Chapter 331 Tragic Past (3)_1
Such an outstanding man was Dugu Yixuan, who caught the eye of the Divine Master, that old witch. She fell for him at first sight, and by the second, she wanted to win his heart. Alas, the Goddess had the desire, but the prince had none; Dugu Yixuan didn’t appreciate any of the Divine Master’s advances. Even at a gathering of great families, when the Divine Master proactively tried to seduce him, he publicly kicked her away and said with a look of disgust, "A person needs face, as a tree needs bark, even animals understand decency, but I see you’re not even up to their standard!"
The Divine Master had always been above others, yet she lowered herself time and again for Dugu Yixuan, even resorting to seduction, only to be met with his sarcasm, publicly at that. So from love turned to hate, she harbored resentment against Dugu Yixuan.
Wu Bo, the Hall Master of the Divine Temple on the East Continent, had always admired the Divine Master, but she had no eyes for him. Knowing the Divine Master’s heart was set on Dugu Yixuan, he harbored resentment. After that incident, seeing how the Divine Master was treated by him, he naturally wanted to get rid of Dugu Yixuan. He quietly assembled many experts from the Divine Temple to ambush Dugu Yixuan, planning to eradicate him on his way home. The Divine Master, thinking of how indifferent Dugu Yixuan was to her advances, silently consented to the plan.
A fierce battle ensued between Dugu Yixuan and the people from the Divine Temple; outnumbered, Dugu Yixuan was gravely injured, fell through a spatial rift, and ended up in the Xuanyue Continent, where he was rescued by Mo Qiushui, who was out for trials at the time. Dugu Yixuan, who had always kept a distance from women, was captivated by Mo Qiushui over time, and she too fell for Dugu Yixuan, so they soon fell in love.
A little over a year later, Mo Qiushui became pregnant with Dugu Qianye. At around eight months, Wu Bo came with men to the Xuanyue Continent and engaged in a fierce battle with them; Mo Qiushui suffered a pregnancy ailment. Dugu Yixuan fled with her, and that very night, she gave birth to Dugu Qianye. Being premature, Dugu Qianye lacked a Phantom Power Source and could not cultivate.
For those above the Divine Level, it’s immediately apparent whether one possesses a Phantom Power Source, so knowing that Dugu Qianye couldn’t cultivate, Dugu Yixuan was immediately aware, but to spare Mo Qiushui the grief, he did not tell her. The days that followed were spent in pursuit and hiding.
When Dugu Qianye was three years old, both the Dugu Clan and people from the Divine Temple learned of their presence on the Xuanyue Continent. They came in droves and discovered the relationship between Dugu Yixuan and Mo Qiushui, learning they had a ’worthless’ daughter. It was then that Mo Qiushui found out that Dugu Qianye could not cultivate.
The Dugu Clan sought to kill Mo Qiushui and Dugu Qianye, for a descendant of the Dugu Family could not be with such a lowly woman from several dimensions away, let alone have a ’worthless’ child! In the end, it was only through Dugu Yixuan’s threat of death that they were spared, and he asked Dugu Yilan to escort Mo Qiushui and Dugu Qianye back to the Mo Family. Little did he know, after sending Dugu Qianye back, Mo Qiushui went out again to search for Dugu Yixuan, only to be caught by the Divine Temple and taken to the Phantom Sea. After one year of imprisonment, she was transported by the people of the Divine Temple to the Yuling Continent.
Back on the Yuling Continent, Dugu Yixuan was taken home by his family, and the brother of the Divine Master also learned of this affair. The brother, a general under the Ruler, demanded that the Dugu Clan hand over Dugu Yixuan, incensed that his sister had been humiliated. Dugu Yixuan was the favorite of the Dugu Family, and even if they refused to acknowledge Mo Qiushui, they wouldn’t hand over Dugu Yixuan.
The Dugu Family and the people from the Divine Temple fought fiercely, and Dugu Yixuan’s grandfather, Dugu Yunheng, was injured in battle, and he has since been surviving on Snow Cold Pills. However, the adverse effects of the Snow Cold Pills are severe; while they save a life, they also damage the body, which is why they were so urgently seeking the Fire Dragon Pill to break Dugu Yunheng’s dependence on the Snow Cold Pills.
After Dugu Yunheng was injured, in order not to implicate his family any further, Dugu Yixuan ventured out alone. The Divine Master’s brother originally wanted to kill Dugu Yixuan outright, but under the pressure from Dugu Yixuan’s grandmother, Feng Sānmiè, his entire family stood together, ready for a decisive battle. The Divine Master’s brother did not dare wipe out an entire Hidden World Family, so he suppressed Dugu Yixuan at the edge of the West Desert in the Flame Abyss.