After Three Lifetimes of Tragedy, I Finally Got a Happy Ending with His Majesty - Chapter 9

“Yuan Ruoshen” stared fixedly at Yan Qinyu, and Yan Qinyu smiled back at him.

“Yuan Ruoshen” brought back a smile onto his face. “Little Immortal Lord, knowing too much might not be a good thing.”

Yan Qinyu met Yuan Ruoshen’s eyes. “This True Solar Fire is the innate divine ability of the Three-Footed Golden Crow. In this world, only a Golden Crow can use it.”

“And there are only three, two Golden Crows left in this world. A few days ago, the Eastern Emperor went missing after the great war. You have completely lost your cultivation, yet you can still use the True Solar Fire. Only a Golden Crow could accomplish that. Therefore, it wasn’t difficult to guess your identity.”

He did not mention Yuan Ruochen’s son. That little Golden Crow was already dead, and there was no need to rub salt in someone else’s wound.

“Yuan Ruoshen” paused for a moment and looked away from Yan Qinyu’s gaze.

The sword was pulled away from Yan Qinyu’s neck, turning into True Solar Fire before being absorbed back into Yuan Ruoshen’s body.

Yuan Ruoshen suddenly became cold and distant. “If there is nothing else, I will leave.”

With that, he walked away without looking back.

Yan Qinyu looked at Yuan Ruoshen’s retreating figure, lost in thought.

He found it somewhat strange because Yuan Ruoshen’s state was highly unusual.

He had saved Yuan Ruoshen and lived with him for several months, during which Yuan Ruoshen had always behaved in a very gentle, modest, and kind manner.

It wasn’t until just now that he seemed to have suddenly changed into a different person.

Every word and action carried immense killing intent, and there was a sinister aura about him, especially the demonic sigil between his eyebrows.

Primordial beings all possessed a body where both gods and demons coexisted.

However, as primordial beings, most of them cultivated the immortal path, prioritizing the divine while treating the demonic as secondary.

Cultivating the demonic path involved too many unstable factors and could easily affect one’s temperament, so very few chose to cultivate it.

There was another drawback to cultivating the demonic path, which was the accumulation of excessive negative emotions. Although one’s combat power and cultivation level would increase rapidly through demonic cultivation, one had to absorb too many negative emotions. Demonic cultivation absorbed the malevolent qi, hostile qi, resentful qi, and malice of the world.

Primordial beings were born with the bodies of gods and demons, so their Dao hearts would naturally not be easily shaken. However, no one wanted to live amidst negative emotions every day.

Over time, it would not only be annoying but would also ruin one’s mood.

This was usually how a person’s temperament became corrupted.

Yet, the way Yuan Ruoshen looked just now did not seem like pure immortal cultivation, nor did it seem like pure demonic cultivation.

Furthermore, Yan Qinyu always felt that the demonic energy on him carried a very familiar sensation.

But he had never met Yuan Ruoshen before, so where did this sense of familiarity come from?

In addition, could a person’s personality change so suddenly?

There were only two possibilities for this situation. One was that his previous personality was just an act. This could basically be ruled out; after spending a hundred years together, Yan Qinyu was not so dense that he couldn’t tell whether Yuan Ruoshen’s true nature was genuine or fake.

As for the other possibility.

Dual souls in one body?

It seemed this Demon Emperor held quite a few secrets.

The Linxu Realm was incredibly vast. Yuan Ruoshen’s cultivation had not recovered much, and it was absolutely impossible for him to walk all the way back to the Demon and Devil Realm on foot.

Moreover, he still had to evade the search parties from the Immortal and God Realm.

Fortunately, the chaotic state of this continent protected him, making it difficult for the people of the Divine Court to locate him.

However, his luck was bound to run out eventually.

No matter how cautious he was, his tracks were eventually discovered.

This was mainly because Yuan Ruoshen had used the True Solar Fire the last time. With such an obvious trace of divine power, it was impossible to avoid detection.

The people from the Divine Court pursued him relentlessly like rabid dogs that couldn’t be shaken off, leaving him without a single moment to catch his breath.

A barrier formed by spiritual energy blocked Yuan Ruoshen’s path, and the crowd from the Divine Court surrounded him.

Everyone knew how terrifying Yuan Ruoshen could be, so they did not dare to act rashly.

At this moment, the people outside the barrier parted to make way, and a middle-aged man dressed in a golden divine robe walked forward.

Judging by his robes and attire, he belonged to the Divine Court of the God Realm.

Yuan Ruoshen sneered. “My reputation must be quite grand for even you to show up.”

Yuan Ruoshen recognized this person. It was Xuan Zhao, one of the four Great Divine Lords under Feng Yuan.

Xuan Zhao had also participated in the Great War of Gods and Demons. As a powerful expert at the mid-stage of the Quasi-Emperor realm, he was naturally highly valued by Feng Yuan.

Xuan Zhao narrowed his eyes. “Eastern Emperor, I truly did not expect you to be right under our noses.”

“Now that you have lost all your cultivation and even self-detonated the Chaos Clock, I am afraid you have no trump cards left, do you?”

“I heard that Yuan Ruochen cares about you, his younger brother, the most. Now that you have fallen into our hands, tell me, should we use you to consecrate our battle flag, or should we use you to negotiate terms with your elder brother? How do you think he will react?”

Yuan Ruoshen’s face sank like stagnant water. He stared at the person in front of him expressionlessly, as if looking at a dead man. “You are seeking death!”

He spat out each word individually.

Xuan Zhao laughed and spoke condescendingly, “What can you possibly do? You have fallen into our hands now, so what can you achieve?”

Yuan Ruoshen replied coldly, “I will remember you.”

Before his voice even faded, he raised his hand and waved it without any warning. Countless dazzling flames erupted like a cluster of burning suns, rushing toward Xuan Zhao and the cultivators of the Divine Court.

Using the True Solar Fire as a cover, Yuan Ruoshen shattered the barrier and executed his innate divine ability, the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique, to flee.

He had no choice. Since his cultivation had not yet recovered, his only option was to find a way to escape first.

Fleeing was not shameful. In a life-or-death crisis, was life more important or was reputation more important? Even a fool would know what to choose.

Furthermore, he would never give his enemies the opportunity to capture him and use him to threaten his brother.

Xuan Zhao was a Quasi-Emperor expert after all. Since Yuan Ruoshen’s True Solar Fire was severely weakened now, Xuan Zhao managed to disperse the flames on his body in just three breaths of time, though he still sustained some minor injuries.

“Yuan Ruoshen! To think you can still be this strong even when heavily injured… you truly deserve to be called the number one beneath the Emperor Realm.” Xuan Zhao looked at his burned hand and narrowed his eyes. “This True Solar Fire is indeed formidable.”

Xuan Zhao immediately tore open a spatial rift and pursued the direction Yuan Ruoshen had taken.

They had come this time with the sole intention of capturing Yuan Ruoshen.

Xuan Zhao had brought many magical treasures from the Divine Court just in case, and they happened to come in handy now.

He threw out a magical treasure to lock down the space ahead, formed hand seals with both hands, and set up a formation. As the array activated, its attacks caught up to Yuan Ruoshen.

Feeling the incoming attack from behind, Yuan Ruoshen knitted his brows tightly. With the space ahead blocked, he could only temporarily alter his path, circulating the residual divine power within his body to resist the strike.

Just as the attack was about to hit him, a gold-and-red shield enveloped in True Solar Fire blocked the entire assault. Cracks appeared on the shield, and the True Solar Fire surged toward Xuan Zhao once more.

Seeing this, a flash of surprise crossed Xuan Zhao’s eyes, and he hastily channeled his divine power to block the True Solar Fire.

Xuan Zhao sneered, “Even if you have a thousand methods today, you cannot escape this inescapable net!”

“Form the array!” Following Xuan Zhao’s command, the other members of the Divine Court quickly formed a battle array.

Streaks of fierce attacks surged toward Yuan Ruoshen like a tidal wave.

Yuan Ruoshen dodged the attacks while trying to come up with a countermeasure.

“These lunatics!” No matter how strong Yuan Ruoshen used to be, he was currently heavily injured, not to mention his cultivation had not recovered.

To be able to hold out for so long under the siege of so many people was already a miracle.

Yuan Ruoshen was struck down to the ground. The residual shadow of the Golden Crow, enveloped in gold-and-red flames, transformed back into human form upon hitting the earth.

Yuan Ruoshen coughed up a mouthful of blood, his expression turning grim.

Damn it!

Because his strength had not recovered, even his speed had slowed down.

If this were before, these people wouldn’t even be able to touch his shadow, let alone trap him within this formation and beat him into such a wretched state!

Yuan Ruoshen clenched his fists, his gaze cold, a self-deprecating smile appearing on his blood-stained face.

Was he really going to fall here today?

No, he would not give up a single opportunity, let alone surrender without a fight!

Yuan Ruoshen quickly calmed himself down to think of a way to break free. His gaze swept over the surroundings, searching for an escape route.