# Chapter 1651: Light Touch
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Chi Wuyue slowly clapped her hands: "As expected of the Zhou Tian Shen Di, these children of mine indeed cannot escape your eyes."
That Zhou Tian Shen Di could detect Jie Xin and Jie Ling did not surprise Chi Wuyue, as they were very close and hadn't deliberately concealed themselves.
But being discovered so quickly was still somewhat unexpected. After all, Jie Xin and Jie Ling were no longer what they used to be. They had completed their Dark Conformity, their stealth abilities far surpassing before, and this was, moreover, a dark environment.
"If I weren't afraid of revealing my tracks and having people tail me to snatch a share, I would have loved to move half of the Jiehun Realm here. After all, facing the number one saint of the three divine regions, this wicked Demon Emperor's heart is scared nearly to the point of cracking."
Facing Chi Wuyue's sarcasm, Zhou Xuzi stood like a mountain piercing through clouds, his countenance unmoved: "If those Burning Moon and Yan Mo were to follow, I'm afraid the item in my hand would not be something you, Demon Empress, could enjoy alone. Since you are aware of this, why waste words with sharp tongue?"
As he spoke, his gaze involuntarily kept shifting toward Yun Che at Chi Wuyue's feet. He was pressed to the ground by black mist but struggling desperately, his raised head occasionally revealing flashes of light in his eyes... each beam seemingly wishing to turn into a thousand blood blades to slice his body into pieces.
"Good." Seeming to agree with Zhou Tian Shen Di's words, Chi Wuyue's smile faded, and her indifferent speech carried the supreme authority of a Divine Emperor: "The person you want, I have brought. And what about the thing I want?"
Zhou Xuzi's face turned solemn. He extended his arm, and when his palm opened, a flash of purple light burst forth, reflecting in everyone's pupils.
This purple light was not dense, but it was even more crystalline and pure than the brightest starlight. The moment it shone, it directly pierced through the thick darkness, tinging the surrounding space, and even the distant sky, with a faint, delicate purple glow.
Mixed within the purple light was an ancient and profound aura, vast enough to encompass the entire world.
The aura of Primordial Chaos!
If Qianye Ying'er were here, she would be greatly astonished.
Because what Zhou Xuzi held in his hand was...
The Primordial Divine Marrow!
According to records in the Dong Shen Domain, the Primordial Divine Marrow was a divine object that had long gone extinct.
When she unexpectedly obtained the Primordial Divine Marrow in the Bei Shen Domain, it had already greatly surprised Qianye Ying'er.
Even for someone who was once the Fandi Shennü, if even she was this shocked, it went without saying that no one in the Dong Shen Domain, nor in the entire three divine regions, knew that the Zhou Tian God Realm actually possessed a piece of Primordial Divine Marrow.
But come to think of it, possessing such a divine object as the Primordial Divine Marrow, the Zhou Tian God Realm would certainly have hidden it to the extreme, never letting a single hint leak out.
Chi Wuyue's gaze fixed on the purple light, not moving away for a long time. Even with the black mist separating them, one could sense the excitement and greed that almost overflowed from her.
"What a beautiful light. Even the most beautiful darkness appears so dim before it." Chi Wuyue sighed. Her gaze seemed to have merged with the purple light, unwilling to part for even a moment.
Suddenly, the purple light vanished completely. The Primordial Divine Marrow had disappeared from Zhou Xuzi's hand.
The most enticing thing is a bait that is close at hand yet flickering in and out of sight. Zhou Xuzi knew this well. Ten months ago, he secretly sent two guardians, Tai Yin and Zhu Liu, carrying the Kun Xu Cauldron into the Tai Chu Divine Realm to retrieve the Tai Chu Divine Fruit, all for the purpose of merging it with this long-hidden Primordial Divine Marrow to create another Primordial World Pill.
He had truly given everything for Zhou Qingchen.
Tai Yin and Zhu Liu failed to bring back the Tai Chu Divine Fruit and lost their lives in the Tai Chu Divine Realm, with the [Kun Xu Cauldron also lost]. According to Quhui Zunzhe, it had [fallen into Yun Che's hands]. This Primordial Divine Marrow had also lost its greatest value.
But... it was the best bargaining chip to save Zhou Qingchen.
There was no one in this world who could resist the temptation of the Primordial Divine Marrow, absolutely no one.
Let alone the fact that this was likely the last piece of Primordial Divine Marrow in the current Chaos.
"Yun Che can erase the dark power from my son's body. This is a promise personally made by the Demon Empress." Zhou Xuzi said. If not for Chi Wuyue's assurance, he would not have taken the enormous risk to actually come here. "I hope the Demon Empress... is not playing games with this old man."
"Zhou Tian Shen Di, my Jiehun power, you have personally experienced it back then. Your words are far too belittling of me."
As Chi Wuyue's words fell, her hand suddenly pressed down, sticking to Yun Che's head. A terrifying black aura spread downward from the top of his head. In an instant, Yun Che's struggles and screams completely ceased.
Chi Wuyue's hand grabbed, and Yun Che was lifted up entirely. He slowly straightened, but his hands hung limply. The black aura on his head quickly dissipated, but his eyes showed no pupils, not even a hint of color.
"Yun Che, tell me." Chi Wuyue said lightly. "In this world, who is the person most deserving of death?"
Yun Che's body was rigid, his gaze dull, his lips mechanically opening and closing: "Zhou... Tian... old... dog..."
Zhou Xuzi's face showed no reaction, but his fingers slightly curled.
"Zhou Qingchen becoming a demon was your doing?" Chi Wuyue asked again.
"Yes." Yun Che replied.
"Since you planted the darkness, you must have a way to remove it, right?"
"Yes."
A single, emotionless, hoarse, and difficult word, yet it was the answer Zhou Xuzi had dreamed of obtaining.
Instead, it was Zhou Qingchen beside him... the person who should have been the most excited, who showed no major reaction, as if he had not yet awakened from the Demon Empress's heart-confusing words.
The final hesitation was finally erased. Zhou Xuzi felt as if a billion tons had been lifted, and every pore on his body trembled slightly.
Yun Che's entire body, even his pupils, emitted the soul aura that belonged to Chi Wuyue. Without a doubt, he was entirely under Chi Wuyue's "Jiehun." In this state, any words he spoke could not possibly be false.
Chi Wuyue's Jiehun power, ten thousand years ago, both he and Qianye Fantian had personally experienced. The word "terrifying" was far from sufficient to describe it.
That Yun Che possessed a powerful Dragon Soul was common knowledge. Yet he still fell to Qianye Ying'er's "Buddhist Soul Death-Pleading Seal" back then, and had to be saved by Shen Xi to slowly eradicate it①.
And Qianye Fantian himself had said that Chi Wuyue's soul power far surpassed his own, and it carried an incomprehensible strangeness.
Ten thousand years ago, even a figure like the Jingtian Shen Di had "died suddenly" at her hands. To control Yun Che would be effortless for this terrifying Demon Empress.
"Well, have you heard enough?" Chi Wuyue turned her gaze.
At this moment, Yun Che was indeed under Chi Wuyue's Jiehun, without any falsehood.
Otherwise, he could not have deceived the eyes of a figure like Zhou Xuzi.
But... the initiative to break the Jiehun was not solely in Chi Wuyue's hands.
Yun Che's soul was ninety-nine percent taken over by Chi Wuyue. But the last stubborn trace could break everything in an instant. Because... it was the power of Dark Eternal Calamity!
The dark carriers that Dark Eternal Calamity could master, how could they not include the Dark Demon Soul!
But such an existence, even surpassing the understanding of true gods, how could Zhou Xuzi possibly see through it?
The Primordial Divine Marrow reappeared in Zhou Xuzi's hand, the mysterious purple light once again shining into the darkness. Zhou Xuzi said solemnly, "Order Yun Che to remove the darkness from my son's body. Once that is done, the last Primordial Divine Marrow in this world will be yours, Demon Empress!"
Chi Wuyue's demon eyes narrowed, and she let out a seductive long laugh: "Hehehehe, Zhou Tian Shen Di, do you think I am a naive, childish three-year-old? If I help you solve it first, then would I even be able to touch this Primordial Divine Marrow?"
Zhou Tian Shen Di's gaze was faint, his words heavy and resolute, leaving no room for doubt: "This old man is the Zhou Tian Shen Di. His every word is a heavenly oracle! No matter whom I face, even if you are the Demon Empress of the Northern Domain, a promise from my mouth is as good as a nine-tripod cauldron, witnessed by the heavens!"
In the three divine regions of the East, South, and West, the promise of the Zhou Tian Shen Di was indeed considered a heavenly oracle that no one would doubt.
But upon hearing this, Chi Wuyue glanced at him, then suddenly burst into laughter. It was not a seductive laugh, not a low laugh, but a unrestrained laugh, as if she had heard a ridiculous joke: "A nine-tripod cauldron? Hahahaha... Zhou Tian Shen Di, do you deserve those four words?"
"Take a good look at Yun Che beside me, and tell me, do you deserve those four words?"
"..." Zhou Xuzu was as if struck in a vital point. The righteousness, certainty, pride, and unquestionability on his face instantly crumbled, and for a moment, he could not speak another word.
Yun Che had fallen into Chi Wuyue's hands, and under her Jiehun power, all of Yun Che's secrets would surely have been completely stripped away.
And his betrayal of Yun Che had led to everything that followed. It was undoubtedly imprinted at the deepest and most hateful part of Yun Che's soul. How could Chi Wuyue not know?
His reputation as the Zhou Tian Shen Di, revered by the world... especially his promises being as heavy as heaven, had instantly become a joke in front of Chi Wuyue.
"What? Nothing to say?" Chi Wuyue sneered mockingly and continued, "Back then, Yun Che saved all of you. Not just your lives. If it weren't for Yun Che, I'm afraid you wouldn't even have roots left."
"But in the blink of an eye, because he exposed his Dark Profound Force, you all turned your backs on the spot, as if the matter of him saving your lives had never existed. I imagine you've been covering it up tighter than your own crotch all these years. Afterwards, it was you, Zhou Tian Shen Di, who took the lead, rallying the three divine regions to pursue and kill him with all your might, even destroying the star of his origin until not even a single remnant was left."
Zhou Tian Shen Di's face changed again and again... Chi Wuyue, who had put Yun Che under Jiehun, would know all of this so clearly and in detail. There was nothing strange about it.
"And your son also possesses dark profound force. You, the number one great saint of the Eastern Domain, who hates demons as much as you hate your enemies, did not eliminate the demon to uphold the way or clean up your own household. Instead, you hid him tightly, then took the only piece of Primordial Divine Marrow in the Eastern Domain and ran all the way to this Northern Domain to beg me, the Demon Emperor... Oh my, oh my."
"One is a savior who saved your lives, who even saved the fate of the god realm. The other is a parasite divine son who devoured countless resources without any contribution. Yet the treatment is so vastly different it makes one laugh. Just because that is your son... Hahahaha, Zhou Tian Shen Di, in my eyes, you don't even deserve the words 'hypocrisy and shamelessness.' Do you think I would believe in your so-called 'promises'?"
"A stench-ridden Divine Emperor, yet revered as the number one saint of the Eastern Domain. It seems the Eastern Domain is nothing more than a place of unbearable stench."
Although he knew that Chi Wuyue's soul-piercing words were meant to force him into a passive position, Zhou Xuzi's heartstrings still spasmed. It took several breaths before he managed to calm down a little, then he slowly uttered six words: "Demon Empress, what do you want?"
He did not want to get entangled in this matter any further. He did not even offer a defense, unwilling to hear or say another word.
"Simple." Chi Wuyue said. "Although this is the Northern Domain, I will not bully you. You and I will each place the required items into a barrier, then merge the barriers, and simultaneously withdraw our power, each taking what we need."
"In this way, if one side harbors deceitful intentions and does not withdraw power in time, the barrier will not open, and neither can obtain the other's item. Fair enough."
"No... way!" Zhou Xuzi directly refused, saying in a deep voice, "The Primordial Divine Marrow is an inanimate object, while Yun Che is a living being! Once the Primordial Divine Marrow enters your hands, it becomes your possession. But even if Yun Che enters my hands, he remains under your control!"
"Heh, ridiculous." Chi Wuyue sneered coldly. "If I dissolve the Jiehun, do you think he would save your handsome son? I fear he would rather die ten thousand times than comply."
"Then if you refuse to give the order, this old man will end up empty-handed. Where is the fairness?" Zhou Xuzi said. "You may not trust me, but I have no reason to trust you either."
"Then let's just wait it out." Chi Wuyue was not the least bit anxious. Instead, she leisurely turned around and looked at the quiet, vacant Yun Che beside her, the corners of her mouth slightly curving upward.
Under the black mist, a jade-white hand reached out, her fingertip touching Yun Che's face, then lightly stroking it.
"What a good child," she said softly, smiling, a look of water-like tenderness seemingly flowing in her eyes. "Just the Evil God Divine Power on his body alone, if I could strip it off one day, would be worth millions of Primordial Divine Marrows."
"I was worried that after handing you over to that old man Zhou Tian, he might suddenly strike you down with one palm, crippling you or killing you. How heartbroken and sad I would be."
She breathed gently, her voice growing softer and slower. Then she leaned her head forward, her lips slightly parted, a pink tongue like a pearl jade slightly exposed, with a soul-penetrating fragrance, lightly touching Yun Che's neck.
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①: Fu (not ba!)