When the crisp and childish voice entered the young man’s ears, it carried a different meaning. It was soft and scratched at one’s heart. Qing Mu frowned. He did not like to be interrupted, but after he saw Hou Chi’s serious little expression, a smile arose in his eyes. He didn’t know why he suddenly had such a complicated and peculiar feeling, but Qing Mu turned around to face a serious Hou Chi, who was sitting on a rock. “Hou Chi, you’re always saying that you’re the god of the Three Realms, but you can’t guess my origin?”

The doll-like female who had a question asked back to her looked at the young man in front of her, furrowed her eyebrows. Qing Mu, who was standing not far away, raised his eyebrows and looked around with a faint smile, which made her think of a verse in “A Nation’s Color”, a script from the Mortal Realm.

Hou Chi coughed, and her face was tense. After silently reciting “beauty can distract” a few times, she looked at Qing Mu seriously, “My nobility does not mean that my spiritual power is high. This is something that the whole Three Realms know. I’m not being dramatic. Just say it, what is your origin? Even if I am ignorant, I have never heard of any immortal lord being able to completely extinguish the purple flames at the Demon Realm’s Gate of Life and Death. Even when Dong Hua broke through the Gate of Life and Death, he only swayed the purple flames!”

Dong Hua was a veteran high lord, and there weren’t many people in the Three Realms that had higher spiritual power than him. If the goal was to slightly weaken the purple flames of the Gate of Life and Death, there were quite some people who could accomplish it, but there has never been a person in these tens of thousands of years who was able to completely distinguish them with one move. What’s more, that sky-defying aura, although it only lasted for a second…perhaps only the Demon Emperor had the power to contend with it.

Qing Mu had only been famous for over a thousand years. His teacher was unknown, and his origin was a mystery. Apart from his unpredictable height of immortal power, and his cold personality, no one knew anything about him.

As abnormal as a demon, at Qing Mu’s age, if he could cultivate to this state, he might become the fifth god of the post-ancient world.

“Oh, this Gate of Life and Death has such a big name.” Qing Mu raised his eyebrows with a little surprise, spreading his hands under the serious gaze of Hou Chi. “Stop looking at me like that, I also don’t know what just happened. As for my origin, didn’t I say this, that I had something to ask about Bo Xuan?”

“Are you saying that Bo Xuan knows about your origin? Don’t you know your own origin?” Hou Chi’s expression froze. She didn’t really trust Qing Mu’s words. How would there be a person who didn’t know of their own origin? And what does this have to do with Bo Xuan?

“With your identity as Goddess Hou Chi, you can just ask him. What’s so strange about me not knowing my origin?!” Qing Mu walked to Hou Chi’s side and bent to pick her up under her stunned expression. He turned around to walk to the street in front of them, then silently recited some words, and the two of them were covered in a black robe again.

The endless stream of people passed by the two of them, all rushing in one direction. In this Third Heaven of indifferent killing, no one noticed the two’s existence. It was quiet for a long time, and then a youth’s voice sounded under the black robes, which carried a bit of helplessness and some invisible melancholy.

“Stop moving, I’ll tell you. I was born in the depths of the North Sea. I didn’t have any memory when I woke up. There was nothing else on my body besides the stone bracelet on my wrist. The only thing I remembered was…” Qing Mu paused for a moment, and he paused like flowing water, “Someone once told me, as long as I could find the person who gave me the stone bracelet, I could learn of my origin. For so many years, the stone bracelet on your wrist is the only clue I found.”

“Who told you this?” A muffled voice came from his chest, and the little hand holding Qing Mu’s arm slightly tightened invisibly.

Bo Xuan had also told her that when she knew the reason why he gave her the stone bracelet, it would be the time that they would meet again.

“I don’t know.” The solemn voice was a little mocking, and Qing Mu sped up, continuing to walk forward, “But there will be a day when I will go to him.”

His voice was firm and bitter, but the two didn’t hear his invisible hesitation.

Perhaps Qing Mu subconsciously understood that when he learned about Bo Xuan from the Demon Emperor, it might be the day the two parted ways.

One was a goddess from Qingchi Palace who was admired by the entire Three Realms, and one was the high lord with the most potential in a thousand years. But the difference between a goddess and a lord was already established by the heavens, so after this ended, there would be no reason to stay together anymore.

The Immortal Realm had no months or years, and went on forever, tossing and turning. Qing Mu never knew that the little god who was dormant in Qingchi Palace had such a personality. She was smart and weak, arrogant and overbearing, but it seemed like she could cover the whole world with beauty, like a mysterious and magnificent treasure.

He understood his change after Hou Chi became smaller. He was more withdrawn. He rarely made friends in the Three Realms. The noise and jokes now were a relaxing moment he had never experienced before. Hou Chi’s current appearance gave him a sense of familiarity from the soul as if he had been with her for endless years, but…he didn’t have any memories of her.

He never knew, in his life that consisted of thousands of years, his mind of obsession would be broken by someone. He suddenly felt after stepping into the Third Heaven that perhaps…coming to the Demon Realm to find the Demon Emperor was not a totally necessary thing to do.

As for the mysterious aura in his body when he was in front of the Gate of Life and Death, he wasn’t very surprised. It had appeared when he was in danger of dying after killing the nine-headed snakes in the North Sea. This aura was also the reason why he was so desperate to find out about his past. No one wished for their past to be blank, even if their past was a god or demon.

Although the Third Heaven had the strongest demonic power, it had the smallest scope. Under the towering buildings, Chongzi Palace stood in the center, dazzling. Qing Mu didn’t walk very slowly, and in a flash, the two were within 100 meters of Chongzi Palace, but it was impossible to get closer.

Chongzi Palace was surrounded by a group of people 100 meters away. From time to time, there were shouts and the clanging of weapons, which surprised the approaching two people. Chongzi Palace was also an important place in the Demon Realm, why would people be trying to create trouble? And the Demon Emperor…would allow this?

However, incompetent people would be unable to enter the Third Heaven. They must have some real skills. With such a big fuss, the Demon Emperor would definitely come out to relieve the crowd, and this would save him a lot of things.

Qing Mu was thinking about this when a cold and bitter sword aura swept within 100 meters, and the fierce bursting momentum caused the crowd to take a few steps back. Taking advantage of this gap, Qing Mu’s figure moved, and he squeezed into the crowd with Hou Chi in his arms.

Seeing the scene in front of him, even with his concentration, he was a little surprised.

The two people fighting in front of them were in desperate postures, and both had demon lord powers. A slender woman in hard armor had a nice appearance and was quite majestic. She wielded a big sword in one hand and moved forward. With angry eyebrows, the mighty and resolute man strained his face and used his hand like a sword, signaling that he would make no compromises. He seemed to not have a pitying attitude at all. In a flash, the aggressive woman slowed down and was gradually suppressed by the man’s heavy fist, falling.

The fierce sword aura swept across the air, accompanied by the clanging of a sword. The solid black stone underneath them was grounded into powder, and the dust floated into the sky.

With such a fierce battle, it wouldn’t be too much to call it a matter of life and death, but the crowd looked very relaxed, obviously taking this scene as a normal part of their lives.

Everyone didn’t look very closely, but with Qing Mu’s eyes, he could tell that the man didn’t try his best, even…to prevent himself from injuring that woman, his punch also had some self-imposed injury strength.

There was a cracking sound, the fighting stopped abruptly, and the dust in the sky slowly fell, revealing the situation in the square. The woman with a long knife in her hand was half-kneeling on the ground, coldly looking at the calm man standing in front of Chongzi Palace. The man in front of the palace was gasping heavily.

“Sigh, Demon Lord Chang Qin is here again. She can’t even be Second Highness’s opponent.” Although the surrounding people were shocked by the battle, the expected results made them unable to say their thoughts out loud.

“So what if she can’t defeat him. It won’t work if Second Highness just wastes time like this. It has been so many years! He wants to repay a favor, but he can’t drag Demon Lord Chang Qin into this!” A nine-foot man buzzed. He looked at the woman kneeling in the square, with a bit of fiery feeling and admiration in his eyes.

“Old Four, you are being thick-skinned. If Second Highness hears you, don’t think about walking out of the Third Heaven upright.”

The arguing may not have been heard by the two people in the center, but Qing Mu, who stood to the side, heard it very clearly. Hearing the crowd’s words, he looked at the woman who was half-kneeling on the ground and sighed.

For 60,000 years, the Demon Realm had been able to confront the Immortal Realm for thousands of years without defeat. Their biggest reliance was the two armies, Regiments One and Two. One regiment was controlled by the Second Highness, Sen Yu, who was part of the Demon Emperor’s clan. The other was controlled by Chang Qin, the strongest member of the demon fox clan that had ancient blood. Chang Qin may not be as powerful as Sen Yu, but she was extremely clever and was a born general. The two armies cast spikes in the Demon World and made great achievements in the guarding of the Demon Realm.

The two worked together for a long time and admired each other. The Demon Emperor was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. After learning that his son was interested in marrying Chang Qin, he even went up to the demon fox clan to propose marriage. When the two’s relationship progressed, it coincided with the battle between the Immortal and Demon Realms, and Sen Yu disappeared in the chaotic battle, and it was unclear whether he was alive or dead.

With such a big battle, the unclarity of being alive or dead was just a statement of comfort. At that time, everyone knew that the brave Second Highness…would probably not come back.

Everyone in the Demon Realm sighed. The Demon Emperor had already lost a son because of Feng Ran, and now there was only the First Prince, who devoted himself to cultivation. The person who proposed was dead, and Chang Qin was no longer bound to the vows. She could now come and go as she pleased, but she didn’t give up and stayed in Chongzi Palace. Although she was a woman, she was very intelligent and loved by the entire Demon World. With her woman identity, she supported the Demon Realm for the Demon Emperor.

In a blink of an eye, many years passed. The Demon Realm, which had been silent for one hundred years, welcomed back the Second Highness Sen Yu, who was already deemed dead by many. But unfortunately, he didn’t come back by himself. His companion was a weak multicolored fox. Rumors said that the fox cultivated for a thousand years, and had great difficulties transforming into its human form after destroying its demon inner pellet to save Sen Yu.

After Sen Yu came back, he announced at the grand welcoming party to the entire Demon Realm that he would marry the little fox who saved his life when he was in trouble, and canceled the marriage with Chang Qin.

Under such circumstances, no one could accuse him of anything. Chang Qin waited for Sen Yu for many years, all the while supporting the Demon Realm with righteousness. This little fox saved the dying Sen Yu with its lifelong cultivation, which was a huge grace. No matter what choice he made, he would lose one of them, but to everyone’s surprise, he gave up on Chang Qin, who had been with him for over ten thousand years and went through life and death with him.

This was the end of the matter. With Chang Qin’s arrogance, she wouldn’t stay in the Third Heaven, but when she left, she discovered that she couldn’t leave the Third Heaven.

The Demon Realm had rules. In the Third Heaven, a hundred demon lords had to guard Chongzi Palace. If a person was missing, others could not leave at will. After that year’s big war, the demons suffered heavy damage and lost their strength, and the number of demon deities was fundamental. There were less than one hundred demon lords, and under the restriction of the Gate of Life and Death, Chang Qin was forcibly kept in the Third Heaven. And then another few thousand years passed.

It has been a long time now. The little fox still hadn’t transformed into its human form, so the wedding had never been held, but the number of demon lords in the Demon Realm had never reached one hundred. There were ninety-nine at most because no one would challenge after that. At first, Chang Qin thought that the Demon Realm’s power hadn’t recovered, but after these few thousand years, even fools knew what was going on, but if Sen Yu remained silent, who would dare take the risk of offending the Demon Emperor’s clan and try to break through?

Therefore, a hundred years ago, Chang Qin and Sen Yu agreed that if she could defeat him, she could leave the Third Heaven forever and never return.

The battle had evolved from once every few years to once every few months. Everyone gradually became a little numb to this, but under Chang Qin’s increasingly fierce means, no one dared regard it as a trifling matter.

After thousands of years of entanglement, everyone knew that the two people in the arena couldn’t let it go, but both had arrogant and cold personalities. What happened back then was a knot that would never be untangled. Now, although the two were close together, it was as if they were as far as the sky and earth.

“Chang Qin, you lost.” A firm and steady voice came from the front of Chongzi Palace. Sen Yu’s eyes flashed with a sense of ease. He wanted to step forward to help the half-kneeling woman up, but he paused under her cold and stern gaze.

“Don’t worry, losing is just losing. I won’t do anything that will make me regretful. I will come in half a month for the next fight.” Chang Qin said loudly, throwing her hand off the knife. She stood up and walked in the direction opposite Chongzi Palace.

Chang Qin’s words sounded heroic and majestic. Anyone would describe her as a bold and stoic woman at first glance, but they didn’t know that the months and years had trained her. Her silhouette held some staggering and desolate meaning.

A deep pain flashed across Sen Yu’s eyes, who was standing in front of the palace. His lips moved, and he suddenly said, “You are practicing too hard to achieve what you want. Why not change the half-month date to three months. You can come to Chongzi Palace to heal your injuries, how does that sound?”

Anyone could hear that the voice held a little pleading.

The purple figure that had already walked far suddenly paused, and Chang Qin turned around, her eyes deepening and filled with tiredness and determination. “Sen Yu, if you let me go, I will be grateful. Please don’t bring up anything else. Even if I am to suffer hundreds and thousands of humiliating defeats, I will never step foot in Chongzi Palace again.”

She waited for him for one hundred years in this palace. In the end, she was exhausted and heartbroken inside. So love is this!

At this very moment, a blue shadow flew across Chongzi Palace, and a blue and white little fox ran out of the palace, timidly pulling on Sen Yu’s robes, its slender eyes full of anxiety.

Sen Yu froze. He picked it up, petted it, and sighed.

With a soft hum, Chang Qin looked at the person and fox under Chongzi Palace, her eyes cold, and turned to leave.

“Hey, I didn’t know that the Demon Realm has such a rule. It is true that anyone who hasn’t beaten you, the Second Highness of the Demon Realm, can never leave the Third Heaven?”

The arrogant voice came from the crowd, with arrogance and domineering air not weaker than Chang Qin’s, infected with a bit of evil intentions.

The surrounding people were shocked, and while thinking that someone in the Demon Realm dared to talk back to Second Highness Sen Yu, they looked at the speaker