# Chapter 1438: Strange Dream
"You're entrusting something this important to me?" Yun Che tightened his grip on the Star God Disk. Though his palm felt almost no weight, it pressed down upon the fate of an entire king realm.
If he didn't return it to the Star God Realm, then in the years to come, with the fall of the last Star God, there would no longer be Star Gods or a Star God Realm in this world.
Xing Juekong's face twitched violently. How could he be willing to hand it over to Yun Che? But he truly had no other choice: "My divine power is already crippled, the Star God Disk... has become masterless. Give it to Cai Zhi... her compatibility with the Celestial Wolf Divine Power even surpasses Xi Su's... let her control the Star God Disk... succeed as Star God Emperor..."
Among all the Star Gods, Cai Zhi was the youngest, with the shallowest experience—the least suitable person to take over the Star God Disk and inherit the position of Star God Emperor. But though the Star God Emperor's mind was dazed and confused, he was still clear-headed enough to understand that the only way to make Yun Che return it to the Star God Realm was through Cai Zhi.
"Ha, heh heh..." Yun Che laughed coldly: "Even at this point, you're still trying to exploit my feelings for Cai Zhi? And you want Cai Zhi to shoulder the future of the Star God Realm? Do you deserve that?"
"You don't! You don't even have the qualification to speak her name!"
Xing Juekong's gaze dropped, his lips trembling. The chill in his soul far exceeded the cold of his body. He said dejectedly: "I know... I don't deserve to be a father..."
"You, at least, got that right." Yun Che cut him off coldly: "You're not just unworthy of being a father—you're unworthy of being a human being!"
"Xi Su... Mo Li... Cai Zhi... your own flesh and blood children. Each one more outstanding than the last. They were gifts from heaven to you, to the Star God Realm! And what did you do to them?"
As Yun Che spoke, his hands unconsciously clenched, almost unable to resist stomping on Xing Juekong's head.
After finding Yun Wuxin, as a father with a daughter by his side, he understood even less how Xing Juekong, also a father, could treat his own children the way he had!
After experiencing countless years and reaching the highest peak... did everyone really become like that?
"Yes... I'm not worthy. Unworthy to be a father, unworthy to be a human being," Xing Juekong said in a desolate voice: "But... at least... I cannot let the Star God Realm be destroyed by my hands... I cannot betray our ancestors..."
"Ha, heh heh heh..." Yun Che laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke: "Those words coming from your mouth are utterly ridiculous."
"The Star God Realm was once such a lofty existence, yet it was ruined in a single night. Who is the root cause of all this? You already betrayed the ancestors of the Star God Realm long ago. When you die, even if they have to break into hell, they will fight to tear you to pieces and cast you into eternal damnation!"
"..." Xing Juekong's body trembled and went limp, his gaze as gray and dead as a corpse.
Yun Che raised his hand, opened his fingers, and the Star God Disk disappeared from his palm. He turned around, no longer looking at Xing Juekong, and said coldly: "Since this Star God Disk is already in my hands, how I use it—whether I throw it away, destroy it, or give it to Cai Zhi—is entirely my decision."
"As for you... though I wish I could grind your bones to dust, don't worry, I won't kill you. After all, by blood, you are ultimately the biological father of Mo Li and Cai Zhi. I don't want to become the one who kills their father."
"But I will never tell them you are here! Because you don't deserve even a single thought from them!"
With those words, Yun Che reached back with his hand, and instantly ice condensed, sealing Xing Juekong once again.
He waved his arm, and the newly formed profound ice flew back into Minghan Heavenly Lake, landing in roughly the same position as before.
"The Star God Emperor... your master actually..."
He Ling didn't know what words to use to express her shock.
Not to mention Xing Juekong's own unmatched strength—even after Mo Li destroyed the Star God Realm, it still had several Star Gods and a host of Divine Lord elders, making it a terrifying force that no one dared to provoke.
Yet Xing Juekong... had been crippled! And thrown here, sealed in ice, unable to die!
If this news got out, one couldn't imagine the uproar it would cause.
"He must have been here since three years ago," Yun Che said in a low voice. "Master was afraid I would see him, so she temporarily sealed him and threw him into the heavenly lake."
"Three years ago, even someone as strong as Yue Wuyai died at Mo Li's hands, so Xing Juekong must have been severely injured as well, his profound energy greatly depleted. Coupled with the loss of his mind and soul from the destruction of the Star God Realm... that was the only time Master could have used Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick to strike Xing Juekong down in one blow and bring him here."
"But even then, it still took an enormous risk."
"It seems... she hated him to the utmost at that time." Yun Che looked up, his gaze trembling for a long time.
Mu Xuanyin's anger could only have been because of his death...
Today, she nearly killed Luo Guxie in front of the Zhou Tian God Emperor just because Luo Guxie had nearly injured him.
Back then, she had actually brought the mighty Star God Emperor here and made him unable to seek death, all because of his death...
If these things had happened to someone else, Yun Che would absolutely have called her a madwoman—an extremely terrifying, thoroughgoing lunatic.
But all of her most insane actions were for...
Yun Che slowly shook his head, his heart surging like a sea. He didn't know what he had done to deserve such treatment from her.
"That Star God Wheel... Master, are you planning to give it to the Celestial Wolf Star God when you find her?" He Ling asked quietly.
"Of course not!" Yun Che said without hesitation: "Cai Zhi is still young, and her mental state isn't good. Giving her this would only add pressure and burden. I'll keep it for now, and give it to her when she grows up."
Hmm?
Yun Che suddenly thought—Xing Juekong had just said that after he was crippled, the Star God Disk became masterless...
If he figured out how to use it, could he cultivate four Star Gods!?
Of course, Yun Che was just thinking about it for now. Something involving Star God power and king realm inheritance couldn't possibly be that simple.
Yun Che left Minghan Heavenly Lake and returned to the Sacred Hall, but he didn't see Mu Xuanyin.
Luo Guxie's arrival had caused a considerable disaster in the Binghuang Realm region. If not for the combined power of Xia Qingyue and the Zhou Tian God Emperor sealing it off, most of the Binghuang Realm would have been destroyed. These matters indeed required her personal attention.
He didn't move rashly. He sat down cross-legged and waited quietly for his master's return.
In the silence, the truth revealed by the Binghuang God Spirit, the mission weighing on him, the imminent Calamity Demon Emperor, the fate of the entire world about to undergo drastic change, the unpredictable future, Hong'er and You'er's astonishing identities...
All of it swirled chaotically in his mind. He tried to calm down and think about what to do next, but the more he tried to quiet his heart, the more chaotic it became.
Even the Zhou Tian God Emperor, with experience and mental fortitude a thousand times greater than his, was in that state after learning the truth—let alone him, Yun Che.
...
Mo Li once said that many things that had happened to me seemed to prove that I was a "chosen one." Back then, I thought she was teasing me. Now it seems... it might actually be true.
Nothing in this world comes without cost. What you gain, you must pay for equally. Because of the Evil God's inheritance, I have everything I have now, so I should bear the corresponding mission and responsibility.
But... why does it have to be me?
On the night of his grand wedding with Xia Qingyue, troubled and restless, he had gone to the back mountain to enjoy the night breeze, and there he had found Mo Li, who had been poisoned with Godslayer Desolation Poison. Because of Mo Li, he had obtained the Evil God's Mysterious Vein.
Later, he had obtained one core of the Evil God's power after another: the Fire Evil God Seed, the Water Evil God Seed, the Lightning Evil God Seed... and the Darkness Evil God Seed.
He had met the Evil God's "two" daughters—Hong'er and You'er.
And none of these—whether the Evil God Seeds or Hong'er and You'er—had been obtained through his own efforts. They had all appeared in his life through different accidents, of their own accord.
Was there really such a thing as "fate's guidance"?
But the problem was, his thoughts, his actions—everything came entirely from his own will. He had never felt any sense of being interfered with or manipulated...
Yun Che thought silently, his thoughts shifting from chaos to haziness, and unconsciously sinking... until he fell asleep just like that.
And he had a strange dream...
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"Yuanba, you saved me again... Wow! It feels like you've gotten even stronger. There were so many of them, but you knocked them all down in just a few moves."
In the dream, he was only eleven or twelve years old. His outer clothes were dirty, and his face was smeared with mud. He had clearly just been bullied.
This had been a common occurrence when he was young. So he rarely went out alone, and later on, he seldom left Xiao Lingxi's side.
"Hehehe." Xia Yuanba, a year younger than him, laughed smugly. He swung his arm, creating a flow of profound energy: "Of course! Just the day before yesterday, I broke through again. Now I'm at Initial Xuan Realm, Level Seven. My father was completely shocked. Even if adults try to bully you now, I can knock them down!"
Little Yun Che was dumbfounded. Although his profound veins were crippled, he knew how terrifying it was for a ten-year-old to be at Initial Xuan Realm, Level Seven. At least in his Xiao Sect, no one could achieve that: "Yuanba, you're really amazing. Grandpa says you're the number one genius Liu Yun City has seen in a thousand years. Someday, you might shake up the entire Cang Feng Kingdom... I'm so envious of you."
"Hehe!" Little Xia Yuanba smiled a bit sheepishly, sitting down in front of him: "Actually, I'm the one who's envious of you. You get to have a little aunt, and you can do everything together. My mother passed away early, and I'm the only one at home. I don't even have siblings. If I had an older brother or sister... even a younger brother or sister, I wouldn't be so lonely and bored."
"Let Uncle Xia marry a few more new aunts, and then he can give you lots of younger siblings," Little Yun Che said.
"My dad won't agree," Little Xia Yuanba said glumly. "Every year, lots of people try to make him take new wives, but he absolutely refuses."
"My grandpa is the same," Little Yun Che nodded. Though young, he seemed to vaguely understand: "But even if Uncle Xia doesn't marry new aunts, it doesn't matter. I can be your older brother. I'm older than you anyway. It's just that everyone says I'm a useless cripple, so I have to rely on you to protect me."
"Ahaha, leave it to me!" Little Xia Yuanba thumped his chest: "My dad says that in a few years, he'll send me to the New Moon Mystic Palace. With my talent, as long as I work hard, I'll soon be qualified to enter the Cangfeng Mystic Palace. Then I'll see who dares to bully you!"
"Hehe, I don't think those bad people are scary at all anymore." Little Yun Che wiped the mud off his face and smiled happily. He looked Xia Yuanba up and down, then said worriedly: "Yuanba, you look like you've gotten thinner again. Have you been training too hard?"
"Uh..." Little Xia Yuanba looked down at his own overly thin frame and scratched his head: "I only train for less than an hour a day, so it's not that hard. And I eat a ton, but I don't know why I'm still so skinny. My dad even took me to see doctors a few times, but they all said I'm healthy."
"Then you must still not be eating enough. From now on, you need to eat more!" Little Yun Che instructed seriously.
"I know. I'll try to eat even more." Little Xia Yuanba nodded. Clearly, he was also quite dissatisfied with his thin body... even though his appetite was already several times greater than his father's.