21 A Way to Survive the Heavenly Tribulation 1

The Zhan residence was built on Mount Qingnan. The ancestral hall was located on the southern side of the mountain about 100 meters from the ice orchid tree.

When Zhan Yunge, Nangong Xuan, and Zhan Yunshu got to the ancestral hall, they saw three people waiting for them there. Old Master Zhan was standing at the entrance. Her eldest uncle the clan leader along with Zhan Yunge's father was also present. The moment they saw them approaching, they looked at her slender silhouette in unison.

Now that Zhan Yunge had calmed down, she looked completely normal.

Zhan Yunshu frowned. He was standing outside the window at Mingzhu Garden when he overheard Zhan Yunge and Nangong Xuan's conversation and saw everything. He watched as his little sister cried miserably in Nangong Xuan's arms. She looked so vulnerable and powerless. It was the first time he had ever seen her looking so helpless.

"Eldest Uncle, Dad, are you both home? I missed you so much." Zhan Yunge smiled as she ran up in front of them and held their arms.

The clan leader smiled genially at her. "You are as lovable as usual."

Zhan Mingting looked at his adorable daughter with tenderness in his eyes. The moment he thought about the heavenly tribulation she would have to face when she was 16 years old, complicated emotions flooded his heart.

After Zhan Yunge was born, he was both happy and worried. Owing to his wife's family, he was worried something similar would happen to his daughter. When Old Master Zhan attempted to activate his daughter's souls and chakras and failed, Zhan Mingting felt relieved. Although she was unable to cultivate, she could dodge the same fate that occurred to the girls from her mother's side of the family. It was good enough for her to grow up safely with lots of love.

When Zhan Yunge was a month old, Old Master Zhan used sorcery to divine his daughter's future. Sadly, he was unable to see anything past 16 years old. Everything simply came to an abrupt halt when she turned 16. This meant she would face an inescapable and life-threatening heavenly tribulation at that age.

He could not wrap his mind around it. She was born into an influential family and everyone loved her. Why would she encounter such a life-threatening heavenly tribulation?

Old Master Zhan kept studying her heavenly tribulation until he found a way to overcome it. The key was in the sun, moon, and star necklaces. They were legendary divine objects and very hard to come by, but at least there was hope for her. Old Master Zhan gave the order to use all their family resources and connections to secure the necklaces.

During Zhan Yunge's month-old banquet, the emperor, empress, and crown prince surprisingly graced them with their presence.

Nangong Xuan insisted on seeing Zhan Yunge. The moment he laid eyes on her, he was determined to have her. Initially, Old Master Zhan did not want Zhan Yunge to become the crown princess. But when Nangong Xuan removed a necklace from his neck and placed it on Zhan Yunge's neck, they instantly changed their minds. It was none other than the legendary sun necklace.

The emperor had just given Nangong Xuan the sun necklace for his three-year-old birthday and he had only worn it for three months.

The emperor and empress wanted to stop Nangong Xuan, but Nangong Xuan insisted on giving Zhan Yunge the most important thing he owned. The sun necklace happened to be his most prized item.

In that instant, Zhan Mingting felt Nangong Xuan might be the key to helping his daughter avert disaster. This was the reason the Zhan family was very tolerant of Nangong Xuan's actions. Even if he wanted to live on the same compound as Zhan Yunge and share the same bed, they allowed it.

They knew Nangong Xuan cared about Zhan Yunge a lot. Secondly, Nangong Xuan was destined to be the emperor of the kingdom and his good fortune might help Zhan Yunge survive the heavenly tribulation.

They were proven right. This year, he presented Zhan Yunge with the moon necklace for her birthday. No one knew how he managed to find the necklace. The Zhan family had put in all their resources to find the necklace but to no avail. However, he was able to get his hands on it. He was undoubtedly born with great fortune.

When Zhan Yunge was only a month old, she was decreed crown princess wearing a sun necklace on her neck.

Zhan Mingting looked at his sleeping month-old daughter with complicated emotions running through his heart. Even though she could not sense it, the wheels of fate were already turning for her.

Only Old Master Zhan and Zhan Mingting knew the truth. Not even Zhan Yunshu and his mother knew about it, let alone Zhan Yunge. They felt the same way. If she could not survive the heavenly tribulation, they wanted Zhan Yunge to lead a happy life.

Even the clan leader only learned of her fate when he took over as leader.

Not a single one of them realized Zhan Yunge had already known her fate all this time.

"Yunge, how did you come to know about your heavenly tribulation?" asked Zhan Mingting as he raised his hand and touched his daughter's head lovingly.

Zhan Yunge smiled brightly. "I knew it from the day I was born!"

Everyone was dumbstruck, including Nangong Xuan. Everyone thought that she had only come to learn of her heavenly tribulation after mastering sorcery. However, she shockingly knew it from the day she was born.