“Hmph! This deity only regrets not being able to strangle you, you wretched creature back then!” Huan Tian’s face was cold and merciless.
“Now that this deity has mastered divine power, let’s see if the Heavenly Dao can still protect you, this unworthy son!”
As his voice fell, Huan Tian gathered his magic power once more.
The wind howled violently, and lightning crackled densely across the sky!
“Huan Tian, don’t you dare harm my daughter!” A frantic voice echoed from afar, growing closer.
Yun Ye, the Purple Song Sage, Mo Su, Mo Changxing, Jin Lin, A’Dai, Liu Li, and Dai Se arrived together, riding the wind.
Immediately after, a flash of red light appeared as a fiery phoenix gracefully landed. Multiple forces struck Huan Tian’s lightning tribulation simultaneously, dispersing it into nothingness…
Yun Qingxue, Huan Shi, and the ancient banyan tree retreated several steps.
“Qingxue!”
“Xuexue!” Jin Lin, Mo Changxing, and the Purple Song Sage quickly surrounded her.
“You foolish child! Ah!” Yun Ye sighed, his voice filled with both anxiety and lingering fear.
“I’m sorry…” Yun Qingxue lowered her head slightly. “If I hadn’t done that, none of you would have allowed me to come to the Divine Realm…”
As she spoke, she flicked her wrist, and the soul of Lan Xuechen, stored in her spatial bracelet, appeared before everyone in an instant.
“Your Majesty…”
“Xuechen!”
“Foster Mother!” Mo Su, the Purple Song Sage, and Mo Changxing called out simultaneously.
Lan Xuechen gazed at them with a faint smile. After a thousand years, this reunion felt like a dream.
“Hmph! How convenient that you’ve all gathered! This deity will deal with you all at once, saving the trouble of hunting you down one by one!”
“Huan Tian! Though born a god, you have never sought to bless the world or bring prosperity to mortals. Instead, for your own selfish desires, you’ve destroyed families and slaughtered the innocent. You… are unworthy of being the Divine King!” The Purple Song Sage pointed at Huan Tian, his expression dark and conflicted.
“Hahaha… Purple Song Sage, Son of the Earth! My dear brother! In this world, rules and honor are dictated by the strong!
I’ve long grown weary of the Heavenly Dao’s constraints! Why must gods bless the world? Why must I feign generosity when I cannot have what I love?
Look at yourself…
Heh… Dare you say you don’t love Lan Xuechen? Dare you say you don’t desire the Flower King’s allegiance?
Stop pretending to be noble!
Look… the woman you love is now in another man’s arms. Doesn’t that fill you with hatred?”
“Huan Tian, I do not hate! It’s true that I love Xuechen, but I wish even more for her to find her own happiness…” The Purple Song Sage concealed a trace of sorrow in his eyes and smiled magnanimously.
“Bah! Hypocrite!” Huan Tian spat.
“Those who walk different paths cannot conspire together! Huan Tian, I urge you to wake up!”
“You’re the one who needs to wake up!” Huan Tian sneered, his eyes flashing with malice as he lunged toward Lan Xuechen and Yun Ye.
The Purple Song Sage immediately stepped forward, blocking Huan Tian and engaging him in battle.
Yet within just a few exchanges, the Purple Song Sage was overpowered.
Mo Changxing and Huan Shi exchanged a glance before leaping into the fray, while Mo Su also joined the fight.
Yun Qingxue glanced at Jin Lin but had no time to speak. She rushed to her parents’ side. In the distance, soldiers from the Demon and Flora Clans arrived at the Divine Realm, clashing with Huan Tian’s divine army in a standoff.
The wind roared fiercely, casting a desolate and murderous aura over the land.
Yun Ye released Lan Xuechen and looked solemnly at Yun Qingxue. “Qingxue, protect your mother!” With that, he flew into the battle.
“Mother.” Seizing the moment while the others fought Huan Tian, Yun Qingxue grasped Lan Xuechen’s wrist and channeled the power of the Flower King’s Token into her body…
Lan Xuechen remained still. As the former bearer of the Flower King’s Token, she knew exactly what her daughter intended to do…
The Flower King’s Token held boundless vitality…
With proper control, it could grant new life.
Thus, her daughter was now using it to reconstruct her physical form!
As the battle escalated, Jin Lin cast a deep glance at Yun Qingxue before joining the fight…
Divine soldiers clashed with warriors from the Flora, Demon, and later arriving Aquatic and Avian Clans.
Shui Liu, who arrived later, gazed at Yun Qingxue with a complicated expression as she worked on Lan Xuechen’s body. Taking a deep breath, Shui Liu said, “The Lord could never let you go… He called off the engagement.
I hope you won’t betray him again!”
With that, Shui Liu flew into the battle.
The sun set, and stars faded… After a full day and night, the Divine King’s battle raged on, but Yun Qingxue finally withdrew her hand.
Lan Xuechen’s once-transparent soul merged seamlessly into the new body Yun Qingxue had crafted for her with the Flower King’s Token…
Dust and sand swirled as Huan Tian fought with increasing ferocity, while Yun Ye and the others struggled to hold their ground…
The moment Lan Xuechen fully merged with her new body, Huan Tian suddenly feinted, evading the others, and lunged toward Yun Qingxue and Lan Xuechen with claw-like hands.
Yun Ye and the Purple Song Sage immediately moved to intercept, but Huan Tian smirked sinisterly, summoning countless bolts of lightning to strike Yun Qingxue and Lan Xuechen.
“Yun Ye, if I cannot have her, no one will!”
“Watch out!” everyone cried in unison.
Lan Xuechen, having just regained her body, instinctively shielded Yun Qingxue in her arms.
The lightning descended like a storm.
At that moment, a piercing howl tore through the sky as a massive gray wolf threw itself over Lan Xuechen and Yun Qingxue.
The lightning struck mercilessly, scorching the wolf’s flesh, filling the air with the acrid stench of burning fur and skin.
Huan Tian’s lightning was entirely absorbed by the wolf, which gradually shrank, transforming into a black-clad man…
The man collapsed heavily, barely alive, his body covered in grievous wounds…
Meanwhile, the others caught up to Huan Tian and resumed their fierce battle.
“Cang… Cang Yan?” Yun Qingxue snapped out of her daze and knelt, cradling the severely wounded Cang Yan.
“Heh…” Cang Yan smiled weakly. “Surprised?”
Yun Qingxue frowned deeply. “Why…?”
Cang Yan’s smile turned bitter. “I wish I knew why… Back then… *cough*… I only meant to use you…
*cough cough*…”
Blood trickled from the corners of his lips as he spoke.
“Don’t talk. Let me heal you first!” Yun Qingxue summoned pale blue light, gathering the Flower King’s Token’s power.
“Yun Qingxue!” Cang Yan suddenly seized her hand, his deep blue eyes fixed on her face…
As if he could never look at her enough…
As if he wanted to etch her image into his very soul…
“You know… I truly only meant to use you at first…
But why… did I end up falling for you…?”
Cang Yan’s body began to fade. Yun Qingxue knew that without immediate treatment, he would vanish entirely.
“Stop talking! Let me heal you!”
“It’s too late… The Divine King’s heavenly lightning… No one struck by it survives.
Qingxue… I love you…
Perhaps… in the next life… if we meet again… I’ll devote everything to you…
No throne, no power… Just… *cough*… just you…”
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