# Chapter 1460: Two Daughters
The pain that children endure is often magnified tenfold upon their parents. Yun Che only truly understood this after finding his daughter.
This was a truth from which even a Demon Emperor could not be exempted... No, for Jie Yuan, it might have been even more so. Because Yun Che could feel from her a guilt and self-blame so deep they reached the extreme.
And this feeling, Yun Che understood all too well...
"After you were banished by Mo E back then, Xie Shen fought a battle against Mo E. That battle would decide the fate of you and Xie Shen's daughter. The result, based on speculation, should have been Mo E first losing, then not hesitating to use the Ancestral Sword to turn the tables and win."
Yun Che told Jie Yuan the speculations that the Ice Phoenix Soul Spirit had informed him of, but Jie Yuan had not a single doubt about this speculation.
Because she knew better than anyone that Mo E was exactly that kind of person.
He was a god of extreme righteousness and stubbornness. Because he learned of the union between Xie Shen and her, and that they had a forbidden offspring, he did not hesitate to use the Ancestral Sword, and employed the base methods that his nature would have absolutely disdained to ambush her.
He absolutely could not tolerate the existence of her and Xie Shen's offspring... Thus, he absolutely could not allow defeat in that battle.
"It was probably because Mo E knew that winning brought him shame, so he allowed for your and Xie Shen's daughter not to be completely destroyed, but she had to have her 'demonic' part erased, and... she could never be known to the world as your daughter."
Jie Yuan: "..."
"Thus, her body was destroyed, her soul was split... but Xie Shen could not bear to completely destroy her demon soul, so he took an enormous risk, using some special method to deceive Mo E, hiding her demon soul here. And because of this, she escaped that world-ending calamity and has survived to this day."
"..." Jie Yuan remained silent for a long time, staring blankly at her daughter who was only a remnant soul, not knowing if she was listening to Yun Che.
"Because of her missing soul, she has no language ability, and her emotional fluctuations and expressions are very weak, but she can still understand others' words."
"Also, she seems to really like bright colors. Every time she sees something vividly colored, her emotional fluctuations are most obvious."
"Oh, right." Yun Che continued, "I don't know her name, so I named her 'You Er' myself."
"You... Er..." Jie Yuan finally reacted to Yun Che's words. This name was undoubtedly also a cruelty to her.
The reason Yun Che named her You Er was naturally... because she was a wandering soul (you hun).
"Her name is Ni Jie." Jie Yuan did not become angry with Yun Che because of this name. She spoke softly, her gaze still fixed on You Er as she spoke, with no other world in her sight.
Ni Jie...
This name took one character each from "Ni Xuan" and "Jie Yuan," and its greater meaning was the hope that she could break through the calamity (jie nan) and have a peaceful life... after all, her birth was the greatest taboo of the era.
Just then, the girl in the Netherworld flower sea slowly opened her eyes, adding a streak of four-colored radiance to this world.
She sensed Yun Che's arrival.
Jie Yuan's entire body trembled, and then she froze there... this ancient Demon Emperor who could frighten a host of Divine Lords and Divine Emperors into fleeing in panic was at this moment so flustered she didn't know what to do.
You Er slowly rose, seeing Yun Che's figure. Instantly, her originally hazy eyes shimmered with colorful light, and a very faint but recognizable expression of "joy" bloomed on her face.
Her petite form floated up, and she eagerly flew toward Yun Che, affectionately touching his chest... then she noticed the presence of another person. Her colorful eyes turned, looking at Jie Yuan, showing what should be an expression of confusion.
But after the confusion, her eyes did not turn away. Instead, she suddenly stared blankly, confusion gradually turning into a kind of haziness.
Suddenly so close, Jie Yuan was completely frozen. She looked at You Er, and You Er looked at her... this mother and daughter, separated by millions of years, were finally reunited.
But this reunion was too far away, and also carried the separation and incompleteness of wounded souls.
"Do you... still... remember me?" Facing the girl's dazed gaze, Jie Yuan asked softly.
Yun Che's lips moved... when a soul splits, all memories also disperse. You Er could not possibly remember Jie Yuan. And Jie Yuan, as the highest existence in the world, would understand this point better than any living being.
So even a Demon Emperor could try to deceive herself.
You Er could not answer. At that moment, her hand suddenly rose, slowly reaching toward Jie Yuan, touching her body... as if she wanted to perceive her existence.
She indeed did not remember Jie Yuan, did not remember anything.
But she was born of Jie Yuan. The mother-daughter bond rooted in every corner of the soul could never be replaced, nor could it ever be erased.
"..." Her daughter's hand passed right through her body. She sensed You Er's confusion, and also a trace of instinctive closeness. Her body slowly crouched down, her hand reaching out, wanting to touch her cheek... but when it got close, she could no longer move forward no matter what. The trembling corners of her mouth could not produce a single sound for a long time.
It was just like when Yun Che had found his daughter back then, his hand suspended in the air, not daring to reach forward no matter what.
Because he was afraid that all this was a bubble that would burst at the slightest touch, afraid that his hand, stained with blood and sin, would defile her purity, and even more because of the endless guilt in his heart...
Yun Che turned his head away... so it turned out that whether human or Demon Emperor, when it came to being a parent, they were all the same.
"You Er," Yun Che said in a very soft voice, "you won't be alone anymore from now on. Because she is your..."
"Don't say it!"
Jie Yuan suddenly cried out in alarm, cutting off the words about to leave Yun Che's mouth. Yun Che looked up, a look of astonishment on his face.
"Don't say it..." Jie Yuan looked at You Er, gently shaking her head, her voice becoming very low. "Don't tell her."
"..." Yun Che nodded. Looking at Jie Yuan's appearance at this moment, he could no longer associate her with the term "Demon Emperor."
His thoughts were a bit complicated for a moment. Yun Che thought for a moment, gritted his teeth slightly, and finally said, "Senior, actually, the other part of 'her' soul that was split back then is still alive in this world."
Jie Yuan's gaze sharply turned: "What did you say?"
Yun Che took a slight breath and said, "Back then, after 'she' was split, the part of the divine soul that was 'allowed to exist' was entrusted by Xie Shen to the Sword Spirit Divine Clan among the Divine Clan. The clan leader of the Sword Spirit Divine Clan seemed to use his own divine soul to shape her soul into completeness, and then recreated a body for her."
"...?" Jie Yuan's brow twitched slightly, because Yun Che's words contradicted her knowledge, but she did not interrupt.
"Afterward, she stayed in the Sword Spirit Divine Clan. In the understanding of the Divine Clan at that time, she was the Sword Spirit Clan Leader's daughter. The Sword Spirit Clan Leader treated her very well, regarding her as his own, and the entire clan was especially doting on her. So in those years, she should have lived very happily. Including... now, she has always been carefree."
"The calamity later erupted, and the Sword Spirit Divine Clan became the first Divine Clan to be destroyed by the demon race. She was sent by the Sword Spirit Divine Clan into the Primordial... ah, Qiankun Spirit Realm, escaping into a spatial crevice, thereby avoiding that world-destroying calamity."
"Qiankun Spirit Realm? You said the Qiankun Spirit Realm?" Jie Yuan reacted somewhat intensely.
She knew of the Qiankun Spirit Realm. Long ago, when Xie Shen was still the Elemental Creation God, he had gifted it to the Sword Spirit Divine Clan. The space divine power it carried was engraved with the Cosmic Thorn, and it could indeed hide for a long time in spatial crevices.
That meant Yun Che was not speaking recklessly!
"Where is she now?" Before Yun Che could answer, Jie Yuan asked urgently.
You Er turned her colorful eyes, her face full of confusion, not knowing if she understood anything.
Yun Che extended his left arm, his heart still very uneasy. As the sword mark on his arm flashed, a trace of vermilion light was forcibly released by him.
Thump!
Yun Che hadn't adjusted his summoning posture properly, and Hong'er was in deep sleep. Amidst the red light, Hong'er landed on her bottom. She let out a pained moan before waking up: "Oww... ow ow ow! Huh?"
She was about to denounce Yun Che's atrocity of disturbing her sleep when she suddenly noticed the darkness and purple light here, and saw You Er. Instantly, her brows curved, and she waved at You Er: "Hello You Er, I've come to play with you again."
Finished speaking, her vermilion eyes "swooshed" over to Jie Yuan, and then... stared at her blankly for a long time.
Jie Yuan also stared blankly at her... Unlike You Er, the girl before her had a complete life, a complete body and soul, and had the exact same face as You Er, along with an aura she would never forget for all eternity.
Her daughter's aura.
Hong'er and You Er, the daughters of Xie Shen and Jie Tian Mo Di.
Their birth and existence were taboos not tolerated by the world. They suffered the banishment of their mother, the splitting of their soul, and the despondency of their father. One half lived carefree but could never know who her birth parents were; the other half could only hide in the dark abyss, in eternal solitude...
Their fate could be described as tragic and troubled, yet they both miraculously escaped that world-covering calamity that buried all gods and demons.
"Big sister, who are you?" She looked at the dazed Jie Yuan and suddenly asked, her clear, ethereal voice exceptionally bright in this dark world.
Big... sis... ter... The corner of Yun Che's mouth twitched violently.
Looking at her spirited expression, her starlike vermilion eyes, and listening to her voice like a clear spring in a secluded valley, Jie Yuan's soul was adrift, and she could not speak.
"Huh?" Hong'er blinked her eyes, looked at Jie Yuan very seriously for a good while, then suddenly laughed: "Big sister, although I don't know who you are, but you look very pretty."
Jie Yuan's face was covered with terrifying scars that could never be erased. Anyone who saw them would be terrified. Yet Hong'er said "pretty," and her gaze and expression made it impossible for any living being to doubt her every word.
Jie Yuan's lips moved slightly, as if a faint smile: "You think I... look pretty?"
"Yes!" Hong'er nodded very seriously: "Although you look a little strange, Hong'er still thinks you look very pretty."
"..." Jie Yuan pressed her lips tightly. She laughed, and tears fell uncontrollably along with her smile.
"Master," Hong'er tilted her head and asked, "Who is this pretty big sister? Is she a new wife Master found?"
"~!@#￥%..." Yun Che's feet went soft, and he nearly knelt on the ground.
"..." Jie Yuan slowly turned her gaze at this moment, her voice suddenly sinking: "Master?"
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