Another Timeline, Gradually Touching the Truth
Another Timeline, Gradually Touching the Truth
After Gu Changge had finished laying out all his plans, he had already returned to the Beyond, where his clan was busy making arrangements for his wedding procession.
So he followed along with the welcoming army and arrived ahead of time at the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty.
A marriage alliance between the Family of Immortals and the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty—this matter was naturally of enormous consequence.
Many clan elders treated it with utmost seriousness. Deep within the clan grounds, they specially went to invite out numerous Ancestors, all to ensure that this marriage alliance would proceed without a single hitch.
At this time, even many foundation-level figures with the power of Remnant Immortals emerged one after another from the clan’s ancestral lands, all busying themselves over Gu Changge’s wedding.
Undercurrents surged through the Beyond. Many orthodoxies and factions regarded Gu Changge as a thorn in their side, a splinter in their flesh.
No one could be certain whether someone would jump out to cause trouble during this grand wedding.
What’s more, the marriage alliance between two superpowers tugged at the hearts and minds of countless Cultivators and living beings across the entire Beyond, like a tightly drawn bowstring—one careless move and it could snap.
Of course, for ordinary Cultivators and common folk, Gu Changge had paid an enormous price to quell the calamity of the Absolute Yin Heaven, even going so far as to oppose all the great orthodoxies and factions, just to seek justice for the masses of the world.
Naturally, they sincerely wished Gu Changge and Yue Mingkong happiness as a couple.
The grudges between the great orthodoxies of the Beyond had nothing to do with them.
But everyone also understood clearly: if an Immortal War were to erupt at this time, the scope it swept through would likely be the entire Beyond.
At that point, no one would be able to escape. Countless mountains, rivers, and territories would turn into scorched earth, reduced to ash and smoke.
“I’ve waited for this day for far, far too long.”
Deep within the palace halls of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, Yue Mingkong leaned against Gu Changge’s chest, her voice soft. On her breathtakingly beautiful face, a trace of dazed reverie surfaced.
Before her rebirth, she had also longed for such a day, but she never expected that in the end, she would suffer Gu Changge’s ambush and betrayal.
And in this life, Gu Changge had changed so, so much—so much that she began to suspect that the so-called previous life was perhaps nothing more than a dream that seemed real yet wasn’t.
“I won’t make you wait any longer.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly as he spoke, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.
“I’m truly afraid that all of this is a dream. If the dream wakes, then everything will turn to bubbles and vanish.”
Yue Mingkong raised her crystalline eyes to look at him, her gaze full of unconcealable love, yet her words carried a trace of hesitation and helplessness.
In her previous life, although she had married Gu Changge, that Gu Changge had been cold as ice—he wouldn’t so much as touch her, let alone show the tenderness and attentiveness he did now.
The closer it got to this moment, the more unsettled her heart became.
At the end of the day, it was simply because the wedding date was truly approaching, and the nervousness in her heart was acting up.
Ordinarily, she was the lofty and exalted Empress of the Unrivaled, ruling over the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty, commanding countless mountains and rivers—a single word from her could send the heads of countless Cultivators rolling to the ground.
But in front of Gu Changge, she was merely a virtuous wife who wanted to share his burdens and soothe the weariness between his brows.
“How could any of this be a dream? Why are you talking nonsense at a time like this?”
Gu Changge chuckled softly, pinching her slender, fair jade hand.
In truth, he understood perfectly well in his heart—at this moment, Yue Mingkong was remembering the events of her previous life’s wedding, when she had been tragically murdered by his hand.
That was why she was showing such worry.
The only thing he could do now was put her at ease. Nothing more.
Hearing his words, Yue Mingkong nodded, leaning into his embrace, her mood slowly relaxing.
“Actually, during this time, Xianer came to see me.”
At this point, as if something had occurred to her, she couldn’t help but speak softly.
“Hmm?” Gu Changge raised an eyebrow. He knew Yue Mingkong’s temperament—if it weren’t something important, she wouldn’t bring it up to him.
“What did that girl Xianer come to see you about?” he asked softly.
Yue Mingkong’s bright eyes suddenly fell upon his face, and then she said, “Xianer told me to keep a closer eye on you. She’s worried you won’t be able to suppress your Demonic Heart, and that you’ll make a move against me on the wedding day.”
“So she told me that if I notice anything unusual about you, I must tell her immediately. She has a way to help you suppress the Demonic Energy of your Demonic Heart.”
She had known from beginning to end that Gu Changge was the Successor of Demonic Arts, and she also knew that he bore the Demonic Heart.
No—actually, it went beyond that. His identity was far from being as simple as just the Successor of Demonic Arts and the Demonic Heart.
In her previous life, the reason she had been killed by Gu Changge was actually only because he needed a suitable excuse to wash away the suspicion on himself.
Yue Mingkong had known this all along, which was why, when she had first returned from rebirth, she had been so guarded against Gu Changge.
But afterward, she discovered that many of his actions and his personality differed considerably from the previous life.
Especially in his attitude toward the family, lovers, and followers around him—it was completely different.
The Gu Changge of the previous life had given her the impression of an absolutely selfish and cold-blooded person who, apart from his own interests, would never consider anyone else.
But the current Gu Changge had gained a trace of warmth in his heart.
And even if it was only a trace of warmth, it was already enough to satisfy her.
After all, what she had wanted all along was merely to have a place in Gu Changge’s heart.
“Why would she suddenly say that to you? The last time she saw me, I felt like she was hiding something from me.”
Hearing this, Gu Changge’s brow furrowed slightly. It wasn’t that he thought Gu Xianer was being presumptuous—he was just worried that silly girl would do something foolish.
The last time, back in Peach Village, she had nearly dug out her own Celestial Bone, wanting to use it to suppress the Demonic Energy of his Demonic Heart.
It seemed he still needed to find an opportunity to be frank with her, to keep her from making a scene.
Gu Changge shook his head gently.
But Yue Mingkong also shook her head and said, “I think Xianer may have seen something. That’s why she’s suddenly so worried.”
She had cultivated the Art of Imperial Command of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty. Although it couldn’t see through what was in a person’s heart, through subtle changes in them, she could guess at their psychological shifts.
When Xianer came to explain these things to her, she had clearly been harboring deep worry in her heart, as if she had long known those things were going to happen.
This made Yue Mingkong recall the circumstances of her own rebirth back then.
“You’re saying Xianer has come into contact with something related to the future?”
Hearing this, Gu Changge suddenly understood.
No wonder the last time Gu Xianer saw him, she had seemed like she wanted to say something but held back. Even after learning of his identity as the Successor of Demonic Arts, she hadn’t reacted much.
That was probably because, in her heart, she knew that something even more terrifying was waiting for her in the future.
So by comparison, the identity of the Successor of Demonic Arts seemed insignificant.
If that’s the case, then the future Xianer has come into contact with perhaps matches and aligns with the timeline from which Mingkong was reborn.
Why is it that on both of their timelines, I chose to kill them?
Gu Changge’s brow furrowed tighter and tighter. He felt he was touching upon some kind of truth.
If the System was connected to him, then all these Fortuitous Ones—whether on the original timeline or on other timelines—would ultimately end up standing on the opposite side of him.
Was this a coincidence? Or was everything already predestined long ago?