Imperial God Emperor 1363 - Bidding Farewell to Oneself

Chapter 1363 - Bidding Farewell to Oneself
The silver rain of light dissipated between heaven and earth.
From this moment on, the world no longer had Jiang Xiaohan.
While sobbing, Ye Qingyu had no choice but to focus on dealing with the present situation, for the danger had not yet passed.
To seal the three King of Sovereigns for a mere two hours, Jiang Xiaohan had sacrificed her life and soul, using the All Energy-Absorption Body as a medium.
When the time elapsed and the seal wore off, Ye Qingyu and the others would find themselves in a death trap again. In particular, given that inner demons had already been planted inside Ye Qingyu, he would have no chance of victory once the Wisp God of Consciousness woke up.
With a jolt of his body, he arrived beneath the [Cloud Top Cauldron].
Song Xiaojun rushed into his arms.
The silly dog Little Nine, too, dashed up to him excitedly.
"To have the strength for battle, you'll need to dispel your inner demons." Great Emperor Xiaofei discerned the crux of the matter.
Ye Qingyu nodded.
He had absolutely not thought about the matter of the inner demons at first. He had believed that he would not inherit the Divine Light Emperor's inner demons of homesickness as long as he did not incorporate the power from the body left behind by the latter. This, however, was not the case, thus placing him in a most passive position.
He tried borrowing the power of the [Cloud Top Cauldron] to dispel the inner demons.
But he soon discovered that this had no effect.
As formidable as the [Cloud Top Cauldron] was, it simply did not have much of an inhibiting effect on the inner demons.
Ye Qingyu held a discussion with the group.
Time slipped by second after second, minute after minute.
There was not much time left for the group.
"The inner demons in Your Highness are inherited from His Highness the Divine Light Emperor. Even if we dispel them now, the three King of Sovereigns will remain able to jointly re-arouse them upon waking up. Therefore, the idea of dispelling these inner demons is akin to treating the symptoms but not the causes." Great Emperor Xiaofei frowned.
Hearing this, Ye Qingyu nodded in agreement.
This is indeed so.
"To dispel the inner demons, we have to start from the source. As long as we can dispel the inner demons of the Divine Light Emperor, Your Highness will be able to dispel your own inner demons," the million-year-old soul said.
This suggestion received the endorsement of the group.
However, who knew how difficult it would be to dispel the Divine Light Emperor's inner demons?
Back when the Divine Light Emperor was at his peak, he was unable to get rid of them in spite of his great talents. Hence, how could his present-day descendant help him to do so?
"Homesick.... homesick..." Ye Qingyu focused his mind on this word.
Lying on his shoulder, the silly dog Little Nine listened for a while before suggesting, "Why not send him home if he's homesick? Won't he stop thinking about home after returning?"
"What nonsense, how can we send him back?" Old Fish's eyes widened. "The reincarnation of the Divine Light Emperor is none other than Little Ye Qingyu. Which one of us is capable of fighting against the three King of Sovereigns if we send Little Ye Qingyu back? When the time comes, the Vast Thousand Star Domains will still die."
Conversely, Ye Qingyu's eyes lit up. "That's not for sure. This plan might yet work..." This was because he had become aware that though he was the reincarnation of the Divine Light Emperor, the latter had left behind a physical body that was composed of the power, wisdom, memory, and sentiment of the past 107 incarnations. If he could send this body to the Divine Light Emperor's hometown, perhaps the latter's inner demons of homesickness would be dispelled.
He voiced this idea out loud.
"That's possible." Great Emperor Xiaofei nodded to approve of Ye Qingyu's view.
After careful consideration, Empress Shui Xiu, Ximen Yeshui, and the others also felt that this was certainly a workable method.
The so-called inner demons were akin to an obsession, which affected one's mind when it became too strong. By satisfying this obsession, the inner demons could be dispelled. As the previous 107 incarnations of the Divine Light Emperor were equivalent to the Divine Light Emperor himself, the inner demons could certainly be dispelled by sending them back to his hometown.
"But, who knows where the hometown of His Highness the Divine Light Emperor is?" Liu Shaji, who had remained silent all this time, questioned.
Everyone's gaze fell upon Ye Qingyu.
As the last incarnation of the Divine Light Emperor, he was the only person in this world who could possibly know this secret.
However, Ye Qingyu shook his head.
"I haven't incorporated the memory of His Highness, so..." He felt a bad headache.
A paradox had arisen.
Without fusing with that physical body, he would not be able to obtain the memory of the Divine Light Emperor and find out where the latter's supposed hometown was. However, if he fused with the body to obtain the memory and find out the location of the hometown, he would not have a body to send back, and thus it would be of no use.
After thinking long and hard, the group became restless.
The matter seemed to have reached yet another impasse.
Time slipped by second after second, minute after minute.
With less than thirty minutes before the three King of Sovereigns woke up, Wen Wan's eyes suddenly lit up. "This... perhaps I know a few clues."
Everyone's attention fell upon him at once.
He summoned three bright pearls from within his body.
"Your Highness, do you still remember these three bright pearls?" he asked.
On careful observation, Ye Qingyu noticed that among the three bright pearls, one was giving off a scorching hot aura and was reddish in color, another was giving off an ice-cold aura and was dark gray in color, while the last one was as smooth and moist as the skin of a beautiful woman. They were extremely peculiar and were certainly no ordinary pearls. As a beam of light flashed across his mind, he immediately recalled that he had extracted them from the abdomen of the old golden clam which discovered the bronze book [Fiendgod Titled Chart].
Because he did not understand the value of these pearls back then, he had handed them to Wen Wan for evaluation.
Later on, because Wen Wan never mentioned them again, he believed that the former had sold them for noodle money, and so he never asked about them. Three pearls were no big deal after all.
It turned out that Wen Wan had actually been keeping them all this time.
"These pearls..." Ye Qingyu looked at Wen Wan.
Gnashing his teeth, the latter said, "Like the bronze book, these three bright pearls are also things left behind by His Highness the Divine Light Emperor. They were passed to Your Highness using methods that seem coincidental. However, they aren't cultivation items, but have some other uses instead..."
"Other uses?" Ye Qingyu was surprised.
It seems like Wen Wan has been hiding something from me.
"Back then, it was precisely to seize the Sea Eye of the Cloudy Clear Sea that the Divine Light Emperor's army conquered the Cloudy Clear Sea. It's said that this Sea Eye can travel through time and space, bringing a person whenever they want to go. The Divine Light Emperor had hoped to use this Sea Eye to return to his hometown, but unfortunately, the Divine Light Court became greatly divided on the day of conquest. The betrayal of the Sky Emperor altered the trajectory of destiny..." Wen Wan sighed as he spoke. "Your Highness should know about all this by now."
Ye Qingyu nodded.
Wen Wan continued, "But Your Highness probably doesn't know that the Sky Emperor actually found the legendary Sea Eye after conquering the Cloudy Clear Sea. For the sake of the Vast Thousand Star Domains, however, he didn't use the power of the Sea Eye to travel away through time and space, and instead decided to remain behind. He hoped to rid this world of danger before returning to his hometown, and so he divided the power of the Sea Eye into three smelted pearls, which are what I'm holding right now."
What?
There's actually such a secret?
Ye Qingyu was somewhat shocked.
The others also looked with great surprise at Wen Wan, while even Gao Diping revealed an astonished expression. Most evidently, none of the other Divine Generals knew about this.
Wen Wan looked rather ashamed. "According to His Highness the Divine Light Emperor, these three bright pearls represent temporal dimensions, spatial dimensions, and specific coordinates respectively. By making use of them, one can fix in the place one wants to go to. He hoped that after settling the trouble in the Vast Thousand Star Domains, he can use the power of these pearls to return to his hometown. This is why they were delivered into Your Highness' hands together with the bronze book. I didn't know their value when you passed them to me at first, but after my reincarnation ended and the memory of every incarnation was recovered, I began to understand these things. The reason I didn't return them to you is because I could tell that Your Highness wouldn't want to return to that hometown before incorporating the memories of the Divine Light Emperor, and besides..."
His voice became rather hesitant when he spoke to this point, but he eventually continued, "And besides, like the Sky Emperor, I don't wish for His Highness the Divine Light Emperor to really go back. After all... this place is also his home."
Ye Qingyu was instantly enlightened.
He finally understood everything.
Only this kind of explanation made sense.
After the phenomenally-talented Divine Light Emperor had just about completed all arrangements for reincarnation, it was impossible that he did not make arrangements for dispelling his inner demons and fulfilling his ardent wish of returning to his hometown.
"Time is pressing. Summon the power of the bright pearls and open the trans-space-time passageway immediately to send the Divine Light Emperor back to his hometown."
Ye Qingyu received the three bright pearls.
By examining them briefly, he quickly discovered the meaning within. He then used the mysterious formation technique of the 108 ancient characters to work them up and injected his power of control into them.
The three pearls gradually floated upward and formed a triangular formation in the void. They each gave off a splendor as they linked with one another and eventually formed a huge dull-blue-colored elliptic gate with dull blue flames spinning around it like an oceanic whirlpool. Much like a Sea Eye, this huge gate led to somewhere unknown.
On the other side of the gate was none other than the hometown of the Divine Light Emperor.
With a thought, Ye Qingyu summoned the physical body in which was gathered the 107 incarnations of the Divine Light Emperor.
"Your Highness, please return to your hometown," Ye Qingyu proclaimed.
The physical body opened its eyes and became alive.
"This day has finally arrived." He sighed and spoke in a most vicissitudinous voice.
"Your Highness!"
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
Wen Wan, Gao Diping, Wang Lijin, Divine General Gong, Divine General Zhi, and the others began to tear involuntarily upon hearing this familiar voice.
Myriad years had gone by. After experiencing the vicissitudes of the human world and witnessing countless reincarnations, they finally got to hear this voice and see the invincible figure who once led them to uninterrupted triumphs come back to life again.
"Stand up. These years have been tough on you all." The body sighed. "The present me is nothing more than a wisp of a wandering soul that's unwilling to dissipate, wishing to go home..." He raised his head to look at Ye Qingyu, seeming relieved and satisfied, saying, "You and I shall part today. Henceforth, you are yourself and I am myself. We shall no longer have any contact, and you shall no longer be my reincarnation."
With complicated feelings in his heart, Ye Qingyu nodded.
The body added, "Only by breaking free of one's main body does one count as a true self. Among my 107 incarnations, you're the only one who has made this choice... I was originally an outsider who unintentionally intruded into this world, changed the course of history, and obtained the power of this world. Now, it's time for me to leave. These things have to be returned to you."