# Chapter 1812: Moon's Desolate Departure
Ever since the Nanming Divine Realm was destroyed and the demon clans of the Northern Domain began moving into the Southern Divine Region, the once peaceful Seven Star Realm had become anything but calm.
The calamity had not yet truly arrived, but the sky was already shrouded in a layer of darkness, and human nature had begun to reveal its ferocious side in the midst of panic.
Rules and order were gradually being torn apart by people driven mad by fear, and panic and evil spread like a plague, destroying rules and order even further... until one day, they would completely collapse.
Seven people, like seven bloodthirsty wolves, had been frantically robbing and killing those with weak profound energy during this time. Perhaps they wanted to gather enough resources to flee to the distant Western Divine Region, or perhaps they were just using the darkening sky to vent the violent desires that had always been lurking in their blood.
After all, even the King Realms were kneeling at the feet of demons, so why should they bother to uphold righteousness and conscience?
But today, they chose the wrong target.
At the end of dusk, which was much quieter than usual, a young girl slowly walked over.
She wore a simple light green dress, with two layers of sheer silk sleeves hanging from her shoulders, revealing her fair and jade-like arms. Around her waist was a water-green sash that outlined her incredibly moving, slender figure.
Her beauty was enough to dim the stars and the moon. Her skin was like snow, her face like jade, and her beautiful eyes were as clear as water, crystal clear.
Her clothing was simple, with no oppressive aura about her. Her slender brows and watery eyes held a hint of delicate weakness and melancholy. But paradoxically, her brow and aura also vaguely revealed an indescribable nobility... a nobility too great for this small star realm to bear.
In her soft hand, she held a little girl who looked only eight or nine years old. The girl's appearance was somewhat similar to hers, delicate and lovely. She clung tightly to the young girl, as if leaning on her whole world.
The seven wolves waiting quietly for prey were all stunned for a long time, as if suddenly dreaming of a fairy from beyond the world. When they finally came back to their senses and rushed out in an ugly manner, their minds had completely forgotten about looting profound crystals, filled only with the wild desire to defile.
But they only had time to let out one howl before they all fell to the ground, silent.
The young girl's jade fingers gently curled together. These people were just unconscious. Her little sister was by her side, so she didn't want to kill.
Although it was only for an extremely short moment and an extremely faint trace, the power surging between her fingers was unmistakably at the Divine Lord Realm.
"Sister, why have there been so many bad people lately?" the little girl asked. There was no fear in her eyes; similar incidents had obviously happened before.
The green-clad girl shook her head and said softly, "There are many bad people in this world. But Wei'er doesn't need to worry; no one can hurt us."
"Mm!" the girl nodded, a smile blooming on her little face: "No matter how many bad people there are, they can't beat big sister. I'm not afraid."
"Oh, right. Yesterday I saw Grandpa preparing the Mysterious Ark, and I heard Father say we're going to the lower realm to travel for a while. Is that true?"
"So you already know." The green-clad girl comforted her softly: "Wei'er, don't worry, wherever we go, we will..."
The light suddenly dimmed.
The green-clad girl's expression changed drastically. Her pupils, dilated tenfold, were filled with immense fear. Her hand, which had been gently holding the little girl, pushed her in a panic: "Wei'er, run... run!"
The girl was pushed far away. She sat on the ground, staring blankly at her sister, whose face had lost all color, and at the man who had suddenly appeared in front of them, his whole body exuding a dark aura, holding a black-dressed girl by the hand.
The light continued to darken, and the whole world lost its sound in suffocating fear.
"Yun... Gong... Zi..." The green-clad girl muttered in a daze, as if in a dream... half fantasy, half nightmare.
"Jin Yue," Yun Che spoke the green-clad girl's name coldly, a low smile slowly spreading across his face, the most dangerous smile in the world: "To meet you alive in this place is a rather pleasant surprise."
That half of the fantasy was completely shattered by his ghastly words... The man before her was no longer the Yun Gongzi whose gentle gaze had once made her heart beat faster. He was now the Northern Domain Demon Lord who destroyed the Yue Shen Realm, killed the Yue Shen Di, forced her family into exile, and plunged the entire Divine Realm into darkness and fear.
Her pupils shrank, her body trembled uncontrollably. She suddenly rushed to the little girl who was sitting on the ground in a daze, hugged her tightly with cold arms, and pleaded in a heart-wrenching voice: "Demon Lord, she is just a little child. I beg you... I beg you to let her leave. I won't trouble you to act; I will... kill myself immediately."
The corners of Yun Che's mouth lifted, but the smile he brought was hideous. He raised his right hand, a black mist swirling in his palm, and only two words came out of his mouth, ice-cold: "Die."
Jin Yue, Lian Yue, Yao Yue—the three personal attendants of Moon God Emperor Xia Qingyue. Among them, Jin Yue was the closest to her.
He had witnessed the destruction of the Yue Shen Realm with his own eyes. The power that had annihilated the entire Yue Shen Realm... Even the Moon God barely escaped with her life. How did Jin Yue, who was only at the mid-stage Divine Lord Realm, survive?
Unless she wasn't in the Yue Shen Realm at the time!
The reason no longer mattered. Since they had met, she must be completely eliminated!
He hated Xia Qingyue to the extreme, and he hated the Yue Shen Realm to the extreme. And this Jin Yue, the most favored and trusted by Xia Qingyue, how could he let her live?
Even though, in the past, this woman had left him with a very good impression.
"No, don't!" Hugging the girl even tighter in fright, Jin Yue's knees touched the ground, kneeling before Yun Che, tears misting in her eyes: "The Demon Lord can do whatever he wants with Jin Yue... but please spare my sister. She is just an innocent little child. She doesn't know anything. I beg the Demon Lord..."
"Innocent?"
Jin Yue's plea did not diminish Yun Che's murderous intent; instead, it twisted his face. His voice, squeezed between his teeth, became slow and cold: "You dare to speak those words in front of me? Your family is innocent... but my family... are they all worthy of death?!"
Jin Yue was stunned, unable to speak.
At that moment, the little girl in her arms suddenly burst out with astonishing strength, breaking free from Jin Yue's embrace. She then spread her arms and stood in front of her sister: "Bad guy... don't hurt my sister... don't hurt my sister!!"
The girl's body trembled with fear, but her tear-filled eyes were full of stubbornness and determination...
It touched something in Yun Che's heart for a moment... but only for a moment.
Bang!
A palm struck the back of the girl's neck with moderate force, causing her vision to blur and then she fell quietly into Jin Yue's arms.
"Demon Lord," Jin Yue silently and carefully covered her own power over the girl in her arms, making her final plea: "As long as you spare Wei'er, Jin Yue will be willing to work for you like a beast of burden in the next life... for ten lifetimes..."
Not wanting to hear any more, Yun Che's curved fingers suddenly spread open, and a dark, low roar came from his palm.
Jin Yue was, after all, a mid-stage Divine Lord. Killing her would require a bit of effort.
"Yun Che Gege!"
Just as the dark profound light was about to be released, his hand was firmly grasped by Shui Meiyin's hands. Yun Che turned his head and met Shui Meiyin's eyes, which shimmered with watery light.
"Please let them go, okay?" she said softly.
"..." Yun Che was slightly stunned, then said: "Not pulling out the roots is leaving endless trouble for the future. Besides, she is no ordinary remnant of the Moon God."
Jin Yue was also stunned. She couldn't believe that Shui Meiyin would plead for her... After all, her father, Shui Qianheng, had been crippled by the Moon God Emperor's own hand, and she herself had been imprisoned by the Moon God Emperor at the bottom of the Moon Prison for years.
She should have hated the Moon God Emperor and the Yue Shen Realm just as much.
"I know." The watery light in Shui Meiyin's eyes trembled gently, like ripples stirred by a random breeze: "But actually, Sister Jin Yue is no longer a member of the Yue Shen Realm. The reason she was unharmed after the Yue Shen Realm's destruction is that she had already been expelled by the Moon God Emperor before that."
"Not just expelled from her side, but her entire clan was directly cast out of the Yue Shen Realm."
"..." Jin Yue turned her eyes and stared blankly at Shui Meiyin.
How... did she know?
"Oh? Something like that happened?" Yun Che raised an eyebrow and glanced sideways at Jin Yue, speaking with a hint of amusement: "Weren't you the one the Moon God Emperor valued the most? Why would she expel your entire clan? Tell me, what did you do to her that was so satisfying?"
Yun Che's words brought back that most painful memory... the Moon God Emperor's cold gaze, the piercing words, and the slap that hurt to the soul...
Being the personal attendant of Xia Qingyue was the thing she was most proud of in her life. In those years, her admiration for Xia Qingyue had surpassed all her beliefs. She was willing to give her whole life for her, even if it meant dying immediately, without hesitation.
But...
Shaking her head painfully, Jin Yue said softly: "It was a misunderstanding... I never did anything to betray my master. Never."
Even now, her will would not allow her to do anything to betray the Moon God Emperor.
"A misunderstanding? That is truly pitiful." Yun Che sneered, dark light gathering in his hand again: "In that case, go to the underworld and seek justice from her!"
"Ah! No!"
Shui Meiyin grabbed his hand tightly again, shaking her head forcefully at him, her starry eyes filled with pleading.
Shui Meiyin's plea was, for the current Yun Che, undoubtedly the most irresistible thing in the world.
"Meiyin," Yun Che said, somewhat puzzled: "Your father was crippled by Xia Qingyue, and you were imprisoned in the Moon Prison of the Yue Shen Realm for years. Why are you still protecting her like this?"
Shui Meiyin was by no means a naive, overly compassionate person ignorant of the world's dangers. On the contrary, she was too clever... which made Yun Che even more surprised.
Biting her lip gently, Shui Meiyin's eyes shimmered as she said: "When I was imprisoned in the Yue Shen Realm, Sister Jin Yue was always very, very good to me. I... I like her very much."
"..." Yun Che's gaze tilted slightly... Just for that?
What Yun Che didn't know was that Jin Yue's surprise far exceeded his own.
Shui Meiyin was imprisoned at the very bottom of the Moon Prison. On the very first day, Xia Qingyue had given strict orders that no one was to approach without her personal permission.
As the person closest to Xia Qingyue, Jin Yue had only been ordered to go to the bottom of the Moon Prison twice in those years. Moreover, she always strictly adhered to Xia Qingyue's orders and never did anything beyond what was permitted. Therefore, even when she went to the bottom of the Moon Prison, she had never spoken a single word to Shui Meiyin.
"Being very good to her" was completely unfounded.
She could only deeply appreciate Shui Meiyin's kindness in her heart.
"Besides, Yun Che Gege, have you forgotten? My Stainless Divine Soul can, to a certain extent, perceive a person's heart and good and evil. I can guarantee that her thoughts are now all about her family and clan. She will definitely not become the 'trouble' you worry about in the future."
Shui Meiyin's starry eyes curved into a smile: "A person who unhesitatingly wants to use her own life to protect her sister must value peace above all else. How could she become a 'trouble' in the future? Moreover..."
She tightened her grip on Yun Che's hand and looked at Jin Yue: "Sister Jin Yue is a very beautiful and kind person. I believe Yun Che Gege knows this very well in his heart, doesn't he?"
The dark profound light in his hand did not dissipate, but the killing intent in Yun Che's eyes gradually faded.
He was no longer a soft-hearted person. On the contrary, he deeply hated and resented the self that once had a heart full of kindness and reluctance.
But... this was precisely the request that Shui Meiyin had worked so hard to make.
"Fine." The killing intent dissipated completely, but his hand, still wreathed in dark profound light, continued to rise: "I won't kill you today, but I will cripple your profound strength. For the rest of your life, be grateful!"
"No, no, no!"
Her hand was pulled back by Shui Meiyin again. She shook Yun Che's arm and said coquettishly: "Since you've decided to spare her, spare her completely. Sister Jin Yue is so beautiful. If her profound strength is crippled, she will... she will easily be bullied."
To be a personal attendant of the Moon God Emperor, one not only needed extremely high strength and talent, but also a face that was unquestionably stunning. With Jin Yue's beauty, she was enough to make any realm king willingly go mad with infatuation.
If she lost her Divine Lord power that surpassed all living beings, her fairy-like beauty would instead become her nightmare.
"Hmph." A deliberately exaggerated sigh of helplessness, and the dark light in Yun Che's hand disappeared completely. Then he suddenly raised his hand and gently pinched Shui Meiyin's tender, smooth little face: "Why are you so willful today? Are you doing this on purpose?"
"Then... can Yun Che Gege indulge my willfulness once more?" She pressed his other hand against her own cheek, her fairy voice soft and glutinous, her eyes hazy.
"Otherwise?" Yun Che smiled: "If I let a mere Moon God remnant make my Meiyin unhappy, wouldn't my loss be huge?"
"Hehe." Shui Meiyin's charming eyes curved into a light smile, sweet and satisfied, with tears glistening in her eyes.
To Jin Yue, he was grim and ferocious; to herself, he was doting and indulgent... In this single moment, her heart was willing to melt for him forever.
The fear in Jin Yue's eyes had not yet dissipated, but her body had unconsciously relaxed. She still couldn't believe that not only Wei'er, but she herself could also leave safely.
"However!" Yun Che's tone shifted. When his gaze turned to Jin Yue, his voice remained cold: "No matter what her identity, stance, or thoughts are now, she was previously someone by Xia Qingyue's side. I really can't just let her go like this."
"At least... she has to pay some price!"
As soon as his voice fell, Yun Che's hand suddenly grabbed out, and a storm swept towards Jin Yue.
"Ah..."
Jin Yue let out a startled cry, but dared not resist. She only had time to hurriedly push her sister away before her body was swept up by the storm and thrown towards Yun Che.
Yun Che's five fingers slightly curled, and without any pity, he grabbed her snow-white neck. Her hand was full of jade-like smoothness, and then he released his strength...
Tear!
The outer robe and inner garments around Jin Yue's body were instantly shattered, turning to dust and scattering. The girl's jade body was then completely exposed, every detail visible.
Her skin shone, like snow and satin.