Chapter 1506: The Devil Emperor's Determination

You’er, along with Hong’er, entered the world of the Sky Poison Pearl. She didn't spend much time looking around this novel world and soon fell asleep with Hong’er.

After all, both she and Hong’er needed a long time to adapt to their new, unusual soul states.

Although she had merged with a sword spirit, and You’er’s existence, like Hong’er’s, had become half-human, half-sword, at least her soul was now complete. Her emotional expression, language, touch, and smell would slowly recover, and she would gradually possess a true life and body.

"Now, I have no more worries," Jie Yuan murmured softly to herself.

But were there truly no more worries...?

"Senior, what did you say?" Jie Yuan's words were too soft for Yun Che to hear clearly. Yet, the faint sound he did catch made him vaguely sense something unusual.

Jie Yuan turned to look at him, her expression cold and solemn. "Now, not only Hong’er, but You’er’s life is also connected to yours. My daughter and Ni Xuan's daughter, both of my daughters with Ni Xuan, their future destinies will be entirely in your hands."

Yun Che's expression was calm, and he said with utmost solemnity, "Senior, please rest assured, I swear here..."

"Hmph, no need," Jie Yuan interrupted him before he could finish. "There is nothing more ridiculous than an oath in this world. I do this not just because you are the only option, but also because of my trust in you."

"Alright," Yun Che nodded. "I will not betray Senior's trust."

As the supreme Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, to completely entrust her daughters' fates to him, a mere mortal, was undoubtedly the greatest and most profound trust in the current era, and also an immense pressure.

"Since that is the case, I should fulfill my promise," Jie Yuan said slowly in an incredibly calm tone, uttering words that utterly shocked Yun Che. "I will destroy the passage opened in the Wall of Primordial Chaos by the Qiankun Thorn, preventing my kin from returning and ensuring they will never pose a threat to the current Primal Chaos Realm."

"..." Yun Che stood dumbfounded, gazing at Jie Yuan, unable to speak for a long time.

Jie Yuan's intention was actually... to make those Devil Gods remain outside the Primal Chaos Realm forever, never to return!

And as Jie Yuan said, they would absolutely not harm the current Primal Chaos Realm in the slightest!

This was an answer Yun Che had absolutely never expected, and a result no one could possibly believe.

If this were truly the case, Jie Yuan had undoubtedly, for the safety of the current world, betrayed and abandoned all of her kin!

From Jie Yuan's perspective, the beings of the current world were undoubtedly nothing more than the most humble mortals, no different from the tiniest ants. With just a flick of her finger, she could decide the life, death, and fate of all beings and all star realms.

No one would doubt that her kin, banished to the outer chaos because of her and suffering with her for millions of years, each one held more importance in her heart than all the beings of the current world combined!

But now, she actually said with her own mouth... that she would personally abandon all her kin!!

"Senior, are... are you... serious?" Yun Che's words were exceptionally difficult to articulate.

"Do you remember what I told you on the first day of my return?" Jie Yuan said slowly, her expression still unwavering. Perhaps this decision had been in her heart for a long time. "I told you then that after my kin returned, I would not control their venting of hatred, and it would be impossible to control them."

"..." Yun Che, of course, remembered.

"Although I am the Devil Emperor of the Heaven Smiting Devil Clan, and back then, my command was an inviolable decree within the clan, yet..." Jie Yuan seemed to let out a faint sigh. "Their souls are ultimately far less powerful than mine. Years of pain, resentment, and despair have long twisted their dispositions. Every Devil God who still survives has become a thorough ghost of resentment."

"If they return to this world, they will wildly vent their rage on everything. No one, no method, can stop them, including me."

"Furthermore, over ninety percent of our kin have perished in the outer chaos over the years. The remaining Devil Gods are also in a state of exhaustion, their lives dwindling. They have very little lifespan left; even the one with the longest lifespan has, at most, only ten thousand years left."

"Rather than letting them bear endless sins in their remaining short lifespans and ravage the now fragile Primal Chaos Realm, it would be better to..."

Jie Yuan's words suddenly stopped, as if she couldn't continue. She turned her face slightly away, a faint trace of pain flashing across her features.

Yun Che listened silently. Jie Yuan's words undoubtedly pulled the fate of the Primal Chaos Realm from the brink of abyss back to paradise. He could already foresee the immense excitement and ecstasy of the Divine Realm's people once they heard this news.

Yun Che should naturally have been surprised and delighted, but facing Jie Yuan, what surged in his heart more was surprise and shock.

She would actually sacrifice and abandon all of her kin for this Primal Chaos Realm that once wronged her and now had almost no relation to her. How could she... how could she...

Undoubtedly, she would feel ashamed towards all of her kin and even more ashamed towards herself. The most painful part would undoubtedly be for her.

This was her answer. This was her... the decision of a devil, and a Devil Emperor!

The shock in his heart was inexpressible.

"You can now bring this news to those who are anxiously waiting," Jie Yuan spoke again. "Let them feel at ease sooner. At that time, I will go to the place of my return and destroy the spatial passage... Only I can destroy it. And once destroyed, a similar spatial passage will never be able to reappear."

"..." Yun Che nodded, his movements exceptionally stiff. "Alright."

"After that, Hong’er and You’er will be entrusted to you. Remember your promise... If you dare to harm or abandon them, no matter where I am, alive or dead, I will never forgive you!"

"Senior, please rest assured, I will..." Just as he was about to make another solemn promise, he suddenly realized something was amiss with Jie Yuan's words. He frowned, and asked in astonishment, "Senior, where... where are you going? Are you... not going to be by Hong’er and You’er's side anymore?"

"Go where?" Jie Yuan smiled faintly. She looked towards the distant east, her eyes as deep as darkness. "Of course, I will accompany my kin."

Yun Che was startled again and said urgently, "Senior, you..."

"Back then, they were all implicated by me and were banished to the outer chaos." Jie Yuan knew what Yun Che wanted to say. She coldly interrupted him. "They struggled stubbornly in the outer chaos for so many years, all for the hope of today. Yet I will personally extinguish this sole hope, cruelly betraying them."

"My sins are unforgivable; how could I abandon them again?"

"..." Yun Che stared fixedly at Jie Yuan. Her body was shrouded in darkness. Her face was etched with countless horrifying scars that even her power could not erase. Her eyes were as terrifying as an abyss, making one afraid to meet her gaze even for a moment.

She was clearly the most terrifying devil in the eyes of the world, the one most intolerable to heaven and earth, the most dreadful Devil Emperor among devils...

"Senior, you don't have to do this." Yun Che's heart and soul trembled with immense complexity. His understanding of devils had been completely overturned once again. "Because of your Qiankun Thorn, your kin have been able to exist until now. The hope of return is also because of you. You... don't owe anyone anything."

"Moreover, both You’er and Hong’er need you."

Once, he had greatly feared the return of the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor.

And now, his heart and soul so strongly wished for her not to leave.

"My return to the outer chaos is not merely because I don't want to abandon my kin," Jie Yuan said, still calm and indifferent. "Yun Che, do you think... I am someone who should exist in this world?"

"..." Yun Che was momentarily unable to answer.

"The current Primal Chaos aura and laws are several levels weaker than they were in the past. My power, my very existence, is beyond what the current Primal Chaos laws can bear. You've already seen that with my return, profound beasts have started to go mad on an increasingly large scale. One planet and star realm after another have begun to suffer from order collapse."

"During my time on the Blue Pole Star, although I managed to control the collapse of order there, in less than two months, the order of nearly ten thousand surrounding planets completely collapsed. Half of these planets had all their living beings annihilated. And these are the sins I have caused... enormous, unforgivable sins."

If any being could achieve True Godhood in this world, they would be born in accordance with the world's laws and would not affect its order. But Jie Yuan was a sudden arrival from the "outer chaos," and her power level was simply too high, causing too great an impact on the Primal Chaos order.

The disasters she caused were far beyond what ordinary people could even imagine.

"If I continue to exist here, it's unknown how long it will take for the Primal Chaos Realm to adapt to my presence. And by that time, who knows how many planets, star realms, and living beings will have been annihilated because of me."

"Since I've decided to sacrifice my kin for this world, then I am even more a person who should not be in this world."

"This is my decision, a decision that will not change. For me, for Hong’er and You’er, for you, and for all beings in this Primal Chaos Realm, this is the best outcome."

Jie Yuan's voice lingered in Yun Che's ears and soul for a long time, unable to dissipate.

Yes, this was the best outcome. The Devil Gods would not return. Even the Devil Emperor would voluntarily return to the outer chaos. This was an ending that even the most absurd dreams of the past could not have conceived, so beautiful it felt unreal.

But for some reason, Yun Che couldn't feel happy. He took a while to compose himself and asked, "When?"

"In nine days," Jie Yuan replied. "Any later, and it might be too late."

If the passage to the outer chaos were fully opened and those Devil Gods poured in, even the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor would be unable to stop them.

"..." Yun Che was speechless once again.

"Do you suddenly feel that I am great?" Jie Yuan said lightly.

Yun Che nodded. "You are clearly a devil, yet why can you do so much for ordinary beings who are unrelated to you?"

"Heh, a devil..." Jie Yuan gave a cold smile. "Yes, I am a devil, one who... is worthy of him."

"..." Yun Che smiled and said softly, "Yes, I finally understand why the Evil God was willing to violate the greatest taboos to be with you, and why he resolutely abandoned his title as Creation God for you. You are worthy of him, you are more worthy of him than anyone else in this world."

At this moment, his reverence for Jie Yuan far surpassed his fear.

Jie Yuan showed no reaction to Yun Che's words, which came from the depths of his soul. She suddenly said, "Yun Che, answer me one question."

"Tell me, is this world... worthy of me doing this?"

Yun Che looked up and said, "From your perspective, Senior, I cannot answer. From my perspective, that of a selfish Primal Chaos mortal... yes, it is worthy."

"Compared to the world of gods and devils in the past, the current Primal Chaos space is humble. But this world, without gods and devils, has undergone so many years of evolution and has developed a new stable order and mature survival laws. It has its own secure planes and spaces. Although it has many despicable and dark corners, and can sometimes even make one despair, more often, there is kindness and beauty. At the very least... it is worth me protecting it with everything I have."

Jie Yuan seemed to listen to his answer with surprising seriousness. She looked at Yun Che and slowly said, "Good. I also hope that you can always believe that. However..."

A strange black light suddenly flashed in her eyes, and her voice became deep and somber. "Yun Che, had it not been for your rescue of Hong’er back then and your care for You’er over these years, I would not have let go of the resentment in my heart so quickly. Had it not been for your trustworthiness in entrusting Hong’er and You’er's future to you, I would never have made today's decision. Therefore, it is indeed you who saved this world. The title of 'savior' is well-deserved for you!"

"You must remember this point!"

Saving Hong’er on the Primordial Profound Ark back then could be considered a fated encounter. His frequent visits to accompany You’er were largely because You’er had first saved his life. Yet, whether it was Hong’er or You’er, Yun Che at that time would never have imagined that his encounters and interactions with them would imperceptibly and completely change the fate of the Primal Chaos Realm, saving countless beings.

"However, I still feel a certain... unwillingness."

"Unwillingness?" Yun Che's face showed confusion.

"I cannot be certain if this world is truly worthy of me sacrificing my kin, nor can I be certain if this world, saved by you, will one day betray you."

"To betray you would be to betray my daughters, and to betray the greatest reason I sacrificed everything to preserve this world!"

"Therefore..."

The black light in Jie Yuan's eyes suddenly converged, and as the world abruptly darkened, Jie Yuan's palm struck directly at Yun Che's chest...