Dragon-Marked War God

Yu Jingxian could not understand it, but she believed that what one never forgets will always find an echo, and that after a long separation, two hearts would meet as one.

Jiang Chen’s coldness and calm made her realize how pitiful and ridiculous she was. But she knew it was all of her own making. If it had been her, perhaps that hatred would also have been carved into her heart for a lifetime.

Jiang Chen had given her his greatest trust, and she had repaid him with the cruelest blow. Yu Jingxian knew how much it must hurt him deep inside. Being reborn from the fire after all hope had turned to ash was something she had never had to endure, but Jiang Chen knew it all too well.

Yu Jingxian’s heart was in torment. She knew that no matter how much she said now, it would be useless. Jiang Chen should never forgive her. The mistake she had made was hers alone to bear.

“Actually, I stopped hating you long ago.”

Jiang Chen shook his head and said in a low voice. His heart felt somewhat lonely and heavy. He could not bear to see a woman cry. Yu Jingxian’s words made him question himself again and again. Had he really reached a state where his heart was as still as water? When Han Yan told him to go back and find Yu Jingxian, had there not been even a little hope in his heart?

Jiang Chen should have anticipated this moment long ago. Paper can never wrap fire. Sooner or later he would expose himself, especially in front of someone as meticulous as Yu Jingxian. Jiang Chen knew all of this had been wrong from the start. The moment the two of them met again, they had been destined to be bound tightly together.

“Really?”

Yu Jingxian shuddered. She did not ask for much. She only hoped to quietly watch him from afar, and that would be enough to satisfy her. As long as he truly no longer hated her, everything she had done would be worth it, without complaint and without regret.

Yu Jingxian knew that if it had been her, she might not have been so magnanimous. For Jiang Chen to let go of their old grievances was already very rare. That he could appear in her life once again, Yu Jingxian knew, was already a gift from heaven.

“From the moment I knew you parted from me in life and death for your father’s sake, I stopped hating you completely. Everyone has their own path in life, and everyone has their own beliefs and pride. Back then, when I went to your family, if it hadn’t been for you, I might not have stayed there. But life is never perfect. Even now, it’s still the same for me. I have so much hatred to resolve, so many debts I must make good on, so many family members I need to find. If I could live this life in peace, who would want to wander from place to place?”

Jiang Chen said with a bitter smile, and the bitterness at the corner of his mouth was enough to fill one’s heart with helplessness.

Yu Jingxian knew she still did not understand Jiang Chen well enough, but she was willing to spend the rest of her life changing for Jiang Chen. To love someone is to throw oneself in without a thought for oneself!

“I am willing to wait for you, until the mountains lose their peaks and heaven and earth become one, until the years run out, until the setting sun never rises again, until you and I are never apart.”

Yu Jingxian said quietly, her eyes full of determination. Once she had decided, she would chase it no matter what. From the moment she left her family, her fate had been sealed. In this life she was bound to find Jiang Chen, whether at the ends of the earth, in parting or in death.

“I don’t know when that day will come either. I hope you can wait for that day, and I hope I can make it to that day.”

Jiang Chen slowly turned around. Seeing Yu Jingxian’s tear-blurred eyes, he opened his arms and gently drew her into his embrace.

At that moment, Yu Jingxian wept for joy. She had waited far too long for this moment, so long that she could hardly believe it. The moment the two of them embraced, Yu Jingxian felt as if she were dreaming. She had truly, really thrown herself into Jiang Chen’s arms. At that moment, even if the sky fell and the earth caved in, she would not care.

Jiang Chen knew that he carried too many burdens, which left him with no control over his own fate. He could not give Yu Jingxian a promise, much less let Yu Jingxian share life and death with him. If he did, it would make him extremely selfish.

After a long while, the two of them finally slowly let go. Yu Jingxian could not help asking,

“You must have come here with some purpose too. Does it have something to do with the Forbidden Divine Clan?”

Jiang Chen shook his head and said,

“No. I came to find the Heavenly Lightning.”

“The Lightning Mother Seed?”

“I only learned about the Lightning Mother Seed not long ago. My goal is the Heavenly Lightning. I want to fuse with that Heavenly Lightning. But it’s guarded by two Divine Emperor Realm experts, and there’s an ancient formation as well, so breaking in any time soon is almost impossible. If I drew the whole Forbidden Divine Clan there, I’d be powerless to turn things around.”

Jiang Chen sighed.

“I see. So you thought of me, and wanted to enter the Forbidden Divine Clan with me to find a way into the land of the Heavenly Lightning.”

Yu Jingxian’s eyes lit up.

“That’s right. Let’s hope that Songzan Kangying goes into the land of the Heavenly Lightning to look for the Lightning Mother Seed as soon as possible. That part will depend on you.”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

“All right, I definitely won’t let you down.”

The corners of Yu Jingxian’s mouth curled up slightly with a playful look, sweeping away all the gloom from before. The most important person in her life was right here. Even if it came to a choice between life and death, she would not hesitate in the slightest. Enjoy life to the fullest while things go your way.

“There’s no time to waste. Let’s hurry back. If we delay, things may change. By now I’m guessing everyone in the Forbidden Divine Clan is on edge. Songzan Kangying will definitely not let us off easily. He’ll surely investigate this thoroughly.”

Jiang Chen said seriously.

The two of them looked at each other and, without further hesitation, quickly hurried back to the Forbidden Divine Clan.

…………

In the Divine Tomb, countless divine souls and countless corpses had climbed out of their graves. Countless demons and devils vied for supremacy, and the entire far north of the Divine Tomb seemed to have gone through an incomparably great battle.

However, after the Divine Tomb had shaken for a long while, it returned to calm once more. The Gate of the Divine Court had been completely closed, but some things had already come out. Once opened, there might be no turning back.

Countless demons rose up out of the ground. The hunchbacked tomb-guarding old man silently watched all of this. His mission was to guard the Divine Tomb in this desolate land, but this sudden change filled even him with surprise and shock.

“Another era, another cycle. There’s no hiding from it. It looks like this world is destined to become exciting again. Even if this vast Divine Tomb can hold out for another hundred years, what difference does it make? When the cycle comes, I’m afraid no one will escape the judgment of heaven. The Divine Tomb should have stayed silent forever, forever…”

The tomb-guarding old man murmured. But at this moment, his figure turned into flying ash, was completely scattered by a sinister wind inside the Divine Tomb, and vanished within the Divine Tomb.