"Dayu married Tushan, the heavens were restless; Xia Qi slew his mother, and the heavens were pacified again."
Yin Tingxue followed closely behind Zhou Yitang, listening to this Sword Immortal-like figure murmuring softly to himself.
"Are you talking about… Xia Houqi killing his mother?"
She couldn't help but ask.
Xia Qi, the son of Dayu, ascended to the Celestial Palace and obtained the "Nine Variations" and "Nine Songs" from the Heavenly Emperor. He was considered a virtuous ruler, yet he brutally murdered his mother, dismembered her corpse, and cast her remains across the lands.
"Precisely."
"What does this have to do with Chen Yi?"
Yin Tingxue was puzzled.
"Slaying the Three Corpses—Xia Qi killing his mother was him severing the Three Corpses."
Zhou Yitang spoke slowly, years of scheming deeply buried within his heart. At this moment, only this naive daughter of the Prince of Xiang could share a fraction of it.
