Chapter 228 He was still resentful, because…
They both wanted to shoulder the burden alone, but knowing that the other was thinking of them, they were still a little sad.
Liu Jing, the Divine Lord, could no longer hold back. "But my husband is possessed by an evil spirit and cannot be trusted. My son is dead, and my daughter, whom I regard as my own, is a murderer. Chen Yi, if you were in my shoes, wouldn't you have done the same?"
They know each other too well; a single glance is enough for them to know what the other is going to do.
Even though Chen Yi never told her in person, Liu Jing knew that his avoidance over the years meant he must have something big planned and was ready to sacrifice his life at any time.
Asagiri reached out and helped Ryukyou, "Aunt."
Liu Jing, the Divine Lord, looked at Chen Yi, his eyes also filled with tears. When their eyes met, the tears finally rolled down his cheeks.
"I'm sorry." Chen Yi looked at Liu Jing and reached out to hold her hand. "Liu Jing, everything happened because of me. I've dragged you all into this."
“Senior Sister Ling Shuang is right. It was destined that we would face this calamity.”
Upon hearing this, Asagiri asked with some surprise, "You knew all along that this calamity would befall the world?"
Liu Jing nodded. "Back then, the four of us, my fellow disciples and I, entered the Songshan Illusionary Realm to undergo tribulation. When we left, Senior Sister Ling Shuang asked the Mirror Master of the Seventh Realm to divine for us. Regardless of whether Chen Yi's evil spirit was present or not, this tribulation would still occur."
"No matter what, the disaster was caused by me, and I should take responsibility for it."
At the time, they knew the problem, but they were powerless to solve it and could only do everything they could to do what they could.
Chenyi God-King embraced Liujing God-King. Neither of them spoke, yet one could sense the pain in their hearts.
Asagiri said, "I have already ordered people to guard the ancient seal. If Chen Ge appears, we will send people to capture him."
That evil spirit harbored resentment towards heaven and earth, and its only desire was to break the Demon-Subduing Seal and release the ancient demons sealed within. Throughout the entire divine realm, even newly ascended immortals knew that the ancient Demon-Subduing Seal was untouchable.
Lord Chenyi nodded. “Chen Ge has always been cunning and adept at exploiting weaknesses. You must be careful when you encounter him, or you’ll be in big trouble if he gets the chance to break the seal.”
Only a Divine Lord could open the ancient Demon-Subduing Seal, and now, including Chaowu, there are five Divine Lords in the Divine Realm.
There are two other deities. One lives in seclusion in Penglai and once took care of Chaowu. The other is a wanderer, and even the evil spirits don't know his whereabouts.
“My body can’t hold on, so Chen Ge can’t use my divine spark to break the seal. As long as I hold firm to my beliefs, the divine spark will be useless to Chen Ge,” said Divine Lord Chen Yi.
In the current realm of gods, the spiritual energy of Chaowu, who wields the Wujiu Sword, is the strongest. It's unlikely that Chen Ge would be foolish enough to set his sights on Chaowu.
"Don't worry about me, he can't fool me," Liu Jing said, holding Chen Yi's hand.
That evil spirit only tricked her once near the Demon-Subduing Seal back then, and she never fell for his tricks again.
Currently, there are still two divine lords, Langhua and Xuanwu.
The evil spirit is most likely to target those two people, especially Xuanwu, who was almost bewitched by the evil spirit earlier.
If the demons sealed within are released, the entire Three Realms will suffer.
No one will be spared; it will not only cause widespread suffering but could even lead to the destruction of the entire Three Realms.
This is something Chen Yi has always been worried about.
Although the evil spirit was once one with him, Chen Yi could no longer understand the evil spirit now. As it absorbed more and more malice, its ambition swelled, and its cultivation even surpassed his own.
He was resentful that he had been abandoned.
Chen Ge was originally impatient. Over the years, he had absorbed a lot of malice near the Demon-Subduing Seal. Because he felt that he had been treated unfairly, he wanted to destroy the Three Realms.
He wanted to start the Three Realms anew; he wanted to become the supreme god who ruled the Three Realms.
"Go tell Langhua first. He has a good relationship with Xuanwu, so he should be able to persuade him."
"It's too late." The figure of Lord Langhua suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Langhua?"
"Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, and the two Divine Lords." Divine Lord Langhua bowed politely, his expression becoming much more serious.
"Xuanwu won't listen to my advice now," Lord Langhua sighed helplessly.
“Xuanwu has always been arrogant. He has always been convinced that the Wujiu Sword was a test given to him by the Mother Goddess. But now that the Wujiu Sword has recognized Chaowu as its master, Xuanwu’s heart may not be able to accept it,” said Liujing God Lord.
"I'm afraid that he'll be taken advantage of by that evil spirit. It would be best to persuade him and help him to think things through."
They had been taught by the Mother Goddess that she was not a goddess who judged people by bloodline, and that she would recognize whoever was capable of shouldering great responsibilities.
Suddenly, Chen Yi, the Divine Lord, clutched his chest, looked up at everyone, and said with a grim expression, "Chen Ge has reached an agreement with the demons in the ancient seal. He will release the demons in exchange for their help in unifying the Three Realms."
"how so?"
Chenyi Shenjun shook his head. This was something the evil spirit had deliberately made him aware of, even provoking him, certain that they couldn't find his hiding place.
But Chen Ge forgot.
Once a demon emerges, how can it possibly keep its promise to you? How can you trust a demon's words?
Or perhaps he knew, but his goal was also to destroy the Three Realms, so he didn't care what the demons would do after they came out.
“I can sense his presence; he did it on purpose,” said Chenyi Divine Lord.
Just then, the divine bell of the divine realm suddenly rang.
When the celestial attendants came over, they learned that it was Xuanwu who had sent the flower demon Lingxi to the Thunder Punishment Platform.
"What is Xuanwu doing now?" asked Liujing Divine Lord, puzzled.
“I’ll go take a look,” Asagiri said.
"I'll go too."
Chaowu shook her head at Langhua Shenjun, "I'll handle it."
"Alright, be careful." Lord Langhua thought that if he went, he probably wouldn't be able to persuade Xuanwu.
By the time Chaowu arrived, Lingxi was already pinned down on top of it. The lightning array barrier had been activated, with lightning swirling around it from above, ready to strike down soon.
The barrier cannot be broken unless the punishment is completed.
Xuanwu stood there, hands behind his back, quietly watching Lingxi inside the barrier, as if he were looking at a completely unrelated person.
When Asagiri arrived, Gengo turned around and smiled at her, "You've come?"
Lingxi, inside the Thunder Punishment Platform's barrier, saw Chaowu and a glimmer of hope appeared on her panicked face. She patted the barrier and said something to Chaowu, but her voice couldn't escape from the barrier.
"Xuanwu, what are you doing?"
Seeing Chaowu's indifferent expression, Xuanwu smiled and pointed at Lingxi, saying, "If you do something wrong, you should accept the punishment. Your Majesty, I have already investigated everything that happened before. Her true form was a spirit flower, and she was able to cultivate into a human because she was stained with your blood."
"so what?"
“When she transformed, she was modeled after you, so no matter how I investigate, she always has the same face. I descended to the mortal realm with your spirit to reshape your physical body, but the evil spirit used your blood to help her cultivate into human form, making her obstruct our relationship. She not only deceived me but also made me marry her. Tell me, doesn't she deserve to die?”
Seeing Xuanwu's somewhat deranged expression, Chaowu ignored her, summoned the Wujiu Sword, and slashed at the barrier.
Unexpectedly, Xuanwu charged straight at him, and Chaowu's sword stopped just in front of him.
"I don't have time to play your crazy game, get out of my way!"
Xuanwu looked at Chaowu, whose brows already bore some of the majesty of a Heavenly Emperor, and suddenly thought of Shuyue from the past. He did not want to recall those memories, for they would only cause him more pain.
He was deceived like a fool. Chen Yi Liujing knew everything, but deliberately kept it from him alone.
Even Asagiri, who clearly remembered that she was Sogetsu long ago, said nothing.
"I was completely sincere to you, but you joined them in deceiving me. Shuyue, how could you do this to me?"
Asagiri didn't have time to get entangled with him, but despite her attempts to avoid him, Gengo stubbornly kept running towards her sword.
"Why don't you dare kill me? Shuyue, you still have feelings for me, don't you?"
“Xuanwu, even now, you are still so self-righteous. You say you are sincere to me, but I remember asking you if you knew me. What did you say?”
Xuanwu remained silent, and Chaowu continued, "What you keep talking about loving is really just loving Shuyue's face. You love whoever has that face. The disdain others show you is just a pretense to seduce you. Don't you find that absurd?"
"You're talking nonsense."
"Whether I'm lying or not, you know in your heart. You hate Lingxi for impersonating me and deceiving you, but did she impersonate me very well? So well that you didn't even have the slightest chance to doubt her?"
Just as the heavenly lightning was about to strike down, Chao Wu kicked Xuan Wu aside and slashed at the barrier.
Unexpectedly, the Wujiu Sword failed to break through the barrier, and Chaowu watched helplessly as the heavenly lightning struck Lingxi.
"Lingxi!"
Lingxi, who had been cleaved into a ball by the blow, struggled to raise her hand and pointed at Chaowu.
Asagi turned around and saw that Gengo, whom she had just kicked out, had just stood up from the ground.
Another bolt of lightning was about to strike, and Chaowu swung his sword again, but still failed to break through the barrier.
Xuanwu chuckled sullenly, “Useless Chaowu, don’t waste your energy anymore. This Thunder Punishment Platform was built by the Father God, and the Father God has set up an array here. I have the Father God’s bloodline, and I only need a little bit of my blood to activate this array. Although the Wujiu Sword recognizes you as its master, Chaowu, you have not been able to unleash the true power of the Wujiu Sword.”
“You are not worthy to be the master of the Wujiu Sword,” Xuanwu said, pointing at Lingxi who was trapped in the barrier. “Although she looks like you, she is ultimately just a flower demon. Three bolts of heavenly lightning are enough to obliterate her soul. Chaowu, can you save her before the third bolt of heavenly lightning strikes?”
Asagiri wasn't entirely powerless against the two sword strikes just now; she at least managed to break some things.
Lingxi's voice came through the barrier.
"Awu, Awu!"
Her pained expression quickly turned into one of terror. She struggled to her feet, repeatedly pushing against the barrier. "Xuanwu, you can't do this to me! I'm carrying your child! Don't you even want the child anymore?"
Then his expression changed again, "Your Majesty, please save Awu, please save Awu."
"Shut up! Shut up!" Xuanwu snapped, then clutched his head. "Shut up! How could I possibly have a child with a flower fairy? You're lying to me again! Shut up! Shut up!"
Asagiri looked at Xuanwu and noticed that his expression was very strange, but she didn't have time to care about him at the moment. With the third bolt of heavenly lightning about to strike, Asagiri was only thinking about how to save him.
When the lightning struck, Ling Jin clutched her head and screamed. As Chao Wu rushed forward with the Wu Jiu sword in hand, she felt a surge of power emanating from her body.
She raised the Wujiu Sword and slashed it down forcefully at the barrier. The sword energy collided with the barrier and the heavenly lightning falling from above, emitting a dazzling light.
Asagi successfully broke the barrier. Lingxi lay on the Thunder Punishment Platform, barely alive, with a pool of blood beneath her.
“Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor.” Lingxi looked at Chaowu standing beside her and reached out to grab the hem of her dress.
Chaowu helped Lingxi up, but Lingxi pushed him away and a dagger pierced her chest.
It was a dagger that Xuanwu threw at him.
"Lingxi!"
Asagiri caught Lingxi's fallen body in her arms.
Lingxi tried to force a smile, but the pain from her wound made her expression contort.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I've caused you trouble."
"Don't say that, I'll take you to the Medicine King."
“It’s too late.” Lingxi looked at Xuanwu, her lips twitching. “If Ajin had agreed back then, wouldn’t I have selfishly wanted to have a body all to myself? Ajin actually cursed me a lot. No matter how nicely I said things, I was just a hypocrite. At least Ajin could say whatever she wanted without hesitation.”
Lingxi's gaze gradually became unfocused. "This is my retribution."
In her final moments, Lingxi suddenly gripped Chaowu's hand tightly, crying out, "Be careful of Xuanwu!"
Lingxi's body dissipated in Chaowu's arms until it disappeared completely.
Xuanwu suddenly let out a piercing laugh, "Hahahaha, she's dead, so all those things from before can be treated as if they never happened."
He strode over and grabbed Asagiri's shoulder. "Ayumi, there are no more obstacles between us. We can be together now."
Chaowu slapped Xuanwu across the face and roared, "Have you gone crazy yet? Xuanwu, you can't even control your own emotions, what kind of god are you?"
But Xuanwu seemed to have really gone mad, and suddenly pointed at Chaowu and said, "Shuyue, why are you still alive? You are the one who should die, you should die."
"Shut up! Shut up! You're not allowed to speak. Get out of my body and don't stay inside me anymore," Xuanwu suddenly shouted sternly.
"I was just speaking your mind, what's wrong with that?"
Xuanwu's face turned pale instantly.
“A-Yue.” Xuanwu looked at Chaowu and suddenly laughed, “I recognize you. You are Shuyue. I recognize you. I will never mistake you again.”
Seeing Xuanwu rushing towards her, Chaowu simply dodged.
Remembering Lingxi's words before her death about being careful of Xuanwu, Chaowu gripped the Wujiu sword in her hand even tighter.
She also sensed something was wrong. Xuanwu said she hadn't unleashed the true power of the Wujiu Sword, but when she swung the sword at the barrier just now, she was only focused on saving Lingxi, and the power surging from her body was genuine.
"Ah Yue, Ah Yue, do you really not love me anymore?"
“Xuanwu, I’ve told you many times that our relationship was a mistake from the very beginning. The love you see in me is nothing but a scheme by Chen Ge. Are you still unwilling to wake up to this fact?”
"No, no, that's not it."
"Xuanwu, who are you now?"
Xuanwu was stunned, then said, "I am Xuanwu, of course I am Xuanwu."
Asagiri pointed her sword at Gengo, "Are you Gengo, or Chen Ge?"
Xuanwu's expression gradually changed. He spread his hands, looked at Shuyue, and laughed, "You found out so quickly? What, you want to kill me? Come on, kill Xuanwu too."
"Get out of his body."
"That won't do. I'm counting on Xuanwu Divine Lord's body to protect me. Your Majesty, although Xuanwu is a bit arrogant, he hasn't done anything wrong. How can you bring yourself to kill him?"
"Xuanwu! Wake up!"
Xuanwu's expression shifted slightly, and then his mouth moved, but it was Chaowu's voice that came out.
"You keep saying you love me, but you really do love me, not my appearance. You can fall deeply in love with anything that looks like me."
"What did you do?" Asagiri asked.
"It's nothing, I just used your words to provoke him a little. A dignified god-king, yet this is all he's capable of. You probably don't know how angry Xuanwu God-king was when he saw the Wujiu Sword recognize you as its master."
Xuanwu suddenly spoke up, "That's not how it is. I love you, no matter what you look like. Ayue, don't leave me."
His voice, like that of morning mist, rang out again, "But I look different now, so you didn't recognize me, did you?"
Xuanwu's face turned deathly pale instantly. He suddenly remembered the question that Chaowu had asked him before.
Asagiri asked him, "Do you recognize me?"
What was his response at the time?
He asked Asagiri if she was trying to seduce him.
Xuanwu looked up at the sky, his expression turning ferocious. "No, it's not like that. Ayue, can you give me another chance? I really love you, please, give me a chance to make it up to you, I promise..."
His response was a slap from Asagiri.
"Xuanwu, stop acting. Are you really being controlled by Chen Ge, or is it just that you want to escape reality? For the sake of your ridiculous pride, you're willing to hand over your body and soul to an evil spirit?"
Xuanwu looked up and was slapped again.
He looked at Asagiri and said, "If it will help you vent your anger, then hit me as much as you want, until you feel better."
[How disgusting! He even got pleasure from it, how shameless! With such a shameless spirit, why doesn't he fight back against the evil spirits instead of just being disgusting?]
Xiang Bei spat.
Asagiri also felt disgusted, but didn't say anything. The evil spirit was currently hiding in Gengo's body, and provoking Gengo would allow the evil spirit to succeed.
But the evil spirit seized the opportunity and irritated Xuanwu in his mind, saying, "Xuanwu, your words have disgusted her. Stop using such excuses to cover up your true feelings. You know what you're thinking, and I know it too."
The evil spirit mocked, "Actually, the one who deserves to die the most is you. You are the culprit who caused all this. But Xuanwu, not only do you not realize your mistakes, you also try to shift the blame onto others. You say the flower demon seduced you, but wasn't it your own choice? Your unwillingness to admit your mistakes is what makes you so disgusting."
"That's not how it is," Xuanwu weakly protested.
"You know in your heart, Xuanwu, that the person you love most is actually yourself. You should indeed lose your love forever, and the one who should die is you."
Looking at Gengo's expression, Asagiri knew that the evil spirit must have done something.
"Xuanwu, wake up!" Chaowu said.
"Mind your own business! Get out of here!" Xuanwu pushed Chaowu aside and ran towards his temple.
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