Chapter 1491: Heaven-Defying Scripture Fragment
“Tianlang Xishu and I together broke the barrier and obtained the Heaven-Defying Scripture Fragment as we wished. Because he was in front, he was heavily injured when the barrier shattered, and soon after returning to the Star God Realm, he perished.” Qianye Ying'er said.
Yun Che knew this as well, and this was also the reason Mo Li hated Qianye Ying'er to the extreme: “Before Tianlang Xishu died, did he tell anyone that you obtained the Heaven-Defying Scripture?”
“No.” Qianye Ying'er answered coldly.
Yun Che suddenly stood up, his hands clenched tightly. Looking at Qianye Ying'er's extremely cold face, he was filled with anger but couldn't vent it, only cursing wildly in his heart: ‘Tianlang Xishu, are you a fucking idiot?! If you had just a little bit of brains, you should have known that Qianye Ying'er was using you, even wishing you dead. Not only did you work for her, but after being killed by her, you still kept it a secret for her!!’
What Celestial Wolf Star God? He's just a hopeless lecher who would risk his life for a woman without a second thought! Maybe he died without regrets... But do you know how sad Mo Li and Cai Zhi are because of you!!
Yun Che cursed fiercely in his heart, and after calming down... he suddenly felt a strange familiarity with his own words cursing Tianlang Xishu??
Pah!
Yun Che forcefully shook his head. ‘For Mo Li, for Master and the others... I too can disregard my life, but I wouldn't be foolish enough to willingly die for a woman who clearly uses me.’
But... in Yun Che's mind at that moment, the true face of Qianye Ying'er after she removed her mask appeared...
He silently sighed.
Shen Xi and Qianye Ying'er were the “Dragon Empress Divine Maiden” known to all in the God Realm.
If the world's beauty were ten parts, the Dragon Empress and Divine Maiden alone claim six parts, and the rest of the world shares four.
Though this is an exaggeration, anyone who sees their true faces would not doubt that their existence is both a great fortune and a great disaster for the men of this era.
The world knows Shen Xi as the Dragon Empress, but Yun Che is the only one besides them who knows the truth.
As the Emperor of the Dragon Clan, the Sovereign of Chaos, he knew that Shen Xi did not and would never love him, yet he never chose an empress or consorts. Even without offspring, even knowing it would be empty, he remained without regret or complaint for hundreds of thousands of years.
Compared to Dragon Emperor, Tianlang Xishu's willingness to die for Qianye became somewhat less unacceptable.
Perhaps, in Tianlang Xishu's world, being used by Qianye was actually sweet to him. At least, Qianye Ying'er actively sought his help, actively looked at him a few more times. At least in the secret realm, even at the cost of death, he had that brief moment alone with her.
With both Shen Xi and Qianye, he had close contact, even negative distance contact.
Shen Xi's celestial countenance was beautiful like an immortal illusion.
As for Qianye's true face, if he had to describe it with one word, the first that came to Yun Che's mind was “abyss”.
She could make people willingly die for her a thousand times, even twisting their own will and soul.
Yun Che glanced at her sideways. Only when she wore her mask did he dare to look her straight in the eye: “Shadow Slave, listen. You should know who Mo Li hates the most. After I find her, if she wants to hurt you, humiliate you, or even kill you, you are not allowed to evade or fight back. Understand?”
“...Yes.” Qianye Ying'er's response was calm. She was not surprised or taken aback by Yun Che's order.
She knew about Yun Che and Mo Li's relationship, and even more how much Mo Li hated her.
“Answer me one question,” Yun Che suddenly asked. “What exactly is the Heaven-Defying World Scripture?”
Qianye Ying'er answered calmly: “According to ancient records and primordial legends, the origin lifeform of chaos was the Primordial God. Because his body concentrated and connected all life auras of the chaos world, if he existed, chaos would never be able to give rise to other lifeforms. Thus, the Primordial God perished himself to transform into all beings. Before dissipating, he left part of his memories on eight life fragments. These eight life fragments fell into the south and north of chaos, giving birth to the four Creation Gods who led the divine race and the four Demon Emperors who led the demon race.”
Yun Che frowned. He had heard all this from the Golden Crow Soul Spirit back in the lower realm, but he did not interrupt and listened silently, already thinking of a strange possibility in his heart.
“Before dissipating, the Primordial God left behind a special divine art.”
“All life began with the Primordial God, and the world's profound way was also created by the Primordial God. According to legend, the divine art left by the Primordial God is the origin of the profound way. But perhaps because it was too powerful, or unsuitable for the world to cultivate, the Primordial God could not bear to destroy it, but did not pass it down intact. Instead, it was divided into three parts, scattered across the chaos space.”
“And this special divine art from the Primordial God is what the world calls the Ancestral Divine Art.”
“I know all this,” Yun Che pressed. “What does this have to do with the Heaven-Defying World Scripture I asked about?”
Qianye Ying'er explained: “The Ancestral Divine Art is recorded in a special ‘Primordial Divine Script’. Those who can read the ‘Primordial Divine Script’ are only the four Creation Gods and four Demon Emperors who inherited part of the Primordial God's memories. Thus, the true name of the Ancestral Divine Art has always been unknown to anyone except the Creation Gods and Demon Emperors. In the ancient era, it should have been almost unknown as well.”
“It was only when I touched the memory fragment of the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor that I learned that the legendary Ancestral Divine Art is actually named the ‘Heaven-Defying World Scripture’.”
Yun Che stood still for a long time without speaking.
The Ancestral Divine Art — Yun Che had learned this name from the Golden Crow Soul Spirit before arriving in the God Realm. The Ancestral Divine Art was divided into three parts. In the ancient era, two parts were in the hands of the Heaven-Slaying God Emperor Mo E and the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Jie Yuan.
When Mo E exiled Jie Yuan back then, it was under the pretext of consulting each other's Ancestral Divine Art.
Clearly, the temptation of the Ancestral Divine Art was irresistible even to Jie Yuan...
Furthermore, Yun Che was very certain that from ancient times to the present, absolutely no one had ever seen the complete Ancestral Divine Art... because the part on Jie Yuan's person was exiled outside chaos along with her. Before that, the Ancestral Divine Art had never been complete, and after that, only two parts remained.
Now that Jie Yuan has returned, it is still unknown whether that part of the Ancestral Divine Art on her person still exists.
As for the Heaven-Defying World Scripture...
Back then in the Slay Moon Demon Cave, he exhausted everything to kill the Shiyue Mojun, who had somehow managed to survive. It left behind a mysterious black jade. That black jade — even Mo Li didn't know what it was. Any aura probing into it yielded no reaction. But when Xiao Lingxi approached, it produced a strange resonance, and then released a series of strange inscriptions floating in the air.
And these strange inscriptions — Xiao Lingxi had never seen them before, yet she could interpret them without any hindrance.
The name she interpreted was... the Heaven-Defying World Scripture!
What's going on?
Could that “Heaven-Defying World Scripture” that I accidentally obtained from Shiyue Mojun really be the Ancestral Divine Art?
Yun Che suddenly looked up and asked, “Shadow Slave, have you deciphered the ‘Heaven-Defying World Scripture’ in your hand?”
Qianye Ying'er shook her head without hesitation. “No. The ‘Primordial Divine Script’ that inscribes the Heaven-Defying World Scripture is known only to the four Creation Gods and four Demon Emperors. No other god or demon can understand it, let alone the mortal spirits of the present world.”
Primordial Divine Script... only Demon Emperors and Creation Gods can understand it...
Why can Lingxi...
What's even more bizarre is that she said she had never seen such characters before, yet she could understand them at a glance.
Yun Che's brow tightened, and his mind was in a state of chaotic turmoil.
“I exhausted every method, searched various ancient texts and many wise men who studied antiquities, and only barely translated the four characters ‘Nine Xuan Exquisite’. This even caused a slight leak of news, leading to some speculative rumors I did not wish to hear.”
Yun Che took a deep breath and said sidelong, “So this is... the reason you targeted Qingyue back then?”
“Yes,” said Qianye Ying'er.
“Hmph! An inscription that is completely incomprehensible and fundamentally impossible to understand, and just a fragment at that — yet you still targeted Qingyue because of it... You really are a madwoman.”
Qianye Ying'er said flatly, “That is the nature of my profound way pursuit and life creed.”
“The Heaven-Defying Scripture fragment you obtained — it's with your father now, right?”
He could imagine even with his toes that something so important — before she went to the Moon God Realm with determination, she would surely leave it with the person she trusted most... The Heaven-Defying World Scripture, if it truly is the Ancestral Divine Art, is supremely exalted and important even in the eyes of Creation Gods and Demon Emperors.
But what left him dumbfounded was that Qianye Ying'er said, “No, that fragment of the Heaven-Defying World Scripture — I did not entrust it to anyone. It is on my person right now.”
Yun Che's eyes widened for a few seconds. He suddenly stood up and reached out his hand. “Let me see it.”
“Yes.”
No matter how important or taboo the item, Qianye Ying'er would not disobey. Under Yun Che's very eager gaze, Qianye Ying'er extended her arm. In her palm was a gray-white square stone slab.
This stone slab had no spiritual aura at all. It looked like an ordinary mortal stone, fairly square in shape, and covered with some holes of similar size... That was all.
“This is the Heaven-Defying Scripture fragment you obtained?” Yun Che found it hard to believe.
Qianye Ying'er flipped her hand. A golden light flashed, and an extremely powerful Brahma Emperor Divine Power silently poured into the stone slab.
Instantly, the gray-white stone suddenly shone with a strong silver radiance. This silver radiance lasted only a moment, then suddenly burst and scattered into nothingness.
At that moment, Yun Che suddenly sensed something. He looked up sharply, and his gaze then froze for a long time.
Right above him and Qianye Ying'er, a large patch of dazzling silver radiance rapidly spread out, then slowly expanded, separated, and twisted, until it formed hundreds of strange shapes of similar size but each different.
Clearly, they were rows of strange characters!
Reflected against the gray-white sky, these silver strange characters were extremely clear. When his eyes fell on them, the gray sky seemed to disappear, and in his vision, besides these strange characters, there was no other color.
Staring at these strange characters, his gaze froze for a long, long time.
The way these strange characters appeared was almost identical to the way the mysterious black jade had projected characters.
Although he did not recognize any of these strange characters, compared to the characters projected by the mysterious black jade, the feeling of “same origin” was exceptionally clear and strong.
This was the Heaven-Defying Scripture fragment obtained by Qianye Ying'er, and also a fragment of the Ancestral Divine Art!
Then, that mysterious black jade... is it really also a fragment of the Ancestral Divine Art!?
If everything is true... the one in Qianye's hand is Mo E's fragment, Jie Yuan has one fragment, then the one he obtained is the third and final fragment!?
Why would a divine object above divine objects like the Ancestral Divine Art be on Shiyue Mojun's person?
His status among the demon race seemed very high, but he was definitely not at the level of a Demon Emperor.
Also, the fact that he could escape the world-destroying calamity and survive to the present was already extremely bizarre... Could it be related to this?
Countless thoughts flashed through Yun Che's mind, but what he could not let go of was undoubtedly...
Why can Lingxi understand the Ancestral Divine Art!?
“I want this thing,” Yun Che said, reaching out, grabbing the stone slab, and directly putting it away.
“Yes.” Qianye Ying'er showed no resistance, then offered advice: “If Master wishes to study it, he might consult the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor. She is the only being in the world who can understand the Primordial Divine Script.”
“I see.” Yun Che smiled wryly. “So this is the reason you carried it on you.”
Qianye Ying'er: “...”