Although a calamity in the celestial realm had temporarily been averted, Yun Shang did not dare underestimate Yang Hao. He had specifically revived him, hoping to ask what had happened. However, upon seeing Yang Hao’s smug expression, Yun Shang immediately realized that everything had been caused by him.
“Hei Man is seriously injured, one of his wings shattered, all his dragon fangs broken off, and his body wounds are horrifying. Even if we manage to save him, he’ll only have half a life left,” Yun Shang sighed with a shake of his head. “The trouble you’ve caused is no small matter. I just don’t understand how a frail human like you could do all this.”
“Hmph! Killing that dead dragon was as easy as killing a snake,” Yang Hao scoffed. “It dared to swallow my precious master! It wanted the Dan Ding Dual Cultivation Sect to perish entirely, so I decided it should die alongside it, and let this ridiculous celestial realm perish too.”
“The Dan Ding Dual Cultivation Sect!” Yun Shang’s eyes widened as he repeated the name softly several times. “But do you even realize that in this celestial realm, there are four dragons—two green dragons and two black dragons—all belonging to the upper divine races. Any one of them, when enraged, could turn the entire celestial realm upside down. Now that you’ve grievously injured their Hei Man, they will definitely come after you and swallow you whole!”
“Pfft, like I’m scared!” Yang Hao retorted angrily. This consequence was indeed something he hadn’t anticipated. He originally thought defeating one dragon would be enough, never expecting there to be so many dragons here—four of them, and killing them just seemed never-ending.
“You’re not scared, so why are you wiping sweat?” A familiar voice came from the doorway. Yang Hao turned his head and saw it was indeed Xin Mei, that vicious woman. It was such a shame the explosion at Dragon Cliff hadn’t killed her.
Yang Hao wiped another cold sweat from his brow. “This isn’t sweat, it’s drool from seeing you, Fairy Sister. Your skirt is so short, you’re even showing your underwear.”
“Mind your own business!” Xin Mei glared fiercely at Yang Hao. Although she had once cruelly kicked Yang Hao off Dragon Cliff, she seemed to be on Yun Shang’s side. She lowered her head and reported to Yun Shang, “Elder, the other three dragons have arrived. They’re furious and demanding we hand someone over!”
A chill ran through Yang Hao’s body. Sure enough, he heard the roaring sounds coming from outside. Previously, he couldn’t hear dragon roars, but now his consciousness had advanced, and he could hear them clearly. Each roar struck his bones like a hammer, filled with murderous intent.
“Are Garuda and Titans outside too?” Yun Shang asked.
“They are, but if a real battle breaks out, I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold them off,” Xin Mei shot Yang Hao a disdainful glance. “This kid has caused too much trouble. To maintain peace in the celestial realm, we’ve made countless concessions to the dragon clan, and now he’s ruined everything.”
“So, for your peace, I should just let the dragons eat me? Should I let my master die in vain?” Yang Hao was not one to be intimidated, angrily challenging her.
But Xin Mei’s gaze clearly said that, for the celestial realm’s peace, Yang Hao was expendable.
“Divine races, like humans, also have good and evil, and high and low. The dragon race represents evil forces, while our Shan race and the Titan race represent the righteous side. In this celestial realm, the number of divine races is fixed, especially the upper divine races, which are few and far between. That’s why they’re furious about you injuring a black dragon today—they’ll definitely come out in full force,” Yun Shang said with a worried look, his jowls unusually firm.
“Elder, if it really comes to war, the peace we’ve maintained for centuries will be… you know what the consequences will be,” Xin Mei pointed her delicate finger at Yang Hao. “Why don’t we just hand him over? He’s just one human. We can request more from outside later.”
“Sure, sure, those fools are easy to trick. Just trick them a few more times. Next time, remember to ask them to send in a stinky oaf named Hede,” Yang Hao sneered coldly.
“You just don’t understand how serious this is!” Xin Mei’s face turned red with anger, clearly wanting to strangle Yang Hao.
“Careful you get wrinkles, Auntie Xin,” Yang Hao, now resigned to his fate, was unafraid.
“We cannot sacrifice Yang Hao,” Yun Shang suddenly spoke, having been quietly contemplating. “Even if war breaks out, we cannot lose him. He is more important to us than anything else!”
“What!”
“What?”
This time, Xin Mei and Yang Hao spoke in unison.
“He’s important?” Xin Mei couldn’t believe her ears. “This dead human is pathetically weak, only good at trickery and stirring up trouble. How can he be more important than the peace of the celestial realm or the lives of so many divine beings?”
Yang Hao clicked his tongue. Though he couldn’t bring himself to speak ill of himself, he was equally puzzled. Just minutes ago, he had been nothing more than a human tricked into becoming a slave. Now, how had he become the treasure of this white-bearded old man? Could it be that the old man had a pedophilic fetish and had taken a liking to him?
Yang Hao quickly composed himself, especially hiding his perfect butt, trying his best not to let the old man see it.
“Regardless, I will not sacrifice Yang Hao,” Yun Shang said without revealing his reasons. “I’ll go out first to take a look. If war really breaks out, Xin Mei, you must immediately take Yang Hao and hide in the inner sanctum. The barrier there should be able to hold for a while.”
Xin Mei’s face turned red with anger as she watched Yun Shang walk out the door, his figure disappearing into the distant dragon roars. Then, the woman turned her fierce gaze toward Yang Hao, her eyes almost bleeding.
“You have monolids,” Yang Hao burst into laughter as if he had discovered a new continent. “Want me to help you get double eyelids, Fairy Sister?”
“How dare you mock me!” As a woman, upon hearing someone say she wasn’t beautiful, she immediately flew into a rage.
Xin Mei activated her Light Flow Shadow Slippers and lunged at Yang Hao. The two were already close, and Xin Mei was in a rage, so she couldn’t stop herself in time. Like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, she pinned Yang Hao beneath her.
“Rape! Assault!” Yang Hao, who had never seen someone using Light Flow Shadow Slippers to commit rape, was pinned under Xin Mei on the stone bed, unable to move, only able to shout loudly.
“Keep shouting and I’ll kill you,” Xin Mei had only slipped up and ended up pinning Yang Hao under her. She was already scantily clad and had a great figure, her body pressed tightly against his. If anyone saw them like this, her reputation would be ruined.
“Then kill me already,” Yang Hao suddenly stopped his earlier antics, becoming completely calm, even lazily placing his hands behind his head. “I just realized how lonely I really am.”
“Huh?” Xin Mei was genuinely surprised. Ever since she met Yang Hao, she had never seen him act this serious. This sudden change caught her off guard.
In truth, Xin Mei didn’t know that at the moment Yang Hao was pinned by her, he had recalled that if Hun Yuanzi were still alive, he would surely be encouraging him to seduce this goddess from within his belly. But now his dantian was empty, and that familiar voice was gone forever.
Although the time Yang Hao spent with Hun Yuanzi wasn’t long, their unique way of interacting had made them feel like family. Suddenly losing a part of himself, Yang Hao’s sense of loss was indescribable. Moreover, now the Dan Ding Dual Cultivation Sect had only Yang Hao left, and this loneliness was unbearable.
“Have you ever lost someone close?” Yang Hao asked softly.
This question, seemingly simple, made Xin Mei’s expression change drastically. She even forgot that she was indecently sprawled over Yang Hao, only lost in thought.
Yang Hao had the chance to admire Xin Mei’s exquisite face up close. Truth be told, if this goddess weren’t so fierce, she would be an extremely attractive woman—delicate features, a delicate nose, rosy cheeks, especially her bewitching phoenix eyes, paired with fair skin, giving her an almost dreamlike quality.
“All my family is dead,” Xin Mei exhaled sweetly, her eyes glistening with tears. “They died right here in this celestial realm, at the hands of the dragon race.”
“Then why are you still helping the dragons?” Yang Hao couldn’t believe his ears. If someone had killed his family, he would make sure they paid with their lives, no matter what. How could she possibly send more humans to serve the dragons and make their lives better?
Xin Mei shook her head helplessly. “You just don’t understand. What’s truly important isn’t oneself, but the whole—the celestial realm, the collective interests of all divine races.”
“Bullshit!” Yang Hao strongly disagreed. “Of course the people closest to you are the most important. If you can’t even take care of your own family, how can you care for others? As far as I’m concerned, this world should be an eye for an eye, blood for blood.”
“If everyone thought like you, this celestial realm would have been deserted long ago,” Xin Mei’s voice was mournful, pulling Yang Hao into a thousand-year-old tragedy. “When the Divine Hidden Realm was first established, our divine races numbered in the tens of thousands. At that time, every race was thriving, with dragons flying all over the sky, and the Titans and Shan divine races dominating the land. That prosperous scene made us feel that soon we would break out of the celestial realm and regain our glory once again.”
“Break out of the celestial realm?” Yang Hao found this phrasing odd. If the celestial realm was built by the divine races themselves, shouldn’t coming and going be entirely up to them?
But Xin Mei didn’t respond to him, continuing her story instead: “Like humans, divine races also have light and darkness, good and evil. When these two completely different categories meet, war breaks out. This happens not only outside the celestial realm but also within it. Not long after this celestial realm was established, the first divine and demonic war erupted. That war raged for a hundred years, turning the heavens and earth upside down, the sun and moon reversing their courses. Divine blood, red and black, mixed together everywhere. Half the population of the celestial realm was wiped out before both sides, exhausted, finally ceased fighting and retreated to their corners to lick their wounds.”
“So even the divine races are no different from us, fighting amongst themselves like dogs,” Yang Hao quipped, though his heart was heavy despite his flippant words.
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