Chapter 1814 - Madness (1/2)

In the southernmost region of the Seven Star Realm, an aura like nothing the world had ever experienced before was brimming like a volcano.

Yun Che’s gaze and aura were fully locked on the muscular man in front of him. His chest was heaving up and down, his eyes were trembling… he had never been shaken this badly since he entered the Northern Divine Region and became a devil.

He couldn’t forget the brawny man before him even if he tried. He was a friend who was closer than family, and a brother who should’ve been dead many years ago...

He was none other than Xia Yuanba himself!

It had been more than four years since they had last met, but Xian Yuanba was a bit less brawny than Yun Che remembered him to be. The Tyrannical Emperor’s Divine Veins must have altered his physique slightly after he entered the divine way.

His features were firmer than before, and his aura stronger.

However, even if he were to change several times more drastically than this, Yun Che would still recognize him instantly. It was because he was Xia Yuanba, not to mention that the Tyrannical Emperor’s Divine Veins were shining like the sun on his chest right now.

To Yun Che, there were only a handful of people he could identify faster and easier than Yuanba, and yet he couldn’t stop looking the man up and down and scanning him with his spiritual perception again, and again, and again. He just… couldn’t believe it.

A doppelganger?

His life aura and profound aura are identical to Yuanba’s, and he has the Tyrannical Emperor’s Divine Veins...

But he should already be...

Xia Qingyue, a god emperor, had destroyed the Blue Pole Star with her own hands, so how could he still be alive? Forget the people living on that planet, there was barely any debris when all was said and done.

While he was staring at Xia Yuanba, Xia Yuanba was staring at him as well.

If Xia Yuanba’s change was significant, then Yun Che looked almost nothing like he used to.

His hair was more than twice as long as it used to be, and it looked like it was woven from the fabric of night itself. The way it spread out like an infinite curtain of darkness behind his back was intimidating to say the least.

The Yun Che Xia Yuanba knew preferred pale-colored clothing. This was especially true after he entered Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace and wore white almost all the time. However, this Yun Che wore a black robe with dangerous, devilish runes etched onto the fabric.

His skin color looked unnaturally pale. His eyes and aura looked completely different from before. Yuanba felt like his blood had turned into ice, and his soul wouldn’t stop trembling like a leaf.

The only thing this man had similar to Yun Che were his face and his body shape.

He… he’s not brother-in-law!

For a time, the two brothers who grew up in Floating Cloud City together and were closer than most blood-related brothers… dared not call out to one another.

“De… dedededededede… Devil Master!”

An unpleasant noise cut through the haze temporarily. It was the two Seven Star Realm profound practitioners letting out a cry of abject terror from the bottom of their souls. When they saw Yun Che, every hair on their bodies stood on end, and the fear pouring out of their pores seemed almost tangible.

“Mer… cy… Devil Master… mercy… mercy…”

They had no doubt that the Devil Master had heard every word of the “bold” claim they made to the lower realm profound practitioner with the Tyrannical Emperor’s Divine Veins.

They couldn’t believe that such bad luck actually existed in this world.

They wanted to be anywhere but here, but they couldn’t inject any energy into their legs at all. Forget standing, they didn’t even remember how to use profound energy. All they could do was crawl away like a pair of legless, despairing larvae.

Yun Che didn’t move, but the two profound practitioners suddenly scattered into black dust without a sound.

The world turned silent once more, but Xia Yuanba didn’t notice because he was too absorbed by Yun Che.

Meanwhile, Shui Meiyin had finally caught up to Yun Che. Her confusion turned into shock when she saw Yun Che and Xia Yuanba staring at one another.

“Yuan… ba…”

Yun Che whispered so softly it was as if he was afraid that it would shatter the illusion. “Is it… you?”

Xia Yuanba’s eyes bulged. The moment he heard his name, all his fear and doubts turned into wild joy. He jumped to his feet and cried out in excitement, “Yes, it’s me, brother-in-law! It’s me! You… you’re still alive! You’re still alive!”

The familiar name rocked his body like an energy blast.

There were only two people in the entire world who addressed him like this, and they were Caizhi and Xia Yuanba.

So he had to be Yuanba…

Yuanba is alive?

Yuanba’s… alive??

The Devil Master was terrifying to say the least, but it was as if Yuanba couldn’t perceive his aura at all. He ran up to Yun Che with obvious joy and excitement on his face.

No matter what Yun Che turned into, no matter how high he climbed in the future, Yun Che would always be Yun Che to Xia Yuanba; a brother he loved and trusted unconditionally.

“I finally found you, brother-in-law! I finally… finally…”

The brawny man had to bite his lips and suppress a sob before he could even get two sentences in. Tears still welled in his eyes, however.

He grinned while wiping his tears away. “You disappeared for so many years that I thought… Sss… that’s not important anymore. As long as you’re safe, then all is well. Thank goodness…”

Shui Meiyin couldn’t close her mouth when realization struck her. Gradually, a pool of complex emotions colored her eyes, and she let it all out in a quiet sigh.