Gong Mingyue responded in a low voice. Ji Jiuying's pupils shrank, her fingers gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, and she suddenly turned her back to him, no longer looking at him.
“Ah Yue…”
Ji Jiuying hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
"What's wrong, Jiu'er?"
Ji Jiuying thought for a moment and decided to ask clearly, "A-Yue, do you think I'm that goddess, just like Qingchen?"
"It's not that I think you are."
Hearing this, Ji Jiuying's heart sank: "What if... I'm not..."
Sensing something, Gong Mingyue pulled her into his arms: "There are no ifs, it's always been you."
"But... how can you be sure that it's me?"
Gong Mingyue explained, "Do you remember how you discovered me when we first met?"
Ji Jiuying recalled and asked, "Was it because of the fragrance on you?"
"Yes, the fragrance on my body was made by you. You were very domineering back then, only allowing me to use the incense you made..." Gong Mingyue smiled at this point and continued, "Later, I learned that the incense you made seeped into the soul. Even after a person dies, their soul will still carry this fragrance. Later, when I asked you about it, you explained that since we were destined to be together for all eternity, she wanted to brand her mark on my soul, and only she could smell it, so that she could easily find me in the next life..."
Ji Jiuying was a little surprised by this; she had been a bit simple-minded in her past life.
Then, as if remembering something, he asked, "Ah Yue, can you tell me about what happened in my past life?"
"Back then, we fell in love and vowed to be together for eternity. I never expected the Heavenly Lord to react so strongly. Ye Qingchen challenged me to a battle, with the loser eliminated. I thought I would win, but I fell into Ye Qingchen and the Heavenly Lord's trap, and I accidentally destroyed Mount Buzhou..."
“Mount Buzhou imprisoned the sacred beast Kunpeng clan. Although they committed a grave mistake, their crimes did not warrant death. However, the Heavenly Emperor wanted to eliminate future troubles, so he used me to destroy the Kunpeng clan. When Mount Buzhou is destroyed, it will no longer matter who wins or loses between me and Ye Qingchen.”
"Later, I was rightfully banished to the mortal realm."
At this point, a murderous glint flashed in Gong Mingyue's eyes.
"When I saw Ye Qingchen as the executioner, I belatedly realized that the battle and the bet were nothing more than a trap set by the Heavenly Lord and Ye Qingchen for me. However, none of these were the most important. The most important thing was that God-Slaying Sword, which Ye Qingchen had cursed with a soul. Once the soul curse entered the body, it was no longer as simple as entering the mortal world; it meant that the soul could not be reunited."
At this point, Gong Mingyue tightened his grip on Ji Jiuying's hand and said, "At the moment the God-Slaying Sword fell, you appeared and blocked it with your body, but the God-Slaying Sword still pierced through both of us, and that wisp of soul curse landed on you."
"We both perished. The reason why Ye Qingchen shielded you from all the heavenly lightning was because he voluntarily scattered his primordial spirit to protect your soul and asked the envoy of the Nine Realms to bear all the heavenly lightning for you, just so that you could ascend to the God Realm smoothly."
Ji Jiuying remained silent for a long time after hearing this. So everything Ye Qingchen had done for her was simply because the soul curse he had cast on A Yue had now fallen upon her…
The capital city.
Hei Xiangling and Xiao Yichen were being all lovey-dovey when they ran into Qi Yun and her husband on the way.
According to Qi Yun, her husband Fu Danqing unexpectedly obtained a divine position and is now the Danqing God Lord in the Heavenly Palace, in charge of various divine beasts in the Heavenly Palace.
Later, it was learned that the people of the divine realm were in a state of panic. It was said that the goddess had returned to her position but was nowhere to be found, and the war god Gong Ming from tens of thousands of years ago had also appeared.
Hei Xiangling, curious, inquired further, and Danqing Divine Lord recounted the entire story. After listening to Danqing Divine Lord's words, Hei Xiangling and Xiao Yichen exchanged a glance. Could this Night God and Palace Underworld War God be the two they were thinking of...?
As for the goddess, if that's really the case, what about that girl?
Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind. Things were too coincidental. If Ye Shenjun was Ye Qingchen and Gongming Zhanshen was that evil god, could that brat be the reincarnation of the legendary goddess?
To verify her thoughts, Hei Xiangling inquired about the past life of the two of them from Danqing Shenjun. Although she had lived for tens of thousands of years, she did not pay much attention to the affairs of the God Realm.
When she heard that it was the God of War Gongming who destroyed Buzhou Mountain, causing the Buzhou Mountain, which imprisoned the Kunpeng clan, to be destroyed, she was stunned in disbelief, as if struck by lightning.
"What...what did you say? The Kunpeng of Buzhou Mountain was destroyed by the God of War, Gongming?"
Danqing Shenjun looked at her with a puzzled expression, then nodded.
Hei Xiangling staggered a few steps and almost lost her balance, but Xiao Yichen quickly supported her.
Hei Xiangling's eyes reddened slightly, and she shook her head in disbelief: "Impossible, this is impossible..."
"What's wrong, Xiangling?"
Xiao Yichen looked at her with a worried expression.
"That's impossible! That fire qilin clearly said that it was the Heavenly Lord of the God Clan who forced her father, the Kunpeng King, to sign a contract with the God Clan and the divine beasts, but the Kunpeng Clan had its own pride and refused to sign the contract even at the cost of its own death, which led to its extinction..."
Danqing Shenjun frowned: "This... I've never heard of it before."
Hei Xiangling's body trembled slightly. Or was the fire qilin deceiving her? Deceiving her for the sake of its master…?
Hei Xiangling was in great pain and squatted on the ground, burying her face in her hands and crying bitterly.
"Xiang Ling?"
A voice interrupted Hei Xiangling's thoughts.
Qi Yun looked at the newcomer, her eyes shining with delight, and exclaimed, "Ninth Girl!"
"My husband, she is the Ninth Girl I told you about."
Danqing Shenjun stepped forward and bowed to Ji Jiuying, his eyes filled with gratitude and respect: "I am Fu Danqing. Thank you for your help, Miss Ji. It is thanks to you that I can stay with Yun'er in this divine realm."
Ji Jiuying nodded slightly: "Lord Fu, you don't need to be so polite. Senior Qi Yun also helped me a lot in the Holy Domain."
After exchanging a few polite words, their gazes fell on Hei Xiangling. They saw that her eyes were fixed on Gong Mingyue behind Ji Jiuying. At this moment, Gong Mingyue was wearing a mask, and no one could see the expression under the mask.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Ji Jiuying felt a bad premonition and quickly turned to look at Qi Yun. Qi Yun immediately understood and looked at Fu Danqing beside him, saying, "Husband, it's getting late. Why don't we go back to the Heavenly Palace together?"
Fu Danqing wasn't stupid; he naturally sensed that something was off about the atmosphere. He nodded to Ji Jiuying and the others, then left.
"Xiang Ling..."
Hei Xiangling shook off Xiao Yichen and went straight to Gong Mingyue, asking, "Are you the God of War, Gong Ming?"
Just as Gong Mingyue was about to make a move, Ji Jiuying grabbed his sleeve and shook her head, which made him suppress his impulse.
"yes."
Hei Xiangling staggered back a few steps in disbelief. The girl's man was the murderer who killed her entire clan... How ridiculous, utterly ridiculous.
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