The figure in front of him gradually became clearer, and finally, in Yun Che's consciousness, a clear figure of... an old man appeared.
elder……?
This was not the first time Yun Che came into contact with the existence of the Evil God Ni Xuan.
There was also an extremely shallow remnant soul of the evil god attached to the water seed. At that time, he had a brief conversation with the evil god, but the remnant soul was too weak to even show a figure. All that could be made out was an old voice, as if coming from a dying old man.
It was also at that time that he first touched upon the word "mission". It was not until Jie Yuan returned that he truly understood the profound meaning of these two words.
Before arriving at the Abyss and touching the last Heretic God seed, Yun Che had thought... Jie Yuan was able to sense the abnormality of the Abyss through the flow of dark aura during the time when he returned to the world. The period of the battle between gods and demons and after the annihilation should be the period when the chaotic aura changed most drastically. There was no reason for the Heretic God to be unaware of it.
Maybe, he had tried to sink into the abyss like Jie Yuan, but also returned empty-handed. Since the body cannot sink...then, will the evil god seed he threw into the abyss attach to a wisp of his soul, so as to witness whether any abnormal changes have really occurred in the abyss?
The fact was indeed as he thought. The moment the Earth Seed returned to the Heretic God's Profound Vein, he clearly felt a soul awakening from its deep sleep.
However, the image he manifested was too different from what Yun Che had imagined in his mind.
He was wearing a white robe that was full of holes and almost tattered.
His long hair was gray and white, scattered all over his body in a messy manner, and his long beard was also gray. Both his hair and beard hung straight to the ground, as if he had not been combed for countless years.
The face was half covered by long hair... a pair of deep eye sockets and a face full of wrinkles that were unclear whether they were carved by time or poison.
And those eyes belonging to the God of Creation, even though they were only souls and not physical bodies, still showed too much turbidity.
This is... the evil god at the end of his life after dispersing his seeds?
Yun Che slowly knelt down and bowed to the soul figure in front of him.
This was the first person, apart from his parents and relatives, to whom he knelt completely voluntarily and willingly.
Because the evil god is his benefactor, his master, and even more so an ancient god who has saved the world and whom he respects infinitely.
"I am Yun Che, a human from the Mortal Clan. I am here to meet Senior Heretic God. When I was sixteen, I was fortunate enough to receive your divine inheritance, which changed my fate. I have been grateful for this life. Now I am finally able to see your true form, fulfilling my biggest wish in life."
The worlds that different residual souls come into contact with are all independent. Although the residual soul on the water seed knows about Yun Che's existence, for the residual soul attached to the earth seed, it is a complete first sight.
The gaze he cast was turbid, but then, the old face full of scars
A gentle smile appeared on his face. "If you can reproduce this state, how can you be called ordinary?"
“I am no longer an evil god.” He turned his head and looked at the seemingly familiar yet distant Xuanmai world. “If there really is an evil god in this world, then only you deserve the title.”
Yun Che shook his head. “How can a junior be qualified to be in front of a senior?”
Ni Xuan smiled but did not comment. He just watched the world again and again, but he was not surprised, nor did he feel nostalgic or remembrance. If he had to describe an emotion, it would probably be a kind of... desolation in old age.
At this moment, Yun Che suddenly understood that what he was desperately trying to sense with his last spiritual sense was not his former strength, but... the aura of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor.
On his body is the blood of the Demon Emperor of Jieyuan, and the eternal darkness of Jieyuan.
Yun Che felt a sharp pain in his heart. He had endless things to say to Ni Xuan and countless questions he wanted to ask, but facing Ni Xuan at this moment, he could not bear to disturb him for a long time.
"Jie Yuan...is back?"
The old voice trembled slightly, as if coming from a bleak cold wind.
“Yes.” Yun Che answered in a low voice, “Senior Jie Yuan used Qian Kun to pierce the wall of chaos and returned again… It has been less than ten years since then.”
"Is she... okay?"
He didn't ask what happened afterwards. Even though she was just a wisp of soul that was about to dissipate, what he wanted to know most was her safety.
“…Senior Jie Yuan is fine, both physically and spiritually.” Yun Che looked at Ni Xuan, allowing him to clearly sense the sincerity in his eyes. “Although, there are scars on her body from the power of external chaos, her body is fine. Although her power is imperfect, she can still suppress all living things in the world with just a flick of her finger.”
He did not hide the scars on Jie Yuan's body. The feelings between Ni Xuan and Jie Yuan had long transcended the two races of gods and demons, and transcended laws and prejudices. The physical injuries in the eyes of the world were not worth mentioning in terms of their feelings. Deliberately concealing them would be a blasphemy to their feelings.
"Her soul is complete and great. When she returned, she was filled with hatred. When she touched the breath of the Emperor Zhutian's subordinates, she was filled with anger. When she heard the news of your death, she was sad and lost her mind... When she spoke, she was always full of resentment towards everything, but she chose to leave herself and her demons in the outer chaos forever to bring peace to the world."
"Millions of years of outer chaos have not damaged her soul, nor have they wiped out the true kindness beneath her cold and hard exterior. She is a junior... a demon that all living beings in the world should respect and be grateful for for eternity, and she is also the greatest demon in the world."
Ni Xuan smiled, not surprised, and said softly, "Yes, because she is...
Yuan."
If it weren't for this kind of Jie Yuan, how could he love her so deeply.
“Yun Che, thank you for your words… I am just a lonely soul that should have dissipated long ago, but I can feel such luxurious comfort and warmth at the last moment.”
Yun Che shook his head. “What I said is only the most real fact. I, as well as everyone else in this world, have all received great favors from you. How can I be qualified to receive your word ‘thank you’?”
Ni Xuan slowly raised his head, his long hair like dry grass telling of endless sadness. "It's a pity that I can't see her again, can't... make amends to her..."
Yun Che shook his head again. “How can there be any talk of making amends between husband and wife? Senior Jie Yuan left with no regrets or hatred. Not being able to see you again must be her biggest regret.”
"Yeah..." Ni Xuan murmured, "If I really apologize to her, she will definitely beat me up again, hehe."
He smiled, and being beaten by her again... was now a luxury that could never be touched again.
Feeling a little depressed, Yun Che suddenly asked, “Senior Nixuan, what happened back then, and the result now, do you… hate it?”
"Hate?" His voice was like cotton wool. "Hate...who..." .??.??
“For example,” Yun Che said directly, “the cause of all the tragedies—the end of the Heaven-Slaying Divine Emperor.”
The world fell silent. Yun Che waited for a long time without hearing from Ni Xuan… He didn’t even feel a trace of resentment from him.
Instead, there was a feeling of sadness and pain spreading silently. The sadness and pain released by such a weak remnant soul was so oppressive that it made Yun Che's soul sea so heavy that he forgot about the turmoil.
"Mo'e..." He whispered this distant and soul-breaking name, "What right do I have to hate him... He is the only one who hates me... What right do I have to hate him..."
“……?” Yun Che was filled with surprise.
When the word "end of the evil" was mentioned, the Heaven-Smiting Demon Emperor gnashed his teeth in hatred. If his body was still there, Jie Yuan would definitely dig up his grave with his own hands, grind his bones and scatter his ashes.
And this hatred radiated to all other gods, and even the later successors of the gods under Mo'e, which shows how deep Jie Yuan's hatred for him is.
And considering what Mo'e had done to her, this hatred was perfectly normal. And if she wasn't the Heaven Smiting Demon Emperor, if it was someone else, the millions of years of accumulated hatred would have surely turned him into a complete vengeful demon god.
But when faced with the name "Mo'e", the evil god Nixuan instead revealed sadness, pain, and... guilt?
The only thing missing is the resentment that should be there.
He is the only one who hates me...Who am I to hate him?
“Why?” Yun Che asked in confusion. “It was Mo’e who plotted against Senior Jie Yuan, which caused you two to be separated. Senior Jie Yuan was also affected by the chaos millions of years ago.
Your children also suffered because of him... Even you, after that, lost all hope and gave up the name of the Creator God."
"The catastrophic war between the gods and demons was also caused by the sword that Mo'e secretly plotted against Senior Jieyuan. Otherwise, everything that happened afterwards would not have happened, and the world is still ruled by the gods and demons."
He also wanted to say that if the aura of heaven and earth had not changed due to the destruction of gods and demons, the abyss would not have changed so quickly. Even if the abyss changed as it did now, a world ruled by gods and demons would not be afraid of the invasion of the abyss.
“No, no.” Ni Xuan said “no” twice, one word weak and one word piercing his heart. “All the sins are mine, not his… not his. It’s me, I’m sorry for him.”
"I didn't abandon the title of the Elemental Creator God, but I was no longer worthy of it. I retired from the world after that, not because I had lost all hope, but because I... could no longer face the world."
“????” Yun Che was completely stunned.
What is he talking about?
Why is it different from what I know...completely different!
Could it be that the Emperor Zhu Tian Shen Mo'e secretly plotted against the Emperor Jie Tian Mo... there was some other hidden story?
He did not hesitate to sacrifice 30% of his lifespan to activate the Heaven-Slaying Ancestral Sword to drive Jie Yuan out of the chaos;
He was willing to destroy the balance between the gods and demons that had existed for countless years.
He was not afraid to seriously damage his reputation as the first creator god;
After that, he would not hesitate to sacrifice another 30% of his lifespan to defeat the evil god...
Isn't the reason why he is so determined not just that he cannot accept the combination of the God of Creation and the Demon Emperor?
If there really were other, more serious reasons, but Jie Yuan’s hatred… Could it be that even she didn’t know about it?
"Senior, what you just said is very different from the 'truth' I know. Could there be other reasons for what happened back then?"
But speaking of it, most of the "truth" that Yun Che knew was gradually deduced by the Ice Phoenix Spirit and him based on more and more known facts, and then corroborated by Jie Yuan who returned to the world. But Jie Yuan's memory of that year only went up to the time when she was blasted out of the chaos by Mo'e's sword...
Ni Xuan said slowly, "All the things in the past have turned into smoke, and there is no point in mentioning them again. When Mo'e was alive, he didn't want to mention them again until he died, and I am the same, let alone now... Let them, along with the world of gods and demons in the past, disappear into the dust forever."
All kinds of complicated emotions poured into Yun Che's soul sea, bringing him suffocating depression.
He didn't want to mention it again.
Perhaps even just thinking about it would be unbearable pain and torture for him.
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