Chapter 757 — Emperor of the Southern Domain
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You may withdraw. " "Yes. " The maids went down. Footsteps approached, and a woman in a great crimson rainbow robe entered the hall, laughing, "How bold of you, hiding in this very palace! Do you truly think I have no arts to seize you?
" "Sister! " Shen Mu limped out, his features shifting and returning to his true appearance, and bowed.
"Your younger brother has come for refuge—please, Sister, take me in!
" Zhu Que'er was astonished and cried out, "You are.
. . the newly elevated Heavenly Lord Mu?
No, you are plainly that younger brother I recognized on the Heavenly River.
Why did you just have Heavenly Lord Yu's face?
" Kai Huang looked at Shen Mu, puzzled for a moment. The face Shen Mu now wore was not the face of Mu Qing, but another face, young and somewhat boyish. "His face is a little familiar.
.
. " Kai Huang was confused.
"A little like mine. . .
" Shen Mu revealed his true countenance and said hoarsely, "Heavenly Lord Yu is dead. The murderers are Heavenly Lord Hao and Yin Chaojin.
I took on Heavenly Lord Yu's appearance to avenge him.
And now I have offended Heavenly Lord Hao's mother, so I had no choice but to come to you, Sister, for shelter.
" Zhu Que'er suddenly started laughing, flames streaming around her. "You have angered that little wench—you are done for! You are all done for! But do not be afraid; she would not dare to come here.
Hide with me for a few days, and after a while I will send you down to the lower realm. " She suddenly grew exuberant and said with a grin, "Heavenly Lord Hao's mother is the Empress's younger sister. I suppose you do not know Heavenly Lord Hao's origin? The Empress and her sister were twin blossoms from one stem, the two sisters looking exactly alike. The Heavenly Emperor married the elder sister, and then wanted the younger as well, but the Empress would not agree.
Guess what happened afterward? " Kai Huang's expression was strange, and he thought to himself, "The Southern Emperor is not at all what I expected—why is she so fond of prying into the Heavenly Emperor's private affairs? " Shen Mu, healing himself all the while, asked curiously, "Sister, what happened afterward? " Kai Huang looked even stranger. "This Mu Qing is curious, too!
" Beside him, the old ox's ox-ears stretched out long, clearly just as curious about it. "Later, Heavenly Lord Yu opened up the Primordial Womb's Divine Treasury, letting the people of the world cultivate.
The Heavenly Emperor said, 'The descendants of the ancient gods cannot cultivate, and in the future I fear they will be bullied by humankind.
Let us think of a way—create a being half god and half human, and let him find a road for the demigods.
' That being, half god and half human, was the later Heavenly Lord Hao.
" Zhu Que laughed and said, "And the one who gave birth to this half-god was none other than the Empress's younger sister. Guess who Heavenly Lord Hao's birth father is? " Shen Mu's eyes glinted as he urged, "Sister, say it quickly—you are killing me with suspense! " Zhu Que's voice was bright and airy: "The Heavenly Emperor went through reincarnation, was born as a mortal, and finally had his wish fulfilled—entwined with his beloved, in love's tender embrace. "