Azure Cloud Continent, Cloud End's Cliff.
"Are we finally entering this place?" Jasmine stood beside Yun Che with her hands folded below her blooming chest, her crimson gaze staring down at the endless darkness with no end with a serious expression. "This princess explored this before… It really is a mysterious place. To think such a domain was able to survive until now."
"Heretic God created it," Yun Che replied.
"Of course, he did." Jasmine rolled her eyes. "At this point, this princess won't be surprised to know that it was also a Heretic God who created this star realm."
"Actually, it was the Heretic God and the Devil Emperor. They made it together."
"..."
"Anyways, we are here for two reasons." Yun Che ignored the speechless Jasmine and smiled. "First is, of course, to get the Udumbara Flower to recreate your body."
"Finally!"
"And second is to save the second daughter of the Heretic God, or, the second half of Hong'er."
"... He had another daughter?!"
"No, they only had one daughter." Yun Che corrected. "But something happened that caused the soul of his daughter to be divided into two; one dark and one holy."
Jasmine stared at the endless abyss, her voice slightly heavy.
"So the Devil Emperor part lives here?"
"Yes."
A silence appeared between them with only the sound of the high wind blowing beside their faces. They stood at the peak edge of the Cloud End Cliff, the air was quite chaotic there.
"What do you mean by saving her? Is she also poisoned?" After some time, Jasmine inquired.
"No, her soul is damaged," Yun Che gave a simple answer. After all, even he was not well-versed in this subject. Mars hadn't fully disclosed the issue of You'er and the secret of Hong'er, so it was all in the air even for him. "And she can also transform into a sword, so that's a plus for me."
"You're not here because you can place your hand on another little girl?" Jasmine asked suspiciously. She can never trust Yun Che with these matters. Especially when she had to go through another months-long session between him and the Phoenix. It was torturous for the 'innocent' princess, to say the least.
"She is older than the very existence of your lineage," Yun Che defended himself with a thick-skinned expression, earning a disgusted look from the crimson-haired princess.
"Ahem. Anyways, let's go. No point in talking it over."
He took a step forward and free fell into the darkness of the Cloud End Cliff. The air instantly became chaotic and strong, hitting his face and blowing back his hair. The ruffling of his robes became distinct in the silent cliff.
The distance from the top to the bottom was about forty thousand kilometers. Yun Che would have teleported directly into You'er's adobe if not for the fact that it was considered a different domain, and since it was a different domain, it was showing blank on his map. So unless he entered it and used [All Map-Exploration], he could not have it updated.
Hence, he decided to reach the place manually. It would have taken a long time normally, but with Yun Che's speed, he appeared at the edge of the domain within seconds. He did not stop but kept going, since no matter what barrier, it was useless to him anyway.
Instantly, he was bombarded with raw darkness. If it were a normal person, their profound strength would have instantly shrunk, and they would have started to feel weak, especially when the profound energy within their air was even stronger than it was within the Moon Slaughter Devil Nest.
But that was not the case with Yun Che; Heretic God Veins prevented any kind of suppression from happening to him.
"This princess will stay inside. This place gives this princess creeps." Due to her nature of power, even Jasmine felt suppressed within the darkness domain, and she did not like the feeling at all. So she decided to return back to the Sky Poison Pearl.
Yun Che did not reply; instead, he used [All Map-Exploration] the moment he entered the domain, updating it into his map. Hundreds of different red dots started to appear on the map, and Yun Che was sure that if he zoomed out a little, these hundreds would instantly turn into thousands; all of them were the Primordial Profound Beasts from the Primordial Era, each possessing strength that could easily squash Yun Che like a bug.
Not wanting to face them, Yun Che searched for the secret place where You'er slept before teleporting there directly.
A sea of Udumbara Flowers appeared in front of his vision, in the center of which slept a little girl, curled up like a little harmless kitten.
Yun Che's presence instantly woke her up, causing her to rise from her place and stare toward Yun Che in silence.
She had galactic bright silver hair clung to her delicate body and hung all the way down. A long section of it dragged on the ice-cold floor. The hair in front of her forehead danced even though there was no wind, complementing her white jade-like tender looks.
Her whole body was covered in a bright white glow, and beneath, it looked like she wasn't wearing any garments. Her delicate white legs, however, were not covered by the white glow and were completely exposed. Her tender feet that resembled ice lotuses hung in the air, and each snow-white toe of hers glistened as though she were carved from jade.
The most eye-catching thing was, however, her eyes; they were a pair of enchanting eyes that would make anyone lost in them. The top half of her right eye was pale yellow in color while the bottom half gradually turned a faint green. As for her left eye, the top half was a pale blue color while the bottom half gradually became deep purple.
She stared at Yun Che in silence, the same as what Yun Che did.
'She is just… What do you call it again? Breathtaking, yes. I guess being the daughter of Creation God and Devil Emperor gave her the best of genes within the whole Primal Chaos.'
She gave off the feeling of a damsel in distress, like a woman that every man and woman wanted nothing but to protect. Like a child, no one wanted any harm to come to her.
After a while of staring, she started to hover her way closer to Yun Che before standing only some distance away from him. She had to raise her head to look at Yun Che, her beautiful silver hair sliding past her smooth skin.
It was good that Hong'er was hibernating currently due to eating so many powerful swords, so she did not appear as in the original.
"I am Yun Che." Yun Che smiled. "I am here to take you out of this place."
The girl did not answer, and her only reply was the blink of her eyes; even her expression did not change from the indifferent one.
But that did not hinder Yun Che at all, and his smile remained as before.
"But first, let me heal your soul. It has been damaged too much." Yun Che raised his hand towards her, which the girl did not reject, and gently placed it above her head, causing the girl to close her eyes. He activated his authority, [Unit Creation], and initiated the process of healing her soul.
'I wonder what will happen, though. Will she become complete, or only her part of the soul will be healed?' His question was answered instantly; only her part of the soul was healed. To become complete, it seems that she has to merge back with Hong'er.
The moment Yun Che pulled his hand back, the white glow over her body had vanished, leaving behind the delicate naked body of a young girl as she landed back on the ground.
For the first time in eons, a surprised expression appeared over her face as she stared at her hands in shock and silence.
"It seems that it worked." Yun Che's smile widened. "I'm glad. I was quite nervous that it would not."
The girl raised her head and looked back at Yun Che, her small luscious lips parted, but no word came out. It looked like she wanted to say something, but being alone for billions of years had stolen her ability to speak normally; it might take some time before she is able to speak normally again.
In the end, she closed her eyes and mouth, and after a second, she raised her hand and placed her palm over Yun Che's chest. His eyes narrowed as he instantly felt a change in his profound veins; they now held darkness properties to them. She gave him the Darkness Seed!
Yun Che raised his hand, and a puff of darkness profound energy burst out of it, dancing over his palm like a child excited to finally meet its parent.
{Impossible! How can you manipulate Darkness Profound Energy?!} Jasmine, who was observing silently, finally spoke with an incredulous expression.
{She gave me the Darkness Seed. Hmm, it seems that Heretic God could also use Darkness Profound Energy.}
{Such a thing…} Jasmine's mind went blank. She just could not understand how a Creation God could use Darkness Profound Energy. One must know, only Devils can manipulate Darkness Profound Energy, and they are hated by the whole Primal Chaos because of that! Now seeing Yun Che manipulating it too, urgency instantly rose within Jasmine's heart. {DON'T EVER use it in front of other people! Not until you are the strongest at least. Otherwise, even this princess is not sure what will happen.}
{I know. Don't worry, I have my measures.}
Yun Che turned his attention back to the girl and asked.
"Did you give me the Darkness Seed?" To which the girl simply nodded. "Thank you."
Yun Che patted her head, once again causing her to close her eyes in silence. After a while, Yun Che pulled a table and placed it inside the cave before putting different dishes personally made by him. Since Jasmine loved his cooking, not only her, even his wives, he always had tons of food made by him saved inside his inventory.
He remembered from the original that You'er loved eating normal food, so he decided to give her a treat. After all, she hadn't tasted anything since she was sealed here.
The girl's eyes instantly shone when she looked at the dishes and sat on the chair before gently starting to eat them. A blissful expression formed over her face with each bite she took, causing Yun Che to silently observe her.
She really looked like an angel.
'Mo E definitely had a screw loose in his head if he thought she was evil. I am definitely going to whip his son for it.'
Unaware, Mo Su felt a chill going down his spine. He wondered if something bad was going to happen.
"Do you have a name?" While she was eating and Yun Che was observing, he softly asked, causing the girl to shake her head. "Then I will call you You'er from now on."
The girl raised her head and looked at Yun Che for a second before nodding.
"Then You'er," Yun Che stared at her in silence before asking. "Are you willing to form a contract with me?"
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