The expression on the face of the heavenly emperor was one that showed great discontent at his subject bringing up what he had spoken about in the past which he wanted to revisit but the other was adamant about going back to the degree he pa.s.sed thousands of years ago."Chang Chen, you are becoming difficult, why must you hold onto what I said from two hundred and fifty thousand years ago? I want you to thoroughly investigate on what happened to Saintess Yuan Su, find out if she is still alive and bring her back to Qilin palace!"
The tone of the heavenly emperor held steel in them, it gave off the sense of "no argument was to be tolerated" when speaking to the G.o.d of Fate whose mouth became thin from being outmatched in speech.
"Your highness, it"s been years since she was last seen, it could take much time to uncover her whereabouts!"
Holding firm to what was left of his courage, Chang Chen faced the heavenly emperor in a last bid to avoid such a tedious task the other was about placing on his shoulders.
"You are quite certain that maiden Li uses infernal cultivation?!"
Rather than answering the G.o.d of Fate, the heavenly emperor questioned him more on what had brought Chang Chen to his palace.
"My eyes do not deceive me, your Highness! I saw it at the mirror of clarity! Her presence was meant to bring turmoil to the heavens! Dyings under the hands of a disciple she was close to would have prevented this from happening, but she went through the process of rebirth and came to possess the body of Saintess Yuan Su"s granddaughter, who drowned in a stream at the sect ground! I thought the tribulation as ruler of the high heavens was averted! Who knew that she would return again and this time she would cause great mayhem and terrorize everyone! No one would be spared! Not even you, your Highness!"
Finally, the G.o.d of Fate went into the root of the matter that caused him to gain audience with the heavenly emperor.
"Are you saying that the person that is inhabiting the body of the saintess grandaughter would cause the high heavens to be thrown into a state of great confusion and threaten my reign as ruler of the heavens! How many years of cultivation does she have for you to say such a malicious word!"
When Chang Chen heard the last words that came out of the heavenly emperor"s mouth, he hurriedly took to his knees and prostrated before the ruler of the nine heavens, Guangzi Jiu, a supreme being who was wors.h.i.+pped by other high G.o.ds, saints and lower G.o.ds of the high heavens.
"Forgive my careless words, your Highness! I must have been muddled headed and lost my reasoning! Please let your anger be slow towards your faithful servant!"
The heavenly emperor"s face became stone cold when the G.o.d of Fate went out of his boundaries and began talking with little to no restraint because of how dire the situation had become with the rebirth of Xu Hui.
"Is there no way to handle this without spilling blood?!"
Usually the heavenly emperor didn"t give much thought when it came to ending the lives of those that threatened the peace of the high heavens, but the situation was rather different since it involved a saint that was highly favored. Yuan Su was treasured by Guangzi Jiu, he saw her to be a woman of high morality and unspeakable beauty, several attempts to win her heart ended in futility as the saintess wanted to reach the peak of immortality by shunning anything that would distract her from becoming one of the most powerful being in the nine heavens. Sadly, she was not able to overcome the desires of the flesh while at the mortal realm and became love sick for years, until the mortal"s life came to an end. Unable to triumph over her heavenly trial, Yuan Su was to be sentenced to spend her life as a mortal and be buried among mortals alike, but the heavenly emperor made an exception and restored her back to the high heavens where she gave birth to her daughter and left to build a sect of her own.
Time pa.s.sed for both of them, but the heavenly emperor kept an eye on her from a distance, as his royal guards would report on what went on at the mountain sect in the lower heavens.
Unfortunately, she escaped from the watchful eyes of Guangzi Jiu who knew but didn"t want to let the G.o.d of Fate know of what he had done, that would make him lose face with Chang Chen and eventually the whole heavens would know of his secret.
"Your Highness! We must find her and put her to death! There is but only one way! If she continues to live, then what about the lives of the other G.o.ds! Are they not worth protecting?! She was not meant to live in the first place, an abominable existence must be shunned and destroyed by all means neccessary!"
The G.o.d of Fate pleaded pa.s.sionately with the heavenly emperor who had a look of indecisiveness in his eyes. He didn"t want to harm Yuan Su"s granddaughter despite knowing that she was long dead and another resided within her body.
"If this is a test, I don"t know if I want to take it! Why did it have to be Su"s granddaughter?!"
Guangzi Jiu lamented within him, he saw a future that could never be his shatter right before him, thinking that he had overcome the death of Yuan Su"s daughter whom he ptotected because of her mother whom he adored, her death was both grievous and reliving to him. Half immortal half mortal she was cursed with the illness that plaqued her mortal father. Yuan Huiling was seen as a stumbling block to his love for her mother, thinking her death would draw them close, but that only made the distance between the heavenly emperor and former saintess grow even more.