Meeting Her Past Self

"Then can you take me back?" The Empress Ruthless looked at him with great longing and asked.

"What?" Qian Ye asked, pretending not to understand. He had already used up his chances and couldn't help her anymore.

"Can we go back to the past, to when my brother was still alive, before they took him away?" the Empress Ruthless asked directly.

Qian Ye shook his head. "I'm so sorry, I've already used up my one chance."

The Empress Ruthless looked disappointed. There was nothing he could do; did that mean his wish still couldn't be fulfilled?

Her eyes welled up with tears again.

As Empress, she would never shed a tear for anyone except her brother.

She left the village and wandered everywhere, all for the sake of seeing her brother one more time, even if it was just a corpse, she wanted to see him again and stay with him forever.

However, although she had become the Empress, her brother's body had already disappeared.

She searched everywhere, but couldn't find it.

This became a lifelong regret for her.

But one day, she discovered someone who looked a lot like her brother.

That was Ye Fan, a young man from Earth, who would later Heavenly Emperor Ye.

"Was my brother taken away by them?" the Empress Ruthless couldn't help but ask again.

Qian Ye: "Yeah, I'm too late. Your brother has not only been taken away, but he's already dead. ✋👌 🐟🎉"

"Waaaaah!" The Empress Ruthless couldn't help but cry, tears streaming down his face.

Qian Ye didn't know how to comfort her. "Let her cry. She'll feel better after she's cried it out."

After a while, when Qian Ye and the Empress Ruthless stopped crying, he took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. "However, I have already brought your brother's body back."

"Really?" The Empress Ruthless grabbed Qian Ye's hands, his heart pounding with excitement. "Where is he? Where is my brother's body? Take me to see my brother, quick!"

"Fairy Ruthless, don't be in a hurry. There's something else I need to tell you. Not only did I bring your brother's body back from the past, but I also brought back your Little Nannan." Qian Ye prompted her, wanting to clarify things first to avoid any misunderstandings later.

"You brought me back from my childhood too?" The Empress Ruthless truly hadn't expected him to possess such abilities, disregarding cause and effect, and bringing his childhood back to the present from the past. Just how terrifying must he be?

"So what do you mean?" the Empress Ruthless asked.

Qian Ye: "Your brother's body is in the small world within the All Things Storage Ring, and your childhood self was also there. So, after you see her, you cannot tell her that she is you, and you are her."

The Empress Ruthless nodded. "Yes, don't worry, I know. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> <<..•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤"

"Alright then." Qian Ye grabbed one of the Empress Ruthless's hands, and with a flash of inspiration, space distorted and they both disappeared from the spot.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared in another place.

Looking around, I saw a small world in front of me, and in the center of the small world grew a huge tree that was golden all over.

Under the tree, there was a small wooden house, and some five-colored soil was spread on the ground. To the left, there were several peach trees that had been planted and were already laden with fruit.

"The Heavenly God Tree? The Myriad Things Soil?" The Empress Ruthless immediately recognized it; the golden tree was indeed the Heavenly God Tree.

And that five-colored soil is the Myriad Things Soil.

"Yes, yes, that's the Heavenly God Tree, and that five-colored soil is the Myriad Things Soil. Empress, you should recognize it too," Qian Ye replied.

"Big brother, you've come to see Little Nannan." Suddenly, a little girl with pigtails, a very fair and cute face, and big, pure eyes like black gemstones, ran out of the small wooden house under the tree and hugged one of Qian Ye's legs.

Qian Ye patted her head and then looked at the Empress Ruthless beside him.

As soon as she saw the Little Nannan, her eyes were glued to her. She remembered how she looked when she was little, except that the Little Nannan's face wasn't dirty, her clothes weren't patched, and she was dressed in clean clothes with her face washed clean.

Suddenly, the Empress Ruthless squatted down, hugged the Little Nannan tightly, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"Brother, who is she?" The Little Nannan looked at Qian Ye with some fear of the aura emanating from the Empress Ruthless.

"Oh." Qian Ye patted the Little Nannan's head and said, "This older sister is your brother's good friend, don't be afraid."

"Mmm." The Little Nannan nodded, and was no longer afraid.

Then, the Empress Ruthless released the Little Nannan and suddenly noticed the bronze ring on her hand. He touched it; it was a ring made by her brother.

She stared at the bronze ring for a while before letting go of the Little Nannan's hand, and then she saw a crystal coffin under the tree.

She quickly ran over, opened the lid, and scraped away the Myriad Things Soil to reveal a lifelike figure inside. "Waaah, brother... brother, I'm back! Nannan has come back to see you!"

"Big brother, why do big sisters also call me brother?" the Little Nannan asked, puzzled.

Qian Ye organized her thoughts, naturally not telling the Little Nannan the truth, "Little Nannan, don't worry, your older sister used to be your brother's good friend, that's why she acted this way."

"Okay." The Little Nannan didn't doubt it and walked over on her short legs. "Sister, Little Nannan will always protect brother, so you don't need to worry about him. He's just asleep, and he'll wake up someday."

"Waaaaah! "the Little Nannan cried as she spoke.

The Empress Ruthless hugged the Little Nannan again, and the two of them held each other and cried together.

Next, the Empress Ruthless stayed inside the All Things Storage Ring, guarding her brother's corpse for several days and nights.

Qian Ye was fine, so he stayed in the All Things Storage Ring, picked some spirit peaches from the Spirit Peach Tree, and started brewing Monkey Wine.

In just a few days, Qian Ye brewed over a hundred jars of Monkey Wine, enough to keep him entertained for a long time, whether as a gift or for his own consumption.

They also picked some Heavenly God Fruit from the Heavenly God Tree and began to brew it into wine.

Qian Ye named this sake, made from the fruit of the Heavenly God Fruit, "Heavenly God Wine."

This wine has miraculous effects; drinking just one cup can turn you into Heavenly God.

Of course, this Heavenly God only applies to cultivators in the Perfect World. However, it also has applications in the worlds of Shrouding the Heavens and the Sacred Ruins.

The Empress Ruthless stood beside the Little Nannan, watching her drift off to sleep. He kissed her on the cheek before turning and leaving the cabin. He went to the Heavenly God Tree and took one last look at his brother lying in the crystal coffin.

Qian Ye, who had walked to the side and sat down several times, said, "Alright, Brother Qian, my wish has been fulfilled. I hope you will treat Little Nannan well."

"Don't worry, I will treat Little Nannan well and as family," Qian Ye assured her.

"Thanks."

"You are welcome."

Then, Qian Ye grabbed the hand of the Empress Ruthless, left the All Things Storage Ring, and returned to her palace.