Chapter 1034: Kick Down
Painful. A cold blade stabbed through his chest with that prickling pain spreading from the blade itself. However what made him feel even more painful is the emotions he had seen within the eyes of Yue Xuehua. There is fear, anger and relief. As if his death was the only solace that can heal the trauma in her heart and soul. Thinking of this, the Immortal Star Emperor chose not to dodge and just watched as Yue Xuehua pushed through the sword deeper into his chest.
However, Yue Xuehua didn’t notice this choice of his, but the Goddess of the Moon saw it and only slightly narrowed her eyes and finally kicked the Immortal Star Emperor to the ground, letting fall with a hole on his chest. Everyone was shocked when they saw the Moon Goddess kick down the Immortal Star Emperor. No one had expected this scene to happen and it was done out of nowhere.
Prince Suyu cussed instinctively, "Holy Shit! Did she just kick him down like a dog!?"
"I had a feeling she wanted to kick him on the face just now," said Princess Meiyu.
The Immortal Thunder Emperor said, "Removed the word feeling. If not for Hua’er, she would definitely kick him on the face."
His cousins were confused by these words and couldn’t help but asked their second cousin brother, Lei Yuye, why their eldest niece just kicked the Immortal Star Emperor and not kill him when she wanted to end him.
Princess Meiyu asked, "Why would Xue’er spare him for Hua’er?"
"Because in the previous life of Hua’er, this man was the one who saved her from loneliness. Though in the end he turned crook and became obsessed which resulted in something bad for both of them," said the Immortal Thunder Emperor.
This is something he had only heard from his elder brother, the Everlasting Moon Emperor, Yue Yuya who had learned it from Yue Xuehua who honestly shared her past memories and experience with her family. For this reason alone, there are two men in the Immortal World hated by the Ancient Moon Clan. The Immortal Sun Emperor who was hated by the Moon Princes and the Immortal Star Emperor hated by the whole Yue family. Both men had done hurtful things to the princesses of the Ancient Moon Clan, it was due to this that no one from the Yue and Lei Clans had fully accepted them.
Shen Jueyang’s situation is a bit different only because he had shown through his actions alone that his seeking for atonement was not only for repayment but also because he had clearly shown to the elders that his love for the Moon Goddess is real this time. He likes Yue Xuexia not for her family background, her strength or talents. He only likes her because his heart says so and he himself had already made a vow with the heavens to always love, care and protect Yue Xuexia as long as he is alive. It was because Papa Yue had seen his actions and knew his promises that he is willing to trust him again in this life.
There is also the fact that despite having a missing heart, Yue Xuexia is willing to accept him. Since their daughter had already made a choice, they can only trust her and the person she had chosen. However, if Shen Jueyang broke Yue Xuexia’s heart in the future, there is not only the divine punishment from the heavens that will fall on him, but also the revenge of the Ancient Moon Clan and the Regal Lei Clan.
Prince Suyu said, "Hm... Well deserved."
"They should have stabbed a few more times," Princess Meiyu said.
On the other hand, after Yue Xuexia had kicked down the Immortal Star Emperor, Yue Xuehua who had witnessed it up close knew that the Moon Goddess didn’t hesitate with that kick just now. It was powerful enough to leave a huge crater at the seashore and made a huge splash with a small tsunami that hit the sandy land nearby. Those other cultivators who were watching the scene at the shore almost drowned after they were taken off guard by the fallen Immortal Star Emperor.
Yue Xuehua said, "Xue-jie, you..."
"Don’t look at me like he is not dead. At least not for now," said Yue Xuexia as she gently took away her sword from Yue Xuehua’s hand.
"Oh..." Yue Xuehua’s reaction was so mild that it was as if she didn’t want to know the reason why her elder sister had kicked the Immortal Star Emperor down without mercy.
Yue Xuehua had taken a while before she had realized what she had done. No blood landed on her hands as Yue Xuexia blocked it for her. However, looking at her clean hands, she still couldn’t help but feel cold as she had realized what she had just done. Her hands started trembling as she couldn’t forget that feeling when the sword in her hand had stabbed through the Immortal Star Emperor. This is something she had been dreaming all this time and finally was able to do it.
Every time she recalls the pain, and torture that was done to her in her previous life, Yue Xuehua would opened her eyes and realized all of it as a dream. However, she had truly experienced all those things so when she was finally able to make the man who had indirectly caused her suffering be stabbed, it gave her an ecstatic feeling. Which scared her so much that right now her trembling couldn’t be stopped at all.
Yue Xuexia, knowing that she might have done it a bit too much, said to Yue Xuehua, "Don’t fear it. That was something he deserved and you know that, that’s why you are happy. Don’t fear him, he cannot harm you and our family right now. I am here. He can never take you away from the Yue family unless you are willing."
Listening to the words of the Moon Goddess, Yue Xuehua’s shaking had stopped and then raised her head to meet the similar looking eyes she possessed. The only difference is that there is undeniable confidence in this person’s eyes, completely different from her timid ones. Recalling those days that she was helpless and alone while in pain and being torture, she felt that death was her solace. Her family had also suffered a lot and thought that she was truly dead. After all, the Immortal Star Emperor did everything he could just so the Ancient Moon Clan can never know that she is still alive and that she is under his protection.
It was because the Immortal Star Emperor had hidden her fate, making her own family believe that she was dead, that the Yue Clan failed to save her. As the Immortal Star Emperor, hides the presence of her star which is her fate that no one was able to find her even through divination. It was only when she had killed herself that the Ancient Moon Clan learned that she was held captive by Xing Xieju as this man informed them of her death.
This was also the day that the hatred of the Ancient Moon Clan and the Regal Lei Clan closed off their clans to avoid any more interaction with the Immortal Star Emperor. After all, they had lost a family member which greatly saddened them a lot.
At that time, aside from pain, Yue Xuehua felt incredibly tired of life. She had sacrificed herself to buy some time for the man she loves to survive. This was actually her last attempt to curry favor with the Immortal Sun Emperor. She bear all the torture that the Fairy Queen had inflicted on her thinking that her husband, Shen Jueyang would saved. Until the day that she had learned from the Fairy Queen, that the Immortal Sun Emperor had still died in the hands of the Immortal Star Emperor who had imprisoned her while letting others torture her.
At that time, she was so lonely and she didn’t want to burden her family with her own problems and bear it in her previous life. But now it’s different, even though Yue Xuexia is her family, she and she was one person, so in the mind of Yue Xuehua this doesn’t count as burdening someone, but a burden she herself had chosen to carry.
Thinking of this Yue Xuehua finally couldn’t hold back crying as she hugs the Moon Goddess. She finally has someone who she will not feel embarrassed showing her real feelings to. In her previous life as the only princess of the Yue Clan and someone who had almost dragged down her own family, Yue Xuehua was spoiled and selfish. Her family gave her everything she wanted in life, including her desire to get closer to her husband. She was selfish all her life and she regretted it. Enough to no longer ask her family to bear the burden for her and eventually took her life due to depression.
But now it’s different, her family is no longer weak even people behind the Immortal Star Emperor will not be able to defeat two ancient clans. With an even powerful woman who promised to protect her from this scourge.
"Xue-jie, thank you!" Yue Xuehua said while hugging the Moon Goddess.