Chapter 499

"All right."

Xiao Minghuang nodded without being coy. The reason she returned the bracelet to Innate Osmanthus last time was because they were about to part ways. The latter was going to the Heavenly Realm and didn't know what kind of dangers it would encounter. She thought that having an extra magic treasure would make her safer.

But now it seems that the bracelet only holds sentimental value for them.

After all, they are friends.

It's perfectly normal for friends to exchange gifts.

"Um... A Yue, what brings you here all of a sudden?"

Xiao Minghuang asked with some doubt. Although she believed that Innate Osmanthus was a friend, she was not stupid. She naturally knew that she had not told anyone that she had come to the Fenwang Star Domain. Even Ye Ruoshui and the others did not know that she had come here.

The appearance of the Innate Osmanthus is clearly illogical and suspicious.

However, the Innate Osmanthus smiled and said, "I knew you would come here sooner or later, so I've been waiting here for a while."

"Oh?"

Xiao Minghuang's expression shifted slightly. The news of her defeating the Fenwang Immortal Venerable had indeed spread long ago, and it was no secret that she would take over the Fenwang Star Domain.

However, if Innate Osmanthus wanted to meet her, he could simply return to the Ziwei Great World and visit her directly. Why bother waiting here?

All I can say is that Xiao Minghuang deeply suspects there's some unknown secret behind this.

But she was convinced that Innate Osmanthus was her friend, and if the other party had any difficulties, she would definitely investigate them thoroughly!

"A Yue, I know you wouldn't come here unless there was a special reason."

Xiao Minghuang pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke.

Upon hearing this...

Innate Osmanthus smiled broadly, "Little Princess is truly intelligent; nothing can be hidden from you."

However...

As she spoke, her bright gaze fell on Xiao Minghuang's lips, her eyes darting around before she smiled mischievously, "Give me a kiss, and I'll tell you!"

"Well..."

Xiao Minghuang was stunned, her face full of embarrassment, and she was speechless for a moment.

What the hell is this?

"You don't want to?"

Innate Osmanthus pouted her pink and alluring little lips, looking all wronged. "Aren't we good friends? Can't you even grant me this simple request from a good friend? Little Princess, you're bullying me!"

"Okay, okay, I agree."

Xiao Minghuang sighed and reluctantly agreed. After all, it's normal for girls to kiss and hug each other.

Perhaps it's because A Yue has been wandering alone for so many years, feeling too lonely and lacking love, that she wanted to get some care from her.

She didn't have any feelings for Innate Osmanthus that went beyond ordinary friendship.

I have a clear conscience!

Immediately, she gritted her teeth and moved closer.

With a soft sound, she kissed the forehead of the Innate Osmanthus.

"Hmm~"

With her Innate Osmanthus smiled faintly.

"Well? Can you tell me now?"

She opened her eyes and looked expectantly at the Innate Osmanthus.

However.

Innate Osmanthus shook her head.

Xiao Minghuang was taken aback. "Is that not allowed?"

"I don't feel anything, Little Princess. Why are you kissing my forehead? You should kiss my cheek!"

It's like Innate Osmanthus in a very serious tone.

"Ha?"

I don't feel anything?

What the hell is this?!

But...

Upon closer inspection, it seems she really didn't feel anything...

After all, she wasn't some naive child anymore.

As the saying goes, "Having seen the vast ocean, one finds it hard to be impressed by mere rivers; having beheld the clouds of Wushan, one finds other clouds pale in comparison."

The true meaning here can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words.

That's exactly what I meant!

"Hurry up!" said the Innate Osmanthus with a straight face.

Xiao Minghuang was speechless and could only approach again.

She tiptoed forward and lightly kissed Innate Osmanthus's cheek, like a dragonfly skimming the water, before turning back.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"

But just as she raised her head, Innate Osmanthus suddenly reached out and pressed her head down, making it impossible for her to pull away.

"Hmm~"

A muffled groan.

Immediately afterwards, Innate Osmanthus forcefully pressed her head down, pressing it back against Innate Osmanthus's pink lips.

In an instant.

Xiao Minghuang trembled, her entire body going numb.

All of this happened so suddenly; she hadn't expected it at all.

The Innate Osmanthus was surprisingly proactive...

For a moment, both of them forgot to breathe.

I don't know how much time passed.

When a cool breeze traveled from Innate Osmanthus's mouth to her nose, Xiao Minghuang suddenly woke up and hurriedly pushed Innate Osmanthus away.

What are you doing...?

Her pretty face flushed red, and she glared at Innate Osmanthus with some annoyance.

"Hehe, thank you, Little Princess ~~~"

Innate Osmanthus Yuegui laughed and said, "It's peach flavored, so sweet!"

Xiao Minghuang took a half step back, rubbing her lips which were a little numb from being kissed, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I'm a married man!"

She gave the Innate Osmanthus a cold look and said warily, "If you mess around again, believe me, I'll beat you up!"

Although she had just been forcibly kissed, thankfully the other person didn't hug her, so they didn't notice that her lower abdomen was already swollen.

"Okay."

Innate Osmanthus pursed her lips and didn't try to argue anymore.

After a period of playful banter, the two finally stopped fighting, sat down on opposite sides, and began to talk about serious matters.

The starry sky was brilliant, and the vast emptiness was serene.

"Little Princess, would you like to hear my story?"

I would like to hear the details.

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"Okay, I'll tell you slowly."

A look of reminiscence and longing appeared on Innate Osmanthus's face, and her voice was melodious and ethereal, as if she were telling an ancient legend.

I don't know how far back in time that it was.

At that time.

Before chaos was divided, the Great Dao was not yet revealed.

But within a hazy, viscous mass of chaotic energy, countless dead stars were scattered.

These stars have an ancient history that cannot be traced. It is unknown in which distant era they were born, or in which distant era they declined.

But it is precisely because it has completely perished and there is no trace of its original essence that it has survived the annihilation of the Cosmic Great Dao in the previous era.

And it is precisely these seemingly insignificant beings, like fish that slipped through the net of the previous era, that become the opportunity to usher in a new era.

They are like fireflies in the night, flashing a faint light every so often, illuminating the world around them, bringing everything back to life and budding new life.

In this process, they constantly fall, disappear, are reborn, and disappear again, in an endless cycle.

Billions of years seem like a fleeting moment.

It was by a coincidence that happened only once in a billion years.

A tiny glimmer of light appears in an insignificant star.

A brand new era has begun.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution.

One after another, life-bearing stars were born, connecting and weaving together to form prosperous and vast worlds.

Finally.

Countless vast worlds have been completely merged together.

This world is so vast that it occupies four-fifths of the entire explorable universe.

It is situated between eight continuous mountain ranges and nine vast and boundless oceans.

This world is known as the Eight Mountains and Nine Seas.

However, in the original Eight Mountains and Nine Seas, there was no dominant ethnic group.

Or rather, the creatures of that time did not have the concept of race.

They followed the natural order of heaven and earth, sensed the great Dao, created their own writing system and language, and gradually integrated themselves into it, becoming a part of heaven and earth.

Gradually, due to their different environments and choices, the ethnic groups from the Eight Mountains and Nine Seas were divided into seventeen groups based on their respective regions.

But no matter how they are divided, all living beings in the Eight Mountains and Nine Seas are moving forward toward the one and only Great Dao of the universe.

In those days, all Acquired Being Eight Mountains and Nine Seas, whether born from the interbreeding of living beings or Innate Being, lived together in harmony and equality, regardless of whether they were created by the interbreeding of living beings.

At this point, a hint of nostalgia appeared on Innate Osmanthus's face, and she sighed softly, "People back then, of course, would have thought that such prosperity would last forever..."

Xiao Minghuang nodded. Of course she knew that the prosperity of the Eight Mountains and Nine Seas would not last forever.

"But unfortunately, things didn't go as anyone expected..."

"At that time, no one knew that the universe was not infinite. The expansion of the Eight Mountains and Nine Seas quickly reached the limit of the universe and caused a limit-bound rebound of the Great Dao!"

A somber look appeared in Innate Osmanthus's eyes as she slowly said, "The Immortal Sealing Scroll has appeared. It is a manifestation of the Great Dao Will. The Heavenly Emperor who holds the Immortal Sealing Scroll is an existence that reflects the will of the Great Dao Will walking on earth. She is like a demon king, killing immortals on sight, without distinguishing friend from foe, good from evil, and killing only based on one criterion."