Chapter 179: Jie.

  In the first reality, Jie found herself brutally stabbing her sword into Jing's body. Blood spraying all over herself, Jing's screams ringing throughout the deep forest they were, far from anyone's sight. A twisted smile was painted on her face as she laughed and laughed and laughed. The taste of Jing's blood on her tongue was like bliss and pleasure running throughout her body. With her out of the way, Hu Tao's attention would only be focused on her! She would be the one he would love!

  How could he fall for a girl like this anyway? Just comparing their bodies alone, she was lacking everything in comparison to her! Maybe her skin and hair were a little shinier and smoother than hers but it was nowhere nearly as light or fair! Her breasts, her curves, her face, and her behind were all far better than this girl's! What else did she have that Jie didn't!?

  Jie already knew the answer to that question. It was a simple answer to a question that plagued her from time to time. Because of this answer that she already knew, Jie realized that this wasn't real. There was no way that she could kill Jing. She just wasn't strong enough.

  And not being strong enough is exactly why she was so envious of Jing. Hu Tao loved Jing because of her strength. She was stronger than him. He cared more about her strength than anything else about her. Because that was the type of person he was and the type of person she had to fall in love with. Killing Jing wouldn't solve her problems. Besting Hu Tao and proving that she was stronger than him would be how to gain his love.

  But deep down, Jie realized that was impossible. She wasn't talented enough. Her skill with the sword has improved greatly while inside Ying's void world but compared to everyone else she saw in Heaven's Angels, it was nothing more than child's play. For someone who was raised in a lofty noble family and regularly praised for her talent and skill, it was the first time in her life that she could say that she felt utterly outclassed by the people around her. Jie realized that she was trash!

  Her swordsmanship was worth less than a fart against Ying's fierce and flexible swordsmanship. She wouldn't be able to get past Bing's shield no matter how hard she tried. Lei's combination attack with his spirit beasts would overwhelm her before she had the chance to defeat him. Hu Tao didn't even need to use his hands to defeat her even if she used all her strength. This powerlessness... Jie hated it!

  Jie wanted unbelievable strength just like Jing's! She didn't hate her for being the focus on Hu Tao's love. She was jealous because of how stupidly strong she was! Why couldn't she have strength like that?! Why was it that she was the second weakest out of Jing's group?! It didn't matter that she was a 5th stage Qi Consolidator when it would take literally everything, she had to defeat the 9th stage Qi Gatherers in Heaven's Angels! That just humiliated her even more!

"Give me power! Give me enough strength to make that handsome fighting maniac forget about you and fall in love with me!" Jie shook Jing's corpse back and forth while she mounted her.

"I know you can do it! If you can revive back from a puddle of blood, it should be all too easy to grant me strength!" The whites of her knuckles began showing from how tightly she gripped Jing's collar.

  In the second reality, Jie was smiling a gentle smile as she looked off into the distance. Three children could be seen roughly playing with one another while she rubbed her bulging stomach. They fought with each other while in the backyard with no regard for their own safety. One boy used a broad sword to try and decapitate his other brother. The youngest girl had silver chains wrapped around her wrists as she flicked it forward to wrap around the neck of her brother. While the oldest had a familiar grin on his face, holding both a sword in his hands and chains around his body!

  These were the lovely children that she and Hu Tao made together. They lived in a nice small home atop of a hill in a small village. He was off doing who knows what, while she had to raise their children mostly on her own. Jie didn't have a problem with this though. She actually preferred this type of simple life compared to the hectic and chaotic world of cultivators.

  Being a nice simple wife and mother was much more preferable. She didn't have to compare herself to other people around her, constantly work to improve herself and grow stronger, risk her life just to advance in the world. Just raise these little demon spawns that seemed to want to take every single aspect of their father and be miniature clones of him. Eventually, she'll have to send them off to fitting sects worthy of their talent. Since they were the children of that man, of course, they would share his love for fighting and strength.

  It didn't matter if she tried teaching them otherwise. When he popped in every blue moon, the kids would go crazy for their daddy. Jie figured that the kids had such an important focus on strength and fighting because that's exactly what Hu Tao talked to them about when he came back. Asking them how are they progressing in their martial arts or cultivation. Because of that, the kids do nothing but train and cultivate in their free time. This forced Jie into the position of the strict parent when she had them do things other than that.

"I hate studying! I want to practice my chain martial arts!" The youngest screamed.

"How will studying save my life? Such a waste of time..." The second youngest complained.

"Don't be a bunch of fucking retards. You need to learn how to read! How else are you going to beat a motherfucker's face in when he's talking shit to you in a letter?" The oldest berated them.

"Watch your language." Jie admonished him with a smile, thankful that he saw the value in her efforts.

  After putting the youngest ones to bed, Jie looked out into the night sky thinking about the life she left behind. Was being a cultivator anywhere as rewarding or fun as being a mother? The warmth she felt in her heart on a daily basis was something she couldn't say she felt as a cultivator. Every day she had something new to look forward to or learn regarding her children as they grew into their own people. When she was a cultivator, life wasn't anything like this. But Jie still felt that something was missing...

"Hu Tao... I miss him..."

  There wasn't a third reality as Jie woke up to find herself at the top of the stairs. Jie started to realize what her Heart Demons were getting at. She loved Hu Tao and wanted to stay by his side as the only woman he could ever need and love. Her heart didn't care that he was a horrible man. All she cared about was being loved by him just like how she loved him. Something that was impossible on her own. But, Jing was known for the impossible, wasn't she? So, why doesn't she ask her to give her a way to become strong?

"Took you long enough." Hu Tao scoffed.

"I took as much time as I needed." Jie responded.

"What the hell kind of Heart Demons do you have anyway? Shouldn't you be perfectly satisfied just being my woman?"

"I wonder..." She rolled her eyes.

  There were less than a hundred disciples that have passed the test by now and thousands more that have failed and were overcome by their Heart Demons. The number that failed far surpassed the number of those that passed. A disappointed look was shared by the elders of the sect but it seems the Supreme Commander was more than pleased by an outcome like this. It would be easier to judge the remaining disciples with the trash filtered out. During the course of the test, he always kept an eye on Jing as she was the disciple, he was most interested in.

  The other elders weren't blind to notice the interest the Supreme Commander had in this dark-skinned girl. For those elders that were somehow unaware of who Jing was, they were soon let in the know about her from the talkative elders. These talkative elders reached the ears of the disciples who passed and soon even more eyes were staring at Jing. Heaven's Angels' interest was more of concern for Jing and curiosity of what Heart Demons was she suffering through that could bring tears to her eyes?

  It must be known that in the eyes of Heaven's Angels, Jing was an ultimate existence capable of the impossible. So, when seeing this powerful leader of theirs being brought to tears, it made them conflicted.

"Jing is still on the first step?" Jie was more than surprised at an outcome like this.

"She must have had a horrible experience when she was young." Qing guessed.

"Maybe her immortal village was wiped out by the Heavens for being too heaven-defying and she was sent down to our plane by the villagers to save her life." Hu Tao shrugged.

"That would be a difficult Heart Demon to face..." Jie thought.

"Shut up, Hu Tao! Jing isn't from a divine race of immortals!" Ying yelled.

"Where's your proof, Princess?" Hu Tao asked.

"Where's your proof!?" Ying sent the question straight back at him.

"Just look at her. Jing is nothing like us. Her strength, her skin, her face, all of it is so different from the normal person. She has to be a divine child. What else could explain it?"

"A bloodline." Ying smugly answered.

"You bitch." He cursed. That was a good answer.

"What did you call me!?" Ying's fist turned into a blazing dragon as it headed for Hu Tao's face.

"No violence allowed during this portion of the test." Wan waved her fan and stopped Ying's punch from reaching Hu Tao with a wall of wind.

"I'll deal with you later, bastard." Ying turned and crossed her arms.

"I'll be waiting, Flat Ass." He blew a kiss.