“Could it be…”
Ye Qingyan had a guess in her heart when she heard Houtu's words, and Houtu's next words proved her guess.
“That's right, that world seed is now your Azure Flame Realm,” Houtu said.
Gu Changsheng watched the two women chatting so intently, feeling bored, he conjured a rocking chair, lay on it, took out a wine pot, and drank, while the White Tiger Demon Emperor came behind him to massage his shoulders.
Then Houtu asked Ye Qingyan, saying, “You have been trying to merge with the Azure Flame Realm in order to break through the shackles of the Immortal Venerable and achieve the Immortal Emperor, right?”
“Your Majesty is wise, this junior has indeed been trying to do so,” Ye Qingyan nodded, sighing inwardly that in front of such a strong person, even if she was an Immortal Venerable, she couldn't hide her inner thoughts.
“No matter how you try, there is an invisible shackle blocking you and the Azure Flame Realm, preventing you from taking that step,” Houtu chuckled.
“Please enlighten me, Your Majesty!”
Ye Qingyan's attitude was very humble. If she couldn't see that Empress Houtu intended to guide her at this point, then she would have lived tens of millions of years in vain.
Houtu was very satisfied with Ye Qingyan's attitude. She smiled and said, “Guidance is out of the question, but since you are a part of my Red Dust Realm, your becoming stronger is also a blessing for my Red Dust Realm.”
Perhaps even Houtu didn't realize that she had completely regarded herself as a person of the Red Dust Realm, opening her mouth with “my Red Dust Realm.” Gu Changsheng noticed this change in mentality.
He looked at Houtu, his eyes full of smiles and tenderness.
It is said that a married woman follows her husband, so marrying him, the Holy Emperor of the Red Dust Realm, naturally means following the Red Dust Realm.
Houtu didn't notice the look in Gu Changsheng's eyes, otherwise this senior would probably lose her composure and ignore Ye Qingyan to get close to Gu Changsheng.
Women in love, no matter how strong they are, will have moments of unconsciousness.
In this regard, Yun Wuyue is a little stronger than Houtu, because she fell in love 300,000 years ago and has been swimming in the river of love for a long time, so she is more sober than Houtu.
Returning to the topic, Houtu explained why Ye Qingyan could not break through to the Immortal Emperor.
“The Azure Flame Realm does not belong to this chaos. It has been able to grow to this day thanks to your father's warming it with his own aura, allowing it to be stained with the aura of this chaos. It's just a pity that your father was still an Immortal Emperor back then. Even though his combat power was extremely powerful, he failed to transcend the Great Dao, so the Azure Flame Realm he warmed still cannot fully adapt to this chaos.”
“And you have been with the Azure Flame Realm since you were a child. In fact, you have already become one, but you yourself are affected by it. If the Azure Flame Realm cannot become a complete Great World, you will not be able to break through the shackles of the Immortal Venerable and achieve the Immortal Emperor.”
“In simple terms, if you want to achieve the Immortal Emperor, either the Azure Flame Realm becomes a complete Great World, breaking the shackles on you, or you sever your relationship with the Azure Flame Realm and are no longer affected by it.”
After listening, Ye Qingyan was quite touched. She was silent for a long time, and then asked, “Your Majesty, I wonder what the difference is between the two?”
“You are indeed clever,” Houtu smiled.
“Please enlighten me, Your Majesty,” Ye Qingyan said.
Houtu nodded lightly and said, “Although it is difficult for the Azure Flame Realm, as a world outside of chaos, to become a complete Great World, it also has one advantage, that is, it follows you wherever you go. If it becomes a complete Great World, then you will have an advantage that other Immortal Emperors can hardly replicate.”
“Do you know about the World Plunderer Organization?” Houtu didn't say what the advantage was, but instead asked Ye Qingyan.
Ye Qingyan nodded. Perhaps many Immortal Kings don't know about this organization, but every Immortal Venerable certainly knows.
Immortal Venerables are already a small group of people who have reached the pinnacle of the myriad worlds, and they are qualified to know many secrets.
“The World Plunderer Organization is very strong, and its members are all Chaos Gods and Demons in the Dao Breaking Realm, but even if they are so strong, they generally won't go looking for trouble in worlds with Immortal Emperors sitting in them. Because in their own world, Immortal Emperors merge with the Heavenly Dao and can exert strength beyond the Immortal Emperor, comparable to Dao Breaking.”
“If the Azure Flame Realm becomes a Great World, and you become an Immortal Emperor, think about how great your advantage will be?” Houtu asked with a smile.
“Then I would be equivalent to a walking Dao Breaking expert?” Ye Qingyan's eyes lit up, already knowing what advantage Empress Houtu was talking about.
“This path is very difficult,” Houtu said.
“This junior is willing to try!” Ye Qingyan said decisively.
“If I said that you can break through to become an Emperor within ten thousand years with your foundation if you sever your connection with the Azure Flame Realm now, would you still choose the first path?” Houtu threw out a fatal temptation to Ye Qingyan.
Ten thousand years seems like a long time, but for Immortal Venerables, it's not even a short retreat, it's just a brief meditation. This temptation is extremely fatal for any Immortal Venerable.
Houtu wanted to see what choice Ye Qingyan would make in the face of such temptation.
“This junior will not sever the connection with the Azure Flame Realm,” Ye Qingyan said decisively. The Azure Flame Realm is the last gift her father left her, and it has accompanied her growth. Outsiders cannot understand the feelings involved.
She is not Feng Xiao, who can abandon everything in order to break through. She cannot be so cold and ruthless.
“If you want the Azure Flame Realm to become a complete Great World, this path is very difficult, and you may never become an Emperor. If you are willing to sever your connection with the Azure Flame Realm, I can help you without harming the Azure Flame Realm. Are you sure you still choose the first path?”
Houtu asked.
“I am sure!” Ye Qingyan still did not hesitate. Her heart was very firm.
“Okay, you win again!”
Houtu looked at Gu Changsheng helplessly, glared at him playfully, pouting her red lips, as if acting coquettishly and blaming Gu Changsheng for winning her again.
“Uh…”
Ye Qingyan was stunned. What does this have to do with the senior?
Gu Changsheng laughed and said, “Don't be angry, my winning is your winning, isn't it?”
Houtu curled her lips, but she wasn't really angry, just a little depressed. She always loses every time she bets with Gu Changsheng.
“Senior, Your Majesty, you are…” Ye Qingyan asked cautiously.
“Actually, it's nothing. I bet that you wouldn't abandon the Azure Flame Realm, and your Empress Houtu bet that you would, so that's why she tried so hard to tempt you to sever your connection with the Azure Flame Realm just now,” Gu Changsheng explained with a smile.
“I see.”
Ye Qingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She really couldn't understand the interests of the senior and Empress Houtu. She couldn't see any practical significance in such a bet.
Is this the way strong couples get along? If that's really the case, then I have to write it down carefully, and I can try it when I find that guy in the future.
“Then, Senior, Your Majesty, how should I evolve the Azure Flame Realm into a complete Great World?” Ye Qingyan struck while the iron was hot. She knew that the senior and Your Majesty must have a way, otherwise they wouldn't have told her so much.
“Simple!”
“Snap!”
Gu Changsheng finished speaking and snapped his fingers, then continued drinking.
“???”
Ye Qingyan was dumbfounded. Senior, please finish what you have to say. Simple? Where is it simple?
“Do you have any other doubts?” Gu Changsheng asked.
“Uh… that senior, you said it's simple, then how simple is it?” Ye Qingyan plucked up her courage and asked.
“I've already solved it for you!” Gu Changsheng said.
“Ah!?”
Ye Qingyan was both surprised and confused.
“This…” She didn't know what to say.
“I snapped my fingers just now, didn't you see it?” Gu Changsheng was puzzled.
“I saw it, but…”
“Don't you still expect some kind of celestial phenomenon and the Great Dao resonating? I stopped playing with that stuff a long time ago. If I wasn't afraid you wouldn't see it, I wouldn't even bother snapping my fingers,” Gu Changsheng said indifferently.
“……” Ye Qingyan.
“Don't mind him, he just wants to show off in front of you,” Houtu said to Ye Qingyan with a smile.
“Your Majesty, is it really solved?” Ye Qingyan asked.
“Of course, as long as he wants to, it's just a matter of a thought,” Houtu laughed.
After hearing this, Ye Qingyan really wanted to say that she was indeed impressed by the senior's show.
“Then why don't I feel any changes?” Ye Qingyan said.
“The evolution of the world cannot be completed overnight. In ten thousand years or so, you will be able to feel the changes,” Gu Changsheng said.
Ye Qingyan nodded.
“Thank you, Senior, thank you, Your Majesty!” Ye Qingyan said, about to kneel down. This is a great favor, and kneeling is not enough to repay it.
However, Gu Changsheng stopped her from kneeling. He said, “If you really want to repay the favor, then stay and help Houtu unify the myriad worlds.”
“This junior is willing to do my best!” Ye Qingyan didn't hesitate. Unifying the myriad worlds is a great achievement, and not many people can resist the temptation.
“Good!”
Gu Changsheng shouted loudly, and received another excellent employee!
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