Chapter 174 - 1551-1559

Chapter 1551: You're His Ultimate Target

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

There was complete silence in the secret chamber.

The four statues took on a somber mien.

"Wang Chi, we've long said that that matter should be kept buried and never mentioned again. And now, here you go, you're bringing it up again. What's the meaning of this?" One of the statues snorted coldly, looking ferocious.

The Dean swept a cold gaze over the entire room and shook his head as he said, "I don't mean anything by it. I merely wanted to remind you all that even if some things happened a long time ago, don't think that you can act as if nothing had ever happened."

BOOM!

The reaction from the four statues after hearing these words was so intense that they actually jolted in place, and their secret chamber was unexpectedly sprinkled with particles of dust. All the dust in the air gathered together and transformed into sharp spikes, which gravitated toward the Dean, Wang Chi.

The Dean of the Heaven Palace Sect, Wang Chi, didn't panic. His facial expression remained bland. He gave a cold snort, and all the sharp spikes that had been formed by the dust in the air scattered on the spot.

"Have the four of you decided to declare war on me?" Wang Chi asked coldly.

The four statues remained silent for a moment, until finally they said, "What do you want?"

"As I said before, I want the Tiger Amulet from you to deploy the Shadow Team to get ahead of Xuanyuan Wanrong. I need it as well to pursue and attack the Mighty King to regain the memory pearl," Wang Chi replied calmly.

"This is never going to happen." The four statues all shouted at the same time, and forcefully let Wang Chi know that they were definitely rejecting his request.

Once they'd handed over the Tiger Amulet, it would certainly never be returned. The legendary army of guards that could escort the Heaven Continent to the Divine Realm would be replaced by the Shadow Team led by Wang Chi.

Losing control of the Shadow Team, the four of them would also lose their final hidden trump card. Wang Chi would certainly abandon his benefactors upon achieving his goal and destroy these statues to wipe out their souls.

"Oh, I know what you're worried about. But I, Wang Chi, am not as short-sighted as you think I am. How can I abandon you after I get the Tiger Amulet?"

Wang Chi laughed and continued to speak, "In the future, even if I succeed in getting to the Divine Realm, I would want to continue to cooperate with the four of you in order to have the strength to live in the Divine Realm. At this time, our top-priority job is to ensure that Xuanyuan Wanrong will not be able to get hold of the memory pearl. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."

The four statues fell into a silence again once they'd heard his words.

A moment later, one of the statues spoke up, "Wang Chi, don't mention your idea about the Tiger Amulet anymore. We will never promise you that."

After saying that, the four statues once again made their jolting motions and then restored their stillness to transform into four ordinary statues. The previous surge of their powerful Soul Strength had disappeared.

Wang Chi stood where he was, and his face gradually darkened. A desire to commit murder flashed in his eyes, but he ultimately didn't strike. He gave a cold HMMM and marched away.

..…

At the same time, Xu Que took advantage of the night's extreme darkness to slip out of his room. He scattered replicas about to operate in all the various corners of the Heaven Palace Sect.

He was going to prepare a big show. He had practically emptied the System store in order to get all the elements for it.

After all, everything was free at this time. Some of the things, which he would usually have been reluctant to buy, he took anyway. He needed every trick up his sleeve in order to deal with the Heaven Palace Sect.

"Heh, heh, heh, it's cool not to have to buy things. If I'd had to buy all these things, it would have cost me at least hundreds of millions of Acting Tough Points!" Xu Que was standing at a corner of a wall, smiling and talking to himself.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed, and he gave a cry of surprise.

A replica at the back of the mountain was giving him some feedback, as if it had discovered some strange movements.

"Is that a woman? Oh yeah, here's also Buttface. This fool is definitely being watched by someone." According to the replica's feedback from what it was watching, it was as if Xu Que was witnessing a pursuit.

At the back of the mountain behind the Heaven Palace Sect, Xuanyuan Wanrong was leading a team to surround the whole mountain, but she alone was in pursuit of this Kylin to kill it.

"Just so happens that I'm finished being busy. Better go and join in the action!"

Xu Que muttered to himself just before his figure flashed with a bright light. He immediately vanished from the place where he'd been standing and swept toward the back of the mountain.

However, interestingly enough, just as Xu Que's front foot had disappeared, a figure appeared near his back foot, who had sneakily walked out from another corner.

TSK! TSK! TSK!

"I really have great instincts. I didn't misjudge him. I knew that this boy was unusual and actually good at the art of spells. He'd added an Obliterating Spell to the Heaven Palace Sect's Mountain's Protective Spell Array. If it's activated at the same time as their spell, the Mountain's Protective Spell Array will become a self-destructing Annihilate the Mountain Spell."

The figure touched his chin and looked in the direction in which Xu Que had left, as he clicked his tongue and whispered to himself.

"But what was this boy saying about joining in the action just now? Could it be there is something to be gained? Heh, heh, heh, how can I, Duan Qide, miss out on it?"

This figure had just finished speaking when he gave a wave of his hand and stepped out from the corner where he'd been hiding. His body shape instantly warped into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated in the air.

…..

In the back of the mountain of the Heaven Palace Sect, there was a ton of things going on.

Outside of the forest on that mountain, the elite disciples of the Heaven Palace Sect had almost completed their encirclement of the target. Their circling siege was gradually tightening.

Within the forest on the mountain, there was a Kylin who was scurrying all over the place. A white figure closely followed behind it the entire time. The Kylin was unable to shake off the white figure, no matter what he did.

"F*ck, I can't seem to get rid of this woman. How did Your Holiness's perfect escape plan get discovered? This shouldn't have been possible." It turns out that this was the Kylin Patriarch, Buttface. He looked furious as he continued to try to escape.

He felt very uneasy, and he was very worried that the operation was going to fail. He had been caught several times by the Heaven Palace Sect. Although he'd escaped each time, he hadn't been able to completely avoid suffering.

However, the more times he got caught, the more experience he had. This time he had painstakingly prepared a set of extraordinary teleportation spells. As long as he'd had time to finish ransacking the treasure house, he could immediately retreat. By the time the Heaven Palace Sect discovered the theft the next day, he would have long ago escaped.

But this time the Heaven Palace Sect had reacted too quickly. He had just come out of the treasure house when the Heaven Palace Sect had sounded the alarm. A bunch of people had immediately started out to hunt him down.

"No, the reaction of the Heaven Palace Sect couldn't have been so timely." Buttface suddenly thought of something and his face changed dramatically. He said to himself, "D*mn, it must have been that boy had betrayed Your Holiness. What is he scheming about now?"

"Mighty King, you can't escape. It would be better for you to quickly give yourself up and wait to be captured." At this very moment, Xuanyuan Wanrong's cold voice could be heard from behind him.

Buttface loudly responded, "Woman, give Your Holiness a way out. Your Holiness has a piece of major news to reveal to you!"

However, Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't pay any attention to what Buttface had said. She didn't answer him with even a word, and continued to pursue him relentlessly.

Buttface immediately got anxious and said, "It's true. Your Holiness always keeps his promises and never lies. Do you still remember the boy from before? He has already snuck into your Heaven Palace Sect."

"What did you say?" Xuanyuan Wanrong finally was interested enough to respond.

She certainly remembered the person whom Buttface was referring to. It was that strange fellow whose strength was very peculiar. She had been unable to figure him out.

"How could she have let that guy slip away! It was all because she'd been wasting her time in the pursuit of the Mighty King?

"But now, this Mighty King had actually said that the boy had snuck into the Heaven Palace Sect!"

"Ha, ha, ha, you've been fooled. Your Holiness is working with that boy. First, we would inadvertently alert the enemy to deliberately alarm you and make you deploy most of your men to pursue Your Holiness while that boy is now certainly doing whatever he wants in your Heaven Palace Sect. You've fallen for the ploy to lure you away from the territory!" Buttface was fully utilizing his acting skills as he laughed wildly.

"Impossible, my Heaven Palace Sect still has the Dean and the other Elders who are overseeing everything. He alone cannot cause any trouble." Xuanyuan Wanrong stayed very calm and didn't pay any attention to what Buttface had said.

Buttface laughed again. "Ha, ha, ha, why else do you think Your Holiness's plan to rob the treasure house was leaked? Obviously, it was the boy who deliberately told you all about it. Also, his goal is your Heaven Palace Sect's female disciples. This person is worse than a beast and has a wild lust for women. He's what people call a wolf in sheep's clothing. How difficult can it be to abduct a person while taking advantage of the chaos in your Heaven Palace Sect?"

Xuanyuan Wanrong's eyebrows knitted tightly as she listened to Buttface.

She wasn't sure whether the Mighty King's words were true or false. But it was true that a person who'd come to participate in the recruitment congregation had informed the disciple who was guarding the main gate about the matter of the Mighty King robbing the treasure house. Because of that, they had gone to check the treasure house.

If the Mighty King's words were true, then are the female disciples of the Heaven Palace Sect in danger now? After all, that boy's means were unusual.

"Mighty King, you stop and follow me back to the Heaven Palace Sect. If what you say is true, I will promise you that you will be able to leave safely," Xuanyuan Wanrong said, staring at Buttface who was now in front of her.

Buttface didn't have the courage to stop. He continued to shout, "Your Holiness can't go back. The boy also said he would first snatch a female disciple and then go back a few days later to grab you. You're his ultimate target. He said that when he first saw you, he…"

Buttface had gotten halfway through his sentence when he suddenly stopped.

"What was he going to do?" Xuanyuan Wanrong's voice instantly became ice-cold. Her murderous aura erupted in a boundless wave and filled the whole forest on the mountain.

At the same time, Buttface's voice also rang out, "His esteem for you is like a torrential river, endless and eternal. He said you are a fairy descended to the mortal world and can't be dishonored. I must say, this person is a true gentleman, and Your Holiness greatly admires him."

"Hey, Lord Brother, what are you doing here? What a coincidence, Your Holiness was just singing your praises."

…..

Chapter 1552: How Did You Know?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

"Is that so?"

With a light chuckle, Xu Que's figure suddenly swept over and landed not far in front of Buttface. He seemed to be smiling and yet not smiling.

"Of course, would Your Holiness lie to you? However, this woman doesn't know what's good for her. The more Your Holiness praised you, the more she kept coming after Your Holiness to attack me. She's simply preposterous!" Buttface toadied up to Xu Que in an especially obsequious manner. Also, he moved closer and closer to Xu Que as he spoke.

"Lord Brother, this woman is extremely hard to deal with. I'm very lucky that you've arrived. You and I, two brothers, can join forces and fight together. We will definitely be invincible. At that time, this woman will be yours!" As Buttface finished this sentence, he had arrived in front of Xu Que.

SWISH!

The next moment, he lifted his arm and grabbed at Xu Que, in an effort to throw him behind himself so that he could burst out like lightning and scuttle forward. He was obviously trying to throw Xu Que to Xuanyuan Wanrong so that he could take advantage of this opportunity to escape.

However, when Buttface's claw pressed down on what he'd thought was Xu Que's shoulder, his paw came up empty!

"F*ck, it's a replica again!" Buttface immediately cursed in rage.

But, on the other hand, this scene made Xuanyuan Wanrong, who was close on Buttface's heels, suddenly slow down.

She hesitated a little. When she'd seen Xu Que earlier, Xu Que's seemingly out-of-this-world palm attack had made a deep impression on her.

Now that she'd realized that only the boy's replica had appeared, his real body must be lying in ambush someplace in the surroundings. If the Mighty King and he joined forces, she was really not certain that she would be able to take them both down on her own.

"Mighty King, don't run. If you assist me in capturing Xu Que, I will definitely let you escape," Xuanyuan Wanrong said.

"Who's Xu Que? D*mn, just hearing that name, I know he's certainly not a good person. Even you can't capture him, and you still want to drag Your Holiness into the mire. No way!" Buttface continued to flee without the slightest hesitation. He was exceptionally clever at such times. He was definitely the Mighty King of self-preservation.

Xuanyuan Wanrong had a thoughtful look, as if she was pondering something. She asked, "The young man who was with you the other day was Xu Que. You called him Lord Brother. Don't tell me you've been deceived by him?"

"What? That's him?" Buttface was instantly startled.

"Lord Brother is Xu Que?

"F*ck, which is his real name?

"But to join forces to capture that boy? Dream on! That boy is fierce and cleverer than Your Holiness. There's no f*cking way you will ever capture him.

"Your Holiness would never do such a wicked deed as betraying my brother. Woman, you've misjudged this Kylin!" Buttface yelled as he continued to sprint and didn't even turn his head back to see if he could see who he was talking to.

"Once we capture him, the man belongs to me, and his treasures belong to you. How about it?" Xuanyuan Wanrong continued to speak.

"Huh?" Buttface suddenly stopped and stared wide-eyed as he said, "Are you serious?"

"Of course!" Xuanyuan Wanrong also stopped as a token of her sincerity.

"Okay, it's a deal." Buttface didn't hesitate to agree. At the same time, he sized Xuanyuan Wanrong up with a strange expression on his face. He shook his head. He'd absolutely not expected this. Xuanyuan Wanrong had actually been tempted by that boy's good looks and wanted him for herself.

"Oh, woman!"

"Oh, Buttface, you're really too much. Knowing that I'm around, you still sold me out right in front of me?"

At this time, Xu Que's voice could be heard.

He had sent a replica over before to deliberately play tricks on Buttface. But now his real body had just arrived, and he'd heard that Buttface was going to join forces with Xuanyuan Wanrong.

"Huh, boy, you still have the gall to speak to me about tricks? With regard to Your Holiness's theft of the treasure house, weren't you the one who gave the tip-off to the Heaven Palace Sect?" Buttface angrily shouted.

"What?" Xu Que sprang out from the forest on the mountain with a look of shock in his eyes. He looked absolutely dumbfounded as he said, "You think I was the one who gave the tip-off?"

"Why are you still pretending? Only you and I knew about Your Holiness's theft of the treasure house. Who else could it be if it wasn't you?"

"It really wasn't me. I didn't betray you, so don't talk drivel." Xu Que repeatedly denied doing it. Anger burst forth on his face. He looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong and shouted, "Why are you, woman, so vicious? You even made up stuff to drive a wedge between Buttface and I, who are true brothers."

"Bullsh*t!" Buttface scolded. "All the people know that the Heaven Palace Sect's Xuanyuan Wanrong detests villains and misdeeds and will never resort to tricks. Boy, when you play dumb, why don't you first understand the lay of the land clearly? She has more credibility than you do."

"F*ck!"

It was now Xu Que's turn to be surprised. It seemed as if it was not as easy to fool Buttface now that he was the Kylin Patriarch as it had been in his previous life.

He looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong again. She had the same calm, indifferent look that she'd had from the beginning as she stood her ground coolly. Her gaze was fixed on Xu Que, which sent shivers down Xu Que's back.

"F*ck me, this imposing manner of Xuanyuan Wanrong of tens of thousands of years ago is much scarier than the version of her that I knew tens of thousands of years later." Xu Que thought to himself.

"Mighty King, have you thought about it? Have you made a decision?" At this time, Xuanyuan Wanrong turned her gaze away and looked at Buttface.

Buttface immediately shouted, "Do I still need to think about it? Of course, you and I should join forces to capture the boy!"

After saying that, Buttface actually took the lead with an imposing momentum and rushed toward Xu Que.

The corners of Xuanyuan Wanrong's lips curled up when she'd seen what had happened. She made her move at the same time and shot out a restrictive spell in a flash, trying to imprison Xu Que.

"Come on."

Xu Que cursed under his breath. He wouldn't have come over to get in on the action if he'd known earlier about the trouble that he was walking into.

But the next moment, he was happy.

Before he'd gone to the Heaven Palace Sect, he'd already bought ten Art of Compelling Divine Power from the System store, among which was the Calamity-Foreseeing Art, which art's special property was that if could anticipate a crisis.

On his way here, the Calamity-Foreseeing Art had not issued a single warning. Thus, that meant that even if Buttface and Xuanyuan Wanrong were going to join forces, the Calamity-Foreseeing Art didn't feel that it needed to warn him in advance.

But suddenly at this moment an image from the Calamity-Foreseeing Art flashed across his mind.

When Buttface had joined forces with Xuanyuan Wanrong to capture him, he'd turned on the System's retaliatory mechanism.

Then, when Buttface could feel that there was something amiss with the situation he'd tried to snatch Xu Que's Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod. When he'd realized that he couldn't seize it, the fool had turned around to run away.

He'd clearly intended to make use of the upcoming fight between Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong to take the opportunity to escape.

But at the exact moment when he had turned to escape, a figure had suddenly appeared out of the ground, holding a staff in his hand. He'd pointed to the ground with his staff and the entire ground had instantly bloomed with rays of light.

In an instant, everyone, Xu Que, Xuanyuan Wanrong, and Buttface, had been transfixed.

On closer inspection, Xu Que could see that this was actually Duan Qide, who he'd met during the day in the Heaven Palace Sect.

Duan Qide hadn't revealed his talents during the day. Xu Que was surprised. He hadn't expect him to actually hide all his strengths. This guy must be at least at the Celestial Prime stage, which was one major cultivation stage higher than Xuanyuan Wanrong's Celestial King stage.

Ah, what a capable b*stard!

Duan Jiude's grandfather was actually so audacious.

The key was that even a powerful Celestial Prime would actually resort to such dirty tricks. In order to deal with a Celestial King, a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, and Buttface, he'd actually laid in wait in order to make a despicable, vicious move.

And, based on this approach, Duan Jiude was certainly the true grandson of Duan Qide.

BANG!

There was a loud noise, just like in the image anticipated by the Calamity-Foreseeing Art. Buttface and Xuanyuan Wanrong attacked.

Xu Que immediately activated the System's retaliatory mechanism. The Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod swept forward and directly shattered Xuanyuan Wanrong's restrictive spell.

"Heh, heh, heh, you've fallen into a trap!"

Almost at the same time, Xu Que said loudly with a smile, "Duan Qide, have you finished setting up the spell? Quickly come out and stop them."

"What?" Buttface and Xuanyuan Wanrong were equally startled.

"Is there someone else lying in wait here?

"How can it be?"

"Impossible!" Suddenly, a shocked-sounding voice could be heard from under the ground. "My ultimate Concealing Spell is the number one in the world. Even a Celestial Emperor wouldn't be able to sense its presence. How did you know I had set up the spell here?"

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Chapter 1553: Memory Pearl

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

BOOM!

With a thunderous noise, it immediately felt as if the air was being shattered by a blast and the surrounding void was being sucked away by some mysterious force.

The shadow of a figure sprang up from the ground, holding a staff in his hand, which he pointed at the ground.

The ground instantly surged with numerous rays of light and runes that were circulating and completely imprisoned the area where Xuanyuan Wanrong and Buttface were standing.

Xu Que had seen everything that was happening through the calamity-foreseeing art. When he'd shouted at Duan Qide, he'd quickly retreated and managed to withdraw outside of the scope of the spell. He had evaded being imprisoned by Duan Qide's spell.

SWISH!

Suddenly, Duan Qide's figure had also appeared. His appearance seemed somewhat different from what Xu Que had seen during the day. During the day, Duan Qide had seemed extremely young, and his facial features had held only a kind of familiar feeling.

Now, however, it was as if Duan Qide looked almost identical to Duan Jiude with his traitorous looks.

Obviously, this was Duan Qide's true face. If Xu Que had seen this face during the day, he would certainly have associated him with Duan Jiude right away.

"Come on, quickly tell me! How did you find out?" Duan Qide asked anxiously and glared at Xu Que the moment he'd landed on the ground.

He was completely surprised. In fact, he was in shock. Xu Que was only a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven, but even if Xu Que had been at the Celestial Emperor stage, it would've been impossible for him to detect his existence.

But now Xu Que had not only exposed his hiding place, he was even aware that he had set up a spell formation. Furthermore, it was almost like he'd known in advance and had actually escaped the boundary of the imprisonment Array. It was a little freakish!

Xuanyuan Wanrong and Buttface also looked surprised by the unexpectedly noiseless arrival of this man. He had laid his ambush so deeply and set up the spell formation so well.

To their astonishment, it didn't seem that Xu Que and this man had planned this in advance.

If it had been premeditated, then the fortunate timing of Xu Que's evasion wouldn't have been so odd. But the man, Duan Qide, acted even more surprised than they were, indicating that the two men weren't accomplices. This made the whole sequence of events even more intriguing.

With their levels of strength, they hadn���t been able to detect Duan Qide's existence, so how had Xu Que found out?

"Could it be that his Soul Strength had already risen above the cultivation stage of a Celestial Emperor and had reached the cultivation stage of a Taoist Prime?"

"Ha, ha, ha, Brother Duan, the important thing is not how I found out. The key is that you have plotted against me. This seems a little unreasonable, isn't it?" Xu Que stood outside the spell formation and looked at Duan Qide with a smile.

Duan Qide frowned and then suddenly burst out laughing, "Ha, ha, ha, well, everyone has his own secrets. I won't ask how you knew if Brother Slayer doesn't want to tell me. But Brother Slayer, don't misunderstand me, while you were all within the scope of the spell formation just now, I had planned to first launch the spell formation and then to release you after you were imprisoned."

"Oh? I see." Xu Que nodded with a smile.

SWISH!

The next moment, his figure flashed, and he suddenly leapt away from his original spot to appear a few hundred yards away. He looked at Duan Qide with a smile again.

"How is that possible?" Duan Qide's face instantly went through a major change.

His voice had just faded away when there came another sound of a BOOM! The ground trembled, and the original position where Xu Que had been standing had been covered by a large swathe of golden light shooting upward.

Obviously, from the moment that Duan Qide had opened his mouth and laughed, the staff in his hand had touched the ground and his Celestial Core Power had passed through the staff to noiselessly drill into the ground. Then it had laid down the spell formation again and gotten ready to capture Xu Que.

But who would have thought that Xu Que would be able to evade it once again by seeming to know in advance it was going to happen?

This really frightened Duan Qide. He'd been more careful in setting up the spell this time than the last time, and he'd made sure not to leak the slightest hint of what he was about to do. But Xu Que had still managed to avoid it.

"F*ck!" Buttface was so startled when he'd seen this scene that he'd cried out loud.

Xuanyuan Wanrong also looked deadly serious. Her eyes had once again looked toward Xu Que with curiosity.

Even though Duan Qide had set up the spell in front of them this time, they'd also not realized it. However, Xu Que had coped with it so easily. Obviously, this man was not so simple.

"Hey, Brother Duan, what are you doing here anyway?" Xu Que said, laughing, as he stood hundreds of yards away.

If it hadn't been for the calamity-foreseeing art, he would've really been imprisoned by Duan Qide.

Just as he'd expected, whether it was Buttface in his previous life or Duan Jiude's grandfather, none of them had been good guys.

Their hearts were so dirty!

HMPH! "Since we've come to this point, I'm not going to pretend with you any longer. You'd also better not play dumb with me. I heard everything just now. Your real name is Xu Que, and you've come to the Heaven Palace Sect under the assumed name of Slayer Lord. You must certainly be there for the treasure room, right?" Duan Qide stopped with his false smiling and stared at Xu Que with a blank face as he spoke.

"I'm not really there for the treasure room." Xu Que spread his hands, still wary of Duan Qide.

In terms of strength, he was far less capable than Duan Qide. Once Duan Qide really made his move, then he had no other choice but to run away.

But thankfully, because of the two consecutive warnings from the calamity-foreseeing art that had allowed him to evade Duan Qide's spell formation, Duan Qide was now completely on guard against him and thus had stayed his hand for a short while.

It also implied that there was the possibility of negotiating for peace!

"Oh, my young friend Xu, shouldn't we try to be honest with each other this time? If you didn't come for the treasure room, then why did you mess around with the Mountain's Protective Spell Array near the Heaven Palace Sect?" Duan Qide asked, sneeringly.

In his view, Xu Que had messed around with the Mountain's Protective Spell Array only in order to create a huge chaos and then take advantage of it to ransack the treasure room.

But he hadn't expected that the Mighty King had actually gotten there a step ahead of them all.

"Ha, ha, ha, Brother Duan has really misunderstood. In fact, the Mighty King is right. My target wasn't the treasure room, but Xuanyuan Wanrong." Xu Que said and laughed.

Xuanyuan Wanrong's face instantly got dark, and her eyes looked ice-cold with a boundless murderous aura.

Duan Qide was also startled. He looked at Xu Que and then he glanced at Xuanyuan Wanrong. He was delighted.

It turned out that he had encountered a ravisher, and such a handsome ravisher at that. B*stard!

"Why do we need to fight if our goals aren't in conflict? The Mighty King can belong to you, and Xuanyuan Wanrong will belong to me. So, how about it?" Xu Que spoke up again.

Duan Qide also didn't hesitate, and he immediately nodded his agreement.

Buttface, who was trapped within the spell, immediately shouted, "Come on, Lord Brother, how can you be like this? We've agreed to be good brothers. How can you so easily sell Your Holiness out? You are acting so randomly."

"Not randomly at all. I've thought deeply about it. I can only love one person in this life, and that is Miss Xuanyuan," Xu Que replied.

Xuanyuan Wanrong raised her eyebrows and continued to stare at Xu Que with an intensifying murderous aura.

She could see that Xu Que was not a wastrel given to lust. He even vaguely seemed to give her a kind of feeling of wanting to get as far away from her as possible. To say that Xu Que's target was the other female disciples, she might believe it. But to say that Xu Que's target was her, she really couldn't feel it.

But all this guy talked about was her, which made her very uncomfortable!

"Come on, don't be like this, Lord Brother. The relationship between us brothers is not over yet! Just think of our previous lives long ago when I called you Lord Brother and you called me Buttface, when we joined forces to plunder the world's treasure troves. How brilliant that was!" Buttface still wouldn't give up as he cried out loud.

"That was all in the past. A real man doesn't boast about his past achievements." Xu Que waved his hands, while walking toward the spell formation.

As long as there'd been no warning from the calamity-foreseeing art, he basically could determine that Duan Qide really wanted to cooperate.

"Damn, you really are shameless. Your Holiness has told you, if you really hand Your Holiness over, you will absolutely regret it. You don't know how much bounty Your Holiness has reaped from the treasure room. There is also a memory pearl that holds the secret to Xuanyuan Wanrong's past history. Your Holiness was even thinking that if I couldn't escape from Xuanyuan Wanrong's pursuit, I would hand it over. But I didn't expect to fall into your hands first." Buttface was obviously very annoyed.

The faces of Xuanyuan Wanrong and Xu Que changed instantly when they'd heard that.

A memory pearl containing Xuanyuan Wanrong's past history?

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Chapter 1554: Restoring Memories

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As early as when he'd been on the Heaven Continent, when Xu Que had happened to meet the souls of Xuanyuan Wanrong's parents, he'd found out that Xuanyuan Wanrong had had a tragic past.

She came from an unfortunate family. Because Xuanyuan Wanrong's mother had been a Demon, the Heaven Palace Sect had been forced them to break up her family. Then, in the end, when Xuanyuan Wanrong's parents had died, the remnants of their souls had been imprisoned in the ancestral lands of the back mountain of the Heaven Palace Sect.

As for all the specific details about what had happened in between her being separated from her parents and their remnant souls being imprisoned, Xu Que hadn't a clue about any of it.

So now, being in this world of her memory, Xu Que could see that Xuanyuan Wanrong was very normal. She hadn't left the Heaven Palace Sect yet, subconsciously feeling that her parents were still alive. The tragedy of that year hadn't happened yet.

But now that Buttface reminded him about the memory pearl, Xu Que suddenly realized that something wasn't right.

When Xuanyuan Wanrong's parents had met with a mishap, Xuanyuan Wanrong was still very young and certainly not as old and outstanding as she was now.

"So, had this memory pearl already drawn out a certain memory of Xuanyuan Wanrong's?

"Was this why Xuanyuan Wanrong had stayed in the Heaven Palace Sect?"

"Oh my god, I feel like something huge is going to happen." Xu Que muttered to himself.

He certainly wouldn't prevent Xuanyuan Wanrong from recovering her memories. After all, this was a fake world, and the real Xuanyuan Wanrong must have restored her memories back then, otherwise, she wouldn't have left the Heaven Palace Sect and gone to the Celestial Burial Valley at the Five Elements Mountain far away to take a deep sleep.

And Buttface's words had been very clear just now. If he hadn't been able to escape from Xuanyuan Wanrong's pursuit, he'd been prepared to throw her the memory pearl to distract her attention.

Evidently, this was how he'd escaped back in the day. Otherwise, according to the situation just now, if Xu Que and Duan Qide hadn't come out and interfered, Xuanyuan Wanrong would definitely have caught up to Buttface.

At this time, Xuanyuan Wanrong was very shocked.

She'd never known that the treasure room of the Heaven Palace Sect had hidden her memory pearl.

She knew very clearly what a memory pearl was. It was a memory that couldn't be erased but which had been forcibly removed from her mind.

This method was not the same as forcibly erasing memories. Forcibly erasing memories could hurt the soul and have a huge impact on one's cultivation. However, by using the memory pearl, no damage would be caused.

The only flaw with this system was that the memory in the memory pearl couldn't be erased. If the memory pearl was forcibly destroyed, the sealed memory inside would return to the original memory owner's mind.

But now, the important thing was that, as the chief disciple and the one the Heaven Palace Sect was most focused on training, some of her memories had been removed from her, and she hadn't noticed it at all.

The Mighty King had just revealed that this was a memory pearl related to her past history. But she was quite clear about her past history. Since she'd been young, she'd grown up in the Heaven Palace Sect, and her parents, who were both from the Heaven Palace Sect, had been killed in a secret mission.

There was nothing complicated about her story.

"Huh, why are none of you talking anymore? I'm not lying to you. I have checked, everything in the memory pearl is extremely terrifying. This group of people from the Heaven Palace Sect are really bad people." Buttface blustered along loudly, taking out a jade bead while talking.

That jade bead was all covered with golden runes, which obviously had been sealed by powerful people with a strong restrictive spell. There was a subtle scene flashing inside of it. Unless the Mind Sense was strong enough, there was no way to pass through the restrictive spell and pry on what was inside.

Since Buttface could pry into the contents inside without damaging the restrictive spell, his Mind Sense was evidently extraordinary.

"Brother Duan!" At this time, Xu Que looked at Duan Qide and said with a smile, "You don't think highly of this memory pearl, right? Can you undo it and let the memory emerge and return to its original owner?"

"Of course I can. I am also rather curious. What kind of memory does the famous chief disciple of the Heaven Palace Sect, Xuanyuan Wanrong, have that is so mysterious it must be sealed up?" Duan Qide said casually. This memory pearl was not valuable, and it was better for him to help Xu Que with a favor.

Xu Que had known that Duan Qide would agree. He nodded and smiled, looking at Xuanyuan Wanrong. "Miss Xuanyuan, you have to be mentally prepared. What you are going to see may make you collapse and fall apart. After all, the people from the Heaven Palace Sect are really not good people."

"Shut up. My memory is very complete, and no one has ever stolen any part of it. This memory pearl has nothing to do with me. Why do you want to tell me these stories?" Xuanyuan Wanrong spoke in a deep voice, but her tone and expression were no longer as indifferent as usual.

At this moment, she was really slightly flustered.

"If this memory pearl was indeed real, what was going on with her past history that she didn't know about?"

"Buttface, come, open the memory pearl!" Xu Que didn't respond to Xuanyuan Wanrong. There was no need to argue regarding this matter. Seeing was believing.

And he was also extremely curious about what had happened to Xuanyuan Wanrong in the past. This must have had something to do with the subsequent destruction of the Heaven Palace Sect.

"Open, what open. If you imprison me here, I can't open it. You better be sensible and let me go," Buttface said angrily.

"That's a small matter," Duan Qide said lightly. Waving his hands gently, the jade beads in the paws of Buttface flew out instantly.

"Sh*t, I asked you to unlock the restrictive barrier, not to snatch the objects. How is that reasonable?" Buttface immediately raged at him.

With mutual agreement, Duan Qide and Xu Que both ignored him, and their attention was already focused on the memory orb.

Without Xu Que needing to open his mouth, Buttface's fingertips directly opened the shackles on the memory pearl. He was obviously good at handling prohibitions.

WHOOSH!

As soon as the shackles had been opened, a stream of light flew out of the memory pearl.

Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't stop all this, and she had no ability to stop it either. Almost forgetting to breathe, she stared at the stream of light.

"What was this memory?"

BOOM!

With a muffled sound, the stream of light exploded in the air.

Lights and shadows appeared, and, just like a portrait, unfolded in front of them. In the portrait, there were several shadows surging, which gradually became lifelike.

The gazes of all the people present were all fixated on these portraits of lights and shadows.

The beginning of the portrait was from Xuanyuan Wanrong's perspective, which was a child's perspective. She was tilting her head up to look at all the adults.

The scene in the portrait was in the back mountain of the Heaven Palace Sect. There were loads of people in front of her, blocking her way. In the middle, there were several familiar faces, such as Wang Chi, the Dean of the Heaven Palace Sect, several deputy deans, and various Elders of the Heaven Palace Sect.

Then, the portrait changed, as if the camera had moved to the side. A large hand was holding on to a little hand. The large hand belonged to a tall and handsome man, with a little facial stubble, manly and righteous.

Xu Que recognized this man. He was one of those two souls that he had spent so much time with, Xuanyuan Wanrong's father, Xuanyuan Qishang!

"Father, didn't you say you were taking me to see my mother? Why have we come to the back mountain? Why didn't Uncle Dean and the others let us pass?"

A milky voice sounded. It was obviously Xuanyuan Wanrong's voice when she had been a little child.

Hearing this, and then looking at the group of people in the portrait of lights and shadows, Xuanyuan Wanrong's entire face had lost its color and gotten extremely pale.

Her body shivered slightly, as a strong feeling of sorrow and anger gradually poured out of her eyes.

Evidently, as the portrait of lights and shadows unfolded, her memory was also being slightly restored.

Chapter 1555: Everyone Should Die!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

This scene at the back mountain of the Heaven Palace Sect felt really familiar.

Xuanyuan Qishang led his young daughter, Xuanyuan Wanrong, by the hand and stared somberly at the group of people in front of them.

Seeing her mother?

Hearing little Wanrong's words, Xuanyuan Qishang's face twitched slightly, and his somber expression gradually smoothed out. He lowered his head and forced out a smile. "Rongrong, be good. I promise you, I'll definitely let you see your mother!"

"But this is still part of the Heaven Palace Sect. If Uncle Dean won't let us walk in from the back mountain, then let's walk from the main entrance and go to find mother!" The young Xuanyuan Wanrong looked only about four or five years old and seemed like a delicate porcelain doll, with a milky voice. She was really cute.

This whole incident made one's heart just struggle with sadness. Looking at this scene in the portrait of lights and shadows, Xu Que's heart twitched slightly. He knew that the scene that came after this would be unbearable for anyone, not to mention Xuanyuan Wanrong, who had been at such a young age.

"Xuanyuan Qishang was a very good person. I'd met him often in a secretive environment. He was extremely righteous and also loyal. I would never have been able to do a bad turn to him. Every time I saw him, he would detour especially to speak to me. I didn't expect that…" Duan Qide suddenly spoke at this moment, sighing with emotion.

Evidently, he had also guessed that Xuanyuan Qishang and his wife had died at the hands of the Heaven Palace Sect.

Buttface's expression remained neutral. He had seen this scene a long time ago, but his silence at this moment was enough to show that his mood was also not very good.

"Xuanyuan Qishang, are you going to rebel?" At the same time, in the portrait, Wang Chi, the Dean of the Heaven Palace Sect, had reprimanded him.

"Brother, your choice has made me very disappointed!" A woman wearing red standing beside Wang Chi shook her head in disappointment.

Xuanyuan Qishang raised his head and said solemnly to the woman in red, "I have no desire to have a sister like you. From now on, you, Xuanyuan Hong, and I aren't related anymore!"

BANG!

Taken by a fit of monstrous anger, the ground under the woman wearing red suddenly collapsed and cracked. Her temper was obviously extremely fiery.

Xu Que also recognized this woman. She was Xuanyuan Wanrong's aunt, Xuanyuan Hong.

Back in the day, when he'd been in the secret room at the Heaven Palace Sect's ancient site, he had opened the restrictive barrier that had caused Xuanyuan Hong and several other strongmen from the Heaven Palace Sect to wake up before they were supposed to. These people had furiously pursued Xu Que, but Xu Que had managed to run away from them.

Afterward, these people had taken over the Heaven Palace Academy and held the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony. Xu Que had gone there to join in the excitement and stolen the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, which was what had caused he and Xuanyuan Wanrong to have entered the world of memory now.

"Xuanyuan Qishang, what did that woman do to you? Did you actually want to betray the Heaven Palace Sect and all of us for the female Demon from the Utmost Happiness Faction?" Xuanyuan Hong roared.

"Demon?"

The look on Xuanyuan Qishang's face changed abruptly, gradually becoming slightly crazed. He laughed out loud, full of ridicule. "Ha, ha, ha, you people proclaim yourselves as decent people, but what you do is much much worse than the Demons. Guan Chuchu was born in the Utmost Happiness Faction, but she has never indiscriminately killed innocents. She is my wife and the mother of Rongrong. How can you treat her like this?"

"Shut up!" Dean Wang Chi scolded him. His originally expressionless face became more serious at this moment, and he said in a deep voice, "Qishang, I have always regarded you as my brother. If it were not for the Heaven Palace Sect, not for the future of the entire Heaven Continent, would I make such a choice?

"Since Rongrong was born, she has been designated as The One Chosen by Heaven because she had inherited Guan Chuchu's bloodline. Do you know how many years it's been that The One Chosen by Heaven hasn't appeared in the Heaven Palace Sect?"

"Rongrong become The One Chosen by Heaven due to fate. The thing about the bloodline is only a speculation. Her partner, the second One Chosen by Heaven, will naturally be chosen by her in the future, After all, this follows the rules of the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi," Xuanyuan Qishang said angrily.

TSK! TSK! TSK! "Xuanyuan Qishang, the bloodline of The One Chosen by Heaven is not just speculation!" At this time, a white-haired old lady laughed, her face covered by an abominable smile.

She stared at Xuanyuan Wanrong fiercely and said with a laugh, "I have investigated the bloodline for years and have created many talented disciples for the Heaven Palace Sect. The bloodline of The One Chosen by Heaven is a method I am very certain is correct."

"Shut up, old lady!" Xuanyuan Qishang roared and unexpectedly raised his hand, a sharp blade suddenly appearing in his palm. It had a sharp edge and was full of a murderous spirit.

"Today, it is not I, Xuanyuan Qishang, who betrayed the Heaven Palace Sect. It is you who have forced my family of three into a corner with no escape!"

WHOOSH!

As he'd finished speaking, Xuanyuan Qishang let go of Xuanyuan Wanrong's small hand, and his entire being turned into a stream of light, instantly heading forward.

"Father!" The young Xuanyuan Wanrong was scared and exclaimed in fright.

But as Xuanyuan Qishang had rushed out, he had created a shield that held her in place, preventing her from rushing into the fray.

Following which, a deafening roar sounded. Xuanyuan Qishang was actually fighting ten people at once, as if he was a Sword God. He was looking scornfully at the world and fighting with an extraordinary momentum.

"Xuanyuan Qishang, you are really worthy of the title of the strongest person in the Heaven Palace Sect!" Outside the portrait, Duan Qide, who had been watching this scene, spoke again in reverence.

Xu Que also looked respectful. He had contacted these spirits. Their power was so amazing that it was terrible.

"Those people from the Heaven Palace Sect are really beasts," Duan Qide spoke again, cursing them under his breath.

While Xuanyuan Qishang and the people from the Heaven Palace Sect were fighting, the white-haired old woman was still trying to persuade Wang Chi, and, meanwhile, was revealing a lot of information, which allowed Xu Que, Duan Qide, and the others to learn the truth.

The white-haired old woman was one of the wonders of the Heaven Palace Sect and might have even been one of the Heaven Continent's top Drug Deities. Her pill-refining skills were the best, but she was also obsessed with bloodline research. In a nutshell, she was a crazy fan of human experimentation.

The world had long forgotten her name and only knew her by her title, the blood woman.

After years of bloodline research, she had indeed created countless powerful cultivators who were all hidden in the Heaven Palace Sect, forming a team of Heavenly Demons.

It was rumored that outsiders had never seen the Heavenly Demon Team before because anyone who had ever seen it had been instantly killed.

When Xuanyuan Wanrong was born, it had alarmed the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, and she was decreed to be a One Chosen by Heaven. This should've been a piece of good news, but instead she had been spotted by the blood woman.

She had drawn out Xuanyuan Wanrong's bloodline, and after researching it, she'd found that this bloodline resonated with the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi and that the source of the bloodline came from Xuanyuan Wanrong's mother, Guan Chuchu.

In other words, if Guan Chuchu gave birth to another person, as long as they inherited the bloodline, they would also become The One Chosen by Heaven.

This news had shocked all the high-level officials of the Heaven Palace Sect.

They had waited for years for the day when two Ones Chosen by Heaven would pass the tribulations of love, activate the Heaven Continent, open the gates of the Divine Realm, and enter the Divine Realm.

Only in that divine world would they have the hopes to go further and become a Taoist Emperor Dao and even ascend to the divine position to become a true God!

Now that only Xuanyuan Wanrong had become The One Chosen by Heaven, if they had to wait until she became an adult before finding another person to become her cultivation companion, it might also not be the best choice of the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, and they might not necessarily pass the tribulations of love.

But if they could create a person with the same bloodline as Xuanyuan Wanrong, their success rate might become infinitely greater.

So how could they get the same bloodline?

Make Guan Chuchu give birth to a boy?

That would become Xuanyuan Wanrong's younger brother. The Heavenly Stone of Taiyi certainly wouldn't agree to the siblings becoming cultivation companions. This would go against the will of heaven and earth.

Then, they had to find another person with the same bloodline as Guan Chuchu. The Heaven Palace Sect had tried this before, but the blood woman had also said that it would be extremely difficult to find someone of this bloodline, and it wasn't possible to find a second Guan Chuchu.

So, the blood woman proposed a plan to exchange blood.

She had a secret technique that could draw out the bloodline of a person and transfer it to another person without any side effects, but the person whose bloodline was drawn out would definitely die.

It was precisely because of this that the Heaven Palace Sect had pretended to declare that it couldn't accept Guan Chuchu since she had come from the Demons and had asked her to leave, but had secretly imprisoned her instead.

Unexpectedly, this matter had been discovered by Xuanyuan Qishang, and, in a rage, he had taken Xuanyuan Wanrong and tried to rescue Guan Chuchu before leaving the Heaven Palace Sect as a family of three.

Unfortunately, his actions had also been discovered by the Heaven Palace Sect, and he had been stopped on the back mountain.

This memory portrait showed the aftereffects of all of these actions.

After Xu Que and the others had learned about all of this information from the portrait, their expressions had also become very ugly.

"This blood woman, this Wang Chi, these people from the Heaven Palace Sect… everyone of them should die!" Xu Que's heart was bursting with anger. He was almost overflowing with rage!

Chapter 1556: Tragedy

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

BOOM!

As they continued to watch the lights and shadows of Xuanyuan Wanrong's memory, the battle raged on.

Although Xuanyuan Qishang had been very strong, he wasn't able to defeat so many opponents. At first he had been fighting ten opponents single-handedly, but after Wang Chi and some of the other Elders had been persuaded that he wasn't going to change his mind, they also joined in the fight.

They weren't bothered by the fact that they were bullying him, ganging up on him like this. After all, they were within their own territory. As long as they defeated Xuanyuan Qishang, other than those present at the battle, no outsiders would ever know the truth about what had occurred here.

BOOM!

With a muffled sound, Wang Chi blasted an attack, and Xuanyuan Qishang fell like a broken kite, hitting the ground heavily. Blood spewed from his open mouth.

"Eh???" Xu Que and the others saw this scene and were shocked.

Xuanyuan Qishang had actually vomited out golden blood.

Duan Qide was totally surprised because he'd never seen blood of that color.

Xu Que was even more surprised. After his body had been transformed into a holy body, his blood had become golden. Seeing Xuanyuan Qishang spit out golden blood, Xu Que was shocked.

If the golden blood of Xuanyuan Qishang had been as bright as his was, he would've thought that Xuanyuan Qishang had also been a holy body.

"Unfortunately, my first successful experiment with a bloodline, although one of my weakest, is dead. What a pity!" the blood woman said. Although she'd stated that it was a pity, her face was full of mocking ridicule.

Xu Que realized that Xuanyuan Qishang had had his bloodline transformed, and this was why he had gotten golden blood.

But the blood woman's words had revealed that Xuanyuan Qishang was actually the weakest among those whose bloodlines she had transformed. The Heavenly Demon Team that was hidden in the Heaven Palace Sect must then be unbelievably strong.

"Father!" the young Xuanyuan Wanrong cried out, her voice hoarse, with tears running down all over her face.

"Rongrong, don't cry, your mother will be here soon!" Xuanyuan Qishang, who'd fallen on the ground, smiled, pale-faced, at Xuanyuan Wanrong.

What he'd said changed the expressions of Wang Chi and the others present.

"That's not good. There must have been changes in the back mountain," an Elder exclaimed.

BOOM!

Suddenly, there was the sound of the sky breaking open, and a woman, enveloped in a swirl of purple gas, with a face drained of blood, fell in front of Xuanyuan Qishang and Xuanyuan Wanrong.

"Mother!" Xuanyuan Wanrong immediately shouted in surprise, rushed out of Xuanyuan Qishang's restrictive circle, and ran toward the woman.

At the same time, the purple gas dissipated and turned into a young man with a grim expression, radiating coldness.

"Li Xiangchen, what the h*ll are you doing?" Wang Chi recognized the young man and immediately shouted at him, shaking with anger. This was his most trusted disciple, the one whom he was most proud of, and here he was now helping outsiders.

"You have indeed overdone it. However, I am a member of the Heaven Palace Sect, and I will not betray you. However, I also have compassion. Since they are destined to be killed by you, why not reunite them before they die?" the young man responded.

"You…" Wang Chi pointed his finger at Li Xiangchen, but didn't finish his sentence.

"Okay, you guys have done so many terrible things, I can't even begin to list them. In looking at the Heaven Palace Sect, only Xuanyuan Qishang is worthy of my admiration. I'm willing to help him with this small favor. I will accept any punishment you give me," Li Xiangchen responded patiently, not intimidated by Wang Chi.

No one at the scene dared to reprimand him. Everyone understood that the strength of the Dean's personal disciple was already unfathomable. Other than the Dean, no one else would be able to deal with him.

And, truth be told, Dean Wang Chi really doted on this disciple. If it had been anyone else who had done something like this, Wang Chi would already have killed them on the spot.

"Xuanyuan, this is all that I can do for you…" Li Xiangchen looked down at the fallen Xuanyuan Qishang on the ground, pausing and shaking his head with a bitter smile. "Oh, never mind."

After he'd finished speaking, he laughed and turned back into swirling purple gas and swept up into the sky, disappearing without a trace.

"Qishang! Rongrong!" At the same time, the pale-faced Guan Chuchu, holding onto Xuanyuan Wanrong with one hand, looked at Xuanyuan Qishang lying down on the ground and wept silently.

Xuanyuan Qishang didn't even have enough strength to lift his head. The vitality in his body was slipping away, but his face was still smiling, as he looked, dazed, at Guan Chuchu and Xuanyuan Wanrong who were hugging each other.

His eyes were full of longing and the refusal to accept defeat, but they were also full of helplessness.

"Rongrong, hurry, go to Father's side!" Guan Chuchu hugged Xuanyuan Wanrong and crawled toward Xuanyuan Qishang.

Her bloodline had been drawn out countless times, but that kind of torture couldn't match the heartache she felt at this moment.

She hadn't expected that the man she loved most in her life would depart this world earlier than she would.

"Father, get up, don't lie on the ground," the young Xuanyuan Wanrong cried out piteously.

Her thin, weak hands vigorously shook Xuanyuan Qishang's hands hard, crying in a manner that would break anyone's heart.

"Father, can you please get up? Rongrong will listen to you in the future!

"Rongrong will not be naughty anymore. Uncle Dean and the others are all bad guys. They hurt Father.

"Mother, quickly save Father!"

The large arena in the back mountain of the Heaven Palace Sect was filled with Xuanyuan Wanrong's innocent, heart-rending cries.

The eyes of Xuanyuan Qishang were filled with tears. With much effort, he raised his hand and touched Xuanyuan Wanrong's head as he pleaded with her, "Rongrong, you must be good. You must remember that these people are all wicked. One day, if you succeed in your cultivation, don't take revenge and don't anger the Heaven Palace Sect. You must escape and live properly…"

COUGH! COUGH!

Xuanyuan Qishang coughed violently, and blood continued pouring out of his mouth. Tears were brimming over from his eyes. He was a man of indomitable spirit, but at this moment, he had been defeated. Full of reluctance and with a tearful voice, he looked at Guan Chuchu a final time and said, "Chuchu, I'm sorry, I… I couldn't protect you!"

As soon as he'd finished speaking, his hand that had been placed on Xuanyuan Wanrong's head slowly slipped off.

"Qishang," Guan Chuchu said with a soft sob. The tears rolled down her face, and she held Xuanyuan Wanrong in her arms, hugging her tightly.

"Rongrong, you have to remember your father's words. However, if you have the strength to reach the heavens in the future, I want you to destroy the Heaven Palace Sect," she gently whispered in Xuanyuan Wanrong's ear.

After she'd finished speaking, she suddenly pushed Xuanyuan Wanrong away and placed her hands in a praying position on her Dantian.

Seeing what she was doing, the blood woman immediately shouted, "That's not good! She's going to destroy herself!"

Wang Chi and the others shouted at the same time. Then they released Magic Arts to try and stop her.

BOOM!

However, they were all one step too late. Guan Chuchu still had one move left. When they had all thought that her Celestial Core Power had been exhausted, her blood was deficient, and she was weaker than mortals, she actually still had a trace of a secret spell left. She smashed her own Dantian, her flesh exploding into smoke and ashes.

"Mother!"

Xuanyuan Wanrong, who her mother had pushed very far away, watched this scene in horror. She let out a bloodcurdling scream, her throat coughing up fresh blood.

At the same time, several black shadows suddenly emerged and landed beside Xuanyuan Wanrong. Someone's palm covered her back, sending her fresh Celestial Core Power, fearing that she might've been hurt.

Xuanyuan Wanrong's vision had been blurry, as she was almost unconscious, but, at this moment, her vision cleared.

At the same time, several voices were apparently speaking right next to her ears.

"Things may have come to light, but the One Chosen by Heaven still remains."

"Take this memory pearl, and remove this memory from her mind!"

As soon as she'd finished speaking, the blood woman placed her hand on Xuanyuan Wanrong's head. Xuanyuan Wanrong's clear vision became blurry again.

Close to falling into a coma, she heard the roar of the blood woman not far away, "D*mn, her bloodline is gone!"

"Li Xiangchen, look what you've done!" Wang Chi also roared.

Chapter 1557: Do You Want to Follow Me Now?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The lights and shadows started fading gradually, until they had completely disappeared, signaling that the sealed memory had returned to Xuanyuan Wanrong's mind.

Her entire face had been drained of blood. It was scarily pale. Her hands were trembling, as she stood, stunned and glued to a spot.

"D*mn, those revolting beasts!" Duan Qide had gotten extremely furious at what the people from the Heaven Palace Sect had done, and he'd started to clamor for revenge. "I will raid their treasure trove as a punishment."

"Count me in," Buttface shouted immediately.

"Go away, I'm not counting you in." Duan Qide glared at Buttface.

"Sh*t, why won't you let me accompany you?" Buttface answered stubbornly.

The man and the Kylin stared at one another. Neither of them was going to back down.

Xu Que didn't care enough to join in, and his gaze fell on Xuanyuan Wanrong. He really studied her.

Xu Que had known Xuanyuan Wanrong at a time that was tens of thousands of years in the future. Now that they were in the world of her memory, Xu Que had still felt that this woman was even colder and more indifferent than she would turn out to be tens of thousands of years later. Even though he didn't loathe her, he had no good feelings toward her.

He'd also known that Xuanyuan Wanrong's life had been very pitiful and that, after her parents had died, their souls had been imprisoned in the back mountain area of the Heaven Palace Sect. However, he'd never actually known what had occurred.

Now that he'd witnessed this memory with his own eyes, Xu Que felt very uncomfortable and full of guilt.

Suddenly, he'd recalled that when he'd rescued the souls of Xuanyuan Wanrong's parents, he'd made a joke about her parents in front of Xuanyuan Wanrong. After all, he was accustomed to being cheeky and cheap, and it would've been strange if he hadn't acted like that.

Who could have known that because of that joke, Xuanyuan Wanrong had become sworn enemies with him. And, because of that, Xu Que had always had unpleasant feelings about Xuanyuan Wanrong.

Now, he'd understood that some jokes were really beyond the pale.

"It seems as if my joke…was really quite tasteless." Xu Que stroked his nose awkwardly like a child who had done something wrong, and he was embarrassed to face Xuanyuan Wanrong.

Just seeing Xuanyuan Wanrong's trembling body and pale complexion, Xu Que felt extremely distressed.

After all, they had gotten to know each other, and then he had done something completely out of line. He had to apologize to her and find some way to make it up to her.

COUGH! COUGH! "… Miss Xuanyuan…" Xu Que thought it through and coughed, looking at Xuanyuan Wanrong.

But Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't react at all and just stayed standing on the same spot, with tears in her eyes. Her face was deathly pale, and she was biting her lips, but there was still no color anywhere on her face.

It was completely understandable that the return of this unbearable memory had caused her much shock and disbelief.

"Little fellow, our previous agreement has become invalid. This lady is so pitiful, I can't give her to you." Duan Qide ran over and stood in front of Xu Que, his face full of disdain. Then he spit on Xu Que.

Xu Que's expression changed, and he quickly moved away, avoiding the extreme danger.

"Sh*t, Duan Qide, you're a disgusting person. There was actually poison in that spit." Xu Que scolded him angrily.

Fortunately, the calamity-foreseeing art had warned him again. Otherwise, he would've been poisoned by the spit.

"Eh, you found that out also?" Duan Qide felt frightened again.

Poison in spit was one of his secret methods. The people who he'd spat at had almost all been killed by his sword, and those who knew this method were so few he could count them on one hand. "How did this fellow know?"

"You can go away and leave us alone also. Do you really think that I am here to steal a woman? My goal is not the same as yours. I only came here to destroy the Heaven Palace Sect," Xu Que said as he rolled his eyes at Duan Qide's crass nature.

"Destroy the Heaven Palace Sect? Just you alone?" Duan Qide suddenly laughed out loud..

"Ha, ha, ha!" Buttface also laughed along with him, mocking Xu Que.

PAH!

Xu Que threw a stick at him which knocked Buttface in the head.

"Shut up, you have some nerve to be laughing at me."

1"Oh, Brother Xu, I will fight with you and never give up until I die." Buttface roared.

"Won't give up until you die? I don't have the time to waste on you now."

Xu Que looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong and beckoned to her. "Miss Xuanyuan, let's go, I will help you to destroy the Heaven Palace Sect. By the way, there is something else I want to tell you, although you might not believe everything I have to say."

SWOOSH!

Xuanyuan Wanrong raised her head, her face pale as ice, and, with a chilly expression in her eyes, she stared at Xu Que. Then she said in a deep voice, "I don't need you to intervene in my affairs. If you dare to say anything about what you saw today, I will, at all costs…"

"…You will fight with me and not give up until you die, right? Do you all love using this phrase?"

Xu Que interrupted Xuanyuan Wanrong and waved his hands in the air. " Okay, don't be so cold with me. In fact, this is not a real world at all. You are the One Chosen by Heaven, and I am the one chosen by you. Both of us are now in your world of memory."

"What?" Buttface and Duan Qide exclaimed at the same time.

Xuanyuan Wanrong was also stunned and stared at Xu Que with her eyes wide open. There was a faint flash of panic in the depths of her eyes.

"Hey, hey, hey, d*mn, Xuanyuan Wanrong, what was that gaze supposed to mean? Don't think that I didn't see it. You mean that you look down on me? Back then, it was you who forcibly engraved my name onto the Heavenly Book of Taiyi. I haven't even had the chance to get even with you yet." Xu Que saw her look and immediately became unhappy, stamping his feet.

"Little fellow, please clarify what you're talking about. This world is fake?" Duan Qide couldn't sit still, but rushed over to Xu Que, asking questions.

"Sh*t, it can't be. Does that mean that all of my stealing of treasure troves has been in vain?" Buttface was dumbfounded.

Xuanyuan Wanrong stared at Xu Que. Her expression was still ice-cold, and there was suspicion in her eyes. She was apparently not quite convinced by Xu Que's words.

She found it hard to believe that she could ever fall in love with this kind of man. She also felt that it was even less likely that she would become a cultivation companion with this kind of person and have to go through the relationship tribulations together with him.

TSK! TSK! "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. And anyway, whether you believe it or not, I still have many things to do. I'm finished talking to you." Xu Que shrugged his shoulders. He didn't care whether they believed him or not. He turned around to leave.

"Please explain yourself. If this is really the world of memory, wouldn't the two of you be doomed?" Duan Qide quickly blocked his way and asked.

"Doomed? Why would we be doomed?" Xu Que replied.

"Passing the relationship tribulations, don't the Ones Chosen by Heaven have to fall in love to be recognized by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi? I know about this. If the relationship tribulations fail, then both the Ones Chosen by Heaven will die."

As Duan Qide said this, he looked at Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong with a strange expression on his face and continued, "Looking at how things are going for the two of you, it's already a good thing that you're not fighting each other to the death. How could it be possible for you to fall in love?"

"That's right, you don't deserve Xuanyuan Fairy, and I don't agree to this marriage! You must be lying to us!" Buttface echoed what Duan Qide had said.

Evidently, these two didn't believe what Xu Que had said, but they were afraid that there was a possibility that it really was true, so they were trying to use logical reasoning to see how Xu Que would react.

However, hearing this, Xu Que laughed. "Ha, ha, ha, who said you must fall in love and pass the relationship tribulations to be recognized by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi? I only need to do something big that will upset the subsequent development of this world of memory, making it impossible for it to continue. Then the relationship tribulations would be over."

Xu Que looked up at Xuanyuan Wanrong and continued, "Indeed, I know you don't really like me, and I don't really like you either. It was a misunderstanding that I was written into the Heavenly Book of Taiyi by you. It was also a coincidence that we entered into this world of memory together. The last relationship tribulations we went through was in my world of memory, and we also used this method to crack my world of memory, thus passing the first level."

"So…" Xu Que reached out a hand toward Xuanyuan Wanrong, and a smile appeared on his face. "Although taking revenge here is not true revenge, once we get out of this memory, I will help you! But before that, do you want to follow me now to experience the thrill of revenge?"

At this moment, the sunlight passed through the woods and fell on Xu Que's face, reflecting a warm smile, which warmed the cold and broken heart of Xuanyuan Wanrong.

…..

Chapter 1558: New Divine Text

Chapter 1558

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Xuanyuan Wanrong's gaze became a little distracted, and, looking at Xu Que's outstretched hand, she felt a little warmth in her heart.

But this warmth made her feel like a wild cat whose tail had been stepped on. She suddenly roused herself, took a step back, and abruptly lifted her head. Her cold eyes stared at Xu Que, full of vigilance and caution.

"I don't believe this. Who are you?" Xuanyuan Wanrong asked.

She couldn't accept that this was just her world of memory, and, even more so, that this strange man who had suddenly appeared was the One Chosen by Heaven in the real world.

Of course, what had shocked her the most was undoubtedly the memory in the memory pearl where her parents had been besieged and killed by the Heaven Palace Sect.

Originally, she hadn't trusted people easily, and now, after restoring that memory, she'd become completely cynical about other people's intentions.

In this world, not everyone was credible, and no one could be trusted.

TSK! TSK! "Don't be so stubborn. I swear on my inner Demons that everything I've said is true." Xu Que smiled resignedly.

What a gentlemanly gesture he'd just made. If Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't accept this gesture, it wasn't him who was the scumbag.

"Sh*t, swearing on your inner Demons?" Buttface'd been startled, and, staring at Xu Que, he'd sat down directly on the ground. He was totally frustrated. "Then it's true. This is really a world of memory. All the treasure that I've worked so hard to save in this life has all been for nothing."

"Wasted? I'm the one with the largest loss here. I have no cultivation companion and no offspring. My dream has been to make the descendants of the Duan family excellent and noble people who are respected by thousands of people." Duan Qide was angry and couldn't accept the truth that they were in a world of memory.

But since Xu Que had sworn on his inner Demons, they really had no reason to doubt Xu Que's words.

Xuanyuan Wanrong also relaxed slightly. At least he had sworn on his inner Demons, and this had helped to dispel most of the doubts she'd had about Xu Que's words.

"What do you want to do?" She asked, still expressionless.

"Hey, in the world of memory, of course…" Xu Que raised his eyebrows and looked in the direction of the Heaven Palace Sect. He smiled and said, "We'll do whatever you want!"

…..

At the same time, inside the Heaven Palace Sect, Dean Wang Chi kept on sending out elite disciples to survey the back mountain area.

He was worried that Xuanyuan Wanrong would get hold of the memory pearl. But what he was really concerned about were the divine texts on the Tao Test Stone.

After all, even if Xuanyuan Wanrong had restored her memory, he still had a way to seal her memory again, but the divine texts on the Tao Test Stone were related to Divine Magic Arts and could be Deity powers.

If they could be deciphered, it would double his strength, and he would even be able to suppress the four statues in the Secret Chamber and forcefully take away the Tiger Amulet of the Shadow Team.

"How's it going?" Wang Chi returned to his study and asked the Elders.

These Elders in the study were studying the divine texts and were very busy at the moment. They were constantly flipping through ancient records and searching for materials everywhere. This night's efforts had really made great progress.

"I can already confirm that in the divine text, the world hand does exist, and we've also managed to successfully decipher another word," an Elder said excitedly.

"What word?" There was delight in Wang Chi's eyes.

"Open." The old man answered.

"Open?" Wang Chi was dumbfounded, and then his expression changed. "Unless this doesn't refer to the Hand of God, but the rumored Opening Heaven Hand?"

The Opening Heaven Hand in ancient times had been known as a magical power that could open the heavens with just one palm. It was on the same level as the Hand of God, in fact even slightly higher.

Suddenly, Wang Chi couldn't control his excitement.

"The Opening Heaven Hand!"

If this could be achieved, from now on he would be the strongest man in the Heaven Continent, second to none.

He would be the master of the Heaven Continent, and he would even be able to lead the Heaven Continent to fight the Divine Realm.

"Quickly, continue to translate, you must translate the whole divine text." Wang Chi shouted his orders at the Elders.

"Dean, there are enough records here now, and we've also discovered a trace of a pattern in these divine texts. However, if we want to translate them completely, we'll still need to get some new divine texts to supplement and verify the accuracy of that pattern." An Elder explained to him.

"Verification? No verification is required. For the time being, regardless of accuracy, translate first." Wang Chi responded, somewhat anxious.

"No, Dean, I'm talking about supplementary verification. In fact, the focus is on supplementing these two words. We need new divine texts. Supplementing them, we can then complete all the translations and verify their accuracy," said the Elder.

Wang Chi immediately frowned. "The new divine text…where can I find it?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Wang Chi's eyes lit up.

Chapter 1559: Found It

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As the world of memory's lights and shadows receded, the sky gradually brightened.

Buttface had realized that this was a world of the memory where his existence was not really real. He was so annoyed that he'd determined to make trouble and had no intention of leaving. Duan Qide had helped him, and the two of them had merged spells and made themselves invisible to avoid being captured by the Heaven Palace Sect. Then they'd returned to the Heaven Palace Sect.

Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong had also gone to the Heaven Palace Sect. Xuanyuan Wanrong's face wore a dark frown throughout the entire journey. It was clear that all the information that she'd received that day was very overwhelming for her and difficult to bear.

First of all, her history from the past when she'd been a child had been disclosed. Then she'd witnessed the scene of the death of both of her parents. And next, she had been informed by Xu Que that this was only a world of her memory.

What caused her to have even more disbelief was that she had been revealed as the One Chosen by the Heaven, and her choice of a cultivation companion was actually such a man as Xu Que.

She really couldn't figure out whether she'd been crazy or stupid when, in the far future, she'd picked this type of shameless man out of all the people who'd been available.

"Have you lied to me about all of this?" On their journey, this was the umpteenth time that Xuanyuan Wanrong had asked Xu Que this question.

Xu Que had already gotten numb to it and answered with a blank expression, "Big sister, I told you I didn't lie to you. Why would I lie to you? Do you think I desire your body? That's not possible!"

"Your personal character makes it hard to trust you," Xuanyuan Wanrong said icily.

"Believe it or not, that's your problem. We're now here at the Heaven Palace Sect. If you are…"

"Slayer Lord, Junior Brother Slayer, you're finally back!"

Xu Que hadn't finished talking to Xuanyuan Wanrong when a bunch of people immediately rushed up to him just as they'd arrived at the main gate.

"Quickly, follow us to go to the Taoist Sanctum."

"The Dean and many of the Elders have been waiting there for you for a long time."

Several of the Heaven Palace Sect's elite disciples spoke to him anxiously, pulling on Xu Que and trying to get him to head toward the Taoist Sanctum.

Xu Que looked startled and his eyelids twitched.

"It can't be?

"It shouldn't be?

"Had they discovered that he'd tampered with the Heaven Palace Sect's Protective Spell Array?"

"Just wait a minute. I have a stomachache. I'm going to the latrine," Xu Que shouted and turned around, deciding to run.

But his wrists were being held tightly by several elite disciples.

"Why are you going to the latrine? Junior Brother Slayer, let's stop joking around now."

"This is about the future of the Heaven Palace Sect. This is no trifling matter."

"The future of the Heaven Palace Sect is now placed upon you."

Several people spoke solemnly and continued to head toward the Taoist Sanctum.

When Xu Que heard this he felt relieved.

"It's fine as long as I don't expose myself.

"But why are they saying that the future of the Heaven Palace Sect depends upon me?

"If their future depends upon me, then their future is doomed. Oh no, there will be no future!"

Xuanyuan Wanrong fell behind this group and didn't follow them closely. Instead, she watched these Elders take Xu Que away without any expression on her face. She was more interested in looking at the group of figures at the far end of the Taoist Sanctum.

Wang Chi, the Dean of the Heaven Palace Sect, as well as a group of Elders and various other important people of the sect, were gathered all together.

Most of the people who had persecuted her parents back in her childhood were gathered there.

At this time, it seemed as if the imagery in the memory pearl had superimposed itself over this moment and these people, and it seemed as if they were still that group of people. The difference was that her own parents were no longer alive and she herself had grown up.

She had the ability to take revenge.

In an instant, the desire to commit murder emerged in Xuanyuan Wanrong's eyes. But it was suppressed by her in a flash.

She had been forcing herself to stay calm on the way here. She had practiced countless times in her heart. She absolutely couldn't expose any signs that her own memory had been restored. But she hadn't expected that it would be so difficult to control the desire to kill in her heart.

At the same time, Wang Chi and the others in the Taoist Sanctum also seemed to become aware of something. Their eyes suddenly swept toward the direction of the main gate.

But when they saw that Xu Que was being brought back to them by several elite disciples, their attention was instantly diverted.

"Slayer Lord, my good disciple of the Heaven Palace Sect, come over here quickly!" The Dean, Wang Chi, said with a bright voice and a smile. His face was full of kindness and his eyes were full of appreciation as he looked at Xu Que.

"Well, Dean Wang, I'm here." Xu Que quickly replied in a straightforward manner and went up with a big smile on his face.

In the back of the crowd, Xuanyuan Wanrong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the attention of Wang Chi and the other people hadn't been attracted by Xu Que just at that moment, perhaps her desire to kill just now would've been detected.

"Come, come, Slayer Lord, I told you yesterday that you're most likely to be the Divine Son descended to this world who has the most resonance with the Tao Test Stone. The Divine Text from yesterday is likely to contain a type of Divine Art. If it can be fully translated, my Heaven Palace Sect will be unhindered across the world, all powerful in the Heaven Continent, and will even be able to journey to the Divine Realm in the future. In that case, we will be able to gain a foothold in the Divine Realm." Wang Chi spoke passionately and his voice rang out throughout the Heaven Palace Sect.

He didn't need to keep a low profile, and he wasn't afraid of the news leaking out. He just wanted to let all the disciples of the Heaven Palace Sect be aware, and for all the people in the world to know that the Heaven Palace Sect was about to have the Divine Art. Then they would be close to taking over the Heaven Continent.

It was God's will, and no one could stop it.

"Dean, you're awesome…" AHEM! "The Dean exercises good leadership. The future of my Heaven Palace Sect will be great indeed." Xu Que insincerely flattered the Dean for a bit, but he wasn't feeling these emotions on the inside.

"The Heaven Palace Sect will be unhindered across the world?

"All-powerful in the Heaven Continent?

"And he wants to go to the Divine Realm?

"Dream on!

"In the real world, your Heaven Palace Sect will soon be on the decline.

"Well, but come to think of it, how did Xuanyuan Wanrong destroy the Heaven Palace Sect in the first place?"

…To be able to make such a colossus as the Heaven Palace Sect nearly be destroyed overnight and make it stay a completely unsolved case in the Heaven Continent…what a powerful thing she must've done.

Unfortunately, he would have to wait to leave this world for Xuanyuan Wanrong to have her memory restored. Then he could ask questions and maybe get her answers so that he would finally be able to find out how the Heaven Palace Sect had been destroyed.

"Slayer Lord, you're overly modest. If the Heaven Palace Sect is going to be able to obtain the Divine Art, you will be the person who is most responsible. In the future, you will be my Heaven Palace Sect's first Divine Son with a superior status." Dean Wang Chi said and he laughed. The appreciative look in his eyes became more and more intense.

He patted Xu Que on the shoulder, and his face was full of smiles as he said, "Come, please try the Tao Test Stone again. If you can get more Divine Texts, we will soon be able to translate this form of Divine Art."

"Okay." Xu Que was quick to respond readily.

He was also very curious as to why there would be more Divine Texts when his hand was pressed on the Tao Test Stone.

"Is it possible that everything is as they've said? That I am the Divine Son descended to this world and the Divine Text is a form of Divine Art?

"My God, if it were really translated, wouldn't I be invincible when I returned to the real world after learning it?

"Oh my, just thinking about this makes me excited."

At which point, Xu Que's heartbeat couldn't help but beat a little faster. He was looking forward to this test.

He went up to the Tao Test Stone, which was the same Tao Test Stone as yesterday. It was huge and mysterious.

WHOOSH!

Xu Que let out a deep breath and turned on the Celestial Core Power inside his body, which he then condensed in his palm and suddenly shot toward the Tao Test Stone.

BANG!

The whole Tao Test Stone was instantly jolted. A flash of light came and went.

Immediately following which a strange word appeared on the Tao Test Stone. It was only one word, which was extremely unfamiliar.

"It appeared. The Divine Text has appeared again."

"This word didn't appear yesterday. This is wonderful!"

"No, this word has appeared in the ancient book of records. I will look it up right away."

Many Elders immediately shouted excitedly, and all the countless disciples around them looked pleasantly surprised.

All their eyes were focused on a white-haired old man. He took out a piece of paper and quickly looked up the recorded information. In just a few moments, he excitedly shouted, "Found it. Sure enough, it is this word."

"What is it?" Wang Chi and Xu Que asked almost in unison.

The white-haired Elder stroked his beard and said loudly, "F*ck!"

Xu Que, "???"

Wang Chi, "???"

…..