Chapter 1815: Ice Cloud Across Eons
“Heh, hehe……”
Yun Che let out a low laugh, his darkening eyes carrying a trace of cold light. “Though I don’t know what method you used to disguise yourself so perfectly, you are not Yuanba... You have quite the nerve, actually... trifling with... this Demon Lord!”
As he spoke these words, Yun Che’s consciousness seemed both clear and utterly chaotic.
He released killing intent and anger, yet he controlled himself with extreme caution, terrified that he might actually harm Xia Yuanba.
He was certain the person before him was Xia Yuanba, yet at the same time, he completely refused to believe it.
His appearance, his aura, his expression, his eyes, the Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian... all of this proved he was Xia Yuanba.
But everything he said was absurd! Utterly absurd! And it touched upon the greatest taboo of Yun Che’s heart!
And Xia Yuanba had never lied to him.
He was so confused he felt like he was splitting apart.
Yun Che wasn’t the only one; Xia Yuanba also felt like he was about to crack.
Having just arrived in the God Realm, he had encountered Yun Che. It was like a heaven-sent joy, dispelling the greatest worry and fear that had been in his heart all these years.
At first, he dared not acknowledge him. But after Yun Che personally called out his name, all that hesitation turned into excitement and wild joy. However, everything Yun Che did and said afterward threw his emotions into chaos... In particular, Yun Che denied his identity and even released icy killing intent toward him.
Stunned for a good moment, Xia Yuanba stared intently at Yun Che’s clearly twisting face, and said in the most resolute voice: “Brother-in-law, I don’t know what the problem is, but I am Xia Yuanba! If you are really my brother-in-law, there’s no way you could mistake me.”
He extended both hands. In his left hand was a golden-glowing jade token, and in his right was a short ruler radiating an ancient aura. “This is the Holy Emperor Seal of the Huangji Sacred Domain and the Mix Yuan Heavenly Ruler. Back then at the Supreme Sea Palace, the previous Holy Emperor, Huangji Wuyu, personally handed them to me in front of you.”
“...” Looking at the Holy Emperor Seal and Mix Yuan Heavenly Ruler in Xia Yuanba’s hands, Yun Che’s chaotic gaze suddenly froze.
Xia Yuanba flipped his palm, and a snow-white pill radiating an icy aura appeared in his hand. “Also, this is the Snow Beauty Pill you gave me back then. You said I should use it to help my future wife keep her youthful appearance forever... Uh, but every time I think about women, it seems so troublesome, so I still haven’t found one yet... Ahem!”
“Oh, right!” He suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Yun Che’s neck. “The thing you’re wearing around your neck is the Tri-Colored Flowing Sound Stone that Wuxin gave you before you left. You even showed it off to me back then.”
“Also, when I asked you about my sister’s news at that time, you told me that if I could establish myself in the Divine Origin Realm within two years, you would take me to the God Realm... But more than four years passed, and you never came back.”
“And the year you married my sister, you were both sixteen... After that, we entered the New Moon Mystic Palace together, and there we met Cang Yue, who was using the alias ‘Lan Xueruo’...”
“At seventeen, you defeated my sister in the Cang Feng Ranking Battle at Tian Jian Villa...”
“After that, to save me, you were severely injured by a demon and sealed together with him under the Sword Control Platform. That demon was your grandfather, Yun Canghai...”
“And there’s more, more...”
Xia Yuanba gasped for breath, speaking without pause. One matter after another, each one was a shared experience between him and Yun Che... Many of them were things only the two of them knew.
This completely shattered the doubts Yun Che had been forcibly holding onto.
He was Xia Yuanba. There was no longer any reason to deny it.
But why were the things he was saying...
That Lan Ji Star in the Eastern Divine Region...
That Lan Ji Star clearly destroyed before his very eyes...
That Wuxin, whom he had long since lost forever...
The cold killing intent dissipated. Yun Che’s hand once again gripped Xia Yuanba’s arm, stopping his words.
“Yuanba.” Yun Che tried his utmost to calm himself. “Our Lan Ji Star... it was definitely to the east of the Eastern Divine Region! And... it was destroyed four and a half years ago! Wuxin and the others... they’ve been gone for a long time too!”
“...” This time, Xia Yuanba’s eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. “Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? I only left Lan Ji Star four months ago. Before that, I was always on Lan Ji Star! Most of the time on Tian Xuan Continent, occasionally going to Huan Yao Realm. Oh, oh! Twice, out of curiosity, I even went to take a look at that Cang Yun Continent you mentioned.”
“All those continents are perfectly fine. And after you left, even the beast rampages stopped quickly. Destroyed... what does that mean?”
“...” The light in Yun Che’s pupils froze. His breath froze... His entire being seemed to turn to stone.
“For the first two years, Wuxin prayed every day for you to come back. In the last two years, she started training like crazy, wanting to come to the God Realm to find you. And Xiao Yaohou, Yuechan Fairy, Feng Xue’er... though they all tried to hide it and comfort each other, even I could tell that every one of them was depressed, and they were all silently training, wanting to personally come to the God Realm to find you!”
“Uncle Yun and Auntie Mu... every time I visited them, I could feel their dejection. Grandpa Xiao and your maternal Grandpa Mu asked almost every day whether you had come back...”
“Back then, you clearly said you would return soon. But one year... two years... three years... four years... At first, it was just worry. Later, though no one dared to say it out loud, everyone was afraid inside, and it kept growing. Afraid that in the God Realm, you had already... already...”
“...” Yun Che staggered half a step backward, his mind as if thousands of thunderclaps were exploding.
“Why did you refuse to go back and see for yourself all these years? Why would you say Lan Ji Star was destroyed? Why say Wuxin and the others are gone?”
Xia Yuanba took half a step forward. “Brother-in-law, is there some problem? What the hell happened? I don’t understand your words. What happened!”
Endless thunder roared in Yun Che’s mind, wildly shattering his heart and soul. He couldn’t think, couldn’t calm down. Even his vision became blurred and chaotic.
The falling of Lan Ji Star had shattered his heart and soul. It was the nightmare that had pushed his life, his soul, his faith... all into the abyss of darkness.
Hatred and revenge had forged a new soul for him, becoming the greatest pillar of his current life and belief.
It made him lose all kindness, all hesitation, all attachments, all reverence for heaven’s way, human nature, and life... He frantically pursued power, frantically stained his hands with blood, frantically killed, frantically destroyed, frantically vented...
Even just moments ago, without an ounce of pity, he had inflicted murderous intent and humiliation on a woman he knew was innocent.
And now... Xia Yuanba’s voice in his ears, every word was like a bursting star, violently striking his entire spiritual world.
He covered his head with both hands, his fingers twitching as if about to dig into his own skull.
Lan Ji Star... intact...
Yun Wuxin, Xiao Yaohou, Chu Yuechan... his father and mother... his grandfather, his maternal grandfather...
They were all alive...?
All alive...?
Where did this voice come from...
Back then, what he had seen with his own eyes was reality...
Now, what Xia Yuanba was personally telling him...
Was it a dream? Was it chaos? Or had he suddenly fallen into a completely different world...
What am I hearing... Where am I... Is it true... No, it’s false... What the hell is...
“Yun Che gege.”
A soft call, ethereal like a jade bead falling onto a jade plate, sounded in the deepest part of his soul. The pure, stainless soul voice instantly dispelled all the confusion, gradually restoring clarity to his consciousness and vision.
He raised his head, looking at Shui Meiyin. His pupils contracted.
What appeared in his sight was a rich, soul-piercing crimson light.
And this light was enough to make countless Realm Kings and God Emperors tremble in their souls the moment they saw it.
Because it was exactly like the Crimson Crack that had once been engraved on the Chaos Wall!
In Shui Meiyin’s hand was a black thorn, only as long as her forearm. It was half an inch wide at one end, tapering evenly to a sharp point, completely black in color, with no unusual features in shape.
And that crimson light was condensed at the tip of the thorn.
Yun Che had seen this short thorn before. Many high-level Realm Kings and God Emperors had also seen it.
Because it had been held in the hand of Jie Tian Mo Di, who had walked out of the Crimson Crack!
It was the thing she used to cut open the Chaos Wall from outside the Chaos...
The Cosmic Thorn!
This Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasure, which everyone, including Yun Che, believed Jie Tian Mo Di had taken out of the Chaos and lost forever to the world, had now appeared in Shui Meiyin’s hand!
Xia Yuanba’s mouth hung wide open, his eyes staring straight at the crimson light, as if his soul had been sucked into it.
“How did you...”
“Yun Che gege,” Shui Meiyin’s voice gently sounded. “Don’t think about anything, don’t ask anything. I will take you to a place now. When we get there, you will understand everything.”
“And the entire chain of events that led to all this, I will tell you completely.”
Xia Yuanba violently shook his head, finally pulling his soul away from the crimson light. He took a good look at Shui Meiyin.
Indeed, another beauty as fair as a celestial maiden.
The Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian was born for battle. As its power grew and the meridian gradually awakened, the desire to fight would only intensify, until one became a battle maniac.
Conversely, other desires would be devoured by the battle lust.
So, Yun Che somehow having several women by his side at any given time was something he especially couldn’t understand... The mere thought of being with a woman, and even being controlled by one, gave him a huge headache.
Let alone multiple!
“Before that, suppress all your aura. Keep it as low as possible. Preferably, don’t let even a trace leak out... I know that Yun Che gege can definitely do it.”
Shui Meiyin knew that Yun Che’s heart and soul must be incredibly chaotic at this moment. So, every word she spoke was infused with soul power, the unique, world-exclusive stainless soul voice.
Now, no matter how chaotic Yun Che’s heart and soul were, he began to sense something.
He didn’t ask, didn’t think. Following Shui Meiyin’s guidance, he simultaneously used Flowing Light Thunder Concealment and Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick, gradually gathering all his aura until it was almost completely absent.
Shui Meiyin softly breathed a sigh of relief. Her jade-white little hand brought the Cosmic Thorn, flowing with crimson light, and gently sliced.
There was no sound, no spatial fluctuations. This space, along with Yun Che, Shui Meiyin, and Xia Yuanba inside it, simply vanished without a trace.
In an instant, the scene before their eyes changed drastically.
A wave of cold air hit them.
This cold air was several levels weaker than that of the Yin Xue Realm, insufficient to cause even the slightest chill to a cultivator of the lowest Divine Dao realm.
Yet it made Yun Che’s entire body tremble in an instant.
Because this cold air was far too familiar to him, yet also far too distant and illusory.
Below them was a vast expanse of white, snow and ice stretching endlessly to the horizon.
Only in the distance of their sight was a continuous chain of palaces built from ice and snow. Amidst this snowy domain, they appeared sacred and solitary.
Yun Che’s vision swam as if the world was spinning.
Because below him was the Ice Extreme Snow Domain.
And in the distance was the Bing Yun Fairy Palace, which he and the Ice Cloud Fairies had newly built back then.