Chapter 1689 If You Desire

Chapter 1689 If You Desire

Elena stood in her courtyard, her gaze firm. Her pink-diamond hair danced in the wind, sparkling like gems, and yet only seemed to be on par with the glow on her skin. The afterglow Ryu had left her with threatened to put a smile on her face, but the level of seriousness she felt to the depths of her soul was on another level.

She was visualizing a path to the future, one that would allow her to shine as a woman capable of standing by his side.

He had only appeared for a few months, and yet in that time she had soared from the True Sky God Realm to the Transcendent Realm. And somehow, as a False Sky God, he had slaughtered not just one Omniscient Sky God, but had also had the chance to slaughter three others and just, seemingly on a whim, decided to spare them.

She knew why he had despite his words. Sure, his new inner world required him to accumulate a large amount of Faith so that he could begin displaying some of its truest strength, but the real reason was a deterrence.

There was a reason he had targeted Sashi but not those three. Logically speaking, they were more dangerous than Sashi and should also have just as deep a grudge.

So why hadn't he?

The reason was clear. He had broken their spirits, and he was 100% certain of it. Let alone targeting his wife, they wouldn't even be able to raise their heads in front of her.

Elena looked up.

At some unknown time, a woman had appeared. She was truly as gorgeous as a painting, her pink-diamond hair the only other of Elena's kind that she had ever seen. Although there were other Holy Wings with their hair color, the diamond-like glint, one that made their hair look three-dimensional rather than a single flat color, was something only this pair of mother and daughter had.

Aurelia slowly descended from the skies, landing before her daughter without the slightest change in expression. If before she looked like a painting because of her beauty, now she looked like one because she was the picture of stillness, unmoved by the changes in the world and exuding an aura that could cause the skies to tremble.

Elena had no idea what level her mother had reached. Her information network in the Martial Gods was so limited that she hadn't even heard about the appearance of Ryu's master. That was why she had been so surprised when he suddenly appeared before her. If she had heard about it earlier, maybe she would have been anticipating his return to her side.

However, this was less a product of her being in the dark, though. Sometimes Elena wondered if anyone knew much about her mother. Even though her father, Xalvador, seemed to have the "upper hand" in their relationship, at least in terms of status... Elena had always gotten the feeling that her mother was the one truly controlling things.

It was a feeling based on more intuition than fact, and it was also objectively true that Aurelia didn't have any backers in the Martial Gods, so how could she possibly have a deeper foundation than a once in a generation genius like Xalvador?

But it was a feeling she had nonetheless. nove(l)bi(n.)com

And the public was still withholding their opinion on that front.

"The Peak of the Transcendent Realm..." Aurelia spoke softly, her voice as gentle as a passing breeze.

She looked her daughter up and down and nodded.

"In the past, you haven't been worthy of my help. As I've told you many times, you're lazy and don't have the heart of a cultivator. I'm not sure what's changed, but I do find it unfortunate that it took the murderer of your grandmother to make such a difference in you."

Elena didn't reply. It wasn't the first time her mother had called Ryu that, but so long as she didn't make a personal move against him, she couldn't be bothered to care.

So what if he killed her grandmother? She was already prepared for the future where he would kill her father as well, and maybe even Aurelia herself.

She had no love lost for her family. She had grown tired of their methods long ago and it could be said that she was probably the furthest from being a Martial God that you could be.

"You may use my wealth now. Use it, or don't, the choice is yours. That, of course, includes the training facilities, and you can also enter the Holy Wing Clan. The techniques might not be of use to you, but you can use them as reference.

"If anyone dares to stop you from accumulating the usual quota for an official Holy Wing disciple, feel free to let me know. If you can break into the Omniscient Sky God Realm within three years, I will give you a Divine Wing quota instead and you can enter the Hegemonic Clan."

"Is that all?" Elena spoke for the first time, mostly speaking to shoo her mother away.

Aurelia looked at Elena, but she didn't seem to mind the tone. It was hard to tell if she'd ever really care. Even if Elena was screaming at her, it might not even make the slightest difference. She hadn't even shown any emotion after Mistress Holy Wing's death.

"No. I came here to tell you that I am pregnant. Soon, I will be going into a time warped zone so that I might give birth as quickly as possible.

"It will be difficult for your younger brother to make an impact when the Title Stele appears with just about 100 years of cultivation alone, but I believe that all of my children have tremendous potential."

Aurelia turned to leave. "You may come to the birth if you desire. I will send you a message when it is time. It will likely be a day or two from now."

Elena watched as her mother left, saying nothing even after she disappeared over the horizon.