"Are you still alive? How could I possibly be dead?"

In the void, the spiritual fluctuations of Jun Cuihua's thoughts were transmitted.

These two Jun family ancestors apparently knew each other before.

"So you want to protect this youngster?"

"Life and death are predestined, wealth and honor are determined by heaven, everything has its fate."

"Every cause has its effect, we shall see another day..."

Jun Tai'a's spiritual presence dissipated.

Jun Bieli maintained a calm expression from beginning to end.

It was as if he wasn't worried at all about the main branch taking action against him.

"Soon, everything will have a result," Jun Bieli smiled faintly.

Seeing that the two Jun family quasi-emperors had no intention of confronting each other,

Many hidden powers' important figures were somewhat surprised.

The Jun family's reaction didn't match their typically arrogant style.

However, some believed that since it involved the hidden branch, direct intervention would indeed be inappropriate.

If it were any other power, the Jun family would have likely destroyed them already.

Jun Bieli returned to the hidden branch.

He arrived at an immortal paradise filled with extremely dense celestial energy.

Jun Qingyan and Jun Yinhuang followed behind him.

In the center of this paradise was a spiritual spring.

Floating in the spring was a thirty-foot-tall immortal source.

Sealed within the immortal source was an elderly woman of advanced age.

She looked extremely old, with silver-white hair and a face covered in wrinkles.

However, one could vaguely see her youthful features, which were definitely pure and beautiful.

"This is..."

Both Jun Qingyan and Jun Yinhuang were somewhat confused.

Could this be one of Jun Bieli's elders?

But in the next moment, something happened that shocked them both.

Jun Bieli walked to the immortal source, reached out his hand, and gently caressed it.

"Qing'er, after so many years, I've finally found a way to revive you and share eternal life with me."

"That is to give you the qualifications to become a Great Emperor as well."

Jun Bieli's words completely stunned Jun Qingyan and Jun Yinhuang.

Could it be...

"You may be wondering why I would bear the infamy of harming my own bloodline just to obtain the Crown of Dao."

"It's only because I cannot let her go."

"Perhaps it's selfish, but there's no help for it. Maybe all people are selfish."

"Next, I will also let the hidden branch return to the main branch. This is all I can do."

Jun Bieli's words completely stunned the two of them.

Especially Jun Qingyan.

To be honest, initially, she was indeed extremely repulsed by and disgusted with Jun Bieli.

She thought he was a harsh person who had no familial feelings and only cared about himself.

But now, it seemed there was another hidden story.

"Would you like to hear a story? It's been a long time since I've told it to anyone," Jun Bieli smiled.

The two remained silent.

But Jun Bieli told it anyway.

In Jun Bieli's era, he was a prodigy who astonished the universe.

He was the supreme prince of the Jun family's hidden branch, above all others, looking down upon the rise and fall of the world.

All the heaven's proud daughters were only worthy of looking up to him, not even qualified to stand by his side.

Jun Bieli also didn't believe he would ever fall in love with anyone.

He dedicated all his heart and energy to cultivation.

Until one day.

He stayed on a certain mortal star.

While looking for a certain medicinal herb for alchemy.

He met that pure-looking, plainly dressed tea-picking girl from the mortal world.

"Hey, you, don't you know the way?"

"Hey, why not come to my home first? I'll make tea for you."

"Hey, why don't you smile? You look a bit silly."

It's hard to imagine.

One was the Jun family's hidden branch prince who ruled the stars and looked down upon the world.

The other was a mortal tea-picking girl from the mundane world, with a mortal body and not a trace of cultivation.

Sometimes, fate is just like that, unreasonable.

Jun Bieli didn't love holy land maidens, didn't love great sect fairy maidens, didn't love heaven's proud daughters.

He only fell for this tea-picking girl from the mortal world.

Of course, Jun Bieli didn't immediately fall in love.

He believed that this tea-picking girl, Li Qing'er, was just a passerby in his long life.

Lifespan wasn't an issue for Jun Bieli.

But for Li Qing'er, her life would only last a hundred years at most.

After a brief stay, Jun Bieli was about to leave.

He looked at Li Qing'er, whose eyes held a trace of reluctance, and after a moment of silence, left her a cultivation method.

"If you can cultivate, then come find me in the future."

After saying this, Jun Bieli left directly.

He thought Li Qing'er was just a small embellishment in his life.

But who knew...

Li Qing'er really learned the cultivation method and went to the endless stars to search for Jun Bieli.

Only then did Li Qing'er realize how great the identity and background of this ordinary-looking man in her eyes was.

But Li Qing'er still went searching.

And finally found him.

Jun Bieli couldn't imagine that the mortal tea-picking girl who had touched his heart would actually come looking for him.

A Jun family prince and a mortal tea-picking girl.

They came to know and love each other.

But Li Qing'er's aptitude was too low, and her cultivation was too weak.

Even though Jun Bieli tried every method, he couldn't help her break through her bottleneck.

Li Qing'er grew older day by day.

While Jun Bieli still maintained his youthful appearance.

Not to mention that Jun Bieli would often enter dormancy, sleeping for an entire era at a time.

Although Li Qing'er was also sealed in the immortal source.

As time passed, her life force grew increasingly dim.

Until one day, Li Qing'er had become extremely old, turning into an elderly woman.

She touched Jun Bieli's face, with tears on her face, and said.

"You're still so young, while I've grown so old."

"No, Qing'er, in my heart, you're still as you were when we first met."

"After this dormancy, I may not be able to wake up again..."

"You will. I'll use any means necessary to revive you."

Li Qing'er wept.

Before being sealed in the immortal source, she murmured a sentence.

"Journey after journey, with you I part in life."

Because of this sentence, Jun Bieli changed his name.

Previously, he wasn't called Jun Bieli, but Jun Guichen.

But because of Li Qing'er's words, he changed his name to Jun Bieli.

It was to never forget his only love.

One life, one world, one pair.

The story was finished.

Jun Yinhuang remained silent.

Jun Qingyan's eyes had turned slightly red, moved by this love story.

To be honest, at first they truly didn't understand why Jun Bieli, after obtaining the Crown of Dao, didn't merge it with himself.

Although Jun Bieli's talent was already extremely terrifying, and he indeed didn't need the Crown of Dao to become an emperor,

At the very least, merging with the Crown of Dao would only bring benefits without drawbacks, as it was a supreme baptism.

They were very confused.

But now, they understood.

Jun Bieli did all this for his love, Li Qing'er.

That is, the elderly woman currently sealed in the immortal source.

"I won't beg for anyone's forgiveness. Even if thousands condemn me and tens of thousands despise me, it doesn't matter."

"Besides, this was the condition for the hidden branch's return," said Jun Bieli.

His words made Jun Qingyan's delicate body tremble, her beautiful eyes widened, with extreme disbelief in her black pupils.

She recalled again that when they were in the Primordial Emperor City, they gave Jun Xiaoyao a jade slip.

Inside was a condition for the hidden branch's return.

And Jun Xiaoyao said he had accepted that condition.

"Lord Prince, could it be that the condition for the hidden branch's return is..." Jun Qingyan was shocked.

"That's right, the condition for the hidden branch's return was for me to obtain the Crown of Dao."

"It was this impossible condition that Jun Xiaoyao completed!"

Jun Bieli's eyes were profound, filled with admiration.

Even he hadn't expected that Jun Xiaoyao would actually complete this harsh, almost impossible condition.

But the question is...

Did Jun Xiaoyao really sacrifice his life to allow the hidden branch to return?

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