# Chapter 1504: The Demon Emperor's Resolve
You Er followed Hong'er into the world of the Heavenly Poison Pearl. She didn't spend much time examining this novel world and soon fell into slumber along with Hong'er.
After all, both she and Hong'er would need a long period of time to adapt to their soul states, which were different from before.
Although she had merged with a sword spirit, and You Er's form of existence had also become half-human, half-sword like Hong'er, at least her soul was now complete. Her emotional expression, speech, touch, and sense of smell would gradually recover, and she would slowly gain a true life and physical body.
"Thus, I have no more attachments left." Jie Yuan murmured softly to herself.
But was she truly without attachments...
"Senior, what did you say?"
Jie Yuan's words were too soft, and Yun Che hadn't caught them clearly. But the faint voice that reached his ears made him sense something unusual.
Jie Yuan turned to look at him, her expression cold and stern: "Now, not only Hong'er, but You Er's life is also bound to yours. The daughters of mine and Ni Xuan—both my daughters—their future destinies will be entirely determined by you."
Yun Che's expression was calm as he replied with utmost solemnity: "Senior, rest assured. I swear here..."
"Hmph, no need." Jie Yuan cut off his forthcoming words: "There is nothing in this world more laughable than an oath. I am doing this not only because you are the sole choice, but also because I trust you."
"Good." Yun Che nodded. "I will not betray Senior's trust in me."
As the supreme Jie Tian Mo Di, to entrust the fate of her daughters entirely to a mere mortal like him was undoubtedly the greatest and heaviest trust in the world... and also an immense pressure.
"Since that is the case, it is time for me to fulfill my promise." Jie Yuan spoke slowly, her tone extraordinarily flat as she uttered words that left Yun Che utterly shocked: "I will destroy the passage opened by the Cosmic Thorn on the Chaos Wall, preventing my people from returning, and ensuring they will never bring calamity to the current chaos world."
"..." Yun Che stood frozen, staring at Jie Yuan, unable to speak for a long time.
Jie Yuan's intention was... to keep those Demon Gods forever outside the chaos, never to return!
And naturally, as Jie Yuan said, they would never harm the current chaos in the slightest!
This was an answer Yun Che had absolutely never expected, and a result no one would believe possible.
If that were truly the case, Jie Yuan would undoubtedly be betraying and abandoning all her people for the sake of the current world's safety!
Given Jie Yuan's level, the living beings of the current world were nothing but the most insignificant mortals, no different from the tiniest ants. A simple flick of her finger could decide the life, death, and fate of all beings and all star realms.
No one would doubt that any one of her people, exiled to the Outer Chaos with her for millions of years, sharing her suffering, was far more important in her heart than the entire current world!
But now, she had personally said... that she would personally abandon all her people!!
"Senior, you... are you... serious?" Yun Che's words were exceptionally difficult.
"Do you still remember the words I spoke on the first day of my return?" Jie Yuan said slowly, her expression still without a trace of emotion. Perhaps this decision had been made in her heart long ago: "I told you then that after my people return, I would not control their venting of hatred, and it would be fundamentally impossible to control them."
"..." Yun Che certainly remembered.
"Although I am the Demon Emperor of the Jie Tian Demon Clan, and in those days, my commands were irresistible heavenly edicts within the clan, but..." Jie Yuan seemed to sigh faintly: "Their souls are ultimately far weaker than mine. These years of pain, resentment, and despair have long since distorted their natures. Every Demon God still surviving has become a complete ghost of hatred."
"If they return to this world, they will vent their fury upon everything. No one, no method can stop them—not even me."
"Moreover, over ninety percent of my people have already fallen in the Outer Chaos over these years. The remaining Demon Gods are also in a state of utter exhaustion, with very few years of life left. The one with the longest lifespan has at most... only ten thousand years left."
"Rather than let them, in their remaining meager years, bear endless sins and ravage the current fragile chaos world, it would be better to..."
Jie Yuan's words suddenly stopped, as if she could no longer continue. Her face turned slightly aside, and a very faint expression of pain flickered across it.
Yun Che listened silently. Jie Yuan's words had undoubtedly pulled the fate of the chaos back from the edge of the abyss to heaven. He could already foresee how ecstatic the people of the God Realm would be upon hearing this news.
Yun Che should naturally be overjoyed as well, but facing Jie Yuan, what surged more in his heart was surprise and shock.
She would sacrifice and abandon all her people for this chaos world that had once wronged her and now had almost no connection to her... How could she...
Undoubtedly, she would feel immense guilt toward all her people, and even more toward herself. And the one who would suffer the most was undoubtedly her.
This was her answer. This was her—a demon, and the emperor of demons—her decision!
The turmoil in his heart was beyond words.
"Now, you can bring the news to those anxiously waiting. Let them be at ease as soon as possible." Jie Yuan spoke again: "When the time comes, I will go to the place of my return and destroy the spatial passage... Only I can destroy it. And after its destruction, such a spatial passage will never appear again."
"..." Yun Che nodded, his movements unusually stiff: "Alright."
"After that, Hong'er and You Er will be entrusted to you. Remember your promise... If you dare to harm or abandon them, no matter where I am, whether alive or dead, I will never forgive you!"
"Rest assured, Senior, I will definitely..." He was about to make a solemn vow again when he suddenly sensed something off about Jie Yuan's words. His brow furrowed, and he asked in shock: "Senior, you... where are you going? Will you not stay by Hong'er and You Er's side?"
"Where am I going?" Jie Yuan smiled faintly, her gaze turning to the distant east, her pupils as deep as darkness itself: "I am going to accompany my people."
Yun Che was shocked again and said urgently: "Senior, you..."
"Back then, they were all implicated by me and exiled to the Outer Chaos." Jie Yuan knew what Yun Che wanted to say and cut him off coldly: "They struggled stubbornly in the Outer Chaos for so many years, all for the hope of this moment. And now, I will personally extinguish that only hope and betray them cruelly."
"I am already beyond redemption. How can I abandon them again?"
"..." Yun Che stared fixedly at Jie Yuan. Her body was shrouded in darkness, her face etched with terrifying scars that even her power could not erase. Her eyes were as terrifying as an abyss, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at her, even for a moment.
She was undeniably the most terrifying, most unforgivable demon in the eyes of the world—the most fearsome Demon Emperor.
"Senior, you don't have to do this." Yun Che's heart and soul trembled with indescribable complexity. His understanding of demons was once again completely overturned: "Because of your Cosmic Thorn, your people have been able to survive until now. The hope of their return also exists because of you. You... owe no one anything."
"Moreover, You Er and Hong'er need you."
Once, he had feared the return of the Jie Tian Demon Emperor so much.
And now, his heart and soul so strongly wished that she would not leave just like that.
"My return to the Outer Chaos is not only because I don't want to abandon my people." Jie Yuan remained as calm and indifferent: "Yun Che, do you think... I am someone who should exist in this world?"
"..." Yun Che couldn't answer for a moment.
"The current chaos's aura and laws are several levels weaker than in the past. My power, my existence, can no longer be borne by the current chaos laws. As you have already seen, with my return, profound beasts have begun to go mad on an increasingly large scale, and one after another, planets and star realms have begun to descend into order collapse."
"During my time on Lan Ji Star, although I managed to control the order collapse on Lan Ji Star, in less than two months, nearly ten thousand surrounding planets have had their order completely disrupted, with half of those planets seeing the extinction of all life. And these are all sins I have committed... enormous sins."
If a being were to become a True God in this world, they would be born in accordance with the laws of this world and would not affect the order. But Jie Yuan was an outsider who suddenly arrived from the "Outer Chaos." Coupled with her power level being far too high, the impact on the chaos order was far too great.
The disaster she caused was so immense that ordinary people simply could not fathom it.
"If I continue to exist, it is unknown how long it will take for the chaos to adapt to my presence. And by then, who knows how many planets, star realms, and living beings will be destroyed because of me."
"Since I have decided to sacrifice my people for this world, then I myself am even more someone who should not exist in this world."
"This is my decision. It will not change. For me, for Hong'er and You Er, for you, and for all living beings in this chaos world—this is the best outcome."
Jie Yuan's voice lingered in Yun Che's ears and heart for a long time, unable to disperse.
Yes, this was the best outcome. The Demon Gods would not return, and even the Demon Emperor herself would willingly go back to the Outer Chaos. This was an ending that even the most absurd dreams could not have conjured—so beautiful it was illusory.
But for some reason, Yun Che could not be happy. He paused for a long while before asking: "When?"
"Nine days from now." Jie Yuan said: "Any later, and it may be too late."
If the passage to the Outer Chaos were opened and the Demon Gods poured in, even the Jie Tian Demon Emperor would not be able to stop them.
"..." Yun Che was speechless again.
"Do you suddenly think I am great?" Jie Yuan said indifferently.
Yun Che nodded: "You are a demon, so why can you go this far for ordinary living beings who have nothing to do with you?"
"Heh, demon..." Jie Yuan smiled coldly: "Yes, I am a demon. A demon... worthy of him."
"..." Yun Che smiled softly and said gently: "Yes, I finally understand why the Evil God was willing to defy the greatest taboos to be with you, and why he resolutely abandoned the name of Creation God for you. You are worthy of him. You are more worthy of him than anyone else in the world."
At this moment, his reverence for Jie Yuan far surpassed his fear.
Jie Yuan showed no reaction to Yun Che's words, which came from the depths of his soul. She suddenly said: "Yun Che, answer me one question."
"Tell me... is this world worth me doing this?"
Yun Che looked up and said: "From your perspective, I cannot answer. From my perspective—a selfish, ordinary chaos mortal—it is worth it."
"Compared to the world that once had gods and demons, the current chaos space is humble. And this world, without gods and demons, has evolved over so many years and now has a new stable order and mature survival laws, with various stable planes and spaces. Although it has many despicable and dark corners, sometimes even making people despair, there is still more kindness and beauty. At the very least... it is worth me using everything to protect it."
Jie Yuan seemed to listen to his answer with unusual seriousness. She looked at Yun Che and said slowly: "Good. I hope you can always believe that. However..."
A strange black light suddenly flashed in her pupils, and her voice turned deep and somber: "Yun Che, if it weren't for your rescue of Hong'er back then and your care of You Er over the years, I would not have let go of my resentment so quickly. If it weren't for the fact that I could trust you to entrust Hong'er and You Er's future to you, I would absolutely never have been able to make today's decision. Therefore, it is indeed you who saved this world. The name 'Savior' is well deserved for you!"
"You must remember this point!"
Back then, saving Hong'er on the Primordial Mystic Ark was a fateful encounter. The main reason he often visited and accompanied You Er was because You Er had saved his life first. Whether it was Hong'er or You Er, Yun Che certainly never imagined at the time that his encounters and time with them would unknowingly completely change the fate of the chaos and save countless lives.
"However, I still feel somewhat unwilling."
"Unwilling?" Yun Che looked puzzled.
"I cannot be sure whether this world is truly worth me sacrificing my people for. Even more, I cannot be sure whether this world, which you saved, will one day betray you."
"To betray you is to betray my daughters, to betray the greatest reason I sacrificed everything to preserve this world!"
"So..."
The black light in Jie Yuan's pupils suddenly condensed. As the world suddenly darkened, Jie Yuan's palm struck directly at Yun Che's chest...