# Chapter 2073: Bittersweet Parting
Hua Fuchen said no more and left directly, leaving Hua Caili's heart full of anxiety.
"Brother Yun, you... are you really going to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom?" She looked at Yun Che, her eyes full of worry and fear. As she spoke, she shook her head: "No, you can't. The Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom is an especially dangerous place. The people there are extremely skilled in soul power, easily trapping others in illusions. You cannot... cannot go there."
"I'll go find Aunt. There must still be another way."
Just as Hua Caili was about to turn around, Yun Che gently pulled her back: "Caili, I already agreed to your father god. I cannot go back on my word now."
"But..." Hua Caili's eyes glistened like mist about to shatter.
She, who could play and frolic freely even in the Pure Land, would never have associated the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom with the word "terrifying" before.
But thinking of Yun Che having to go alone, and also needing to stand on his own there for five whole years, all her understanding of the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom instantly became shrouded in terrible gloom.
Yun Che shook his head, not a trace of worry on his face: "Actually, the trial your father god has given me completely exceeded my expectations. Given his status, position, and standpoint, even if he gave me a trial a hundred times harder than this, it would still be deserved."
"Caili, do you remember what I said to you before?" Yun Che raised his hand, gently cupping the girl's cheek: "The things your father god needs to weigh and bear are far heavier than ours. I have nothing but your feelings for me, no support at all. Yet your father god can make concessions for us to this extent... For me, this is a blessing I wouldn't dare imagine before entering the Zhe Tian Divine Kingdom."
"Five years. What your father god wants to test is whether our feelings will gradually cool with time when we are apart, and whether I can stand on my own in a divine kingdom, even carve out a place for myself, without any assistance."
"This trial is truly extremely merciful toward me, because this is exactly the proof I must provide. Otherwise... if I don't even have this bit of ability, how could I be worthy of my Caili divine maiden."
But Hua Caili shook her head: "I don't need any proof from you. As long as you are safe, I would..."
"But I need it." Yun Che said softly: "I absolutely will not allow my Caili to be sneered at by others because of me in the future."
Hua Caili blinked, as if speaking to herself or confiding: "I knew... you would say that."
"Five years is both long and short, and it's quite subtle."
"Sub... tle?" Hua Caili murmured softly.
Yun Che smiled: "Do you remember when you mentioned before that in three years, it would be the time when the Six Divine Kingdoms and the Dragon Clan go to the Pure Land to pay respects to Yuan Huang? Your father god wants us to be separated before that to avoid potential risks. After all, if we stayed together for three years, no matter how well we concealed it, someone would eventually notice. Then, pressure from the Pure Land, Senluo, and even within the Zhe Tian Divine Kingdom would strike suddenly. No matter how powerful your father god is, he would have difficulty handling it all. By the time of the Pure Land gathering, the pressure he would bear is imaginable."
"These years I spend in the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom are both a trial for us and a protection for us. I also believe that your father god, who loves you more than his own life, needs these years to buffer, think, weigh, and prepare, so as to find the most perfect countermeasure."
"There's one more thing. You once said that the Dreamless Divine Venerable and the Jueluo Divine Venerable are your father god's best friends. Your father god specifically sent me to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom... perhaps he is also planning for our future."
Hua Caili stared at him infatuatedly. The fear and unease in her heart, along with the mist in her eyes, seemed to melt away imperceptibly.
"Alright..." She stepped forward, hugging Yun Che tightly, pouring almost all her strength into her arms, as if she wished she could knead herself into his body: "Five years... I'll wait for you. You must... no, you will definitely, just like before, complete the trial ten times, a hundred times over. You will definitely return safe and sound... definitely become better... more powerful... more... wuwu... wuwuwu..."
Her voice gradually turned into sobs, until she could no longer utter a single word, only her shoulders trembling more and more violently.
Their words fell without omission into the ears of Hua Fuchen, who had already left.
"This kid..." Hua Fuchen muttered softly. The divine light in his eyes actually showed a momentary blur.
"You are sending him to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom to have them cast 'Dreamfall' on him?"
Hua Qingying's voice suddenly sounded, followed by her figure slowly appearing.
"Yes." Hua Fuchen admitted frankly: "No matter what, I must confirm his sincerity toward Caili. Otherwise... how could he deserve such concessions from me."
Hua Qingying frowned slightly: "I witnessed his feelings for Caili throughout. Do you think Yun Che could hide anything under my divine sense?"
"Qingying, you are the person I trust most in this world. How could I not believe you." Hua Fuchen sighed softly: "But I cannot fully trust the human heart."
Hua Qingying's expression did not change: "I have no objection to you confirming his sincerity toward Caili. But once 'Dreamfall' is used, all secrets will have nowhere to hide. The anomalies about him... especially the 'master' he speaks of might be a world-shaking existence. If..."
"Don't worry." Hua Fuchen smiled: "Meng Kongchan will personally probe his consciousness. It won't be entrusted to anyone else."
Hua Qingying's expression clearly relaxed, and she said no more.
Three days passed in a flash.
A small mystic ark hovered before Yun Che, emitting a faint aura.
"Father god," Hua Caili tightly held Yun Che's hand, every finger intertwined with his: "At least... let me send Brother Yun to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom."
Her eyes were filled with tears, her expression both obedient and pleading. Hua Fuchen turned his face away, his tone stiff: "No!"
Within the Zhe Tian Divine Kingdom, he could still control everything. But if the two appeared together in the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom... the possibility of exposure would be too great.
"Father god, Brother Yun has never been to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom and doesn't even know the exact location. This mystic ark needs to be controlled with sword energy. Brother Yun will definitely have difficulty controlling it, and accidents can easily happen midway... Father god, I promise I'll come back immediately after sending Brother Yun to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom, without a moment's delay, okay?"
Hua Fuchen still turned his face away, refusing to look at—or perhaps daring not to meet—his daughter's too-pitiful gaze.
"What Caili says is not unreasonable." Hua Qingying spoke up: "Let me escort Yun Che on this journey."
Hua Caili was overjoyed and nodded vigorously: "Mm! Thank you, Aunt!"
"Hmph!" Hua Fuchen snorted, but did not express opposition.
Having Hua Qingying accompany him made Hua Caili feel somewhat relieved. She looked at Yun Che, her starry eyes reflecting his complete face. Although everything about him was already firmly engraved in her soul, she still gazed at him with deep attachment, unwilling to look away for even a moment:
"Brother Yun, remember what I've said these past few days. After you arrive at the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom, don't get into disputes with anyone, don't do anything dangerous, and always, always protect yourself..."
"That thing about 'carving out a corner' really doesn't matter at all. You must always remember that your safety is more important than everything else..."
"Don't get close to Meng Jianxi, don't go near that place called 'Dreamfall Valley', don't look into those people's eyes for too long..."
"If possible, it's best... best to find a cultivation barrier and cultivate inside for five years, going nowhere and not contacting anyone..."
"And also..."
"And also..."
"Alright, alright, I've remembered it all." Yun Che seriously listened to her repeated emphasis once more: "Now I carry not just my own fate, but the future of both of us. So I will definitely, definitely protect myself well. I promise you, when I return to your side five years later, I won't have lost even a single hair."
"..." Hua Fuchen raised his hand to cover his face: "Just five years, and you're making it sound like a separation of life and death."
Hua Qingying said: "Five years is but a moment to us, but although Caili was born ten thousand years ago, the time she has truly existed is less than twenty years. Add to that the fact that her feelings for Yun Che are at their most intense, five years will naturally be extremely long and difficult for her."
"Ah." Hua Fuchen shook his head: "She'll be spoiled rotten by you sooner or later."
In Yun Che's hand, there was now a round bead, inside which countless purple light stars drifted, like purple butterflies freely swimming in the dark night: "Five years, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five days. Inside this are one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five soul butterflies I've carved. Each one bears my words to you. When you miss me, release one soul butterfly. It will carry my voice and thoughts, and stay by your side in my place."
He picked up the Long Life Bead that Hua Caili had given him, his fingers gently touching the soul light that belonged to Hua Caili: "With this, I can touch your soul at any time, just as you are always by my side. So although five years is long, I will definitely not be lonely. If at some moment, you feel a slight warmth in your soul, that must be me thinking of my Caili..."
"~!@#$%^..." Hua Fuchen's fingers tightened, almost clawing his own facial features off.
This kid, how could such shameless words come out of that mouth!
And directed at his daughter!
"Time's up. Get going!" Unable to bear it any longer, Hua Fuchen waved his hand violently, letting out a low growl that lost all dignity.
Hua Qingying's figure flickered, and she was already on the mystic ark. Then she raised her hand lightly, and a breeze carried Yun Che onto the ark.
"Let's go."
Two short words, then sword energy surged, and the mystic ark rose into the sky. Hua Qingying knew that if she didn't act decisively, Hua Caili, tightly entwined with Yun Che's hand, might not let go until the next day.
"Brother Yun!!"
In an instant, the mystic ark had already gone far, but the girl's calls kept coming:
"Brother Yun... you must protect yourself..."
"Don't forget to miss me... not even for one day..."
"I will wait obediently here, not going anywhere..."
"I will not get close to any man... and never call anyone else brother..."
"Brother Yun... remember your words... our future..."
"..."
The girl's voice grew farther and farther away, weaker and weaker, mixed with increasingly uncontrolled sobs.
"..." When the sound completely faded away, Yun Che finally looked back.
But only for a moment, he forcibly turned his gaze forward.
Bang!
Hua Caili's body, chasing after them, collided heavily against the barrier. She fell to the ground, but did not get up. Instead, she stared blankly as the small mystic ark gradually, completely disappeared from her sight.
Her world seemed to have suddenly become empty.
Her fingers could no longer touch Yun Che's figure. Her laughter, joy, scolding, and complaints no longer had those forever-warm bright eyes to respond.
She didn't know how long she stayed like that before slowly standing up, biting her lips tightly, trying hard not to let out sobs, but the mist in her eyes could not dissipate no matter what.
Hua Fuchen watched silently, his heart filled with myriad complex feelings.
At that moment, Hua Caili turned around and faced him.
Her snow-white face was stained with tears, her eyes filled with mist, heartbreaking enough to shatter the hearts of all living beings.
But her beautiful eyes had suddenly lost too much color, as if the myriad stars that had once dwelt within her eyes had all departed with Yun Che's figure.
"Father god." She spoke, her voice slightly hoarse: "I want to enter the Seven Star Heaven-Breaking Array!"
These short words made Hua Fuchen's heart shake violently.
Because he clearly felt a determination that had never appeared in Hua Caili before.
Looking into his daughter's eyes, he spoke slowly: "Once you enter the Seven Star Heaven-Breaking Array, if you cannot pass the trials of all seven Sword Venerables, you will never be able to leave... Have you really thought it through?"
The seven Sword Venerables of the Heaven-Breaking Array each inherited seven ultimate sword paths.
Hua Caili's lips moved slightly, her voice like a dream: "Brother Yun is not a rootless duckweed. He is a brilliant light of this world, free and outstanding. But for my sake, he returned to the Zhe Tian Divine Kingdom with me, and for my sake, he is going alone to a completely strange and lofty distant place."
"The future of him and me should not be borne by him alone."
"..." Hua Fuchen nodded extremely slowly, then lightly uttered the sound of consent to this cruel decision from between his lips: "Alright."
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"He actually really did as you said... send you to the Weaving Dream Divine Kingdom."
Li Suo murmured.
When Hua Fuchen proposed the final trial, although Hua Caili had the biggest reaction, it was more about worry for Yun Che's safety and fear of separation. The one most shocked was undoubtedly Li Suo.
"Could it be that you thought my earlier words were nonsense?" Yun Che said.
Li Suo spoke softly: "I was somewhat... quite surprised. I can't understand how you could predict Hua Fuchen's decision so accurately so early on."
Yun Che narrowed his eyes and said: "To be honest, all of this has gone far more smoothly than I expected."
"Li Suo, have you noticed something? Although the people of the divine kingdoms have a far higher power level than those of the divine realm, they seem to be... than the people of the divine realm..." Yun Che thought for a moment, then used that slightly strange word: "Simpler."
"Simpler?" Li Suo murmured, puzzled.
"Let me put it another way." Yun Che said: "If Caili's father were someone like Xing Juekong and Qianye Fantian, how much harder do you think it would be for me to pull this off?"
"Oh!" As soon as he finished, Yun Che realized: "When you 'fell' into my hands, Xing Juekong was already crippled and Qianye Fantian was already dead. You're not really familiar with them."