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"Ye Xiao, you've come." Just as it was about to dissipate, Evil Drought Demon's soul left its body, revealing the face of a goddess with unparalleled beauty.

Ye Xiao? Isn't that the founding ancestor of the Cloudsky Sect? It was widely rumored that Ye Xiao had broken through the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and Ascension to the Heavenly Realm. Why is he at the River of Forgetfulness, and now he's here again?

Evil Drought Demon's face was filled with sorrow, devoid of any joy at the reunion with an old friend. "It's all my fault for having such a foolish piece of Divine Sense, otherwise I wouldn't have lost."

"Back when you were sealed Cloudsky Mountain by the Five Divine Artifacts, I made a bet with you. You said the most powerful force in the world was the power to destroy heaven and earth, while I said it was love. So, we used a piece of your Divine Sense and a drop of my divine blood to create Ye Zhenzhen in my likeness, taking ten thousand years to bring auspicious omens upon her birth."

"You painstakingly crafted her life's script, meticulously planned for her to help you resurrect, but in the end, she still sacrificed herself for love, stopping you from harming the common people and killing those she cared about," Ye Xiao said firmly. "It's not that she was stupid, it's that you underestimated the power of love."

"Love?" Ba's face showed disdain. "What is love?"

"When you try to revive yourself using other people's love for her, you've already lost. Because love is a two-way flow of energy; while others give love to Ye Zhenzhen, she will also reciprocate with love."

"I have never had love, nor have I ever believed in it." A mocking smile curled at the corner of Ba's mouth.

"No, you did possess it, you just didn't realize it. Have you seen the Divine Recording Stone that the Yellow Emperor left for you?" Ye Xiao asked.

"I didn't look at it, I threw it away," Evil Drought Demon dismissively.

"Senior, the Divine Recording Stone is with me." Ye Qingchuan, who had collapsed to the ground in despair over Ye Zhenzhen's departure, suppressed his grief and took out the golden stone from his Profound Nether Ring after hearing them talk about the Divine Recording Stone. When he left the Divine Domain, he was worried that he would need it in the future, so he secretly picked it up.

Upon opening the Divine Recording Stone, an image that had been sealed away for tens of thousands of years appeared before everyone:

In the past, during the battle between the Yellow Emperor Chi You, Female Drought Demon exhausted her divine power and was unable to return to the Divine Realm, so she was left in the Mortal World. Nüba fell seriously ill and was taken advantage of by the evil beast Hou, who forcibly merged with her and became the Drought Demon. Wherever she went, she brought drought, causing large areas of land to crack and crops to fail.

The villagers petitioned the gods to drive away the Drought Demon. Some gods said that the drought demon was no longer the Goddess Ba of the past, but Demoness Drought Demon fused with the evil beast Hou, and should be killed as soon as possible to avoid future troubles.

That day, after returning home, the Yellow Emperor stared blankly at the bamboo dragonfly that Nüba had loved to play with since Female Drought Demon room for a long time. Over the years, he had been busy with cultivation and warfare, and had never played with this little toy with his daughter even once.

Remembering how his daughter would repeatedly rush into his arms like a little bird, her smile as bright as a flower, hoping only that he would play with her for a while, he sighed, clenching the bamboo dragonfly in his hand, as if he had made a decision.

He struck first, trapping Ba north of the Red River, silencing the gods' discontent. Although he restricted Ba's freedom, he saved her life.

Later, Ba was controlled by Hou's Evil Qi and resentful energy and committed evil deeds that harmed the common people, arousing the wrath of both gods and men. The gods once again advised the Yellow Emperor that Ba must pay the price for her actions with her life! Countless gods wanted to capture Ba, teach her a lesson, and hunt her down. For the sake of all living beings, they all wanted to kill Ba.

"But Ba is still my daughter..." The Yellow Emperor couldn't sleep all night.

To appease the gods, he publicly removed five ribs from his body, which transformed into Five Divine Artifacts, sealing Ba Cloudsky Mountain and saving Ba's life.

"What?! The Five Divine Artifacts were actually formed from five of Father's ribs?! I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" Evil Drought Demon covered her eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing. How could her father, who was so cold and heartless towards her, make such a sacrifice for her?

"It was formed from his ribs, otherwise how could it possess such divine power?" Ye Xiao said. "Even I was one of the first people your father arranged to descend to the mortal realm to help you through your tribulations. I waited at the River of Forgetfulness for ten thousand years, also so that one day I could tell you the truth."

"What?"

Ye Xiao took a deep breath and slowly said, "Back then, I was just a little girl who had just entered the Divine Realm. The Yellow Emperor taught me Healing Art and sent me down to the mortal realm to heal you. That's why I appeared by your side to help you heal and try my best to make you happy."

"So you were arranged by him, but why didn't he come to find me himself? Why didn't he take me back to the Divine Realm?" Recalling that long-buried memory, Ba asked with a pained expression.

"At that time, although the Yellow Emperor had defeated Chi You, many of Chi You's remnants were still hunting him down. He was worried that if he brought you back to the Divine Domain, you wouldn't have the divine power to protect yourself and would be killed by Chi You's people. He left you in the Human Realm temporarily for your safety."

"But I don't want any of that! I want him to show me his concern in person, even if it's dangerous, even if it means my death!" the demon cried out hoarsely.

At this moment, the final image appeared on the Divine Recording Stone, a message that the Yellow Emperor had specially recorded for Ba. The Yellow Emperor was about to die, and looking back on his tumultuous life, he felt he had wronged his daughter Ba the most.

"Ba, when you were young, your father was busy striving for fame and fortune and had no time to accompany you; when you grew up, you were injured, and your father was unable to save you in time, allowing you to be tormented and suffer by the Hou. Your father felt that he had done right by the world in this life, but he had failed you. Only when he was dying did his father realize that the most powerful force in this world is not the power to destroy the world, but the love that flows like a gentle stream. I'm sorry, it's because your father didn't love you properly that you went down a path of no return."

Upon hearing this, it was as if a deep wound had been struck, and the demon's defenses completely collapsed. It fell to the ground and wept bitterly like a child.

It turns out that her father had always loved her and hadn't abandoned her. It turns out that her father regretted it until his death, regretting that he hadn't treated her well back then.