# Chapter 1909: Disturbed Heart
Having experienced countless upheavals to become the Cloud Emperor, his temperament had long become extremely cautious. Even the slightest sense of incongruity he would no longer easily let pass.
He moved his profound energy, projecting the image once again.
This time, his gaze was tightly fixed. Apart from a portion of his divine sense that continued to follow Yun Wuxin, his sight and mind were focused unblinkingly on the projection within the snowy curtain.
The space of the Lan Ji Star was trembling, the crimson divine light from the Cosmic Thorn spreading rapidly. Finally, at the moment when the red light completely engulfed the image in the projection...
His sight once again caught a trace of purple radiance.
Although it was only an extremely brief instant, this time, with his mind tightly focused, he saw it clearly—it was by no means an illusion!
His heart also began to pound violently at this moment.
That purple...
No...
No...
It couldn't be...
His palm pressed against his chest; his heartbeat was so fierce it felt as if it were directly striking his palm.
He shook his head heavily, releasing the projection once more.
His finger, condensed with profound energy, also touched the projection before him.
When his spirit reached a certain level of concentration under extreme tension, the entire world seemed to suddenly fall silent.
The flow of time also seemed to become incomparably slow.
He held his breath, but could not suppress the frantic beating of his heart... Finally, at a certain moment, the profound energy in his hand abruptly released.
As if by a miracle, the projection's image froze at that instant like a fleeting flash of light.
Also frozen was Yun Che's body, face, breath, blood flow, heart... as if suddenly encased in ice.
Only his pupils continued to dilate wildly, again and again...
The frozen image in the projection: the crimson light from the Cosmic Thorn shrouded the sky. And on the outer edge of that crimson light, that layer of purple radiance was exceptionally thin, yet exceptionally profound.
Throughout heaven and earth, there were countless purple power glows. Especially those who practiced lightning profound arts, the thunder force almost always emitted purple radiance.
But at Yun Che's level of realm, even the most similar purple glow could be easily identified as belonging to a particular power.
And this purple radiance appearing in the projection—he had seen it not for the first time... one could even say he was quite familiar with it.
He had once been protected by it...
He had once nearly been killed by it...
He had once fought against it...
Every image of it shining before his eyes, he still remembered clearly.
Because this was the Purple Que Divine Radiance of the Moon God Realm... the Purple Que Moon God!
And the Purple Que Divine Power was the Moon God power carried by the departed Moon God Emperor, Xia Qingyue!
The wind and snow came and went, sometimes slow, sometimes fast. Unbeknownst to him, a layer of pure white had already covered Yun Che's body.
He remained frozen there... ten breaths... a hundred breaths... he might have completely lost perception of the flow of time. In his mind, it was as if thousands of thunderbolts were wildly shaking and rumbling.
He dared not believe his eyes, yet the purple radiance in his pupils—as pure and clear as crystal—was so distinct.
Purple Que Divine Power was unique in the world.
This exclusive Purple Que Divine Radiance could not appear in a second person.
What... is... this...
Before the calamity descended, it was Meiyin who used the power of the Cosmic Thorn to transfer the Lan Ji Star to the south of the Southern Divine Region.
When Yun Wuxin engraved this image, it was the day the disaster occurred. That red light was entirely the spatial divine power of the Cosmic Thorn.
But why, at that time, was her power radiance present alongside this spatial divine power?
The person who destroyed the "Lan Ji Star" right in front of me...
What is going on...
What exactly is going on...
He fiercely bit the tip of his tongue.
A rich, coppery taste spread in his mouth. His thoughts regained clarity from extreme chaos, but his pupils remained dilated.
At this moment, some previously unimportant doubts and incongruities that had almost been forgotten suddenly surged into his mind:
...
"I went to the Dragon God Realm some time ago and discovered some things about Senior Shenxi... But this matter is not suitable to tell you now. I mention it to remind you that there is no need to visit the Dragon God Realm in the near future."
These were words Xia Qingyue had told him back then. At that time, nothing had happened yet. He and Xia Qingyue stood side by side before the Chaos Wall, preparing to see off the Calamity Demon Emperor.
...
Outside the destroyed Lan Ji Star, the Purple Que Divine Sword wreathed in dense purple light pointed at him with an aura of death. Xia Qingyue, holding the Purple Que Divine Sword, looked at his ashen face with cold, desolate purple eyes like an abyss, and sent a seemingly pitying sound transmission:
"Before you die, there is one thing this King might as well tell you."
"Yesterday, this King said there was something to tell you, but it needed the right timing... But it seems that timing will never come, so I'll just tell you directly."
"Shenxi... is dead."
"Some time ago, this King went to the Dragon God Realm and discovered that the Reincarnation Forbidden Land had long been destroyed. All the flowers and grasses had withered. There was no trace of anyone, nor any hint of spiritual energy."
"Later, this King found a pool of blood at the center of the Reincarnation Forbidden Land. Though much time had passed, the bloodstains showed no sign of drying... because it contained a very pure aura of light."
"Guess whose blood that might be?"
...
After killing Long Bai, he entered the Dragon God Realm again. When he forcibly broke through the barrier around the Reincarnation Forbidden Land—the barrier made by Long Bai—he felt doubt.
Because that barrier had always been attached to Long Bai's dragon soul. If anyone forcibly broke it, Long Bai would instantly detect it.
He had once asked Qianye Ying'er: "Qianying, is there any method in this world that can silently pass through this kind of soul-attached barrier?"
Qianye Ying'er replied: "First, there is the Void Cauldron of the Zhou Tian Realm, which, as the reputed strongest spatial artifact of the current era, can penetrate multiple layers of soul-attached barriers. Second, there is the special spatial profound technique 'Splendid Purple Micro' of the Zi Wei Realm."
"However, whether the Void Cauldron can pass through a barrier of Long Bai's level without leaving a trace, I cannot guarantee. As for 'Splendid Purple Micro,' it seems no one in the Zi Wei Realm has cultivated it for two hundred thousand years."
"Third, of course, is the Cosmic Thorn in Shui Meiyin's hands. As a Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasure and the undisputed strongest spatial divine artifact in chaos history, capable even of shifting stars and moons, passing through a mere soul-attached barrier would be as easy as child's play."
"Does the Moon God Realm have any similar spatial secret technique?"
Qianye Ying'er: "I remember you mentioned that the news of Shenxi's death was told to you by Xia Qingyue. You are wondering why, with this soul-attached barrier personally created by Long Bai in the way, Xia Qingyue knew about Shenxi's death so early?"
"Hmph, nothing strange about it. Every king realm has its own deeply hidden secrets and trump cards. It's not unusual for them to conceal this kind of unknown spatial secret technique or artifact."
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"But before leaving, the Demon Emperor Senior did not want the Cosmic Thorn to leave Chaos with her forever, so she gave it to me... Because the Cosmic Thorn was born from the Primordial Chaos Core. In the current world, only my Stainless Divine Soul, born from Primordial Chaos Qi, can warm and temporarily awaken the sleeping Thorn Spirit of the Cosmic Thorn..."
"And with the Stainless Divine Soul as a connecting medium, borrowing the temporarily awakened Thorn Spirit, I can use my own power to forcibly activate the Cosmic Thorn's secondary spatial divine power."
This was what Shui Meiyin said to him back then when she revealed the truth. It made him know that in the world, [only] her Stainless Divine Soul could temporarily awaken the sleeping Thorn Spirit and forcibly activate the Cosmic Thorn's spatial divine power with her own strength.
This was also why the Calamity Demon Emperor specially left the Cosmic Thorn to her.
But the records about the Cosmic Thorn in the Dragon God ancient texts had a slight discrepancy in this regard:
"As recorded in the Ancestral Divine Canon: The Cosmic Thorn Spirit was born alongside the Primordial Chaos. If the master of the Cosmic Thorn possesses a [power derived from Primordial Chaos], even if the Cosmic Thorn's divine power is exhausted, they can still use the Cosmic Thorn Spirit as a medium to forcibly activate spatial divine power with their own strength. However, this will heavily damage the Thorn Spirit and also greatly harm the user. It should only be used as a last resort."
A power derived from Primordial Chaos—besides the Stainless Divine Soul, there was also...
...
The purple radiance appearing in the projection, tightly clinging to the red light, caused an uncontrollable emergence in his soul of the most absurd, most impossible possibility.
And it was this most absurd, most impossible possibility that actually directly... even perfectly connected these doubts and incongruities.
No... no...
What am I thinking...
How could such a thing exist... Absolutely impossible...
His palm slowly clenched. The frozen projection before him was engraved into an Eternal Shadow Stone.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something. His hand fumbled somewhat chaotically, pulling out four jades emitting a light blue profound light.
Illusion Heart Glazed Shadow Jades!
These were the four jades that Shui Meiyin had secretly engraved back when the Calamity Demon Emperor returned to the world. When Yun Che attacked the Eastern Divine Region, they were used to reveal the truth of that time to the Divine Realm. ①
The projections in these four Illusion Heart Glazed Shadow Jades were simultaneously released, appearing before his eyes.
One scene showed the Calamity Demon Emperor's return;
One scene showed the kings and emperors honoring him as the Divine Son of Salvation, praising and deeply bowing to him;
One scene showed, in the Zhou Tian Realm, the Calamity Demon Emperor announcing to the kings and emperors that she would leave the present world, and that the reason for this, and the reason the present world was at peace, was him, Yun Che;
The last scene showed the words spoken by the Calamity Demon Emperor to the engraver (Shui Meiyin).
These images were all secretly engraved by Shui Meiyin, so naturally, Shui Meiyin's figure did not appear in them.
And at this moment, as he reviewed these images with a completely different state of mind, he suddenly noticed that none of them contained Xia Qingyue's figure either!
Apart from the fourth scene, which only had the Calamity Demon Emperor's figure, the other three scenes—the Demon Emperor's return, honoring Yun Che as the Divine Son of Salvation, and the Calamity Demon Emperor's announcement of her departure in the Zhou Tian Realm—he remembered clearly from back then: Xia Qingyue was present in all of them!
It was just that when these images were first revealed to the world through Zhou Tian projections, neither he nor anyone else would have paid attention to this detail, let alone think in that extremely absurd direction.
These scenes, Yun Che had personally experienced back then. The images engraved in the Illusion Heart Glazed Shadow Jades were far shorter than the actual events, clearly having deliberately removed many scenes.
At the time, anyone would have subconsciously assumed it was to streamline the images and avoid redundancy, to quickly reveal the truth to the world.
But if those deliberately removed scenes were meant to conceal something...
If these images were engraved by Shui Meiyin, why did she remove all images containing Xia Qingyue? Was it just a coincidence?
But if these images were...
...
No...
What am I thinking...
How could it be... how could it be... how could it be...
Why am I thinking such an absurd thing...
She clearly...
Clearly...
...
"Che'er, what are you doing? Why did you let Wuxin run off so far alone?"
A cold voice reached his ears, chilling his soul to the bone.
In private, Mu Xuanyin still liked to call him "Che'er"—whether out of habit or unwillingness to change.
She and Mu Bingyun descended slowly from the snow-filled sky. The moment her gaze touched Yun Che, her ice pupils moved sharply.
Before Yun Che could respond, she moved like an ice shadow, appearing in front of him in an instant. Her ice-blue brows furrowed deeply: "What happened? Why is your aura so chaotic?"
Yun Che looked up at Mu Xuanyin, the corners of his mouth twitching as he forced the bitterest smile: "Nothing, just... a bit cold."
"Cold?" Mu Xuanyin and Mu Bingyun were both stunned.
Her snow-white hand gently grasped Yun Che's wrist. Just as she was about to speak, her hand was instead held by Yun Che... The strange cold from his palm made her heartstrings tremble.
"Xuanyin," he said softly, "take care of Wuxin for now. I need to do something."
With that, the coldness in his palm withdrew. Yun Che soared into the air, heading south with a clearly disordered aura.
But in the next instant, an ice shadow appeared before Yun Che. His wrist was once again firmly grasped by Mu Xuanyin: "What happened? Either tell me, or... I'll go with you."
Yun Che shook his head, a comforting smile on his face—this time, the smile was much gentler than before: "Rest assured, it's definitely not some accident or incident. I just suddenly want to go investigate something."
"If I cannot find the answer to this matter, I may not... be able to find peace for even a single moment."
As his words ended, Mu Xuanyin's hand was gently moved away.
Amidst the wind and snow, Yun Che quickly departed. This time, Mu Xuanyin did not stop him or chase after him. Her icy eyes only rippled with unease for a long time.
"Sister, what's... wrong with him?" Mu Bingyun came to her side, gazing together at the direction Yun Che had gone.
Mu Xuanyin did not answer.
After a long while, she murmured somewhat absentmindedly: "In this world, what else could cause even him, at his level now, to be so disturbed..."
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Yun Che's speed was extremely fast. Wherever he passed, space was shattered. The violent, terrifying wind waves even shifted the trajectories of some small planets.
Could what the eyes see be false...
Could the most impossible thing also be true...
His figure shot through the Eastern Divine Region at incredible speed, passing one star realm and planet after another.
Finally, that trace of water-blue, strange profound light appeared in his sight.
The Liuguang Realm, which he had visited not long ago with Yun Wuxin.
Along the way, he wished he could increase his already limit-breaking speed tenfold or a hundredfold.
But now that the Liuguang Realm was right before his eyes, he suddenly slowed down, slower and slower.
The heartbeat that had barely calmed became fierce once again.
Meiyin, all of this is just accident and coincidence, just my unnecessary fantasy...
You can perfectly explain it all, right?
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[①] Chapter 1745: Heartbreak