Chapter 10 — Christmas Fairy Tale at Ma Palace

11

The Heavenly Clan's ancestors aged thousands of years in the blink of an eye. He knelt to the ground, his knuckles clutching the black jade tiles.

“No way.”

“At that time, the old man was not born yet.”

The woman in the black peach gently rotates. A dark halo of light appeared on the flower petals.

"Of course you haven't been born yet."

“But your soul mark has already been born.”

“The Celestial Clan is very good at doing this.”

“Engrave the soul seal of the descendant into the ancestor's order, wait until he grows up, then let him bear the debt for the ancestor.”

All the people of the Celestial Clan cheered loudly. Thien Quan shouted loudly: "Your words deceive us." The demon ancestor's voice lowered his voice again.

“What she said may not have been false.”

“The Celestial Clan's ancestors only accept souls, not people.”

The white-bearded old man raised his hand and pressed it against his eyebrow. An extremely faint ancient soul mark slowly appeared. That soul mark, however, is exactly like the fingerprint in the illusion appearing on the well water. The Celestial Clan's ancestor's eyes instantly turned red.

“So that's it.”

“It turns out that all my life I have been guarding the nest, what I have been guarding is my own crime.”

The royal father did not have the least bit of pity.

“Whether the crime is yours or not, I don't care.”

“Where is the wood, I want it all back.”

Thien Quan gritted his teeth.

“Tran Uyen Moc has merged with seals everywhere.”

“If forcibly taken back, the crack in the heavenly gate will shake, the dragon veins in the Dong Hai will break, and the spirit fetus in the North Hoang will lose its life.”

The emperor smiled coldly.

“What does it have to do with the deity?”

Thien Quan was angry: "This will shake the four seas and eight desolate places." His father's blade was close to his throat.

“When the Four Seas and Eight Desolations destroyed her, did you ask her if she was in pain or not?”

When this sentence was uttered, no one from the Celestial Clan could answer. I snuggled into my mother's arms, dreamily looking at them. I don't understand what dismantling is. But we know what pain is. That pain is not in the arm, nor in the chest. It's a lot of places that hurt together. Just like my small body, placed in countless cold places at the same time. Thieu Dieu at the bottom of the black well suddenly raised his head.

“Let's go through the third door first.”

The emperor turned his head. Thieu Dieu's face was pale, but he still stood straight.

“If I don't overcome my destiny, I can't leave Kim Van's compassion to you.”

“There is no use fighting over wood now.”

The woman in the black peach burst out laughing.

“You are also in a hurry to sacrifice your life.”

Thieu Dieu didn't look at her. He just looked at me.

“She can't bear the pain anymore.”

Hearing those words, I immediately stopped crying. His father's face became even darker.

“Stop making that face to deceive her.”

Thieu Dieu said in a deep voice: "I can't fool Hell." The black lines of the second question on the surface of the well slowly disappeared. That wooden spike engraved with the word Chieu was simultaneously sealed by Kim Van and the Demon Queen's blood, floating in mid-air. The cold voice of Hell Demon rang out again.

“The old debt has not been paid yet.”

“Use the Seal to temporarily escort.”

“Second question, let's pass.”

The two words "it's over", made all the people of the Celestial Clan breathe a sigh of relief. But not the royal father. Because "temporarily passing" is more troublesome than "not passing". That means the debt is still there. It's just not allowed to kill him at this time. The well water turned black again. Third line of text appear. Questioning destiny (Ask destiny). The black well under Thieu Dieu's feet suddenly disappeared. He seemed to be standing on an endless gray wasteland. At the end of the field there are two doors. A pure white door like Thien Ha. A door as black as Ma Yuan. Between the two doors, there was a grown girl standing there. She was wearing a red dress, the half-gold, half-black peach seal on her eyelids had bloomed to the utmost splendor. Her face doesn't look like mine. But everyone knows it's me. One of her hands tightly grasped the light of Thien Ha. With one hand, she dragged Ma Yuan's black chains. Behind her, the heavenly gate was half broken. The magic palace has collapsed in one corner. Countless people knelt on the ground, begging her to choose a side. Thieu Dieu stood in front of her, his whole body stained with blood. The golden vein protecting the marble on his chest was broken without a trace. He told her: "Don't choose them."

“Choose yourself.”

The girl in the illusion raised her eyes.

“But they all forced me to pay the debt.”

Thieu Dieu said: "That debt is not my sister's debt." The young girl smiled slightly. That smile was so beautiful, yet so tragic.

“But you are the door.”

The next moment, she reached out and pierced her own eyelids. Everyone in the palace changed color. The mother quickly raised her hand to tightly cover my forehead. His father's sword slashed straight into the surface of the well. But nothing can stop the illusion of destiny. The girl in the illusion resolutely pulled out the half-gold, half-black seal of destiny from her eyebrows. Heaven and earth crumbled simultaneously. Thieu Dieu rushed forward and hugged her tightly. The seal in his heart exploded. The white door and black door opened at the same time. Behind the door there is no fire karma. There are only countless missing children's souls. They opened their eyes at the same time and called out the same name. A Chieu. Thieu Dieu's body was instantly torn into two halves. Half turned into Kim Van, protecting the girl's remaining soul. Half fell into the black door, swallowed by countless black peach blossoms. Thien Quan lost his voice and shouted: "Theu Dieu!" The illusion has not stopped. On the gray wasteland, the young girl knelt at the place where Thieu Dieu had just disappeared. She touched the pool of blood on the ground and asked softly: "Why are you the one who survived?" The voice of the black peach girl came from behind the door.

“Because they owe me a life, they all want me to live for them.”

The girl raised her head. Her eyes turned completely black. For the first time, his father's face turned pale. Because the young girl grew up in that illusion, turned around and threw a palm that destroyed half of the Galaxy. Then he swung a kick and kicked deep into the Demon Abyss. Behind her, the corpses of the two clans piled up into mountains, and blood flowed into rivers. In her heart, she still held tightly a piece of Kim Van that had been severed. The voice of the Demon Hell rang out.

“In every life, there is one disaster.”

“Protect the door with your body.”

“If you protect, you will die.”

“If you are ungrateful, you will fall apart.”

The fateful words dripped into the black blood on the surface of the well. Thieu Dieu stood at the bottom of the well, looking up at everything, but his eyes never wavered. His father coldly asked: "Have you seen it?"

“You will die.”

Thieu Dieu replied: "I see." Father asked again: "Do you still want to stay?" Thieu Dieu looked at me lying in his mother's lap. I also looked at him. I don't understand what death is. But I don't like the way he looks broken in an illusion. So I shook my head seriously.

“No.”

Theu Dieu's eyes shook slightly. But he smiled faintly. That was the first time he smiled since entering the Demon Palace. Very faint. Like a snowflake landing on the tip of a knife.

“Then I have to stay.”

“Because she already knows how to say no.”

Deep down in the black well suddenly appeared a third chain. The chain was not tied to Thieu Dieu. That wraps tightly around my eyelids. The Demon Hell's voice in the main hall became deep.

“The matter is not over yet.”

“This life does not ask the guardian.”

“Ask the master.”

Before everyone could react, my soul was forcibly dragged into the well by that black chain.