Chapter 84: Gu Changqing, You’re A Jerk!

Ye Chen had the most awkward look on his face ever.

He was the one fated to become a powerful ruler and had only received praise and respect from everyone since the day he was born. He had never been yelled at like this before!

But he couldn’t bear to hit Bai Su, and he was afraid that if he scolded her, she would fall out with him and never talk to him again.

After all, even though things were turning out like this, he still had countless dreams about being together with this demon empress.

The man who not only had the highest power in the world also had the heart of a woman, which was something perfect.

“Heavenly Emperor, either you rule, or I rule!!”

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, his hatred toward the Heavenly Emperor rising by several more degrees.

…

Bai Su was in shambles.

Right now, her emotions were indescribably complex.

“You gave up everything for me so that I could be reborn into a smooth sailing life. So why did you still slaughter the Demon Race after my family became the rulers of the Demon Race? Why did you force my race into the bitter, cold and harsh lands of the north?”

“And my mother has been suppressed by you too…”

“Why…why…”

Bai Su couldn’t understand and began to murmur through her sobs.

Gu Changqing had tried to harm her many times before, but she was willing to accept that.

But at the same time, what Gu Changqing was after was the position of power that the Qingqiu clan had. He was targeting her mother.

This made her feel extremely conflicted.

She didn’t know whether to love this man like the little fox, or to hate him…

…

The Silver Moon Great Empress stared at Bai Su.

There was actually a tinge of envy in those eyes.

“If he hadn’t been hiding you in his heart all this time, perhaps I might have had the chance to enter his heart.”

“Gu Changqing, you were true to Bai Su, but to me…”

“You’re such a jerk!”

The Silver Moon Great Empress Changxi had a bitter look in her eyes, mixed with much envy, regret and hatred.

…

Inside the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

Gu Changqing observed the reaction of the Qingqiu Empress and frowned slightly.

Right now, his eyes were bloodshot.

“I made up the story and made myself cry as a result…”

Gu Changqing snorted.

He was beginning to sense more and more that something wasn’t quite right.

He had written the stories of Gu Youwei, Jiang Minghuang and Bai Su, yet the system did not think that anything he had written about these three characters were off at all.

Everything had gone ridiculously smoothly.

Also, especially when he was writing Bai Su’s part of the story, Gu Changqing couldn’t help but tear up again and again.

He felt a sharp pain in his heart. It really hurt.

As though he had personally gone through this himself.

“Could it be that all the stories I’m writing actually overlap with my past?” Gu Changqing mumbled to himself.

But it was impossible for him to confirm anything based on the fragmented memories he possessed.

As he sensed the power of the Bronze Ancient Mirror as well as the dissipation of his Great Emperor dao fruit, Gu Changqing focused his mind back on reality.

He didn’t have much time left, so he couldn’t waste time on other things now.

“Bai Su’s heart has wavered significantly now. Next, I just have to find a way to explain the part about her mother perfectly and she will definitely stand on my side.”

Gu Changqing already had a story about Bai Su’s mother’s past in his mind.

But this story included another main character.

The Silver Moon Great Empress, Changxi.

Gu Changqing subconsciously stared at that icy figure in the distance, yet in the fragmented memories of his mind, this woman appeared with an innocent, sweet smile in the sun.

“They first met outside the Fusang palace…”

Gu Changqing murmured these words and without him realizing, a gentle glow enveloped his face.

He was silent for a moment, then a brand new set of chapters slowly unraveled.

…

Gu Changqing stood up in the middle of the rubble with much difficulty.

He was covered in injuries.

His Great Emperor cultivation had been lost and now, he was an ordinary human once again.

He should have felt lost. He still had to avenge his family, but now he didn’t know how he was going to do that.

Just then, he felt like he could see that little fox again, and he could hear her voice nagging at him.

“Don’t give up on yourself. Be like that large tree and keep living on well…”

Gu Changqing laughed bitterly, then slowly walked out of Tanggu.

He was going to keep searching for his own dao.

His dao fruit was destroyed, but he still had his invincible heart.

Behind him, he felt like that beautiful voice was speaking again.

“Changqing, where are you going?”

“Look at the mortals!”

Gu Changqing waved his hand, his figure getting smaller and smaller as he walked into the setting sun.

…

Outside the mirror.

As the cultivators watched that sad and lonely figure walk into the distance, they fell completely silent.

“The Heavenly Emperor dug out his root, then destroyed his dao foundation, then destroyed his sword heart and broke his sword embryo.”

“And now, his Heavenly Dao cultivation is gone.”

“So, how did he become Great Emperor later on?”

Everyone felt nothing but despair. Despair for the Heavenly Emperor.

Beixuan Continent had countless powerful cultivators. By just following one straight path to Great Emperor realm, they were able to become almost unparalleled in power, to become one of the rare few to reach the pinnacle.

But this crazy Heavenly Emperor seemed to have walked down four paths so far.

And each path seemed to have led him close or reached Great Emperor.

“The Heavenly Emperor is probably the most talented and logic-defying cultivator since the beginning of time. It’s little wonder that after he became the Heavenly Emperor, he was able to kill even the strongest enemies!”

…

Bai Su fixed her eyes on the figure in the mirror, her expression conflicted.

The rest could only see how incredible the Heavenly Emperor in terms of his cultivation.

She was the only one who could see the heartbreak and the difficulties he had gone through during this journey.

Gu Changqing was now weighed down by endless cycles of karma and wicked curses. How could his journey be smooth from now on?

“If it wasn’t for me…”

Her heart was filled with grief, guilt, self-blame, yet also bewilderment at the same time.

Bai Su was now full of contradictory feelings.

It was as though her spirit and the spirit of the little fox were having a falling out.

One told her to love him without caring about anything else.

One told her to heartlessly and viciously make sure he died.

…

When Ye Chen heard the praises the cultivators had toward the Heavenly Emperor, his hatred for the Heavenly Emperor grew even more intense.

“All of you, don’t forget, the Heavenly Emperor went on massacre after massacre. Not only this time on the Demon Race, but also on cultivators, on ordinary humans…”

“You think a wicked devil like him is worthy of pity? Don’t you think that’s ridiculous?”

“Have all of you already forgotten how he had forced you into a corner and caused harm to you?”

He was indeed a man blessed by the gods.

Those few sentences were enough for everyone’s expression to turn icy again.

That’s right.

The Heavenly Emperor was a righteous and loyal person now, but later on…

The touched expressions on many cultivators’ faces reverted to its original fury toward the Heavenly Emperor.

The Silver Moon Great Empress Changxi in particular. Her gaze was incredibly frosty.