Past Events

"So he was already dead. That was good.

"Presumably, if the Palace Master knew in the underworld that the Young Master had avenged her, she would also be gratified."

Yuè Jiāo Nú was distracted for a moment before her expression returned to calm. In a tone laden with endless emotion, she spoke, seemingly feeling that Heaven's justice was clear and ever-present.

Duàn Yì had long since stopped dwelling on these hatreds and did not wish to delve deeper into the subject. Instead, he turned to Yellow Heaven Demon Venerable and asked,

"Senior Demon Venerable, you previously told me that we are related by blood, and that my mother should have called you Father.

"Could you resolve Duàn Yì's confusion, Senior? Could you tell me the whole story from beginning to end?"

In truth, Duàn Yì and Ding Ling had already suspected this fact back then, though they had been unable to confirm it.

Now that Yellow Heaven Demon Venerable had personally admitted it and come looking for him, Duàn Yì had no doubts. He merely wished to understand what had truly happened.

Yellow Heaven Demon Venerable broke free from his despondency. Seeing that Duàn Yì remained calm and respectful, he nodded.

With reminiscence, resentment, and regret in his voice, he slowly began recounting the storms and upheavals of those years.

Yellow Heaven Demon Venerable had a rather miserable background. His family had been poor since his childhood, and when famine struck, his parents starved to death while fleeing the disaster with him. He was fortunate enough to be taken in and raised by an elderly Daoist priest.

Due to his circumstances, Yellow Heaven Demon Venerable had been a Daoist priest from childhood, reciting Daoist scriptures and practicing martial arts.

Ordinary Daoists generally followed the path of accumulating strength slowly before