"If I form a cultivation partnership with Senior Brother Junli and become his protective amulet, I will only cause Senior Brother to lose his true love, while everyone in the Immortal Realm will merely call me overambitious and completely unworthy of Immortal King Junli.
I would only gain a reputation for destroying someone else's romance, while needlessly offending Immortal King Yueluan. What kind of a good ending could possibly await me? Everyone present here knows that very well in your hearts—yet when have any of you ever considered my wishes?
If I facilitate the bond between Senior Brother and Fairy Yueluan, I become an unrighteous person who disregards Senior Brother's life, and I also incur Master's anger for disappointing Master's kind intentions.
Whatever choice I make is wrong. Since that is the case, if I am no longer here, the heavenly secret predicted by the divination—that I can avert disaster for Immortal King Junli—will naturally be broken. This way, I can both fulfill Senior Brother's wishes and guard my own Dao heart, leaving only the consequence of Master bearing the reputation of forcing a disciple to her death. Therefore, I must all the more atone for my sins with my death!"
As Jiandan finished this straightforward speech, the cave dwelling fell into a terrifying silence.
Everyone looked at Jiandan with entirely different eyes. Was this still Wu Yi, who had always been quiet, gentle, and indifferent to worldly affairs? It turned out that she understood …
Chapter 976