Chapter 1914: Lies

“Sister, I’m home!”

“Oh?”

As soon as Shui Meiyin landed, she sensed that something was terribly wrong with the atmosphere.

Shui Yingyue’s brows were tightly furrowed, and her aura was clearly chaotic and unstable. Shui Qianheng stood to one side, his expression solemn.

Yet, Yun Che’s aura was nowhere to be found.

“What happened?” Shui Meiyin asked, a sudden bad premonition rising in her heart.

“That’s what I should be asking you,” Shui Yingyue exhaled slowly. “What’s wrong with Yun Che?”

Shui Meiyin quickly stepped forward and grabbed Shui Yingyue’s sleeve. “Sister, you answer me first! What exactly happened?”

Shui Yingyue’s expression was complex, showing confusion, worry, and even… anger!

“He… first used quite despicable means to make me distraught, then took the opportunity to use a strange method to control my soul. After that, he asked me a few questions.”

“…!!” Shui Meiyin’s heart gave a sudden lurch.

“What… questions?” Her voice became several shades softer.

After all, Shui Yingyue’s soul power was strong. Once she calmed down, she fully recalled what had happened during the brief period her soul was controlled. “What he asked was precisely the question you’ve reminded us about several times over the past two years… whether you left at all while he was unconscious back then.”

Shui Meiyin’s lips trembled noticeably.

“How… how did you answer?” Shui Meiyin asked, somewhat distraught.

She knew about Yun Che’s Profound Vein Soul Control… she knew that in that state, the person whose soul was controlled could not lie.

“I didn’t leave… I answered truthfully,” Shui Yingyue said. “He also asked, finally, if you had reminded us to lie and say you had left briefly, and I answered yes.”

Shui Meiyin: “…”

“He asked me the same question,” Shui Qianheng said in a deep voice. “But I followed your previous reminders and answered that you had left briefly and I didn’t know where you went… However, it seems he didn’t believe me.”

“Meiyin,” Shui Qianheng said sternly, looking at his daughter’s progressively paling face, “What exactly is this question about? Can’t you tell us now? Yingyue said that when he left just now, he looked completely lost… I can hardly believe there’s anything in this world that could make him look like that.”

“…” Shui Meiyin moved her lips, and after a while, she spoke in a very soft voice, “Did he ask… if I had left before he was sent to the Glazed Light Realm?”

“No,” Shui Yingyue replied without hesitation.

Her already pale face turned even more ashen.

“I understand… I’ll go find him first. Don’t follow me.”

Shui Meiyin left, looking utterly distraught… exactly like Yun Che had looked moments before.

Shui Qianheng and Shui Yingyue exchanged glances, remaining silent for a long time.

Beneath a tall, withered ancient tree, Yun Che sat silently, gazing into the distance.

Occasionally, a few scattered dead leaves fell, but before they could reach his body, they were shattered and repelled by his chaotic and disordered aura.

Shui Meiyin bit her lip, slowly approaching. Her footsteps on the thick layer of dead leaves made a disquieting sound.

“Yun Che…” she stood beside Yun Che, looking at his profile and calling softly.

Yun Che did not turn his head. He looked straight ahead and said in a slightly hoarse voice, “For all my suspicions, for every inconsistency, you gave me sufficient explanations. You were even willing to swear a poisonous oath… and then, you gave me an irrefutable reason.”

“But do you know why I still can’t convince myself?”

“Because while everything else could just be ‘suspicion’ or ‘possibility,’ there’s one thing I’m absolutely certain you lied about.”

“…” Shui Meiyin bit her lips even harder. She knew what Yun Che was referring to… She had even started trying to fill this “loophole” early on, but in the end…

Yun Che continued, “Back then, when you told me everything, you clearly stated that immediately after news arrived of me becoming a devil and being hunted by the entire realm, you secretly went to Blue Pole Star without your father and sister’s knowledge to transfer Blue Pole Star to the Southern Divine Region… After that, I, still unconscious, was sent to the Glazed Light Realm.”

“But I know that Blue Pole Star could not have been moved at that time.”

“I… I…” Shui Meiyin was on the verge of tears. She knew that at this point, any explanation would be futile.

“The image imprinted by Wuxin using the Everlasting Shadow Stone was in Flowing Cloud City,” Yun Che said slowly. It was a place he could never mistake. “As a small city in the lower realms, Flowing Cloud City has very strict and frequent day-night cycles.”

“Back then, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor’s departure time was set by herself and communicated to me long in advance. I remember clearly that it corresponded roughly to the Zi hour (midnight to 1 AM) in the Profound Sky Continent.”

“At that time, Flowing Cloud City was in darkness.”

“Later, the anomaly occurred. The moment the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor left, I was already in despair, then knocked unconscious and teleported away by Qianye with the Empty Extinction Stone… I was sent to a place where I happened to meet Luo Changsheng and Huo Poyun, who were traveling together.”

“I once reviewed Luo Changsheng’s memory, which was sealed by the Sword Sovereign, through Wuyao’s Soul Smiting, and thus knew that I was saved by Huo Poyun, and also knew the exact time and star region where they encountered me, unconscious.”

“Given Huo Poyun’s cultivation, transporting me from that star region to the Glazed Light Realm at full speed would take about one hour.”

“At that time, the Profound Sky Continent had just entered the Chou hour (1 AM to 3 AM), and Flowing Cloud City would still be in darkness. And even if… Huo Poyun had deliberately halved his speed and taken two hours to deliver me, the night in Flowing Cloud City would still not have completely dispersed.”

“If you had moved Blue Pole Star before I was sent to the Glazed Light Realm, then the phenomenon imprinted by Wuxin should have occurred during nighttime.”

“But the scene in the Everlasting Shadow Stone was during the daytime.”

Whether it was the purple light, or passing through the soul-attaching barrier without a trace, or the Phantasm Heart Glazed Shadow Jade… all suspicions, flaws, and inconsistencies could be explained, and one could choose to believe them.

However, a confirmed lie could overturn all explanations and beliefs.

Her pale lips were almost bitten to the point of bleeding, and Shui Meiyin offered no rebuttal.

Even if she had tried to argue with an extremely ridiculous and absurd reason like “maybe Huo Poyun took a two or three-hour detour to stroll around and sleep,” it would have been useless. Because many things could be concealed, but the time Yun Che was sent to the Glazed Light Realm was too easy to confirm.

Shui Qianheng knew, Shui Yingyue knew, Huo Poyun knew… and if Yun Che wished, he could even pinpoint the exact moment.

“On my way here, I even repeatedly tried to convince myself that this lie might just have been a slip of your tongue back then, or a temporary memory confusion… that you actually transferred Blue Pole Star only after I arrived at the Glazed Light Realm.”

“I even stayed behind specifically to verify this highly strained idea with your father… He gave me the answer I wanted: that you had briefly left during my unconscious period.”

“But…” Yun Che closed his eyes, his voice deep and slow. “My Meiyin, you are far too clever, far too meticulous. Back then, you knew nothing about the Profound Sky Continent, but in the past two years, you have frequently traveled there, becoming familiar with its various characteristics and history, understanding its day-night cycle, and knowing that whether it’s the climate, seasonal changes, or day-night cycles, they have remained almost unchanged from when it was located in the east of the Eastern Divine Region.”

“Furthermore, what is deeply buried in your heart would keep you subconsciously alert.”

“As clever as you are, it’s highly likely that at some point you would discover this loophole. Because when Blue Pole Star was transferred back then, almost everyone in Flowing Cloud City would have witnessed the phenomenon and remembered it was daytime… And when you compared it to the time you stated back then, you would realize that it was nighttime in Flowing Cloud City.”

“If, for some reason, I were to notice this one day, it would be difficult for you to explain.”

“Even if this possibility was very, very low, with your personality, you would still… try everything to correct it. For example, by quietly shifting the time you transferred Blue Pole Star to during my unconscious period.”

“So I thought… perhaps your father’s answer was the result of your correction. Therefore, I used Profound Vein Soul Control again to question your sister.”

Shui Meiyin already knew the subsequent outcome.

Back then, when Shui Meiyin told Yun Che everything, she specifically mentioned that she had transferred Blue Pole Star *before* that time, precisely to leave no flaws… because she knew very well that she had not left Yun Che’s side for a single step during his unconscious period in the Glazed Light Realm, and Shui Qianheng and Shui Yingyue had also remained by his side the entire time.

Unexpectedly, this became the biggest flaw instead.

Her subsequent, conscious attempt to “correct” this detail, under Yun Che’s Profound Vein Soul Control, ironically became even more undeniable proof of her lie.

“Blue Pole Star couldn’t have been transferred before I was sent to the Glazed Light Realm… You never left my side for a single step while I was unconscious in the Glazed Light Realm… yet you specifically reminded your father and sister to lie to me if I ever asked…”

Yun Che exhaled slowly and deeply. “Meiyin, even now, are you still going to… continue to deceive me?”

Shui Meiyin’s small frame slowly crouched down beside Yun Che. She held onto his arm, her slender shoulders trembling slightly, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

With the lies she had woven with her sister and father now exposed, she had no further excuses… not even the room to feign ignorance.

Yun Che turned around and gently placed his hands on Shui Meiyin’s shoulders. “Tell me, the person the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor entrusted with the World Piercer and the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Divine Scripture… was it Xia Qingyue… right? Tell me!”

Shui Meiyin dared not look into Yun Che’s eyes. She shook her head hard, her voice almost a plea. “Yun Che, please don’t ask… Just pretend it was all a dream… that she’s still the bad woman who wanted to kill you… to harm you… please…”

“Kill me… harm me…” Yun Che’s voice began to tremble, and his face gradually contorted in pain. “She’s Qingyue… How could she kill me… How could she harm me…?”

He clearly remembered that both times Xia Qingyue tried to kill him—once before the Wall of Primordial Chaos and once outside the destroyed “Blue Pole Star”—she made a somewhat peculiar move:

She summoned the Violet Pylon Divine Sword and condensed an exceptionally dense violet divine glow on its blade.

At that time, Xia Qingyue was the powerful Moon God Emperor, while he was merely a Divine King. For Xia Qingyue to kill him would take but a flick of her finger; she had no need for the Violet Pylon Divine Sword, much less to condense such intense Violet Pylon divine power.

At the time, everyone felt only one thing: that Xia Qingyue was using this to demonstrate her resolve to execute the devil and completely sever ties with Yun Che.

She intended to annihilate him instantly with the most decisive power, leaving not a trace behind.

But…

If she was the owner of the World Piercer…

What if… she released such an intense violet divine glow to conceal the crimson light emitted when the World Piercer released its divine power…?

Her goal was to use the power of the World Piercer to send him away at the very moment the purple light from the Violet Pylon Divine Sword completely engulfed him!

The World Piercer’s spatial transmission left no trace. When the Violet Pylon divine glow erupted and dispersed, everyone, facing Yun Che’s disappearance, would believe he had been reduced to ashes by the violet divine power.

He could then quietly hide and grow in another space, under the assumption that everyone thought he was dead.

At this moment, recalling the words she spoke before attempting to kill him those two times, it was clear… they held a deeper meaning:

“Yun Che, that you’ve fallen to this state today, I too bear some responsibility. But since you are a devil, do not blame this King for being heartless. However, out of consideration for our past marital bond, this King will ensure you die without pain… not even a corpse will remain!”

“In the world after death, reflect carefully on what you should do in your next life!”

“In the hell after death, will you become a wailing fiend, or a vengeful devil god…? This King truly anticipates it. So then… die!”

But at that time, facing her cold, heartless words, his heart held only pain and resentment.

And yet, both of her “executions” were interrupted at the very moment the Violet Pylon divine glow was about to descend.

One time, he was directly sent away by Qianye Ying’er using the Empty Extinction Stone, with his slave imprint still unresolved.

Another time, he was interrupted by Mu Xuanyin, who was secretly hidden.

“Tell me, quickly tell me… Was it her?” Yun Che’s words gradually spiraled out of control. “She’s the owner of the World Piercer… She’s the one who engraved the Phantasm Heart Glazed Shadow Jade early on… She’s the one who moved Blue Pole Star… It was her… It was all her, wasn’t it?”

“I…” Shui Meiyin shook her head, tears scattering from her eyes. “No… please don’t ask… I can’t… I mustn’t say… I…”

Everything was clearly settled, so why did that projection appear… And why, of all things, did that projection have a fleeting violet divine glow?

The name Xia Qingyue had always been a nightmare Yun Che was unwilling to touch in his heart and soul.

And it was this persistent nightmare that, under the fleeting projection, ignited in Yun Che a terrifyingly intense obsession to investigate, thoroughly exploding one by one all the past doubts that were previously intangible, imperceptible, and not even considered flaws…

It was faster, more violent, and more complete than the worst situation she had ever imagined.