Chapter 665 - The Heavens Are Unjust

Those who haven’t experienced the selection of the Cloud Roaming Elder may find it hard to understand his obsession, hard to grasp his resentment and jealousy.He was like a gambler who had lost his cool, betting his entire fortune, staking fields, properties, wife, and children…

Clearly unable to accept failure, and certainly no room for it.

As for Jiang Wang, he neither needed nor bothered to understand the emotions of the Cloud Roaming Elder.

To him, the Cloud Roaming Elder and Dou Min were complete strangers, and could also be considered clear-cut opponents, enemies even.

All he needed to do was to defeat them, crush them, from flesh to will.

So he didn’t even glance at the two men, flying down to the top of Chi Yun Mountain, and with a gentle smile to Ye Qingyu, “Your Divine Skills have been employed quite well.”

Honestly, he had been quite dazzled by the recent exchange between Ye Qingyu and Dou Min, and the Cloud Roaming Elder.

In his heart, his memory of Ye Qingyu’s combat ability was still stuck on the panic at Jade Balance Peak.

He truly hadn’t expected that the current Ye Qingyu had become so adept in combat.

Though lacking experience in facing life-and-death situations, and a bit of decisiveness and ruthlessness, her execution of moves, the timing, were all top-notch.

Once she is fully accustomed to Cloud Seal Script’s Divine Power, she too will be considered a master who can stand on her own.

“Thank you,” Ye Qingyu replied with a charming smile and a playful tone, “You wielded your palm with great momentum.”

She was teasing Jiang Wang for just having used his hand to direct all the mountain beasts and suppress Dou Min and the Cloud Roaming Elder with the turn of a hand, indeed, he had the air of a strong character.

Jiang Wang’s old face flushed red.

As the master of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace, he had the authority to control the power of Chi Yun Mountain’s gate, summoning its power at a mere thought—he indeed didn’t need to physically turn his palm.

The reason he did so was simply to add to the momentum.

Put simply, it was not just to dominate their wills, but also to show off a bit in front of others.

This showing off, which was rare for his typically composed personality, was nothing but an occasional expression of the youthful nature buried deep within him, showing off a new “toy.”

Still, with his skin not thick enough, he felt a bit embarrassed when teased by Ye Qingyu, “Not as elegant and skillful as your Cloud Seal Script Technique.”

While they chatted and laughed in ease, Cloud Roaming Elder was already burning with jealousy.

“Shameless couple!

How is it that people like you get everything good?”

By now, the cloud patterns on Ye Qingyu’s forehead had faded away; Cloud Seal Script’s Divine Power had a limit on duration, in this aspect somewhat similar to Dou Min’s Fighting Golden Body.

Hearing the Cloud Roaming Elder’s indiscreet words, she furrowed her brow, a wave of disgust welling up inside her.

As the daughter of Ye Lingxiao, she usually associated with remarkable people and believed that cultivators should forge ahead bravely.

Even in defeat, there was no excuse for such a loss of composure.

Jiang Wang turned back around, looking at the Cloud Roaming Elder, who was like a trapped beast, “And what kind of people are we?”

The Cloud Roaming Elder glared at him with eyes almost bursting from their sockets, “You ask yourself, what makes you deserving of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace!?”

“What have you contributed to Chi Yun Mountain?

What have you done for the Cloud Top Fairy Palace?

For this day, what efforts have you made?”

“Just talking about love, saying sweet nothings, having casual chats, and you easily own all of this?”

He was not afraid to die.

Or rather said, with this trip’s failure, he had no chance of achieving God Arrives, and losing eighty years of life expectancy, he wouldn’t live much longer anyway.

“On what grounds!”

He bellowed out in agony, “How unjust is fate, how miserly has Heaven been with me!”

Jiang Wang actually didn’t intend to listen to him finish speaking, as the person was unreasonably agitated and there was no need for communication.

He had already wanted to draw his sword, but right at this moment, changes occurred within the Five Tianfu Seas in his body.

Specifically, the change originated from the ruins of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace atop the clouds.

With a moving thought, his spirit descended into the ruins of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace, arriving in front of the only relatively intact mirror wall.

The change he sensed came from this place.

A figure appeared on the mirror wall, that of a white-robed Daoist boy.

Jiang Wang, who had previously entered the Guest Reception Hall, recognized that this white-robed Daoist boy was the same child who welcomed and saw off visitors, holding the only true Cloud Seal Token.

The boy bowed to Jiang Wang, saying, “Immortal Lord.

The child presumes too much.”

It was his actions that affected the mirror wall, revealing his figure, prompting Jiang Wang to come here with a thought.

Was he a survivor from the Cloud Top Fairy Palace?

An ancient remnant soul?

Or was he some later soul possessor?

Jiang Wang maintained his caution and asked indifferently, “Who are you?”

“Immortal Lord need not worry,” the white-robed Daoist boy replied ceremoniously.

“The Cloud Top Fairy Palace has recognized you as its master; everything within the palace, including this Spirit Inscription Stele, is under your control.

With just a thought from you, this child would instantly shatter.”

So, this wasn’t a mirror wall, but a Spirit Inscription Stele?

Spirit Inscription…

Jiang Wang had not noticed before, but now, upon closer perception, he confirmed that its material was indeed the same as the Spirit Inscription Jade he had seen in the Forest Sea Source Realm.

The piece of Spirit Inscription Jade he had seen in the Forest Sea Source Realm belonged to Su Qiyun, who came from the Tianfu lineage, a precious item passed down to her by her master.

Although it was a mere small piece, it was incredibly valuable.

At the time, it enabled Guan Yan to materialize his form; later on, it even hosted the Divine Thought of little Fish, allowing Su Qiyun a chance to revive Fish.

And this piece before him was so huge!

It was precisely because of its vast size that Jiang Wang did not even consider the possibility of it being Spirit Inscription Jade.

Who said the ruins of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace were worthless?

Just this Spirit Inscription Stele alone, if broken into small pieces and sold, would be of exceptional value.

While Jiang Wang was still in amazement, the white-robed Daoist boy continued, “Moreover, there’s no need for you to have a thought of destruction, as this child has long been dead.

What you are conversing with is merely a lingering shadow from a distant past, soon to dissipate…”

He then asked, “May I inquire, Immortal Lord, what year is it now?”

It was no secret, Jiang Wang replied directly, “This year is 3918 of the Dao Calendar.”

“The Dao Calendar has restarted?” the white-robed Daoist boy murmured to himself, “Our era has finally come to an end?”

Before Jiang Wang could ask anything, the boy hurriedly said, “There’s no time.

Immortal Lord, this child has a request for you.”

Jiang Wang naturally wouldn’t agree immediately, only asking, “What is it?”

“The child serves as the greeter for the Cloud Top Fairy Palace.

Being too weak to attract attention, I was fortunate to escape that catastrophe…

Currently lying prostrate atop Chi Yun Mountain is the reincarnated body of this child.

For all these years, he has been in the cycle of reincarnation, always seeking the Cloud Top Fairy Palace.

Initially, it was to reclaim the glory of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace, but as transmigrations went on and memories became more scarce, he has forgotten everything, relying only on the earliest obsession, searching for the Cloud Top Fairy Palace life after life.

Accumulating countless lifetimes of dissatisfaction, he is completely unable to face failure, yet he himself is unaware of this fact.

For countless years, he has lived under the shadow of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace, never truly having lived.”

The white-robed Daoist boy said, “The child does not ask for your forgiveness for his rudeness, only that you let him die convinced.

Not to carry this dissatisfaction into the next life.”

Jiang Wang indeed felt compassion; the boy’s lingering shadow from the past didn’t even know how many lives his reincarnated self had been through.

These countless years of struggle, ultimately turning out to be mere illusions and fantasies, truly exemplified the cruelty of fate.

Yet, currently having power over others, it would be easy to bring about the Cloud Roaming Elder’s death, but to let him die convinced was quite the challenge.

However, the white-robed Daoist boy did not give him the time to consider, as his figure had already started fading and disappearing from the Spirit Inscription Stele.

Leaving behind only a regretful sentence—

“The opportunity for the revival of the Cloud Top Fairy Palace rests upon him…”