Chapter 154: Chapter 96: The Heavens Watch

With that leap, Chen Xuan felt as if the world had turned upside down. He no longer had a place to stand in this Imperial Palace.

’Why go to such lengths?’

’The Wind Snow Sword Immortal... he isn’t worthy of anyone’s love.’

’Because he has no love in him.’

Su Chen sighed.

He strode forward, arms outstretched, and caught Lady Shui securely as she plummeted.

SOB! SOB!

Lady Shui wept bitterly in Su Chen’s arms.

The wind moaned.

Snowflakes drifted aimlessly, filling the sky.

Lady Shui took up residence in the Library Pavilion.

"As long as she’s alive, that’s all that matters."

Chen Xuan’s smile was more pained than a grimace.

「After that.」

Su Chen often came to the Library Pavilion to treat Lady Shui.

"Make sure to take your medicine."

Su Chen was brewing her medicine.

「In a daze.」

He felt as if he had returned to the abandoned house in the bamboo forest, to the time he first met the young maiden, Cyan Sparrow.

But alas, time weathers all things. People pass away. Yet he would live on, carrying this memory forever and ever.

Perhaps losing one’s emotions was a good thing.

「Tenth Year of Xuanlong.」

「October.」

「Winter.」

It was a long winter.

The great rivers froze over and nothing grew. Even though the Purple-robed Thousand Years and the Vermilion Seal Master both cherished the people, famine still broke out.

Relief was sent time and time again.

But they could not keep it up.

The grain supplies were exhausted.

The wars, which had been temporarily paused, erupted once more.

With no grain, they had to steal it from their enemies.

After all, the enemy wasn’t considered human.

「On this day.」

Su Chen arrived at the Library Pavilion, carrying his medicine box to treat Cyan Sparrow. As he pushed open the door, he saw a figure standing beneath the Xuanyuan Treasure Tree, gazing up at the Silver Radiance Dead Tree.

The man wore a purple robe, his face full of pity for all living beings.

But a surging Demon Shadow clung to him, along with the resentment of the common people, which burned like a raging fire.

Suffering!

So much suffering!

These voices of suffering, which had been whispering in the Purple Robe’s ear, struggled to approach Su Chen upon seeing him, yet they did not dare.

Perhaps they feared Su Chen’s sword, or perhaps they could only cling to the one who pitied them.

"You were right."

"I’m just an ordinary eunuch."

"It’s so hard to be the Emperor."

"But..."

"Whenever I think of giving up, I hear the miserable wails of the people in my ears, day and night..."

"Among them are the voices of my older sister, who starved herself to death to leave a bite of food for me, and my parents..."

"Master Xu, what would you do if you were me?"

The Purple-robed Thousand Years, his hair dry and dark, reached out to gently stroke the non-existent leaves of the Silver Radiance Dead Tree.

His hand trembled, and he pulled it back.

"Thousand Years."

"Please, follow your heart’s desire."

Su Chen spoke from the doorway.

「The next instant.」

Chen Xuan, dressed in a Blue Robe, rushed in. Drenched in sweat, he fell to his knees before Ye Xuan with a THUD and began to beg for mercy on Su Chen’s behalf.

"Thousand Years, this is the Imperial Physician treating Miss Cyan Sparrow."

"The Library Pavilion is a restricted area."

"He was unaware of this. I pray that Thousand Years will forgive his transgression."

With that, Chen Xuan frantically tugged on Su Chen’s sleeve and whispered,

"Kneel and beg for forgiveness, now!"

Su Chen did not move.

He looked at Ye Xuan. Though his eyes were clear, Su Chen could sense the unparalleled madness in his heart. He knew Ye Xuan had already made his decision.

"My heart’s desire, you say?"

"Heh."

"That really does sound like something Master Xu would say."

Ye Xuan smiled. He broke off a dead twig and tucked it inside his robes, as if receiving Master Xu’s blessing.

Before he left, he looked at Su Chen and asked,

"What is your name?"

"Actually, never mind."

"It’s not important."

"A reward!"

"Xuan, give him a reward on my behalf."

Then he was gone.

PHEW!

"That was His Grace, the Thousand Years!"

"How dare you not kneel? Aren’t you afraid of losing your head?!"

Chen Xuan collapsed to the floor, already soaked through with a cold sweat.

Lady Shui emerged.

She said nothing, simply waiting quietly for Su Chen to brew her medicine.

「Night.」

From the Library Pavilion, Su Chen watched.

He watched as the Purple Robe entered the Heaven-Ascension Tower and did not emerge for three days and three nights.

「On the fourth day.」

「At night.」

A terrifying aura erupted, soaring into the heavens.

The Purple-robed Thousand Years had emerged from his seclusion.

He had become a Fallen Demon.

And he had reached the rank of Grandmaster.

「The next day.」

The Purple-robed Thousand Years personally led an expedition to suppress the rebels of Old Zhou, who defied the Dynasty’s Orthodoxy.

The land was thrown into turmoil.

Strangely, the fortune of the land gathered above the Imperial City surged forth once more, its pace quickening by more than thirty percent.

The Great Yu Royal Family and the Ancient Grandmasters of the Celestial Alliance were secretly aiding him, helping him unify the land and vie for the birth of a new Dynasty to rule the world.

But this was by no means a good thing for him.

On the contrary, as a being of this era comparable to the Innate realm, unburdened by lifespan and free to stir the winds of change across the world, he sensed a profound malice directed at him.

At that moment, he recalled the words of Great Yu Yue.

’Once the world is truly unified and the fortune of the Human Race is gathered, he will anger the heavens. His doom will be at hand, and he won’t even realize it...’

’Anger the heavens?’

’What does that mean?’

As if sensing something, Su Chen raised his eyes to the heavens. Amidst the swirling snow and wind, the clouds billowed and gathered. Faintly, he perceived an enraged gaze.

It came from the sky itself!

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