Chapter 1905 (1/2)
On the ninth month of their journey, they finally arrived in the Eastern Divine Region.
They were traveling to the Brahma Monarch God Realm when suddenly, Yun Che changed directions midway.
“There’s a place I wish to visit first,” he had said with indecipherable eyes.
They arrived at a dim space where the stars seemed unusually far away. It was almost as if they were trying to avoid this area.
“This is where the star realm called the Moon God Realm used to be.”
Yun Che explained to Yun Wuxin calmly, “It was one of the four king realms of the Eastern Divine Region. It was also the first king realm ever to be annihilated thoroughly and eternally.”
“You still may have been able to find some remnants last year, but now… everything is completely gone.”
The Eternal Heaven Realm, the Southern Sea Realm and the Dragon God Realm had all suffered varying degrees of destruction in the wake of Yun Che’s rise. However, they weren’t utterly annihilated. They might never regain their former glory, but at least history would remember them as king realms once upon a time.
The Moon God Realm though… every trace of it had been wiped from existence. You wouldn’t even know that there was a realm here if you had no idea what had happened. In a sense, it might as well not have existed in the first place.
Yun Wuxin knew that her father was the one who had destroyed it. That he went to such lengths showed just how deep his hatred had run.
“Father, you were never willing to even speak of the Moon God Emperor before to anyone, so why are you visiting this place now?” Yun Wuxin asked.
Yun Che replied, “Your Auntie Wuyao was very right about one thing. The more I avoid it, the worse it’s going to get. I am now the Great Emperor of the God Realm. I must always strive to be better and stronger, nor can I allow myself to be bogged down by the past anymore.”
He closed his eyes and softened his tone, “If I wish to overcome that fear and pain, then I must first try to accept them with a calm heart. I hope that one day I’ll be able to face… that name and not be affected by it anymore.”
He was already trying his best to overcome it, but he still wasn’t able to say her name in the end.
“Yuanba will come here one day,” he continued. “To be honest, I still have no idea how I’m going to face him during our next meeting.”
Xia Yuanba had settled everything that needed to be settled in the Absolute Monarch Sanctuary and taken off to the God Realm alone around the same time he and Yun Wuxin had begun their journey. He was full of passion and yearning at the time.
By now, he should know the whole truth about the destruction of the Moon God Realm and the death of the Moon God Emperor.
“There’s nothing to worry about, father,” Yun Wuxin declared with full confidence. “Uncle Xia is an amazing person, and his bond with you is as deep as the sea. I’m sure he can’t hate you after he learned the whole truth… at the very least, it won’t end too terribly.”
“Yeah.” Yun Che opened his eyes and smiled.
………...
Eastern Divine Region, Brahma Monarch God Realm.
Of the four original king realms of the Eastern Divine Region, the Brahma Monarch Realm was the only surviving king realm with its power and realm intact.
They had sustained great damage due to the Sky Poison Pearl’s poisoning and the attack of the Southern Sea Realm, but all that was in the past now. The foreign threats were finally gone, and they could now focus all their energy on recuperating their strength.
The current Brahma Heaven God Emperor, the Brahma Monarch Goddess, was no longer the ambitious woman she used to be. In fact, her work motivation was entirely dependent on how well she and a certain great emperor were doing. In that sense, it was imperative that the Brahma Monarch Realm ensured that their relationship went swimmingly… or else.
When Yun Che and Yun Wuxin finally arrived in the Brahma Monarch God Realm, no one had appeared to receive them.
It was like this even after they arrived at the Brahma Monarch Capital. If they didn’t know better, they would have believed that the Brahma Monarch Realm was completely unaware of their arrival.
“Hmm. It looks like Auntie Qianying has no idea that we’re coming.” Yun Wuxin tried desperately to suppress her smile as she continued in an innocent tone, “It looks like you were wrong, father. Auntie Qianying wasn’t paying attention to your progress after all.”
“Hah,” Yun Che snorted through his nose, “she is a sucker for punishment as usual.”
“Let’s go!”
After he had confirmed Qianye Ying’er’s location, Yun Che grabbed Yun Wuxin and left behind a sonic boom so loud that the people on the Brahma Monarch Capital were crying out in surprise. A few breaths later, they landed in front of Qianye Ying’er’s bedroom.
The bedroom’s barrier parted itself, and Qianye Ying’er walked out right as their feet hit the ground. Her golden hair was bundled loosely today, and she was wearing a light gold half-dress that exposed her smooth ankles, snow-like arms, and sweet-smelling shoulders. Her gaze was as indifferent as her expression was blank, but her countenance was still so beautiful that no painting in the world could ever hope to capture it. Where she trod, light itself dimmed as if ashamed to be in her presence.
Yun Wuxin had met Qianye Ying’er plenty of times already, and even she couldn’t help but be momentarily lost in her visage.
No one even noticed the anxious-looking Yue Ying tottering behind her.
“Oh? What an overwhelming surprise. I had thought that Your Majesty was too busy with work, politics, sex, and more sex to visit my little Brahma Monarch Realm. You would almost think that I had committed a terrible mistake to warrant a visit from Your Majesty himself. Should I be worried?”
Qianye Ying’er said in an indifferent and almost languid voice. Forget greeting Emperor Yun in a way that was befitting of his consort, she looked like she had just gotten out of bed and couldn’t wait to get back to sleep.
Yun Che: “...”
Yun Wuxin had to bite her lower lip hard to push an involuntary giggle back down her throat. She sneaked a glance at her father before saying, “Long time no see, Auntie Qianying. I know it doesn’t look like it, but my father really misses you too. The first (2 N D) thing he did upon arriving in the Eastern Divine Region was to come over to meet you.”
“Miss?” Qianye Ying’er lowered her pretty eyes and continued lazily, “I am but the humblest and most ordinary woman of His Majesty many lovers. I do not know how to whisper sweet nothings into His Majesty’s ears, nor do I know how to write, draw, play or sing. I most definitely have not learned how to draw the soul out of a man’s body.”
“Well, it has been many years since the first time His Majesty has toyed with his consort. He must be all bored with me now. I shall be grateful if His Majesty doesn’t throw me into the cold palace as a way to curry favor with his new toy, much less dream of winning his attention once more.”
“...” Yun Wuxin was completely dumbstruck. Qianye Ying’er’s grievance was practically tangible enough to give Yun Che a solid slap in the face.
“Yue Ying,” Yun Che suddenly spoke up, “please escort the princess around the capital.”
Caught off guard but not fully out of sorts, Yue Ying hurriedly answered, “Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Eh? But… but I want to stay with you a bit longer,” Yun Wuxin objected immediately. How could she be absent when the “show” had just begun?
“Denied,” Yun Che replied without hesitation.
Knowing that there was no way she could change her father’s mind, Yun Wuxin could only shoot him a grudge filled stare before very reluctantly leaving the hall with Yue Ying.
The second Yun Wuxin and Yue Ying were gone, Qianye Ying’er’s eyebrows immediately furrowed into a stormy expression. She grabbed Yun Che’s arm and dragged him into her bedroom before he could say a word.
BANG!
Both the bedroom door and the barrier slammed shut at the same time.
“Was Cang Shuhe fun!?”
Qianye Ying’er uttered fiercely while half-pressing Yun Che against the wall.