Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor Chapter 1445: A Lonely Legend (Dugu Xiu)

Under normal circumstances, a baby takes about three or four years to develop a memory, but to have a full memory function, they need to grow to about five or six years old.

But for Dugu Xiu, his memories began at the age of two.

At two, most children on the Wuji Continent are just learning to walk, but for the princes and princesses in the Hou Qin Palace, two years old is when their true lives begin.

The princes and princesses of Hou Qin are forced to separate from their empress dowagers and consorts at birth, and they are raised on the milk of beasts.

Therefore, their physiques are much stronger than those of princes and princesses from other countries.

Dugu Xiu was undoubtedly the most robust among all these Hou Qin princes and princesses; he was raised on the milk of a lioness.

His personality contained not a trace of weakness, as could be glimpsed when he pushed aside the lion cubs to monopolize the lioness’s milk from the moment he started nursing.

The domineering aspect of his character was something an emperor must have.

It was also because of his character that Emperor Qin always favored Dugu Xiu, while other princes and princesses could only envy him in secret.

Everyone thought it was because Dugu Xiu had extraordinary talents and was Heaven’s favored son.

Only Dugu Xiu and his empress dowager knew that it was because of the part of Black Qilin blood within him.

From the time he was sensible, Dugu Xiu knew he was not the son of Emperor Qin, but this didn’t cause any inferiority in him, because in Dugu Xiu’s world, strength was everything.

The Hei Qilin Clan Leader, Hei Yao, was stronger than Emperor Qin, so his father was Hei Yao.

This was Dugu Xiu’s way of dealing with the world: to be the best in everything, whether it was his biological father, women, or anything else.

This belief was held firmly by Dugu Xiu for a long period afterward.

Until the first accident of his life occurred.

That accident was Yun Sheng.

When Dugu Xiu first encountered Yun Sheng, he would never have thought that the little girl would become the bane of his destiny.

Before meeting Yun Sheng, the women Dugu Xiu liked were the type found in his Crown Prince Mansion, almost the same type, either voluptuous and sexy, or adept in social niceties to please him.

But Yun Sheng was only a half-grown child then, with barely budding features, although her appearance could be considered passable. The only thing that left an impression on Dugu Xiu was Yun Sheng’s eyes; she had eyes clearer than any woman’s.

Even so, Dugu Xiu disliked Yun Sheng more than he liked her. To describe her would be like an unripe green plum that, when eaten, would make your teeth ache with sourness.

She definitely did not belong to the type that Dugu Xiu favored.

Dugu Xiu’s attention to Yun Sheng was due to another person.

That person was the Divine Wind King of Xianju, also one of the successors of the Five Great Countries on the continent. The Divine Wind King was a rare opponent whom Dugu Xiu recognized.

It was because of the Divine Wind King’s different treatment of Yun Sheng that he went to great lengths to capture Yun Sheng, intending to use her to restrict the Divine Wind King.

But Dugu Xiu didn’t expect to fall into Yun Sheng’s hands instead.

He nearly died in the Beast Tide, and that cunning woman stripped him bare and hung him on the road. For the proud Dugu Xiu, it was an indelible humiliation.

Later, he discovered the woman’s true identity, but when he saw her again, she had already become a different person.

As she gradually grew up, her features became more exquisite, and her figure transformed day by day like willow in spring. Dugu Xiu realized this woman had limitless potential and would one day become the most sought-after woman on the continent.

She was the kind of woman he wanted.

Yun Sheng was the only woman qualified to be the mistress of his Crown Prince Mansion, the woman at his side.

But just as Dugu Xiu lowered himself to propose marriage, a person whom Dugu Xiu would loathe his whole life appeared, the Abolished Crown Prince of Great Zhou, Ye Beiming.

That man, more cunning than a fox, proposed to Yun Sheng before he could, and the shame of having food snatched from his mouth was unforgettable for Dugu Xiu.

But Dugu Xiu wasn’t someone who easily gave up; he exploited Yun Sheng’s affectionate nature to capture her and brought her to Hou Qin.

Dugu Xiu thought that once Yun Sheng was in his grasp, she would eventually submit to him like the other women in his Crown Prince Mansion.

However, that damned Yun Sheng proposed the notion of one heart and one soul, one lifetime.

Dugu Xiu sneered at this.

In Dugu Xiu’s world, a woman’s sole role was to submit, even if Yun Sheng was special to him, such a thing as one heart and one soul, one lifetime, he would never accept.

Little did Dugu Xiu know then that one day, he would regret his decision bitterly.

The issue of imprisoning Yun Sheng eventually became a wildfire; as Regent King of Great Zhou, Ye Beiming led his army southward, using "the mountains and rivers as betrothal, swearing to marry Yun Sheng" as a statement, putting pressure on Hou Qin.

When Xianju’s Elf Army and the Great Zhou coalition forces broke into Hou Qin, Dugu Xiu realized he was already in a desperate situation.

Yet he was still unwilling to accept defeat, abandoning Hou Qin for the Eight Desolates Continent. He vowed to the heavens to reclaim everything that was rightfully his.

Eventually, he did achieve that.

He merged with Black Qilin King Ye Xiu’s flesh and blood, heart, and Black Qilin Relics, becoming the supreme ruler perched at the apex.

Only, why did he feel no joy after reaching the peak, but rather endless loneliness and pain?

Countless nights, he dreamed of Hei Linlin and Hei Yao, of the Empress Dowager weeping in the Cold Palace, and the people of Wuji Continent suffering, polluted by blood mist.

Yun Sheng told him it was because a part of Human Clan blood remained within him.

He...didn’t want to believe it, because, from the moment he killed his biological father Hei Yao, Dugu Xiu had told himself that the part of his blood belonging to the Human Clan was already dead.

The psychological conflict between the Human Clan and Beast Clan inside him led Dugu Xiu to prefer being devoured by Black Qilin King Ye Xiu within him, preferring to sleep eternally inside Ye Xiu, forever, so that he wouldn’t have to face the painful look in Yun Sheng’s eyes.

However, at the moment when Ye Xiu was about to kill Yun Sheng... Dugu Xiu couldn’t stand idly by; he hesitated and stopped Ye Xiu from delivering the death blow.

In the end, Ye Xiu still lost, and so did he.

Dugu Xiu and Ye Xiu, both lost, stayed outside the Heavenly Fox Tomb, where for Ye Xiu, it was to guard the love between him and Hu Yan, while for Dugu Xiu, he only hoped to one day see that person again...

He hadn’t yet waited for Yun Sheng but was greeted by the Elf King Divine Wind.

That man, like the wind, lived his life alone.

Dugu Xiu understood that he, like himself, once someone had taken residence in their heart, there was no room for anyone else.

The two men who once fought to the death now looked at each other with no hatred in their eyes.

Years later, beside the Heavenly Fox Tomb, seeing Yun Sheng again with the man beside her, there really was such a thing as one heart and one soul, one lifetime.

It was only then that Dugu Xiu understood that it was not impossible, just that he couldn’t achieve it.

Sometimes, missing a moment means missing a lifetime.

If everything could start over, he only wished to say to Yun Sheng: one heart and one soul, one lifetime, would that be all right?