126 Chapter 126: The Moon Empresss Pas (1/2)

Blank…..

That was the first thought that arrives inside the minds of Yun Che and Jasmine as they were brought into the pyramid after activating the soul imprint on it. Usually, the soul imprint just activates a hidden message but they would not expect being brought directly into the pyramid. Their minds slowly registered some thoughts as they landed on the cold and damp floor. Speaking about the floor, they could feel the surface was quite cold without smudges on it as if they landed on a stone marble.

Yun Che slowly got up from his fall as he observed the dark area where he and Jasmine just landed. Since Jasmine was a soul form, she didn't feel any pain from the encounter just now and the bad luck falls to Yun Che. Good thing he shifted his body before he landed with his feet. Well, he didn't want to land just like back in the Dragon Trial. Before he could say anything, Jasmine beat him first as she spoke regarding the condition of the dark and blank zone. ”Where in the world are we?”

He shrugged his shoulder and simply replied ”I don't know…. both of us were zapped into the pyramid just now. This is probably inside of it.”

Seeing the total darkness within the pyramid kind of sparks some thought from Jasmine. ”Is this another memory lane?”

”No, Its too dark for a memory lane. Too dark.” As both of them make some speculations about the place.All of a sudden, clicking sounds were heard once more as aqua lights suddenly appeared as if the place was brought back to life. The first thing they saw was the Isu markings and linings on the floor suddenly lit up the floors beneath their fleet at the same time illuminating the entire place they were in. What shocks them was their current location. As the lights illuminated the hall, they finally knew that they are actually inside some kind of a massive chamber with a single massive pedestal in the middle. This place kind of reminds him of a place he was visited by accident in his previous world. He never knew that famous landmark was hiding some kind of chamber underneath it.

The massive pedestal was erected high from the ground and the both of them were at the other side of the chamber. From their current location, they could see a sarcophagus on the middle of the massive pedestal. They could deduce that the sarcophagus is indeed the Moon Empress's coffin but the main attraction was not actually the coffin itself but the shining light on top of a smaller pedestal next to the coffin. If they looked closely, the description matches the orb they had seen from the Soul Imprints.

”Is that what I think it is?” As Jasmine spoke her eyes were glued on the shining object on the pedestal near the coffin. Yun Che just nodded as his eyes also fixed on the it as well. If his hunch was indeed correct, the shining object is indeed….

”As expected from the Moon Empress herself, she even set a Monarch Level formation in this place. She was keen on protecting the Apple until the end of her life.” The system told him that the chamber was surrounded by some kind of profound suppressing formation which restricted any use of profound strength. It other words, it's a No Fly Zone.

It means they could only reach the middle pedestal on foot but that pedestal was erected high from the ground. So, it was only accessible by air as there are no ways for them to achieve it by foot. Moreover, he had a wild idea of trying to climb the pedestal itself but there's no edge for him to reach it. So, climbing is out of the question. According to the system, the formation even suppresses anyone in the Sovereign Profound Realm. The Empress won't let anyone out of anyone to get the apple. If she wants to, she won't set this kind of formation in the first place.

Yun Che crossed his arms as the normal Mihawk would do when he's thinking. ”I expected she hid it somewhere within the continent. Never expected for it to be here of all place.”

”Where do you expect it would be?” Jasmine replied as she floats all over the zone looking for clues to get to the pedestal.

Knowing his gaming instinct as well as common sense of setting a trap, he deduced that most tomb makers did just that to protect their secrets. But, then again. They arrived here. ”I don't know. Probably sent us on a wild goose chase all over the continent.”

”It supposed to be that way. But, then again. I've already expected for you to found this part of the tomb.” An echoing voice was heard throughout the area as both of their attention instantly focused on it. Before their minds could register what happened. Bright lights suddenly illuminate the surroundings and both Yun Che and Jasmine instantly cover their eyes. As the lights died down, a figure slowly appeared from the source as she was wearing a clothing much more different compared to nowadays trend. Despite the figure's clothing, both of them instantly recognized the figure as clear as day but there's one thing bothering them when they gaze upon the figure.

”This is….” He widens his eyes as he saw the girl was dressed in standard's Isu clothing. Although it's just a normal clothing but he could see the fashion sense she was trying to show. She was wearing an all-white dress covered anything but her arms. She was also wearing some kind of accessories looked like armor that covers her neck and her waist. She was also wearing an armored headwear that holds her beautiful black hair in a form of a pony-tail. Her fashion reminds him of a certain someone with similar sense. Even if he admits she was kind of cool wearing that kind of armor but he had seen this kind of fashion sense back in his world. Anyway, he didn't come her for the clothes. He came here for the Apple.

”Welcome my successor, I expected you to made it this far…. from time after time….” The figure began her speech in an echoing voice but Yun Che wasn't the kind of person who wants to listen to this kind of things. Besides, he smirks as this girl was enjoying herself acting all and mighty. Even if its over the top.

”All right, Moon Empress. Cut the chatter.” Yun Che suddenly said in his dull Mihawk voice but he was stumped when the figure suddenly floats to him and was shocked like a teenage girl.

”Ehh!!! You managed to see me through?!? I was hoping to disguise myself as one of Ares's comrade but never expected you can recognize me in just one glance. *sigh I was hoping my younger form could at least fool you. That's kind of rude interrupting a girl when she talks.” The girl dropped her echoing voice as she spoke.

Both Yun Che and Jasmine sweat dropped with her antics just now as this is not the girl they had in mind. As she slowly changed from her Isu clothing to a standard ancient Chinese robe.

Jasmine suppressed her giggle as she spoke ”Is this who I think it is?”

Yun Che pinch the bridge of his nose as he spoke with a tired tone. ”Uhhhh, your clothing is a little bit over the top. Besides, Isu women don't dressed like that. By the way, Moon Empress. Your acting was not convincing for someone like me.”

They knew the figure was indeed the Moon Empress but she was much younger compared to their previous encounter within the memory lanes. This one looked much more like a woman in her twenties. The reason they managed to recognized her due to her similar appearances with her younger self from within the memory. Her face was much younger compared to the beautiful Moon Empress back in the memory but she was not losing her any of her appeals even though she looks younger. Even though she looked like a younger woman in her twenties, her Empress aura still remain as if she was in her glory back in the days.

The so called Moon Empress immediately floats towards him before looking at him dead in the eye. As she was staring, the girl started to smile and fuming at the same time as she spoke while pointing a finger towards his face. ”Why did everyone called me that? Moon Empress this, Moon Empress that. Even the outside world calls me that. It's rude. I have a name you know. I am Huan Xuyi. Xuyi. Don't forget that…” The so call Moon Empress introduce herself like a haughty girl.

Yun Che and Jasmine widen their eyes as they saw the way the Empress was acting. She was totally different from the memory lanes. But seeing her like this kind of reminds Yun Che of his original world. There are a lot of girls like this in his original world but never expected that someone is actually here all of a sudden. He suddenly blurted ”Did I just see what I just see?”

”Is this another of those illusion?” She spoke to Yun Che.

Jasmine was also widening her eyes in disbelief as she was witnessing the childlike Moon Empress was acting in front of them. She saw her previous form but that tine she was much more mature and charismatic compared to this girl. Moreover, she was also floating in the air and she didn't feel any life came from her body. They assumed she was a soul form like Jasmine. But, the Moon Empress named Huan Xuyi suddenly say something that cause the both of them to feel shock coursing through their bodies.

Xuyi slowly smiled before she spoke while looking towards Jasmine. ”Oh…there's no Illusion this time. Little Flower. Maybe I should say 'Welcome?' instead. Silly me.”

Jasmine was shocked as her appearance was visible for anyone to see. The system masked her appearance so well even souls won't be able to see her. That's why the soul Ares from before can't see her directly. She immediately spoke ”You…. how… you can see me?”

Yun Che also was quite shock as the system did masked her appearance. To think that this younger version of the Moon Empress actually can talk to her. No wonder Jasmine was zapped along with him into this chamber. He asked the system from within his mind ”System, why is the soul of the Moon Empress can see her?”

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[Ding…. the system's function of protecting Jasmine's appearance was disabled the moment host stepped into the chamber. Analysis indicate that the source probably came from the Apple of Eden itself. Right now, Jasmine's soul is now visible to anyone. System will try to resolve the troubleshooting.]

Xuyi slowly floats towards Jasmine and introduce herself. ”Hehe…Of course I can… You're Jasmine aren't you? I am also surprised that I finally meet you in person. It's not common for me to see someone from outside the Blue Pole Star here. Especially someone from the Realm of the Gods.”

Jasmine's eyes slowly widen as not all cultivators in this world knew the existence of the Realm of the Gods. To think that the Moon Empress knew its existence as well. ”You knew about the Realm of the Gods as well?”

”Of course, I learned a lot of things while in here. I don't live here for One thousand years without knowing anything.” Xuyi slowly shifted her eyes towards Yun Che who still observing and analyzing her. Her curiosity piques as the successor she was waiting for was actually standing in front of her. She wastes no time as she floats to him and spoke” And you must be Yun Che. Oh, you don't need that disguise. Although your current appearance is quite handsome but I prefer someone younger for a change.”

Yun Che was quite surprised that his foolproof disguise was actually seen through and she even knew his name. Good thing she didn't say his true name. He could deny it but he rather spares himself from the bullshit.

His Mihawk's persona suddenly glows before slowly being replaced with his original form. He could stay as Mihawk but since she knew his name then there's no use playing dumb anymore. As his form slowly being brought out, Xuyi didn't even have a shocked expression as if she had seen him before. Not even a hint of curiosity.

”Oooohh, I was right. You looked really handsome in real life. If this Empress was still alive, I might steal you from her.” Huan Xuyi shown them her sultry side but he wasn't the kind of who fell for it. So, he decided to play along.

”Hoho…. Yours truly is quite flattered. I am not sure I am comfortable with a ghost looking at me like that. But I'll take you on that offer anytime.” Yun Che slowly pull Xuyi's hand before kissing it like a gentleman back in his world but Xuyi was quite relaxed with his bold action. Jasmine slowly had several tick marks on her forehead suddenly pulled his ear in an unfriendly manner. Very unfriendly. ”What do you mean steal him from me? You can take this perverted beast all you want. Hmph… and you. How many women you wanted to sully until you're satisfied?!?.”

”Owowowow...Korra!! I never sullied any women yet. Says someone who had an obvious jealousy in her eyes.” Yun Che suddenly shot her with a grin even when he had his ears pulled.

Jasmine was fuming as she shouted ”I am not jealous!!!”

”All right….all right….Pfffff….Ahahahaha” Xuyi instantly laughed as she seen Jasmine and Yun Che's session. Jasmine might close one eye when it comes to Retsu, Mio and the others but she did show some jealousy over there. Quite fun and warm when it comes to him.

Seeing Huan Xuyi's unfamiliar reaction, Yun Che simply brushed everything aside and asked ”How did you know me and Jasmine? I never met you before. More importantly, we don't even know you at all.”

She immediately crosses her arms and puffed her beautiful face as she was annoyed by his statement. She spoke ”*That's rude, you went through my memories and seen my beautiful body. How dare you say you don't know me. *Sigh…I am dead for more than one thousand years now, of course no one knows me anymore… That's kind of sad.” Her expression went sad for a moment but Yun Che knew she made it up as that expression didn't even looked genuine.

”Well…... what's done is done. How did I know? The orb over there. Through it, I can see everything or more precisely, I have been observing you two…. You and your friend Jasmine here. You two are quite the troublemaker. Aren't you?” Her expression turned 180 degrees from sad to happy once more as she grins towards them.

”You observed us? How?” Yun Che's eyes immediately widens as he remembered one of the Apple's function back in his days. If it's the same as the Apple from his world, that means…...

Xuyi suddenly held her head high and she spoke ”I am not telling you. You tell me your stories and I'll tell you mine. That way we'll even.”

Seeing her childish mode, Jasmine sweat dropped and spoke to Yun Che at the same time directly bad mouthing the Moon Empress. ”I expected the Empress was like her soul imprints. Mature, charismatic and serious. But not this…”

He whispered to her ears but he made his voice loud enough for Xuyi to hear. ”I know…. it's unbelievable that the Empress from the Soul Imprint is much different than this…... ”

Seeing both Jasmine and Yun Che bad mouthed her directly, Xuyi suddenly had tick marks as she roared ”This what??!?? How mean…. I was older at that time. Currently I am younger and I should act like one. Right?”

”More likely…. *Sigh… So, how did you know us? You said before you were observing us. Just how? I didn't notice any observation despite my heightened senses.” Yun Che sighs as he gets straight to the point once more.

”Hehe…. About that, let me tell you as we make our way to my coffin.” Xuyi simply floats away towards the edge of the initial zone overlooking the central pedestal. Jasmine sweat dropped as she spoke ”Saying 'my coffin' kind of creeps me out for some reason.” Her statement also added a nod from Yun Che as well. It's not everyday someone wanted to bring him to their coffin and saying it casually. Xuyi floats next to him with a friendly manner and spoke ”Don't worry, I might be dead but I am still a wandering soul with a purpose. So you can relax.”

”No wonder you can see Jasmine.” Yun Che simply spoke but he knew the real reason Jasmine was seen with him. He just nodded his head but at the same time he decided to do a little test. ”If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean you knew everything about us? Why me? Why I am the one you chose as your successor?”

Xuyi stopped on her tracks before facing both Yun Che and Jasmine. ”*Sigh, I supposed it's about time I tell you. From your conversation with Ares, you said you knew everything about the Apple. For years I called it just 'The Orb' but you didn't even cast a second glance at it. You even called it the 'Apple of Eden.' Even during the fight against Ares just now, you spoke to him the language even I have trouble of understanding. Although I said I observed and knew everything about you. That's just one side of it. Rather than saying something like this, it's better for me to show you.”

Xuyi slowly waved her hands and the clicking sounds were heard once more as an energy bridge similar to the bridge back in the mock arena from before suddenly manifest itself from the pedestal to their current location. For the Moon Empress to set up this massive chamber just to store her body and the Apple was kind of exaggerating. Then, holographic images slowly appeared near them as Xuyi shows them part of her memories rather than explaining everything to them. However, she still inserts some of it as an additional knowledge.

What Yun Che saw was the moment she was inside the tomb, the Apple shows here countless of images as if she was viewing a lot of movies at the same time. The most disturbing part is, she also viewed the day he was married to Xia Qingyue, the day he met Jasmine, the Phoenix Trial and every adventure he went so far. Kind of creepy as she was stalking him from afar and he didn't even aware of it. Even the system was oblivious to her observation. He doesn't even wanted to see his kissy-kissy moment with Retsu.

She shown them countless of images. She suddenly went serious before she floats near him one more. ”As much as I want to ask you about your knowledge about the Apple. I heard much of it during your conversation with Ares back in the grand arena.”

”So, I don't need to explain to you anymore.” Yun Che just nodded as he didn't need to told her the whole truth. He never once mentioned about the system in the outside world. If he was, Xuyi would found out about it. Then, Xuyi slowly observed him from hair to toe as if she was inspecting a fine specimen. ”Still, I am still impressed meeting an actual Death God in front me. A death god from another realm. Even your strength and skills still impressed me.”

”Well, despite all of that. I am still cultivating to be an actual god. What about Jasmine?” He shrugged his shoulder as she shifted her gaze towards Jasmine.

”Jasmine? I saw you descend to this world three years ago. With heavy injuries and having that God killing poison inside you. I don't even want to know the trouble you went through up there. Moreover, I don't know what this kid use to pulled you inside his head back then.” As she spoke, Yun Che just fake whistling while looking at the images shown by her.

”You knew about that as well?” Jasmine calmly spoke but she wasn't the type of telling everyone her life stories.

Seeing their expressions, Xuyi merely shrugged as she floats back to the front. ”I do, but no matter how hard I tried. The Apple can't get inside you and this thick block head as if it was blocked by something. I noticed there are some moments I just lost you. Like when you sit still for a moment then just kept quiet just like that. Even during the Phoenix Trial as well as the Dragon God Trial. Looks like there are things the Apple just powerless against. I just have to wait for you to wake up.” She spoke while feeling some kind of annoyed. Well, everyone had their secrets and she wasn't keen on prying on it.

He breath in relief as she didn't know the system's existence and simply assumed that he had a special skill to seal Jasmine back then. Moreover, she didn't even know his adventures inside the Phoenix and Dragon God Trial. Maybe that's the Apple current limit for now.

”Then, how do you know the existence of the Realm of the Gods?” Jasmine asked her another question.

”There are countless legends in the archive I read back in the days. But for you to appeared out of nowhere means you could only come from that place. For those injuries you sustained, able to survived without your original body. I could imagine what kind of experience you went through to get that far.”

Jasmine nodded her head in agreement as Yun Che spoke in agreement as well. ”It's true. It's not easy for someone to simply broke into the realm of the Divines. Especially when this world's energy is quite thin. Reaching Sovereign Profound Realm is quite enough.”

”As for how I know? I used the Apple to show me what happens to the world after I am gone. It enables me to see into the future. Back then, I wanted nothing more to destroy the very thing that destroyed my life. It brought me to the peak of existence but I wanted to destroy it. To prevent anyone from learning its secret. But….” Xuyi shows them the one of her memories from back then. Her older version of herself tried absolutely anything she could to destroy the Apple but it was futile. As her strength increased, she couldn't even have made a single dent on the Apple. So she made a decision to seal it instead of destroying it. But the moment she touched it. The Apple glows once more and made her under some kind of hypnotism.

”Back then, the Apple shows me a glimpse of the future. That is the moment it shows a glimpse of you would arrive in this world. It was only a moment. More like images until I saw your rise in power until Ares's fall in this tomb. The only one who can destroy Ares and set me free. But it will happen for another one thousand years so I couldn't wait that long as my lifespan was at its end. I can only survive for two thousand years' despite being in the peak of existence. So I devised a plan, build this tomb and formation all for the sake of this particular day.” Yun Che and Jasmine kept their cool as they listened. She built all of this because she foresaw their arrival two thousand years ago. She knew everything would lead to this day.

Jasmine remembered that her idiot disciple did mentioned that the Apple drained her life force so her lifetime would have decreased every time she used it. She showed them her rule as the Moon Empress. She would use the Apple sometimes in her ruling as her will to exert dominance to her enemies. But, there were no records according to Cang Yue about she used some kind of treasure in her lifetime.

Seeing her rule and stories as the Moon Empress made them think why the Apple's existence was not known to the world. ”I know what you're thinking. I never used the Apple in my Empire. I don't want them to see my ruthless self. I don't want them to see want that old bastard Ares wanted me to be.”

Hearing Ares's name, Yun Che suddenly remembered she mentioned about a voice back in the second pedestal's memory lane. She turned towards her and spoke ”You mentioned about a voice telling you to live. Is that Ares?”

The younger Xuyi slowly gritted her teeth before she looked at him as if he triggered a bad memory from her. ”That old bastard. He wanted my body so he can use it to rule this entire dominion. Ever since I touched the Apple, he possessed my body as his own. But he couldn't control it just yet. It was too weak back then and he didn't have a shred of profound knowledge of this world. So he merely guided me to become the ultimate vessel.” Xuyi slowly pulled out the image where she stood on the highest mountain facing the moon back then. ”I am sure you knew about how I got my title as the Moon Empress?”

”Based on the legends…. you used the Moon to cultivate. The only one who knew the cultivation method of drawing the energy of the Moon.” Yun Che explained what her understood from Cang Yue's stories back then. Then, Jasmine suddenly interjects ”How did you do it? Even in the realm of the Gods, no one succeeded in drawing that kind of energy without killing themselves.”

”Ares knew I have no talent in cultivating as I was born as a normal mortal without access to resources. So he taught me the method of drawing the 'Blutz Wave' and using the profound knowledge from the ones he killed during my first assault on the cultivators. You remember the horrid moment from the cave?. He transferred all the knowledge from my assailant to the Apple.” Both Yun Che and Jasmine nodded as it was one of the worst memories she had but she was pretty calm as she spoke about it.

Yun Che nodded his head in understanding but as she heard another foreign word, Jasmine's curiosity instantly pique. ”Blutz Wave? What in the world is that?”

”Moon Radiation. Blutz Wave is a Moon Energy Wave generated by the Moon during the night. Every Moon phase generated different amount of energy during the night but the most powerful of energy was generated during the full moon. In your term, you just simply called it Moon Energy.” Yun Che explained to her since she would have trouble understanding the word radiation..

”Hnnn, Moon Energy carried an extreme amount of Yin Energy which can only be cultivated by women as they have compatibility with it compared to men. So, Ares back then created a powerful cultivation technique using the profound knowledge and his knowledge as an Isu member. If he wanted me to become an ultimate vessel, he perfected the technique before teaching it to me. His naming sense was quite off as he named it 'Mirror of the Moon Technique.'”

”So that's its real name?” Jasmine understood her terms as well as the nature of the technique.

”Hnn, the Mirror of the Moon created a special converter from within the woman's profound core and convert the raw Moon Energy into Profound Force. But absorbing that amount of energy can kill you instantly without the special converter from the Isu's knowledge. Imagine, absorbing a direct energy like that every month is like drinking nectar every day. It's quite delicious if you ask me.” Xuyi kissed her thumb remembering that particular moment.

”So, how long you jumped from elementary into Sovereign Profound Realm?” Jasmine decided to asked her as she wanted to know the capabilities of the technique. Her question sent Xuyi into a thinking mode as it's been a while she felt its effect. ”Hmmm…the full moon only came by for five days every month as that moment is the only strongest moments the energy flow was the highest. So every month, I will break through five smaller realms if I include the energy absorption of other Moon Phases as well.”

Yun Che went to full shock as he heard her explanation. ”Wait…What?!?! Two years?!??! Just two years, you jumped from Elementary to Sovereign Profound Realm?!?!?”

Seeing their reaction, Xuyi went full kid as she held her hands on her waist and went full arrogant. ”Kind of, I am pretty strong. Am I?”

Both Yun Che and Jasmine were speechless. It took him two years to get to this level by gathering experience and training but this woman just jumped from Elementary to Sovereign in just two years.

In under two freaking years!!!!

Even a genius would take fifty years to breakthrough into the first level of the Sovereign Profound Realm but a hundred years for a normal cultivator with various resources. To think that this OP method exist. If Cang Yue were to cultivate this technique, she'll be a Monarch in under three years.

Jasmine was stumped. If this method was discovered from those Divine cultivators, they would have searched this entire place for it. That's it, she'll make sure the technique stays with the her, the system, her disciple and that red headed girl. The technique can change the whole balance of cultivation. In just two years, she broke through the mortal realm. But, why didn't she breakthrough into the realm of the Divines? So she decided to ask that question. ”Why didn't you enter the realm of the Divines? Insufficient strength was not an issue here. You give yourself time for almost 1980 years by staying on this star.”

Xuyi rubbed the back of her head as she knew Jasmine would ask such a thing. She's a divine cultivator after all. ”I knew it was not easy to lie to you. Its true, I stayed as a Monarch for two thousand years. My reason? I don't want Ares to know the existence of the Realm of the Divines. Imagine what kind of power he would gain the moment he took my body. To prevent such a thing, I cultivate a lot of soul suppressing skills and sealed him within my body as I roamed the entire continent to find a suitable place to hide it. There are times I was suppressed and had to use the Apple but I couldn't escape from those greedy eyes. So I destroyed my opponents and guard the secrets of the Apple for two thousand years. I even restored my former home as a sanctuary for those couldn't cultivate and allow them to live in peace as I rule the Empire.”