Chapter 1459 20.23 First Black Star - Don't say his name.
Chapter 1459 20.23 First Black Star - Don't say his name.
Floating Island.
Heavenly Sword Sect.
The conversation between Sect Master Cen and the elders of the sect is still ongoing. Even after learning the fact that the Domain Lord is missing, they choose not to worry much about this missing person. First of all, they didn't know who this domain lord was; they had never met the person before, and with him gone, he had caused a lot of failures in ascension, making them unable to like him.
So, they choose the second option of finding a way to replace this domain lord instead.
They found a breakthrough with the newly descended gods. They are individuals who have come down from the upper realm, which is definitely a world above this one. Though the sect master had found one of the three gods, that one that was found resides on the mainland, which is the territory of the human emperor.
Even though they didn't fear the human emperor as much as before, they wouldn't intentionally make enemies with such a being. They didn't know the full extent of this person's ability, making it hard for them to make a move, so they chose to focus on finding the other two gods.
If they had seen it correctly, one fell in the south region, and the other was somewhere far away and might even end up at the borders instead.
They had sent their disciples to these two places and are now waiting for their reports. Thus, the topic of the conversation shifted from the domain lord to the other foreign gods that descended from their world.
The Sect Master asked, "How is the investigation on the other two locations? Have they found traces of the other two gods?"
The second elder said, "We recently found a report from our disciple who had headed to the south region. It seems that we still haven't found any traces of the divine being."
"It's okay. Tell them to look for the traces more. That's a divine being, maybe like the one in the capital; he or she was also pretending to be a mortal to blend with the world," said the sect master.
The third elder says, "It is truly hard to understand what these immortal's are thinking about. Why do they have to pretend to be mortals instead of lording over them?"
"Maybe like the divine in the capital, they have their own missions of their own," the fifth elder suggested.
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The Sect Master said, "Tell the disciples to be observant and inform them of the possibility of a god pretending to be human. It's better if they investigate if there is someone in that place who suddenly has a change in personality or a person who has come back to a death situation. It seems these gods can borrow the vessel of a recently dead mortal as their own."
"I will inform the disciples about it," said the first elder.
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At the borderlands...
Wang Xiajie wasn't in a hurry to find his wife's incarnation on this earth. He had already expected that there would be lots of traps waiting for him in this little star. The fact that most of the names of the vessels they are using are quite similar to their original names is surprising enough.
This means whoever is the mastermind lurking in the shadow intentionally used their names as if expecting them to come to this place.
Even the fact that the human emperor looks so similar to his wife makes him uncomfortable and he seems to be the ex-wife of the vessel he is in. He was given the identity of being the human emperor's enemy and lover. As if expecting him to suffer a love-hate interaction with this human emperor.
That's why he couldn't accept that the human emperor is the incarnation of his wife, Jing'er, in this world.
Everything he had seen and heard in this world seemed to be enchanting him. As expected of an S-Class world, the hidden danger that lurks on this planet isn't simple. There is also the first appearance of the mastermind behind the escape of Ye Yan and Hei Suya. He is even one step ahead of him and destroys these two fools' memories of him, so he wouldn't find out who he is.
It was because of this that the God of Void is more vigilant in this star than in past worlds, especially since he made a promise with his wife to be careful.
It's already weird enough that all the things they recently found point out that the human emperor is his wife's incarnation in this world. In the eyes of the God of Void, the human emperor himself is a well-laid trap and it was waiting for him to take the bait.
The worst-case scenario is that they would either all die and return to Vearth without hiding his wife's soul fragment or get themselves locked in this world, unable to leave. Either of the two endings, the God of Void wanted to avoid it.
But with the immortality his wife had given to him, he would most likely end up being trapped, unable to die or leave, unless his Jing'er personally came for him or his wife's soul fragment let him go and leave this world with him to return to the upper realm.
That's why he chose to stay in the borderland, not involve anyone from the mainland and even use an illusion to hide his face. He wanted to observe the changes in the world first before making a move. He had also informed the two wardens and the two systems of his plan, which is why they followed the task he had given to find some other candidates for his wife's incarnation.
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Back at the moment...
Wang Xiajie was all alone in his mansion. Zhi Yue, Uncle Shun and Aunt Yan were currently in the field checking on the rice grains, vegetables and fruit's growth. Moreover, it's almost time for the grapes to be ripe and they wanted to check when it will be ripe for picking. Left all alone in his mansion, Wang Xiajie chose to check on Ye Yan and Hei Suya.
With a wave of his hand, a space door connected to the small world the couple owned opened for him. Once he entered this door, he immediately disappeared. He found Ye Yan and Hei Suya walking around the backyard of their mansion's land, covered in mud and dust. Their eyes were dull and lifeless; there was even a drool lingering at the corner of their mouth.
These two had become fools with their memories destroyed.
"Hehe~ I am… the king… The direct descendant is me! Wrong… you are wrong. It's not Ye Xiajie who is the pureblood! It's me. Me! Haha~" Ye Yan was shouting about being a direct descendant.
In the former Ye Gui Race, only those with a pure bloodline will be surnamed 'Ye'. Both Ye Xiajie and Ye Yan were born with the pureblood of the Ye Gui, but Ye Xiajie had more apparent talent than Ye Yan. So, despite being his uncle's real son, Ye Yan's position can only be considered below that of Ye Xiajie in their race.
There is a strict hierarchy in the Ye Gui race; Ye Xiajie is only restricted by his uncle; no one in their race can control him. That's why he was able to protect his mother and younger brother, Gui Xiajun. But this was also used against him, but against that uncle of his.
When Ye Xiajie tired of killing his uncle, his uncle controlled his mother and got him killed, leading to Hei Anjing entering the Trial of Resurrection just to bring him back to life.
Hei Suya's state was not much different from her lover's. It's just that she is crying instead of laughing.
"Sob~ Wuwuwu~ Cousin Jue, I'm wrong. Don't throw me to the Nether Prison. Grandpa, I failed you. I shouldn't have liked Ye Yan. I didn't want to kill Cousin Anjing. He suddenly stood in front of that devil and… and… Wuaa~ I'm so sorry~ Sniffs~"
Upon hearing what Hei Suya had mumbled, the face of the God of Void couldn't help but turn dark. He could still remember about that day. He intentionally didn't avoid the knife that was targeting his life causing not only his death in that world but also his wife's life.
But unlike him, his wife no longer has chances of rebirth as a phoenix descendant, as he gave that last chance to him, which he used for his own selfishness. Just thinking about it made his anger flare, and he couldn't help but grab the two by their necks.
The blocked sound of someone choking can be heard in the area, but it was only when their eyes were about to roll that Ye Xiajie let the two fools down. They fell on their knees and started coughing, even wheezing, as they were out of breath. The God of Void took his time to calm down before finally looking at the two fools cold.
He clicked his tongue and used time elements to try reversing the time of the two fools. He wanted to use his domain of time to make this couple return to the state when they were normal. Unfortunately, he wasn't the current God of Time and the duration of time reversal would only last for a short period of time. In his case, only a few minutes are used towards gods as targets.
Under the feet of Ye Yan and Hei Suya, the laws of time gathered and an ancient clock which appeared to be ticking had surfaced. The God of Void reversed the flow of the clock and the two, within the effect of Time laws, slowly lost their current time until it stopped at the point where the couple were still sane and didn't lose their memories.
At this moment, Ye Yan and Hei Suya appeared to have regained their sanity and held their heads while looking around. Their whole body tensed for a moment when they met the cold, crimson eyes of the God of Void and started trembling instinctively. This shows how much they fear the man before them.
Ye Yan calls with a low voice, "C-C-Cousin?"
"Tell who saved you, and I will lessen your punishment. Don't waste my time and give me the answer I wanted to hear," said, with a tone of voice akin to the extreme coldness of cold hell, the God of Void.
Ye Yan knew that he and Hei Suya would never be able to escape the punishment, but with the promise of the Sovereign Lord before them, their sentence can lighten with just a word from this person. The couple decided to tell him who was the one who saved them and commanded the Ye Gui race to kill him.
"I agree. I will tell you who he is. G-!! cough!" Ye Yan's words halted and looked down his chest. The power of glutton imprinted in his heart as a curse instantly ate his heart as well as his soul.
"Yan-gege!!!" Hei Suya shouted.
Ye Yan realized that the man's name was taboo and a curse was placed in their heart. The moment they tried to utter his name, the curse would cause the power of gluttony in their hearts to kill them on the spot. Upon seeing this, Ye Xiajie made his move and protected the remaining soul of Ye Yan. More than half of his soul was eaten in an instant.
He didn't even notice that there's a curse imprinted in their hearts and souls.
At the last moment before Ye Yan lost the traces of life in his eyes, he looked at Hei Suya, the only person who stayed by his side from the beginning to the end.
He whispers at his last moment, "Don't... say... his... name."
"N-No… No, Yan-gege! Don't… don't leave me~"
After saying these words, The light in Ye Yan's eyes was extinguished. Hei Suya cried as she hugged her lover's body, which was fading into nothingness. She couldn't accept the fact that the man for whom she had sacrificed everything would leave her in such a way.