Chapter 1671: The Sixth Pagoda
On the Soul Heaven Ship, Chi Wuyue and Qianye Ying'er stood beneath the shadow cast by a profound array, their gazes locked.
Below, the core profound array of Fenyue Royal City was being rapidly reforged, but its core was no longer the Burning Moon Force, but rather the Demoness Force and Demoness Soul.
In order to complete the reforging in the shortest possible time to prevent any unforeseen incidents from the Yan Mo, Chi Wuyue decisively used the Primeval Divine Marrow obtained from Zhou Tian Shen Di.
After all, no matter how precious something is, if it is hoarded and not used, it is nothing but waste.
"You wanted to speak with this Empress?" Chi Wuyue looked at Qianye Ying'er, half-smiling. She faintly sensed that there seemed to be some subtle change in Qianye Ying'er.
"Why didn't you stop him back then." Qianye Ying'er asked, her voice cold and hard.
"Stop?" Chi Wuyue smiled lightly. "Do you think this Empress could have stopped him?"
"Why would you think you couldn't stop him?" Qianye Ying'er stared at Chi Wuyue, her gaze as if trying to pierce through the layers of black mist and reach the depths of her soul, to see her truest soul.
When Yun Che left the Dark Mystic Ark and returned to the Fenyue Realm, Qianye Ying'er, whose mind and soul were in extreme turmoil at the time, had not noticed, but Chi Wuyue was acutely aware of it.
She did not stop him, and even pretended not to know.
And not long after that, the Dark Mystic Ark rendezvoused with the swiftly arriving Soul Heaven Ship... obviously, long before that, Chi Wuyue had already sent a sound transmission to Jiehun Realm and deployed the Soul Heaven Ship.
"This Empress has said... because this Empress understands him." Without any evasion of Qianye Ying'er's gaze, Chi Wuyue spoke slowly.
"Heh," Qianye Ying'er let out a low laugh. "Before me, no one is qualified to say that."
"No, I am." Chi Wuyue's reply followed immediately, without hesitation.
"..." Qianye Ying'er furrowed her brows deeply, her gaze at Chi Wuyue growing even more intense.
"Moreover, this Empress actually did not want to stop him at all. On the contrary, I had been hoping he would act this way."
"You... hoped he would act this way?" Qianye Ying'er frowned deeply. "Did he tell you about this trump card of his!?"
Yun Che had once told her that he had a trump card that could kill anyone, and he decided to grant it to Long Huang at the 'final moment.' However, he never mentioned to her what exactly this 'trump card' was.
She had never imagined that he could forcibly harness the Star God Source Power that should belong only to the Star God Realm.
"Of course not. How could a trump card be told to others?" Chi Wuyue said faintly and softly. "What I meant by 'hoping' was that I hoped he would be sad, angry, and impulsive for you, and for the child that never came to be between you..."
Qianye Ying'er: "...?"
"Because that would at least show that his heart had not truly 'died,' and that perhaps... he would not continue to 'die' any further."
Qianye Ying'er's gaze trembled slightly, and the look in her eyes as she stared at Chi Wuyue changed once more.
As if not noticing the change in her expression, Chi Wuyue continued, "Before he returned to the Fenyue Realm, this Empress had already ordered the deployment of the Soul Heaven Ship, precisely so that no matter how bad the situation became after his impulsive return, I would have it covered."
"But I never expected that he would give me such a great surprise."
"The vast Fenyue Realm, with its nearly million-year history of turbulence that could not shake it in the slightest, was taken by him as easily as reaching out his hand!" Chi Wuyue laughed, a smile full of enchantment and seduction. "For this alone, this man surpasses all figures in the history of the Divine Realm! Among the countless men of this world, who can match even a single hair of his?"
She looked at Qianye Ying'er, her eyebrow arching charmingly. "A single anger makes a True God appear; a single anger overturns a king's realm. And the one who made him burn with such rage... Yun Qianying, from a woman's perspective, this probably makes others more envious than the title of 'Fandi Shennü'!"
"For me? Hmph!" Qianye Ying'er let out a cold snort, involuntarily averting her gaze. "He has always harbored deep guilt toward his daughter. This incident also triggered that guilt in him, which is why he exploded... What does it have to do with me!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Chi Wuyue narrowed her eyes, then said with a smile, "Coming to Fenyue this time was originally to eliminate hidden dangers and prevent him from suddenly interfering in the matters of Yan Mo. I never expected to obtain such a harvest. Even now, I still feel as if I'm dreaming."
"If, after this, he dispels his death wish, that would be even better."
"..." Qianye Ying'er's golden eyes stirred, shimmering with a dazed brilliance.
There will be more in the future...
In the... future...
Seeing the faint, uncontrollable curve at the corner of Qianye Ying'er's lips, Chi Wuyue looked away and said softly, "There must be many matters to deal with here in Fenyue, and this Empress still has to handle them one by one. Are you done saying what you wanted to say?"
"No." Qianye Ying'er turned back, her gaze turning cold and sharp in an instant. "The next words, you must listen carefully and remember clearly!"
"Oh?" Chi Wuyue tilted her face, seemingly intrigued.
Qianye Ying'er slowly stepped forward until she was just half a foot away from Chi Wuyue, their eyes meeting. "When we first met in the Huangtian Realm, I said that our goals are different, but our enemies are exactly the same."
"Your goal is to break out of the cage of the Northern Domain, to truly stand on equal footing with the other three domains, and even to elevate darkness above them. Ours is revenge! To spill blood on every piece of land we resent... Thus, kill the same enemies; you help us take revenge, and we help you become king."
"And now?" Chi Wuyue asked, her gaze hazy as mist, showing no sign of probing, as if she already knew what Qianye Ying'er was about to say.
"Now..." Qianye Ying'er smiled coldly. "Not only to take revenge, but after crushing the three divine realms, I will also..."
"Have... him... become... king!"
The heavy three words carried the ruthlessness she once had as Fandi Shennü, leaving no room for doubt.
"Oh?" Chi Wuyue blinked lightly, but showed no surprise or anger. Instead, she seemed to let out a very light laugh. "If that's the case, then our final 'distribution of interests' will come into conflict, and quite a significant conflict at that."
"Saying it so early and so bluntly, aren't you afraid of creating a rift in our cooperation?" she asked.
"Hmph, with your cunning mind, you would have detected it sooner or later. At that time, the rift would only be greater. It's better to speak plainly first." Qianye Ying'er narrowed her golden eyes. "And... especially after today, do you think there is anyone in this world more suitable than him to be king!"
"Oh my, what a troublesome question that leaves no room for a second answer." Chi Wuyue smiled faintly. Facing Qianye Ying'er's sharp gaze, she suddenly stepped forward, her slightly parted lips almost touching Qianye Ying'er's pearl-like lips.
A soul-entrancing charming voice sounded in her ear: "This Empress only wants to know, if he becomes king... who will be empress?"
"..." Qianye Ying'er frowned and stepped back, saying coldly, "You."
"Very well." Satisfied with the answer, Chi Wuyue smiled charmingly, turned, and stepped away.
"Wait!"
Qianye Ying'er called out to stop her again, her tone low:
"Chi Wuyue... who exactly are you!"
Gently pursing her lips, Chi Wuyue did not turn around, but said slowly, "The more you realize the reasons for your own words, actions, and psychological changes, the more you will understand that I will never harm him. I think that is the reason you confessed to me and are willing to have me as 'empress.'"
"Isn't that enough?"
Qianye Ying'er was stunned for a moment, but her golden brows sank even deeper. "Who... exactly... are... you!?"
"If you insist on an answer..." Chi Wuyue smiled slightly. "One who understands him better than you do, and perhaps... one who loves him more deeply than you do."
Qianye Ying'er: "!!!"
"Only, you are far luckier than I am."
These words were calm, lingering... and faintly carried a touch of desolation and sorrow.
Chi Wuyue left, and Qianye Ying'er stood still, silent for a very long time.
On this day, at this moment, the world would not know that the fate of the Divine Realm was quietly sealed in the conversation between two women.
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The Fenyue God Emperor had perished, the Soul Heaven Ship descended upon Fenyue Royal City, the Demon Source Artifact was seized, and all the Moon Devourers submitted to the Jiehun Realm... The earth-shattering news spread like a fierce storm across the entire Northern Divine Domain, causing upheaval and turmoil beyond imagination.
And with it, all kinds of news about Yun Che bearing the power of Jie Tian Mo Di, slaying the Fenyue God Emperor with a single sword, and being crowned emperor in Jiehun, spread wildly.
Such appalling news, such a massive storm, had never occurred in the history of the Northern Divine Domain.
It was millions of times more shocking than the fall of the Jingtian God Emperor ten thousand years ago.
Undoubtedly, the Yanmo Realm must have also received the news... but they had shown no reaction whatsoever.
Jiehun Realm, Jiehun Sacred Domain.
This was the third day since returning from the Fenyue Realm. Yun Che's wounds had all healed, but he still had not awakened.
Qianye Ying'er was beginning to grow restless.
That day, a power that should not exist in the world, a truly heaven-defying power, had erupted from Yun Che's body. Could it be that the backlash from such power was also far beyond imagination?
Sitting down beside Yun Che, Qianye Ying'er reached out and pressed her finger to his neck... this was the sixtieth time today that she probed his internal injuries and aura.
Just as her profound energy was about to surge, a flash of golden light suddenly flickered on Yun Che's body.
"!?" Qianye Ying'er frowned sharply, and then her gaze immediately fixed on the crown of Yun Che's head.
There, as the golden light flickered, a pure golden pagoda shadow slowly emerged, rotating gently.
A faint layer of golden shadow also slowly descended with the rotation of the small pagoda, gradually covering Yun Che's entire body.
"Pa...go...da..." Qianye Ying'er murmured softly, and then, suddenly struck by a thought, an extraordinarily brilliant light bloomed in her golden eyes.
This kind of golden light, she had seen on another person before.
Celestial Wolf Xi Su!
The sixth level of the Great Dao Pagoda Art — in the memories left by the Desolate God, the ultimate realm achievable by humans, a realm said to allow the human body to gradually approach... infinitely approach the realm of gods!
One important reason for the strength of Celestial Wolf Xi Su was that the Great Dao Pagoda Art he cultivated allowed his body to withstand even defensive profound formations that the Qianye Ying'er of that time could not overcome.
Celestial Wolf Xi Su had arduously cultivated to the sixth level of the Great Dao Pagoda Art with his cultivation of the Ninth-rank Divine Lord.
And Yun Che... at the Seventh-rank Divine Sovereign, had already achieved the Sixth Pagoda that Celestial Wolf Xi Su had only attained at the Ninth-rank Divine Lord!
Above the sixth level of the Great Dao Pagoda Art... it was said to be a domain that mortals could never touch, belonging only to gods.