“Xi Ruo is Xi Ya, and Xi Ya is Xi Ruo. Dark Star, do you really think you can suppress me with this piece of junk you created?” Xi Ruo’s eyes regained their clarity. “I am the Star Emperor. You’re just daydreaming. You’re trying to suppress me with the life stars of these dead guys. They were killed by me while they were alive. So what if they’re dead?”
"This is impossible?" Dark Star's expression changed drastically. "You think they suppressed my power? Heh... All these years, I have been afraid to face that dark period, which caused me to suppress my own power. Dark Star, you escaped a calamity in the past, but today you will surely die."
As Xi Ya spoke, a rich golden light shone from her body, causing the stars in the sky to tremble instantly.
"I am the Star Emperor. All the stars in the Star Realm are my subjects. If I decide you to live, you will live; if I decide you to die, you will die."
Boom boom boom…
A violent explosion suddenly rang out, and countless red stars in the sky exploded one after another.
"Xi Ya, I'm going to kill you!" Countless figures roared angrily, but as the stars exploded, the figures disappeared one after another.
Seeing this, Dark Star's pupils contracted, and he was about to flee.
But in the next instant, Xi Ruo appeared in front of him, and one hand instantly grabbed his neck.
"Xi Ya, no matter what, you can't change the fact that you were ravaged by us back then. Hehe... Who would have thought that the powerful you would be ravaged by us one after another? Haha... You want to marry a god or demon, but can your withered body still be worthy of a god or demon? Xi Ya, I still remember how you couldn't resist back then."
"Shut up." Upon hearing Anxing's foul language, Xi Ya suddenly tightened her grip, strangling Anxing to death.
As she looked at Dark Star's corpse, countless forces suddenly surged from her body, relentlessly bombarding Dark Star's body to vent her anger.
Upon seeing this scene, Gu Yu suddenly turned around, took out the God-Slaying Array Plate, and prepared to escape.
At this moment, he already knew that Xi Ruo was Xi Ya, and Xi Ya was Xi Ruo. This guy would never let him go. First, he was Chinese, and second, he seemed to know her unbearable secret. For both reason and emotion, Gu Yu felt that she would kill him.
Just as Gu Yu was about to escape, he suddenly discovered that the space around him was imprisoned.
"It's over!" Gu Yu's heart sank immediately, and the next second Xi Ruo appeared in front of her.
“I won’t kill you. You are his life’s work, you have his bloodline,” Xi Ruo said coldly.
"I...I..." Gu Yu didn't know what to say for a moment.
“Did you know that in the Astral Plane, the birth of every Star Race is accompanied by the appearance of a star, and this star represents a Star Race?” Xi Ruo said slowly, her expression tinged with sadness.
At this moment, the dark red stars in the sky were falling one after another, and the sun regained its original brilliance.
"The Star Clan was once the weakest race, lacking wisdom and knowledge of cultivation. They were like uncivilized barbarians, oppressed by countless other races and enslaved. I was born a slave. At that time, I didn't understand what a slave was. Because that's how I was born, I felt that's how I was supposed to be. Until that day, his arrival. He was like the warm sun in the cold winter. He saved me and carefully taught me. He was very good to me. Under his guidance and protection, I gradually became stronger. The Star Clan was also educated and became stronger as well." Xi Ruo began her story.
Gu Yu was puzzled. Why was she telling him this? Was it just because he had her bloodline?
“Until one day, he said he had something important to do and he left, and then the passage to the Source Gate closed.” As Xi Ruo said this, tears welled up in her eyes. “I never thought that with his departure, a nightmare would befall me. My clansmen, in order to obtain the Star Marrow he left behind, actually attacked me. They knew they were no match for me. They poisoned me and lied to me. During that time, I prayed, I prayed that my older brother would come back, that he could save me, but he never came back.”
At this point, Xi Ruo's body suddenly trembled with anger.
Through the previous conversation between Dark Star and Xi Ruo, Gu Yu clearly understood what Xi Ruo had suffered back then, and he suddenly felt sorry for this emperor.
“They…they are unforgivable.” Xi Ruo’s voice choked as she spoke. “Later, I killed them all. I hated them, I wanted to destroy this place. During that time, another version of myself was born. She was Xi Ruo. She wanted to forget all the unpleasantness and continue being the kind and innocent person she was! But how could she forget?”
Gu Yu was shocked when he heard Xi Ruo's story. She had basically wiped out the entire Star Clan. Although there were people who had harmed her, there were also many innocent people. But thinking about it, he could understand.
Even if she was an emperor, even if she was extremely powerful, she was still just a woman. Any woman who suffered such treatment and torment would probably go crazy!
“Your aura is so similar to his. Even when I see your back, I feel like you are him. He has returned.” Xi Ruo said to Gu Yu with a complicated look in her eyes.
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Xi Ruo's words.
“Xi Ruo has been avoiding this place. Every time I try to enter, she resists me and tries to take control of my body,” Xi Ruo continued.
“Until you appeared, she inexplicably agreed to come here, which gave me the opportunity to kill Dark Star,” Xi Ruo said.
"You're Xi Ya now? And what about Xi Ruo?"
“She is me! I am her! But from today onwards, one of us will disappear forever,” Xi Ya said.
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Xi Ya's words. To be honest, he hoped that Xi Ruo would stay.
“Xi Ruo thinks I’m murderous and cruel, but she’s the one who’s truly cruel. She only remembers the good times and left all the cruelty to me,” Xi Ya said. “However, perhaps it should be her who’s left behind. Dark Star is dead, all the culprits from back then are dead, and I have no reason to exist anymore. My appearance is just Xi Ya’s way of protecting herself.”
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned again upon hearing Xi Ya's words.
It's understandable, though. Xi Ya grew up under Gan's protection and never experienced any danger. She was innocent and kind, and thought everything was beautiful, until one day, Gan disappeared.
The Star Clan coveted the Star Essence within her, tormenting and even violating her, which tainted her kindness and gave rise to two personalities: Xi Ruo and Xi Ya. Xi Ruo retained her kindness and innocence, while Xi Ya became cruel and ruthless.
Was she truly cruel and ruthless? No, if those StarClan hadn't done those things to her, she wouldn't have slaughtered them.
To be precise, neither Xi Ya nor Xi Ruo are the real Xi Ya.
“You must be what he wanted to do, and his only successful experiment.” Xi Ya’s gaze turned to Gu Yu. “I don’t know if he’s still alive, but when you become incredibly powerful, perhaps he will appear! But I’m no longer the same person I was before. Will he still treat me the same way he used to?”
"Yes, it will," Gu Yu said.
“You really do resemble him, but only in part. You’re not as handsome as him, nor do you have his domineering presence or his charisma,” Xi Ya said, her eyes fixed on Gu Yu.
"Uh!" Gu Yu was a little displeased when he heard Xi Ya's words. After all, anyone would be unhappy to be spoken to like that.
"I have a question for you: why are you targeting China?" Gu Yu asked Xi Ya at this moment.
“Because I wanted to force out Number Two, I felt he should know where he was. But he didn’t show up even after I killed Hua Chenglong, so I know he probably won’t,” Xi Ya replied.
"Uh!" Gu Yu found it hard to accept Xi Ya's answer. Was it all for this? She had suppressed China for countless years for this reason? It was ridiculous!
“There’s another point. I’m following Gan’s teachings. Gan’s philosophy is that all races should coexist, and in the past, all races have always coexisted. But China doesn’t follow this principle. That’s why I’m targeting China. Whether it’s the Ancestor or Number Two, they were able to grow up because of Gan. Why shouldn’t their people follow Gan’s philosophy?” Xi Ya said.
When Gu Yu heard Xi Ya's words, he thought that coexistence was feasible from Xi Ya and Gan's perspective, since who would dare to provoke them?
Weak races simply cannot coexist. As long as there is intelligence in this world, there will be all kinds of desires. With desires come conflict, slaughter, and oppression. Only the strong can avoid being slaughtered and oppressed, but to become strong, one must compete for resources, and so on. Coexistence is merely a deception to the weak.
Humans today are the epitome of weakness. Earth originally belonged to humanity, but with the opening of the Source Gate, invaders will invade. Tell me, who would be willing to coexist with invaders?
“Xi Ya, you think China is wrong? Let me tell you, it’s not that we don’t want to coexist. We are weak, and we even yearn for peace. But will those invaders coexist with us? They treat us like slaves, lambs to be slaughtered at will, do you understand?” Gu Yu asked Xi Ya. “We can coexist, provided that you make sure all the races of the Source Gate stop invading the human world, stop killing humans indiscriminately, and respect humans. If you can do that, China can agree to coexist.”
Hearing Gu Yu's words, Xi Ya remained silent. Even though she had always adhered to the principle of doing things, she still understood such a simple truth. However, in her eyes, even if the principle of doing things was wrong, she would still carry it out because her older brother was right no matter what he said or did.
“Coexistence requires strong individuals to establish rules and laws, just like the laws of China today. Anyone who violates them will be severely punished. Only in this way will they be deterred from committing evil deeds, allowing for peaceful coexistence. However, humanity clearly lacks strong individuals, and there are no such strong individuals in the world. If we do not resist the Source Gate, we will inevitably be slaughtered, even to the point of annihilation,” Gu Yu continued. “Therefore, when it comes to coexistence, you shouldn’t target China, but rather the strong individuals of the Source Gate. It is they who are unwilling to coexist.”
"Alright, I don't want to talk about this anymore," Xi Ya said at this moment. "I've already said that my biggest purpose in targeting China is to force out the Ancestor of Humanity and Number Two, and to find his whereabouts. As for coexistence? I can ignore that for now."
"Besides the Qilin totem, what about the other four totems?" Gu Yu looked at Xi Ya. His most important purpose in coming to the Holy Mountain was to obtain the totems, but now he had only obtained one.
“They have disappeared,” Xi Ya replied.
"Disappeared? What do you mean?" Gu Yu's expression changed. "You destroyed the totem?"
“I don’t have the power to destroy the totems. Those totems were specifically created by someone to target me, so I can’t destroy them,” Xi Ya said. “And they were taken into the spatial rift by that little Vermilion Bird.”
"It was taken into the spatial rift?" Gu Yu's expression grew increasingly grim. The totem had been taken into the spatial rift, which meant he could no longer find the totem. How could he save Ling'er then?
This completely panicked Gu Yu. Was he just going to have to watch Xu Ling'er turn into the Ice Phoenix Emperor?
“You…” Looking at Gu Yu, who suddenly seemed somewhat despondent, Xi Ya frowned. She understood what was wrong with Gu Yu. “Don’t worry, I will no longer target China. Whether or not there is a totem is no longer important.”
"Xi Ya!" Gu Yu suddenly looked at Xi Ya with a fierce glint in his eyes. His eyes were filled with anger. If it weren't for Xi Ya, the totem would not have been brought into the spatial rift by the Vermilion Bird.
"Huh?" Xi Ya was taken aback. She clearly didn't know what had happened, but she sensed a killing intent emanating from Gu Yu. "What's wrong with you?"
"I'm fine." Gu Yu stared at Xi Ya and said through gritted teeth. Reason prevailed over anger. Killing Xi Ya now would be like throwing an egg against a rock, forcing him to compromise. Suddenly, he thought of something.
"Xi Ya, is there any hope of finding the totem that fell into the spatial rift?"
“If they weren’t destroyed by the spatial storm, there would still be a chance,” Xi Ya replied. Then she added, “However, I can sense that the four totems seem to have returned to China and did not enter the spatial rift.”
"What did you say?" Gu Yu was overjoyed when he heard Xi Ya's words. As long as there was still hope, there was hope.
“The totem was created by them specifically to suppress me, so I have some special feelings about it. However, I’m not sure. Even if I enter the spatial rift, it will be difficult to come back. And that little Vermilion Bird is only at the peak of the Emperor Realm, not even a True God,” Xi Ya replied. “Unless the person who created the totem makes a move.”
"Was the totem created by the Ancestor or by Number Two?" Gu Yu asked Xi Ya.
"I don't know, but it was definitely one of them, or they made it together," Xi Ya replied.
"If I really return to China, where will I be?" Gu Yu murmured to himself. "What if Number Two or the Ancestor of Humanity takes the totem back? Then wouldn't I have to find them?"
"Aren't you going to the experimental site? I'll take you there." Xi Ya suddenly looked at Gu Yu and said, "That door, perhaps only you can open it."
“Let’s go then!” Gu Yu said, his mind still preoccupied with finding the totem.
With a flick of Xi Ya's hand, the two of them vanished and reappeared in front of a massive stone gate.
Gray light emanated from the stone gate; Gu Yu was all too familiar with this power—it was none other than the power of gods and demons.
“This door is sealed by the power of gods and demons. Under heaven, apart from the gods, probably only other gods and demons can open it.” Xi Ya said, looking at the stone door. “Back then, I was backfired because I wanted to open this door, and that’s why I was poisoned and tricked by Dark Star and the others.”
"Uh!" Gu Yu was stunned when he heard Xi Ya's words. The stone gate was a restriction left by Gan. He probably didn't even expect that the restriction he left would harm Xi Ya!
Seeing the divine and demonic power flowing over the stone gate, Gu Yu was immediately enveloped in divine and demonic power. Gu Yu was wondering whether to attack the stone gate, but the next second, the stone gate moved on its own the moment Gu Yu released his divine and demonic power.
boom…………
The heavy stone door slowly opened, creating a sensation of the earth shaking.
A dark entrance appeared before Gu Yu and Xi Ya.
"You've finally arrived." As the entrance appeared, a voice came from within.
Upon hearing this sound, Xi Ya's face lit up with joy, and she rushed into the entrance.
A look of joy also appeared on Gu Yu's face. He had heard this voice before, when he first awakened his divine and demonic bloodline.
The sound was dry. Realizing this, Gu Yu moved and instantly entered the entrance.
Upon entering, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge wooden laboratory table in the center of the room, covered with thick animal hides. Various instruments are placed on the table: delicate silver needles for drawing blood, small jade bottles for holding extracts, and oddly shaped jade bottles containing various medicines.
Along the wall are rows of neat bookshelves, piled high with voluminous ancient books and handwritten copies, recording a wealth of insights and experimental results from various lineages.
On the other side of the room, there is a display case made of transparent crystal, which displays some rare bloodline samples. They are preserved in a special solution and remain well-preserved even after countless years.
The floor was piled high with countless precious materials, and the air in the entire research room was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance.
At this moment, standing next to the experimental table was a figure. He was somewhat ethereal, but his appearance was still clearly visible.
He was tall and upright, with broad shoulders and a wide back; every muscle was perfectly proportioned, neither ostentatious nor lacking in strength. His features were deep and refined, and his brows exuded an undeniable air of authority.
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