Chapter 477 - 11.3 First Green Star - [Past] What Happened After Ye Xiajie's Death? (1)
A long time ago.
A part of the forgotten past
In the world of fire and lava, it is the star-planet called Inferno. A land made of active volcanoes that would cause explosions and spread raging flames that burn anything and high-temperature lava. But within that burning no world a certain part of it was like a dead wasteland. Limbs of humans and demons were scattered all over and the black land was tainted with pools of blood. At the center of it was like an island of the sanctuary. This piece of land was covered in thin ice and snow that even the lava itself was unable to melt. Like an everlasting glacier that not even a fire thaws it.
In this mini-land of white snow kneels a gorgeous man with phoenix-shaped eyes. His pure white robe was tainted with a colorful shade of red blood mixed with black ashes yet his elegance couldn't be hidden but the uncleanness of his clothes. His features were that of an immortal. Beautiful beyond words and otherworldly like an ethereal fairy in flesh.
But this wasn't kneeling in prostration but instead carefully cradling another person in his embrace. This man's eyes forever closed as he had long been gone. Under his black robes is a puddle of blood gushing from his empty chest. The supposed to be beating heart is gone and nothing else can support this body to give him life.
This man's features were a bit fierce yet dangerous. His eyes even close couldn't hide his aggressiveness. Tall nose yet small and lips were pursed in a thin line. One would be frightened but this man's coldness when his eyes were open as his features were a bit sharp leaving an unapproachable demeanor that no one could rebel against. If he is still alive he would be like a proud God that stood above the rest. Majestic and unparalleled.
Hei Anjing, despite his love for cleanliness, spares this man's blood from tainting his pure white robes. As if the edges of his robes were painted in red, he looks disheveled yet aloof. But this indifferent and cold-hearted immortal couldn't even hide the despair within those silver orbs as he hugs the head of the dangerous-looking dead man in his arms.
There are loud muffled chokes of suppressed cries. He's supposed to be tall and hunched as he cradles the other person. Within that hell, his back looks lonely and desolate. His silent sobbing can not be heard due to the hazardous environment surrounding him.
Not far from him, above the ground, two flying figures appear in the sky. One possesses long black hair paired with argent eyes that is similar to the ones Hei Anjing possesses. But this man looks younger or more like a junior compared to the cold and stoned-faced man leading the way. This mature man had features 60 to 70 percent similarities to Hei Anjing's appearance but unlike the latter's cold demeanor with hints of mischief this person is purely cold. Like a towering ice peak. Full of elegance and beyond attainable. No one could deny his beauty and one could only admire it. Someone no one ordinary could ever even attain.
These two figures were Hei Jue and Mo Baojun. One is a youngster from the Hei Clan. The paternal clan from Hei Anjing's father's side. Hei Jue is his elder cousin who is a few hundred years older than him. He is a young heir apparent, the next in line for the leadership of the Hei clan.
The other is a renowned immortal and supreme god that stood upon every god and deity in the world. One that could control the life or death of any living beings in Vearth. Someone who rules the highest realms together with the Supreme Ruler of the Light as well as his other half, Shen Siwang. He is infamous for his apparent coldness and tyranny that no one, even the Venerable Lord Shen Siwang himself, could defy his words. This man is the biological uncle of Hei Anjing from his daddy's side, Mo Yue's side. His name is Mo Baojun.
Mo Baojun squinted his eyes as he observed everything around them. The alertness and urgency can only be noticed when one stares closely at those eyes with the shade of sky and seas. His phoenix-shaped eyes left his appearance even more exquisite as his features were even more refined than Hei Anjing due to time. Like how an aged wine no one would be able to resist.
Standing a few steps behind him Hei Jue couldn't hide his despair as he carefully held a white stone in his palms. This is a soul stone connected to Hei Anjing. Just now there is still a bright glow of light within it, now it is dull and the luster used to face is slowly fading.
Hei Jue panicked in his face and said, "Venerable Lord Mo! Jing'er's Soul Stone is... getting weaker."
A rare frown appeared on Mo Baojun's face and said, "He is planning something ridiculous! Come follow me. I already knew where he was."
Then he flew away with an unbelievable speed that Hei Jue could almost barely follow him. After flying for a while they finally saw Hei Anjing kneeling on the ground, hugging someone within his arms. His whole being emits melancholy and grief, Mo Baojun frowns deeper at this scene. A part of his memories coincides with this scene. That's right he had hugged Shen Siwang's body the same way.
Hei Jue who saw such a scene was startled as well. He knew how much his younger brother hated contact with other people. Even he is only able to hug him for a short period of time. The Mo Clan were born with a slight aversion to others' touch normally it wouldn't be too bad for them to have skinship with strangers as long it wouldn't last for hours. But Hei Anjing is different from them, it might be because of some trauma but because of this unless it's family it would be almost impossible to get someone to hug him.
Seeing Hei Anjing cradling someone like this left them dumbfounded but as they got nearer they felt something was wrong. There is no heartbeat coming from the man in his embrace. When they saw that man's empty chest only then did they realize that what was in Hei Anjing's embrace was nothing more than a corpse.
Hei Anjing didn't react first when the two people floated down in front of him. Only when he felt a familiar presence similar to his aura did he reluctantly raise his head and see his Uncle, Mo Baojun looking at him with a cold face yet gentle and worried gaze.
"U-Uncle Baobei? Jue-ge?" calls Hei Anjing but his voice was so low that it was almost a whisper plus the hoarseness of his tone could show the proof of him crying endlessly before they arrived.
Hei Jue was stunned when he saw his younger cousin's pale demeanor. On the corner of his lips and corner of his eyes, crimson blood was strolling. The Blood Tears signifies intense sadness and despair. As an older brother who adores this younger brother the most he almost couldn't hold back his tears as well.
Mo Baojun lowered his stance freeing the and further under him. He froze the whole world and destroyed the hellish scene of blood, corpse, and lava. He carefully wipes the blood tears off his nephew and lets him. Eat a pill that would restore his body's strength. Even though he could use Holy Element thanks to his union with his husband Shen Siwang, the special physique of the Clan would never change. I would only do more bad if he used holy elements on his nephew's current state.
He took his nephew's pulse and checked him thoroughly. His face turned uglier as he noticed that Hei Anjing's soul was on the verge of splitting. He is also missing a part of his soul. From the looks of it, it was taken forcefully from him. The injuries of his nephew's soul are too hard to heal.
Mo Baojun spoke, "Why are you missing a soul? Where is this place and why are you here?"
His words were straightforward and on point. Mo Baojun is the type to talk less yet when he does he always goes on important points.
"I'm on a mission. My job is to eliminate one of the Mistresses of Ye Gui race's leader, Ye Mo's wife. But during my entrance to this world, the guide system with me had malfunctioned and I entered a vessel that was not meant for me. This is a new inferno. I had accepted this mission because..." Hei Anjing paused his words for a moment and moved his eyes once again to look at the corpse of Ye Xiao Jie in his embrace. "Because I was looking for him, A'Xia."
Hei Jue exclaimed, "WHAT!? Because of a man!!!"
At this moment even Mo Baojun showed a rare astonished expression. Though it wasn't as expressive as Hei Jue, just the face, his eyes slightly widened a bit than normal, showing that this cold person indeed was flabbergasted. But it seems that his reason for the surprise is different from Hei Jue's.
Mo Baojun asked, "Just now... Did you call this man... A'Xia? Jing'er do you remember your memories as a baby?"
Confusion flashed on Hei Anjing's face, "Uncle Baobei what do you mean? I call him A'Xia because his name is Ye Xiajie. Is there something you are hiding from me, Uncle?"
"His name is Ye Xiajie?!" said Mo Baojun as this time he even increased the tone of his voice. "This... It can't be. Is he that man's reincarnation? But I don't feel any pure darkness in him." murmured Mo Baojun leaving the two youngsters shocked themselves.
They watched as Mo Baojun called his husband Shen Siwang and gave him the exact coordinates they were in. On the other side, Shen Siwang asked Hei Sian to open a space portal for him to pass through. Unlike when the two came over before this time, Shen Siwang's arrival was fast as he used World Space teleportation.
Shen Siwang was full of smiles when his wife summoned him. As soon as he stepped out of the portal he witnessed the tragic scene in front of him. At first, he didn't have any reaction but when he saw it was his nephew his face turned serious. His face showed shock when he saw the man in Hei Anjing's embrace.
Shen Siwang muttered, "Xieye?"
"So it was really his reincarnation? I should have expected it from the start. The man whom Xiao Jing'er would dare to hug can only be that person." said Mo Baojun as his husband also crouched down and held his wife's hand.
Seeing them seated down Hei Jue carried over the other corpse which was that of a beautiful woman. Shen Siwang and Mo Baojun recognized the woman.
Hei Jue asked curtly, "Supreme Lords, what should be done with this other one?"
"Isn't this the Jade Prince of the Imperial Dynasty in the East Country? I heard she was married off to Ye Mo that wretched," said Shen Siwang.
Hei Anjing answered honestly, "She is... Ye Xiajie's mother, Gui Luan."
The two didn't react much but they've realized that the Reincarnation of the God of Void was someone reborn in the Ye Gui Race which is unexpected. Shen Siwang checked on the corpse before him and noticed something was amiss.
Shen Siwang spoke, "Xiao Jing, answer Uncle honestly. This man... Did he not have a soul core right from the beginning or was it taken away from him?"
"Father says that A'Xia is a rare genius but he calls him a genius not only because of his talent but because he is still able to cultivate woven without his soul core. Daddy says A'Xia is missing a soul right from his birth. The only reason he didn't die is that... That soul core had been living somewhere and both were still connected even after they had been away from each other." explained Hei Anjing.
Mo Baojun and Shen Siwang listened to his explanation without speaking a word. Unlike Hei Anjing, who had his memories as a baby sealed by Shen Siwang per request of his brother, this couple knew everything that had happened in the past. They just didn't expect that that Evil God even after reincarnation would still find a way to find Hei Anjing.. His obsession and possessiveness are really abnormal.