The cold voice of the Immortal Sun Emperor echoes in the whole temple making the Fox Prince and all the guards outside tremble. A sudden terrifying aura spreads in the area and it comes from the temple. If Shen Jueyang didn’t hold back the young fox cubs in the village would have exploded on the spot. The whole temple shook with this sudden burst of pressure. The one who had it worse was the Fox Prince who barely survived. If not for his mother protecting him, Hu Yushan would have died on the spot.

Cough~

Both the Fox Queen and the Fox Prince had coughed blood from the impact of this overbearing aura of the sun as if wanting to burn down everything in this world. The reason the Immortal Sun Emperor is angry is because he felt that this Queen of the Fox Tribe had intentionally used divination to summon a heavenly punishment to fall into this temple and there is only him and the Moon Goddess who is most likely the target.

Moon Goddess, Yue Xuexia said, "Jueyang calm down. This lightning tribulation cannot harm me. What are you so angry about? Moreover, this is not her intention. You have seen that formation on our way in. It was broken but it still had some abilities to hide her presence, this is just a late punishment not something she had intentionally done. Suppress our aura, do you want Uncle to recognize you?"

The moment the Immortal Thunder Emperor was mentioned, the aura in Shen Jueyang had fizzled out. With a wave of Yue Xuexia’s hand, an aura of light spreads in the whole village from the temple itself. The Moon Goddess had used an area heal using her Sacred Healing ability to heal everyone within the vicinity. The injuries Hu Yushan had suffered from the impact of the aura just now had instantly healed, leaving him dumbfounded. However, his mother’s state remained the same, pale, sickly and fatigued.

Yue Xuexia healed the Fox Queen but because this is not an illness but punishment the healing wasn’t that useful.

She then glanced at Shen Jueyang who had flinched and said, "Can’t you hold back your temper a bit?! There are also cubs in this place. Do you want them all to explode on the spot?!"

"S-Sorry. It will not happen again. Forgive me, Xue’er~" said the Immortal Sun Emperor, almost kneeling on the spot.

The Moon Goddess said, "If you do this again, I will not bring you with me the next time I check on my patients."

"I promise you. It will never happen again," said the Immortal Sun Emperor.

Meanwhile, the Fox Queen is watching the interaction between the Moon Goddess and the Immortal Sun God. It was completely different from her memories of that distant past. In that era, she still served under the Immortal Star Emperor and these two were still the arrogant Immortal Sun Emperor and his timid Moon Empress. The former would try to speak with the latter only for the latter to ignore it and lower her head while glaring at the Fairy Queen. They do not get along, there isn’t even a proper relationship.

However, it was also that time that she had noticed that the Immortal Star Emperor was interested in the Moon Empress. He subtly tries to speak with the Moon Empress and no one else has noticed his hidden love. Only she noticed it, who was a bystander at that time, had seen it. The gentle eyes of the Immortal Star Emperor. It was no different than the gentleness that the Immortal Sun Emperor now has in his eyes while looking at the current Moon Goddess.

The Fox Queen suddenly made her own son fall asleep on the spot and said, "Indeed, I love the Immortal Star Emperor and I also know that he adores you openly yet you have never noticed it at all. Instead, you loved that man beside you who had never given you the same love you gave him. Don’t you think you deserved it?"

"YOU!?"

The words of the Queen of the Mythical Fox Tribe were openly hostile which made the Immortal Sun Emperor angry only to be stopped by the Moon Goddess. At this moment, Yue Xuexia’s eyes are full of icy coldness within the depths of her eyes.

"Continue," said the Moon Goddess.

The Fox Queen said, "He loved you unconditionally and cared for you without restrain. You are the first woman he had given his heart to. How come you cannot love him back?"

"The Immortal Star Emperor is a gentle man. He doesn’t look down on women and cares for the world. However, he only has you in his heart. But you couldn’t see it, you ignored it. You choose to turn blind to it while enjoying his care and devotion."

"Don’t you think that is unfair?"

It took a while for the Fox Queen to say everything in her heart. All the heartache that accumulated in her heart she had finally let it all out. There is no fear in her words, in her mind she is nothing but a dying lady. There is nothing she fears now. It was only when she had calmed down after saying everything she wanted to say that she had realized something. There is no reaction or reply from the other side.

When the Fox Queen finally raised her head she met the cold eyes of the Moon Goddess. She realized she had spoken too much and not a single thing had moved the woman in front of her. There is aloof coldness as if she had blamed the wrong person. Well she had actually done it.

After all, the current Yue Xuexia is not the former Moon Empress, Yue Xuehua.

They might have the same origin and Yue Xuehua is a part of Yue Xuexia right now. But the life that Yue Xuehua had experienced was just a memory for Yue Xuexia and nothing else. As if having a part of your memory which is something you are not involved yet becomes a part of you.

Yue Xuexia said, "Are you done talking?"

The Fox Queen calmed down at this moment and flinched under the cold gaze of the lady in front of her.

The Moon Goddess said, "First there is something you must know. Yue Xuehua or should I say the former Moon Empress is my clone. She is a part of me but I am not a part of her. I am the main soul. The life she had lived was hers alone. It cannot be mine nor can I be her."

"After all, if I am her then this man beside me wouldn’t be able to stand beside me and he would have died the first time I received Yue Xuehua’s memories. This Empress doesn’t tolerate things I do not care about, those who I hate and are my enemy."

"If I am Yue Xuehua, she would have hated Jueyang to her core for not giving her his love in their previous life. His neglect and disinterest had harmed her heart badly. However, to me it is just memories. It’s no different having a memory of watching something akin to a movie and remembering it."

"I couldn’t feel her pain, her love and distress. I just felt she was too foolish."

"Can’t she love herself first before loving someone else?"

"Can’t you love yourself first before loving another?"

"Unfortunately, the me right now doesn’t even have a heart to feel what you have when you loved the Immortal Star Emperor. So sorry, I couldn’t understand you."

"You can love me, but don’t expect anything in return. I don’t understand it. If you can’t understand that then begone!"

"There is one thing you should know though, the me right now would kill any man who dares to force their love to me."

"Forcing me to love you. Who the hell do you think you are?"

The whole temple turned silent after the words of the Moon Goddess had spoken. The Fox Queen didn’t expect these words from the current Moon Goddess nor had she expected that she would be completely different from how she remembers her. She even glances at the Immortal Sun Emperor and doesn’t seem to be surprised by the Moon Goddess’s words yet even so he stayed by her side. For no other reason, it is only because he loves her and nothing more.

Like what the Moon Goddess had expressed, she doesn’t like to be forced into anything. That’s why the Immortal Sun Emperor didn’t do any of that. He had just stayed by her side. Not forcing her to do anything. Support when she needs it, caring for her because he cares for her and loving her in a way he doesn’t force any response. He just wanted to be by her side. That’s all.

There is no other reason. This is just the choice the Immortal Sun Emperor had made.

It was as if the past had reversed the two people. Now it is the Immortal Sun Emperor who does the chasing while the Moon Goddess is the one who doesn’t care. No, it’s not that she doesn’t care. She treats him no differently as a family but nothing more than that. For now, Shen Jueyang is content with the current relationship they have. At least for now that is.