Su Hua had always been having a mysterious and unknown dream.
This dream had started from her childhood in her previous life and continued without ceasing until now.
She knew this dream was connected to her karma.
Only by finding that person of karma could she unravel this mysterious dream that had entangled her for two lifetimes.
That person of karma was Monarch Chixiao.
She didn't know what karma existed between her and Monarch Chixiao, nor did she know why Monarch Chixiao would come here.
Now she didn't even want to know; she only wished to see Monarch Chixiao as soon as possible.
"Miss Su, I hope you won't hold too much hope."
Su Hua didn't understand what Xuanyuan Wan meant by this. "Why?"
"Do you know who the Monarch Chixiao you've been desperately searching for is?"
"Who is he!"
Xuanyuan Wan gazed at the anxious Su Hua, her brows slightly furrowing as if hesitating. After a moment, she finally spoke: "You've met him, and not just once. His surname is also Gu, but he no longer goes by the name Gu Tianlang. Instead...
Instead, he is called Gu Qingfeng."
Xuanyuan Wan's voice was very soft, very soft.
Yet.
When it reached Su Hua's ears, it shocked her more than a bolt from the blue, more than the collapse of the heavens, more than the shattering of the earth.
Perhaps this news, this fact, was too unbelievable for her—or rather, too difficult to accept—so much so that Su Hua collapsed onto the ground in an instant. Her peerlessly beautiful face turned deathly pale without a trace of color. The anticipation in her beautiful eyes vanished, replaced by shock—an unparalleled shock. Her despondent appearance was more staggering than beholding a true god.
Her mind scattered.
Her heart collapsed.
Her thoughts became chaotic.
Her spirit also shattered.
Even her soul became distorted.
Her mind was filled with nothing but the three words: Gu Qingfeng.
She had always been searching for Monarch Chixiao.
Always.
Never stopping.
She never imagined that the Monarch Chixiao she had been desperately seeking was actually...
Actually always by her side.
It wasn't that she hadn't suspected.
When she first saw Gu Qingfeng with Huo De at Yunxia Sect, she had felt an inexplicable sensation.
The second time, witnessing Gu Qingfeng play "Drunken Chant of the Azure Sea" with her own eyes, this inexplicable feeling grew even stronger.
The third time, seeing Gu Qingfeng achieve the Taiji Golden Core in the void, facing the Dao Tribulation Source fearlessly, the inexplicable feeling intensified further.
The fourth time, seeing Gu Qingfeng slaughter all sides at Fengyun Villa.
Condensing the Chishang Seal Command.
The kneeling worship of the Chixiao people.
The reverence of the Dragon-Elephant Spirits.
And so on.
Every time she saw Gu Qingfeng, the inexplicable feeling was extremely strong.
She had always been suspicious.
But it was only suspicion.
She had never truly believed.
Because she felt Gu Qingfeng was far removed from the Monarch Chixiao she had imagined.
The Monarch Chixiao she imagined was a solitary, proud, domineering, peerless king who stood tall between heaven and earth.
No!
This wasn't imagination; it was truly so.
She had walked every path Monarch Chixiao had walked, investigated every deed Monarch Chixiao had done, played every melody Monarch Chixiao had composed. She knew very well that Monarch Chixiao was a solitary, proud, heroic king.
And that Gu Qingfeng? Although when silent in anger, he too appeared solitary and proud, he was nowhere near standing tall between heaven and earth, let alone comparable to the heroic king in her heart. Most importantly, in ordinary times, Gu Qingfeng was simply a frivolous, unrestrained, capricious young master—he had even taken liberties with her in a secret realm of the Daoless Age. How could such a person be Monarch Chixiao?
Su Hua didn't believe it, nor could she accept it.
Moreover.
In Su Hua's mind, everyone in the world knew she was searching for Monarch Chixiao. If Gu Qingfeng truly were Monarch Chixiao, he couldn't possibly not know, let alone not even ask, and even repeatedly tease her.
Yes.
Impossible.
She didn't believe it, nor could she accept that Gu Qingfeng was Monarch Chixiao.
If anyone else said Gu Qingfeng was Monarch Chixiao, Su Hua wouldn't believe it—even if that person were her Senior Martial Sister Nalan Qianqiu, she still wouldn't believe it. But this person happened to be Xuanyuan Wan from the Holy Land, which forced Su Hua to believe.
Yet believing was one thing; whether she could accept it was another matter entirely.
Her mind kept flashing with scenes of her meetings with Gu Qingfeng.
She simply couldn't connect the frivolous Gu Qingfeng with the towering Monarch Chixiao in her heart.
Nor could she accept that Gu Qingfeng, knowing full well she was looking for him, not only paid no heed but nonchalantly teased her.
"How could he be so shameless...
How could he deceive me like this...
How could he..." Su Hua sat slumped on the ground, shaking her head, murmuring in a lost voice.
"Junior Sister, are you alright?"
Nalan Qianqiu stepped forward to support her. Su Hua looked at her and asked, "Senior Sister, you've always known he is Monarch Chixiao, haven't you?"
"I..." Nalan Qianqiu didn't know how to respond to this question.
"You really did know...
Him deceiving me is one thing, but you're my Senior Sister, and you deceived me too...
Senior Sister, how could you do this?"
"Junior Sister, I did it for your own good..." "For my own good?
Heh..." Su Hua suddenly laughed bitterly, then stood up and shouted at Nalan Qianqiu, "What good for me? Bullshit!
You clearly knew I've been searching for him all along, yet you refused to tell me?"
Perhaps not expecting her always gentle junior sister to suddenly lose her composure and curse, Nalan Qianqiu was taken aback for a moment before smiling wryly. "Junior Sister, I also only learned he was alive not long ago..." "Nonsense!
A few days ago at the Northwest Immortal Estate, when I asked you, you swore up and down he wasn't Monarch Chixiao!"
"Junior Sister, I...
This..." Nalan Qianqiu felt like crying but had no tears.
"Miss Su, please don't be angry. This matter isn't your Senior Sister's fault. Not just your Senior Sister, but all of us only learned he was alive not long ago. A few days ago, your Senior Sister didn't tell you, truly for your own good."
Xuanyuan Wan stepped forward to persuade her. "You are a person of tribulation, of great significance. And his existence...
is...
terrifying. For your safety, and for the stability of the Three Thousand Great Daos, we've always wanted to prevent you from getting involved with him."
"Why?"
"Miss Su, there are many things that cannot be explained to you all at once. Afterwards, I will tell you the entire sequence of events in detail."
"Sister Hua!"
Little Jin'er ran over, glaring angrily at Xuanyuan Wan and the others. "They're all bad people! They're the ones who want to kill Big Brother!"
What!
Su Hua was shocked. "You...
want to kill him?"
"His existence is a latent great threat."
"A great threat?"
Su Hua didn't understand. "He merely overthrew the Immortal Court in this world before, but you've already judged him for that. You still won't let him go?"
"Little sister."
Hu Meiniang of the Demonic Dao laughed. "Little sister, what he's done isn't as simple as just overthrowing an Immortal Court. That minor matter isn't worth mentioning compared to the other things he's done."