The Return of the Zombie King 'Twenty'

Chapter 20: Thirteen Drops of Pangu's Blood

Hènxīn, rash and quick-handed, hastily threw the Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand at the cluster of golden light. With a whizz, something flew out from the golden light toward the sword. With a crash, they collided fiercely. The object shattered and scattered everywhere—it was a mirror. The thrown sword was also bounced back.

Hènxīn was furious: "Who are you?"

The golden light disappeared, revealing a beautiful woman kneeling halfway while supporting Kuàng Tiānyá. Kuàng Tiānyá had already fainted at this moment. This woman—who could she be? It was the late Sītú Lìqǐ!

"Did you kill her?" Hènxīn said fiercely.

"How could I kill her? In some ways, she is still my lifesaver."

"That's a relief," Hènxīn heaved a sigh.

"However..."

"However what?" Hènxīn felt anxious again.

"She is someone pursued by the True Gods, and I cannot let her go!"

"Have you awakened already?"

"You better not interrupt. You tell me, what should I do?"

"She might not be her; please spare her," Hènxīn pleaded.

"Didn't you say that if she wasn't that person, you would kill her?"

"You..." Hènxīn was angry.

Sītú Lìqǐ giggled. Her laughter was full of disdain, revenge, and schadenfreude...

"Who exactly are you?!" Hènxīn shouted.

"Only a few million years, and you've already forgotten an old acquaintance?" The chuckle came again.

After thinking for a long time, Hènxīn suddenly shouted: "You are Tiānsè! No wonder your laughter is so ***!"

Facing Hènxīn's humiliation, Sītú Lìqǐ laughed even more heartily: "Looks like you've forgotten the benefits you received from me back then?"

For some reason, Hènxīn seemed flushed and furiously shouted: "Shut up! If not for you, how would I have ended up like that a million years ago!"

At Hènxīn's words, Tiānsè immediately stopped laughing: "Hènxīn, don't twist things around! It's your ambition that ruined you, how can you blame others? Don't use so-called love as a cover for your misdeeds. Do you even understand what love is?"

Hènxīn's face got even redder as he said: "Nonsense. Who says I don't understand love?"

"Understand? In the end, who swung that blow?" The words were full of sarcasm.With a clang, the knife in Henxin's hand fell to the ground. He also collapsed to his knees, slamming his hands on the ground and shouting, “I had no choice, I had no choice!”

“No choice? Henxin, don't pretend anymore.”

“You also doubt my love for her?”

“I only believe her love for you. As for you, I don't know.”

“I don't want to argue with you! Tell me, what do you want to do?” Henxin picked up the knife again.

“Don't think that I'll be afraid of you just because of that! Once you break the seal and emerge, the powers of all the gods will be fully restored. When it comes to fighting, now no one fears anyone!”

“Have you forgotten? You no longer have the Baoling Bow or the Ruthless Love Arrow.”

Tianshe chuckled again, saying, “It seems you've forgotten something.”

“Oh, I remember. Your ‘seduction' skills are also top-notch.”

“You always joke around,” her words full of teasing.

“Cut it out.”

“As the saying goes: one who drinks water should not forget who dug the well. You are quite heartless.”

“Less talk! What exactly do you want?”

“You're still thinking about her?”

“I don't know if she is really her, but as long as there's hope, I won't give up.”

“This is a bit troublesome. She saved me, so I must save her. You want to know if she is that person, don't want her to die, but you cannot go against the will of the true God. But if she really isn't her, wouldn't that harm the innocent? The ratio of reasons to live versus reasons to die is three to one. Fine, let her live.”

Henxin stared intently at her fingers. When Situ Liqi bent her fingers down, his head nodded. By the end, when she said to let Kuang Tianya live, he breathed a sigh of relief and, for a rare moment, thanked someone: “Thank you!”

“No sincerity.”

“Hey, this is the first time in tens of thousands of years that I've thanked someone!”

“All right, all right.”

“Good, let's go.”

“Let's go.”

“Where to?”

“Back to Weizheng Pavilion.”

“Bring her with us too?”

“Yes.”

“No way!”

“Why not?”

“You know the reason. Are you unaware of the relationship between the Queen and the True God? If the Queen finds out, how will you face her?”

Henxin fell silent: “Fine, let her stay here. Let's go!”"Turning around to leave, I realized that the enchanting beauty had not moved. 'What, you don't want to return to Weizheng Pavilion?'

'What's the point of returning to the Divine Realm now? Things are the same, but people are gone!'

'‘Breaking the Seal of Hatred, the Divinities Take Their Place'—this was the divine declaration set by the true god! Have you forgotten?'

'I haven't forgotten.'

'Then you wish to go against the will of the true god?'

'The true god is already dead. Otherwise, how could you have broken the seal and come out?'

'Correct, the true god is dead, but the queen remains, we divinities remain. You've just awakened; you don't know yet, do you? Many have plotted against us, wanting to kill us. And why? Isn't it still to spy upon the royal power of the Five-Color Paradise! We are loyal servants of the true god; as long as we exist, we will never let the royal power fall!'

'Wake up, the true god is dead! Why are we still clinging desperately to this illusory royal power?'

'Nonsense! Since the true god created us, maintaining the stable order of the human world has been our intrinsic duty.'

'Duty? That's a curse! A curse! A curse that brings unimaginable pain!'

'Tianshe, what are you trying to do! Have you forgotten your oath?!'

'The true god is dead, the paradise has long since collapsed. Our powers are insignificant. We cannot fight other gods.'

Hatred laughed loudly: 'You've slept too long! Once we divinities gather together, we can unleash “Unity of the Original Spirit, Heaven and Earth as One”—this supreme divine move can awe even the mightiest gods.'

'What? Wouldn't that mean losing myself? No, I will never lose myself!'

'To preserve oneself, one must be prepared to lose oneself! Besides, the true god had a good relationship with the other great gods. As long as we persist, united, they will not refuse even a shred of respect to the true god.'

Situ Liqi stared silently at Hatred, then suddenly burst into loud laughter: 'Hatred, the idea of us divinities returning and rebuilding the Five-Color Paradise is your idea, isn't it?'

'Nonsense, that is the queen's idea!'

'Stop pretending! A million years ago when the true god was still alive, you attempted to share the royal power of the Five-Color Paradise, causing half of the divinities to lose their powers and be exiled to the human world, endlessly reincarnating. Can you imagine that suffering!'Maybe some divine beings are lucky and, through continuous cultivation, escape the cycle of reincarnation and return to Weizheng Pavilion, but how many are there? Now…

Hènxīn shouted angrily, 'Shut up!'

Sītú Lìqǐ didn't stop and continued: 'Now, the True God is dead, and no one can control you, right? Your ambition has sprouted again, hasn't it?'

Hènxīn still shouted loudly, 'Shut up!'

Sītú Lìqǐ continued: 'Hènxīn, I'm telling you: Since I, Tian Xiang Guose, have returned, I will never again be a sacrifice for your ambition! Since the Celestial God is dead, I have nothing to do with the Five-Color Paradise! After hundreds of millions of years, I want to be my true self!'

'Going against the will of the Celestial God leads only to death.'

'Do you want to kill me?'

'I just said it.'

'You would never kill me.'