Chapter 124

“I entrust this divine realm to you.”

He grasped her shoulders, as if leaving his final instructions.

“What kind of nonsense are you saying?”

Su Heng’s previous carefree attitude instantly vanished. “Don’t tell me a single Zhu Chi is enough to force you into this desperate situation. You were confident you could control Mei Shuangshuang by allowing her to transform from a human to a divine body. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have even given them this chance.”

The Celestial Emperor Shao Wu sighed inwardly, his eyes full of admiration. “Since I couldn’t deceive you, it was a miscalculation on my part.”

He pulled her a bit closer into his embrace. “I didn’t mean to scare you, I just wanted you to dote on me a little more.”

However, the moment his words fell, the spot she had pinched before was immediately subjected to another heavy pinch, much harder than before, close to a vital area. It was no longer the playful, flirtatious behavior from earlier.

Since gaining divine consciousness, he had never suffered such a heavy blow. And the perpetrator was the person he loved the most.

Su Heng saw that his eyes immediately reddened, brimming with a watery crimson hue, looking extremely pitiful as if he had suffered great grievances, yet endured silently.

Su Heng hissed. To this day, she still couldn’t understand why Shao Wu, despite not having a face that looked easy to bully, could appear more pitiful and delicate than all the women she had ever seen combined when he acted aggrieved.

Was this an innate ability? If he had practiced it, she would be utterly impressed.

“Don’t ever say what you said just now,” Su Heng pinched the firm flesh in her hand. Her smile was somewhat ferocious. “Entrusting the divine realm to me? I can’t believe you could say that! I haven’t been here for long and haven’t even met all the high gods in the divine realm, let alone the others. If you really dare to do that, at most I would have them elect a new Celestial Emperor themselves, then I’d drop the burden and leave. After that, I’d go see if there are any handsome young immortals.”

“If one isn’t enough, I’ll find two. I see that the young immortals in your divine realm are more pure-hearted than the last. It shouldn’t be hard to win them over. By then, I’ll also try having one on each arm.”

Shao Wu’s face turned ashen. “You’d bear to do that?”

“I wouldn’t,” she replied very smoothly.

Shao Wu’s originally pale face finally regained some color. She lifted his chin and looked at him with exasperation. “So, don’t say those things. If your words accidentally come true, I won’t imitate those chaste and virtuous women, guarding you for thousands or tens of thousands of years. If you dare to get into trouble, I’ll immediately find a new love.”

Seeing Shao Wu’s expression, she patted his shoulder and spoke with deep feeling. “Remember, you need to be alive to have everything. If you don’t want that, then stay alive for me. Return the same way you left. If you dare to get into trouble, I’ll dare to give you a truckload of hats, making you so angry you’ll come back to life even if you’re lying dead.”

The Celestial Emperor suddenly smiled. “You want me to live.”

“So you still can’t bear to part with me.”

Su Heng clicked her tongue. “Since you understand, then live well.”

His eyes were hazy, no longer showing the aggrieved look from before, but attractive nonetheless. Su Heng looked at him and inwardly cursed countless times. Her earlier words were meant to provoke him. After witnessing the best, those young immortals were just not-so-bad, misshapen fruits compared to Shao Wu.

Once you’ve tasted the best, you really can’t stomach the rest.

Nothing compares to the clouds of Mount Wu.

This saying really isn’t just empty talk.

He smiled and nodded, wrapping his arms around her like a child throwing a tantrum, whispering in her ear, “Then Su Heng, give me a kiss as a reward.”

Su Heng glanced at him askance, but her breath still slowly drew near, the fragrance of plants and her warm breath intermingling.

Seeing her half-closed eyes, he contentedly closed his own. The sensation of softness touched his lips, followed by a sharp pain.

She released her bite and embraced him from the side.

“Open your mouth.”

Her words made Shao Wu smile. The instant he smiled, she seized the opportunity.

His palms caressed her back, greedily taking in her fragrant scent.

A few days passed. The demonic race’s movements, far from subsiding with the divine realm’s deployment of troops, became even more arrogant and provocative with each passing day. Even the Demon Emperor personally recruited soldiers to wage a great war against the divine realm.

When the demonic race finally crossed into the divine realm’s borders and engaged in close combat with the guarding divine generals, the Celestial Emperor declared that the demonic race had invaded and the divine realm would resist with full force.

The Celestial Emperor decided to personally lead the army to conquer and bring order to the six realms.

News reached Qi Mountain, where the demonic energy left by ancient ferocious beasts was enough to allow the demonic race there to live in peace. But living in peace wasn’t all they wanted.

Hearing the news from the divine realm, Zhu Chi merely laughed. “Just as I wished.”

Since his fall into the demonic path, he could feel the destructive desires and powerful magic increasing daily within his body. That magic power accumulated in his body, constantly roaring and surging, seeking an outlet.

Zhu Chi couldn’t suppress those desires to destroy everything, and didn’t try to, allowing them to pour out unrestrained.

“That’s the Celestial Emperor,” Mei Shuangshuang said in disbelief. “Do you know how profound his divine power is?”

Mei Shuangshuang had never witnessed the Celestial Emperor’s divine abilities, but being able to become the leader of the gods meant his divine power was likely above all other gods. Not someone to deal with lightly.

“Even better. I’ve always wanted to see how capable the current Celestial Emperors are, whether they can compare to their predecessors. I can also take revenge for the Battle of Zhuolu.”

Saying this, Zhu Chi frowned. The moment he transformed into his divine body, he took advantage of the surge in divine power to devour the remnant soul of the God of War, completely fusing him with himself.

“What a pity he doesn’t like you,” Zhu Chi suddenly turned to Mei Shuangshuang.

Back in Langfeng, he had noticed Tan Ye taking special care of Mei Shuangshuang. If the Celestial Emperor liked Mei Shuangshuang, he could possess her and spite the Celestial Emperor through her.

“But he’s not blind. He probably saw through what kind of thing you were long ago in the lower realm, naturally impossible for him to fall for you.”

Mei Shuangshuang was squeezed into an awkward and embarrassed position by his taunts.

“I love you,” she said.

Zhu Chi scoffed. “Love me by killing me? I really can’t endure your kind of love.”

Mei Shuangshuang’s mouth opened and closed a few times, but ultimately remained silent. She had no rebuttal, as she had indeed tried to kill him back then.

Zhu Chi straightened his collar in the bronze mirror and strode out with big steps.

Seeing this, Mei Shuangshuang said, “I’m going too!”

Zhu Chi looked at her in utter bewilderment. “What are you going for?”

The next moment, as if realizing something, he laughed strangely. “Fine. After all, you’re still a god, not a demon. It’s good for you to go.”

The two realms arrayed their troops. The Celestial Emperor, clad in silver armor, held the Celestial Sword in his hand, overseeing the central army.

He had personally witnessed a god-demon war that lasted several thousand years. The brutality and vastness of that war left too deep an impression on him. It also made him lament too much about the demonic race.

He didn’t want to completely exterminate the demonic race, but as long as they made the slightest reckless move, he couldn’t let them off, along with those evil spirits lurking in the divine realm.

The army had already pressed forward. The Demon Emperor, with a young woman in his arms, arrived unhurriedly. The people in front clearly sensed that the woman in the Demon Emperor’s arms had an aura incompatible with the surrounding demonic energy – she was from the divine realm.

The Demon Emperor brought a woman from the divine realm to humiliate the divine realm. This demeaning tactic made the divine realm’s side clamor.

The Celestial Emperor’s expression remained unchanged. Having witnessed too much shamelessness, and with the two armies confronting each other, he wouldn’t be surprised by anything Zhu Chi did.

He sized up the situation on both sides and issued a command for his troops to engage in battle. War drums thundered as the uniformly arrayed celestial soldiers surged forward like a tide toward the demonic race’s side.

Zhu Chi also ordered his subordinates into battle. The two sides clashed, immediately engaging in fierce combat. The most important role of a great general was to oversee the entire army and have a grasp of the overall situation. However, seeing his subordinates fighting the celestial soldiers and divine generals, the demonic nature within Zhu Chi’s body suddenly erupted. With one hand, he lifted Mei Shuangshuang in his arms and charged into the celestial army’s formation, reveling in the slaughter.

In the midst of the fierce battle, the celestial soldiers who had been fighting suddenly turned traitor. This change came too quickly. When the divine generals reported to the Celestial Emperor, there was a hint of panic in their words.

“Is it Tai Hao?” The Celestial Emperor remained calm, his face unchanged.

He made a few gestures. Seeing this, Gou Chen behind him understood and issued orders. The celestial troops adjacent to the defecting soldiers suddenly retreated, followed by thick, dark thunderclouds.

Zhu Chi looked at the rolling clouds and scoffed mercilessly. “A petty trick.”

He leaped up, and the next moment, thick ice burst out from his body.

“Do you think Mei Shuangshuang’s trip to Kunlun Void to get medicine for you went so smoothly by chance? Without my permission, you’d probably still be enduring the agony of your body rotting even now.”

The Celestial Emperor’s gentle voice came down from above. Even at this moment, his voice still carried endless gentleness and pity, like supreme compassion. However, to a mortal enemy, this compassion was no different from mockery.

“You conspired with her to harm me?!”

Zhu Chi immediately looked at Mei Shuangshuang, who was being held up in his hand. At this moment, Mei Shuangshuang was also completely stunned. Hearing Zhu Chi’s words, her face was filled with panic. “I didn’t!”

She then looked to the sky and accused, “This was all your scheme! It’s you, all you!”

Zhu Chi ignored her accusations against the Celestial Emperor and sneered. “You think I would still believe your lies?!”

With that, he flung his hand, throwing Mei Shuangshuang down.

“Since the clan of the first God of War has defected on the battlefield, then kill without mercy.”

The Celestial Emperor’s voice was clear and mellow, with no hint of killing intent. Even on this battlefield, it was like a gentle spring breeze.

However, the next moment, countless extreme lightning accompanied by ice spears descended from the sky.

“I know you inherited his skills. He was adept at using fire. Now, I want to see just how much of his abilities you have inherited.”

As soon as the Celestial Emperor’s words fell, thunder roared in his palm, and boundless ice spears pierced down from the sky.

When the ice spears pierced a body, it would instantly freeze completely. The cold energy would mercilessly spread along the ice spears. Even if one wasn’t pierced by the ice spears, they would still be invaded by this extremely domineering cold energy.

“Now, let’s see how much of your true abilities you will reveal.”

The Celestial Emperor said with some emotion.