# Chapter 1292: Desperate Circumstances
With a flash of white light before his eyes, the world had undergone an earth-shattering change.
The Primordial Mystic Ark descended at extreme speed, then crashed heavily down. Following that, Xia Qingyue pulled Yun Che and quickly flew out from it.
The Tai Chu Divine Realm!
The aura here was completely different from the outside world, incomparably ancient and heavy. At a single glance, the sky and earth here were both a dull gray-white, stretching all the way to the edge of sight, laying out an indescribable desolation and vastness.
Yun Che had an extremely clear feeling... as if he had traveled through a reverse time tunnel and suddenly returned to a distant, ancient era.
"So this is the Tai Chu Divine Realm?" Yun Che looked around, letting out a sigh.
The area they were in was vast and quiet, yet carried a solemn and heavy aura that made one's heartstrings unconsciously tighten, unable to relax for even a moment.
"Yes!" Xia Qingyue answered quickly, then waved her arm and put away the Dun Yue Immortal Palace.
The gray-white earth here was clearly extremely tough. The Dun Yue Immortal Palace had crashed down at maximum speed, yet had only created a shallow pit less than one zhang deep.
"We need to go quickly!" Xia Qingyue dared not stay for even an instant. She grabbed Yun Che, randomly chose a direction, and flew away.
The Dun Yue Immortal Palace had too much of an aura and was too large a target. Here, they had to immediately find a place to hide.
"Where are we going?" Yun Che asked.
"Find a place where we can conceal ourselves," Xia Qingyue said. "The 'starting zone' of the Tai Chu Divine Realm is extremely vast. Right now, we can only hope that those chasing us have been sent to a place far away from us. Before they find us again, we must hide ourselves as best we can."
However, those chasing them were the most terrifying monsters of the current era. To escape their perception, even here in the Tai Chu Divine Realm, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.
"Have you been here before?" Yun Che asked again.
"No."
"Then how did you know the location of the Tai Chu Divine Realm, and seem to know so much about it...?"
The Dun Yue Immortal Palace had flown all the way to the Tai Chu Divine Realm's location—this was no coincidence. Clearly, when they first started being pursued by Qianye Ying'er and the gray-robed old man, Xia Qingyue had been consciously flying in this direction.
"Father once gave me some special memory fragments," Xia Qingyue said, her brow furrowed as she looked ahead, searching for a place to hide. "These memory fragments contain a great deal of important information about the Four Divine Regions."
"...I see." Yun Che understood somewhat. At the same time, he sighed inwardly: Yue Shen Di had long been preparing her to inherit his position. It seemed he truly wanted Xia Qingyue to inherit his power and Divine Emperor status, not just a momentary whim.
A glazed heart combined with an exquisite body... It seemed that its significance in the God Realm far exceeded his current understanding and imagination, to the point where it could make a Divine Emperor go to such lengths for her.
"I don't think we can evade the perception of those two," Yun Che suddenly said.
For heaven's sake! One could shake a star's orbit with a raise of the hand, the other could cleave a small star with a flick of a finger... For monsters of this mythical level, even with Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick and Flowing Light Thunder Concealment, there was no way he could hide from them.
"The aura of the Tai Chu Divine Realm is very special," Xia Qingyue explained. "It will greatly suppress the perception of all foreign beings. Moreover, every blade of grass, every tree, and even every grain of sand here releases a very heavy aura. If we hide among them, it can also greatly confuse others' senses."
Yun Che closed his eyes slightly and released his perception... Soon, his eyes opened, revealing surprise.
Because his range of perception was suppressed to a mere tenth of its usual capacity!
The aura here was not murky, but it was astonishingly heavy. Not only his body, but even his external perception felt as if it were pressed down by a thousand-jun boulder.
Moreover, with the release of his perception, an intensely strong sense of insignificance struck his soul directly... This feeling told him that this was not a place he should be. In this "Tai Chu" world, he was a tiny existence that could be erased in an instant.
"But even so, it will be very difficult to escape the perception of those two monsters," Yun Che said with a furrowed brow. It wasn't pessimism, but cruel reality... Even if the monsters' perception was suppressed to a tenth, they were still monsters.
"We'll have to leave it to fate," Xia Qingyue murmured. Her gaze kept sweeping across the distant horizon as she whispered, "If only we could be lucky enough to find some energy jade."
The Tai Chu Divine Realm was filled with rare treasures everywhere. Energy jade, which could power the Dun Yue Immortal Palace for a long time, was incredibly hard to find in the outside world even for ten thousand gold, but finding it here was not difficult... However, taking it away would be as hard as climbing to heaven.
Even the weakest ferocious beasts here were far beyond their ability to contend with.
"Don't worry too much," Yun Che said, his mind far less heavy than Xia Qingyue's. "If we really can't escape, we can still use the Void Stone to flee."
Yun Che's words made Xia Qingyue startle. Her beautiful eyes turned: "You have a Void Stone?"
Void Stones were true treasures, and each one used meant one less in existence. Even a realm like the Yue Shen Realm only had three.
"Mm!" Yun Che nodded. "It's just that this thing might send people anywhere, so unless absolutely necessary, I really don't want to use it."
"It's still much better than falling into their hands," Xia Qingyue said softly. The weight in her heart had eased somewhat at the mention of "Void Stone."
They didn't know what Qianye Ying'er and the gray-robed old man's purpose was in chasing them, and this unknown was actually even more terrifying.
"Your Yue Shen Realm should have Void Stones too, right? Your father valued you so much, didn't he give you one for protection?" Yun Che sent his consciousness into the Heavenly Poison Pearl and asked casually.
"I never leave the Yue Shen Realm, so there was no need."
This was her first time leaving the Yue Shen Realm.
"..."
Energy jade... Yun Che was about to take out the Void Stone when a flash of inspiration struck him. He asked, "Qingyue, can a Heavenly Chen Jade be used as energy jade for the Dun Yue Immortal Palace?"
"...You have a Heavenly Chen Jade?" Xia Qingyue's beautiful eyes turned again, and this time, the surprise in them was clearly stronger than before.
Yun Che moved his mind, and instead of taking out the Void Stone, he grabbed a Heavenly Chen Jade from the Heavenly Poison Pearl: "This was the reward for the top four in the Deification Battle. Ice Cloud Palace Master once told me it could be used as energy."
"..." Xia Qingyue stared fixedly at Yun Che for a long time. It was a gaze of utter speechlessness, helplessness... as if she wished she could immediately beat him up.
"Why didn't you take it out earlier?"
"I didn't think of it just now." Yun Che's eyes widened, looking innocent. After the Deification Battle ended, his mind was full of the Star God Realm and Mo Li. The "Heavenly Chen Jade" had been put away as soon as he received it, without even a second glance.
Xia Qingyue's chest heaved, whether from anger at Yun Che or from a long sigh of relief. However, as she flew with her body leaning forward and her breasts so full, even a slight movement stirred up waves of cleavage that would make any man's blood boil.
Yun Che secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"A Heavenly Chen Jade is one of the top-tier energy jades, extremely hard to find," Xia Qingyue said. "One Heavenly Chen Jade can sustain an ordinary Mystic Ship in continuous flight for a hundred years. Even for the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, it can fly at maximum speed for a whole month."
"Ah... really!?" Yun Che was shocked.
The Heavenly Chen Jade was the final reward of the Mystic Deity Convention—of course it was extraordinary!
"Hurry and give it to me." Xia Qingyue extended her snow-white hand, her jade-like face full of helplessness. If Yun Che had taken out the Heavenly Chen Jade earlier, they wouldn't have needed to take the risk of escaping into the Tai Chu Divine Realm.
No matter how strong Qianye Ying'er and that gray-robed old man were, there was absolutely no way they could chase them at full speed for an entire month... They would be exhausted to death.
The Heavenly Chen Jade wasn't large, and even its light wasn't intense, just covered in a thin, pure layer of starlight and moonlight. Yun Che had previously found it hard to imagine that such a small piece of jade could contain such terrifying power.
This edition of the Mystic Deity Convention was extremely special, so the final rewards were far beyond those of previous years. These four Heavenly Chen Jades were given to the "Four Deified Sons"—the top four in the Deification—to assist their cultivation in the Zhou Tian Divine Realm, allowing them to become great pillars of the Eastern Divine Region more quickly.
The four Heavenly Chen Jades came from each of the four King Realms... To make the other three King Realms each contribute one, Zhou Tian Shen Di had expended no small amount of effort.
If he knew that Yun Che was using it as energy for a Mystic Ship, he might very well be furious enough to spit blood.
Xia Qingyue held the Heavenly Chen Jade in both hands. With a slight movement of her mind, the Heavenly Chen Jade disappeared from her hands and merged into the Dun Yue Immortal Palace.
"This way, as long as they don't attack us, there won't be any major danger anymore." Xia Qingyue grabbed Yun Che's hand tightly. "Let's go."
"Is that so? Unfortunately, you're not going anywhere."
Just as Xia Qingyue was about to summon the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, a woman's voice, cold enough to pierce the heart, rang out beside their ears... The timbre of this voice moved the soul like a legendary celestial melody, but the terrifying pressure contained within it made Yun Che and Xia Qingyue feel as if they had suddenly fallen into an abyss in an instant.
They were crushed as if by a ten-thousand-zhang mountain, both plummeting heavily from the air and crashing onto the gray-white Tai Chu earth.
But that "ten-thousand-zhang mountain" still did not disappear. It pressed down on them mercilessly, making it impossible for them to even move a pinky finger, let alone get up... Their profound energy was completely sealed; there was absolutely no way to use even a trace.
This was a suppression they were completely incapable of resisting. Even if their profound energy were a hundred or a thousand times stronger, there would still be no possibility of escape, not even for an instant.
Because this terrifying suppression came from Fandi Shennü!
Damn it... Yun Che's heart sank violently. He hadn't sensed Qianye Ying'er's arrival at all. Given her terrifying strength, even if his perception hadn't been suppressed, there would have been no way to detect her.
It was even possible that Qianye Ying'er had been standing by for a long time, listening to their words with a mocking expression.
Now completely suppressed, unable to move, they couldn't even re-enter the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, let alone use the Void Stone to forcibly escape.
In front of them, a golden figure descended slowly from the air.
As for Qianye Ying'er, Yun Che had seen her from afar on the Feng Shen Platform earlier. But now, she was right before his eyes, only a few short steps away.
Her golden hair, half draping over her fragrant shoulders and half falling to her hips, each strand shimmering with a radiance more brilliant than the purest gold. An equally luxurious golden soft armor covered her body, outlining a figure where every proportion was perfect enough to make one gasp. Her breasts and hips rose high, each shaped like the most perfect half-moon, while her waist was as slender as a willow branch.
The light in the Tai Chu Divine Realm was dull and gray, but her exposed skin—her wrists, her neck, and even the small part of her cheek—all faintly emitted a flawless, jade-like luster, enchanting and stunningly beautiful.
A golden wing-shaped mask covered her eyes and most of her face. Below the mask, her lips were as pure as flower petals, glistening with radiance. Her small chin was like carved jade, without the slightest flaw.
This was a woman perfect in every detail and every inch. Even with her face partially covered, she could still make any man suffocate and lose his soul. Even Yun Che, upon seeing her up close for the first time, suddenly understood why she was called "Divine Maiden," and why so many favored sons of heaven were crazed for her.
But what filled his heart more was undoubtedly the cold spreading through his entire body.
His mind raced, and he quickly put on a seemingly "surprised" and delighted expression: "So it's Her Highness the Divine Maiden! What a coincidence to unexpectedly encounter the beautiful Divine Maiden here."
What gave him a little peace of mind was that Qianye Ying'er had not come to kill him and Xia Qingyue. Otherwise, with just a flick of her finger, she could kill them ten thousand times over.