Chapter 1206: Dao Friend, Wait for Me

On this day, the Primordial Realm underwent a monumental change. Ling Tianzun, Yue Tianzun, Huo Tianzun, and Xiaowei Su, the first Heavenly Emperor of the High Emperor Era, joined forces to slay the Earth Mother Primordial Lord and fell the Primordial Tree.

The fifteenth Southern High Emperor Heavenly Emperor led a massive army to attack the Northern High Emperor Heaven, eradicating this cancerous growth in the Primordial Realm in one fell swoop.

In this campaign, the Southern High Emperor unified the Primordial Realm. A multitude of heroic and tragic tales emerged, too numerous to recount individually.

On the day the Earth Mother Primordial Lord was defeated, strange phenomena descended from the heavens, and many incredible events transpired. The felling of the Primordial Tree was one thing, but there were also spatial distortions and the arrival of divine beings.

Some said that Haotianzun, a renowned figure from the Outer Heaven, led the Heavenly Court's powerhouses to descend and assist Yue Tianzun, Huo Tianzun, and others in slaying the Earth Mother.

Others claimed that Yue Tianzun's divine abilities went out of control, and she was severely injured by the Earth Mother Primordial Lord, becoming crippled and disfigured.

Still others suggested that Xiaowei Su gained the appreciation of Yue Tianzun and Ling Tianzun, and the felled Primordial Tree was given to him.

It was also rumored that Ling Tianzun and Huo Tianzun decided that Xiaowei Su should govern the Primordial Realm.

However, since then, Yue Tianzun has rarely been seen.

Ling Tianzun also entered secluded cultivation once more, showing signs of retiring after achieving his goals.

What truly happened that day has become history, unknown to outsiders.

That day, Yue Tianzun fled back to her palace. If she had wished to leave, no one in the world could have stopped her. Yet, to save Ling Tianzun, she acted just as she had in her dream.

She sacrificed her legs and her beauty in exchange for Ling Tianzun's chance to escape.

She almost crawled back to her palace and immediately set up various spatial seals to prevent Haotianzun and others from finding her.

"Yan'er, bring me a screen. Don't let anyone see me," she said, her voice trembling.

The screen concealed her, and Yan'er thoughtfully lit a lantern for her behind it.

Yue Tianzun tremblingly picked up a mirror, looked at the hideous face reflected within, and with a trembling hand, threw it away.

At that moment, a figure approached silently, but Yan'er and the other palace maids seemed not to notice him.

Qin Mu walked toward the screen. Yue Tianzun covered her face and said hoarsely, "Don't come closer. I don't want you to see me like this!"

Qin Mu pushed aside the screen. Yue Tianzun shrieked, but no matter which direction Qin Mu walked around the screen, it always remained in front of him.

"Yue."

Qin Mu stood before the screen and said softly, "I'm going back."

Yue Tianzun remained silent.

Qin Mu continued, "Right now, I cannot save you. I cannot decipher Xiaowei Su's innate primordial qi, nor can I break Huo Tianzun's divine abilities. But in the future, when your peach trees spread across all heavens and myriad realms, and when I return with this painting, you will regain your former appearance. Then, you will still be Yue Tianzun."

He bowed respectfully, then turned to leave. "Fellow Daoist, wait for me."

Silence fell behind the screen.

After a long while, the woman behind the screen, sitting in the shadows, bowed slightly.

Time flowed by.

The end of the High Emperor Era was now a certainty.

The Earth Mother Primordial Lord was dead, and Yue Tianzun was severely injured, leaving only Ling Tianzun, who struggled alone. However, Ling Tianzun possessed immense divine power and incredible abilities, especially towards the end of the High Emperor Era, where once her divine abilities were unleashed, no one could match her.

However, an open attack is easy to defend against, but a hidden arrow is not. Ling Tianzun was ambushed by the Heavenly Emperor and ultimately perished in the Celestial River.

A prosperous dynasty that had lasted for thirty thousand years thus became a legend of the past.

In this year, a young girl of the White Dragon Clan, bearing a longsword on her back, led countless ragged survivors of the High Emperor Era. They endured immense hardship, carving a path through untold suffering to evade the pursuit of gods and devils from the Outer Heaven, until they finally reached the East Sea.

She led the High Emperor survivors out to sea.

After an unknown period, they encountered a floating island on the sea, where peach blossoms bloomed in extravagant splendor.

The island's owner received them, but the owner had an odd habit: never meeting outsiders, always hiding behind a screen.

"I can send you to hide in a secret heaven."

The master of the Peach Garden said to the White Dragon Clan girl, "When the High Emperor calamity subsides, you can return to this land."

The White Dragon Clan girl thanked her.

She often practiced her swordplay, her sword light flashing, and the master of the Peach Garden would be pushed out in a wheelchair by a girl, her face veiled, quietly watching her sword dance.

Her sword moved like a dancing fish-dragon, illuminating the East Sea.

The White Dragon Clan girl discovered many strange things about the floating island. By wandering aimlessly through the peach forest on the island, she would sometimes find herself in other heavens, sometimes in the Primordial Realm, and sometimes even in Youdu or Xuandu.

She also noticed the Peach Garden master had an unusual habit: always asking the girl named Yan'er about how far the peach forest had grown.

The White Dragon Clan girl heard that this peculiar peach forest was planted by the Peach Garden master using a single peach branch long ago, and had taken centuries to reach its current size.

She also heard from Yan'er that the Peach Garden master was waiting for someone, and that person would only appear when the Peach Garden covered all heavens and myriad realms.

Eventually, the White Dragon Clan girl led her people through the peach forest into a secret heaven, where they settled and multiplied.

The White Dragon Clan girl also often ventured out, teaching the people of the Primordial Realm Taoist arts and divine abilities, and spreading the ideals of the High Emperor Era.

She was revered by the people as the High Emperor Sword God.

She would also often pass through that peach forest. The peach forest had gradually grown into many heavens, but the Peach Garden master still had not awaited the person she was waiting for.

The White Dragon Clan girl met a young man named Qin Ye, Wen Tiange, who chopped firewood, the ill-tempered Di Yiyue, and the charming, cross-dressing Yanyun Xi.

She continued to travel the world. The Peach Garden master was waiting for someone, and she was also waiting for someone.

Unknowingly, twenty thousand years passed. Emperor Kai's Heavenly Court turned to dust, its former glory reduced to ruins. The Peach Forest master still had not awaited that person, and she had not found that person either.

Another twenty thousand years of dark times passed, and the White Dragon Clan girl diligently searched for clues about that person.

On this day, she passed by the source of the Surging River, where mist began to rise from the waters. The girl, bearing a divine sword on her back, couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. This river had buried so much history that its surging waters had become the wailing of time itself.

At that moment, she saw the gods of the Heavenly Court approaching to kill.

The gods of the Heavenly Court were pursuing a girl carrying a basket. She intervened to save the girl, but the girl was already at the end of her life.

Admiring this heroine, she escorted her forward, yet the girl ultimately collapsed into the Surging River.

Inside the basket was a tiny infant, who began to cry loudly.

On his chest rested a jade pendant with the character "Qin."

As night fell, the White Dragon Clan girl watched the infant drift to a small village by the Surging River.

"Listen!"

The voice of an old woman came from the village: "There's a baby crying outside!"

Forty-six years later, the Surging River churned with commotion, huge waves crashed into the void, splitting the banks.

Mist rose again, and streaks of light flashed as Qin Mu, accompanied by tens of thousands of powerhouses including Wei Suifeng, Long Bo Wang, Feng Qiuyun, Lin Xiao, and the Imperial Forest Army, appeared on the river surface.

A strong wind blew, sending high waves that dispersed the mist. Divine power erupted on the river; the wind ceased, the waves flattened, and the Imperial Forest Army stood in grim silence.