Just like how the Duanmu Family had a small wooden house.
In the huge palace, there was such a place too.
No one dared to get close because those who did would all die.
Everyone had their own theories about who lived here and the royal family didn't come out to explain.
In truth, very few people in the royal family knew who lived here. Apart from the emperors after Taizong, no one else had the right to know.
After the current Emperor Tianqi found out who lived here, he was shocked and filled with disbelief.
Feather Transformation God Dynasty's founding emperor, Taizong!
30,000 years had passed and he actually didn't die. He was still alive until now.
Since young, Emperor Tianqi worshipped Emperor Tianqi and grew up listening to his legends.
This was especially so for Taizong, who had risen from the wilderness and fought like a dragon in the wilderness. With just a pair of fists, he had forcefully created a huge empire.
In this story, the Duanmu Family's contributions were wiped out.
In truth, if not for Taizong's wife plotting against Old Ancestor Duanmu, who knew who the throne would belong to?
This was also the reason why Old Ancestor Duanmu and Taizong wanted to kill one another.
The first time Emperor Tianqi saw Taizong, the worship and excitement in his heart collapsed.
The one he saw was that Taizong of great talent and bold vision?
He was seeing a lunatic!!!!
A crazy old man. Although he was strong, his mind wasn't clear anymore.
His only thought was to kill the Duanmu Family.
This thought was the reason why the royal family targeted the Duanmu Family for so many years.
Since he knew that Taizong was crazy, Emperor Tianqi sealed this place and no one was allowed to enter. Anyone who entered would die.
….
In the palace forbidden ground, Heaven Heart walked over.
With his cultivation, it was easy for him to barge into the palace. The guards couldn't even notice him.
In the old palace, spiderwebs were everywhere and there were many weeds on the ground. It was a total mess.
In such an environment, there was the founder of the Feather Transformation God Dynasty, the invincible Emperor Taizong!
Who knew if he was sad or happy? An emperor who fought with the Duanmu Family ancestor for his entire life actually went crazy because of his obsession.
It sounded really magical.
Creak!
Heaven Heart pushed open the door and walked in. He saw that the room in the center was really clean like it was specially cleaned.
There was only one plant in the courtyard. It was a tree. The tree was golden, and its leaves were like human palms. They swayed in the wind and emitted a sweet fragrance.
The Longevity Tree!
This was the Eternal Life Tree that Taizhong exchanged for when he entered the Bank of the Universe 10,000 years ago.
The Longevity Tree, as the name suggested, could allow one to live forever under this tree.
Taizhong was overjoyed as he finally saw a way to deal with Old Ancestor Duanmu.
He could outlast Old Ancestor Duanmu to death and personally chop off his head in the end.
Moreover, Taizhong had a good plan at that time. Within 10,000 years, Old Ancestor Duanmu would definitely die. He would then return the Tree of Longevity and compensate for some things. The Yuhua God Dynasty's Dragon Veins wouldn't need to be touched.
Unfortunately, the plan was good, but things changed.
Old Ancestor Duanmu entered the Bank of the Universe and used his life to exchange for a Soul Raising Wood.
You won't be able to last until I die this time!
Then came the bad news. Taizong had paid the price for longevity.
In this world, there was no such thing as longevity without effort!
The Eternal Life Tree wasn't a kind tree.
If one stayed near it for a long time, their consciousness would be chaotic and they would fall into illusions.
With Taizhong's decisiveness, without the Eternal Life Tree, he definitely wouldn't have fallen so deep.
Because of the Eternal Life Tree, Taizhong was unable to pull himself out and his mind started to have problems.
After 10,000 years, it was normal for him to be crazy and it was already tough for him to be clear-headed.
The last time he was clear-headed was 10 years ago.
This time, Heaven Heart came and Taizhong was finally clear-headed.
So, he cleaned up the room, washed up, and changed into a new set of clothes.
However, his hair was a mess. Taizhong didn't know how to tie his hair.
"Empress, help me tie my hair!" Taizhong shouted.
But no one replied to him.
Heaven Heart looked on silently and didn't say a word.
"Empress, don't sleep anymore. There is a guest." Taizhong noticed Heaven Heart but he still shouted for his Empress.
Unfortunately, no one replied to him.
"I am sorry, my Empress is asleep." Taizhong apologized towards Heaven Heart and bowed deeply.
Heaven Heart looked into the room and at a corner, a girl was laying on the bed. Her body had no warmth at all and she was wearing the Empress's beautiful clothes. She looked really weird.
"My Empress is asleep, don't disturb her." Taizhong pointed at Heaven Heart's nose and shouted.
"She is dead!" Heaven Heart said truthfully.
"Nonsense, my Empress is just asleep. She is still breathing and her heart is still beating." Taizhong scolded Heaven Heart.
"That is just because your True Qi is maintaining it." Heaven Heart shook his head and said.
In Heaven Heart's eyes, Taizhong was like an empty bottle and there was no water in it at all.
He transferred all of his energy to his Empress to maintain her breathing and heartbeat.
Actually, the Empress had died long ago!
She wasn't as strong as Taizhong and Old Ancestor Duanmu and couldn't hold on at all. Moreover, she entered the Bank of the Universe in exchange for her beauty, so it was natural that she died.
It was just that no one had expected Taizhong to be so deeply in love that he would pour all of his cultivation into the Empress' body just to hang on to that last breath.
"Nonsense, you bald monk, you are speaking nonsense!!!" Taizhong raged.
"My Empress isn't dead, she is just asleep. She will definitely wake up!" Taizhong said firmly.
Heaven Heart sighed and walked into the room, "Why are you lying to yourself?"
In the room, there was a beautiful girl lying on the bed. Her face was like that of an 18-year-old girl, tender and flawless.
But when Heaven Heart looked at her body, he was shocked.
Beneath her beautiful face was dry skin. Her flesh and blood were all boiled away and only her bones were left. She was like a dry corpse and only a ball of energy was burning at her heart.
Like a candle burning in the endless darkness.
The candle continued to extinguish but there was a ball of energy supporting it such that it continued to burn.
Just like that, Taizhong's Empress was able to 'live'.
The Bank of the Universe's contract didn't state that the Empress was dead, which was why Heaven Heart was able to bring two contracts over.
Everything was preordained in the unseen world.
"I seem to understand why your Empress Dowager entered the Bank of the Universe and didn't want anything else. She just wanted to maintain her youthful beauty." Heaven Heart exclaimed.
A woman would dress up for the man she loved. Taizhong loved the Empress so much that he gave up his cultivation to protect the weak flame of the Empress.
So, it was understandable that the Empress wanted to maintain her youthful beauty for Taizhong.
Love wasn't something one person gave.
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