Chapter 2148 - 2145: The Demon Emperor’s Explanation
Chapter 2148: Chapter 2145: The Demon Emperor’s Explanation
"I know this behavior is very despicable, but I have no choice!" the Void Demon Emperor said calmly. "Everyone who enters the War God’s Path wishes to become a War God, but how could becoming a War God be so easy? Over countless years, how many have died on the War God’s Path?"
"So you turned your attention to my mother?" Xiao Xi clenched his fists and said.
The Void Demon Emperor nodded, "That’s right. At first, it was indeed like that. I wanted to obtain the power of the Void Lock, because only by doing so could I have more confidence in passing through the War God’s Path and becoming a War God!"
"But everything changed!" The Void Demon Emperor said in a deep voice. "After I was with your mother, I gradually became attracted to her. Her every move, her every smile, was deeply engraved in my mind. I gradually wavered in my determination; I wanted to be with her forever, to always protect her by her side!"
Xiao Xi sneered, deceiving who? If that were true, why did he injure my mother back then? And imprison her?
"Back then, we spent a very wonderful time together, and soon she was pregnant, exuding the brilliance of motherhood!" The Void Demon Emperor’s eyes showed a glow of happiness, causing Xiao Xi’s heart to stir.
"During that time, I was very happy, happier than I had ever been!" The Void Demon Emperor looked at Xiao Xi, who could still see that hope in his eyes, but couldn’t tell if it was genuine emotion or an act.
"Yet when I decided to give up everything, wanting to be with her forever, I discovered a monumental secret!" As he spoke, a cold and fierce light flashed in the Void Demon Emperor’s eyes.
Xiao Xi couldn’t help but ask, "Secret? What secret?"
"It’s a secret of your Empress’s Lineage!" The Void Demon Emperor said deeply, "Although the Empress’s Lineage controls the Void Sanctuary and can wield the power of the Void Lock, you must bear a curse!"
"Curse?" Xiao Xi was somewhat puzzled; what curse could it be?
The Void Demon Emperor said plainly, "It’s... the Empress Bloodline can only allow one to survive, and when the Empress heir reaches a certain time, their blood will reverse, resulting in certain death!"
Xiao Xi’s eyes widened in disbelief.
"When I found out about this, after investigation, I discovered that the Void Lock requires the Empress Bloodline to sustain it, which means that each Empress heir is actually the nourishment for the Void Lock, rather than them being able to control the Void Lock as claimed."
"Knowing this, I did everything I could to change the situation, but by then, your mother was already pregnant. She wanted to give birth to you, but I wouldn’t give up on her, so I temporarily sealed her, hoping to delay her delivery."
"But all these plans were destroyed by Elder Yu and the others!" The Void Demon Emperor’s eyes showed a trace of ferocity. "If it weren’t for them, my plan might have succeeded; I might have been able to refine the Void Lock and break the curse of the Empress Bloodline!"
Xiao Xi’s eyes showed a bewildered look; she no longer knew who was telling the truth or who was lying. If according to Elder Yu’s words, then the Void Demon Emperor was nothing but a villain, a formidable hero, a conspirator!
But according to the Void Demon Emperor, everything he did was to save his mother and his own life. So, whose words were true?
"Child, I know you might not be able to accept this for a moment, but these are the facts!" The Void Demon Emperor reached out his hand, touched Xiao Xi’s head, and said, "Go rest for a while; I’ve prepared a room for you. That room was once your mother’s. It has many of her traces; I hope you can judge for yourself whether I have deceived you!"
Quickly, Xiao Xi was sent to a room where she immediately felt a very familiar aura, the aura left behind by the Empress Bloodline.
"This really was where mother lived!" Xiao Xi walked in circles in the room, muttering to herself, as if she could feel her mother’s embrace.
Meanwhile, Ling Feng had already learned the layout of the Void Temple from Elder Yu and snuck in secretly.
Although the guards of the Void Temple are strong, in terms of skill, less than ten people in the entire Void Temple could detect Ling Feng’s infiltration.
Even so, Ling Feng’s every move remained very cautious.
But the closer he got to the core of the temple, the more experts there were, and even Ling Feng wouldn’t dare approach easily, as his strength still wasn’t a match for the Void Demon Emperor.
Three days later, during this short time, Xiao Xi stayed in the room continuously; every wall she touched, every page of a book she flipped, carried her mother’s aura.
Among them, Xiao Xi also found a diary, which recorded her mother’s feelings at the time. After reading it, Xiao Xi’s heart also became enlightened.
"Father didn’t lie to me; all of this is true!" Xiao Xi muttered to herself, "Elder Yu and the others didn’t lie to me either, they just didn’t know the secret behind it... So to them, everything Father did was wrong!"
"Xiao Xi, I think you should understand everything now!" The Void Demon Emperor appeared again before Xiao Xi and said.
Xiao Xi nodded, "I understand it all."
"Good that you understand my painstaking efforts!" The Void Demon Emperor nodded, "Originally, I didn’t want you to appear again, because your appearance would trigger a reaction from the Void Lock; your Empress Bloodline within you would gradually be activated, and then you would follow in your mother’s footsteps."
"But now it’s too late to say anything; you’ve already come back, so my plan can only start again!" The Void Demon Emperor looked at Xiao Xi, saying, "Child, I need your help to break the control of the Void Lock over the Empress Bloodline, to completely eradicate the curse of the Empress Bloodline!"
Xiao Xi asked worriedly, "Will there be any danger?"
The Void Demon Emperor smiled, "Of course there will be, but we have no other choice. Moreover... when your mother died, my heart died long ago. The reason I’ve stayed strong all this time is for this day!"
"When you reappear, the only thing I can do is use the last bit of strength as your father to help you break this curse so that you can grow smoothly without being tormented by the curse!"
The Void Demon Emperor’s face showed full warmth.