**Chapter 1434: The Daughter of the Evil God (Part Two)**
Split...?
The Ice Phoenix Maiden's words contained another term he utterly could not comprehend.
"What do you mean by 'split'?" Yun Che asked, bewildered.
The Ice Phoenix Maiden said, "The offspring of the Evil God and the Jie Tian Mo Di was a girl. Inheriting both the Evil God's divine power and the Jie Tian Mo Di's dark demonic power, she was undoubtedly half-human and half-demon. Among the gods, she would be unacceptable to all deities, and if sent to the demon race, she would equally be unacceptable to them."
"After Mo E's battle with the Evil God, though Mo E was victorious, I suspect that Mo E himself knew his victory was not truly honorable—that he won with shame. Thus, he had no face to forcibly demand the Evil God completely annihilate his daughter with the Jie Tian Mo Di. Instead, he proposed a compromise."
"That was to erase the 'demonic' part of her. The remaining 'non-demonic' part could stay among the gods."
Yun Che: "..."
"The Evil God had no other choice. And for him, this was already the best possible outcome. So, he destroyed his daughter's physical body, then split her soul... separating the 'demonic soul' and retaining only the 'divine soul,' then recreated a body for the divine soul—perhaps it sounds incredible to you, but for a Creation God, these were not difficult tasks."
"Once a soul is split, it also means that all past memories and experiences collapse. After the 'divine soul' was given a new body, it would become an entirely new existence. And while the 'divine soul' part could remain among the gods, it was absolutely forbidden for anyone to know that she was the daughter of the Evil God (and the Jie Tian Mo Di). Moreover, he was never to see her again for the rest of his life."
Yun Che frowned deeply, his hands unconsciously clenching. From the standpoint of the gods and demons, Mo E's demand was perfectly normal. But Yun Che, having become a father himself, deeply understood how cruel this was for the Evil God.
He could not imagine never being able to see Yun Wuxin again, with Yun Wuxin forever unaware that such a father existed in the world.
"So, the Evil God entrusted his daughter's 'divine soul' to a god clan he trusted the most, allowing that clan to recreate a divine body for her, granting her a new life, and having her remain with that clan... As for the Evil God himself, perhaps he was utterly disappointed, perhaps he was completely disheartened, or perhaps he was overcome with self-blame and guilt. After that, he abandoned the title of 'Element Creation God,' proclaimed himself the 'Evil God,' and secluded himself from the world, never again concerning himself with any matters of the gods, and never again contacting the clan to which he had entrusted his daughter."
Abandoning the supreme title of Creation God and proclaiming himself the Evil God...
"Evil God"—a divine name of lofty status, looked up to by all living beings. But as Yun Che listened now, he could clearly feel a deep sorrow within it.
"And so, the 'divine soul' of the Evil God's daughter remained in that god clan. Under the deliberate arrangement of that clan's chief, she became his daughter, enjoying the best treatment and protection... Because the Evil God had shown great kindness to their clan, the chief was willing to use everything to protect her and forever keep this secret."
"As for the 'demonic soul' of the Evil God's daughter... the Evil God could not bear to destroy her. So, he used some method to deceive Mo E's perception, hiding her in a secret, temporary realm, transforming it into a dark world suitable for her existence. Fearing she would be too lonely, he placed many dark creatures there to keep her company."
The Ice Phoenix Maiden paused her narration. Yun Che listened quietly. Even though these were legends from ancient times and seemed to be the Ice Phoenix Maiden's speculation based on certain knowledge, for some reason, as he listened, he felt an inexplicable stirring in his heart—a strange sense of déjà vu?
"Ice Phoenix Deity, what you just told me—how does it relate to the 'aid' you mentioned earlier that might be even more powerful than the Evil God's will?" Yun Che asked.
The Ice Phoenix Maiden slowly said, "The daughter of the Evil God and the Jie Tian Mo Di... still lives."
"What?!" Yun Che exclaimed involuntarily.
"In that fierce battle that led to the annihilation of all gods and demons, and later the disaster of the Evil Infant, the girl reborn from the 'divine soul' miraculously survived thanks to the full protection of that god clan and a mysterious ark engraved with the power of the Cosmic Thorn... As for the part of the demonic soul, because the Evil God had hidden it in a small world in the lower realm, it was not affected and still exists to this day."
Yun Che: "..." (That inexplicable stirring and sense of familiarity grew even stronger.)
"And all of this is not from my knowledge of the ancient era but from your memories. You are also the first person in this world to know that the Evil God's daughter is still alive."
The Ice Phoenix Maiden's words completely stunned Yun Che: "My memories? I've met... them?"
At this moment, the Ice Phoenix Maiden gave Yun Che an obvious hint: "Back then, the god clan to which the Evil God entrusted the 'divine soul' was named... the Sword Spirit God Clan!"
"And that god clan possessed a famous ark well-known in the age of the gods! Inside that ark was a world of its own. It was a gift from the Evil God when he was still the Element Creation God, given to the Sword Spirit Clan. It had powerful space-crossing abilities, and its spatial power was engraved by the Evil God using the Cosmic Thorn!"
"It is also... the 'Primordial Mystic Ark' in your memories!"
"..."
"..."
"...!!"
Yun Che's eyes widened little by little. He stood there as if struck by lightning, frozen for a long time before his lips parted and he faintly uttered a name: "Hong'er...!?!"
"Her true name is 'Ling Wanhu,' the daughter of 'Ling Zhen,' the chief of the Sword Spirit God Clan. I even saw her back then," the Ice Phoenix Maiden said. "But at that time, there was no way I could have imagined she was the Evil God's daughter."
"..." Yun Che kept his mouth wide open, unable to close it for a long time.
What Mo Li had once told him—the ancient Sword Spirit God Clan that could transform into swords...
The Primordial Mystic Ark, which could traverse space as long as it had enough spiritual energy...
And the mysterious words of the remnant soul that had entrusted Hong'er to him...
"I am just a guardian... my little master... my race... has long been forgotten by the world... no need to mention it again... my little master... she is afflicted with a terrible demonic poison... in all of Chaos, only the Heavenly Poison Pearl can cure it... to prevent the poison from spreading... the little master was sealed into the 'Eternal Pivot'..."
"Chaos fell into turmoil... gods and demons fought fiercely... the heavens overturned... the gods wept and the heavens cried... I took the little master and fled on the ark... the 'Eternal Pivot' sealed the little master's body and soul... and also made her aura disappear from Chaos... thus she escaped that heaven-covering catastrophe... as long as the Heavenly Poison Pearl purifies the demonic poison on her... she can awaken again... my bitter life can finally come to a good end..."
Everything matched the Ice Phoenix Deity's words so perfectly!
And the sword that Hong'er transformed into...
The Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword...
Heaven's Calamity...
Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan!
Hong'er... was truly... the daughter of the Evil God and the Jie Tian Mo Di!?
"In that era, the name of the Sword Spirit chief's youngest daughter, 'Wanhu,' was known to all, because she was the most favored in the Sword Spirit Clan. The chief and his wife treated her better than all their other children. No one would ever doubt that she was the chief's biological daughter."
"Later, after the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor Mo E died, the long-accumulated resentment between the gods and demons erupted completely, with the masterless Ancestral Heaven-Slaying Sword as the fuse. The Sword Spirit Clan, possessing the power of Light given by Li Suo, transformed into 'Demon-Slaying Swords,' which were a great nemesis to the demons. Thus, they were attacked relentlessly by the demons and became the first god clan to fall."
"It is said that to deal with the Sword Spirit God Clan, the demons vilely used a terrifying demonic poison—a poison that even Li Suo could hardly purify before it killed her. Countless Sword Spirits, including the chief and his wife, were poisoned and fell one after another..."
"But later, when the bodies of the fallen Sword Spirit Clan were sorted, the little princess Ling Wanhu was not found. Also missing was their clan's main ark—the Qiankun Spirit Realm."
The Qiankun Spirit Realm... was now the Primordial Mystic Ark, which belonged to Yun Che!
"At that time, all the gods thought that the Sword Spirit little princess's soul had been destroyed and that the Qiankun Spirit Realm had been seized by the demons. Unexpectedly, it had completely sealed its aura and used the spatial power of the Qiankun Spirit Realm to hide in a spatial crack... I think that by then, the Evil God, who no longer had the Cosmic Thorn, also believed she was dead."
"Until, crossing countless spaces and times, under the arrangement of fate, she encountered you, who possessed the Heavenly Poison Pearl."
"..." Yun Che's mind buzzed.
This was too... bizarre!
Hong'er... that little thing he had accidentally "picked up" back then—mischievous, excitable, able to eat and sleep, with a bizarre imagination, lawless, full of oddities, a little monster more monstrous than monsters...
Was... was... was... the Evil God's daughter!?!?
Yun Che's brain and heart trembled...
What the hell...
"I suspect that back then, after the Evil God entrusted his daughter's 'divine soul' to the Sword Spirit God Clan's chief, it was the Sword Spirit chief who recreated her body. But because it was only half a soul, to make her soul complete and to make the world believe she was his daughter, the Sword Spirit chief sacrificed his own divine power and divine soul, allowing the Evil God's daughter's divine soul to 'grow' to completeness. The reborn Ling Wanhu—that is, Hong'er—thus possessed the divine power and characteristics of the Sword Spirit God Clan, with the divine aura and Light divine power of the Sword Spirit Clan. The sword she transformed into also carried the 'Demon-Slaying' attribute."
"But it was not a pure Demon-Slaying Sword!"
"'Heaven-Defying... Demon-Slaying Sword,'" Yun Che said softly. "The word 'Heaven-Defying' comes from... the Jie Tian Mo Di?"
"Yes," the Ice Phoenix Maiden said. "Even if the 'demonic soul' part was split off, the 'essence' never changes. She is the Evil God's daughter and also the Jie Tian Mo Di's daughter. Even without the Sword Spirit chief's divine power and soul, Hong'er herself would have the ability to transform into a sword, because the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan, led by the Jie Tian Mo Di, was originally a demon clan that could transform into swords."
"..." Yun Che nodded numbly. Back when he had "picked up" Hong'er in the Primordial Mystic Ark, Mo Li had mentioned that in the ancient era, the gods and demons each had a clan capable of transforming into swords—one was the Sword Spirit God Clan, the other was the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan.
When Hong'er first transformed into a sword, Mo Li had seen the words "Demon-Slaying" and "Heaven-Defying" engraved on the blade and had shown a strange reaction. When he asked, Mo Li hesitated several times... then said the words "absolutely impossible."
"The swords transformed by the Sword Spirit God Clan were Demon-Slaying Swords, the bane of demons. The swords transformed by the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan were 'Heaven's Calamity Demon God Swords,' the bane of Light profound force."
The words "Heaven's Calamity Demon God Sword" made Yun Che's heart jolt... He immediately recalled that during his battle with Shiyue Mojun, when he summoned Hong'er, Shiyue Mojun first shouted "Demon-Slaying Sword," then roared in shock, "Heaven's Calamity Demon God Sword."
"And as the Demon Emperor of the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan, one of the Four Demon Emperors, the sword transformed by the Jie Tian Mo Di was the pinnacle of the 'Heaven's Calamity Demon God Sword'—the 'Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword.'"
"But the sword transformed by Hong'er was utterly bizarre. It actually fused the power of 'Demon-Slaying' and 'Heaven-Defying,' creating the 'Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword' that defied all knowledge—something that had never appeared even in the ancient era. Her future and her limits are unpredictable and unimaginable."
"Then... did the Sword Spirit God Clan or the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan also increase their power by eating swords?" Yun Che asked.
"No. Not only the Sword Spirit God Clan or the Heaven's Calamity Demon Clan, but whether in ancient times or the present, I have never heard of any race or creature that feeds on swords and can increase power by eating swords... At least not in my knowledge."
Yun Che: "..."
"This can only be understood as... a special mutation that occurred under the bizarre origin and tragic fate of Hong'er—a mutation that even I cannot comprehend. After all, as the daughter of the Evil God and the Jie Tian Mo Di, the first and only union of god and demon in the history of Chaos, Hong'er is inherently at the level of a Creation God. Indeed, it is beyond the ken of an ordinary deity like me."
In Yun Che's eyes, setting aside her abnormal traits, as a girl, she was just an innocent little lass, so innocent that she only knew how to eat and sleep, forever carefree.
Especially her pair of vermilion eyes—they had never known a single trace of impurity or dust.
And beneath such an innocent temperament and appearance, there was actually...
At that moment, Yun Che suddenly thought of something and sharply raised his head: "You said earlier that the split 'demonic soul' also still exists... Could it be that... could it be..."
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