āI was just worried that Duke Ming and Duke Huai had gotten to you already, āYun Che said with an innocent face .
The Little Demon Empress said angrily, āIf you already knew it was Duke Mingā¦ why did you still barge in! With your ability, not to mention Duke Ming, even in front of Duke Huai, you are no different than an antā¦ Do you really not cherish your own life one bit?!ā
āā¦ā If Yun Che was yelled at like this normally, he would have already returned it several times harder already, but at this moment, he couldnāt get angry at all . Each one of the Little Demon Empressā words was filled with hatred, but none of that hatred was against him . Inside the Little Demon Empressā voice that was yelling at him, what he heard more was unwillingness and self-blame .
āIf you die today because of meā¦ after I die, how will I still have the face to see the Demon Kingā¦ ugh!!ā the Little Demon Empress said as her body violently shook, and she spat out another large mouthful of blood, her already pale face becoming even paler . She clutched her chest, and her body slowly swayed, almost falling .
At this moment, she was like a young, weak girl who was seriously ill and on the verge of dying . Even her eyes, that were normally cold as an ice lake, that people couldnāt dare to even look into directly, had already darkened, continuously revealing a sense of absent-mindednessā¦ Anyone seeing her at this moment couldnāt feel the majestic-feeling that belonged to the Little Demon Empress; they could only be deeply sympathetic .
āAreā¦ are you okay?ā Yun Che stepped forward a little in a probing manner, and asked worriedly .
āHer lifeline has been cut, she doesnāt have much longer to live,ā Jasmine said softly .
āWhat!?ā Yun Che was shocked in his heart, āHow is that possible! She only suffered an attack from Duke Mingā¦ Even though Duke Ming is strong, the Little Demon Empress also has mid-stage Monarchās profound strength, how could it be possibleā¦ā
āHmph, what did you think?ā Jasmine scoffed in disdain, āWhen you reach the Sovereign Profound Realm, a small realm would mean all the difference in the world . That Duke Ming is an entire half a large realm stronger than the Little Demon Empress! On top of that, that Duke Mingās attack was harsh, and even if that strike wasnāt a hundred percent of his strength, it was at least ninety percent! Also, the Little Demon Empress placed herself in front of you in a rush; not only did she not have the chance to defend with all of her strength, it hit her vitalsā¦ forget about being able to breathe and live for a little more, even if she died on the spot, it wouldnāt be strange!ā
āā¦ā Yun Che clenched his fists tightly, his heart and soul trembled uncontrollably .
Duke Mingās ability was so terrifying to this extent . Even the powerful Little Demon Empress was seriously injured like this in one strikeā¦ Even the Little Demon Empress was like this, if it wasnāt for the Little Demon Empress taking the hit from Duke Ming, he would have already died!
Whooshā¦ Yun Cheās heart was twitching violently, somewhere deep inside his heart and soul, it was even touched harshly, and couldnāt stop under the violent tremblingā¦ Why block that strike for meā¦ Yeah, you didnāt know that the one thing I, Yun Che, couldnāt stand in my whole life, is owing my life to a womanā¦
Because that was how Lingāer died in my armsā¦ my promise to her, and my promise to my own soulā¦
If the Little Demon Empress died, and I was able to escape by myself in the end, then, in my heart and soul, there would be another layer of chains that I could never resolve in this lifetimeā¦ How would I be able to face Lingāerā¦
āWhat are you preparing to do after this? Wait for your death?ā
āā¦I never knew what āwaiting for my deathā meant . ā Yun Che said with gritted teeth, āMy Great Way of the Buddha is at the fourth stageā¦ If we can escape from here, even if her lifeline has already been cut off, if she could hold on for ten days, I am sixty percent certain that I can save her life!ā
āYun Che, I ask you!ā The Little Demon Empress suddenly spoken up . Her voice was already very weakened, but she still tried her best to support her deep vocal tone and the prestige of the Little Demon Empress, āBack then, when the Demon King and the Yun Familyās ten seniors died in Profound Sky Continent, was it also because of what Duke Ming had done?!ā
āYes . ā Yun Che nodded in reply, āBack then, when my grandfather and the others left, the location of where the spatial tunnel pointed to and the timing of their arrival, were all clearly taught to the Profound Sky Continentās sideā¦ As soon as they arrived in Profound Sky Continent, they directly fell into the Heavenās Might Soul Suppressing Formation that was prepared beforehandā¦ Or else, with the strength of my grandfather and the ten seniors of the Yun Family, how could they have all been completely annihilated?ā
The Little Demon Empressā body was releasing an extremely deep hatred, āWhat else did Mighty Heavenly Sword Region tell you? What else did Duke Ming do!ā
āThisā¦ā Yun Che took a breath, and said, āAll those things about Duke Ming werenāt actually heard from Mighty Heavenly Sword Region . ā
āā¦Then how did you find out?ā The Little Demon Empress locked her eyebrows .
āIt was a guessā¦ and these guesses have all become reality,ā Yun Che sighed and said .
āThree months ago, when I first came to Illusory Demon Realm, based on: what I had seen and heard, the situation of Demon Imperial City, the reason and process of how Profound Sky Continent invaded, the illogical actions of the Little Demon Emperor, combined with everything my grandfather had told me about how once he entered the Profound Sky Continent, he walked into a trap, I logically thought that there must have been someone colluding with the Profound Sky Continent within Demon Imperial City, and it was most likely Duke Huai Palace . ā
āAfter I told this to my father and grandfather, Father brought up that if these were all true, then Duke Huai Palaceās ambition didnāt grow after the previous Demon Emperor was killed, but beforeā¦ and then, Father mentioned the name āDuke Ming . ā After thinning it out, everything suspicious pointed to himā¦ When Illusory Demon Realm was in commotion all these years, and he had completely disappeared for all this time, it already made that an enormous suspicious point . And the truth was as so! Duke Huaiās ambition and some of his actions were only for show . The real conspiracy was ten thousand times scarier than what the people of Demon Imperial City had seen . ā
What Demon Imperial Cityās citizens had seen was that after the Demon Emperorās bloodline was cut off by Profound Sky Continent, the Little Demon Empress, as a woman, was unable to awaken her bloodline, and there couldnāt be any more successors . As a result, Duke Huai emerged with his ambitions, pulled forces to his side, and wanted to replace her . Even though the nature of it was conspiring a treacherous act, in the eyes of the people, it didnāt count as something that āangered both human and god,ā many strong practitioners had even agreed to Duke Huaiās actions āāThe Demon Emperorās bloodline had gone extinct, with only the Little Demon Empress left . For another clan to become the emperor was something that would happen sooner or later . Duke Huai had enough ambition and ability, and even enough forces . If he became emperor, it would be more acceptable than a woman being the emperor .
After the Little Demon Empress abdicates from the throne, the only force qualified to control Illusory Demon Realm would only be Duke Huai Palaceā¦ So Duke Huaiās actions, from another angle, was only an act with undue haste .
It was also because of this that more than half the Guardian Families and Duke Palaces which had been loyal to the Demon Emperorās clan for ten thousand of years favored Duke Huai .
But the truth was that Duke Huai Palace colluded with an outer force and murdered the Demon Emperor, murdered the Little Demon Emperor, cut off the united Illusory Demon Realm, and the Demon Emperorās clan that had let the world be peaceful for ten thousand years! This was an action that was devoid of humanity, troubled the world, and angered both human and god!
If the truth were known by the world, then, even if the Guardian Families and Duke Palaces had ten thousand guts, they wouldnāt dare to fall on Duke Huai Palaceās side .
Duke Huai Palace, would become the target of public criticism, the enemy of everyone under heaven, being despised and punished by everyone .
But now, even if the Little Demon Empress and Yun Che knew the horrible truth, and even if they escaped from Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley today, they couldnāt expose the truth to the world . Because Duke Mingās measurements were incredibly brilliant, a series of conspiracy and murder didnāt leave a trace of mark . The Demon Emperor died in Profound Sky Continent, the Little Demon Emperor died in Profound Sky Continent, and the Demon King also died in Profound Sky Continentā¦ Every single thing, all pointed to the Profound Sky Continent, and none of them pointed towards Duke Ming .
If the truth were exposed to the world like this now, they would instead be incriminated by Duke Huai Palace .
Duke Ming, was truly an extremely horrifying person .
If it werenāt for Yun Che meeting Yun Canghai under the coincidence of fate and the arrangement of the heavens, and found out about his grandfather being plotted against as he stepped into Profound Sky Continent, then until now, perhaps they wouldnāt have known the whole truthā¦ and they would still have ignored this āDuke Mingā personās existence .
The Little Demon Empress gazed at Yun Che as a peculiar light shone from deep within her eyes, āThen how did you know that Duke Ming, who was behind all of this, would appear here? Did you also guess that?ā
āMn, I guessed it . ā Yun Che raised his head, āWhen you were at your best state, you suddenly cut the Grand Ceremony short after receiving the Demon Emperorās Seal . The most reasonable explanation that I could think of was that after you received the Demon Emperorās Seal, you would awaken your bloodline at the first moment . Subsequently, I thought that you might have had a way to force open Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valleyās seal, so I was worried that if Duke Huai Palaceās people also knew, and they would seize this extremely good chance of killing you .
I told all of this to my father and grandfather, but they werenāt worried, because even if this all became true, once you entered the Golden Crowās Ancestral Land, even if Duke Ming attacked you personally, they couldnāt harm youā¦ but I wasnāt able to relieve myself from the guesses and worries, so I came to Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley to confirm for myself . At the entrance, I didnāt see the seal, but I saw Hui Ran from Duke Huai Palace, so I knew that all of my worries had became true!ā
āI confirmed from Hui Ran that Duke Huai and the Duke Ming that my father had spoken of had both entered Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley, and at the same time, I found out that even if you entered the Golden Crowās Ancestral Land, you were doomed to not be able to awaken your bloodlineā¦ Todayās actions were only giving Duke Huai Palace a chance to kill you . Thus, I couldnāt wait for Father and the others to arrive, and came in here myself first . ā
Yun Che lied a little bit, because he couldnāt say that he found out that the Little Demon Empress wouldnāt be able to awaken her bloodline from Jasmine .
āI didnāt know that your father was stabbed in the back by Duke Ming before . As for the Little Demon Emperor getting schemed upon by Duke Ming, I only thought of that after I entered Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley . ā Yun Che said with a steady face, āYou were able to force yourself into Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley . My father and grandfather didnāt know about it, and so it means that it is a secret of the Demon Emperorās clan, but Duke Ming was very clear about it . Even you didnāt know that women could not bear the Golden Crowās ancestral blood, but Duke Ming obviously knew . ā
āThe people in the world that knew your Demon Emperorās clanās secret better than you are possibly only the previous Demon Emperor and the Little Demon Emperor . So I thought of the only possibility; that a hundred years ago, when the Little Demon Emperor was attacked by Duke Ming, on the verge of dying, and his consciousness was unfocused, Duke Ming searched his soul, and seized all of his memoriesā¦ and what Duke Ming said before, proved it to be the truth without question . ā
The Little Demon Empressā heart trembled violently in her heart once again .
Today, Duke Ming seemed to clearly know about her coming to Golden Crow Lightning Flame Valley, and that she would gain nothing as a result . Also, he even knew clearly that the Demon Emperorās Seal could launch the āblood escapeā at a crucial momentā¦
This kind of savior trump card, was a secret that absolutely couldnāt be known by anybody of any raceā¦
But Duke Ming knew clearly .
Yun Cheās wordsā¦ the Little Demon Emperor back then was plotted against by Duke Ming and even his soul was searchedā¦ This guess pained her heart so much that it almost suffocated herā¦ but it was the only explanation and possibility!
And once a personās soul had been searched, the person would directly become a soulless shellā¦ become a pitiful, living deadā¦
āUghā¦ā A strain of almost black-colored blood flowed out from the corner of the Little Demon Empressā mouth . That wasnāt the blood from her internal injuries, but the blood under her suffering and extreme angerā¦ All these years, she was vigilant against Duke Huai Palace, but the extreme hatred in her heart, was always towards the Profound Sky Continent, and she even swore that for as long as she lived, when the time came, even if it would kill her, she had bathe the Profound Sky in a bloodbath, and get her absolutely irreconcilable vengeance .
Today she just found out, that all these years, she was hating the wrong person .
Her father was a worldly Demon Emperor who controlled Illusory Demon Realm in his palms, and the whole world bowed to him . But the real culprit that killed him wasnāt the Profound Sky Continent; he was plotted against by one of the people that he trusted the most! Her royal brother, who was also her husband, didnāt die tragically because he was trying to save their father, but was also plotted againstā¦ and died so tragicallyā¦
All these years, what she saw was all an illusion . What the whole Illusory Demon Realm thought of was also an illusion . Everyone, including her, the Little Demon Empress, were played in Duke Mingās palms; even the Profound Sky Continentās Four Great Sacred Grounds were still mere tools used by Duke Ming .
āDukeā¦ Mingā¦ā The Little Demon Empressā hatred filled up her heart and soul . She grabbed tightly onto the grey clothes before her chest, and her trembling ten fingers were pale without any color of blood, āDukeā¦ Mingā¦ Dukeā¦ Mingā¦ Evenā¦ ifā¦ Iā¦ become a ghostā¦ Iā¦ will notā¦ letā¦ youā¦ getā¦ awayā¦ withā¦ thisā¦ā