The woman in the painting was dressed in a white dress. She stood aloof from the world and did not eat the food of the mortal world. She was like a fairy from the Nine Heavens who had fallen to the mortal world.
Yi Yun found the woman somewhat familiar, but he was certain that he had never seen her before.
Who was this woman? If Yi Yun had seen such a peerless woman, it was impossible for him not to have any impression of her.
Yi Yun studied it carefully for a long while. Although it was only a painting, the woman's bearing and looks were something that even peerless beauties like Fairy Youqin and Princess White Fox paled in comparison.
Suddenly, an idea flashed across Yi Yun's mind.
He thought of someone.
Back in the Tian Yuan world, when he entered the Great Empress mystic realm, he had seen the Azure Yang Lord's past and present lives.
The Azure Yang Lord had a woman he loved his entire life, her name was Bai Yueyin!
Although Yi Yun had only seen Azure Yang Lord's past and present life in his dream, Bai Yueyin still left a deep impression on Yi Yun. On careful comparison, she bore an eighty to ninety percent resemblance to the woman in the portrait!
Yi Yun remembered that tens of millions of years ago, the Central State Divine Territory had a unified dynasty named the Great Qian Dynasty!
As for Azure Yang Lord, he was a prince of the Great Qian Dynasty. After he inherited the throne, he met a peerless woman who was as fair as jade — Bai Yueyin.
Bai Yueyin was extremely talented and intelligent. She came from a tiny sect but even so, she radiated like a bright moon. It was a rare sight to behold.
An ordinary background gave Bai Yueyin an indescribable charm and affinity, making the Azure Yang Lord fall deeply in love with her.
Later, the couple held their wedding. With the support of the Great Qian dynasty, Bai Yueyin's cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds after she made up for her shortcomings in heritage and resources. Soon, her strength was on par with Azure Yang Lord's. She was invincible among her peers in the four seas!
However, later on, they experienced a tiny ordeal. When the Azure Yang Lord and Bai Yueyin headed to the Sinkhole to explore, they encountered danger. The Azure Yang Lord was trapped in a distorted space in the Sinkhole and his fate was unknown.
Bai Yueyin returned alone to manage the Great Qian Dynasty for the Azure Yang Lord.
She had been waiting for the Azure Yang Lord and believed that he would return.
After twenty years, Bai Yueyin's hopes finally came to fruition. Azure Yang Lord had returned. Not only was he not dead, he had also obtained a massive opportunity in the Sinkhole. As a result, his strength increased by leaps and bounds.
The entire Great Qian Dynasty rejoiced as the two were crowned the Sacred Emperor and Sacred Empress. Azure Yang Lord was uninhibited as he reigned supreme over an ancient country. Bai Yueyin was modest as she was the mother of the world.
Following that, the Azure Yang Lord inherited the position of the Great World's Divine Lord, becoming a figure of great importance in the Yang God Empyrean Heaven. That was the pinnacle of the Azure Yang Lord's life.
And after the peak, there was a terrifying trough!
Not long after, an expert from the Demon Clan called Sha Hongxue came to challenge the Central State Divine Palace.
Sha Hongxue was an arrogant man with extraordinary strength.
However, the Azure Yang Lord was still extremely confident about the battle. Back then, the entire Yang God Empyrean Heaven was alarmed as they came to the Central State Divine Territory to watch the battle.
Before the battle, the Azure Yang Lord made another breakthrough. He gained insights into the Emptiness and Anatta realm. Just as his cultivation level was about to improve, Bai Yueyin appeared like a ghost at the most critical moment of his life. She stabbed her sword into the Azure Yang Lord's chest, piercing through his chest!
At that moment, the Azure Yang Lord could not believe what had happened in front of him. He grabbed the ice-cold blade and looked at Bai Yueyin. However, other than coldness, he could not find anything on Bai Yueyin's face.
The sword was pulled out, as though it had extracted everything in the Azure Yang Lord's life. Even if he died, he wanted to know the reason. However, Bai Yueyin did not say a word. She left just like that …
In the battle with Sha Hongxue, the Azure Yang Lord suffered an abject defeat!
After that, the Azure Yang Lord was disheartened. He felt like he had lost the meaning of life. He entered the Sinkhole once again and went to the place that had trapped him for more than twenty years. He wanted to end his life, but from there, he came to the Tian Yuan world.
Here, the Azure Yang Lord met a woman who saved his soul — the ancient Great Empress.
As for Yi Yun's subsequent entry into the Great Empress mystic realm, it was something that happened tens of millions of years later.
This part of the Azure Yang Lord's history had been buried in Yi Yun's heart for a very long time. And coincidentally, back when Yi Yun was transported from the Azure Wood Great World to the Yang God Empyrean Heaven, Yi Yun had landed in the former Central State Divine Territory of the Great Qian Dynasty.
Furthermore, Yi Yun had met the Azure Yang Lord's descendant — Jian Wufeng — in the Central State Divine Territory.
Yi Yun had also seen the Clarity Pool Sword Sect, which had traversed tens of millions of years of history and was no longer as glorious as it once was.
It was as though karma was predestined.
"I know her … Her name is Bai Yueyin." Yi Yun looked at Huan Chenxue. "Could Miss Huan be related to Bai Yueyin and Senior Jian Qingyang?"
Huan Chenxue shook her head and said, "I do not know Jian Qingyang, but I know of his story. He was a genius, but he was unfortunate. He was a pitiful person …"
"Oh? Because of Bai Yueyin? " Yi Yun was somewhat perplexed. How did Huan Chenxue have a portrait of Bai Yueyin, and how did she know of his relationship with the Azure Yang Lord?
Huan Chenxue put away the portrait and said with a sigh, "Do you know why Bai Yueyin wanted to harm Jian Qingyang?"
Yi Yun shook his head. This was something that puzzled him as well. He had seen Azure Yang Lord's complete past and present lives. Before Bai Yueyin took action, her relationship with Jian Qingyang did not seem fake at all.
That was hundreds of years of companionship, as well as more than twenty years of waiting after Azure Yang Lord's disappearance. It was deeply engraved in his heart and unwavering love.
Later on, the two became known as the Sacred Emperor and Sacred Empress. They had reached the pinnacle of life, especially with Azure Yang Lord's young age. His future was limitless, and it was only a matter of time before he broke through to the realm of Divine Lord. They should have been together and roamed the cosmos.
Under such circumstances, why would she harm her husband?
Hundreds of years of companionship could not withstand a single day of betrayal. It was unbelievable!
"Do you know what Bai Yueyin took away after she harmed Jian Qingyang?"
Yi Yun thought for a moment and felt a chill run down his back. The item Bai Yueyin took away was a broken sword!
To be precise, it was the tip of the pure Yang broken sword!
Yi Yun took a deep breath and realized a possibility. The Huan Chenxue in front of him probably knew that he possessed the other half of the pure Yang broken sword!
This was also the reason why she called him to the Mirage Sea Realm!
Yi Yun calmed down and said, "It's half a broken sword. Back then, there were countless treasures in the Azure Yang Lord's interspatial ring. There were even remnant volumes of the 'Yang God Manual' and the 'Nine Nether Sacred Manual'. Those are cultivation techniques formed naturally from the nomological Great Dao of the 12 Empyrean Heavens. Their value is immeasurable, but Bai Yueyin did not take them away. She only took half a broken sword!"
"That's right. It's that broken sword. As for the 'Yang God Manual' and 'Nine Nether Sacred Manual' remnant volumes you mentioned …" Huan Chenxue shook her head gently when she said that. "They are probably not as valuable as you imagine. They are not cultivation techniques naturally formed from the nomological Great Dao of the 12 Empyrean Heavens … History is too long. Many truths have been buried in the dust of history, unknown to anyone."
Huan Chenxue said lightly. Her tone was calm, and coupled with her long breaths, there was an indescribable feeling.
For a mortal woman to discuss history that spanned hundreds of millions of years, to the point of the legends of the formation of the 12 Empyrean Heavens, the casualness and calmness in her words gave Yi Yun an indescribable feeling.
Was she really just a mortal girl?
Yi Yun found it hard to imagine. However, Huan Chenxue mentioned that the remnant volumes of the 'Yang God Manual' and 'Nine Nether Sacred Manual' were not naturally formed from the Great Dao laws of the 12 Empyrean Heavens. Yi Yun found it extremely likely.
On careful thought, although Yi Yun had never cultivated in the 'Yang God Manual' and 'Nine Nether Sacred Manual', he had a few remnant pages of the equally famous' Ten Thousand Fey Divine Canon '.
These remnant pages were given to him by Felicitous Rain Lord before Yi Yun left the Azure Wood Great World.
Back when Yi Yun entered reclusive cultivation for twenty-five years, he had also cultivated in the remnant pages of the 'Ten Thousand Fey Divine Canon'. If the cultivation technique was described as intricate, it was indeed intricate, but in terms of a supreme Great Dao, it did not seem to be that powerful. Compared to the 10000 Demon Wheel of Existence that Yi Yun cultivated in, it was on a completely different level.
Previously, Yi Yun had guessed that it was because his' Ten Thousand Fey Divine Canon 'was incomplete, resulting in a lack of strength.
But on careful thought, over all these years, the 12 Empyrean Heavens had a total of twelve mystic manuals. Numerous mighty figures had obtained them, so could it be that none of them had a complete mystic manual?
However, Yi Yun had never heard of anyone becoming a peerless figure like the Pure Yang Sword Palace owner after cultivating in a complete mystic manual.
Most of the people who obtained the mystic manuals were figures at the level of Felicitous Rain Lord or Elder Mo. If the value of the mystic manuals was truly immeasurable, the remnant pages would have long been snatched away by figures above the Divine Lord realm.
Bai Yueyin had abandoned the 'Yang God Manual' and 'Nine Nether Sacred Manual' remnant pages not because she wanted to leave them for Azure Yang Lord, but because she did not think much of them.
However, she had taken away the sword tip.
Upon thinking of this, Yi Yun's expression turned solemn. He had already realized that the pure Yang broken sword's value was much greater than he originally imagined!
And now, the news of him possessing the pure Yang broken sword had been exposed. The reason for his carelessness was because he had underestimated the pure Yang broken sword's value.
Yi Yun originally believed that even if it was the Pure Yang Sword Palace owner's weapon, it would only be a damaged weapon with only half of it remaining.
Yi Yun had also underestimated Bai Yueyin. He originally believed that she was a heartless woman with ambition and greed from a small sect, but from the looks of it, she was probably not that simple.
Since he had been exposed, Yi Yun could only resign himself to fate. He knew that Elder Mo's strength was far above his own.
If the girl in front of him had any designs on the pure Yang broken sword, there was basically no way he could resist. He could only hand it over to her.
These thoughts flashed across Yi Yun's mind instantly. As for the blue-dressed girl, she only looked at Yi Yun. Her bright eyes seemed to contain a lake of autumn water. Despite being extremely pure, it was impossible to see through her.
"Your reaction is a lot calmer than I originally imagined."
The girl chuckled. Yi Yun shook his head with a wry smile. The mortal girl seemed to see through him and knew everything he was thinking.
"Miss Huan, are you not interested in the broken sword?"
"I can't say that I'm interested. That broken sword holds great significance to me, but it's completely different from what you think."
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