Chapter 1721 — Two Mothers-in-Law
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Dragon Qilin pondered for a moment and said, "The memories of the Southern Emperor and Bai Yuqiong have already begun to merge. Once this merging starts, it cannot be interrupted. Moreover, her thoughts are currently in extreme chaos—it is very difficult to distinguish which memories belong to Bai Yuqiong and which belong to the Southern Emperor. I do not possess such a divine ability to help her sort through her memories. In this world, there is only one person with such a divine ability, and that is the Hierarch."
Crown Prince Youming looked at him, and the Southern Heaven people aboard the ship also revealed expressions of hope.
Dragon Qilin looked at their faces, hesitated, then gritted his teeth and said, "The Hierarch's Way of Reincarnation can allow her to keep her own memories, to remain Bai Yuqiong. In truth, the Hierarch has always held great affection for Bai Yuqiong, precisely because they share the same affliction. Bai Yuqiong is the reincarnation of the Southern Emperor's soul, yet she developed her own consciousness and became an independent life. The Hierarch is likewise a second consciousness born from the same body. Back then, it was because of a few words from Bai Yuqiong that the Hierarch did not directly act to make her become the Southern Emperor. If I go to plead with him, the Hierarch will most likely agree to awaken Bai Yuqiong. However, doing so will likely offend the Southern Emperor..."
He hesitated and said, "The Southern Emperor Vermilion Bird is fiercely determined to reclaim her own soul. When Bai Yuqiong awakens the Vermilion Bird soul, she certainly will not be able to hide it from her—she will inevitably sense the revival of her Vermilion Bird soul. If I go to seek an audience with the Hierarch and she learns of it, she may not dare to harbor resentment toward the Hierarch, but she will certainly hold some grievance against me. She is my mother-in-law, and her daughter is already married to me..."
The Southern Heaven people aboard the ship all knelt down and pleaded, "We beseech the honored deity to save our benefactor..."
Dragon Qilin's expression changed drastically. He hastily dodged aside. "Jingping has no custom of kneeling to others! Get up, all of you. I agree to it—at worst, I offend my mother-in-law!"
His expression shifted uncertainly as he paced back and forth, saying, "In any case, Bai Yuqiong can be considered half a mother-in-law to me. Even if I offend the other half of my mother-in-law, this matter is still worth doing... You Southern Heaven people are always praying to gods and buddhas, placing your hopes in others. How to break the gods in your hearts—that truly requires Mother-in-law Bai..."
His aura suddenly surged. He employed his summoning divine ability, and one after another spatial rift appeared above Flamebright Heaven. Beast kings of ancient titanic beasts flew out from the rifts.
Among them, many giant beasts transformed into towering giants—these were the divine ability users of the Beast Race, and these Beast Race divine ability users were Dragon Qilin's direct subordinates.
Dragon Qilin summoned over ten thousand Beast Race divine ability users and beast kings in one breath, then said to Crown Prince Youming, "You do not have sufficient forces and are no match for a Heavenly Master like Shang Pingyin. I will first give you these forces to deal with the emergency. After Mother-in-law Bai is awakened, you and I can leave the Southern Heavens and hand the Southern Heavens over to her."
"How will you go to Jingping?"
Crown Prince Youming said, "The journey to Jingping, even at your speed, would take several years. By the time you see Shepherd Heavenly Venerate, I fear Heavenly Master Bai will already have been assimilated."