Stellar Transformation-Chapter 677: Season 18, Episode 42, This is Fate

"Yes, my lord," she said.

Chunyu Rou felt a wave of joy in her heart. She always cared deeply for her children, and Li’er’s situation had constantly weighed on her mind. Now that it could be solved, she naturally felt happy. She was also pleased for Jiang Fan for obtaining both the Earth Seal and the Ten Thousand People Seal.

"Tomorrow? So soon?" Jiang Lan was also a bit surprised.

Confronted by Jiang Lan, Jiang Fan mostly felt ashamed, "It’s not soon, not soon. Your sister-in-law often misses Li’er too, but due to her considerations for me, she hasn’t gone to see her. I’ve also hurt Li’er and Qin Yu, and I currently don’t have the face to meet them. It’s better not to go. Your sister-in-law and Yan’er along with their group are enough."

Jiang Lan nodded slightly in agreement.

Thinking about how happy Jiang Li would be, Jiang Lan also felt a sense of relief.

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That day, Jiang Lan returned to Zixuan Mansion. After getting back, Jiang Lan talked joyfully with Che Hou Yuan for quite a while, as they had been acquainted with each other for a long time.

The next day.

Qin Yu was chatting happily with Hou Fei, Hei Yu, Li’er, Zixia, Hong Yun, Bai Ling, and a group of others when a Heavenly God Servant ran over.

"Master, there’s a group of people outside who say they come from Snow City," the Heavenly God Servant’s words caused Qin Yu and the group to fall silent.

"Snow City?" Qin Yu furrowed his brow. Hou Fei, Hei Yu, and others also exchanged surprised and questioning looks.

Li’er, however, was the first to stand up, her face full of excitement and eagerness, "People from Snow City, Brother Yu, quick, quick." Jiang Li excitedly pulled Qin Yu to the gate of Zixuan Mansion.

An anxious Jiang Li, along with Qin Yu, used Instantaneous Movement and immediately arrived at the front courtyard of Zixuan Mansion.

"Jiang Yan, and that Chunyu Rou...," Qin Yu’s Power of New Universe Space spread out, and he quickly observed the group of people from Snow City. This group was almost entirely comprised of people from the Jiang Family, all deeply connected to Jiang Li.

Qin Yu was puzzled.

From their interactions over the years, Qin Yu could tell that Jiang Fan was not the type to easily concede. Moreover, the discord between them was not minor.

"As a Holy Emperor, Jiang Fan should greatly value his reputation. Logically, he shouldn’t have allowed these people from Snow City to come over, so why?" Qin Yu was contemplating when Jiang Li shouted from the side.

"Brother Yu, come quickly, don’t just stand there in a daze. You know my mother, right?"

Pulled back from his thoughts, Qin Yu smiled modestly and paid his respects, "I’ve seen you, Mother-in-law." Qin Yu thought to himself, "No matter what Jiang Fan is thinking, at least he has done one great thing."

Jiang Li had always longed for those relatives and friends, and Qin Yu had always felt guilty. Now he finally felt at ease.

"Qin Yu, hello," Chunyu Rou said upon seeing Qin Yu, feeling somewhat awkward inside.

She had gone to great lengths to make Zhou Xian her son-in-law, but what was the outcome? All four of Thunder Punishment City’s Great God Kings, including Zhou Xian, who later became a Divine King, died utterly. Now, a young man named Zhou Qing had become the Holy Emperor of Thunder Punishment City.

Back in the Northern Pole Holy Emperor Palace, I could freely comment on Qin Yu, who now, in terms of status, has surpassed the Eight Great Saint Emperors to become the absolute top figure in the entire Divine World. Perhaps, only those lofty Three Great Venerable Sovereigns could be considered above Qin Yu.

"Big Brother Qin Yu, you probably know most of these people, this is my and Sister Li’er’s brother ’Jiang Jun,’ and this one is also my and Sister Li’er’s brother, named..."

Jiang Yan was quite lively at the moment, continuously introducing people to Qin Yu. Among the newcomers, Qin Yu knew most of them; after all, he had spent a considerable amount of time in Snow City. Even for those he didn’t know, Jiang Li had talked about them during their past conversations with Qin Yu, so now with Jiang Yan’s introductions, Qin Yu recognized them.

...

The arrival of a group of people from Snow City made the entire Zixuan Mansion lively. However, the happiest one in Zixuan Mansion was probably Jiang Li. As for Qin Yu, a question kept nagging at the bottom of his heart.

Qin Yu walked alone to where Jiang Lan resided.

Jiang Lan had chatted with Che Hou Yuan for a long time yesterday. Today, he was resting all day, only briefly dealing with the visitors from Mist City at first, before returning to his residence later.

"Uncle Lan, it’s me." Standing outside the courtyard gate, Qin Yu called out.

"Little Yu, come in," came Jiang Lan’s voice from the courtyard, and the courtyard gate opened automatically.

Qin Yu stepped into the courtyard, where Jiang Lan was sitting alone under an ancient tree, drinking. Seeing Qin Yu enter, he looked up with a smile and said, "Come, join me for a few drinks."

Qin Yu smiled and sat down, casually chatting and drinking several cups with Jiang Lan.

"Uncle Lan, there is something I want to ask you about?" Qin Yu put down his cup and turned to Jiang Lan with an inquiry.

Jiang Lan nodded with a smile: "Judging by your expression when you came, I knew you had something on your mind. Tell me, what is it?"

Qin Yu nodded slightly and said, "Uncle Lan, the ’Time Law’ contained within the Ten Thousand People Seal is profound, and you’ve only cultivated in the New Universe for four years. Even with time acceleration of a million times, that’s just four million years... four million years to comprehend the Time Law is far from enough. Uncle Lan, have you already succeeded in coming out?"

"Oh?"

Jiang Lan laughed, "Little Yu, according to what you’re saying, if I can’t comprehend the Time Law, I shouldn’t come out at all?"

"No, not at all," Qin Yu quickly replied, "Uncle Lan, you know that’s not what I meant."

Seeing Qin Yu’s reaction, Jiang Lan chuckled: "Alright, I’m just teasing you, I know what you mean. Yes, the time I spent cultivating is indeed short. As for the Time Law, I haven’t made much progress either."

"Uncle Lan, I want to know if the people from Snow City coming here has anything to do with you. It was you who went to Snow City to persuade them, right?" Qin Yu asked.

Jiang Lan looked at Qin Yu without saying a word.

"I can guess, Uncle Lan, right after you came out from the New Universe, you went to Snow City. The next day, a whole group of people from Snow City came here, so I couldn’t help thinking of you."

Qin Yu smiled and said, "Uncle Lan, you’ve done a great deed. But I’m curious, how did you manage to persuade my ’Father-in-law’?"

"Simply with affection and by making things clear with reason," Jiang Lan said casually, then drank up a cup of wine.

"With affection and making things clear with reason? It’s that simple?" Qin Yu found it hard to believe inside.

Jiang Fan’s character was something Qin Yu was painfully aware of. In his pursuit to become a Heavenly Venerable, he showed no pity for even his own daughter, willing to break ties with his own brothers. Could such a decisive person be easily persuaded?

"Uncle Lan, you must not deceive me," Qin Yu stared intently at Jiang Lan.

After being watched for a while, Jiang Lan couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile, "Alright, you are quite persistent, kid. I’ll tell you then, it’s really not a big deal. I just gave the Earth Seal and the Ten Thousand People Seal to Jiang Fan, that’s all. My big brother has longed for the Earth Seal and Ten Thousand People Seal for who knows how long. Giving them to him suddenly, he naturally felt extremely grateful, and it’s only natural for him to act this way..."

Qin Yu was stunned.

"Uncle Lan, you said, you said you gave the Earth Seal, the Ten Thousand People Seal to Jiang Fan?" At this point, Qin Yu no longer referred to Jiang Fan as his father-in-law.

Qin Yu guessed that Uncle Lan must have paid some price to persuade him, but he never imagined it would be these two incomplete Heavenly Venerable Spiritual Treasures which contained the chance to become a Heavenly Venerable.

"Uncle Lan, if you had the Earth Seal, the Ten Thousand People Seal, you might become a Heavenly Venerable. You had both, you were more likely than Luo Fan by far, how could you, how could you..." Qin Yu felt a surge of unwillingness deep down.

Jiang Lan simply smiled faintly, "It’s just the Earth Seal, the Ten Thousand People Seal. They aren’t very useful to me. I don’t have much desire for that position of Heavenly Venerable, becoming one or not doesn’t really matter to me."

"Uncle Lan—" Qin Yu frowned.

"Little Yu, by the way, the Ten Thousand People Seal was given to you by me, and now I have given it to someone else, you won’t be angry, right?" Jiang Lan said to Qin Yu with a smile.

At this time, Qin Yu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"This Jiang Fan." Qin Yu’s heart couldn’t help but rise with resentment, annoyed, "Back then, for a mere chance at becoming a Heavenly Venerable, he disregarded the brotherhood with Uncle Lan, the father-daughter bond with Li’er, even ignoring the huge advantages I offered in the marriage proposal, and forcefully made Zhou Huo his son-in-law!"

"Some time ago, he targeted me again and again, even being ruthless towards me. Initially, the fates of those Divine Kings and Holy Emperors trapped in the New Universe were in my hands, but in the end, for the sake of Li’er, I still let him go. I thought he would at least remember that favor, but unexpectedly, when Uncle Lan went to persuade him, he refused until Uncle Lan gave him the Earth Seal and Ten Thousand People Seal. Such a person—"

Qin Yu, deep down, had already started to look down on Jiang Fan.

Originally he at least recognized him as his father-in-law, but now Qin Yu truly did not want to acknowledge him anymore.

"The Earth Seal, the Ten Thousand People Seal, doesn’t he find them burning his hands? Uncle Lan, did he even decline?" Qin Yu looked towards Uncle Lan.

Uncle Lan was slightly startled.

Indeed, Jiang Fan had not declined at all when taking the Earth Seal and the Ten Thousand People Seal.

"Alright, Little Yu, Jiang Fan simply longs to become a Heavenly Venerable too much. Having obtained the Ten Thousand People Seal and the Earth Seal, of course he can’t bear to give them up. It’s fine, really, since I don’t want to become a Heavenly Venerable anyway. Letting my big brother fulfill his wish is no big deal," Jiang Lan said with a light smile.

Jiang Lan indeed had an easygoing attitude about it all, not minding in the least.

"Becoming a Heavenly Venerable"

Qin Yu started to laugh, "He’s becoming a Heavenly Venerable? Uncle Lan, even if he got the Earth Seal and the Ten Thousand People Seal, he still won’t become a Heavenly Venerable. That’s destiny, he just doesn’t have it!"

Jiang Lan was taken aback by Qin Yu’s tone, which was filled with absolute confidence.

"Little Yu, you’re so certain?" Uncle Lan was puzzled.

Qin Yu smiled faintly, recalling the conversation he had with his second brother Lin Meng back then. On the ’hundredth day’ after Little Si’s birth, Lin Meng said that not a single Divine King on the Heavenly Venerable Mountain at the time would become a Heavenly Venerable.

And at that time, Jiang Fan of the Northern Pole was in those very mountains.

"Uncle Lan, you’ll see when the new Heavenly Venerable is born. Jiang Fan, he won’t become a Heavenly Venerable," Qin Yu said calmly. Yet now, Jiang Fan was full of boundless expectations, earnestly cultivating the Time Law through the ’Earth Seal and Ten Thousand People Seal.’

...

Time passed, and nearly eight months flew by in the blink of an eye.

Within the Zixuan Mansion, a large crowd had gathered outside Hou Fei’s courtyard at this moment. Over a thousand members of the Zixuan Mansion were whispering to each other, while inside the courtyard, it was Hou Fei, Qin Yu, and a group of others.

Today, both of Hou Fei’s wives, Zixia and Hong Yun, were simultaneously going into labor.

Hou Fei was pacing anxiously at the door, clutching his fists tightly. Flecks of red light occasionally flashed in his eyes, and his body’s energy trembled slightly.

"Feifei, sit down, don’t worry too much," Qin Yu spoke up.

Hou Fei glared at Qin Yu, "How can I sit down?"

Instantly, everyone in the courtyard laughed, but all very quietly, fearing they might disturb the two pregnant women inside.

"Hmm?" Qin Yu frowned.

"Woosh." Qin Yu disappeared on the spot, surprising everyone around, including Hei Yu, Jiang Li, Yi Feng, Che Hou Yuan, and others.

Qin Yu reappeared on a path within the Zixuan Mansion, confronting a middle-aged man in a purple robe walking toward him. The man was somewhat slender and frail-looking, but he emanated an air of solitary pride. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Those occasionally red-glinting eyes swept over Qin Yu.

"Xiao Yao Heavenly Venerate, your esteemed presence is a joy to me, and yet I’m curious, what brings you here?" Qin Yu said, bowing slightly.

The man was none other than Xiao Yao Heavenly Venerate. Qin Yu had a feeling that this visit had something to do with Hou Fei.

...

Above the Divine World, in a section of space far above, completely isolated from the rest of the world. Other Divine Kings could not detect this place.

Within this detached space above the Divine World, colorful auspicious clouds floated, and deep within the fog, there stood a palace.

Now, outside the palace gates stood a figure with piercing eagle-like eyes looking downward. This person was none other than Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerate, who bore a grudge against Qin Yu!

"Hmph, my junior brother finally went to visit his precious son." Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerate sneered, "But it won’t be long now. Five years, just five more years, and the new Heavenly Venerable will be chosen. After that, without any concern, I can kill Qin Yu! Qin Yu... you can live for five more years." The cold light flickered in Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerate’s eyes.

(End of the two Chapters, Tomato will continue with two more Chapters tomorrow, and the day after... will be the grand finale!)