Chapter 268

A powerful ball of purple Qi directly struck away Liqing, who was closest to her.

With a thud, Liqing slumped heavily to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Covering her chest, Liqing looked at Xi in astonishment. How could Xi break her seal?

“Father!” Xi rushed toward the Heavenly Emperor upon breaking the seal.

Seeing that Xi broke the seal, the Heavenly Emperor slightly smiled and shook away the two men of sacrifice behind with a wave. Having made sure that Xi was safe, the Heavenly Emperor seemed to use up the last bit of his strength and then slowly fell backward.

“Father!” Xi hurriedly rushed over to catch the Heavenly Emperor and wiped the blood off the corner of his lips tremblingly, “Father, don’t scare me!”

Her sobbing voice with the cold penetrated the Heavenly Emperor’s heart. The Heavenly Emperor slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xi’s anxious face. He forced a smile, “I’m fine…”

“Father!” Xi’s tears rolled down more rapidly.

Upon seeing the scene, Duanmu Xi sobbed incessantly for Xi and the Heavenly Emperor.

Staring at Xi and the Heavenly Emperor, Liqing slightly narrowed her eyes and slowly got up from the ground. Staring at the Monster King who was still fighting Lord Qi Hua, she frowned and picked up the dagger to cut Lord Qi Hua’s neck.

Lord Qi Hua slowly turned around and looked at Liqing. He wanted to say something but couldn’t say anything and then collapsed.

The Monster King looked at Lord Qi Hua twitching on the ground and wiped the sweat off his forehead. This old man was hard to deal with. Just in case, the Monster King thrust his sword into Lord Qi Hua but he was stopped by Liqing.

“Father, leave him alone. Deal with Lou Che and Lou Xi first.” Lord Qi Hua had been stabbed with Godkiller and severely injured, so he would not be a problem anymore. Without their action, he would die himself. Instead, Lou Che and Lou Xi must be killed as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The Monster King turned to Lou Che and Lou Xi, his eyes flickering, “Lou Che, you’ll die today.” Then, the Monster King waved his hand. Instantly, the men of sacrifice in black dashed toward Lou Che and Lou Xi.

Upon seeing the scene, Xi immediately took out a light blue crystal ball from her arms and tossed it upward. Then, the crystal ball floated in the air and became bigger quickly with strong blue light, making the others unable to open their eyes.

Liqing covered her eyes with her hands. Staring at the crystal ball floating in the air, she tried to approach it but couldn’t move forward at all. The other men of sacrifice in black also couldn’t move at all as if being frozen.

Duanmu Xi was also surprised to see the crystal ball in the air. Her grandpa’s crystal ball was here. Duanmu Xi took out the crystal ball from her arms and frowned. Was the crystal ball also a thing of the previous life?

Very quickly, the crystal ball became very big, just like a bubble floating in midair. Before everybody could realize what happened, the crystal ball had fallen and wrapped Xi and Lou Che inside. Then, the crystal ball became small quickly. With a flash of strong light, it just disappeared in front of all.

Liqing and the Monster King were both astonished and didn’t dare to believe that the two people would just disappear in front of them.

After being stunned for a while, the Monster King finally came around and stamped his feet in fury, “They just ran away.”

Hearing that, Liqing also earthed to herself and narrowed her eyes at the place where Xi and Lou Che disappeared.

The Monster King looked at the men of sacrifice in black who were still confused, shouting, “What are you waiting for? Chase them.” He didn’t believe that he couldn’t deal with a girl and a dying man.

“Yes.” The men of sacrifice in black heard the Monster King’s roar and immediately collected themselves.

“Hold on!” Liqing immediately raised her arm and said, “Father, do you forget we aren’t in the Monster World but in the Immortal World?” They would risk their necks if they chased Lou Che in his place.

Hearing that, the Monster King immediately came to his senses and said regretfully with a frown, “What should we do now?”

Liqing pondered with a frown for a while and looked at the Monster King, saying with determination, “The current priority is to occupy the Immortal World.” Only if the Immortal World also turned into the Monster World could she not be afraid of Lou Che and Lou Xi. By then, she would be the only princess of the Immortal World.

The Monster King’s eyes sparkled at once and then dropped, “Can we really occupy the Immortal World?” The Immortal World was always the top of the Six Worlds. He had never thought of making war against the Immortal World, let alone occupying the Immortal World.

Liqing sneered, “Father, rest assured. The Immortal World has just retreated. They can’t expect that the Monster World would attack them all of a sudden. If we attack them now, we must be able to catch them off guard. Besides, Lou Che is severely injured. He will probably die soon. By then, the immortal soldiers and generals will be lost. They can’t be able to resist our powerful soldiers then.”

The Monster King was intrigued. If only they could really occupy the Immortal World. By then, the Monster World would be the strongest one in the Six Worlds, oh no, the Five Worlds. By then, the Demonic World and the Beast World would be no match for the Monster World.

“However, we must act fast before they come around.” The Immortal World was the top of the Six Worlds. If they didn’t act fast enough, the Monster World would be annexed instead.

The Monster King nodded, “We’ll go back and make arrangements now.”

“Father, you go back and prepare the troops. The faster, the better. I’ll take these men of sacrifice in black to lurk in the Immortal World and continue to hunt down Lou Che and Lou Xi in secret to buy time for you.” She had sprinkled the Tracking Powder on Lou Xi. No matter where Xi ran to, she could still catch Xi. She couldn’t be assured unless she caught Lou Xi.

The Monster King stared at Liqing, his eyes flickering. Initially, he was frustrated about not having a son. Now as it appeared, his precious daughter was no better than men. Finally, he had a qualified successor. He patted Liqing’s shoulder gently and said, “You must be careful.”

Then, the Monster King disappeared in front of all with a flash.

After the Monster King left, Liqing waved at the men of sacrifice in black, “Follow me.”

On the back hill of the Heavenly Emperor’s Palace in the Immortal World, Xi carried Lou Che toward the depths of the jungle with difficulty.

“Father, hang in there. There is a cave ahead. Let’s go inside and take a rest.” Staring at the weaker and weaker Heavenly Emperor, Xi felt rather anxious.

Very quickly, Xi and Lou Che got to a cave. The cave was quite big but not deep. This cave was the shared secret base for Zichun and her. They used to come here in order to avoid Shi Xiuzhu.

Xi carefully made Lou Che lean against the rock wall of the cave. Seeing that the Heavenly Emperor closed his eyes and seemed to have fainted, Xi was startled and hastened to sit behind him and transfer some mysterious Qi to him.

“Father, wake up. Don’t sleep. Just don’t sleep…”

Seeming to hear Xi’s call, the Heavenly Emperor slowly opened his eyes and said with difficulty, “Xi…”

“Yes, I’m here.” Hearing the Heavenly Emperor’s call, Xi withdrew her hands and held him so that he could lean against her shoulders, “Father, you’re awake. Would you like some water? I’ll fetch some water at the cave’s mouth for you.” Then, Xi wanted to rise but she was stopped by the Heavenly Emperor.

“Don’t go. I’m not thirsty.” The Heavenly Emperor couldn’t bear to put all his weight on Xi, so he struggled to sit up and move aside to lean against the rock wall, “Xi, come here. I have something to tell you.”

Xi walked over obediently and knelt next to the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor looked at Xi’s somewhat pale face and felt sorry for her. He raised his arm to wipe the tears off the corner of Xi’s eyes, “You’ve really grown up.”

Hearing that, Xi directly flung herself into the Heavenly Emperor’s arms, sobbing, “No, I haven’t. I still need your care.” She didn’t want to grow up anymore.

Feeling Xi’s uneasiness and fear, the Heavenly Emperor stroked Xi’s long hair, his dark eyes full of affection and grief, “I… have kept you company for 1,000 years. It’s already long enough. Your mother has waited a long time for me…” Heavenly Emperor’s eyes turned red as he spoke. He looked up to keep his tears from rolling down. “You must learn to take care of yourself…”

“No… Don’t leave me…” Hearing the Heavenly Emperor’s last words, Xi sobbed too bitterly to speak.

Heavenly Emperor gently pushed away Xi and wiped the tears off her, “I’m afraid I can’t agree with your request this time.” He knew about his condition well. He was stabbed with Godkiller and his heart was injured. Now, he was having the last struggle of his life. Actually, he didn’t mean to live when he lost Xue. He lived until now just because he was worried about Xi.

Xi was anguished to hear that and shed more tears. In fact, she was aware that her father would leave her forever.

The Heavenly Emperor stared at Xi’s sad face and his eyes turned red again, “Go to Mo Heng. He’s a good man. He’ll take good care of you on my behalf.” That princess of the Monster World wouldn’t let go of Xi easily. Now only Mo Heng could confront the Monster World. He believed that Mo Heng could definitely protect Xi well.

Hearing Mo Heng’s name, Xi felt more bitter. Her father was still thinking about him now. Yet, what had Mo Heng done? If it weren’t for him, why would she be caught by Liqing? Why would her father become like this for saving her?

The Heavenly Emperor took out a purple crystal from his arms and put it in Xi’s hand, “This is the token of love that I gave your mom. It’s called Purple Hell Stone. Now, I’ll give it to you. I hope you can keep it.”

Xi looked at the Purple Hell Stone in her hand and her tears just dropped on it, which was giving off faint purple light. As the tears dropped on it, the purple light just became lighter.

“Xi… You must be happy…” After saying that, the Heavenly Emperor slowly closed his eyes.

“Father… No… Don’t leave me… Upon seeing that the Heavenly Emperor closed his eyes, Xi couldn’t help holding him tightly. However, no matter how tightly she held him, he just faded away bit by bit.

It was then that Xi realized that the man who loved her the most really left her.

Duanmu Xi looked at the Heavenly Emperor gradually fading away and also felt greatly pained. This was how she felt and how Xi felt. She felt that she seemed to be integrated with Xi, because she was no longer watching aside as an onlooker but actually experiencing all of this.