Chapter 269

In the cave, Xi was kneeling for a long time at the place where the Heavenly Emperor vanished.

She kept recalling what her father had done for her since she was a kid. Looking back over the past 1,000 years, she found that she didn’t seem to have done anything for him, let alone wash his feet or help him wear clothes.

Tears of guilt and sadness misted her eyes again and again. Her father, the one who had done most for her, was gone forever.

Xi, immersed in endless sorrow, didn’t hear the footsteps outside the cave. The footsteps came nearer.

“Xi!”

Hearing the shout, Xi turned her head abruptly. The moment she saw the familiar person at the cave’s mouth, tears instantly leaped from her eyes.

Zichun looked at Xi’s tearful face and his heart ached abruptly. He walked to Xi with vigorous strides, saying affectionately, “Why are you kneeling on the ground? Get up.” With that, Zichun wanted to help Xi up from the ground.

Staring at the hand that Zichun reached out, Xi shook her head with a sob.

Seeing that Xi kept weeping and didn’t want to get up, Zichun felt more pain in his heart and bent down to wipe tears for her, “What on earth happened? Why did you come here so late?” Since she was missing, he would come to the cave every two hours. Unexpectedly, he really met her here.

Hearing Zichun’s words, Xi was filled with unfathomable sadness. She threw herself into Zichun’s arms and cried out loudly, “Zichun… My father… My father is dead…”

Hearing that, Zichun felt greatly distressed and subconsciously knelt. How come? How could the Heavenly Emperor pass away suddenly? Zichun widened her slightly red eyes. He didn’t believe that the god-like man would pass away, but judging from Xi’s sad expression, it didn’t seem to be fake.

“What on earth happened? How did the Heavenly Emperor suddenly…” Zichun’s voice was also sobbing. He and Xi were basically the same age. They often played together. The Heavenly Emperor had treated him like a real son and taught him to practice martial arts and writing since he was a child. In his heart, he had treated the Heavenly Emperor as his family.

Hearing that, Xi shed more tears and said sobbingly, “In order to save me… My father was poisoned by the Monster King’s Godkiller…” Xi’s voice was filled with guilt and self-accusation.

Zichun held Xi pitifully and stroked her long hair as a gesture of comfort.

Feeling that Zichun comforted her like her father, Xi leaned against Zichun’s arms and wept, “It’s me… who caused… my father’s death…” It was all her fault. If it weren’t for her, her father wouldn’t die. It was all her fault.

Hearing Xi’s sobbing words, Zichun instantly had red eyes and looked up at the sky to keep back her tears, “Stop thinking nonsense. If the Heavenly Emperor knew that you were blaming yourself, he wouldn’t rest in peace.”

Zichun brushed away Xi’s tears on her face gently. The Heavenly Emperor loved Xi so dearly. If he saw Xi was so deeply grieved and blamed herself for his death, he would feel sad.

After a while, Xi finally stopped crying. Leaning on Zichun’s shoulder, she looked at the sky outside the cave. At the moment, she seemed to see her parents reunite in heaven. It was great this way. Her father who had been alone for 1,000 years finally went to meet her mother.

“What a loving couple!” A coquettish voice suddenly sounded in the cave.

Hearing that familiar voice, Xi looked up only to see that Liqing suddenly appeared in front of them. She directly jumped up from the ground, “It’s you.” Her thrilled voice contained deep resentment.

Zichun looked at Xi who was thrilled and then turned around to look at Liqing who sneered. He abruptly furrowed his brows. What heavy monstrous Qi!

Liqing seemed not to see Zichun and only stared at Xi with a disdainful smile, “What? Did Mo Heng dump you? You came here to meet this kept boy again. I’m wondering how Mo Heng will react if he sees what you did here.”

Xi’s pretty face instantly darkened. There was nothing but infinite hatred in her dark purple eyes, “Enough talking. I’ll kill you.” Then, Xi just struck her palm at Liqing.

Seeing the scene, Liqing turned around and dodged it lightly. She looked at Xi and said with a dismissive expression, “You wanna kill me? With your 1,000 years of practice?” Xi had practiced for 1,000 years only. Liqing really didn’t care about her. After all, Liqing had outlived Xi by hundreds of thousands of years. No matter how talented Xi was, she couldn’t rival Liqing.

As Liqing dodged her attack with ease, Xi reached out her hand and a short sword appeared in her hand. Xi thrust the short sword at Liqing, “Liqing, you plotted to kill my father. You’re my sworn enemy. Our Immortal World is the polar opposite of your Monster World.”

Liqing’s eyes glistened. She sneered, “It’s your Immortal World, but it will turn into our Monster World soon.”

Xi and Zichun were also astonished to hear that.

Zichun dragged Xi behind and looked at Liqing, saying coldly, “What do you mean?”

Liqing darted a dismissive glance at Zichun and snorted, “What do I mean? Didn’t you already get it? You’ll become slaves of the Monster World soon…”

Zichun was horrified to hear that. The Heavenly Emperor had passed away. If the Monster World sent troops to attack the Immortal World, the Immortal World would lose for sure.

“Xi, let’s go.” Holding Xi’s hand, Zichun ran out of the cave. He must tell his father about this. Hopefully, it wasn’t too late.

Xi also knew the gravity of this and also hurriedly ran out of the cave with Zichun. Her father had passed away. She couldn’t watch the Immortal World her father had guarded all his life go to waste like this.

“You wanna run? Not that easy!” Seeing that the two of them wanted to run, Liqing got in front of them to block their way, “Go and catch them.”

Shortly after Liqing finished speaking, the men of sacrifice in black suddenly appeared to surround Zichun and Xi.

Back to back, Zichun and Xi faced the men of sacrifice in black at once. They were not weak but the men of sacrifice in black and Liqing were a lot stronger than them. So, they still failed.

Xi saw Zichun tied up too, her eyes glittering with a shimmer of self-accusation. She looked at Liqing and said, “Your target is me. Let him go.”

Hearing that, Liqing slightly smiled and walked to Zichun. She lifted his chin and sneered, “Let him go so that he could go back and get help? Who do you think I am?”

He was a rare handsome man. However, he was too young. She was not interested in him. Liqing loosened her grip on Zichun’s chin loathly and waved at the men of sacrifice in black, “Come here and take them back.”

In the Mo Palace of the Beast World, the next day.

Someone knocked on the door of Mo Heng’s room hurriedly, “Lord Beast God… Lord Beast God…”

Hearing that sound, Mo Heng and Jun Wuxie in the room both woke up slowly.

Mo Heng rubbed his forehead and frowned while Jun Wuxie didn’t seem to wake up with closed eyes in a daze.

“Lord Beast God, are you there?” The person was still knocking on the door and seemed to be anxious.

Mo Heng looked at the door with a frown, “Come in.”

Hearing Mo Heng’s voice, Xuanwu outside the room immediately pushed open the door and ran inside. Upon seeing Mo Heng, he immediately said with anxiety, “Lord Beast God, bad news. The Monster King conquered the Immortal World last night.”

Hearing Xuanwu’s words, Mo Heng and Jun Wuxie sobered up at once.

“What did you say?” Jun Wuxie stared at Xuanwu in disbelief.

Mo Heng looked at Xuanwu in astonishment. Given the Immortal World’s ability, how could the Monster World conquer the Immortal World?

Xuanwu immediately said, “It’s true. Now, Lizhi, the Monster King has occupied the Immortal World. I also heard…” Xuanwu glanced at Mo Heng and Jun Wuxie furtively, not daring to continue speaking.

Looking at Xuanwu faltering, Jun Wuxie got a bit anxious and thumped the table, “What did you hear? Just say it!” He was really anxious.

Frightened by the sound of thumping the table, Xuanwu swallowed, “I heard that Lou Che, the Heavenly Emperor had passed away…”

“Impossible.” Jun Wuxie jumped up from the chair with an astonished look. How could the Heavenly Emperor die? No, it must be wrong. It couldn’t be true.

Mo Heng also leaped from the chair and grabbed Xuanwu’s clothes, asking anxiously, “Where is Xi now?”

Seeing that Mo Heng lost control, Xuanwu instantly said honestly, “Princess Xi is on the Immortal Killing Terrace. She’s tied to the Dragon Pillar by the Monster King.”

Mo Heng disappeared right after Xuanwu finished speaking.

After being stunned for a while, Jun Wuxie also came to his senses, took out a red token from his arms and threw it at Xuanwu, “Go to the Demonic World. Allocate 100,000 demon soldiers to the Immortal World.” Then, with a flash, he disappeared.

Xuanwu looked at the red token in his hand, his eyes sparkling fiercely. 100,000 demon soldiers and 100,000 beast soldiers confronted the Monster World together. This time, the Monster World would probably be exterminated. Yet, they asked for this. It was because they hurt the people whom they shouldn’t have hurt.

On the Immortal Killing Terrace in the Immortal World.

Xi and Zichun were tied to two Dragon Pillars respectively. The sky was overcast with clouds. The thunder rumbled and struck Xi and Zichun through the darksteel chains on the Dragon Pillar.

With a pale face, Xi looked at Zichun with difficulty, her dark purple eyes full of apology, “I’m sorry… Zichun… I put you through this…”

Zichun cracked a comforting smile, “No… I didn’t protect you well!”

Although Zichun tried his best to make him sound normal, his trembling voice still made Xi’s nose twitch. She looked at Liqing on the platform and shouted, “The person you want to kill is me. Let go of Zichun. Just kill me.” If her death could be exchanged for Zichun’s safety, she wouldn’t hesitate.

Liqing stood on the platform and looked down at Xi tied to the Dragon Pillar. Her lips were curved into a sinister smile. Since Xi wanted to die, she was happy to grant Xi’s wish. She grabbed the bow and arrow from the soldier behind her and shot at Xi down there.