Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

Chapter 700: Chapter 699: Woman in White

“Yue… Yue’Er, is that you?”

After his shock subsided, the Star Emperor sensed an aura that was both familiar and yet somewhat different. His voice trembled slightly as he asked the question.

His expression.

It struck Yang Xiao as very strange.

‘What kind of person could possibly make this Top-tier Emperor—a man who wouldn’t even give face to Human Emperor Xuanyuan—wear such an expression?’

‘Could it be…’

Yang Xiao’s expression shifted slightly.

His gaze.

Turned to the figure emerging from the void.

Beneath a faint white radiance was a figure in a long white robe. They looked quite ordinary, but their presence stirred something within Yang Xiao’s blood.

‘It’s her, no doubt about it!’

Yang Xiao’s feelings were complicated.

He had experienced this same stirring in his bloodline during his second life.

At the time, he had found it quite magical.

But he also hadn’t paid it much mind.

And in this life.

He hadn’t felt this bloodline connection with Yang Zhentian. Back then, he had already suspected something.

As for this woman.

He was certain.

The person he had seen in the Thousand Mechanism Eye must have been her.

As for the man.

He was probably the one who had manifested the Immortal Dao Will to try and kill him.

Since he had never seen him in person.

Yang Xiao couldn’t be sure if the man had any special relationship with him.

But this woman before him.

He was sure now.

And he naturally understood.

Why the Star Emperor was acting this way.

In fact.

At this very moment, the Star Emperor’s feelings were even more complicated than his.

After all, the person who had appeared…

This woman in white.

…was once the person closest to him.

“Child, have you been well all these years?”

As he watched the woman walk toward him, the Star Emperor’s voice…

…was no longer trembling.

But his expression still held a trace of unconcealable excitement. Clearly, he cared deeply for the woman before him.

Both were his children.

Yet in his heart, she was more important than Nangong Xinghui.

Countless times more important.

In fact.

Even his desire to kill Yang Xiao…

…was actually related to her.

Because this woman had once been his greatest pride, the heir he had poured all his efforts into raising.

Unfortunately.

In just a hundred years.

Many things…

…had changed.

“I’ve been well, and I haven’t. Now that I’ve come out, I’m sure you understand my intentions.”

The woman in white, however, spoke faintly, her face expressionless.

The Star Emperor’s expression froze as he looked at the woman in white.

A hint of reluctance in his eyes.

He roared, “This little whelp, is he that beast’s—”

“No! He is mine alone.”

The woman in white stated firmly.

The Star Emperor’s expression flickered.

In the end.

He sighed.

And nodded.

“Fine. I can overlook his birth. But do you know what he’s done? Your brother, that third child of mine, died at his hands. Do you still want me to let him go?”

The Star Emperor continued.

But the way he was acting now…

…came as a complete surprise to Yang Xiao.

‘Because this man…’

‘…wasn’t he supposed to be ruthless and decisive?’

Even when Yang Xiao had killed his son, he had remained completely expressionless, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

But now.

The appearance of the woman in white.

…had reduced him to this.

He was even roaring his head off, disregarding his image as a Top-tier Emperor.

And now, he was even bringing up Nangong Xinghui.

After all.

Even Yang Xiao could tell that this maternal grandfather of his in name…

…didn’t care one bit about his uncle, Nangong Xinghui.

Bringing him up now…

…was like a common thug trying to weasel his way out of something.

Yang Xiao was truly speechless.

But what left him even more speechless was…

…that even when acting like a thug…

…this man who could have easily annihilated him a moment ago still couldn’t seem to gain any advantage.

Because.

The woman in white just watched him faintly.

In the end.

The man was the first to back down.

He cleared his throat and said, “Fine. I won’t pursue the matter with the third child. But if you want me to let him go just like that, you must agree to one condition.”

After speaking, he looked at the woman in white with an expectant expression.

Seeing this…

…Yang Xiao was truly stunned.

‘I’ve never seen a Top-tier Emperor—no, even an ordinary Divine King—be so shameless.’

‘This is blackmail.’

‘Blackmailing his own daughter, no less.’

For a moment, Yang Xiao…

…was reeling.

“Name it.”

The woman in white replied faintly, as if she had expected this all along.

“Come back with me. As long as you come back, not only will I not kill him, but I will also train him to be my, Nangong Tianqing’s, most outstanding heir. In the future, as long as he kills that beast, I will give him the entire foundation of the Nangong Family. How about it? Can you do that?”

The Star Emperor asked cautiously.

The woman in white, however, simply shook her head.

“I cannot go back with you. I still have things to do. But the latter part of your offer is acceptable.”

After saying this faintly.

The woman in white turned and glanced at Yang Xiao.

That single glance…

…seemed to contain infinite affection and care.

Even someone like Yang Xiao…

…couldn’t help but feel his heart tremble.

Because he could feel the woman’s love and protectiveness toward him.

Whether it was entrusting him to Yang Zhentian at the very beginning…

…or later, sending Nangong Tianling to the Profound Sun Continent to find him…

…or now.

Appearing in person when his life was in danger, stopping the Star Emperor—his maternal grandfather in name—from wanting to kill him.

This was something even Human Emperor Xuanyuan could not do.

But she had done it.

How could Yang Xiao ignore…

…her love for him?

It was just that…

…the two of them were, after all, strangers.

Even after three lifetimes, Yang Xiao didn’t know how to grow close to this woman.

And in truth.

The woman in white didn’t seem to give him the chance to get close either.

Because after that one glance, she looked away again.

Then.

She turned to leave.

Step by step, she walked into the void.

Her figure gradually disappeared.

Leaving only a single sentence behind.

“Remember your words. Treat him well. Because he is the child of the daughter you love most, and he is your daughter’s only child. I will be back, my father.”

This simple sentence.

This almost disrespectful sentence.

Fell upon the Star Emperor’s ears.

And yet it nearly brought him to tears.

Because of those last two words.

It wasn’t until the woman in white had completely disappeared…

…that the Star Emperor composed himself and muttered, “That foolish girl, she’s still the same as ever… Ah, forget it. As long as she’s willing to come back, none of this matters.”

As his voice faded.

His gaze swept over to Yang Xiao, who was standing to the side in a daze, lost in thought.

Immediately after.

He raised a hand.

And flicked a finger toward Yang Xiao.

「At the same time.」

In the Immortal Realm.

Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch suddenly sensed something at that very moment.

His figure flashed.

He broke through the barrier of the Immortal Realm.

And flew forth.

His target.

Was none other than the Celestial Fate Continent, where Yang Xiao was located.