Ye Huohuo was anxious, having already been forced to experience the miscarriage of the woman named Lihua. Now, was she going to be raped by her husband as well?
Even though she knew it wasn't real, but merely an illusion within the domain of the malevolent ghost, she was still a young virgin. Her beloved hadn't even touched her yet, and even an illusion like this was unacceptable!
The situation continued to worsen. Lihua seemed to have made up her mind to divorce this beast of a husband. After being forced to take the abortifacient and losing her child, she had been confined by her mother-in-law and husband.
Barely a month after losing the child, the wicked mother-in-law consulted Master Peng again, saying that if they had a child today, it would surely be a boy.
Therefore, Jiaming, ignoring Lihua's fragile state after childbirth, was attempting to force himself upon her.
Lihua's heart was shattered, and she just wanted to stay away from him. Naturally, she didn't want to bear another child with him. Moreover, being touched by such a scumbag felt like a disgrace.
She resisted with all her might.
However, her physical strength was naturally weaker than Jiaming's, and she hadn't recovered well from the miscarriage. Her resistance was utterly useless.
Her collar had already been torn open. The man held her wrists with one hand, while his other hand roamed freely over her body.
Ye Huohuo felt that hand moving over her own body, and a wave of nausea washed over her.
"Lihua, do you know what I dislike most about you wanting a divorce?" The man's hot breath sprayed into Ye Huohuo's ear.
"It's your body. I defied my family's objections to marry you precisely because of your body. You've had one child and lost two, but your body is still so alluring.
I've been patient for over a month, so you must compensate me well tonight!" Jiaming said, his other hand not staying idle.
Ye Huohuo could feel Lihua's despair, but she refused to give up. Even if it wasn't her body, she absolutely could not let this scum succeed.
She forcibly broke the seal placed upon her by her master when she was ten years old.
Ye Huohuo was a good person with nine lifetimes of cultivation. In this life, her destiny was to be incredibly wealthy and possess extraordinary abilities, learning everything at an accelerated pace. Consequently, her potential for Taoist magic was immense; she could summon heavenly lightning before she was even ten.
However, she was influenced by malevolent energy. If she exerted her full power, she would inevitably suffer a backlash. Her master, Xuanjizi, had no choice but to seal away half of her cultivation.
Even so, she was still far stronger than ordinary cultivators. But in today's situation, her usual half-cultivation was insufficient to break through the confinement.
With no other choice, Ye Huohuo forcefully broke the seal within her body. Just as Jiaming was about to make his final thrust, her spiritual body shot out of Lihua's body.
She hovered above the room, looking down at everything below.
Fortunately, she managed to escape. In the next moment, Lihua was forcibly violated by Jiaming. Perhaps because she had inhabited that body, seeing Lihua shed tears and be brutally assaulted by her scumbag husband, Ye Huohuo's heart felt heavy.
At that moment, the shrewish mother-in-law's scolding was heard from outside the door, "A daughter-in-law screaming like a pig being slaughtered when her husband is sleeping with her, what kind of woman is she! It's only because my son fancies you that you're still here. If it weren't for the desire for a grandchild, I would have divorced you long ago!"
Ye Huohuo's heart sank with sorrow. What kind of hellish ordeal must this night have been for Lihua? Enduring her mother-in-law's insults while being raped by her own husband!
Ye Huohuo truly wished she had been present. If only she had been there...
Perhaps pushed to the brink by the oppression, Lihua on the bed finally erupted. As Jiaming was wildly venting his desires on her and had closed his eyes, she grabbed a bronze ornament from the bedside table and smashed it down hard on Jiaming's head.
With a pained cry, Jiaming retreated from her.
However, Lihua's strength was ultimately too little. Jiaming was merely stunned by the blow. He felt the blood on his head, his rage ignited.
"You dare hit me!"
He yanked Lihua off the bed by her hair, disregarding her body, and proceeded to beat her mercilessly.
The more he hit, the angrier he became. He picked up the bronze ornament that had fallen to the floor and smashed it violently onto Lihua's head. After a few blows, Lihua stopped moving.
At this point, the wicked mother-in-law outside heard the commotion and rushed in. Seeing her son with a bloodied head and hands, and Lihua lying in a pool of blood on the floor.
She immediately understood the situation. She was calmer than her son. After bandaging Jiaming's head wound, she then checked Lihua's breathing.
"She's dead? I... I killed someone? I'll be sentenced to death!" Jiaming's anger subsided, and his first reaction wasn't remorse for killing his wife, but fear of being caught and punished.
Ye Huohuo witnessed everything and felt the coldness of human relationships. Spouses, who should have been the closest of relationships, seemed to be the most fragile.
"It's alright, Mom's here. This crazy woman attacked first, it's not your fault. It's night now, let's quickly take her out and bury her. She's an orphan with no other family.
She hasn't worked for the past two years and has no friends. No one will know even if she dies. After some time, we'll report her missing, and everything will be fine!"
So, the two of them wrapped Lihua's body in the blood-stained bedsheets and carried it out of the room.
Ye Huohuo looked at the bronze ornament on the floor. It was a small bronze trophy, with some words inscribed on it – Qingshan Orphanage.
Her heart stirred. Qingshan Orphanage? The orphanage her uncle and aunt sent her to when she was five years old was Qingshan Orphanage.
Could this be a coincidence?
Before she could ponder further, a woman's voice echoed in her ears, "I didn't expect you to have some ability! Merely watching wouldn't let you understand my despair! I want you to experience it firsthand!
The despair, bullying, and humiliation I suffered, I want you all to experience it."
The woman's voice was filled with malice and hatred. Ye Huohuo knew it was Lihua. She had died tragically and her resentment was so immense that it could be so powerful, capable of dragging a living person into her domain even under the bright sun.
"I know you hold a grudge, and I can help you! By harming others like this, you'll sever your path to reincarnation, and you'll only become a wandering ghost, never to reincarnate!
You..."
But before Ye Huohuo could finish speaking, a powerful Yin energy pressed down on her.
Her vision blurred, and she found herself back at the moment she had just escaped from Lihua's body.
That powerful Yin malevolent energy was trying to force her back into that body. Ye Huohuo knew that if she went back, she would have to relive the subsequent forced violation by Jiaming.
No, absolutely not. For the sake of... a cool and handsome figure appeared in her mind.
She pitied Lihua's fate, but she could not tolerate another man possessing her, not even in an illusion.
Ignoring the potential harm to Lihua's soul, she silently chanted the Soul Extermination Incantation. Golden light gradually overflowed from her right palm. As long as this golden light was directed at the Yin energy formed by Lihua's soul, it would scatter her soul and grant her release.
"Stay here. If you stay, I'll release those three people. Didn't you come in to save them? If you scatter me, they will all die with me. Is your life worth three lives?" Lihua's voice rang out, trying to entice her.
Ye Huohuo's mind wavered. Yes, she had known before entering that only one of her and Li Moyan could survive. Now was the time to make a decision.
Li Moyan was Li Mohan's younger brother. She had promised him that she would ensure his brother was sent out alive, and she could not break her word.
The golden light in her palm slowly weakened, but Li Mohan's voice echoed in her mind, along with his gentle gaze, "You must come back too!"
Ye Huohuo jolted, instantly clearing her mind. She could not be influenced by the ghost's words. She could not stay here, and she had to go back.
He was still waiting for her.
Ye Huohuo began to cast aside distractions and focused on chanting the incantation. The golden light in her palm intensified.
However, she still underestimated the malevolent energy within her. Five malevolent forces a day, and four had been consumed today, leaving one that now took effect.
The malevolent energy spread from her body, transforming into a black smoke that entwined around her right arm, slowly pressing down on the golden light in her right palm.
The golden light grew dimmer and dimmer. Simultaneously, she felt her soul being pressed into Lihua's body.
Recalling the scene of Lihua being forced that she had just witnessed, Ye Huohuo felt a fear bordering on despair for the first time.
At this moment, she had already broken the seal and used all her strength, yet she could not escape the dual suppression of malevolent energy and Yin energy. At the same time, what made her even more despairing was that the backlash from using her full power had begun.
Her heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer. Her breath caught, and the golden light in her palm vanished instantly.
This meant she was about to be forcibly pushed into Lihua's body, which meant she would be raped by Jiaming...
Everything seemed set in stone...