This explains it. All the disputes stem from the Heavenly Sword. If not for the Heavenly Sword, Tang Ruoxuan's parents wouldn't have died tragically. With the Heavenly Sword destroyed, all grievances and entanglements will also end.】
The viewers bombarded the chat with discussions, combining Jiang Ling's earlier remarks about the male and female leads ending up together to deduce the supposed ending.
Although this outcome seemed absurd, it was the best result they could imagine.
Jiang Ling was also watching the drama. Seeing these comments, she couldn't help but find them both amusing and frustrating, yet she had to admire the audience's imaginative powers.
It was clearly meant to be a "Be" aesthetic, and yet, after seeing the female lead impaled by the male lead, they could still imagine a happy ending of them retiring together. That was truly bizarre.
However, on second thought, she could understand.