Chapter 42 He is the Heavenly Emperor (Bonus Chapter)
After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he stormed the Xuanbing Divine Palace. He knew he had been too hasty in seeking revenge; the Xuanbing Divine Palace had eight Nascent Soul cultivators, but he went there intending to die with them. As a result, after killing those eight old men, he himself was severely injured and unable to move, and was almost beheaded by a Foundation Establishment stage Xuanbing Divine Palace disciple.
At the critical moment, Han Wen appeared and saved him.
Han Wen returned the Nine-Turned Ice Heart Lotus to him.
He said he didn't intentionally arrive seventeen years late. After saving his brother, when he wanted to deliver the magical artifact, he encountered a powerful enemy, and the two brothers were trapped in an ancient ruin while trying to escape. They were trapped there for seventeen years.
He said he was sorry for dragging him down and hurting him.
Gu Qi stopped talking and only said one sentence: "Go away, and never appear in front of me again."
Han Wen did not leave.
He told Han to get lost.
That guy stayed until his injuries healed before disappearing.
After his injuries healed, he began hunting down the remnants of the Xuanbing Divine Palace. Then, he was joined by various sects in the Northern Region to hunt him down.
They want to avenge the people of the Xuanbing Divine Palace.
How could that be?
Those guys were hunting him down simply because they believed he possessed some extraordinary treasure, having successfully formed his Nascent Soul in just forty-five years, and had killed eight others of the same level, including two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. They assumed he must have seized a great opportunity, and under the guise of upholding justice, they came to kill this demon.
Okay! Come on over!
They haven't killed enough yet.
He slaughtered as many as came, turning the entire Northern Region into a river of blood. He killed until everyone trembled at the mere mention of his name. Finally, no one dared to appear before him again.
The snow in the North is so cold that no amount of blood can warm him.
He left the Northern Region and went elsewhere. He traveled to the Southern Region and the Western Region, and finally came to the Eastern Region. He went to the Qingyun Sect and met Han Wen.
Han Wen had become the sect leader of the Qingyun Sect, and a beautiful woman named Xu Hui had joined his side; she was his Daoist partner. He hadn't let Han Wen know he had come to the Qingyun Sect, but Han Wen still noticed him. He called his name, but Han Wen didn't turn around and turned to leave.
Later, he found the location of the rift in the interface, left the Cloud Mist Realm, and went to another realm. He cultivated all the way from the Nascent Soul stage to the Mahayana stage. When he was in the late Mahayana stage, he encountered a powerful enemy. It was his most tragic battle, far more tragic than the battle he fought in the Northern Region's Profound Ice Divine Palace.
He finally used up all his trump cards to kill all his opponents. Then, his mangled body was swept into a spacetime rift by spatial turbulence.
If he hadn't cultivated the "Myriad Manifestations Technique," he would surely be dead.
Because of this cultivation technique, he didn't die, but his cultivation level dropped to the Nascent Soul stage. To his shock, he was actually carried back to the Cloud Mist Realm by spatial turbulence. After taking a trip to the Upper Realm, several hundred years later, he returned to the Cloud Mist Realm as a Nascent Soul cultivator—it was truly shameful.
Fortunately, not many people recognize him now.
He went to the Northern Region, but his parents' graves were nowhere to be found. His former sect had also fallen into ruin. He then went to the Southern Region, the Western Region, and finally came to the Eastern Region. By some strange twist of fate, he inquired about Han Wen and learned that Han Wen's Daoist partner had given birth to a daughter, and they were about to hold a full-moon celebration.
He didn't know what had gotten into him; instead of seeing Han Wen, he secretly sneaked into the Qingyun Sect to check on the newborn girl who had just turned one month old. He even hypnotized the maid and held her for a moment.
The baby girl giggled in his arms; she was a beautiful little thing. She clung to one of his fingers and wouldn't let go, but he pulled it out forcefully, and she cried.
Oh dear, the little thing is crying. He put her down and disappeared before her mother arrived.
Then he left the Qingyun Sect, and because his injuries recurred, he found a place to cultivate in seclusion.
Fifteen years later, he emerged from seclusion and learned that Han Wen and his Daoist partner had perished several years earlier.
Oh, I see.
It has nothing to do with him.
But for some reason, his walk led him to the Qingyun Sect. In the sect's forbidden area, he saw a young girl, only fifteen years old, whose features resembled Han Wen's Daoist partner.
Could she be Han Wen's daughter?
He looked at the little girl, who was clearly only at the Qi Refining stage, yet she strolled through the forbidden area of the Qingyun Sect as if it were her backyard. She even knew the "Myriad Manifestations Technique." He watched as she toyed with the people of the Qingyun Sect.
He was filled with curiosity about her.
When she tried to blow up the spiritual veins of the Qingyun Sect, he appeared and scared her, and her reaction was quite interesting.
She really is Han Wen's daughter.
That tiny little thing from back then has grown so big all of a sudden.
He took her as his disciple, and she was unwilling but unable to resist. He even threatened her, saying that once she reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would cultivate with her. He liked the way she disliked him but couldn't get rid of him.
Although it seems a bit much to bully a teenage girl, what can we do when she's Han Wen's daughter?
He never blamed Han Wen for the deaths of his parents and clansmen. But because of Han Wen, he was indeed whipped a hundred times, his skin torn and bloodied, and he spent ten years reflecting on his sins in the icy abyss.
He took the little girl to Chang Le Island. The little girl cultivated very hard on the island and was very wary of him, but she was also very curious about him and always tried to find out his background. Of course, he would not tell her anything.
I love seeing her get flustered.
He also wanted to know the secrets hidden within this little girl, but she was like a hedgehog, making it difficult to get her to tell the truth. He had hypnotized her and carefully examined her body, but found nothing amiss, which only fueled his interest in her.
He paid more and more attention to her, and then, coming to his senses, he realized he had actually developed feelings for this young girl. He began to care about her opinion of him, her defensiveness, her wariness, which started to make him feel uncomfortable. Years passed, and this young girl had taken a lot from him, but she was stingy with even a kind word.
She was always perfunctory towards him, and when she occasionally showed a different expression, it was as if she was looking at someone else through him.
He was furious.
His old injuries hadn't healed yet, so he told her to cultivate properly on the island. However, she ran away after he went into seclusion and was severely injured by Xie Yun.
Sensing that she was in danger, he had to stop his seclusion while recovering from a critical moment and rushed to save her, enduring the backlash. However, she was ungrateful and said that she could have escaped even without him.
He was really angry.
This infuriating guy even wanted him to storm the Qingyun Sect to avenge her. He told her that they should start dual cultivation ahead of time. She immediately hopped away to a faraway place and ran away as if fleeing.
Sixty years passed in the blink of an eye. His infuriating rebellious disciple had also reached the peak of the late Core Formation stage. She was clearly capable of forming her Nascent Soul, but she kept delaying. One day, she said, "Master, I want to go to the Eastern Region."
So they went to the Eastern Regions. He sensed that she had a purpose in going to the Eastern Regions, and his intuition told him that purpose was related to him.
This little girl is quite likable. Shi Hongmin's apprentice is completely infatuated with her. Although the boy didn't do anything, seeing his eyes constantly fixed on her, he even had murderous thoughts.
He was surprisingly possessive of her.
After all, that kid hadn't done anything outrageous, and his master had some connection with him, so he didn't lay a hand on him. Later, when he encountered Sima Xuan, he showed no mercy, killing the kid first and then sending his father to join him. He destroyed the Qingluo Palace, but when he turned around, he found the little girl looking at him with even more wariness.
The stronger he was, the more uneasy she became.
He was furious. For over sixty years, he had almost always obeyed her every word, and yet she still thought he would hurt her? Enraged, he couldn't help but press her again, demanding that she achieve fertility. She made various excuses to delay, and even secretly harbored murderous intentions towards him.
She harbored murderous intentions towards him from the moment he took her as his disciple.
I never imagined that after more than sixty years, this ingrate would still be so ungrateful, and she would still have that thought.
Forcing her to form her nascent soul was merely a way for him to vent his anger. If he really wanted to do something to her, why would he wait until she formed her nascent soul? She even wanted him to break the Soul-Locking Curse; if he actually did, she would have run away as fast as she could.
Alright, you want to kill him, huh? Let's see what tricks she has up her sleeve.
When the palace appeared in the clouds, he knew it was a trap. She urged him to go in and die, and he sneered inwardly, wanting to see what the palace was all about.
So that's how it is, looking in the mirror.
When his mirror image appeared, he remembered what this palace was—the legendary Jade Palace. This was actually the Jade Palace? He had been too arrogant. Although the mirror image was a replica of him, it didn't tire or feel fear. No matter how many times he defeated it, as long as he couldn't kill it instantly, it could resurrect.
He was so exhausted of his magic power that he managed to kill his own mirror image.
But he was also on his deathbed.
He leaned against the wall, waiting for her to appear.
He knew she would come.
He got what he was waiting for.
Seeing him on the verge of death, she stood at a distance for a long time. Even with his eyes closed, he could feel her murderous intent. Finally, the murderous intent disappeared from her, and she turned to leave.
He called out to her.
Why leave?
Do you want to escape?
Didn't you want to kill him? This is the perfect opportunity.
He risked his life, betting that she wouldn't do it.
He lost his bet.
Her dagger pierced his heart.
He had overestimated himself. Even though she hesitated, he remained an obstacle in her heart. A sharp pain shot through his chest, but the pain quickly subsided, and his vision began to blur. He heard her crying; she was holding him, sobbing uncontrollably.
Why are you crying?
You are free now...
He thought he was dead.
But a massive flood of memories surged forth, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw the stars of the Boundless Heaven.
Oh, he remembered, he was the Heavenly Emperor.
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