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Chapter 79: Former Affection is Lost Forever
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(T/N: The title 昔情难追 is literally “one cannot get back affection from the past”)
This translation is by Yan (BC Novels) at bcnovels d͎o͎t͎ c͎o͎m͎
Reika’s Notes:
- This chapter is by Yan.
- Now that Shen Qingqiu’s pitiful disciple Luo Binghe has gone mad, it’s up to our beloved Xiu Ya sword to “take care” of him!
- As many guessed, that “Seventh Brother” (Qi-ge) whose face was blurred out in Shen Jiu’s memory was Yue Qingyuan.
- “He couldn’t raise a death flag.” In the original this just said “flag” but I made it “death flag” to make it clearer. In this context, a death flag is something in TV, movies, literature, etc. that make it likely for a person to die. For example, a soldier showing someone a picture of his/her sweetheart on the eve of battle and saying “we’re getting married right after the war” makes it almost certain that he is going to die.
- Please let me know if there are any errors. Thanks for reading!
Im sobbing…knowing Yue will never get to know the original Shen Jiu is no longer here is honestly breaking my heart. I hope wherever he is, he is happy and safe, he was just another victim deserving of love :’))
Gahd that made me depressed
Ive said this last time.. but authoorrrr please have mercy on these character. Tho i kinda doubt he will.. seeing their other work.. T^T
I was like literally crying while eating my lunch (╥﹏╥) *cough* got choked
If Yue Qingyuan dies because of Luo Binghe’s inferiority complex, I’m going to be very very mad. YQ doesn’t deserve this!! He’s my favourite character ever 😭😭
Sameee he is my fav character too ! So please T.T Don’t you dare die
Yall know. The author and the M demon guy would get together. I have to say their interaction is quite cute.
And they are now fulfilled 👏
omg, in this chapter, luo binghe was such a complete yandere
Well that was a chapter! I like this story but sometimes the tones shift from funny, to serious, to tragic real quick! It’s common with this author. I’m also giving her some leeway since this was her first work but yeah there’s a lot of baggage in this story and characters.
It’s like SQQ was playing a visual novel and he chose the bad ending by LBH going full yandere. If this was any other author, I would declare the story from here on out impossible to have a happy ending. I mean LBH went full crazy in front of all the sect leader lol. So I am super curious to see where this goes. I definitely wish LBH hadn’t suffered so much and could have stayed that sweet character from the beginning :/
I wished that LBH suffered less and that SQQ had chosen a better way than to throw him in the abyss. The author is so unhelpful WTF it’s his story LMAO you’d think he’d be helping more.
Oh man.
Hopefully the pendant works.
I cant believe the original work by aeroplane was so awful nd so devastatingly tragic for ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS who just got cruelly killed off one by one like that nd no one knew their stories nd yet fans were rejoicing over HAPPY(!!?! tf) ending just with a op mc nd his harem…i can feel why SQQ has always been so mad with him.
I took 3 ss from this chapter bcoz of how tragic yet true and beautiful the dialogues were T_T my heart feels so heavy nd miserable…D’X< why is everything so sad stop doing this to me author!!!
But this chapter was indeed amazing!
The way everything changed in an instant. Wow.🙁
I miss the white lotus binghe. Who is full of innocence, sunshine, happines and confidence. Despite becoming the most poweful being in across all realms, he still feels insecure and fear. That what he become isn’t enough. That Shizun will still abandon him. My poor baby boy😭😭😭😭
“It was precisely as you always said. ‘I’m sorry’ is nothing but an empty phrase; it’s completely useless. I never explained either, so today, you have to hear it. It isn’t so I can beg for understanding. It isn’t so I can win sympathy, but rather, if I don’t say it now… I’m afraid it really will be too late.”
Shen Qingqiu’s heart felt bitter, his eyes hot.
Too late. It was already too late!
Shen Jiu was already no longer here.
Perhaps he was dead, or perhaps his soul had moved to a different unfamiliar world, just like Shen Yuan.
But no matter what, he would never be able to hear what Yue Qingyuan was saying again.
Yue Quingyuan and Shen Jiu’s backstory is way tooo tragic and devastating. Xiao Jiu, wherever you are, I hope you will finally found peace and contenment and will be loved by many. I hope you will not be too hard on yourself okay? I love you so much no matter how scum you are. I hope you are also transmigrated in another world and you are happy there
For some reason, i also want to see how shen jiu is doing right now lol. Fill! Plot! Holes! Hahahahaha i hope there’s smtg regarding that in later chaps. Prolly danmei-ish hihi
Same…I kinda expected a sad story behind these two but the way it was written here still ended up making me miserably depressed and in tears. I really REALLY just want them to b happy now just…PLZ B HAPPY ALL OF YOUU WHEREVER U ARE T_T *sobs*
Lol at Luo Bingpup throwing a tanthrum. Love you still
Sadly it’s not a “tanthrum”. LBH is suffering clearly of PTSD from all the trauma of his childhood that were never adressed and the shock from being push into the abyss by the person he loved the most on this earth. He is really sick and need help.
SQQ was at the end of the day the person who traumatized him the most and repeatedly without even realising it.
‘ “F***, he can’t fly!” before he also jumped off. ‘
>D
SHIP!
How can a comment section be so oblivious lmao? It’s always been obvious how Binghe feels and for the last 70 chapters ppl have been bashing him and suddenly switch up on this chapter damn y’all really need everything spelled out for you huh?
This chapter has shattered my heart. So painful, ah..
Thank you for all your hard working and efforts in this translation
Crying right now…
Yue Qingyuan is so kind and sacrificial…. And it feels so damn sad that he couldn’t say those words to the original Shen Qingqiu, but instead to Shen Yuan.
Since Shen Yuan transmigrated to this dimension, to this world – perhaps Shen Qingqiu and the original Shang Qinghua transmigrated to their world and they aren’t actually dead?
It would really be interesting if that actually happened.
I’m still sad, though, for Yue Qingyuan.
And if Luo Binghe’s obsession can’t break…
It surely can’t be love, right?
You don’t hurt people you love.
SQH is a masochistic! Why would he go to save Mobei-Jun when he is so meanie with him? XD
My heart suffers for YQY, he never could explain the truth to his Shen Jiu… How sad.
Thanks for the chapter!
Ive actually been silently shipping them. I mean. Who knows what kinky stuff they do behind the scenes? We are not one to judge. 😂😂😂
binghe my son… 😢
thank you so much for translating! 💕
MBJ and SQH saving each other is <3
So sad, Yue Qingyuan 🙁
Also, yes BingHe would have totally jumped down the cliff without hesitating if he had told him ‘if you don’t, Shizun will die’
Thank you for the update!
Somehow I wasn’t shocked by Binghe actions and words because I’ve always been looking at the situation from his point of view, I don’t know why, I just understand his feelings so well. And he seems so alive to me because he actually has emotions and even tho he looks like a cold cruel demon lord in reality he too just wants to be noticed by the person he loves and admires (Notice me, shizuuuun~~~).
The only thing I fear now is a very tragic tur of events where SQQ returns to his reality… Or is forced to kill Binghe… or both! Noooo
QI-GE QAQ DONT DIE QAQ thanks for the chapter~~
when is the next chapter going to be uploaded?
Thank you for the chapter! Wow, this novel is truly a masterpiece!😍🥰 The characters, plot, the emotion that you can feel from the characters; while reading chapters 34-35, SQQ was being falsely accused left and right and the whole time he tried remaining calm and collected on the outside while on the inside he was paranoid and anxious, and just reading that part made me feel paranoid and stressed out😅😩 and just like in this chapter, I could feel LBH’s deepened sadness that I just wanna give him a hug!😭🥺 This is an incredible story, and I just hope SQQ can save LBH🥰 and hopefully YQY lives too! Thank you, I can’t wait for the next chapter🙃I hate cliffhangers🥺
This… i’m shocked…
This whole chapter was a shock to me…
I never looked at it from binghe’s point of view. I just thought that after this war it can be good if binghe can go back to cang qiang mountain with his shzun like how they were before and happily ever after….
But i never thought that how binghe felt.
Just think about it… when you want the person you like just to stay with you but he kills himeself thinking you want to get revenge(ch43) or when you find out that the parents you wanted to meet all your life abandoned you and the person you like allways leaves you just to laugh and be happy with others…. how sad, lonely, and insecure would you be?
I never thought of it this way…. i’m sad…
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And i don’t want yue qingyuan to die QAQ
My heart hurts so much reading this ; A ; I didn’t realize there was a new chapter!!
Ugh now I see why people ship Shen Jiu and Yue Qingyuan. He was always too late…in the original novel, the past, and the present. If only everyone stated their actual intentions. This story is truly about miscommunication and bad timing. I really hope the next chapter doesn’t break my heart too…
Thank you so much for translating!!
Omg the tragedy!!! Poor binghe, poor YQY
Thank you for the chapter 🥰
You’ve earned the “Absurd Writing is Now Readable” achievement.
🤣🤣🤣 amids the angsts and tragedies, we now have this!! 😅
Damn I’m laughing and crying at the same time reading this novel. MXTX is truly skillfull at playing with readers emotions 💖💖
And Shizun… I think now it’s time for u to CHOOSE Bing He and put him above everyone/anything else 😉
Holy crap. This chapter was amazing from start to finish. This book has made me laugh out loud, and it’s made my heart hurt with pity and compassion. SQQ has been walking around more or less protecting his face or Luo Binghe never realizing that he was sowing the desperation himself. I’ve noticed that MXTX really enjoys these moments of “if that character had only just noticed ___________, none of this tragedy would have happened.” Sadly, it’s probably the most human quality of her work.
Thank you to the translator whose beautiful work really resonates with an understanding of nuance. It was such a bittersweet pleasure to read this. I’m dying for more!
I agree with you, SQQ was so emotionally detached from all these characters and was just trying to enjoy the spectacle (like watching a drama) never realizing that each of these characters actually are living like any normal people with feelings. They don’t know that they are in a novel.
SQQ aloofness made him totally unable to realize how he was arming LBH at such a deep level that he has literally breakdown mentally.
“He couldn’t raise a death flag! Judging from the TV shows and novels, those characters who had their final wishes fulfilled and finished saying their last words would always be satisfied and immediately keel over. ”
I LOVE ONE MAN WHO CAN THINK RATIONALY LMAO. Have I mentioned that I love Shizun? Ahem.
It’s bad enough that Qi-ge was late in saving Shen Jiu all those years ago, why you all blamed him for being late telling SJ/SQQ about the reason T.T airplane-bro you’re such an asshole writer, but you saved your bae MBJ so I forgive you asdfghjkk
As always, thank you translators for feeding us well 😀
QAQ 79 backstory is full of pain. Yue Qingyuan had so much guilt he let Shen Jiu to do anything he wanted to.
And Shen Yuan can’t say Qi-ge because he’s not Shen Jiu… That explanation was too late.
Thanks for the chapter.
Holy $hit so that’s why there was that weird airplane filler some chapter ago, so she could put the sad 79 back story in chapter 79?????! MXTX is the original demon lord.
What does 79 mean other than the chapter number my fellow readers? I think I’ll be missing out on something amazing if I don’t understand this 🙂
7 = qi
9 = jiu
Yue Qi, Shen Jiu
Whoa. That was amazing. Thank you for the enlightenment
Now that key items can be used, I think he’ll use Binghe’s mother’s necklace
Yeah, figures.
Poor man-child BingMei has just been starved of affection all these years… Shizun, give him some love!!
*biting nails* Asdfghjklk the end is so close!! I hope it all works out..
Thank you for the capter!! 🙂
This is the saddest chapter so far. Without noticing, SQQ actually abandoned LBH during those critical times, even when his intentions were to actually save him. LBH only needed SQQ even if the sky fell down, so as not to feel that he is alone. My heart aches for LBH 😿
Thanks for translating.
thank you for translation.
Welp, this chapter made me cry. I didn’t (and somewhat still don’t, despite fanfic writers’ best efforts) like the character of SJ, but his and YQY was a tragic tale that I truly wish could’ve had a better ending (unless SJ isn’t actually gone?). And then to add that on to LBH’s confession, just had me in tears at the end ;_;
Holy crap. This chapter was amazing from start to finish. This book has made me laugh out loud, and it’s made my heart hurt with pity and compassion. SQQ has been walking around more or less protecting his face or Luo Binghe never realizing that he was sowing the desperation himself. I’ve noticed that MXTX really enjoys these moments of “if that character had only just noticed ___________, none of this tragedy would have happened.” Sadly, it’s probably the most human quality of her work.
Thank you to the translator whose beautiful work really resonates with an understanding of nuance. It was such a bittersweet pleasure to read this. I’m dying for more!
thanks 4 the chapter ^_^
Shit can’t believe it’s 5 am and I’m crying over this chapter
Yue Qingyuan you are so very late. I just hope it’s not too late for shen yuan
many thanks for uploading the chapter (+ its a CLIFF everyone T.T) but this reader had never been so happy as well as sad.
well, miscoordination or less comunication 70% made all the mistake and faulty :/ in real life, this is what my teacher once said to me.
Ahh how tragic. So this is what happens when all you get is a “mechanical” system. Also, it’s the lack of communication that caused despair to them all. Tianlang-Jun, Seventh brother and Binghe. Yue Qingyuan, why haven’t you said it sooner? Shen Jiu’s no longer here… (╥_╥)
I wonder what the key items would be or what for when all Bingge wants is his Shizun. Maybe what he needs this time the most is to feel assurance and his affection.
Airplane bro, how could you have us eat dog food when you left such glaring plot holes to fill ahh? Sincerely wishing you congratulations though.
Thank you for translating~ ♡
This chapter broke my heart. Binghe literally going mad because he’s always been abandoned and he just wants SQQ to choose him. YQY’s story made me so sad. He really wanted to save SQQ. YQY better not die though. SQQ please go save Binghe from that sword!
Thank you for the chapter
Thank you for the chapter.
It’s time to use that pendant my dear SQQ!!!
WO DE TIAN QI-GE URE FRIGGIN LATE WHY WHY WHY WHYYYYYY IM CRYING SO HARD!!! although i can imagine shen jiu wont bother to listen any of his explanation….. THIS SHIP IS FULL OF ANGST AND IM STILL LOVING ITT
also i didnt prepared my heart to be betrayed by our bingmei!!! (despite some scenes make him looks like a white naive maiden LOL XD)
The problem was more that Qi-ge only said he was sorry but never tried to explain what happend when he met Shen Jiu again. Nobody knows how Shen Jiu would have reacted but if you look closely at the information we have you’ll see that he was incredible loyal to his Qi-ge, to the point where he told him that his legs were broken so Qi-ge would give up on saving him. And he literally killed someone for his brother when they met again after the Qiu family debacle, only to have things look like he was truly abandoned without getting an explanation from YQY for anything. He was only dragged to the sect and spoiled, because YQY couldn’t deal with his guilt.
We have two traumatised youths here, one coping by enabling the other and one so thoroughly destroyed that he just took out his anger and internal nightmare on his students and especially poor little Binghe(Bingge) who he turned into the next link in the chain of abuse. Shen Jiu basically created his own doom like the Qiu did with him. That’s what absent aftercare and neglect does to some victims!
For Bingmei you can actually directly blame Airplane. That idiot should have kept his mouth shut in the extra! … But at least it was better than MBJ’s advice tbh.
This xin mo sword is brutal can they really defeat it without killing its host lbh
Whooo um I’m not feeling too good. EVERYONE IS LITERALLY SUFFERING IN THIS CHAPTER OMG
Btw thanks for the hard work!
Thanks for the chapter (●´∀｀●)
That description on dead flag reminds me of a certain episode in gintama (what ep was it… cant put my finger on it ) though it wasnt emotional at all XD
Oh my baa ba black sheep~ dont cry~😢😭
Airplane bro ah~ airplane bro~ elsa cant fly but she will be just fine without your help!!! you ……YOU LOVE HIM …..THIS IS LOVE ….. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVELOVELOVELOVE ……..
……ahem….
THIS IS LOVE !!!!!😍😍😍
I laughed when Airplane bro jumped in after MBJ to save him since he can’t fly. 🙂
Ah, Gintama is my favourite! I see you’re a person of culture as well ^ ^
maybe we can call it airplane shooting towards mbj XD
N LONG LIVE GINTAMA!!!! ( though they say its gonna end soon …pfft- bhwahahaha….. LoL )
I’ve got a lot of feels now and I’m not sure what to do with them.
Thanks for the great translation ♥️
I KNEWWWW ITTTT ZHANGMEN SHIXIONG WAS QI-GE DX!!!!!
[What kind of damn thing was this System? What was the point?
Just so he could know exactly how unlucky these people could be? Just so he could personally witness the many brutal ways someone could get screwed over in this world?]
Shen-gong zi you have to look beyond, the system is just doing it’s job, the real master mind is Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
so all sqq had to do was tell lbh to go to the Endless Abyss and it would have been done?! I could have told you that Dx
we didn’t know! I’m also not sure the system would have allowed it tbh
the system only said he had to go. it never said how, all that heartbreak could have been avoided *cries*
Everything is falling apart TnT
But it looks like Shen Qingqiu’s gonna set things right with Luo Binghe.
Yue Qingyuan, though, is beyond saving though and can only spill out his regrets
Yasss give the feels I love it xd
Also can I slap yue a bit?
Yue Qingyuan you damn fool! All you had to do was tell shen jiu..
my heartu 😭😭😭 but…..im glad shizun realized how much he made LBH suffer!
“I hate myself!”
He violently sped up his steps, his hands clasped behind his back.
“I hate myself for being useless. I hate myself for not being able to get anybody to stay. Never… has anyone been willing to choose me.”
Nooooo my heart
That was heartbreaking particularly because LBH have been sending so many red flag since his return from the abyss but SQQ was just living the original nove through him. He never realize that he has change LBH emotional arc by not being the original SQQ but he still acted towrd LBH as if he was the exact same character than in the original novel
This story is about an extreme case of a working man who couldn’t balance his work life and his love life and received retaliation from his lover for it lmaoooo
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
ROFL! Yeah, little sheep Bing-mei kept all his needs bottled up inside while SQQ failed to notice he needed more… A LOT more.
Thanks for the chapter.
SQQ please save LBH!😭😭😭
I absolutely love this story.
I have never in my life read faster and am so excited about the rest of the chapters qwq
Thank you so much for all your effort and translations, you are making my life better and days happier with this story!
This chapter is sooo big, thank you for translation!
Poor LBH, I can feel his loneliness…all that he did in his entire life was for Shizun
Thank you for the chapter 🙂
Almost there!!!
Isnt it time to use the jade pendant? lol, does it just not ever get used?
NO ITS PAPAPA TIME XD
Right! Thought he was gonna use it this chap, buy nay he didnt
Most frequent cause of death in MXTS’s writing. Failure to Communicate.
Thanks for the chapter!
F*** I feel so sorry for LBH and for YQY too, everyone here needs a hug😭
omg, this chap is so sad 🙁 . GO SAVE BINGHE SHIZUN PLEASE!!! AND YQY NEEDS TO LIVE!!
Also, I was wondering what the updating schedule would be after this chap, if possible? The wait is KILLING ME TTATT
May 30 for the next chapter.
Oh my godddd… For a person who loves happy endings, this whole situation is devastating, I’m sort of tired of all that drama just let them be happyyyyy
My heart breaks for Binghe. I was honestly expecting to be sad since I started reading this. There were too many hints. But still, ugh TT_TT
And Qi-ge… PLEASE DON’T DIE OR I’LL SERIOUSLY CRI
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
It’s first chapter when I want to cry :’))) Help. I need next chp sooo bad :((((((
Thank u so much!
I binged only to reach this cliffy…
Thanks for the translation!
Sorry, this story actually has a lot of cliffies. Like, when chapter 43 was released, everyone (including me) was crying.
OH MY GOSH
I’m just stupid
I DIDNT REALISE THAT THE SEVENTH BROTHER WAS YUE QINGYUAN
AHHHHHHHH
ITS SO SAD
PLEASE DONT DIE
LUO BINGHE’s LOST HIS MARBLES
POOR BOY
I STILL FEEL BAD FOR YUE QINGYUAN
I STARTED CRYING WHILE READING THIS
ITS JUST SO SAD:’c
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TRANSLATION
IM GONNA DIE
FROM
CLIFF HANGER