“Wife?” Mo Qingrou froze.
She had never expected that Chen Junye’s return to Azure Mystery Dao Sect would actually be for his wife.
“So, junior brother, you’re married!?” Her voice rose involuntarily.
Chen Junye nodded. “Yes, I am married. Senior sister, while you are in the Immortal Realm, have you ever heard the name Xia Zhiyao?”
Mo Qingrou was momentarily speechless. The Immortal Emperor who had once set aside his hatred had actually come looking for his wife again, a man softened by love.
“Xia Zhiyao…” As she carefully pondered the name, her expression gradually grew serious.
“Senior sister, you’ve heard of her?”
Mo Qingrou shook her head. “I haven’t heard that name, but something major has happened in the Immortal Realm recently. An Empress from the Supreme Emperor Palace has appeared, and it is said that she also bears the surname Xia.”
“The Supreme Emperor Palace…” Chen Junye certainly could not determine anything based on a surname alone.
As for the Supreme Emperor Palace, it was the number one immortal sect in the Supreme Way Immortal Domain, and its strength was formidable.
“That’s right.” Mo Qingrou nodded. “It is said that this female Immortal Emperor was secretly cultivated by the Supreme Emperor Palace and hidden away all along. In recent years, she broke through into the Immortal Emperor realm and only then appeared in the Immortal Realm. She must be an extremely frightening powerhouse.”
“However, there seem to have been some hidden circumstances, which led to some internal disorder within the Supreme Emperor Palace, and even the shadow of interference from other forces. As for the specifics, my strength is not enough for me to know.”
Chen Junye fell into thought.
Back then, he had been nothing more than a mortal, and he could not see through Xia Zhiyao’s cultivation either, but he assumed it was not weak.
Still, connecting her with the Empress of the Supreme Emperor Palace… that was hard to imagine.
So that possibility was not very high.
Seeing Chen Junye remain silent, Mo Qingrou continued, “Junior brother, senior sister is only reminding you. It may not be true, so there is no need to take it to heart.”
It was a good thing that Chen Junye had recovered his foundation, but a place like the Supreme Emperor Palace was somewhere that even the Chen Junye of back then would have found difficult to enter easily.
She was afraid that Chen Junye might act impulsively over a mere guess and bring disaster upon himself.
“Senior sister, I understand.”
“Then will you go to the Supreme Emperor Palace to verify this? There are so many people with the surname Xia! Junior brother, think it through carefully!”
Chen Junye smiled as warmly as a spring breeze. “Senior sister, don’t worry. What if it’s a misunderstanding? If my wife finds out that I charged into the Supreme Emperor Palace for another woman, she would be jealous.”
“So before it’s confirmed, I won’t act rashly.”
Mo Qingrou was stunned by this sudden display of affection.
“Junior brother, you’ve changed…”
Chen Junye had actually changed into the image of a lovestruck man for a woman, despite being a mighty Immortal Emperor!
“Senior sister, let’s just say I have changed.” Just as he finished speaking, Chen Junye sensed several other auras approaching.
He cupped his hands and said, “Senior sister, I’ll be leaving first. As for Xia Zhiyao, if senior sister learns anything, please let me know!”
“Wait, junior brother, won’t you come back with me?” Mo Qingrou tried to stop him.
Chen Junye only said, “Until we meet again!”
Then he left.
Mo Qingrou sighed. “Until we meet again, then.”
That man had returned!
Only, he had come back to look for his wife…
Azure Mystery Dao Sect no longer had the glory it once did.
As for the name Xia Zhiyao, she had remembered it.
The next moment, several experts appeared all around.
“It’s the Eternal Night Immortal Flute!”
“Chen Junye has returned?”
“Absolutely no mistake. That unbearably awful tune can only be his!”
They were all elders of Azure Mystery Dao Sect, each a mighty expert of the Immortal Realm, but none of them had been Chen Junye’s match back then; they could only rely on seniority to suppress him.
Then they all looked at Mo Qingrou. They knew that Mo Qingrou had always been close to Chen Junye.
“Girl, was it him who returned?” the Grand Elder asked.
But his expression was far from pleasant.
Mo Qingrou said, “To answer all the elders, it was junior brother who returned.”
Then she left with effortless grace.
Leaving the elders staring at one another in bewilderment.
Chen Junye had returned?
How could that be!
Did that mean he had recovered his foundation?
He wouldn’t still hold a grudge over what happened back then and wipe out Azure Mystery Dao Sect, would he?
If that happened, they might end up trapped in Eternal Night forever…
Once they reacted, they immediately hurried after Mo Qingrou. This matter absolutely had to be made clear.
What was Chen Junye’s purpose in returning?
Why had he left again?
Did he still want to join Azure Mystery Dao Sect?
All of this had to be clarified!
…
In the Supreme Way Immortal Domain.
The magnificent Supreme Emperor Palace.
Inside the palace.
A breathtakingly beautiful woman quietly stared out the window, lost in thought.
A trace of sorrow lingered between her brows.
“Husband, Yuan’er, Hao’er… are you all well…”
Xia Zhiyao shook her head bitterly.
“How could a husband without a wife, and children without a mother, possibly be well…”
“I’m sorry…”
She closed her beautiful eyes in pain. She had no other choice.
Back then, her husband had been nothing more than a mortal. Even if he had stepped onto the path of cultivation because of her Exquisite Immortal Physique, he was ultimately far too weak.
The marriage formed by accident many years ago was not something she could control. The karmic ties on her, even her strength and status alone, would inevitably bring the threat of death to her husband and children.
She could not gamble on that.
That marriage had ultimately turned into a vile entanglement.
“Three years… husband, you should be stronger by now… Yuan’er and Hao’er should also have cultivation by now…”
Thinking of this, Xia Zhiyao finally revealed a faint, gentle smile.
But remembering how it had all begun still left her face frosty.
“Bai Yuan!”
It was this man who had poisoned her back then! He had forced her to flee to the lower realm just to avoid losing her chastity!
…Well, not entirely. In the end, she had lost it to her husband, and Bai Yuan’s long-coveted Exquisite Immortal Physique had also been given to her husband.
But Bai Yuan’s background was extraordinary. He was the emperor son of the number one immortal sect in the Barren Heaven Immortal Domain.
It was completely no worse than the Supreme Emperor Palace. On top of that, she had not left enough evidence, and Bai Yuan refused to admit anything no matter what. In the end, even the Supreme Emperor Palace could do nothing to them.
“Once I become a Transcendent Immortal, I will definitely shatter the Barren Emperor Hall!” Xia Zhiyao said through gritted teeth.
The Barren Emperor Hall was the force Bai Yuan belonged to. If she did not remove this karmic tie, her husband and children would never be safe.
But by the time she became a Transcendent Immortal, her children would probably already have grown up… by then, would they still recognize her as their mother…
At that moment, a woman appeared beside Xia Zhiyao.
“Zhiyao, getting lovestruck again?”
Faced with the woman’s teasing, Xia Zhiyao felt a headache coming on. “Qingxue, if you keep talking nonsense, I’ll hit you!”
“Whoa, whoa, you’re going to hit me? I’m so scared. You’re so busty.” Su Qingxue pretended to tremble, then laughed. “You’re thinking about your precious husband and Yuan’er and Hao’er, aren’t you?”
Xia Zhiyao did not deny it. “I miss them. Of course I miss them. I keep wondering whether they’re doing well, and how children without a mother are supposed to live…”
Su Qingxue was her closest friend. No matter how great the difference between them, they could still speak from the heart.
The fact that she had a mortal husband and a pair of Dragon-Phoenix Twins was known to all the high-ranking members of the Supreme Emperor Palace. In any case, they could do nothing about her.
Of course, this was hidden from outsiders.
Su Qingxue did not know how to comfort her, so she could only tease her. “Mothers are different, indeed. Poor Yuan’er and Hao’er, following their even more pitiful daddy, probably eat poorly, sleep poorly, and get delayed in their cultivation… they’ve already fallen far behind the other children!”