Chapter 1401, A Serious Misunderstanding in the Outside World; Ancestral Deity Tai Xuan

Translator: Fate

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Outside the courtyard, the peach blossoms were in full bloom. An alluring woman whose hair had been tied into a bun stood there nervously with her head hung low. She was wearing a dark blue dress.

 

The general who had sent her to this place already left. She was left alone there.

 

Chen Yi had no idea why the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader suddenly wanted to see her.

 

Decades ago, she and other Envoys of the Righteous Alliance came all the way here to the Heavenslayers Alliance in the hope of seeing their Alliance Leader so that they could discuss how they could join forces and deal with dark beings.

 

However, as soon as they stepped into the hall, they were accused of trying to assassinate the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader and confined to prison for several years. They did not even get to see the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.

 

Then, the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader pardoned and released them. Unfortunately, they had lost their freedom because of the assassination attempt.

 

All of them were made to stay in the city. Naturally, people would monitor them every day and they were not allowed to leave.

 

Chen Yi initially felt helpless, but she gradually accepted her fate and got used to it.

 

Rather than getting confined to prison forever, it was good to have some restricted freedom. At the very least, she did not have to lose her life.

 

However, she still had no idea whether the assassination attempt was true.

 

Did one of the Envoys hold ill-intentions? Did the person intend to destroy the relationship between the Heavenslayers Alliance and the Righteous Alliance? Or, was it merely an fabricated excuse the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader had come up with?

 

In the past, she would firmly believe that the Heavenslayers Alliance was in the wrong.

 

However, after she had seen what those from the Righteous Alliance had done, she could not help but doubt their intentions.

 

After spending years in the Heavenslayers Alliance, Chen Yi finally understood something.

 

The Heavenslayers Alliance was not as strange and mysterious as the outsiders thought it was. It was not a horrifying or dangerous place, where some thought it was no different to Hell.

 

It was because of all these rumours that people were wary of the Heavenslayers Alliance. They would be fearful whenever the Heavenslayers Alliance was brought up.

 

Over the years, she could see that the Forces living in the Heavenslayers Alliance were content with their lives. Everything was peaceful in the Heavenslayers Alliance as there was no turmoil.

 

Things were run according to set rules. She also did not see them being fearful of the dark beings.

 

Regardless of how chaotic the outside world was, the peace within the Heavenslayers Alliance was never affected.

 

She never saw any fear or anxiety behind the gazes of people within the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

Even when the wars in the outside world were brought up, they did not seem to care. They were not worried that the wars would affect them. They could go on enjoying their peaceful lives.

 

All this was because the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader was around. The enemies dared not to invade them. This allowed the Heavenslayers Alliance to be one of the rare paradises in the Boundless Expanse.

 

Chen Yi thought it was such a shame. If she had known what the Heavenslayers Alliance was like this, she would’ve persuaded the Waning Moon Sect to side with them, and the outcome might have been different.

 

She was also aware that the Righteous Alliance had signed a humiliating peace treaty with the dark beings. She also knew that many Forces including the Waning Moon Sect were abandoned and used as cannon fodder when going against the dark beings. Now, they were most likely forever buried in the River of Time.

 

The cultivators of her Sect and her Disciples were all part of the billions of people who had lost their lives as mere pawns to be sacrificed.

 

Although she was mournful, she lacked the power to change anything.

 

When the dark beings launched an attack, those from the Righteous Alliance, who had promised to protect everyone, abandoned the less important Forces and retreated. On the other hand, only the Heavenslayers Alliance sent some reinforcements to help.

 

Under circumstance like this, many Forces were forever lost, including the Waning Moon Sect.

 

Time was the greatest power in the world. It could heal the suffering in one’s heart. Many years had passed, and Chen Yi finally stopped being sorrowful. She accepted her life as it was.

 

Even though those Envoys of the Righteous Alliance had lost their freedom as they were not allowed to leave the ancient city, they had started new lives in the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

She was no exception. She became an instructor in an academy in the Heavenslayers Alliance. After all, she was a Dao Realm expert who had gone through several Decay Tribulations. She was naturally stronger and more experienced than the average cultivator.

 

“Come in since you’re already here.”

 

While Chen Yi was nervous as many thoughts turned over in her mind, a naturally gentle voice was heard coming from the courtyard.

 

When she heard the voice, she was startled for a moment. Then, her eyes widened in disbelief. She found the voice familiar as though she had heard it before.

 

The next moment, the courtyard door opened in silence. She caught a whiff of the aroma of tea in the air. Beside the pond with clear water, a young man was languidly seated on a rattan chair.

 

Beside him was an alluring woman who was preparing tea. She gently waved her fan as the flames burned the teapot and the charcoal crackled.

 

Chen Yi could not believe what she saw. She was rooted to the spot when her gaze fell upon the young man.

 

“How is this possible?” she muttered under her breath.

 

She would never forget that when they were on their way to the Heavenslayers Alliance, they were attacked by dark beings. Someone had showed up and saved all of them.

 

At that time, the noble-looking young man passed her a bottle of pills to help heal her injury. Although she had consumed all the pills, she still carefully kept the empty bottle.

 

During the years when she was confined to prison in the Heavenslayers Alliance, she even imagined that someone might save them.

 

Would the young man in white clothes who had lent them a hand amid the darkness show up again?

 

She had thought of many possibilities, but it never crossed her mind that the white-clothed young man at that time was the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader. Everyone in the Boundless Expanse was wary of him, to the point the mention of his title would strike fear in all of them.

 

“Have a seat, Lady Chen Yi.”

 

While many thoughts turned over in Chen Yi’s mind, she snapped back to reality when she heard Gu Changge’s voice.

 

She felt that her mind had turned blank and that she couldn’t think straight. She didn’t even know how she went over and took a seat beside the stone table.

 

She was even oblivious to the fact that a cup of tea was presented to her.

 

Gu Changge never bothered to pick up the fishing rod beside his feet. He never disrupted Chen Yi, giving her plenty of time to come to her senses.

 

Ling Yuling looked judgingly at Chen Yi. She was curious about why Gu Changge suddenly summoned this woman. Was there anything special about her?

 

“Greetings, Alliance Leader.”  Chen Yi finally regained her senses. She put on a helpless smile. Everything before her eyes was too inconceivable.

 

She never knew that she had already seen the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader. What was more, she had brought up her intention of going to the Heavenslayers Alliance in front of him.

 

At that time, Gu Changge never revealed his identity to them. It never crossed her mind that Gu Changge was the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.

 

Initially, she had many questions to ask, but when she saw Gu Changge and realised he was the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader, she was lost for words.

 

“You must be puzzled as to why I wanted to see you.” Gu Changge smiled and motioned for Chen Yi not to be anxious. “During this period, some of our members came across the surviving Disciples of the Waning Moon Sect and brought them back to the Heavenslayers Alliance. Since you’re an Elder of the Waning Moon Sect, I’d like you to help those Disciples settle down.”

 

Chen Yi was startled upon hearing that. She was rooted to the spot, thinking that she might have misheard him. [He summoned me over a matter like this? Given his identity, he wasn’t supposed to care about such small matters. Did he truly want to see me over this matter?]

 

“Is there anything else, Alliance Leader?” Chen Yi subconsciously asked, still finding it inconceivable.

 

Gu Changge glanced at her with a weird look. Then, he shook his head and smiled. “There’s nothing else. I just heard a subordinate reporting about the Disciples of the Waning Moon Sect and I instantly thought of you. After all, you told me that you’re an Elder of the Waning Moon Sect.

 

“By the way, how’s your life in the Heavenslayers Alliance during this period? Because of some reasons, all of you are not allowed to leave the Heavenslayers Alliance yet. But, after we’re done dealing with the Righteous Alliance, peace will be restored to the Boundless Expanse. If you wish to leave the Heavenslayers Alliance by then, no one will stop you.”

 

Chen Yi looked dazedly at him. She didn’t know what she was supposed to do at that moment.

 

She felt like she was an insignificant blade of grass on the roadside, but someone had actually been watching it.

 

“Thanks for asking, Alliance Leader. I’ve been living well in the Heavenslayers Alliance during this period. I’m not troubled by any worldly affairs. Thanks to your pills, the poison, and all the injuries accumulated over the years have been resolved.” Chen Yi explained in a small voice. “When we were in the hall back then, we didn’t expect that someone had the intention of assassinating you…”

 

Now, she was certain that one of the Envoys had the intention of killing Gu Changge.

 

At that time after the incident, she wondered why they were only confined to prison instead of getting killed, considering that an assassination attempt was a serious crime.

 

Now, she finally understood why. After all, Gu Changge had saved their lives before. It could be said that they were acquaintances. Why would he kill the innocent ones before he found out the truth?

 

A righteous person like him naturally was not as horrifying as what was described in the rumours about him. It was even said that babies would stop crying when his name was brought up.

 

It seemed that there was a serious misunderstanding in the outside world about the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.

 

“It’s fine. Let bygones be bygones. That little attack couldn’t hurt me.” Gu Changge waved his hand and smiled. Finding it a shame, he said, “Unfortunately, after I learned that the Waning Moon Sect was attacked by the dark beings, I immediately sent some reinforcements to help, but we were too late. When they arrived, the Waning Moon Sect had already turned into ruins.”

 

“There’s no need to blame yourself, Alliance Leader. The Waning Moon Sect wouldn’t have been destroyed if the Righteous Alliance never abandoned it.” When Chen Yi recalled the Disciples of her Sect, she felt downcast.

 

“You don’t have to be overly mournful. As far as I’m concerned, before the Waning Moon Sect was destroyed, the Elders had brought many Disciples to escape in different directions. Now, they’re scattered in various places. Perhaps the Waning Moon Sect will be rebuilt one day.” Gu Changge consoled her.

 

Upon hearing that, Chen Yi felt an indescribable sense of warmth in her heart.

 

It was unimaginable that Gu Changge would console her over such a small matter, considering his identity. It seemed that she finally found a sense of belonging and warmth in the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

Then, she decided to stop bothering Gu Changge. She pulled herself together and took her leave.

 

Outside the courtyard, a general led the way for her and left with her.

 

Flowers would always bloom again. Naturally, the Waning Moon Sect would be rebuilt one day. There wasn’t a need for her to be sorrowful because of what happened in the past. No, some Disciples were waiting for her to go over and help them settle down. Perhaps her Disciples like Lan Xin and Gu Xianer were also among those people.

 

“The tea is still warm.” After Chen Yi was gone, Ling Yuling took a look at the tea she had prepared for her and shook her head.

 

She did not believe Gu Changge would truly put in the effort to summon Chen Yi and tell her so much over a small matter regarding the Waning Moon Sect.

 

Moreover, she knew that the incident of an Envoy from the Righteous Alliance trying to assassinate Gu Changge was fake.

 

He also did not tell the officials of the Alliance to immediately send out reinforcements to help the Waning Moon Sect.

 

Everything he had said just now was to fool the woman named Chen Yi.

 

Gu Changge surely had an ulterior motive. But what were they, and why the Waning Moon Sect?

 

“Well, I wonder if a fish has taken the bait?” Gu Changge ignored Ling Yuling’s confusion. He looked at the swaying fishing rod and picked it up. The fishing rod was lifted off the pond and the fishing line instantly straightened.

 

Waves suddenly surged from the initially calm pond. The golden Chaotic Light beamed from it. It seemed that a horrifying being was trying to get rid of the bait from the other end of the pond.

 

Ling Yuling looked intently in that direction.

 

As a Dragon Roar that could shake the universe was heard, a being with an ancient aura, whose body was as massive as a star, was pulled out from the pond. He was covered in golden scales and surrounded by Divine Light. The fishing line coiled around his figure as he writhed about after Gu Changge dropped him onto the ground.

 

This horrifying being looked like a True Dragon. He was covered in scales and had a pair of horns on his forehead. His figure was initially massive, but after he landed in the courtyard, he instantly shrank to the size of a snake. His eyes were filled with fear.

 

It was only then did Ling Yuling see that there was a fair and blemish-free arm hooked to the other end of Gu Changge’s fishing line. It seemed that the arm was neatly cut off from the owner’s shoulder.

 

The cut was completely smooth. The arm exuded a sweet smell that was similar to that of a lotus root.

 

“This divine aura. Is that an arm of an Ancestral Deity?” Ling Yuling was an experienced person, so she could easily recognise it. She could hardly conceal her shock.

 

She shifted her attention to the being beside the pond who was rendered immovable by the fishing line around his figure. She realised that he was also a Deity. However, his aura was much thinner than that from the arm.

 

In the current era, it was rare to find beings from the Divine Dao System, and there were fewer who managed to become actual Deities using that System.

 

Most of the Primordial Gods were dead or missing. The rest of the Deities in the Divine Dao System became who they were through cultivation and hard work.

 

It was apparent that the arm that Gu Changge used for fishing belonged to an Ancestral Deity from ancient times. The owner was not a Deity born in the Post-Heaven Era.

 

“I thought a big fish had taken the bait. What a disappointment for it to be someone so insignificant.” Gu Changge shook his head.

 

“A-Are you the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader?” The being trapped by the fishing line looked at Gu Changge in fear. Even his voice was shaky.

 

“I’m glad that you can recognise me. Where’s the Ancestral Deity named Tai Xuan? If she wants to retrieve her arm, she’d better do it in person.” Gu Changge said impassively.

 

“Please spare my life, Alliance Leader. I’m only a weak Deity, so how would I know where the Ancestral Deity is? I just happened to detect a thick divine aura from Spacetime and thought that a Deity was fighting an enemy and that one of her limbs accidentally fell into Spacetime. That’s why I took the risk to approach it…” The being explained as his body trembled in fear.

 

“Do you think you can easily fool me? If you don’t want to tell me, keep your mouth shut forever.”

 

Gu Changge shook his head. There was no emotion behind his gaze as he extended his hand. The being’s pupils dilated. He was fearful and unwilling to accept his fate. Then, he exploded and turned into some golden Divine Source Matter.

 

Ling Yuling looked puzzledly at him.

 

Nevertheless, Gu Changge had no intention of explaining anything. He tossed the Divine Source Matter into the teapot. As the water boiled, the Divine Source Matter turned the tea golden.

 

Back then, after Land of Celestial Suffering was destroyed, an Ancestral Deity named Tai Xuan tried to harm him by making use of Chen Jinhan to corrode his Power of Faith and destroy his Godly Dharma Body of Faith.

 

Chen Jinhan’s Knowledge Sea was affected by Ancestral Deity Tai Xuan. She started having lustful thoughts and became mad. That was why she took the risk to blaspheme the Deity in the Heavenslayers Temple.

 

For this reason, Gu Changge used a wisp of his Soul to find the Ancestral Deity, Tai Xuan, and cut off one of her arms.

 

Then, the Ancestral Deity disappeared into the boundless Spacetime. All her karma and traces were then erased. It was as though she had vanished from the Boundless Expanse.