My Omega Is A Top Heavenly Master (GL) - Chapter 7

Meow, meow, meow.

A group of stray cats ate cold leftovers in a dark corner of the alley. The younger kittens could only wait nearby until the older strays had finished eating.

When they saw someone approaching, they obediently walked over to Chen Yao’s feet and rubbed their small bodies against his ankles.

It was their way of begging this human for food.

Chen Yao looked at the kittens surrounding him and revealed a disgusted expression. He kicked one of them away.

“What rotten luck!”

The kitten let out a miserable cry as its tiny body slammed against the wall.

It looked pitifully at the human, unable to understand what it had done wrong or why he had suddenly attacked it.

“Meow?”

The injured kitten gave another helpless cry.

Seeing this, its brothers and sisters immediately fled. They hid behind the garbage bins and trembled as they watched Chen Yao.

Chen Yao stepped forward and kicked the kitten in the stomach again.

“How am I inferior to that penniless wretch Mu Baicheng? That beautiful Omega should have belonged to me!”

“You filthy animals should die in some miserable corner, just like that useless Mu Baicheng.”

Chen Yao kicked harder and harder.

The kitten’s initial screams gradually weakened until all signs of life disappeared.

Chen Yao’s gaze shifted toward the garbage bins.

This was clearly not the first time he had done something like this. He skillfully hurled his bottle toward the hiding kittens, striking one of them.

“Meow!”

Its piercing shriek sounded particularly harrowing in the darkness.

Chen Yao was still not satisfied. He walked over and began kicking the kitten’s stomach.

He did not stop until it had completely stopped breathing, just like the first kitten.

Then, with practiced ease, Chen Yao picked up both corpses, one in each hand, and threw them into a garbage bin.

Just as he prepared to leave, a strange voice sounded behind him.

“Chen Yao.”

Chen Yao turned around but saw no one.

Had he imagined it?

Paying it no further attention, he resumed walking toward the entrance of the alley.

“Chen Yao, where are you going?”

The voice sounded again.

The only difference was that the first call had come from far away.

This time, the voice was right beside him.

Cold sweat instantly covered Chen Yao’s body.

He looked around.

There was no one there.

“Who is it? Stop playing tricks! I’m not afraid of you!”

“Is that so?”

A black figure darted beneath the dim streetlights.

The combined glow of the moon and the lamps stretched its black shadow far across the ground.

It was a four-legged creature, and its movements were light and nimble.

A cat? Chen Yao thought suspiciously.

Could a cat really be that large?

“Where are you going?”

Chen Yao swallowed. Most of his drunkenness had already vanished.

“None of your business. I’m going home.”

“Hahaha! Stay and play with us. Weren’t you having such a wonderful time just now?”

Sweat appeared across Chen Yao’s forehead.

His face, previously flushed from alcohol, instantly turned deathly pale.

He saw something he would never forget for the rest of his life.

The kittens he had just thrown into the garbage bin leaped back out.

They still looked exactly as they had when they died.

Their bodies were covered in blood, and even their eyes had turned a ghastly scarlet.

Chen Yao repeatedly stumbled backward.

“Don’t come any closer!”

“Hehehe! We came to play with you.”

One of the kittens licked its paw.

The words had come directly from its mouth.

Chen Yao had never experienced anything like this before. His foot slipped, and he fell to the ground.

“What do you want? You filthy beasts!”

“What do we want? You had so much fun just now. Now it’s our turn.”

One of the kittens leaped high into the air, reaching a height far beyond anything Chen Yao believed possible.

Its sharp claws gleamed coldly beneath the moonlight as it prepared to rake them across Chen Yao’s face.

Suddenly, white light flashed.

A white figure appeared in front of Chen Yao and blocked the attack.

“You damned dog! Get out of the way!”

The kitten’s fur stood on end as a threatening growl rumbled from its throat.

The mass of white light condensed into a white Bichon Frisé.

Chen Yao stared blankly at the dog that had suddenly appeared.

“Dudu?”

It was the Bichon Frisé he had owned as a child.

Chen Yao had been a mischievous child. When he was playing outside with Dudu one day, he deliberately walked into the middle of the road and unclipped the dog’s leash.

Dudu was struck and killed by a car.

Chen Yao had only been seven years old at the time.

It did not take him long to forget the little dog.

“Woof! Woof! Woof!”

Dudu stood protectively in front of Chen Yao, its defensive posture clearly telling the kittens that they were not allowed to hurt him.

“Every grievance has its source, and every debt has its debtor. But since you insist on seeking death, don’t blame us.”

The kitten raised its head and released a long, mournful howl.

Countless black figures emerged from the darkness.

Every one of them was a cat Chen Yao had previously killed.

Tormenting stray animals was something he did for pleasure.

He particularly targeted cats.

There was no need to ask why he never provoked stray dogs. Stray dogs were usually large, and Chen Yao was afraid they might attack him.

That was why he chose to bully cats instead.

Among his victims, kittens and elderly cats were especially numerous.

“You damned dog, get out of the way. If you insist on having your soul destroyed alongside his, we won’t show you any mercy.”

As soon as the kitten finished speaking, the black cats released a chorus of warning growls.

The Bichon Frisé retreated two steps but continued shielding Chen Yao firmly behind its body.

Even when faced with the vengeful spirits of nearly a hundred cats, Dudu did not flee.

Chen Yao cowered behind the Bichon Frisé, staring in terror at the black cats closing in from every direction.

Then he gritted his teeth and kicked Dudu.

Sorry, Dudu. Everyone has to fight for their own survival.

He intended to kick Dudu into the crowd of cats and use it to buy himself an opportunity to escape.

However, Chen Yao’s foot passed straight through Dudu’s body.

Dudu froze.

It turned around and looked at Chen Yao with large, round, confused eyes, as though asking why he had abandoned it yet again.

Chen Yao did not feel the slightest trace of guilt beneath Dudu’s gaze.

“What are you looking at me for? I’m your owner. Isn’t it only natural for you to save me?”

“There is no such thing as something being only natural.”

A figure stepped into the alley beneath the moonlight.

Qin Xiyao’s ink-black hair instantly turned silver-white.

A small cat took two steps through the air and landed upon her shoulder. Looking more closely, it was the same black cat Qin Xiyao had held in the car.

“It’s you!”

Chen Yao climbed up from the ground and stared at Qin Xiyao’s silver hair in astonishment.

“You aren’t human. You’re a monster!”

“No.”

Qin Xiyao extended a hand toward the white Bichon Frisé.

Dudu whimpered, and its body contracted into a mass of white light. Carried by the wind, the light flew into Qin Xiyao’s palm.

“You are the monster.”

Her icy voice fell through the alley.

Qin Xiyao opened her eyes, revealing silver pupils brighter than the moonlight.

She formed a hand seal with her left hand.

The surrounding cats cried out in exhilaration, their growls proclaiming their newfound strength.

“Go. At midnight, his soul shall be severed. Let cause and effect deliver their retribution.”

The moment she finished speaking, the black cats swarmed over Chen Yao.

They tore at his skin and devoured his flesh.

Of course, the cats could not truly consume Chen Yao’s physical body.

But beneath their claws and fangs, his soul was torn into countless pieces.

His soul was so filthy that the cats had no desire to eat it.

After shredding Chen Yao’s soul, they gathered around Qin Xiyao’s feet.

“Immortal, we ask that you scatter his souls and spirits completely.”

The black cat on her shoulder narrowed its once-round pupils into eerie vertical slits.

Undisguised hatred filled its voice.

It was begging Qin Xiyao to obliterate Chen Yao’s soul completely.

Before Qin Xiyao could answer, the white light in her palm released a whimper, seemingly pleading with her not to do it.

“You stupid dog!”

The black cat’s fur instantly stood on end. It hissed a warning at the white light in Qin Xiyao’s palm.

“Have you forgotten what he did to you?”

“But he was still my owner. When I was beside the road with nothing to eat, he gave me food.”

The Bichon Frisé’s voice echoed through the air, innocent and pure like that of a child.

Qin Xiyao sighed.

“You repaid everything you owed him long ago with your companionship and your life. You possess a pure soul. Do you have any final wishes?”

“I want to—”

“Chen Yao’s soul must be destroyed,” Qin Xiyao interrupted coldly.

The baleful energy surrounding Chen Yao had nearly condensed into physical form. If Dudu had not protected him, that energy would likely have killed him long ago.

This was the karmic evil Chen Yao had accumulated.

If his soul were not completely destroyed, the spirits of these cats would gradually transform into malevolent ghosts wandering the mortal world.

Only Chen Yao’s complete annihilation could quell their fury and allow their souls to return to the Cat Star.

Dudu fell silent for a moment.

“May I follow you, Immortal?”

“You should reincarnate. In your next life, you will become human.”

“No. I want to follow the Immortal and cultivate. I can accumulate merit for my owner and atone for his sins on his behalf.”

“Dogs really are stupid.”

The black cat licked its paw, unable to understand the Bichon Frisé’s peculiar way of thinking.

Qin Xiyao swept a cold glance over the black cat.

Startled by her gaze, it wisely leaped down from her shoulder.

Qin Xiyao formed a seal with one hand and drew a talisman in the air with magical power using the other.

“Thunder and lightning: Biting Through. Thus the ancient kings clarified punishments and strengthened the laws.[1] Execute.”

The talisman formed from magical power circled twice through the air, then transformed into countless golden ropes that tightly bound Chen Yao’s soul.

Every rope crackled with lightning.

Chen Yao’s soul continued struggling, and the silver light in Qin Xiyao’s eyes intensified.

“Bind.”

She uttered the single word calmly.

The ropes transformed into strips of golden silk that wrapped tightly around Chen Yao’s soul and constricted continuously.

Eventually, the lightning weakened.

The soul trapped inside no longer struggled.

Qin Xiyao’s hair gradually returned to black, and the silver faded from her eyes.

The moment Chen Yao disappeared completely, the black energy surrounding the cats also vanished like smoke.

“Thank you, Immortal.”

The cats returned to the appearances they had possessed while alive, revealing one fluffy little face after another.

Waves of golden light emerged from their bodies.

Qin Xiyao extended her slender hand. The golden light gathered in her palm and condensed into a golden pearl.

The corners of Qin Xiyao’s lips rose slightly.

She had not expected to receive a hundred years’ worth of merit.

She opened the hand holding the Bichon Frisé, and Dudu reappeared inside the alley.

White light flowed from its body, forming a glowing path that began at Dudu and extended into the distance.

Qin Xiyao pointed the cats toward the white road.

“A pure soul will guide you to the proper destination. Go.”

The kittens meowed happily. Their voices alone revealed how joyful they now felt.

One after another, their paws stepped onto the white road.

Their souls dissolved into countless specks of white light. When the summer night breeze swept past, those lights scattered and flew into the sky.

A soft golden radiance shimmered among the countless white lights.

The golden light slowly gathered and descended upon Dudu.

“Immortal, this is…”

Dudu discovered in astonishment that it could now assume a physical form.

Warmth filled Qin Xiyao’s eyes.

“You guided so many living souls to liberation. This merit belongs to you.”

With the matter settled, Qin Xiyao turned and left the alley.

She had taken only a few steps when her vision gradually blurred.

Her footing became unsteady, and she leaned against a low wall.

Damn it.

She had exhausted too much magical power.

Her eyelids grew increasingly heavy.

She was about to enter a dormant state.

Just as she began to collapse, she heard Dudu barking anxiously.

She fell into a familiar embrace.

Then a voice she had last heard a thousand years ago sounded beside her ear.

“Yaoyao.”

Qin Xiyao wanted to open her eyes and see whether that person had returned.

She desperately wanted to ask why she had left.

But her eyelids became heavier and heavier.

Amid Dudu’s anxious barking, Qin Xiyao could only close her eyes.