Chapter 1732: Falling Moon (Part 2)
He is not... Luo Changsheng?
The eyes of everyone in the Saint Universe Sect were fixed on Luo Changsheng. They repeatedly confirmed that the life aura, profound force aura, and soul aura he emitted were all so familiar and clear—unmistakably Luo Changsheng, the pride of their entire sect.
The Grand Elder of Saint Universe stood frozen, looking at Luo Changsheng one moment, then at Luo Shangchen and Luo Guxie the next, utterly bewildered and at a loss.
Seeing Luo Changsheng's extremely obvious abnormality, Luo Guxie's expression changed as well. Her previous coldness and fierceness receded by several points, replaced by a hint of panic: "Changsheng, this has nothing to do with you. Leave first."
"Master," he spoke, his gaze fixed firmly on Luo Guxie—his master, his aunt, and the person he respected most in his life. "Tell me this isn't real... it isn't real..."
Luo Guxie immediately held her breath. Except for the time he was defeated by Yun Che at the God Conferment Platform, she had never seen Luo Changsheng's gaze so chaotic.
And back then, he was still young. After enduring three thousand years in the Zhou Tian Realm, his mentality was far beyond what it had been in those days... A reaction like this—the only possibility was that he had also learned the truth.
"Pfft!"
Before Luo Guxie could figure out how to respond, Luo Shangchen's furious curse filled with hatred and killing intent rang out. He pointed his finger at Luo Changsheng and said with a trembling voice: "You... you bastard! You and that bitch of a woman conspired to deceive me all these years... and now you're here pretending to be innocent!"
The world knew that Luo Changsheng was Luo Shangchen's most beloved and valued son, and his greatest pride in life.
To hear him personally refer to Luo Changsheng as "bastard" struck the people of Saint Universe Realm like a blunt blow to the head, leaving them all stunned.
Luo Changsheng's body swayed, his face alternating between pale and green.
The word "bastard" stabbed sharply into Luo Guxie's soul strings, and even more deeply pierced the painful memories she was least willing to touch.
She turned her head violently, her gaze like a poisonous blade fixed on Luo Shangchen. The painful memories of the past were torn open, and the slight complexity and guilt she had felt moments ago dissipated completely, leaving only a deep, ruthless determination: "Luo Shangchen, weren't you just asking me where your 'Changsheng' had gone?"
She laughed, a laugh that was extremely cold and sinister: "Ridiculous! How ridiculous! Where did you get a 'Changsheng'? The name 'Changsheng' was given by me. His life was brought into this world by me. His cultivation was personally taught by me. From head to toe, from beginning to end, he has nothing to do with you at all!"
"As for your poor, wretched son, he went to accompany his poor mother long ago. How could I possibly let him live in this world!"
Luo Guxie's words were like thunderclaps, causing countless faces to change color instantly.
Although many had already thought in their hearts that this was almost certainly the inevitable outcome, hearing it spoken by Luo Guxie's own mouth still made Luo Shangchen's eyes burst with bloodshot veins: "You bitch... bitch!"
Amidst his roar, he lunged forward, and a monstrous wave of energy swept up countless fragments of stone and jade, wildly crashing toward Luo Guxie... and the dazed Luo Changsheng beside her.
Luo Guxie pushed Luo Changsheng aside with her palm and struck out with one hand. The airwaves collapsed and the earth shattered. In terms of cultivation, Luo Shangchen was ultimately no match for Luo Guxie. He was knocked back by the single blow, but his killing intent did not diminish in the slightest. His face was as red as blood, as if all the blood in his body had surged to his head under the extreme rage.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha!"
Luo Shangchen was in a fury, but Luo Guxie was laughing wildly. Her face twisted, her laughter wild and unbridled, yet her eyes were full of mockery and satisfaction: "Retribution! This is the retribution you and that old dog deserve! This is the retribution Saint Universe deserves!"
Luo Shangchen's eyes were split with rage. He knew all too well who she meant by "that old dog."
Their biological father, the previous Saint Universe Realm King, Luo Lingtian.
Back then, after cursing Luo Lingtian, she had left Saint Universe Realm, swearing never to return. Only after Luo Lingtian died and Luo Changsheng was born did she come back to Saint Universe Realm.
However, in the decades since her return, she had only come back in person. She never allowed Luo Shangchen to re-enter her name into the clan genealogy. Luo Shangchen had always thought that her insistence was due to the poison oath she had taken back then and the shame she felt.
Only today did he understand...
"Could it be... that you did all this for... for..." Luo Shangchen's eyes were nearly bursting, his entire aura in chaos. He could barely speak.
"Ning Danqing, do you still remember that name?" Luo Guxie's voice sank, and her twisted face took on a deep pain. She laughed bitterly: "No, you certainly don't remember. You were so high and mighty. Only Realm Kings and Divine Emperors were worthy of your notice. How could you possibly remember him! Even when you killed him with your own hands back then, it was beneath your dignity and dirtied your hands!"
The moment the name Ning Danqing was spoken, all the Saint Universe elders changed color simultaneously.
The reason Luo Guxie had sworn a poison oath to leave Saint Universe Realm forever... the cause of this incident had become a taboo in Saint Universe Realm, and no one dared to mention it. But those who had experienced it back then would never forget.
Luo Guxie was a favored daughter of heaven in Saint Universe Realm. From childhood, she had displayed astonishingly high talent in the profound path. The entire clan treasured her dearly, and their expectations for her were even greater than for the then-young master Luo Shangchen.
But such a dazzling figure, the first princess of Saint Universe upon whom infinite hopes were placed, actually fell in love with a... painter from a lower star realm.
Ning Danqing.
Upon learning of this, the then Saint Universe Realm King Luo Lingtian flew into a violent rage. As her elder brother, Luo Shangchen absolutely could not tolerate Luo Guxie lowering herself to such a "base commoner." If this matter spread, it would undoubtedly bring shame to Saint Universe and make it a laughingstock for other realms.
They both tried desperately to stop this... but Luo Guxie was infatuated with Ning Danqing to the point of obsession. She ignored the orders of her father and brother and went to meet Ning Danqing in the lower star realm time and again, as if bewitched.
Finally, Luo Lingtian became furious. He sent Luo Shangchen to that lower star realm, where he personally killed Ning Danqing and brought back his head... to permanently sever Luo Guxie's hopes.
In the face of Ning Danqing's death, Luo Guxie's reaction was far more intense than anyone in Saint Universe Sect had anticipated. Like a madwoman, she cursed Luo Lingtian and Luo Shangchen and struck out with hatred... Finally, heavily injured, she swore a bone-chilling poison oath and left Saint Universe Realm, disappearing without a trace for several thousand years.
When she returned, she had changed her name to Luo Guxie, becoming the renowned "Solitary Sin Fairy"... the number one person beneath the Realm Kings of the Eastern Divine Region.
After her return, she devoted all her time to Luo Changsheng and never concerned herself with any other matters of Saint Universe Realm.
"You... you..." Luo Shangchen trembled all over: "You crazy woman... crazy woman!"
Luo Guxie had returned when Luo Changsheng was born. For him and for Saint Universe Realm, it was a double blessing. Over the years, he had been working hard to repair his sibling relationship with her. Her doting on Luo Changsheng was one of the things he felt most gratified about in recent years.
It turned out to be all a lie.
After so many years, she still clearly remembered that lowly commoner from back then. She still deeply buried the hatred of those years.
"Yes, I am crazy," Luo Guxie said darkly. "You drove me crazy... with your own hands!"
"You wanted to know the truth, didn't you? Fine... I'll tell you everything! Because this was exactly the great gift I intended to return to you!"
She reached out, grabbed Luo Changsheng's sleeve, and her smile twisted: "Guess, whose child is Changsheng!"
Luo Changsheng's face turned deathly pale.
"Who... who!?" Staring fixedly at Luo Changsheng, Luo Shangchen's voice trembled.
"He is Danqing's... my child with him!" Luo Guxie growled.
"Heh, hehe..." Luo Shangchen laughed bitterly: "You really have gone mad!"
Luo Guxie's voice was low and cold, every word brimming with hatred: "Back then, when Danqing died at your hands, I was already pregnant. I left that filthy place called Saint Universe Realm, used every method to seal the pregnancy, and then cultivated by any means necessary... As long as I could gain power, I would try anything."
"Do you know how I lived through those years!"
"Do you know how much I hated it when I heard that old dog Luo Lingtian had died... because he didn't even wait for me to finish him off with my own hands!"
"Finally, forty years ago, I heard that your lawful wife was pregnant. So I let the sealed pregnancy come to term and gave birth to Danqing's and my child... I personally sent the mother and child away and kept Danqing's and my child! Heh... hahahaha!"
Luo Shangchen's vision went dark. His trembling lips were a terrifying blue-purple: "Ziyu... you killed her too!?"
"She deserved to die!" Luo Guxie said. "As a woman, she joined you back then in forcing me to leave Danqing... She deserved to die!"
"You!!" Luo Shangchen's body swayed, blood and qi churning in his chest.
More and more people surrounded them, their expressions all filled with shock... And Luo Changsheng, he was like a lost soul, not a trace of color on his face.
"The best resources of your Saint Universe Sect, the highest status, the most dazzling fame—all belong to my child with Danqing!"
"This is what you owe me! This is what you owe Danqing! Hahahaha!" Luo Guxie laughed wildly. In the midst of her frenzied laughter, tears misted at the corners of her eyes.
"Originally, I planned to tell you this great surprise after Changsheng formally inherited the positions of Sect Master and Realm King... But it doesn't matter that you know now." She laughed lowly: "Before long, the entire Divine Realm will know that the most dazzling and proud Young Master Changsheng of Saint Universe Realm is not actually your son from the Luo family! His father is Ning Danqing! All these years... your Saint Universe Sect has been raising a son for Danqing and atoning for your sins to Danqing!"
"You... you..." Bloodshot veins covered Luo Shangchen's eyeballs. His vision went black, then white. Finally, as his sight completely darkened, he spat out a mouthful of reversed blood into the air.
"Sect Master!"
The elders and disciples all cried out in alarm and scrambled to support him. They turned to look at Luo Guxie and Luo Changsheng, their gazes trembling. No matter what, they could not believe or accept this.
Luo Guxie had always been excessively doting toward Luo Changsheng. For his sake, she had ventured deep into the Taichu Divine Realm multiple times. For his sake, during the Profound God Convention, she had disregarded her status as a Divine Lord and tried to kill Yun Che in front of all the King Realms.
After Luo Guxie returned to Saint Universe Realm, all her abnormal and even extreme actions were all for Luo Changsheng. In the eyes of others, it would only be seen as a master and aunt doting on a disciple and nephew. Only now did they understand...
They were actually... mother and son!
"What... what are you saying? What are you all saying..."
Luo Changsheng finally spoke. His voice was hoarse, and his body trembled as if bathed in a cold wind.
Luo Guxie turned around, her gaze becoming exceptionally soft. She said softly: "Changsheng, do you know why I named you 'Changsheng' back then? Because your father... your biological father, after learning that I was pregnant, painted a picture of 'Eternal Life' for you. This is the name your father chose for you."
As she spoke, she gently raised her hand and took out a scroll. It was sealed in a soft profound light. Though it was old, it showed not a single flaw.
When the white light from the scroll fell into Luo Changsheng's eyes, it was so dazzling that he said in a trembling voice: "Fake... it's all fake! You're lying to me! All of you are lying to me!"
"Changsheng, listen to me," Luo Guxie said. "You haven't become the Saint Universe Realm King yet, so this might indeed be a bit early for you. But... you can already understand. I am not your aunt; I am your mother! I brought you back to this filthy Saint Universe Realm all for you!"
"For... me?" Luo Changsheng's features twisted, his vision blurred. Everything in this world suddenly became so ridiculous, so absurd. He said, as if in a daze: "No... no... you're destroying me... you want to destroy me!"
"I am Luo Changsheng... I am Young Master Changsheng, the young master of Saint Universe! I am not a bastard... Fake, it's all fake!"
"Of course you are not a bastard!" Luo Guxie grabbed Luo Changsheng's arm and said hoarsely: "Your father is the best man in this world! Everything you have obtained in Saint Universe Realm is what you deserve! It is all what they owe our family!"
"No, fake... fake..." Luo Changsheng shook his head desperately, his entire aura in chaos and on the verge of collapse: "Fake!"
"Ah——"
With a miserable scream, Luo Changsheng violently shook off Luo Guxie and fled far away like a madman. The world within his heart and soul collapsed and crumbled in extreme pain and shame...
— From the Rebel No. 1 divider line —
Yue Shen Realm.
The bright moon hung in the sky, draping a layer of enchanting silver frost over Divine Moon City.
Yue Shen Di had been silently watching the projection from Zhou Tian Realm. At this moment, the outcome of Zhou Tian Realm was already sealed.
Zhou Tian Realm, taking "protection" as its power and "safeguard" as its will, had originally possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities. They had the strongest realm protection barrier in the Eastern Divine Region, various counterattack arrays, and the terrifyingly powerful "Time Wheel Ark Cannon."
But the Northern Domain demon humans had not invaded from outside Zhou Tian Realm. Instead, they had appeared directly in the center of Zhou Tian Realm, rendering all of Zhou Tian Realm's strongest defensive powers useless.
On the other hand, until the moment when a large number of demon humans suddenly descended upon Zhou Tian Realm, no one would have believed that the vast Zhou Tian Realm could be devastated to such an extent in such a short time.
"The three founding ancestors of the Yanmo Realm," Yue Shen Di murmured to herself. "That most unbelievable rumor about the Northern Divine Region... it turns out to be true... No wonder it happened so quickly."
At that moment, her gaze suddenly shifted. In an instant, her look went from calm to an icy, profound purple.
Qianye Ying'er!!