"I don't remember you," Long Hu Hu said, unable to reconcile the person with the rosy lips and white teeth before her with the Hua Xunxuan Master who had a full beard.
"Little girl, I even held you when you were a child!" Hua Xun laughed heartily.
At this moment, Ju Yin's divine soul arrived in a void space. The high canopy was dotted with stars, like a night sky. She stood suspended in the air, with an endless abyss beneath her feet. She felt no fear. Tentatively, she took a step forward, and a green lotus bloomed at her feet.
She strolled through the empty space as if walking in a leisurely garden. It was extremely quiet, a silence that carried an oppressive weight. She calmed her mind, clearing away all distracting thoughts. She walked continuously, without direction or end, like traveling in space. With each step, she trod on a green lotus that sprang from nothingness. This journey was so solitary, just her. It seemed as if she was the only one in this space, in an eternal life, an eternal, boundless, tranquil world!
After walking for an unknown period, Ju Yin could no longer bear it. At this point, she could not contact anyone in the space. Fortunately, she could still access food and spiritual spring water from the space. She didn't know how many times she drank the spiritual spring water, nor how much she consumed. Each consumption was for the tempering of her divine soul.
"Is anyone there?" Ju Yin couldn't help but tentatively call out.
"Little Ju Yin, you're here?" Suddenly, a pleasant male voice echoed.
Ju Yin spun around abruptly and saw an exceptionally handsome face smiling at her.
"Father!" Ju Yin's throat suddenly constricted. She hadn't seen her Father God in a long time.
"Why are you crying? The dignified God of War has learned to cry!" Ye Shenzun sighed.
"Father, I'm sorry, it was my willfulness!" Little Ju had remembered everything as soon as she entered this void. Years ago, she had forcibly shattered her physical form and dispersed her primordial spirit, wanting to go back to the past to find the truth. She had erased some of her memories, fearing she would wake up prematurely and ruin everything! But she had almost been annihilated in the vortex of reincarnation. Ju Yin Shenzun had erased her divine status, degenerating into a mortal. If she hadn't awakened, she would inevitably have vanished into the long river of mortal history.
"Good daughter, your father does not blame you. You have suffered!" Ye Shenzun walked forward and gently patted Ju Yin's head.
"Father, where is this place? Why are you here?"
"This is the Gui Xu Realm of the Divine Realm. After your divine soul fuses, you will automatically return here to recover your divine status. Only then will your strength be restored!"
"Then why are you here too? Father, you're not... dead, are you?" Ju Yin exclaimed in alarm. Ju Yin knew that the Gui Xu of the Divine Realm was also the destination for Shenzun after a great tribulation!
"Silly girl! You're the one who's dead! Your father will live for millions of years more! This is just a wisp of my divine consciousness!" Ye Shenzun said irritably.
Indeed, within a quarter of an hour of the father and daughter meeting, they both revealed their true natures!
"Heh heh, Father, you were too serious just now, I wasn't used to it. I thought someone was impersonating you. Fortunately, fortunately, you are the real Father!" Ju Yin breathed a sigh of relief.
Oh no! As soon as Ju Yin spoke, she received a loving flick on the head from Ye Shenzun!
"You're disrespectful! Who else has the ability to impersonate this Venerable and get beaten to a pulp!"
"Heh heh, Daddy, calm down. It's just that after not seeing you for so many years, I was afraid they would impersonate you!" Ju Yin said with a smile.
"It seems you have an answer?" Ye Shenzun looked at Ju Yin sternly.
"Yes, Father, my reincarnation was also tampered with by them. Logically, my merit power shouldn't have caused me so much suffering. But Father, you know? I was as miserable as one could be in the mortal realm!" Ju Yin felt indignant. It wouldn't be right if she didn't seek justice!
"Your father knows. Do whatever you want to do! Your father is here! You hid this from your father back then, but you can't do that this time." Ye Shenzun stroked his daughter's face. How could he not know that his good daughter was suffering? Otherwise, he wouldn't have made arrangements in secret for so long.
"Daddy, the Seven Star Guards were arranged by you, weren't they? And my spatial artifact, you threw it into the cultivation world, didn't you?" Ju Yin had guessed everything.
"Yes, don't blame your father for interfering. How could I allow you to live a muddled life for generations after becoming a mortal!" Ye Shenzun sighed. Being in his position, there were many things he couldn't help. Once he acted, it could cause turmoil in the three realms, or even lead to the destruction of these three thousand worlds! The karmic debt was too great... But no matter what, he would not allow his good daughter to be schemed against and turned into a mortal!
"Daddy, you're so kind!" Ju Yin threw herself into Ye Shenzun's arms at that moment. How could she blame her father!
"Silly girl, your personality has changed quite a bit. You were never like this before!" Ye Shenzun hugged his daughter, surprised and a little happy. She must have suffered greatly, otherwise, she wouldn't be acting so affectionately!
"Father, I miss you so much!" Ju Yin mumbled into Ye Shenzun's embrace. As mortals say, people always change. Perhaps if they haven't changed, they haven't suffered enough!
"Yin Bao Bao!" Ye Shenzun suddenly called out Ju Yin's childhood nickname with emotion. His good daughter, the dignified God of War, had never cried, and now she was like this, showing how much she had suffered. He would not let those people go. He had also found out one or two things about the truth of the Divine Wood Realm back then, and now it was time to settle the score!
Ju Yin would never know that her genuine emotional outpouring this time caused her father to misunderstand, leading him to later obliterate the three thousand disciples of Sage Qing Niu. This was a story for another time.
"Alright! You should go back!" Ye Shenzun pushed Ju Yin away.
"Father!" Ju Yin was caught off guard by her father's push and suddenly woke up!
"Sister, were you dreaming?"
As soon as Ju Yin opened her eyes, she heard Xiao Bai ask curiously.
"No, I saw my Father."
"Really? Father Ye is here too? Where?" Long Hu Hu looked around happily.
"He's already left!" Ju Yin said irritably. That annoying Father, pushing her away so readily!
At this moment, in the Azure Sky Sea Mirror of the Divine Realm, Ye Shenzun opened his eyes. The calm sea surface outside suddenly churned with waves!
"What's happening? Is the Shenzun angry?" A celestial soldier guarding the Heavenly Gate of the Azure Sky Sea Mirror asked another celestial soldier.
"He must be! Someone has angered the Shenzun." Celestial Soldier B said with certainty. The Shenzun hadn't been angered in ten thousand years. The last time he was angered was when the young lady had an accident.
As soon as Celestial Soldier B finished speaking, Ye Shenzun slowly floated over. He slowly passed through the Heavenly Gate, turned into a wisp of green smoke, and disappeared.
"Well, someone's going to suffer!" Celestial Soldier B silently mourned for the person who had offended their Shenzun! The calmer the Shenzun was, the more terrifying he was. Didn't they see the Azure Sky Sea Mirror water boiling like a pot?
On Cang Ming Mountain, belonging to Sage Qing Niu, the entire mountain had been leveled. The divine souls of the three thousand disciples were held in Ye Shenzun's hand.
"Ye Ming, you are too overbearing! What must I do for you to release my three thousand disciples?" Sage Qing Niu's face was ashen. His million-year cultivation of temperance had been shattered by Ye Shenzun's provocation, forcing him back to his original nature!
"Enter reincarnation. Your cultivation foundation is too shallow, start anew!" Ye Shenzun said with a cold expression. With a wave of his hand, he opened the gate of reincarnation, and the three thousand immortal souls were pushed into the reincarnation channel.
"You, you..." Sage Qing Niu was so angry he was about to spit blood, but he forcefully suppressed it!