Chapter 4970: Twilight Hunter
âLittle girl, you might not like what will happen next, it might even affect you. I still need you to face it though.â
She stared at him for a bit before nodding: âI already mentally prepared for this. I knew you wouldnât come to visit for no reason.â
âYou make it sound like Iâm an unlucky star.â He smiled wryly.
âPretty much. A crow is not an auspicious beast. Wherever one appears, only bad things happen.â She burst into a fit of giggles - a melody so delightful, it echoed through the starry night and drifted far, far away.
He smiled and looked up at the stars. They seemed to be laughing with her as well.
âI want to ask about someone.â After a while, he finally got to the point.
Her smile disappeared after this. The stars also dimmed down.
âI have a pretty good idea.â Her expression became serious.
âNot a stranger to you.â He said.
Her eyes flashed with rage, pain, sorrow, and many other emotionsâ¦
âYou want to ask about my killer.â She sighed.
âYes, I have only heard of this person but never saw him or caught any real clues. Iâm sure you have a better idea.â He nodded.
She sighed again while thinking about the past. Eventually, she shuddered while uttering the name: âTwilight Hunter.â [1]
He grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers. She clenched her fingers tightly and was still scared of the past. Although it has been so long, it still felt like yesterday.
Everything crumbled in the blink of an eye. The thing that frightened her was not death but rather, an attempt to destroy her everything.
She was subjected to a fate of darkness - an eternal seal. Alas, the thing that hurt her the most was losing her trust.
She was once a carefree goddess living with her father, not worrying about anything while possessing countless dreams. The world was beautiful and opened many doors for her.
Alas, the strike killed her and her heart, hope, and dreams. She could endure the eternal torment but recalling that moment was difficult, hence her shaking fingers.
Tears streamed down her cheeks despite her current cultivation.
âI am here for him, I know he is still around.â He wiped her tears and said.
âAre you sure?â She asked.
âYou tell me. Arenât you here, all alone, because of him?â He stared straight at her eyes.
âRight, I donât think he can die that easily.â She nodded her head and agreed.
âI have searched countless scrolls and paintings that can trace back to past epochs.â He said: âMy intuition tells me that he is around. I am the lord of this epoch and I can sense all three thousand worlds. I was unsure before but now, I know that he is still alive.â
âThen thatâs correct, he is alive. Yes, he canât die that easily.â She agreed: âIf you know, he also knows and is hiding, thatâs his style.â
âHence my visit. We both know that you are in this dimension to not be found.â Li Qiye said.
âNo one will think that Iâm alive, including him. They all believed that the epoch was fully buried.â She was sure of this.
âYour father saved you.â Li Qiye sighed.
âYes⦠Even as the sky was falling down and he was preoccupied with keeping everything intact, he still made sure that I would have a chance to live. Thatâs why only reason Iâm still here.â She became emotional.
That last moment was horrifying. All the worlds were being destroyed. She witnessed her father meeting his end. All living beings were obliterated subsequently.
Li Qiye held her hands tighter.
âMy trust killed everyone.â She was heartbroken.
âIt was not your fault.â He said: âYou are the sun, the culmination of all that is good and beautiful. You were born under the bright sun and should get to enjoy its warm rays. Even if it wasnât for you, he would have picked someone else to start the hunt. He was responsible, not you.â
âMy father had created an ultimate defense so I thought that everything would be fine.â She lamented.
âIt wasnât your fault. The same result would have happened eventually, just a different process. He slumbered in the darkness and planned for a long hunt.â he said.
She calmed down and wiped the tears from her eyes: âI will tell you everything you want to know.â
âI suspect that he has appeared recently, maybe not right now but at least after Trinity. He must have done something.â He said.
âIâm not quite sure but if you are right, Iâm certain that there was one death caused by him.â She pondered for a bit and said.
âSupreme Primogenitor.â Li Qiye said.
âThatâs the one.â She said: âIt has to be something tempting enough to make him lose patience and appear. Very few things are worthy of his attention even when weâre talking about epochs.â
âIn this case, a bloodline.â He said: âI know that this Supreme Primogenitor had inherited a matchless bloodline - Dao Origin. This is tempting enough.â [2]
1. This name might change since Iâm not sure if itâs a title or a name. It should be a title since this name is clearly evil or dark â
2. Iâm keeping an eye out on whether this Supreme Primogenitor and the bloodline are something we have seen before. I did a search but didnât come up with anything. â