504 Here comes the Climax (2/2)

It was because, with any of these two killed, the fate of the Infernal King fate would change.

But what really happened historically was that the strongest Infernal King had died in battle twenty thousand years ago!

”The Infernal King died in battle while the Celestial King was left seriously wounded. He died a few days later as well! As such, the Infernal King, Celestial King, and King Leonis were all dead. All three races lost their leaders! But the war continued on!”

”The Infernal Queen temporarily inherited the throne while Field Marshal Awesomo became Celestial King. As for King Leonis's illegitimate son, the gatekeeper giant, he forcefully ascended the throne and became the new Transcendence King! The deaths of the three kings between the three races made it irreconcilable between each other.”

”As they contended for the Transcendence Holy Tree, the conflict did not come to an end. Due to the betrayal of the Celestial King, none of the three races joined forces again. Instead, it formed a three-sided conflict and a long war between the three domains began!”

After the Infernal Queen finished narrating the piece of history, she suddenly sighed. ”The war continued on in such a manner for five thousand years. The three domains restrained each other in a delicate balance so no one managed to clinch the final victory. The war seemed like it would continue on endlessly...If only the war could continue on like that, but unfortunately, the war between the three domains came to a sudden end, fifteen thousand years ago!”

Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised. Another five thousand years? From the looks of it, the Infernal Queen was truly narrating the historical story and not deliberately making things difficult for him? Furthermore, why did the Infernal Queen say words like ”if only the war could continue on like that”. Why did she show such a despondent look?

”What happened?”

Shi Xiaobai could not help but fulfill his 'obligation' as a listener. He responded to the narrator to let her know that he was listening and thinking. That was the greatest respect a listener could give to a narrator.

The Infernal Queen's emotions seemed to improve greatly as a light smile suffused her lips. But soon, she sighed and said softly, ”Fifteen thousand years ago, three towering trees descended! Like the Transcendence Holy Tree, no one knew how the three towering trees appeared. They had appeared overnight in the Transcendental World and the distance between the three trees was rather far from each other. They formed a triangle!”

This astonishing turn of events left Shi Xiaobai slightly alarmed. He asked, ”Another three Transcendence Holy Trees?”

Could it be that the Heavens did not wish for the war to continue so it had dropped three Transcendence Holy Trees and left them far apart so that each of the three races had one each so as to end the bitter war?

But if that was the case, why would the Infernal Queen show a 'despondent' look? It was as though she was one of the characters involved. Why would the appearance of the three holy trees make her feel 'despondent'?

The matter was probably not that simple.

Indeed, the Infernal Queen shook her head and said with a sigh, ”They were not Transcendence Holy Trees. The three holy trees that appeared were completely different in appearance. They were also completely different from the Transcendence Holy Tree.”

”Be it the color or shape of the leaves, the thickness of the trunk or the thickness of the crown, they were all different! These three holy trees were similarly engraved with a 'name' like the Transcendence Holy Tree. However, the words were not written in the language of the Transcendental World. So no one knew what were the names of the three holy trees!”

”However, when the three holy trees descended into the Transcendental World, the Transcendence Holy Tree seemed to be robbed of its nutrients. It withered rapidly and in a short span of three days, all of its leaves withered and fell. Ten days later, it collapsed into an abyssal hole that seemed to lead straight to hell. From then on, the Transcendence Holy Tree perished!”

Shi Xiaobai drew a gasp of air. The three unknown holy trees had robbed the Transcendence Holy Tree of its 'nutrients'. So it came with unkind intentions?

However, the Infernal Queen shook her head and said, ”Initially, the three races believed that the three trees were devilish trees but later they attempted approaching it and realized that the three holy trees contained a divine power. By being in the vicinity of the three trees, the side effects of the Infernals and Celestials not only weakened, they even disappeared!”

”At that moment, the three races felt like they were welcoming a long-awaited rain after a drought. They celebrated and viewed the three holy trees as the renewed lives of the Transcendence Holy Tree. Furthermore, the three holy trees were situated far from each other, so each of the three races could control one.”

”Hence, the three-corner war that lasted for five thousand years came to an end. A peace agreement was signed. The three domains of the Transcendents, Infernals, and Celestials ushered in the most beautiful and peaceful tie fifteen thousand years ago!”

When the Infernal Queen mentioned of the beautiful and peaceful tie, there was no smile on her face. She sighed heavily and said softly, ”But, that period of peace was just too short...”

Shi Xiaobai could not help but ask, ”What happened?”

What unforeseen event could have happened under this peaceful situation that would make the Infernal Queen reveal such a 'despondent' expression?

Shi Xiaobai finally embraced his role as a listener and began to be concerned about the direction of the story. With the story progressing this far, he had a nagging feeling that something should happen.

The Infernal Queen remained silent for a much longer time than before. She slowly opened her mouth to say, ”The three races did not know that the words engraved on the three holy trees were in fact derived from a race known as humans. The three holy trees were named—World, Time and Fate.”

”The three races did not know that the mistaken peace of theirs only lasted a short period of a month. A month after the three holy trees appeared, huge tree holes appeared on the holy trees' trunks! The alien race that came from another world came out from the holes in the trees like maggots. Like a flood, they surged into Transcendental World!”

When Shi Xiaobai heard that, his eyes stared widened as an ominous foreboding arose in his heart. He gaped and said, ”It can't be...”

”That's right.”

The Infernal Queen's eyes turned cold as a sneer suffused her lips. She said, ”Fifteen thousand years ago, humans invaded!”

Shi Xiaobai smiled bitterly.

He finally knew what was coming.

The Infernal Queen was done with her foreplay and the climax to the story that she had been laying the foundation to had finally arrived. IChooseDogLeading (我选择狗带) when read in Chinese sounds like I Choose Go Die. It was a meme that resulted from a former member of famous Korean boygroup, EXO, TAO (Huang Zitao). At a concert, there was a part in a rap that where he said ””, but due to a mispronunciation, it sounded like he will not easily choose to be led by dogs. This phrase now means 'I'd rather die/I choose death'.