# Chapter 530: The Terrifying Little Demon Empress
"Both of my masters changed my fate. Without them, I might not have even survived until now," Yun Che said with some emotion. After his words, he immediately thought of what he most needed to tell his parents, and quickly added, "Father, Mother, you just asked me where I got the Family Head Token... I saw Grandfather in the Tian Xuan Continent!"
Yun Che's words made Yun Qinghong jolt violently, and he exclaimed, "Grandfather? Which grandfather... which grandfather!?"
"My biological grandfather, my father's father, the Demon Emperor of the Huan Yao Realm... Yun Canghai!"
"The Family Head Token was given to me by Grandfather, for me to bring back to the Yun Clan one day."
"Ah!" Mu Yurou cried out in surprise, both hands covering her lips.
Whoosh!!
A gale surged before Yun Che. Yun Qinghong had practically teleported over, his hands fiercely gripping Yun Che's arms. In his excitement, he couldn't control his strength, nearly snapping Yun Che's arm bones: "You... you really saw your grandfather... where did you see him... where is he... where is he now... is he doing well..."
The news of Xiao Ying's death had thrown his mind into turmoil, and now suddenly hearing news of his father, Yun Qinghong's heart had perhaps never experienced such extreme ups and downs in his entire life. A hundred years, a full hundred years, he had not seen his father again, not even knowing if he was alive or dead...
Yun Che understood that Yun Qinghong must have dreamed of knowing his father's whereabouts and safety. Thinking of those sixteen months beneath the Sword Control Platform of the Tian Jian Villa, his heart suddenly ached. He slowly began to narrate: "Not long after I reawakened my profound veins and started training, I joined the Cangfeng Mystic Palace of the Cang Feng Kingdom. Then, on behalf of the Cangfeng Imperial Clan, I participated in the ranking battles of the various major powers of the Cang Feng Kingdom. The location of that Cang Feng ranking battle was the Tian Jian Villa."
"Tian Jian Villa" — this was a place Yun Qinghong and Mu Yurou would never forget until death. Back then, after going through countless dangers, they had used Arcane Firmament Soul-Seizing to obtain news from a person of the Tian Wei Sword Domain that Yun Canghai was not dead but imprisoned. The place of imprisonment was the Cang Feng Kingdom... Tian Jian Villa!
Yun Che then recounted how he had participated in the ranking battle, and afterwards, led by Ling Kun of the Tian Wei Sword Domain to "observe" the sealing ceremony of an "evil man." The "evil man" went mad under Ling Kun's verbal provocation, causing Xia Yuanba to fall into danger. In order to save Xia Yuanba, he was sealed together with the "evil man" beneath the Sword Control Platform. He narrated the whole story from beginning to end.
"At that time, no matter what, I never imagined that the 'evil man' would actually be my grandfather. Grandfather's body was bound by Starfall Chains, his profound strength suppressed by the Tianwei Soul Suppression Array... suppressed until he could only release power at the King Xuan realm level, and then further pressed down into a sunless underground by the Xingtian Sword..."
"...Grandfather beat me half to death. After I recovered from my injuries, I trained desperately, all for the purpose of killing Grandfather so I could get myself out... Until one day, the Lunhui Jing I took out was recognized by Grandfather, and then he forced out my Xuan Gang imprint, and finally performed a blood recognition to confirm kinship... Only then did I know that he was actually my grandfather."
Yun Qinghong and Mu Yurou were lost in thought for a long time. More than twenty years ago, although they had learned of Yun Canghai's whereabouts, they had nearly lost their lives and couldn't even get close, let alone meet. They couldn't imagine what method Yun Che had used to find him... Now, they had heard the answer. The entire process was so bizarre, so unbelievable.
"Heaven's will, it must be Heaven's will! The heavens have eyes, arranging for you, grandfather and grandson, to meet in that distant, different world!" Yun Qinghong said, tears welling up in his excited eyes. One was a son adrift in the Tian Xuan Continent, the other was a father imprisoned in the Tian Xuan Continent. Neither knew of the other's existence, yet they met by such a coincidence, in such a bizarre manner. Heaven's will... truly Heaven's will!
Yun Che continued, "After Grandfather and I recognized each other, he told me the names of my biological parents and told me a lot about the Huan Yao Realm. In the time that followed, he guided my training, fought me day and night with Xuan Gang, and finally, at great cost to his own strength, awakened my Xuan Gang. Then he gave me the things he had preserved with his life over those hundred years, asking me to bring them back to the Huan Yao Realm..."
"And then? Since you were able to get out of there, did your grandfather also come out? Where is he now?" Yun Qinghong asked urgently.
Yun Che's expression darkened. He lowered his head and said softly, "The place where Grandfather and I were sealed had the Xingtian Sword pressing down from above. With my power at that time, there was no way to break it. The Starfall Chains binding Grandfather, and the suppression profound array on the Xingtian Sword, were all connected to Grandfather's life pulse... In order to let me out, after giving me the things he had guarded with his life... he severed... his own heart pulse..."
Yun Qinghong felt as if he had been struck by five thunderbolts...
"Cough, cough, cough..." Yun Che's words were extremely dry. He had no idea what kind of person this Little Demon Empress actually was, nor did he want to know. He only knew that his aunt was the Little Demon Empress, and the Little Demon Empress was also now his aunt. Although they were merely sisters married to the same husband, the "aunt" should still be recognized. But directly calling such a scary and unapproachable woman "aunt" from the very start... he couldn't bring himself to do it no matter what.
"Big brother, you don't need to be nervous. Although the Little Demon Empress is the ruler of the Huan Yao Realm, and also a member of the Demon Emperor Clan, she has always been loyal," Xiao Yun said, pondering. "What kind of person is the Little Demon Empress?"
"Well... how should I put it..." Xiao Yun thought seriously for a while, then said hesitantly, "Actually, I haven't seen the Little Demon Empress many times, and I basically never dared to look her directly in the eye. Because every time I face the Little Demon Empress, I feel... a bit scared."
"Scared?" Yun Che raised an eyebrow.
"The Little Demon Empress's aura is very frightening," Xiao Yun described. "Even when I'm far away from her, I feel like I can't breathe. Her eyes are even scarier. I never dare to meet her gaze. Even if she just glances at me, I feel a chill all over... And her expression too. It seems no one has ever seen her smile. Her whole face is like... like it's completely frozen."
"Oh... that scary?" Yun Che's eyes widened.
Xiao Yun tried hard to think of more information about the Little Demon Empress and continued, "The Little Demon Empress always wears gray clothes... Not light gray, but that kind of dull, deathly gray tone. Also... also... Oh! When Father talked to me about the Little Demon Empress, he said she was a very ruthless person. After the Little Demon Empress ascended to power a hundred years ago, because she was a woman, she faced a lot of opposition. And those opponents... she killed many, many of them, a considerable number of which she personally executed. After that, almost everyone who saw her trembled in fear and no longer dared to be dissatisfied."
"...Indeed, ruthless enough." Yun Che was slightly stunned. As Xiao Yun described her, an image of the Little Demon Empress formed in his mind: a woman with eyes like knives, a terrifying appearance—possibly even ugly—a stiff and harsh expression, an icy cold aura, and dressed in a deathly gray robe... a middle-aged woman.
After completing the image, Yun Che couldn't help but shiver... because he thought of the legendary grim reaper ghosts dressed in ashen gray. The compatibility was as high as ninety percent!
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