Shang Gu didn't get far in her thoughts before she arrived in front of Qing Mu's residence and she took in a deep breath as she walked in. Shang Gu knew where Qing Mu would be around this time of the day, in the garden playing chess and drinking tea.
Once Qing Mu saw her, he pour tea into another cup for her as she was making her way over to him.
"There you are." Qing Mu said to her as she took the seat across from him
".....How've you been?" Shang Gu asked Qing Mu but he didn't answer her instead he laughed
"Is that what you really wanted to know right now?" Qing Mu asked her and she sighs
"Did you know that Yuan Feng was going to face a thunder turbulent?" Shang Gu asked and Qing Mu nodded
"He asked his spirit bond to come let me know after he went into solitude a week ago." Qing Mu answered her as he took a sip of tea and set his cup down
"Why is he facing a turbulent?" Shang Gu asked him and Qing Mu sighs
"Did you forget that he's a true god? Why are you so worried?" Qing Mu asked her and she fumbled with her hands, Qing Mu knows that this is one of her nervous habits just as well as Yuan Feng knew about it.
"Has he been training?" Shang Gu asked and it made Qing Mu laughed
"THAT is why he's in solitude training right now for. His turbulence is not for another year or hundred years from now." Qing Mu said to her
"Is he taking visitors?" Shang Gu asked him but Qing Mu shook his head
"I was turned away from trying to have an audience with him and before I left he strictly ordered that you are not to set foot into his palace." Qing Mu said to her, Shang Gu said nothing as she chugged her tea, setting down the cup, she got up from her seat, and walked away
Shang Gu made her way to Yuan Feng's palace right after but she was stopped at the very gate of his palace
"I will have to ask the goddess to stop here." Bai Guan said to her and she glared at him
"I want to see your master." Shang Gu said to him but Bai Guan bow to her
"I am sorry but my master had given me the order to not let you in." Bai Guan said to her and she sighs
"Then let him know that I am here." Shang Gu said in hope that once he hear about her visit he would come out or invite her in but Bai Guan shook his head
"My master had ordered that anything about you is to not be reported back to him. I will have to ask you to leave goddess Shang Gu." Bai Guan said to her and with nothing else to say Shang Gu left
Shang Gu visited a few more times but Bai Guan said the same thing to her again and again, not letting her in nor reporting it back to Yuan Feng. A year went by, then another and another and another, and soon it was 50 years but Yuan Feng has yet to come out from his palace; making Shang Gu concerned.
"Is he alright?" Shang Gu asked one day as she went to Yuan Feng's palace which took Bai Guan by surprise since he thought that she had come to ask to go in
"Yes, my master is doing fine." Bai Guan said to her
"It's been 50 years, when is he going to come out?" Shang Gu asked
"Master said that he will come out once it's time for his turbulent, goddess Shang Gu please do not worry." Bai Guan said to her and she nodded
"Take care of your master." Shang Gu said to him and Bai Guan nodded
A month went by
"Master." Bai Guan said to him from outside his room
"What is it Bai Guan?" Yuan Feng asked from within
"Do you not wish for me to report back to you about goddess Shang Gu?" Bai Guan asked him
"...No...I do not wish to hear any reports about her." Yuan Feng said to Bai Guan but as Bia Guan was about to say something, the ground of the heavenly realm shook, and a loud explosion could be heard. Yuan Feng opened his door and vanished before Bai Guan could say a word to his master.
Yuan Feng knew that the sound came from the left of him which could only mean that it came from Bai Jue's palace but Bai Jue is not home and even if he is, he wouldn't make such a ruckus.
Once he appeared near Bai Jue's palace, Yuan Feng noticed that he was not the only one there, his other two brothers were also standing in front of Bai Jue's palace
"What's wrong?" Yuan Feng asked and his two brothers looked at him
"Yuan Feng." the two of them said to him and he nodded
"So?" Yuan Feng asked as he looked toward the burning building
"Bai Jue is burning his palace, but we don't know why." Tian Qi said
"I've noticed his presence in the heavenly realm and came to check but at the same time that I got here and about to head in, his palace went up in flame." Qing Mu said to them as the three of them look towards the palace gates that has been closed for so long.
"Well, we need to know what's going on." Yuan Feng said as he pushed the gate door open and as he created a wind barrier around him, Yuan Feng walked into the blazing flames. As Yuan Feng walked in he saw Bai Ju swinging his sword at his own palace; causing the flame and the uproar.
"WHY!? WHY?!?!?!?!" Bai Ju screamed
As Bai Jue was about to swing again, Yuan Feng took hold of his brother's hand; stopping him before he could swing it again. When Bai Ju turned to look at Yuan Feng, he noticed the tearful eyes and the clouded eyes; which reminded Yuan Feng of the time when he woke up from looking for Shang Gu.
"Brother." Yuan Feng said to him and Bai Jue looked at Yuan Feng with a blank face
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bai Jue screamed as he yanked back the sword
"What happened in the mortal realm?" Yuan Feng asked and Bai Jue stopped but said nothing
".....I also lost someone in the mortal realm as well, I understand you." Yuan Feng said to him and Bai Jue slowly turn around to look at his brother
"Y-You did?" Bai Jue asked him and Yuan Feng nodded
"As a mortal, I was but a wandering man with no status while she looked like a well-known princess, I felt that I was not worthy of her. Thus I lost her forever and I've spent millions wandering between the mortal realm and spirit realm before I finally woke up in the nine heaven realm." Yuan Feng said to him
"....What did you do then?" Bai Ju asked him
"I actually did exactly as you are doing now, I tour down my palace as well." Yuan Feng said to Bai Jue
"But I later found out that she was a goddess in the heavenly realm but now she thinks it is her who is not worthy of me who is now a true god." Yuan Feng said to him and Bai Jue slowly dropped his sword
"Are you going to give up?" Bai Jue asked
"No. No, never." Yuan Feng said
"But that's different from me, she's gone! My wife...My love is gone and she's nowhere to be found!" Bai Jue said but Yuan Feng shook his head
"But she might turn up in the nine heaven realm, somewhere in the nine heaven realm so don't give up." Yuan Feng said to him and he looked up at Yuan Feng
"Re-Really?" Bai Jue asked him and Yuan Feng nodded
"Yes, don't give up on finding her. So? What do you plan to do from here on?" Yuan Feng asked his brother
".....My wife has a love for teaching." Bai Jue said to him and he nodded
"I-I can leave the heavenly realm, teach in the spirit realm while I am searching for her." Bai Jue said to his brother with determination and Yuan Feng nodded; the spirit realm is common for mortals to ascend to before they become immortals and ascend to the heavenly realm.
"Rest for the day. You can leave tomorrow or stay in the heavenly realm for a while, you've been in the mortal realm for so long." Yuan Feng said to Bai Ju but he refuse
"I will leave tomorrow. Please inform the spirit realm for me, also ask them for a place for me to stay while I am there. Let them know that other than my students, I do not want to be disturbed for other reasons." Bai Jue said to Yuan Feng
"I'll ask Tian Qi to send the letter, his father-in-law is the phoenix king in the spirit realm. It should be no problem." Yuan Feng said to him and Bai Ju nodded not even bothering to ask about Tian Qi, who is now married.
"Thank you." Bai Jue said to Yuan Feng before he walked into the burning building as the fire slowly die down, Yuan Feng could hear the steps of the other two true gods
"What did you say to stop his flame?" Qing Mu asked Yuan Feng
"I...told him about Shang Gu." Yuan Feng said as he turn around to leave but he only took two steps before he stop in his track
"Bai Jue will leave the heavenly realm tomorrow. A'Qi, ask your father-in-law to prepare a place for Bai Jue to stay, he wants to teach in the spirit realm for a while." Yuan Feng said to them without looking back at his two brothers as he walked away from Bai Jue's palace, as Yuan Feng was about to head out the gates he notice a presence that made him vanish back to his own palace instead of walking back.
"What happened?" Shang Gu asked as Yuan Feng vanish away from Bai Jue's palace, leaving the two of them looking at each other and back at Shang Gu.
"Bai Jue came back." Qing Mu said to her finally and she nodded
"....Is that so? But you two don't seem that excited." Shang Gu said and they nodded
"It seems like Bai Jue is suffering the same thing as Yuan-" Tian Qi was about to say but stop mid-way when he realize that he shouldn't have said it
"What do you mean?" Shang Gu asked Tian Qi which earned him a glare from Qing Mu
"When...when A'yuan's spirit came back from the mortal realm and he woke up from his slumber. He went mad, he wrecked his palace with wind blades. No one was able to stop him, when he stop the wind blades though he buried himself in wine. It was only till he found you that he got back on his feet again." Tian Qi said to her, even though he wasn't in the nine-heaven realm; he receives daily messages from Qing Mu about what he is concerned about Yuan Feng thus it was almost as if he was here.
Shang Gu listen to this and she nodded, she walked away from the dying flame back to her palace.