Chapter 61: Once you take your wife and indulge in it, it’s hard to undo the damage.
For millions of years, the six realms and four seas have been peaceful, and everyone has respected the Nine Heavens as the supreme being. Not only has there been no war for a long time, but even the gods have not gathered together to discuss matters, and the Emperor of Heaven is too lazy to summon the gods to pay homage.
Only today, outside the forbidden area of the Nine Heavens, the Emperor of Heaven gathered all the gods who were still worthy of his attention.
The Emperor of Heaven is old and a quiet person. He has not shown his true form to the public at the moment. Only a spiritual pearl is hanging high in the sky. Through the pearl, the gods can hear the voice of the Emperor of Heaven and see his shadow.
but……
The gods glanced at the forbidden area through the barrier and found that the Emperor of Heaven's spiritual pearl was no match for the three-inch crystal ball hanging in the pool.
This is not surprising, after all, the Lord God lives in the forbidden area.
What is the God Lord? He is, of course, the God of the Beginning, towering above all other gods and even the six realms. No one knows his origins or his name, only that he existed in the distant past. The reason the six realms maintain their composure and respect the Nine Heavens as their supreme being is precisely because of the God Lord's majesty.
Now, all the gods have gathered here under the order of the Emperor of Heaven to decide how to punish the flower thief who entered the forbidden area.
The Nine Heavens is so vast, why would you steal any other flower? Why did you steal flowers from the forbidden area of the God Lord?
It’s strange to say, there is a barrier in the forbidden area, and I’m afraid only those present here with the cultivation level of the Emperor of Heaven can enter. How can the flower thief come and go freely without destroying the barrier?
The gods all turned their gaze back to the spirit pearl reflecting the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor's thick white eyebrows twitched, and he glanced at Hua Xi, the Star Lord standing in front of him. "Come, think carefully about how to deal with the boy you brought back from the lower realms." He said without hesitation, "Hey? Don't worry about being laughed at by you. Even this emperor may not be able to break the God Lord's barrier. How can you, a Star Lord who polishes the stars and the moon and observes the celestial phenomena, give birth to a child like this?"
Chi Xing stood at his father's side. Seeing a hint of annoyance on the usually amiable Emperor's face, and his father's hesitation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "Xie Qing is also my younger brother. He has always disliked associating with the gods of the Nine Heavens. Compared to my father, I know Xie Qing better. While he is talented, he is definitely not capable of entering the Forbidden Realm. Xie Qing must have been bewitched by the thieves."
Hua Xi was handsome, save for a single strand of white at his temples. He bowed and said, "Emperor, Hua Xi believes that before making any ruling, you should first listen to Lang'er's side of things. The divine power should also be withdrawn at the time of sentencing. As for the thief... the forbidden area is only inhabited by the Divine Lord and his wife, so how could there be a thief? Moreover, the Divine Lord's power is well known to everyone in the Six Realms. Hua Xi asks, who in the Six Realms could commit such a crime under the Divine Lord's nose? No one knows a son better than his father. As Lang'er's father, I know he absolutely does not have the cultivation to break the Divine Lord's barrier. Naturally, if this was truly Lang'er's doing, I will not tolerate it."
How could the gods waiting outside the forbidden area fail to discern Hua Xi's hidden agenda? Wasn't Hua Xi clearly protecting his own human-god son? If this human-god didn't have a father with divine authority and a mother of unknown divine origin, how could he have so easily transformed his immortal bones into a god? Therefore, many gods had complaints about Song Xieqing, and now that this matter had occurred, they naturally didn't intend to let it go easily.
Therefore, after Hua Xi finished speaking, a number of immortals and gods immediately came out to refute him.
"According to Hua Xi Xingjun, could it be that the Lord of Gods invited the human gods to enter the forbidden area? Hua Xi! You don't have to be so ridiculous if you want to favor him! May I ask, apart from the Emperor of Heaven, who among the immortals and gods present has ever seen the Lord of God? Can the Lord of Gods see you just like that? How could a mere human god possibly gain the Lord of God's favor? He must have used some evil and unorthodox means to enter the forbidden area! I've heard that every flower and herb in the forbidden area has miraculous effects when drunk, so that's why the human god kid secretly covets it!"
"I heard he's still keeping a mortal woman in the lower realms. Since he can't bear to leave this filthy mortal world, he might as well purify his immortal bones and fulfill his wish!"
The endless stream of arguments weighed heavily on the Emperor of Heaven's eardrums, giving him a splitting headache. The immortals and gods of the Nine Heavens seemed to be taking him less and less seriously! It seemed the pilgrimage could not be neglected!
"I thought the Ninth Heaven was filled with thousands of nests of birds, chirping non-stop... Since the Lord Divine hasn't spoken, why are you so angry?"
The gods followed the sound and saw a beautiful fairy in a pink floral dress slowly stepping out from within the barrier. "I advise you all to stop making a scene here."
A god strode forward, pointed at the fairy, and asked, "Who are you? How did you come out of the forbidden area?"
"Me? Just a little fairy who helps the Lord take care of the flowers and plants in the forbidden area in my spare time..."
The gods were all discussing this woman privately. The Emperor of Heaven brought his wrinkled, yet still handsome, face closer to Lingzhu. "You work for the Lord of Gods? How come I've never heard of someone like you?"
The gods and fairies present at the scene originally thought that this woman might be the Lord God's wife...
A glint flickered in Chi Xing's eyes. "This woman isn't the Divine Lord's wife, yet she came out of the Forbidden Territory. Heavenly Emperor, Xi Qing has absolutely no intention of entering the Forbidden Territory without permission. This person must be behind this! Legend has it that the Divine Lord once said goodbye to the fairies the Heavenly Emperor sent to serve him. Why would he allow her to enter the realm to tend the flowers and plants now? There are too many suspicions. For now, it's best to capture her and interrogate her."
He now only wanted to pick Song Xieqing away, but also did not want everyone to know that Song Xieqing stole the flower just for the mortal girl they mentioned. However, a faint light condensed at the fingertips of Chi Xing, but was easily suppressed by his father.
Although his father was merely a Star Lord in charge of the constellations in the Celestial Palace, his cultivation far surpassed that of the other gods. The Emperor's words just now were mostly meant as a tease. Ultimately, he had lived in peace in the Nine Heavens for too long, accepting such a sinecure. If he hadn't possessed some skill, his father wouldn't have been sent down to earth to alleviate the calamity caused by the falling stars a century ago. Hua Xi had once served as the lord of a city and the governor of Song, sowing new life in the barren land and bringing peace and prosperity to the homeless people of Ying. It was also in the mortal world that he married another woman and fathered Chi Xing's half-brother, Song Xieqing.
If you look closely, it's not even a falling star...
Chi Xing glanced at Song Yue, who was not far away, with a hint of resentment. If this boy hadn't thrown a small statue into the human world as a child, causing the so-called "falling star" phenomenon, why would his father have come down to earth? And he wouldn't have formed a relationship with another woman in the human world, causing his mother grief for no reason.
Song Yue accepted Chi Xing's gaze, smiled, and pointed at himself. "As I said, I encountered a fight between some children. I tried to stop them, but one of them rushed over to grab the statue from my arms. I didn't want to hurt him, so the statue accidentally fell into the lower realm."
He spread his hands, "I've done my best to make the little statue fall to an uninhabited place. Moreover, it was precisely because of the deadly land created by the 'Falling Star' that the people of Ying who later suffered from the plague were spared from being killed. Instead, they were exiled here, waiting for a mysterious man and a fox to cure the plague. I also begged the Emperor of Heaven to let me descend to the mortal world, but he refused. Sometimes he worried that I would be injured, and sometimes he said that I was destined for a love tribulation. What a joke! Let alone the mortal world, there are only a handful of gods in the Nine Heavens who can hurt me. As for the love tribulation, as the next Moon God, can I still be trapped by love? But since the Emperor of Heaven won't allow it, I've already acted like a spoiled child and said I'm not going to hold his arm and act like a spoiled child anymore."
"Back then, you were just a naughty kid. Wouldn't sending you to the mortal realm have turned the world upside down?" Chi Xing shrugged. "Besides, were you trying to stop the fight? You were clearly joining the fight."
The two of them were arguing, and the woman in the honey-dressed skirt was reluctant to answer the Emperor's question. She glanced at everyone calmly, and when she saw Hua Xi, she smiled indifferently. The woman remained silent and turned around to walk towards the barrier.
A divine monarch from the side raised his hand and launched a spell at the woman, shouting, "The Emperor of Heaven is asking you a question! Where are you going?!"
Seeing the magic approaching the woman, Hua Xi pinched his fingers together and the protective formation pressed directly over the woman. Unexpectedly, there was another spiritual energy in the forbidden area that was strong enough to crush both of them and dispersed the magic and the protective formation. In an instant, the smoke lingering in the nine-layered sky suddenly turned dark, and the clouds pressed down the upper realm into darkness. The flowers and trees in the barrier shook, the clear pool was surging, and the three-inch crystal hanging above it emitted a ray of silver light that gradually turned into a human figure.
Within the forbidden area, a young man in white emerged from the barrier, his sleeves fluttering in the wind. At that moment, the Nine Heavens, like a dark prison, were spotless and shrouded in moonlight. The young man had a feminine appearance, with a blood-red mole between his brows. At first glance, the gods mistook him for a woman. However, his powerful physique and eyes, piercing with a thousand blades, clearly indicated he was a man. Though a teenager, the aura he exuded was more intimidating than any superior. A snow fox perched on the boy's left shoulder. He bent his fingers to tease it, and as he gazed at the fox, he dulled the sharp edge of his gaze.
However, when the young man's eyes swept across the gods, the thousands of blades in his eyes regained their sharpness in an instant, and the tips of the blades seemed to be emitting a dazzling blood color, and an inexplicable chill rushed straight to the tops of the gods' heads.
The God, whose magic had just been interrupted, was suddenly horrified by this scene. He took a step back and his head suddenly rolled to the ground.
Blood gushed out from the severed neck, and the grass on the ground was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye due to the irrigation of the divine blood.
The gods only saw a silver thread as thin as a hair brushing against his neck. He was not a rankless god, but he had no power to fight back.
A bright red streak of blood splattered on the boy's cheek. He caressed the snow fox on his shoulder as if nothing had happened. The vast Nine Heavens was silent as if no one was around. The spirit pearl reflecting the Emperor of Heaven suddenly fell to the ground. "Lord God."
Few have ever seen the Divine Lord. The title of Lord of the Gods is merely a title bestowed upon him by the gods, as no one within the Six Realms knows his full name. Rumor has it that the previous Celestial Emperor attempted to eliminate the Divine Lord and become the true Celestial Lord. However, thousands of gods and generals were unable to even remotely break the barrier surrounding the Forbidden Domain. The gods who intervened, along with the previous Celestial Emperor, were instantly annihilated outside the barrier.
The gods had originally dismissed this as a mere myth. No matter how powerful the Lord God was, how could he possibly defeat tens of thousands of gods and generals? But the scene before them was a resounding blow to the gods. The myth they had initially believed might not be a myth at all.
If we say that the Lord of the Six Realms is the Emperor of Heaven, it would be better to say that he is the Lord of Gods.
In an instant, everyone fell to their knees.
The young man exuded an invisible divine power that pressed down on the gods, causing their knees to ache as if their bones were broken.
"I set up a barrier to prevent ants from defiling my and A'Zhao's home. What are ants?" the young man's voice was faint. "Just like you are doing now, kneeling and begging for mercy, bowing your heads. Do you understand? What is a forbidden area? It is only for those whose cultivation is not enough to enter the boundary. If you have the cultivation to break the barrier, A'Zhao and I will welcome you."
Blood welled up in his eyes, and the wind blew the boy's loose black hair. "You have disturbed Ah Zhao's sleep by making noise outside the boundary. You deserve to be killed."
All the gods knelt together, and there was no sound.
Chi Xing suddenly realized that Song Yue's knees were still standing straight. He twitched the corner of his mouth and flicked his finger to shoot a speck of fluorescent dust towards Song Yue.
Song Yue gave him a subtle look but still did not kneel down.
Everyone was shocked to realize that the atmosphere was not right, and they all turned to Song Yue following Chi Xing's gaze.
Song Yue is well-known throughout the Nine Heavens. Due to his exceptional talent, he has been a favorite in the various palaces since childhood. This boy has always acted spontaneously, but now the one standing before him is the Divine Lord! Didn't the Emperor of Heaven's Spirit Pearl fall to the ground?
Song Yue glanced around, finally settling on the head that was about to corrode and turn to ash. He smacked his lips for a moment, then looked up at the so-called "God Lord." He tapped his knee and said, "It's not that I want to offend the God Lord, but... no matter how hard I try, I just can't bend my knees."
Gods: ...?
The viewer couldn't help but imagine all kinds of ways Song Yue would die, but then he saw the snow fox on the Lord's shoulder leap down, shaking its fluffy nine tail and lightly rubbing against Song Yue.
The young man's eyes fixed on Song Yue for a moment. "Whether it's a forbidden area or a kneeling place, the only people who can control it are ants."
"That's right." His face was unrecognizable, and he asked calmly, "Human God, do I really need you to punish me?"
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It was sunny this morning, but there was thunder in the evening. The sky and the earth wove a hazy veil with the silver rain, adding a sense of tranquility to the rainy night.
After taking a bath, Zhu returned to the room and saw Song Xieqing sitting quietly on the edge of the couch. She asked suspiciously, "What are you doing there? Making the mattress? Could it be that your husband won't sleep tonight? Or... does your husband have someone else outside? Alas, men are the most heartless..."
Zhu Hao's nightgown was loose, and the faint candlelight just outlined her waist and slender arms. Her slender neck was as clear as jade under the caress of the candlelight. Zhu Hao was still chattering with her hands on her hips, her lips opening and closing, and her cheeks puffing up from time to time, looking cute and lively.
Song Xieqing didn't care what Zhu Hao said. Every move she made, even the subtle breath, stirred his heartstrings. His heart was filled with turmoil. Unable to resist, Song Xieqing pulled her into his arms, his forehead resting on Zhu Hao's neck, "Pianpian, I only want you."
Zhu Hao was so embarrassed that she pushed him away. She spread the mattress haphazardly and got under the quilt. She reached out and patted the empty space on the outer couch. "Hey, here's a reward for you."
Song Xieqing froze in his place. The young woman on the couch peeked out from under the covers, her smiling eyes gazing at him with a flutter. Now that Zhu Hao had lost her memory, how could he explain all that had happened to her? Should he simply tell her that they were just a fake couple? It was a complex matter. What if she misunderstood?
She only said that I was not allowed to kiss her, but she didn't say that I was not allowed to sleep in the same bed with her.
Song Xieqing lay flat on the edge of the couch, half an arm's length away from Zhu Hao. He closed his eyes, and suddenly his arms were wrapped around the woman's fragrance and body temperature through her pajamas. Song Xieqing opened his eyes sharply and saw that Zhu Hao had put her arms around his waist and was lying on his chest.
He finally understood what it meant to make one wrong move lead to another.
Once you indulge yourself, it will be difficult to turn back.
She was bored and rubbing circles on Song Xieqing's chest with her fingers, but he caught her hand and rested her forehead against his chin, yawning, "Husband, can you tell me some interesting things about us? For example... how we met and how we got married?"
Song Xieqing stroked the top of her head and smiled, "On the day of the Zhu family's embroidered ball to find a bride, there were thousands of people around. I was just passing by, and the wind suddenly blew up your wedding veil..."
Zhu Hao burrowed deeper into his embrace, her warm, moist breath caressing his Adam's apple. Song Xieqing tightened his grip, enduring the pain. Suddenly, he heard her say in a ethereal voice, "Mr. Song, you fell in love with me at first sight, and you must marry me, right?"
He uttered an awkward "hmm" and continued to talk nonsense to coax her, "Young Lady Zhu has a beautiful face and exceptional embroidery skills. Countless men are waiting to receive your embroidered ball, and I, your husband, am not even in the queue. Fortunately, the gods looked after me, and the ball she threw happened to land in my arms."
"Before we got married, I wanted to kiss you, but you wouldn't let me. I had to pay you a ton of gold before I could kiss you secretly."
Zhu Hao suddenly sat up, clearly unconvinced, "Are you kidding me?"
Song Xieqing stared at her blushing face and felt funny. "Pianpian, it's true that I gave you the gold ingot."
After saying that, Zhu Hao climbed onto his shoulder and bit his lips. She was like a spark, flowing through every inch of his body. When the kiss was about to turn into a raging fire, Song Xieqing ended the kiss abruptly, but he was reluctant to let Zhu Hao get away and held her on his back.
Zhu Hao rested her head on Song Xieqing's arm. As the raindrops fell outside, her breathing gradually became steady.
Song Xieqing could not fall asleep. His wife's cascading hair was wrapped around his neck because of her indulgence just now. His lower lip was numb from her biting. The wrinkled collar of his clothes was still filled with the fragrance of a woman. His mind was filled with the frowns and smiles of Zhu Hao when she called him husband, and her coquettish and resentful expression.
He thought of the tangled red thread in the Qinse Palace. Why was it destined that her red thread would be entangled with Shi Chunsheng's? Why was her life and death determined by heaven, and she must die?
Song Xieqing just tried to imagine that from now on she would call someone else her husband, and her every frown and smile, her pride and resentment would no longer be directed only at him. He just imagined that she was about to turn into a handful of dry bones, and he would never be able to hold her in his arms again. Song Xieqing felt as if he was being tortured to death.
He stared at Zhu Hao's back. Because of the previous passionate embrace, her nightgown was slightly loose, and her shoulders and neck were half exposed. Song Xieqing kissed her from the back of her neck to her shoulders. When he left, a petal of pink was left on her white and smooth shoulders. For the first time in his life, he had a treasure that he wanted to possess no matter what. In other words, he wanted to belong to Zhu Hao, wanted to merge into her flesh and blood, and wanted to be entangled with her until death.
The wind was blowing and the rain was falling. Song Xieqing pushed the door open and went out. A faint green light gradually condensed at his fingertips.
Song Xieqing stepped into the rain, the cold rain soaked his limbs and bones, but in the end, it only extinguished a little bit of his desire. Song Xieqing understood and was sure that his feelings for Zhu Hao were not a spur of the moment, and every scene in his eyes was influenced by her.
His cities had been captured time and again. For centuries, he'd been called a traitor, a traitor who murdered his brother and his people, yet he'd never once attempted to steal someone's love. Hadn't he given Shi Chunsheng a chance? Song Xieqing gazed at the divine power he'd retrieved from his fingertips, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. Since, in the eyes of the world, he'd already done so much, what was missing from stealing someone's heart?
So what if the red thread destined her and his descendant to be a perfect match? He insisted on taking it away.
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The author has something to say: Happy New Year! ! ! ! (Belatedly—)
Ahhhhh! A few days ago, a reader gave me over 80 bottles of nutrient solution in one go! I've never been so rich in my life. Love you! Love you all! Mumumumu! (Going crazy everyday——)
Xiao Song is also in high spirits, and the lovemaking is just a matter of these few chapters, hehe
These past two days, visiting relatives and having a feast is like socializing [applause]
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