“Absolute control over life and death can indeed earn you some kind of ‘absolute’ loyalty.” Yun Che commented, “But successful superiors will not do this. Because this will only earn you forced loyalty, but will forever lose your loyalty.”
“So,” Yun Che showed curiosity on his face, “What on earth did Shen Wu Yan Ye experience that caused her, as a divine master of the Divine Kingdom, to be so extreme?”
Meng Jianxi was startled, surprised that Yun Che didn’t know this, and then explained in detail: “The real name of Wuming Divine Venerable is Shenwu Xihua. Although he is from a branch of Shenwu’s lineage, he has the most outstanding talent in the profound way of his generation. It is said that in that era, he was second only to the Sword Immortal Hua Qingying.”
"Father God once said that if she only had seven-tenths of her godhood, she could not be compared with the Sword Immortal who was a goddess at that time. Otherwise, they would definitely be called the two most outstanding women of that era."
This evaluation was naturally terrifyingly high in that era. After all, all the great gods of today were defeated by Hua Qingying's sword back then.
"It is precisely because of Shen Wu Xihua's extremely high talent in the Mystical Dao that she was chosen as the consort of the Son of God."
Meng Jianxi paused, thought for a while, and then said, "The name of the Son of the Eternal Night back then seemed to be Shen Wuxueyan... I have never experienced that era, so it is difficult for me to know the details. Father God has always been reluctant to mention the affairs of the Kingdom of the Eternal Night."
"All I know is... Shen Wuxihua was deeply in love with Shen Wuxueyan. She gave almost all of her resources to Shen Wuxueyan. At that time, Shen Wuxueyan was stuck in the breakthrough of the God Destruction Realm for five generations. During these five generations, Wuming Divine Venerable... uh, should I say Shen Wuxihua, in order to find the alien abyss crystal that could help him break through the bottleneck of God Destruction, entered the fog sea alone more than seventy times. Every time he returned, he was covered in wounds, but he had no regrets."
"Finally, on the 77th time, she hunted a Divine Destruction Beast of the same realm as herself alone, and found the Alien Abyss Crystal that Shen Wuxueyan needed most from its corpse... That was the second year after that, when Shen Wuxueyan successfully broke through to the Divine Destruction Realm, causing the entire Eternal Night Divine Kingdom to celebrate."
"When Father God mentioned this matter, he sighed for a long time." Meng Jianxi sighed like Meng Kongchan did at that time, and then repeated his words in a similar tone: "Her infatuation at that time moved everyone who knew about it... except Shen Wuxueyan."
“So, Shen Wuxueyan, who was the Son of God at that time, changed his heart?” Yun Che had already thought of the general idea.
"Rather than saying he changed his heart, it's better to say that Shen Wu Xue Yan never liked Shen Wu Xi Hua." Meng Jian Xi said, "These are also the original words that Father God said when he mentioned it back then."
"It is said that less than ten years after Shen Wu Xueyan successfully broke through to the God Destruction Realm, he announced that he would marry the God's Consort... and that God's Consort was not Shen Wu Xihua."
Yun Che interrupted and said, “This newly-appointed God’s Consort probably hasn’t reached the God-annihilation Realm yet. She has a gentle temperament and may even be a little timid and cowardly, and is used to relying on others.”
Meng Jianxi nodded immediately: "That's right. So, Brother Yuan has also heard about what happened back then?"
“That’s not the case.” Yun Che said, “From what you just described, Shen Wuxueyan has not yet completed the breakthrough to the God Destroying Realm, but Shen Wuxihua can kill the God Destroying Abyss Beast of the same realm; for the person he loves, Shen Wuxihua can give up everything, and he is not afraid of the fog sea and life and death for him. His temperament can be described as resolute and decisive... He can even be called ruthless.”
"That is to say, Shenwu Xihua is far superior to Shenwu Xueyan in terms of talent, cultivation, temperament, will, and action. The only advantages Shenwu Xueyan has are his birth and godhood. Some men would be extremely grateful for this and would be happy with it, but some men would feel suffocated and lost... especially men in high positions."
"And the story of her going deep into the sea of fog for him seventy-seven times and finally helping him become a demigod spread far and wide. Others would praise it as a good story, but for Shen Wuxueyan, the son of God, he would either be deeply grateful and swear to never let her down, or he would regard it as a shame and denounce it like poison... Obviously, he is the latter."
"So, the Goddess Consort he has chosen must be the opposite of Shen Wu Xihua in every way. She will rely on him in every way and make him want to protect her at first sight. Well, she is probably the type I just mentioned."
"I see." Meng Jianxi nodded in understanding, "The facts are indeed as Brother Yuan said. Shen Wuxueyan's newly chosen consort is from a more remote branch. In terms of her origin alone, it can only be said that she is extremely reluctant to become a consort of a god."
“So…” Yun Che said: “How did Shen Wu Xihua react?”
Meng Jianxi narrated: "It is said that... she broke down and cried bitterly... but Shen Wuxueyan was unmoved. The God of the time was afraid that she would do something disgraceful, so he kicked her off. After that, Shen Wuxihua accepted the matter and was still as infatuated with Shen Wuxueyan as before. She was still willing to give everything for him, and even treated the new God's Consort very well... She said that she didn't need to be his wife or concubine, but only asked Shen Wuxueyan not to push her away."
A terrible woman… Yun Che whispered in his heart.
But immediately, Li Suo's whisper, which he could not suppress, echoed in his soul: "To women, you are truly terrifying."
“…” Yun Che was speechless for a moment.
"Shen Wuxueyan also knew that he was guilty. Although he was unwilling to make Shen Wuxihua the consort of the Son of God, he treated her much better. In addition, Shen Wuxihua's infatuation never changed, as if there was no flaw. In a sense, she became the person that Shen Wuxueyan and the God of God trusted the most."
Yun Che no longer needed to listen to the rest of the conversation, so he directly asked, “So in the end, when Shen Wu Xihua accepted the True God inheritance, he took away the God Source?”
"Yes." Meng Jianxi sighed deeply: "At that time, Shen Wuxihua was the most powerful and most trusted guardian around Shen Wuxueyan. When accepting the inheritance of the true god, Shen Wuxihua was also chosen as the most core guardian. I think, in their eyes, Shen Wuxihua has been in love with Shen Wuxueyan since childhood. She can disregard her life and status for him countless times. She is the person in the world who is least likely to hurt and betray him."
Yun Che sneered secretly... When you have deeply hurt someone, you can only accept his hatred, but never accept his kindness, no matter whether it is true or false.
"No one outside the Kingdom of Eternal Night knows what happened during the inheritance ceremony. We only know the final result... Shen Wu Xihua seized the divine source and the inheritance device, and then forcibly blasted the divine source into his body."
"Father God guessed that her original intention was to destroy Shen Wuxueyan's inheritance ceremony and let her blood become his eternal shadow. But... God Origin did not take her life. Instead, it completed an unexpected fit with her who only had seven points of godhood. However, it also caused her lifespan to be drastically reduced and her vision to be lost forever."
"Not long after that, Shen Wu Xihua became a god, changed the name of his country to the Kingdom of Eternal Night, and changed his own name to Shen Wu Yan Ye."
Even in the initial stage of inheriting the divine source and far from achieving complete integration, no one in the Kingdom of Eternal Night could suppress Shen Wu Xihua at that time... After all, that was the power of a true god.
“I guess Shen Wuxueyan’s end must be very miserable, right?” Yun Che said with some sympathy.
"Very miserable." Meng Jianxi said, "It is said that Shen Wu Xueyan's direct relatives are either dead or disabled. In terms of the result alone, it is better to be dead than disabled... Because when Shen Wu Yan Ye was the lord, he announced that all men in the kingdom of God would be lowly slaves. No matter what high position they once held, they no longer have dignity after that."
"And you can't even escape. Anyone who has reached the God-Destroying Realm will be planted with the Death-Wishing Mark of the Midnight. If you dare to resist or escape, you will suffer a fate worse than death."
She had been hurt by a man and her soul was broken, so she hated all men in the world.
She had once gnashed her teeth and concealed her heart, and in the end, she dealt a fatal blow to the person who trusted her the most. Therefore, she never believed in loyalty.
Her temperament had long been twisted by extreme hatred. And forcibly bearing the power of the true god might have exacerbated this distortion, making the Wuming God of the Kingdom of Eternal Night a terrifying existence with an extremely violent temperament.
It seems that, completely different from other divine kingdoms, becoming the goddess of the Kingdom of Eternal Night is by no means a blessing.
Yun Che thought about it, and suddenly asked: “You said, is it possible that Shen Wuxueyan is still alive now?”
Meng Jianxi hesitated for a moment and replied, "It has been said for thousands of years that he was dead, and his bones were crushed and his ashes were scattered, leaving no intact body. But... I think he is still alive."
"As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred. If Shen Wu Xueyan really died, Shen Wu Yan Ye would have no one to rely on no matter how much he loved or hated him. Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that Shen Wu Yan Ye did not kill him, but instead cut off the possibility of him committing suicide, and tried his best to keep him alive, let him live well, and continue to torture him."
“Yes.” Yun Che nodded: “It’s the same as what I thought. So, sometimes when women become ruthless, they can be much more terrifying than men.”
For a moment, he couldn't help but think of painted glass.
His expression faltered slightly, and he continued, "Since Shen Wuyan Ye hates men so much, I don't think he will take many male concubines. Then what about the inheritance of the Kingdom of Eternal Night?"
Hua Caili said that to accept the inheritance of a true God, one must not only have sufficient divine power and cultivation to at least the level of God-Destroying, but also have the corresponding bloodline.
Unless it is the Nine Profound Linglong Body.
Meng Jianxi replied, "It is true that the Lord Wuming has never taken a male concubine, and he has never allowed any man to get close to him. As for the successor of this generation of gods, he was widely searched from the lineage of Shenwu. The former goddess Wuqing was found from the orthodox lineage of Shenwu. She was born with eight points of godhood, and was brought directly to Shenwu Yanye shortly after she was born."
"Shen Wuqing had always been well-behaved, taciturn, and rarely appeared in public. But later, she violated a huge taboo of Wuming Shenzun... and had an affair with Pan Buwang, the former son of the Xiaodie Divine Kingdom. After that, Shen Wuqing was imprisoned."
"While God Wuqing was in confinement, Lord Wuming found a second goddess, who is now the Goddess of Eternal Night, Wuyi."
"It is said that Shen Wuyi came from a very remote branch of the Shenwu lineage, but there is still no accurate information about which branch it is. After Shen Wuyi appeared, Wuming God immediately announced the abolition of the title of Shen Wuqing Goddess."
Yun Che said: “To abolish Shen Wuqing so decisively, it seems that this Shen Wuyi should be nine points of godhood... at least.”
"I think so too. And then...last year, news came out from the Kingdom of Eternal Night that the God Wuqing was executed for violating a taboo, and the executioner was the new Goddess Wuyi."
At this point, Meng Jianxi sighed: "Shen Wuqing and Pan Buwang, one goddess was abandoned, one son of God was abandoned, one was cruelly executed, and the other fell into the abyss of death, degenerating to the point of sinking into dreams. Fortunately, they were driven out by Brother Yuan... They are really a pair of unfortunate mandarin ducks."
“Is there really no other information about Shen Wuyi?” Yun Che asked.
Meng Jianxi thought for a moment and said, "There is indeed a weird rumor, but it is 100% false."
"Tell me about it."
Meng Jianxi said: "That rumor said that when Shen Wuyi first came to the seat of Wuming Divine Lord, his cultivation was only at the peak of the Divine Lord Realm. But now... in just twenty years, his cultivation has reached the fifth level of the Divine Destruction Realm."
Yun Che: “…”
Meng Jianxi smiled and shook his head: "Of course this is impossible. Jiuzhi of the Senluo God's Son Hall has crossed the seven realms of the God's Destruction Realm in 2,400 years. He is already the undisputed number one God's Son in the world."
"In the last era, the sword immortal Hua Qingying advanced directly from the God Destruction Realm to the God Ultimate Realm in just a thousand years. The Pure Land was shocked by this and even gave him the highest evaluation: 'If there is anyone in this world who can achieve true godhood with a mortal body, it is only Hua Qingying.'"
"In twenty years, from the peak of the God Lord Realm to the middle stage of the God Destroyer Realm..." Meng Jianxi also felt that every word he uttered was extremely absurd: "How could such a freak exist in the world? I don't know where this nonsense came from, but it was actually accepted by the Xuanji Palace."
Yun Che pondered for a long time, and suddenly changed the subject: "Dragon clan, is Xuanji Palace involved?"
Meng Jianxi Xinfan was puzzled, but did not ask any more questions. He answered directly: "The erosion of the beast race by the abyss dust is far greater than that of the human race. The dragon race has been able to hold on until now without being wiped out. They have already put in all their efforts and have absolutely no time to care about other things, so they rarely pay attention to the news over there."
Yun Che said: "Among the dragon clan, there is a person named 'Long Jiang'. Do you have any impression of him?"
"Long Jiang?" Meng Jianxi frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Could it be that Brother Yuan is talking about the 'Scar-faced Dragon Girl' Long Xi? I happened to know that this Dragon Girl once revealed her whereabouts and was named 'Long Jiang'."
“Scar-faced Dragon Girl…” Yun Che lowered his gaze and took a deep breath.
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