"That's strange, where did everyone go?"
Just as Ye Liang finished speaking, he saw a suspicious villager darting into the house from the ruins outside.
He quickly walked over.
"It's you!"
Ye Liang grabbed the villager's hand and recognized her identity.
"Y-Ye Liang! So it's really you." The villager wiped dirt from her face—it was none other than Nao Uzumaki. "W-Where did you go? Her Ladyship has been searching for you everywhere!"
"Looking for me?" Ye Liang felt puzzled.
He couldn't figure out why Mikamitsu Shirabe wanted to find him, but he had plenty of questions of his own.
"Nao, what exactly happened in Peach Blossom Village, and in all of Yomi itself! Why is there not a single soul in sight, not even any Yomi creatures?"
"The Yomi Emperor has escaped!" Nao Uzumaki suddenly trembled violently, her pupils quivering with fear.
"Don't panic, just tell me slowly," Ye Liang said gently, stroking her cheek and infusing a bit of Sage Chakra into her body to calm her nerves.
Nao calmed down.
As she looked at Ye Liang again, tears filled her eyes.
"Y-Ye Liang-sama… We were deceived… All of us were tricked by Izanagi no Mikoto! He stole the wooden comb—not for anything else—but to break the seal on the Yomi Emperor!"
"Break the seal?" Ye Liang's pupils flickered. "Tell me everything—quickly!"
"Okay…
After you left… Izanagi no Mikoto went ahead and unlocked the seal on the Yomi Palace…"
Nao told Ye everything, finally clearing up the mystery.
It turned out that Izanagi no Mikoto had taken the wooden comb specifically to open the Yomi Palace—not to rescue the Yomi Emperor, but to free that little squirrel!
He had formed a bond with the squirrel!
"No kidding! That explains why he parted ways with Izanami no Mikoto—he's got some explaining to do!" Ye Liang muttered, clicking his tongue. Previously, in asking Izanagi no Mikoto to fulfill that last condition, he had unwittingly played matchmaker.
He cleansed Nao with a Water Release technique, then summoned a small piece of bread and handed it to her.
"You stay here and rest. I'm heading straight to Yomi Palace to meet this so-called Yomi Emperor."
"Okay."
Nao nodded.
Without delay, Ye Liang strode outside, used [Fire Dragon Flame Bullet] to summon a towering fire dragon into the sky, and confidently leapt onto its back.
The entire Peach Blossom Village was gone—actually, the entire Yomi World had been wiped out.
After the Yomi Emperor escaped, the Yomi goddess led all the people of Yomi in battle against him. In the end, the world shattered, and every Yomi creature was destroyed.
Scattered survivors like Nao had nowhere left to go.
Nobody knew how it truly ended, except that after leading the Yomi Emperor into the Yomi Celestial Palace, the Yomi goddess disappeared without a trace.
According to Nao, Mikamitsu Shirabe and several other leaders had also gone there, yet no news had come from them since.
As Ye Liang rode the blazing Fire Dragon upward, the sky stretched endlessly before him.
This time returning to Konoha, he was already fully prepared.
He placed a thousand Shadow Clones filled with Sage Art Chakra on Mount Myoboku. As soon as his Chakra ran low, he would immediately draw from one of the clones.
The power of a thousand clones—perhaps even the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't have dared to go this far!
This was the sheer power Ye Liang had now attained.
Since there was no Chakra supply in Yomi World, Ye Liang had also prepared several different weapons:
The Uchiha war fan!
The Sword of the Thunder God!
Aside from not confronting the unique case of the Akatsuki organization, Ye Liang had enhanced his body with nearly every technique he could think of over these past few months.
Sage Mode!
Eight Gates!
[Seven Days Howl!]
Yin Seal!
All powers activated!
Ye Liang shot toward the Yomi Celestial Palace—once an insurmountable fortress!
The Yomi Emperor wasn't guarding the entrance.
He dispelled the Fire Dragon and stepped above the clouds.
Ahead, the Yomi Celestial Palace exuded a dense killing intent. Using the perception ability of a samurai, Ye Liang saw a pitch-black giant dragon coiled atop the palace!
This was an overwhelming aura.
"What a powerful ability! This strength is already faintly approaching that of the Immortal Evil Deity back then!" Gripping the Sword of the Thunder God, he steadily stepped forward.
The path leading to the Yomi Celestial Palace was long.
But Ye Liang moved step by step, just like using the Daoist secret technique 'shrinking the earth'—covering dozens of meters in a single stride.
Soon, he arrived at the entrance of the palace.
There were two stone pillars at the gate, upon which hung two naked figures—none other than Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto.
"Lord Ye Liang, you've finally come!" Izanami no Mikoto said excitedly.
She was the Yomi deity—and also Shaw Naizi!
Ye Liang gave her a strange, searching look.
"I'm curious about your identity. Why did you come into this world? And why did you bring me here, Lord Ye Liang?"
"I'm truly sorry, my lord. I didn't have a choice but to bring you to our Yomi World." She looked apologetic before continuing, "You've seen our current tragic situation yourself!
To tell you the truth, decades ago I foresaw this scenario. To change this future, I ventured into the human world in search of the Child of Fate—the one destined to change our fate."
Child of Fate?
"So, it's me?"
Ye Liang recalled his journey on Mount Myoboku, where the Toad Sage once predicted that he was the Child of Fate. Back then, even the System had agreed.
"Yes. Only the Child of Fate can change destiny, but I'm not sure whether you can change the fate of our Yomi World. All I could do was try."
"Alright then."
Ye Liang shrugged. Now he understood why he kept dreaming about Shaw Naizi—it was because she had intentionally pulled him here.
Then he turned his gaze to Izanagi no Mikoto.
"I've heard about your story too. You risked everything to open the ancient Yomi Palace to save Little Squirrel. That kind of love is admirable. I'm not that kind of person, but I still respect what you did."
Still, he died!" A wave of bitterness washed over Izanagi no Mikoto's face. "And it was all for me."
Ye Liang calmly shook his head.
Of course, he knew exactly who Izanagi no Mikoto was referring to.
"No matter what, my karma has finally been repaid." He added indifferently, "Oh right—"
"How did things turn out back then? If you were able to seal the Yomi Emperor, why have you failed now?"
"This question, I shall answer for you!" a sinister voice echoed.
Right after Ye Liang finished speaking, a white-haired ghost emerged from the Yomi Celestial Palace, carrying a severed head. Both Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto shuddered slightly.
Haku threw the severed head before Ye Liang and pointed toward Izanami no Mikoto.
"This! This was my beloved consort back then. I never expected that she already had a husband. I was forced to become the other man!"
"This! This was her boyfriend!" Haku continued, now pointing at Izanagi no Mikoto. "I never expected this either! He actually conspired with my personal guard!"
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