Just as the demon god was about to ask more questions, the person on the bed stirred. Although not awake, there was a momentary turmoil in their aura, their brows suddenly furrowed as if they were having a painful dream, large drops of sweat rolled down their forehead, and they occasionally murmured in their sleep.
"Ling... Sister Ling."
"Sister Ling! Who is it?" Hades was momentarily confused.
Yuan Qi turned around first, transferring his power while anxiously replying, "Xiao You, don't be afraid, I'm here, Sister Ling is here!"
Whether it was because he heard his words or not, the chaotic aura around Youyou slowly subsided.
"Ling? You're Xiao Xuanling?!" Hades' eyes widened in disbelief as he realized something. Xuanling was actually Yuan Qi. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized, "No wonder... no wonder Xuanling had such strong abilities back then. It turns out she was your clone, and she even carried half of your abilities!"
When he first met Xuanling, he had also met Yuan Qi, and the two had a pretty good relationship. That's why he assumed Xuanling was someone he had sent down, never expecting they were the same person.
"Hmph! It's more than half..." The Demon God clearly knew about this as well. Remembering something, he snorted indignantly, "Back then, he put ninety percent of his power into that clone." Otherwise, how could he have been tricked into falling into a deep sleep? He also guessed that Xuanling was his clone, so he proposed a battle, thinking that the other party only had half of Yuan Qi's power. Who knew that it was more than half.
Hades suddenly felt a pang of sadness, as if he were the only one kept in the dark. He had known Xuanling for so long, yet he hadn't noticed anything amiss. "You even kept it from me? That's really not fair!" He could understand the Demon God, but he had helped Xuanling quite a bit back then. "What exactly happened back then?"
Yuan Qi took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from You You's forehead before speaking in a deep voice, "Back then, the world was in chaos, and I couldn't spare the time. I also foresaw that the Realm Lord was about to descend, so I created the avatar Xuan Ling and went down to the mortal realm to search for him..." He then recounted what had happened back then.
The calamity caused by the gods plunged the entire Three Realms into chaos. He adhered to the laws and never interfered in the affairs of living beings, but he happened to foresee the imminent birth of the Realm Lord. Fearing problems might arise, he divided ninety percent of his power, transforming it into a Xuanling, to descend to the mortal realm and welcome the Realm Lord.
He governs the Heavenly Dao and is naturally skilled in divination, never making a mistake. Therefore, he successfully found the Realm Lord, You You, before the Demon God and the Underworld King could sense him.
The world was beyond saving at that time. Even he thought it was just another great calamity. As long as the laws of the world still existed, and with the arrival of the world lord, after they had finished their self-destruction, the world would eventually be destroyed and reborn. This was the normal ending.
“But she refused…” Yuan Qi looked at the person on the bed, his eyes softening considerably. “She said… women in this world have suffered too much. She is the realm lord. If she doesn’t care about them, then who will?”
So she established a sect, recruited many women, suppressed other sects, and wanted to protect the world's only hope. While striving to awaken her own power, she tried every means to pull the world back on track.
"But in this world... he is ultimately unworthy!" Yuan Qi's tone changed, and his uncontrollable ferocity surged forth, even the pure white light around him was faintly tinged with a crimson color.
They are unworthy, the world is unworthy. When Xiaoyou was trying so hard to save them, they still chose to destroy themselves. Taking advantage of Xuanling's departure from the sect, they attacked the sect and slaughtered the entire clan. They not only destroyed the last hope in the world, but also injured Youyou.
“Yuan Qi…” The King of the Underworld was startled by his ruthless appearance. He hadn’t expected that the sect he founded back then was not founded by Xuan Ling, but by the Realm Lord.
Yuan Qi took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and the crimson aura around him subsided. He calmed down, glanced at the two of them, and chuckled, "Do you know why celestial maidens appear in the world?"
"...Why?"
"Because that was Xiaoyou's last gift to those suffering people before she was seriously injured and left this world." She was unable to protect those women, so she hoped that they could have the ability to protect themselves. "The Realm Lord wanted there to be celestial maidens in the world, so there were celestial maidens."
Both Hades and the Demon God fell silent, suddenly understanding why Xuanling had so relentlessly pursued the gods back then. The world was already headed for destruction; even if left unchecked, the cataclysmic calamity was inevitable. Yet, she had gone to the trouble of wiping out the entire divine realm first.
"The Dragon Clan betrayed not only the God Realm, but the entire world!" Yuan Qi's eyes flashed like knives as he looked at the Demon God, and he continued in a cold voice, "Yet you still allow them to enter the Demon Realm and hinder my pursuit."
The demon god froze, his eyes filled with regret, even his rebuttal sounded somewhat guilty, "I... how would I know these things? Would it kill you to tell me earlier!" Wasn't he just used to causing trouble for Yuan Qi? He was only interested in competing with him, never expecting that this was why he was here back then!
"Hmph, do you think you'll believe me just because you say so?" Yuan Qi sneered.
"..." The demon god was completely speechless, because he really didn't believe it, damn it!
Yuan Qi ignored him and looked at You You on the bed again. He took a deep breath and stood up. Suddenly, he pressed one hand to his chest, and his whole body emitted a dazzling white light. In less than a moment, a transparent crystal appeared from his chest. It was a crystal formed from his power, similar to the one You You had retrieved from the God Realm, only smaller.
"What are you doing?" The demon god asked nervously as he handed the crystal towards Youyou.
“Of course, we need to completely awaken her.” Yuan Qi glanced at him, placing the crystal on You You’s chest as he said, “The time for Xiao You to awaken hasn’t come yet. Only by combining half of our abilities can we completely awaken her. She already has half of the Demon God’s power within her, plus the power of the Underworld King in the Book of Yin. Now, only mine is missing.”
The reason he didn't object to her searching for Xuanling back then was because it was originally meant for her. However, the crystal contained not just half, but ninety percent of his power, which is why she couldn't fully merge with it. He originally planned to take it slow, but who knew the Demon God would awaken at this time? He really is just a hindrance!
When Yuan Qi broke the seal on the Demon Realm, he had already retrieved his own power from the crystal. Now, he's passing half of it on to You You to help her fully awaken the power of the Realm Lord, which should be enough to rouse her.
Sure enough, as soon as the crystal was placed on You You's chest, it instantly transformed into wisps of white light and entered her body. Almost instantly, her breathing calmed down, her brows relaxed, and a faint golden light emanated from her body, as if something was spreading out from within her.
Less than half a minute later, Youyou, who had just been fast asleep, suddenly opened her eyes, sat up abruptly, and shouted loudly.
"No fighting!"
Yuan Qi: "..."
Demon God: "..."
Hades: "..."
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