Even though Jie Yuanās words still carried coldness, Yun Che could sense that her attitude towards him was slightly different than before . Though she had the ability to undo the ācontractā between him and Hongāer, she chose not to do so .
From her words, it seemed like she had a way to merge Hongāer and Youāer souls . But she still asked for his opinion and even listened to it .
All of this was not because he had inherited the strength of the Heretic God .
Especially that phrase āI owe this to youā, it was said in an extremely firm and unyielding manner . After all, even if there was a possibility that Yun Che had lied to her, Hongāer and Youāerās behavior proved otherwise .
To Yun Che, this was unquestionably an extremely good change . He thought about it for a moment before saying in a low voice, āSenior Devil Emperor, this junior did not lie to you . Even though this world is different from before, it is still a world you belong to . The home that belongs to you and the Heretic God still remains . Your daughter is also alive and well, so when your clan members returnā¦ā
āThere is no need to speak of this matter anymore!ā
Yun Che was cut off by Jie Yuan before he could finish his sentence, her expression clearly turning colder .
A small chill ran through Yun Cheās heartā¦ it seemed like it would be hard to convince Jie Yuan to have a change of heart .
Jie Yuan obviously did not want to discuss this matter with Yun Che and she suddenly said, āFrom the state of your profound veins, it seems that your core divine power is not complete yet . How many elemental seeds do you have now?ā
Yun Che replied, āSenior is correct, this junior currently has four elemental seeds in total . Fire, water, lightning, andā¦ darkness . ā
āDarkness?ā Jie Yuanās gaze grew strange and her voice deepened by several degrees, āNo wonder you could remain calm and collected in that dark world . Heā¦ whyā¦ did he leave this seed behindā¦ was he not willingā¦ā
She absentmindedly spoke the last bit to herself . Her words were very soft and could not be heard clearly .
āAs this junior mentioned just now, Youāer saved my life back then,ā Yun Che said . āShe used the Darkness Seed to save my life . What this junior can surmise is that the Heretic God could finally come to this place to visit Youāer after all the gods and devils had been destroyed . He left Youāer the Darkness Seed and killed himself to form a drop of Indestructible Bloodā¦ Or perhaps he did this in order to guide the person who inherited his power and his will to find Youāer . ā
After he finished, Jie Yuan spoke slowly, āBack then, only I knew that he possessed darkness profound energy . If the world were to find out about it, even if he was a Creation God, even if he had previously sacrificed so much for the god race, they would still have expelled him and treated him as an enemy . Thus, even though he possessed the extremely powerful darkness profound energy, he never used it even once . ā
āAre you also like that?ā her gaze tilted towards Yun Che .
Yun Che nodded, āYesā¦ā
āWith your current strength, how long can you open the āHell Monarchā gate for?ā Jie Yuan suddenly posed another question .
āAbout fifteen breaths . ā Yun Che replied honestly .
Jie Yuan was slightly surprised, āItās extremely rare for you to able to open the Hell Monarch gate for so long given your current profound cultivation . Other than your profound veins and soul, your body must surely be extraordinary . However, the āHell Monarchā gate is the limit that a mortal can handle and is most likely the limit that you will be able to reach in your lifetimeā¦ Unless you are able to break through the limits of your āmortalityā and the ālawsā of this current world one day and step into the domain of the gods . ā
Yun Che replied, āSenior is unexpectedly familiar with the Heretic God Arts . ā
āHeretic God Arts?ā This name caused Jie Yuan to frown slightly before she let out a cold snort, āIts original name was the āDevil God Forbidden Tomeā . ā
āDevil Godā¦ Forbidden Tome?ā Yun Cheās brows twitched violently .
Heretic God Artsā¦ was clearly named by the Creation God of the Elements who called himself the Heretic God when he shunned the world out of despair . He was victorious when he battled against the strongest Creation God, Mo E, this showed that he had already managed to cultivate the āHeretic God Artsā at that time, but its actual name was really the Devil God Forbidden Tome .
A name that would be considered a taboo regardless of the era .
āWhen we consummated our marriage back then, we had to plan for our future . Faced with the unbending rules of two races who had irreconcilable differences, the best and perhaps the only method left to us was to change the rules . In order to change the rules, one had to possess a strength that ruled above all things . ā
āThe Devil God Forbidden Tome was born from this reason . ā
Jie Yuanās account caused Yun Che to be suddenly reminded of what Xia Qingyue said to him,
āDo you know why I could still retain my surname āXiaā despite being the Moon God Emperor? It is because in the Moon God Realm, I am the one who arbitrates the laws, not the one who follows them!ā
āTogether, we created the forbidden strength āDevil God Forbidden Tomeā by combining his elemental divine powers and myćEternal Calamity of Darknessć . That was the very first time that our two races had truly combined our strengths, and this gave rise to a mighty power that far exceeded our expectations . ā
āā¦ā Yun Che had just found out today that the Heretic God Arts did not originate from the strength of the Heretic God alone, instead, it was a creation of both the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor and the Heretic God!
The forbidden profound art that combined the powers of a Creation God and a Devil Emperor!
āWhen the Devil God Forbidden Tome was cultivated, it was as if a raging devil was birthed in oneās profound veins . The greater the strength, the harder it was to master it . In the end, together we placed seven seals in his profound veins so that he could control and master that power . ā
āAnd these seven seals are the āgatesā in your profound veins, and your profound energy will go berserk on different levels when these seven seals are opened . ā
āIā¦ see . ā Yun Che unconsciously placed his palm on his profound veins, great waves fluctuating in his heart .
The Heretic God was originally the Creation God of Elements . His lifebound strength should be elemental divine power .
The āHeretic God Artsā which caused oneās profound strength to go berserk were actually a forbidden divine power that he had created later .
āPerhaps itās because of the nature of my strength, I was never able to cultivate it even though the Devil God Forbidden Tome was created by the two of us,ā Jie Yuan said . āI thought that no one else other than him would be able to cultivate it . However, we never did manage to wait for the day that we could change the rules . ā
Following her last sentence, a cold sorrow that she had been holding back with all her might slowly permeated into the depths of Yun Cheās soul .
At this moment, she suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed it at Yun Cheās left shoulder . A ball of black light flickered into life on his shoulder and the shape of a darkness profound formation suddenly appeared and disappeared in the next instant .
Jie Yuan retracted her finger as Yun Che looked at his shoulder and asked, āWhatās that?ā
āI sealed a sound transmission profound formation into your body . When the profound formation is activated by your thoughts, you will be able to send me a sound transmission from any location and I will appear within a few seconds,ā Jie Yuan explained .
āButā¦ā Without waiting for Yun Che to express his gratitude, her voice turned suddenly cold as she glared pointedly at him, āThis is limited to when your life is in danger, or when you require long range teleportation!ā
āEven though the power of the World Piercer is nearly exhausted, teleporting through this Primal Chaos Dimension is still something that can be easily done . Consider this repayment for taking care of my daughter . ā Jie Yuan would never owe anyone a favor, let alone a mortal . She continued, āAs for why I am willing to save your life, it is not because you possess his strength, but because Hongāerās life is linked to yours and I would never allow her to die along with you!ā
āYes, this junior understands . ā Yun Che replied thankfully .
āYou should also understand something else . ā Jie Yuanās tone became even colder, her pitch black pupils piercing into the depths of Yun Cheās heart, ā Besides using the power World Piercer and getting you out of life-threatening situations, you should not expect to ever borrow my power!ā
āDonāt expect me to help you or the people around you when youāre stuck in a difficult situation . Neither should you expect me to eradicate your enemies, no matter how great the feud is . You can only rely on yourself!ā
āHe was the strongest and proudest god in the entire god race! I refuse to allow you, the person who has inherited his strengthā¦ to become a useless person who relies on the might of others! Understand!?ā
Jie Yuan was certainly not joking . Especially that phrase āHe was the strongest and proudest god in the entire god raceāā¦ Every word was filled with a deep sense of pride that could not be desecrated .
āYes, this junior understands . ā Yun Che solemnly replied .
āI hope that you truly understand . ā Jie Yuan turned and said, āHongāer likes what she has currently . With you as her companion, I can rest assured . But Youāerā¦ I will stay here and accompany her for this period of time, you may go . ā
āYes,ā Yun Che agreed . He hesitated for a few moments, but in the end, he did not bring up the subject of the returning devil gods again . After that, he flew off in the direction of the Profound Sky Continent .
Jie Yuan did not return to Youāer immediately . She stood at the edge of Cloud Endās Cliff as she surveyed this small and tiny worldā¦ Without Yun Che present, she finally did not need to forcefully suppress her feelings anymore .
āNi Xuanā¦ Iām backā¦ Iām really backā¦ā
āWhereā¦ areā¦ youā¦ā
Boom boom boomā¦ Boom boom boomā¦
The far-off space suddenly started to fluctuate as she lost control over her emotions and aura . The thunderous roars of profound beasts started filling the skies after that .
An unnerving aura started to spread swiftly over the huge continent .
Jie Yuan lifted her eyes, and with a turn of her body, she had already traveled hundreds of kilometers .
This was a city that belonged to the human beings and even though it definitely was not considered a small city on this continent, almost half of it had been reduced to ruins .
Most of the people were currently repairing buildings that had been destroyed . Everyoneās faces were filled with fatigueā¦ and hope .
Jie Yuan sensed an aura that made her uncomfortable the very first moment she had arrived .
Perhaps it was because of her arrival that this uncomfortable aura disappeared without a trace .
At this moment, the land and air started to tremble simultaneously . In the distance, a dense wave of profound beasts surged forward like water bursting from a dam . World-shaking roars accompanied them as they launched themselves towards the already damaged city .
Roars of shock and terror, and wails of despair instantly filled every corner of the city .
Countless people started to flee as many profound practitioners summoned profound energy and rushed toward the wave of profound beasts . Wails of misery were mixed in with the sounds of the bitter struggle which started to fill this land struck with sudden disaster .
Every single profound beast had become extremely violent, it was as if they had gone completely insane . The profound practitioners were afraid at first, but soon after, they started to emit a malicious aura that grew heavier and heavier, and their shouts gradually started to resemble that of wild beasts . The battle between humans and profound beasts became fiercer and more terrible with every passing breath .
The city walls crumbled to pieces as more and more profound beasts that have gone mad rushed into the city, and all hope had been lost .
A girlās heart-rending scream pierced into Jie Yuanās ears like an iron needle . The girl fell down in a corner of the city and her mother hurriedly turned back to use her body to shield the frail girlā¦ while more than ten profound beasts launched themselves at the pair as they bared their ferocious blood-stained teeth .
Jie Yuan pointed her finger forward and the horde of profound beasts instantly scattered and vanished into thin air .
A thunderclap that came out of nowhere resounded in the air . Soon after, the temperature of the originally scorching weather started dropping at an unnatural speed . A chilly wind started blowing, bringing a flurry of snow with it . In the blink of an eye, it turned into a blizzard that covered the entire sky .
The natural order has collapsedā¦
These words flashed in Jie Yuanās mind as she closed her eyes and looked toward the heavens, a pained struggle flashing across her bruised and scarred countenance .
The chaos created by the profound beasts on the Azure Cloud Continent had been calmed by Yun Cheās light profound energy . But because of Jie Yuanās arrival, it had once again erupted and it had grown more violent than ever before .