
The library room door was wide open. Xie Ruo walked into it, along with a small snake that floated in the air while darting around curiously.
"We're back here again, what are you gonna look for?" Long Long asked from within the realm of consciousness.
Xie Ruo looked around, there was no one. He walked around looking around, hoping for something new. "I wonder where this matter started."
"I think you want to know who just hurt you."
"That's why I wanted to know where it came from. Qu Xuanzi couldn't tell you any more details, because I didn't know what to ask myself. I'd better find it for myself."
"It looks like the boy found something, look!" exclaimed the Thunder Spirit, exiting the realm of consciousness just like that and jumping up and down the stairs.
Xiao Caihong floated above the rune floor with a puzzled look, while the Thunder Spirit instantly stood on top of him while jumping up and down.
"I'll open it once, but it's a failure." Xie Ruo remembered those complicated runes. But he did not manage to open it.
"Try it again, chances are you'll know the answer." The Thunder Spirit exclaimed once more in excitement. His round body jumped up and down like a ball.
Xie Ruo looked at the Thunder Spirit for a while, then obeyed what he said. It seemed like the trial of that time was still not enough until the Thunder Spirit urged him. Never mind, the fur ball is the one who knows the most about the problem of divinity.
"Don't use magic, but use soul power." The Thunder Spirit gave instructions. Soul power, means using a combination of dragon aura and pure energy as well as Thunder Spirit power. Those three mental powers that formed soul power were likely able to trigger unknown runes for some reason.
Xie Ruo followed the instructions, focusing on soul force. Silver light shot out from his hand, accompanied by faint dark blue spots spreading to the surface of the runes. Each soul force filled each slit of the runes slowly, creating a silver light that radiated to the ceiling and forming a pool of light.
The process happened quite quickly until Xie Ruo was somewhat surprised. He could feel his soul force being attracted even faster, as if calling him into a pool of light.
"How can you?" Xie Ruo was still confused. Clearly earlier he still could not open this strange rune and ended up extinguished.
"This rune can only be opened by the main god. The madam was still in the demi-god stage, unable to open it. Yet the little life in the Madam's body had the blood of a god, it was not impossible to open this little rune." Thunder Spirit spoke cheerfully, feeling great to have known many things.
Now, Xie Ruo had only understood. He did not think until there the cause he could activate the runes.
"All the answers are inside, Madam does not need to use too much soul force, let the rest of the runes set so as not to be hit by a counterattack."
Xie Ruo calmed back down and retracted his hand, letting his soul power float itself in the air fuse with the scattered rune light.
The silver light that glittered in the air gave an unreal vision and another life shadow. Xie Ruo's gaze changed instantly, becoming a place filled with beautiful plants and large mountains. There were too many fantasy things around him, until Xie Ruo thought that he was no longer in the same world.
When he noticed that the surroundings had turned into a green meadow with several flower gardens and clouds circling around as if they were above the clouds, Xie Ruo only realized that he had moved.
No, he didn't move, meaning his view changed. Like an illusion, or part of a past memory like when he was in the illusion of a nightmare. Only, this memory was not his.
It seems like the answer in question is to show everything that happened thousands of years ago. Xie Ruo remembered, he was in another part of the Upper World.
On the south side, the place where the main goddesses lived. Not only the main goddess, some of the natural goddesses were also here with the loyal followers fairies.
Since Xie Ruo opened the runes, then only he could see and be carried into the memory of the world. He no longer saw Xiao Caihong and the Thunder Spirit, nor did he see the books perched around the room. There is only land.
"Why am I here?" Now, that question filled his mind. Why does he have to be in a quiet place? What question is there no answer other than heaven and earth?
When thinking about it, someone flashed with carefree steps carrying the sunflower in his hand while humming. She was a woman, with a light symbol on her forehead and with a beautiful golden iris.
The woman sat on a rock, then took out a book and wrote something. His wiggly hands held the brush and books gently, then wrote them down carefully.
"The 50th Year, the Upper World. If it was in the God's World, hadn't it only been a few hours? Or minutes? Aih, why is it so long to wait only 10 years of the god world. Do I really have to wait another 10,000 years!" The woman was furious with her childish voice like a child sulking.
Xie Ruo was curious who the person who spoke such a strange thing was like a madman. His voice felt familiar making him very curious.
He approached to see it. A beautiful and bright face like the sun, supported by a beautiful golden iris that was more concentrated than the golden eyes of a fairy, looked full of strength and energy. He looked a bit pale, but it made him look more innocent with a childish face like a teenager. A peerless beauty powered by infinite brightness, even Xie Ruo was somewhat surprised.
Only, it was not her beauty that made Xie Ruo surprised. Other than the faces of the two of them who bore a slight resemblance, Xie Ruo was clearly very familiar with the face of the strange woman in front of him!
"Xie Ran?" Xie Ruo was shocked. Wait a minute, is he really in the memory of the world? Is this not an illusion caused by someone?
"Goddess of Light, you run so fast, I can't catch up to you ...."
The familiar voice returned making Xie Ruo very surprised. He turned around, seeing the figure of a beautiful woman standing while panting holding her knee. Even so, the bright smile on her alluring face was very hard to forget.
"Mother ...." Xie Ruo did not know what to say.
The woman was Wen Xi, walking towards the woman referred to as the Goddess of Light then closed the book she was holding.
"I told you to call me by name." The golden iris looked lazy while saving back the book and playing the sunflower petals.
Wen Xi chuckled. "Shu Xin, are you going to continue grumbling like this? 10,000 years isn't complicated, you can cultivate for a long time and sleep, without feeling like you've been through hundreds of thousands of years."
"I am made of nature, why do I still have to learn? When I was a grain of light, I learned and evolved a lot, but I still have to wait thousands of years. The world is boring." Shu Xin pouted like a spoiled child.
"But to them you're still a baby." Wen Xi sneered making Shu Xin even more pouty.
"Here you go, don't make fun of me anymore. Xi'er, are you still giving you less of a task until you dare to ditch like this?"
Another voice appeared from the other side. She looked very beautiful and had some resemblance to Wen Xi. His smile was very elegant and full of elegance.
"Sister, I'm just playing a little bit, what's wrong?" Wen Xi did not want to lose to her brother.
That woman was none other than Wen Ya, Wen Xi's sister. He looked more mature than his own slightly mischievous brother. Very contrasting difference.
"The Goddess of Light, if you don't mind, can come with Xi'er to spend some free time. Incidentally, there are so many things to do."
"Ah, I know. That old man must have told you to clean the dragon stables again, right?" Shu Xin spoke originally, yet her face was solemn.
Wen Xi looked at him strangely. "Not a cage, but an altar. Also, refine your vocabulary before going to the God World."
"I'm just a little wrong" Shu Xin grumbled.
"We're leaving now." Wen Ya pulled her naughty sister and liked to look for trouble by force—like pulling sheep. Let's just say, Wen Xi is too young to be called a woman, just like Shu Xin.
On the other hand, Xie Ruo was still speechless with all those interactions. Unexpectedly, her mother would be very familiar with a woman similar to her future child.
No, it looks like he caught something. As Qu Xuanzi once said about Xie Ran, he suspected that Xie Ran was actually Shu Xin, the Goddess of Light.
If that was true, why would the Goddess of Light commit treason? Though clearly the relationship between the goddess is very good like a brother. What happens after 10,000 years?
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Upper World Life could be said to be normal and not to interfere with each other. That said, the level of individualism is so high that more gods are lonely than those with spouses or friends.
Because of this, sometimes the gods ventured to seek experience or clear their minds with what they liked. Like this time, Shu Xin went to challenge herself to a dark place.
The border between the Upper World and the Underworld was clearly visible and separated by the terrifying River Styx. The woman flew with her angel-like wings among the darkness, seeing the many dark monsters that passed by avoiding her.
Wen Xi and Wen Ya were busy, she did not have any friends until she felt very bored. He heard that the River Styx was in trouble because of the spirit explosion that occurred due to the dark monsters that escaped from the eternal prison. He volunteered to solve the problem to fill his free time, all trying to enter an area of darkness that he had never stepped into.
Her position as a nature goddess was extremely powerful, let alone her strength was at the peak of the power of the nature goddesses. Because it is hundreds of years old—maybe—then its strength can be stronger than others.
Dark monsters that are in eternal prison are included in the category of dangerous monsters that can threaten the balance of nature. Shu Xin painstakingly defeated him, plus the power of his light was suppressed when in the darkness so that it could not be used to its full potential.
Because of this, he was injured. If it were not for taking the opportunity of the function of the Styx River that could blow up a spirit, he might have died. Since the monster had already returned to the eternal prison seal in his hands, he could return to the Upper World.
But as soon as he was about to return, the wounds on his wings worsened so he could not fly. Plus, the monster had poisoned him with a parasitic poison that would slowly corrode his body.
Since he was in the Underworld, he could not return for a while and was forced to settle down for a while. He went away from the demons, disguised his aura and roamed the forest in search of safety.
But who would have thought, he would meet a demon who was hunting and almost shot him. Luckily his arrow missed, or Shu Xin would die right then and there.
"You're not the devil." It's not a question, it's a statement. The demon looked at Shu Xin warily, but instead, Shu Xin looked extremely calm.
"Then are you going to kill me?" Shu Xin actually asked a question.
"Depends on what you're gonna do." The demon kept his bow back. Looking at the injuries Shu Xin had sustained, he felt it was not bad if it saved the other races a little. "In my place there is also someone from another race, I might be able to help you."
"What is an offer of help?"
"So much as your judgment."
Shu Xin was silent for a while. Inevitably, he followed the man half-heartedly. The man took her to a remote place, then helped her treat the wound. Since the Underworld was already used to venomous animals, the man knew the antidote potion of all poisons and happened to be able to cure the poison that ran through Shu Xin's veins.
From then on, Shu Xins gaze towards the demons changed. Not all demons are bad. Although there were some annoying ones such as throwing him out blatantly because of his overly opposite aura, there were still those who helped him. Especially that guy.
"I don't know your name yet." Shu Xin did not know how to call him and how he would return the favor later. At least he should know his name.
"Came ... Yuwen Yue."
"Shu Xin's."
"You're too easy to reveal your name." Yuwen Yue snorted.
"You're too easy."
"I'm famous enough." It is useless to hide his name.
Shu Xin shook her shoulders. "I'm famous too." As long as it doesn't tell her true identity as a goddess, it doesn't matter. He didn't like his handpicked name being changed.
Not knowing since when and how, they became familiar.
As one would say, no friendship between a man and a woman is everlasting. From being a stranger at first, you can become a friend, then you can become more than a friend. Especially if the time continues to run so long, exceeding the length of human life.
Shu Xin and Yuwen Yue, established an interracial relationship that was forbidden by the two worlds at once secretly. Moreover, after the marriage between the Goddess of Life and the Demon God was announced, the opportunity between them grew closer.
Merely, there was a time where Shu Xin had to retreat from her long-run steps. While visiting the Dragon God residence to meet Wen Xi and Wen Ya, he heard things that made his heart waver.
Wen Xi knelt before the door of the Dragon God room. It seemed like he had been on his knees long enough until his body trembled, his legs had also appeared weak, his eyes were as if they were crying. It did not move a single inch from its place.
"Miss, don't keep going like this. If the Dragon God had already decided, no one would be able to change it. Unless the Celestial Emperor commands directly, no one can change all of this." The bodyguards on the side of the Dragon God tried to persuade.
Ever since Wen Ya left the Upper World following a dragon in Middle World, the situation of the residence was very complicated. Moreover, the Dragon God also looked even tougher than usual.
"Then, do I have to kneel in front of the Celestial Emperor's room as well?" Wen Xi spoke in a flat tone.
"Miss ...."
"Even my own father doesn't care about his daughter, what about the Celestial Emperor?" He remembered how the Dragon God ignored Wen Ya's departure and chose to concern himself. It made his heart cut.
"It's not like that. Miss Wen Ya has already decided, the Dragon God does not want this to happen either."
"Then do I just have to watch?" Wen Xi looked at the bodyguard sharply. His gaze made the bodyguard somewhat afraid.
"Miss, this matter has already been decided. Miss Wen Ya went to Middle World and unleashed her power, it was an option. The Dragon God also could not curb his choices."
"Why didn't anyone tell me? What do I think is not important in your eyes?" Wen Xi did not want to know and remained adamant on her stance. "The world is vast, not knowing what's going to happen in the future."
"Nothing bad will happen. Miss don't trouble yourself, the Dragon God will be sad to see it."
Wen Xi remained silent unwilling to move. He no longer responded to the bodyguard's words, making the bodyguard sigh.
On the other hand, Shu Xin approached the emotion-filled Wen Xi. The bodyguard retreated, letting Shu Xin as a friend persuade Wen Xi not to continue fighting with the Dragon God.
Looking at the face that was usually always smiling brightly, now turned cloudy, Shu Xin sighed. "Are you going to keep going like this? I'll be mad."
"You don't understand," Wen Xi replied.
True, Shu Xin did not understand, because he had never been a being with real feelings like other beings. It is made of light, without family and relatives, and lives to lead the light.
But it was the old Shu Xin. Shu Xin now knew exactly what kind of fear one would experience just because of a difference. Although his feelings were stiff and not deep, he still had a feeling of fear.
"There's no point crying over unnecessary things. If you want to meet Wen Ya, I will take you to Middle World, see if she is okay or not all asking for an explanation. Is that enough?"
Shu Xin tugged at Wen Xi's dress, persuading her to stand up. Wen Xi was reluctant to do so until Shu Xin had to pull her over, forcing her to stand up.
"There's nothing to say to the Dragon God. Are you going to keep begging like a fool? Follow me!" Shu Xin pouted, then looked at the bodyguard cynically before going to pull Wen Xi over.
At first the bodyguard wanted to stop, but what was the power in front of the Goddess of Light? He could only resign himself, and report everything to the Dragon God.
That event was the beginning of a choice. A choice between strength and loneliness, or a brief inner feeling and simplicity. Just like Wen Ya, Shu Xin also had to face both options.