Supreme Cultivation Master

Chapter 695: Chapter 694: Settling Grudges and Grievances

Inside the Great Wilderness Palace, Huang Ji had returned. She had not remained in the Outer Realm during the final month of Ye Fan’s challenge against the Little God Monarch.

She returned primarily so Ye Fan would not be distracted, allowing him to focus completely on his training. But she also wanted to ask the Great Wilderness Main God about the middle-aged woman—who she was, and what grudge she held against both the Great Wilderness Palace and her mother.

Why had she never heard of this in all these years? It seemed to have been deliberately concealed. Now, she suspected that the one who hid it was her own father, the Great Wilderness Main God. Only he had all the answers.

When Huang Ji immediately asked him about it, the Great Wilderness Main God was startled but told her the truth anyway.

Upon hearing it, Huang Ji was furious and wept. So her mother’s death was actually connected to this matter. No wonder her father had never told her.

At that moment, the Great Wilderness Main God sighed. "I never intended to tell you about this, but I believe you’ve already met her."

"Yes," Huang Ji did not deny it.

"What did she do to you?" the Great Wilderness Main God asked apprehensively. He knew this woman had always been reckless in her actions.

Huang Ji said, "She tried to kill me, but she failed."

The Great Wilderness Main God raged, "That despicable woman! To think I spared her back then because your mother persuaded me. I never imagined she would do something so vicious! I will not let this venomous woman go. This time, she will pay in blood!"

"Father, there’s no need," Huang Ji interjected. "Let bygones be bygones. She has already suffered the torment she deserved."

"It seems you’re still too soft-hearted," the Great Wilderness Main God remarked. "She tried to kill you, and yet you still defend her!"

"Father, even so, isn’t she also a pitiable woman?"

The Great Wilderness Main God thought of Hua’e Fairy and sighed. When it came down to it, was he not the root of the problem? If not for his philandering, none of this would have happened. Huang Ji’s mother had also been a victim, her death hastened by Hua’e Fairy’s sneak attack. For this reason, the matter weighed heavily on his conscience.

For a moment, the Great Wilderness Main God did not know how to explain it all.

Just then, his elderly subordinate entered and reported, "Your Majesty!"

"What is it?" the Great Wilderness Main God inquired.

"She’s here!" the elder said with difficulty.

"Who is ’she’?" The Great Wilderness Main God did not know who the elder was referring to.

The elder replied, "Hua’e Fairy!"

"Good! I was just about to settle accounts with her, and she’s delivered herself to my doorstep. Let her in. I’d like to see what audacity she has to face me!"

"Yes!"

The elder was about to leave when a voice drifted in. "There’s no need. I’ll let myself in."

Following the voice, Hua’e Fairy entered the hall with her beloved disciple, Mu Keqing.

Upon entering, Hua’e Fairy spoke, "Everything is so familiar... but I am no longer who I was, and neither are you."

"Do you have anything else to say?" the Great Wilderness Main God demanded sternly.

"I have nothing to say," Hua’e Fairy answered. "For years, I have been unable to resolve this grudge. I have come today to finally put an end to it."

"And how do you plan to do that?"

The Great Wilderness Main God looked at Hua’e Fairy, then at Mu Keqing. How did the Red Sand Main God’s daughter get mixed up with Hua’e Fairy? He could not understand it, but Huang Ji knew the reason.

"Kill me or torture me, do as you please," Hua’e Fairy stated. "After all, I owe her a life."

"You think I don’t dare?" the Great Wilderness Main God retorted.

But Hua’e Fairy replied coldly, "You don’t have the right. I came this time to return my life to *her*!"

She pointed at Huang Ji.

Huang Ji was confused for a moment, but she quickly understood. Hua’e Fairy’s visit was likely about her mother. Although her mother would not have lived much longer anyway, her death had been hastened by Hua’e Fairy’s sneak attack. Anger surged through Huang Ji as she faced the woman who had helped kill her mother.

She asked, "Are you certain you’ll let me take your life?"

"I’m certain!" Hua’e Fairy said immediately.

Mu Keqing stood beside her, not daring to speak. The Great Wilderness Main God was also silent, as the decision now rested entirely with his daughter. He said nothing; he would support whatever she decided.

"Then die!"

Huang Ji suddenly unleashed a sword strike.

Hua’e Fairy remained as calm as the wind and did not move to defend herself. The Great Wilderness Main God, whose heart had been gripped by tension, finally relaxed.

Just as the blade reached an inch from her face, Huang Ji stopped.

"The torment you’ve endured over the years is enough to cancel out my hatred for you," she said. "I won’t kill you, nor will I hate you. But you must kowtow three times before my mother’s grave!"

"Can you do it?"

The Great Wilderness Main God felt a wave of relief. His daughter had finally matured.

"I can," Hua’e Fairy said. "Why wouldn’t I be able to?"

"Take me there!"

The group arrived at the tomb, and Hua’e Fairy immediately knelt.

After kowtowing three times, she asked, "Is it settled now?"

"It is."

Huang Ji turned and left at once, seemingly unwilling to face Hua’e Fairy any longer.

Hua’e Fairy and the Great Wilderness Main God stood atop the mountain. She turned to him and asked, "How have you been all these years?"

"I’ve been well enough. Just living with the guilt," the Great Wilderness Main God said calmly.

When he turned to look at her, he was astonished. Hua’e Fairy’s hair had turned black. The knot in her heart had been untied.

"No matter what happens, I will be on your side," Hua’e Fairy said. "Even if you hate me, I will always be on your side."

"Is it worth it?" the Great Wilderness Main God asked her.

"It’s worth it. All of it is worth it," she replied. "Because you were once the person I loved most, and you still are, even if I may no longer be worthy of your love."

The Great Wilderness Main God felt a pang of pain. They were once irreconcilable foes, and now it had come to this—a situation he could never have anticipated.

"I was also at fault back then," he admitted.

"Even if you were at fault, if I hadn’t been so impulsive, perhaps you wouldn’t hate me as you do now," Hua’e Fairy said. "It’s best to be able to let things go. I couldn’t before, and so I have suffered all these years."

"My heart has been tormented, but now, that torment can finally end. I’m leaving. After this farewell, we may never meet again," Hua’e Fairy told the Great Wilderness Main God.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"To a very distant place. My disciple will accompany me. The next time we meet, I hope we can be friends," Hua’e Fairy said.

"We will," the Great Wilderness Main God replied. "We’ll definitely be friends."

Then, Hua’e Fairy left. The Great Wilderness Main God may not have known, but she had been crying the entire time.

Watching Hua’e Fairy and Mu Keqing depart, Huang Ji said, "Father, she was crying!"

"Perhaps she was. The grudge is settled. Daughter, I haven’t been this happy in a long time."

"Me neither."

The father and daughter left the mountain peak.

「...」

"Master, you’re crying!" Mu Keqing said.

"What are you talking about? Mind your own business!" Hua’e Fairy replied coldly.

But Mu Keqing pressed on, "I don’t think that old man is charming enough to make you fall for him so deeply!"

"And is that boy of yours so charming? Yet you’re still head over heels for him!"

"Master, you’re teasing me again!"

"You started it!"

The master and disciple flew toward the horizon, growing ever more distant.