Chapter 1326: Resolute
The Star God Emperor had three children, all of whom had inherited the Star God's divine power... And not just one, but two—in the entire history of the Star God Realm, such a thing had never occurred. This was a miracle enough to be forever etched into the annals of the Star God Realm, yet it forged the tragic fates of the three siblings: Xi Su, Mo Li, and Cai Zhi.
All for a blood sacrifice ritual that existed only in records, its truth unknown, and its success uncertain.
Xi Su's manic laughter was hoarse and despairing. Yun Che's face was deathly pale, his entire body numb. His heart pounded so violently, and his breathing was so heavy, that even He Ling's face turned pale with fright.
He finally understood why, back on the Tian Xuan Continent, Mo Li's expression had drastically changed when she heard from Yu Luo that Cai Zhi had become the new Tianglangxing Shen. She had immediately returned to the Star God Realm with her, cutting off all contact with him utterly and resolutely, uttering words like "we owe each other nothing" and "never see each other again"...
He finally understood why, that day in the Zhou Tian God Realm, Mo Li had refused to see him no matter what, her every word piercingly cold and heartless, desperately trying to drive him back...
He finally understood why, in the Star God Realm, Mo Li had been so overbearing and forceful in betrothing Cai Zhi to him... She was entrusting Cai Zhi to him, and also entrusting him to Cai Zhi...
He finally understood why, after obtaining the Evil God's Blood and escaping the Southern Divine Region back then, Mo Li hadn't returned to the Star God Realm but instead fled to the distant lower realm...
After reshaping her body in Tian Xuan Continent, she didn't immediately return to "the world where she was born." Instead, she said she would continue to accompany him for thirty years... It turned out she had never planned to go back at all. The so-called "thirty years" was just her tsundere talk. If she hadn't been discovered, she would have stayed with him for life...
Before leaving the Star God Realm, she had suddenly insisted so firmly that he enter the Zhou Tian Pearl. Her purpose was to keep him away from the time of her own sacrifice, hoping that three thousand years of blankness would dilute his feelings for her...
Heh... How could that be possible... I chased you to the Divine Realm, through life-and-death situations, enduring the torment of the Buddhist Soul Death-Pleading Seal, even if it meant I could never return... I have never, not for a single moment, regretted it. How could my feelings for you ever fade...
Not to mention three thousand years—three million years, three million years would never be possible...
Just like the Star God blood you left inside me, it can never disappear or be erased.
During his brief encounters and meetings with Mo Li in the Divine Realm, he had clearly sensed her abnormality... At the very least, he knew she was hiding something very important and unavoidable from him. He hadn't pressed her, but he had never imagined it would involve her life...
Because his Mo Li was the Tiansha Xingshen! She was so powerful. Although she wasn't the strongest Star God, she was the fastest, with the greatest ability to conceal herself and escape. Back then, even under the influence of a potent poison, the strongest Nanming Divine Realm of the Southern Divine Region couldn't detain her...
Moreover, she was the daughter of the Star God Emperor, the eldest princess of the Star God Realm. Who could possibly threaten her life?
He could never have dreamed that the reason would be this, the outcome would be this...
"Brother Xi Su," Yun Che desperately tried to remain calm, but when he spoke, every word came out with the sound of teeth chattering. "Is there any way... to save her?"
"Save her... How! How!!" Xi Su's remnant soul was faint, but he was frantic like a madman: "The Star Soul Absolute Realm is deployed. Apart from the twelve Star Gods with Star God blood, no living being, no existence can enter or leave. No one can stop it... No one can save her... No one!!"
"..." Yun Che shook his head violently, his soul lost. "No... The Star Soul Absolute Realm the Star God Realm deployed might be for something else... He is, after all, Mo Li's father... It can't be... Maybe it's all fake..."
In the midst of the immense shock and terror, he completely lost his composure, forcibly comforting himself.
"Father? He deserves that... He deserves that... Ahhh... Ahhh!!!"
With a soft sound, Xi Su's remnant soul tore apart violently from too intense a distortion, then rapidly dissipated, disappearing completely from between heaven and earth.
"Brother Xi Su!" Yun Che rushed forward, his instinctively extended hand only grasping a wisp of soul residue that quickly returned to nothingness.
Xi Su had left this strand of soul back then in the hope of witnessing with his own eyes Mo Li's escape from the Star God Realm, because that was his greatest concern before his fall. Seeing Mo Li safe before Xingyi Day would allow him to rest in peace.
He never imagined that his final consciousness would bear an even deeper pain and despair than the day of his fall, causing the Tianglangxing Shen, who was renowned across the Divine Realm, to emit ghastly, demon-like screams and manic laughter.
"Why is it like this... Why... is it... like this..." Yun Che's entire body was ice-cold. His right hand grasped his head, his curled fingers nearly crushing his own skull.
"Master, what... what's wrong with you?" He Ling's face was also pale with fright. The hands supporting Yun Che transmitted a chilling coldness that was terrifying.
Seeing Yun Che's reaction, Shen Xi understood a great deal. She had previously guessed that Yun Che's Evil God power came from the Tiansha Xingshen, and that the Tiansha Xingshen had likely been his teacher in the Xuan path. Now it seemed that their relationship was far from ordinary, and the years the Tiansha Xingshen had disappeared were certainly spent with him.
"Yun Che, since things have come to this, there is no changing it," Shen Xi said. "As a powerful Star God, she still meets such a fate. If you don't want something like this to happen again, you must make yourself stronger, strong enough to change all of this."
The fusion of Star God power with another Star God power under a certain "compatibility" was certainly a marvel that defied common knowledge in the Divine Realm. Even if it spread, it would be hard for many to believe. However, Shen Xi knew it should be true.
Because she had heard similar rumors... from a very, very distant era.
But never before had any Star God actually done this, because this kind of fusion required the sacrifice of blood relatives, going against human nature and the natural order of heaven. She also had not expected that this record would survive to this day and would be put into action.
It seemed Shen Xi's comfort had an effect. The trembling of Yun Che's body gradually subsided, and his hand, which had been tightly gripping his head, slowly lowered... However, the coldness He Ling felt from his hands only became more piercing.
When he stood upright, even his breathing became unusually steady. His pupils gathered a cold gleam. Light flashed above, and the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, bathed in moonlight, appeared through the air.
Yun Che's action made Shen Xi's beautiful eyes move sharply. She reached out like lightning and grabbed Yun Che: "What are you doing?"
"Going to the Star God Realm," Yun Che replied, his voice icy and trembling.
"... Do you know what you're saying?" Shen Xi's grip on Yun Che's hand tightened abruptly.
"I must go! No matter what, I must go!" Yun Che's voice was completely hoarse, but each word carried a bone-chilling, resolute determination.
Shen Xi's figure flickered, blocking his way: "That's the Star God Realm! What can you achieve by going? Can you save her!!"
"Even if I can't save her, I still have to go!" Yun Che roared hoarsely.
"Yun Che!" Shen Xi's voice, always gentle as clouds, also sharpened at this moment. "Calm down! The Dun Yue Immortal Palace may be the fastest Mystic Vessel in the world, but even at its maximum speed, it would take several days to reach the Star God Realm from here! By then... the 'ritual' will have long been completed!"
"No, it won't," Yun Che shook his head. "Brother Xi Su's remnant soul said the ritual was to be conducted on Xingyi Day, and he set the time for his remnant soul's awakening as 'before Xingyi Day.' That means it is not yet Xingyi Day! The Star God Realm deploying the Star Soul Absolute Realm now is preparation, not the start of the ritual... There's still time... There must still be time!"
He was speaking words that seemed mad and unreasonable, yet his mind was terrifyingly clear and sharp.
"Even if there is time, what can you do? No one can break through the Star Soul Absolute Realm, not even the Dragon Emperor!"
"I can! Xi Su said that only the twelve Star Gods possessing Star God blood can enter or leave the Star Soul Absolute Realm. And in my body, I have the Star God blood she gave me. Perhaps... No! I will definitely be able to enter! Definitely!"
Shen Xi: "..."
"Don't stop me!" Yun Che's hands clenched tightly, and he struggled to break free from Shen Xi's restraint.
Shen Xi's eyes flickered. With a slight motion of her wrist, a streak of white light enveloped Yun Che. This white light was exceptionally pure and faint, but it pressed down on Yun Che like a mountain of ten thousand zhang, immobilizing every part of his body.
"Let me... go... Let me go!" Shen Xi's power suppression was far beyond his ability to break free. His face twisted violently in desperate struggle, and his eyes rapidly filled with bloodshot veins. "Let me go!"
"Let... me... go!!!"
With a hoarse, explosive roar, large beads of blood burst from between his tightly gritted teeth.
"M-Master?" He Ling was clearly petrified, at a loss for a long time.
"Yun Che!" Shen Xi's voice was soft but piercing. "Listen to me carefully. You are young and can be willful, but you cannot be willful with your own life! Although I don't know what happened between you and the Tiansha Xingshen... You cannot save her! No one can save her! If you go, you will only be throwing your life away. There will be no other outcome!"
"Yes... I can't save her... A waste like me, what right do I have to save her..." Yun Che couldn't move at all, but every muscle in his body was twitching, clearly struggling with all his might. "But you want me to stay here and wait for the day she dies... I would rather die!!"
"Let... me... go!!"
"Die?" Shen Xi frowned. "Is that word so easy for you to say? Do you know how hard it was for you to survive under Qian Ye's poison! Xia Qingyue brought you across divine realms to this place and knelt to beg for mercy for you. Are you going to let her down like this? And Ling'er! She saved your life and became your Poison Spirit. Just a few days ago, you personally promised her that you would take revenge on the Fan Di God Realm together... You haven't repaid her kindness in the slightest, you haven't fulfilled a single promise, yet you want to let her be completely annihilated because of your irrational actions!?"
"..." Yun Che's gaze froze sharply, and his struggling body came to a brief halt.
Seeing his reaction, Shen Xi softened her voice slightly: "You can die. You can die on the path of revenge for yourself and Ling'er. You can die protecting others. You can even die through someone else's scheme... But to go knowingly to a pointless death... Have you thought about those in the lower realm who are eagerly waiting for your return? Have you thought about Ling'er? Have you thought about those who sacrificed their own lives and dignity to keep you alive? Have you thought about the Tiansha Xingshen, who didn't tell you a single word of the truth to keep you from acting rashly!"
Yun Che: "..."
"Yun Che, your life was saved by me. I will not allow you to squander it so meaninglessly and foolishly," Shen Xi said softly. "If you truly want to do right by her, live well. Make yourself strong, strong enough to reclaim all the injustice and dignity for her. You possess the power of the Evil God. What others cannot achieve, you will surely be able to achieve in the future! That is what you should do as a man, as the inheritor of the Evil God's power!"
Yun Che was silent for a long time, and his breathing seemed to steady somewhat. Shen Xi thought he had finally calmed down, and her heart relaxed slightly. But at that moment, Yun Che spoke, his voice low and slow:
"Shen Xi... You did save my life... I owe you countless debts... But..." His pupils were as red as blood, and under the excessively violent struggle, cracks began to slowly spread across his body. "If you stop me today... I will hate you... for the rest of my life!"
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