The Eight Empresses Betrayed Me, Only to Deeply Regret It After Being Reborn

"I'm going to explode!"

"Aaaah! I'm so furious I could die!"
Chu Ling gripped her demon sword and hacked away at the rocky cliffside in a fit of rage.
But no matter how wildly she slashed, she couldn’t vent the fire inside her chest.

The other three women approached her.
"Ling’er, calm down. Just calm down," Bai Qiulan said gently.
"That Shen Xitong! That Shen Xitong! She made me so mad! I’m going to lose my mind!"

Chu Ling’s chest was heaving violently, though unfortunately her limited endowments didn’t make much of a spectacle.
"I told you, we should've been wary of that Shen Xitong. She's the queen of green tea!"
Bai Qiulan recalled her own encounter with Shen Xitong—rigid, inflexible, and utterly traditional.

"What did she say to you?" Bai Qiulan asked.
"She tricked me—made me call her Matron!" Chu Ling practically shrieked with rage.
Bai Qiulan fell silent...

She suddenly felt a strange sense of dread toward Shen Xitong.
With the hot-tempered Yue Hongling, Shen Xitong took on a deliberately “green tea” persona, making Yue Hongling even more irritated.
With herself—traditional to a fault—Shen Xitong responded with an even more traditional stance, locking her identity down as “Master” and putting Bai Qiulan in her place.

With Chu Ling, she exuded pure pressure, pushing her entirely down into the position of a maid.
In other words, her greatest strength was in exploiting identity, temperament, and weakness to strike at her enemies.
Her combat power was insane.

So what now?
If they sent Yue Hongling—she’d explode for sure.
If she went herself... Bai Qiulan hesitated. To be honest, the last encounter with Shen Xitong had left a lingering sense of dread.
Just that one conversation had hurt more than she cared to admit.

"...Huanling, you go."
In the end, Bai Qiulan made the decision to send Shangguan Huanling.
"...Huh? Me?"

Shangguan Huanling could already tell Shen Xitong was a tough nut to crack. Could she really handle this?
"You’re the only one who can go. You must stay calm. No matter what she says, don’t let it get to you. Just keep that in mind, and you’ll be fine!" Bai Qiulan encouraged her.
Shangguan Huanling hesitated for a moment.

But eventually, she nodded.
She was truly at her wit’s end with this so-called "Invincible Dao." What the hell was it even supposed to be? She had cultivation but zero combat power.
Every time she used the Demonic Blood Escape, her strength only decreased.
Not a single innate spirit treasure.

Not even a postnatal spirit treasure.
Once upon a time, her life was filled with treasures. Spirit artifacts? She wouldn’t even glance at them. She only touched supreme treasures, even Heaven-grade, Emperor-grade ones.
And now? What the hell was she eating? Actually—she didn’t even have anything left to eat!

Shangguan Huanling didn’t want to live like this anymore.
"Alright, I’ll go. Wait for my good news!"
With that, Shangguan Huanling charged off toward Lu Ye’s residence, brimming with confidence and momentum.

She believed Lu Ye’s hostility toward her was far less intense than toward the others.
She could feel it.
That meant she had the best shot at earning his forgiveness.

Knock knock knock...
She knocked on the door.
Shen Xitong peeked over and blinked. Oh—Shangguan Fool.

Nope. Not worth the hassle!
Shen Xitong vanished on the spot.
As for Lu Ye, of course he didn’t respond. He continued his cultivation as if nothing was happening.

Knock knock knock. "Lu Ye, are you there?"
Knock knock knock. "Lu Ye?"
"I have something important to tell you! It’s about the one who orchestrated everything back then—the real culprit behind your poisoning. Don’t you want to know?"

"Lu Ye, open the door!"
"If you just come out and see me, I’ll tell you who it was, and why we were made to poison you!"
But Lu Ye didn’t respond at all. No—that wasn’t it.

He had completely blocked out Shangguan Huanling’s voice.
Shangguan Huanling knocked for ages, but no one acknowledged her.
What the hell? Was no one going to answer?

Was really no one going to answer?
I’m a living, breathing person, not some dog scratching at ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) the door. If there was an actual dog clawing at it for this long, wouldn’t you at least check outside?
Shangguan Huanling felt deeply humiliated.

"Open the door right now! If you don’t, I’ll break it down!"
She shouted.
...

Silence. A deathly silence.
"I mean it! I’m really going to smash the door!"
...

"Aaaaagh! This is driving me nuts! What the hell is wrong with you people? Come out and beat me, come out and curse me—but ignoring me like this? What does it mean?!"
...
In the end, Shangguan Huanling didn’t actually break the door.

She just got mad. For a while.
Then she slumped away, dejected.
This was bullying. Pure bullying.

What kind of person just ignores someone like that?
"Well? Well? Did Lu Ye see you?" Yue Hongling rushed over.
Shangguan Huanling’s eyes were glistening. Her lower lip quivered.

"They completely ignored me. Why... why are they doing this to me..."
Chu Ling’s lips twitched slightly, her earlier frustration momentarily washed away.
Yue Hongling turned her head, her voice a little strained. "It’s okay... it’s okay, we’ll think of something..."

Her shoulders twitched slightly.
"...Are you laughing at me?"
Shangguan Huanling’s eyes widened.

"Pfft—no, hahaha, I’m not laughing at you. I just thought of something funny."
"What’s funny?"
Shangguan Huanling asked.

"Uh... My pet gave birth today."
"Pfft—gahaha—"
Even Chu Ling couldn’t hold back, letting out a braying goose-honk laugh.

"...What are you laughing at?"
Shangguan Huanling glared at her.
"My pet gave birth too."

"So you’re each other’s pets?"
"Right, right—wait, no—!"
As she looked at the two of them laughing their heads off, Shangguan Huanling’s face darkened.

"It looks like none of us will ever be forgiven by Lu Ye. He’s planning to ascend soon—and he won’t even grant us a final meeting. He hates us. The only reason he’s not killing us is because he wants us to suffer. To live on in agony and regret!"
Shangguan Huanling’s voice rose in anguish.
The laughter came to an abrupt stop.

She stared at the two of them.
Watched the smiles vanish from their faces, replaced by pain.
"Go on—laugh! Keep laughing! Didn’t you think it was funny?"

"You’re not laughing anymore? Ha. Ha ha. Guess it’s my turn now."
"Hahahaha... Serves us right. We deserve all of this. Every last one of us. None of us were worth a damn. We never cherished what we had. And now that it’s gone, we’re drowning in regret. But so what if we regret it? Can regret undo the pain we caused?"
In that moment, Shangguan Huanling looked utterly unhinged.

A thunderous roar erupted from within her body.
A moment later, she coughed up a massive mouthful of blood. Her aura plummeted.
In a single breath, she fell all the way down to the Nascent Soul Realm.

She had destroyed her own Dao.
The Invincible Dao... what a joke.
"I regret it..."

Tears spilled from the corners of her eyes.
Everything from the past flashed before her in an instant.
"Brother Lu Ye... I really regret it..."

Bai Qiulan watched the whole farce unfold, feeling utterly lost.
With women like this... could Lu Ye really let go of the past and fall in love again?
Pure fantasy!

Her body abruptly froze over, then collapsed backward.
The Chaotic Yin Poison—had erupted again.