Yun Ye’s pitch-black eyes rested on the intricately carved window, where sunlight streamed in, filling the room with brightness.
He let out a long sigh and said, “Back then, your mother, Xue Chen, was the most beautiful woman in the Xuanling Continent. And because of her status as the Flower Queen, she was even more the center of attention.
At that time, countless young talents admired your mother.
I happened to meet her by chance, and slowly, feelings developed between us…
She knew about my identity as a demon, yet she never rejected me like others did. We soon fell in love.
But back then, many others also admired your mother, including the Divine King, Huan Tian.
Huan Tian was determined to marry her, but your mother and I were already deeply in love.
After your mother and I married, Huan Tian, unable to win her hand, harbored resentment. However, at that time, the power of the divine and demon clans was evenly matched. If a war broke out, neither side would gain any advantage!
Under such circumstances, though Huan Tian held a grudge, he dared not act rashly, and so peace was maintained for a time.
Until your mother became pregnant with you. But just then, a malevolent spirit appeared in the Xuanling Continent.
Members of the aquatic, beast, avian, and human clans were successively killed by this spirit.
Thus, the clans decided to unite to fight the spirit and protect their people.
After your mother married me, due to my identity, she moved from the Violet Palace of the Flower-Wood Clan to live among the demons.
Upon hearing news of the spirit’s attacks, your mother immediately sent Lan Xin back to the Flower-Wood Clan to gather their elites and join the other clans in fighting the spirit.
But…
The orders she conveyed were ultimately disobeyed by those led by Tong Yun.
In that battle, the other four clans suffered heavy casualties, while the Flower-Wood Clan did not intervene…
Naturally, they suffered no losses…
Originally, the fact that your mother—such a dazzling and peerless woman—married me, the infamous Demon King, had already sown seeds of resentment among the other clans…
And after the incident with the spirit,
Everyone believed your mother had been corrupted by me, the Demon King, and had fallen into demonic ways.
They feared your mother would use the Flower Queen’s special abilities to steal their secrets and help the demon clan against them, so…
They secretly began plotting a scheme against me and your mother!”
“And just at that moment…” Purple Song Sage suddenly interjected, his face filled with regret. “At that critical juncture, I, still bitter over Xue Chen not choosing me, foolishly demanded my father honor a duel agreed upon three hundred years earlier!
Your father, bound by his status, had to attend. We fought for days and nights, both utterly exhausted…
This duel directly led to the tragedies that followed…”
Yun Ye waved his hand and said to Purple Song Sage, “I know you’ve been haunted by what happened back then.
But the fault doesn’t lie entirely with you.
I was young and proud, stubbornly clinging to honor even in such dire circumstances, insisting on fulfilling our duel agreement!”
Yun Ye sighed deeply before turning his gaze back to Yun Qingxue. “That duel drained too much of my power. Though I gradually recovered, before I could fully regain my strength, the other four clans of the Xuanling Continent suddenly united to attack the demon clan.
The divine clan then sent a massive army to our borders.
The demon and Flower-Wood Clans were left teetering on the brink.
At that time, you were already six months in your mother’s womb…
The severity of the situation filled us with anxiety, fearing you might not survive to be born.
As tensions escalated, war loomed.
On the eve of battle, a traitor infiltrated the demon clan to assassinate us…
Your mother went into premature labor.
Faced with the possibility of losing you, Xue Chen made a decision without hesitation—to deliver you early!
Your mother loved me, but she also loved you deeply!
After her repeated pleas, I could only agree to take the risk…
And so, you were born three months prematurely…
Because of this, though your body was fully formed, your three souls and seven spirits were unstable!
As a result, you were barely alive at birth…
To save you, your mother and I had no choice but to find a way to nurture your soul.
But under those circumstances, keeping you in the Xuanling Continent to nurture your soul risked discovery at any moment!
You were so small—if anyone found out you were mine and Xue Chen’s daughter, they would never let you live.
Helpless, we could only use magic to send the most vital part of your soul—the heart soul—to another world for nurturing.”
“I wasn’t just unstable—I was missing my heart soul entirely!”
Before Yun Ye could finish, Yun Qingxue interrupted, her eyes cold and complex. “Even now, you still want to hide things from me?
Hah! Too bad you didn’t coordinate your stories with the others!
A century ago, while undergoing training in the Yunhuang Illusion, I inadvertently strayed into the underworld and encountered the Yousu (Flower of the Other Shore)!
She was one of the people who helped you send my soul to another world…
I don’t want to hear lies.
If you’re determined to keep hiding things from me, then don’t bother speaking!
I’ll find out the truth myself!”
Silence filled the room…
After a long pause, Yun Ye finally spoke, his gaze dark and unreadable. “Qingxue…
Fine. It’s all fate…
You were indeed born missing a soul—the heart soul, which governs wisdom.”
At this, Yun Ye sighed again, his voice heavy with sorrow. “After your birth, your mother and I immediately noticed something was wrong.
Your missing soul was due to being born prematurely, before your spirit had fully stabilized.
To compensate, your mother fused the Flower Queen’s Token into your soul, letting it take the place of your heart soul…
But the fusion required time, so we sent your soul to another world through the underworld’s Yousu.
Your mother, Xue Chen, then forcibly separated her own soul from her body to accompany you to that other world.
Later, when the Divine King’s heavenly lightning struck, it only destroyed a clone of your mother’s body! Her soul had long since gone with you to that other world!
Her true body was secretly brought back to the demon clan for preservation.
Everyone thought your mother was dead, believing they no longer had to fear the demon and Flower-Wood Clans uniting against them. And though the demon clan was at a disadvantage, it wasn’t so easily conquered. After weighing their options, the other clans withdrew their forces.
Though they retreated, the Divine King Huan Tian refused to let go!
Knowing your mother had given birth to you before her death, he sought to capture you.
To protect you… I used a trick—switching you with another. I had the loyal Ning Zi secretly take you to the Flower-Wood Clan to raise, while I found an orphaned young demon, erased her memories, and had her pose as my daughter to deceive the world!
Originally, your mother and I estimated it would take at least fifteen hundred years for the Flower Queen’s Token to fully fuse with your soul.
But to my surprise, your soul returned five hundred years early…
On the day your soul returned, your mother’s soul also came back. The phenomenon of her soul’s return successfully masked the signs of yours!”
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