Chapter 277: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 1)
In your sixteenth life, you carried a trace of true immortal aura. This spark of qi nurtured your spiritual awareness, and a powerful expert from the End Times Immortal Domain noticed your exceptional talent. They sent you to a land of immortality.
You waited for over a million years before finally transforming into a true living being. Born sacred and possessing unparalleled talent across the universe, you carried immense courage and willpower. You easily defeated the pride of all races, including the one hailed as the only Chaos Body in history.
During this life, you encountered an intriguing individual.
The man seemed to be an ancient existence reborn through reincarnation. Instead of killing him immediately, you treated him as a treasure-hunting rat and used him to locate numerous opportunities.
To your regret, the treasure-hunting rat touched something he should never have touched.
To conceal the truth that you had once been the Undying Nether Emperor, you killed Ning Changqing. You obtained a great fortune, broke through to the Emperor realm, and suppressed the entire universe.
When a powerful enemy tried to refine you, you effortlessly resolved the threat. You learned that beyond this universe lay other worlds.
After comprehending the laws of creation and achieving immortality, you located the weakest point in the spatial barrier, punched through it, and discovered that the other world had already fallen into ruin.
The Tian Mingzi from the ancient Nether Mansion had become an Emperor and fled into this universe, where he wiped out all living beings.
Together with Qin Wujie, you found the battlefield where the Tian Mingzi had fought the Ten Absolutes Martial Emperor. Drawing on the foundation of the Undying Nether Emperor, you severely wounded the Tian Mingzi and slew the Ten Absolutes Martial Emperor. You uncovered the secret of transcendence, found the "heart" of the universe, refined it, and successfully transcended.
After transcending, you faced revenge from powerful experts of the Transmigrators Alliance and confronted them for a million years.
Finally, your true backer arrived.
The End Times Immortal Domain.
You obtained the universe's "heart" from a Five Tribulations Ruler. After refining it, you learned many hidden truths and began laying out your plans. You shone brilliantly on the Ruler battlefield, reaping enormous rewards. Your cultivation soared all the way up.
Yet the heavens were unpredictable. One after another, powerful experts within the End Times Immortal Domain began to die.
The path to immortality was cruel. The mysterious space inside the End Times Immortal Domain collapsed.
You realized that things were far more complicated than they appeared. These disturbances did not hinder your path. You schemed against and killed experts from many factions to perfect your own road, offending countless forces in the process.
However, with your outstanding talent and cautious actions, those forces failed to touch you even after tens of millions of years. Instead, you obtained heaven-defying fortunes, refined an immortal qi, and advanced your cultivation by leaps and bounds. You successively slaughtered every enemy that came for you.
Even the heaven-shaking trap jointly set by multiple factions was dismantled by you, allowing you to counterattack and kill them all.
You had calculated everything. Yet there was always a mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
The Great Yang Emperor had never truly died.
You pretended to break through in order to recover from your injuries and uncover the truth. What you learned was far more terrifying than you had imagined. It involved the fall of a true immortal. Unwilling to become someone else's food, you chose to destroy yourself.
The Great Yang Emperor could only sigh in regret.
You died. In this life, you possessed an immortal spirit body, were born sacred, schemed against a child of destiny, survived nine tribulations, became a supreme Emperor, and completely suppressed the Chaos Body. You entered the land of immortality with the qualifications to vie for true immortality. After calculating everything, in less than a billion years you reached the peak of the Twenty-Sixth Tribulation Ruler realm. You counter-killed numerous powerful enemies, but in the end, unwilling to be used in another's schemes, you chose to end your own life.
Evaluation: One Star (Red)
Reward: 1,00,00,00 Reverse Fate Points
A million Reverse Fate Points. A red evaluation.
Su Chen calmed his emotions.
Becoming an immortal was truly difficult.
Talent: 0 (+) Comprehension: 0 (+) Background: 0 (+) Dao Heart: 40,00,00
Su Chen quickly made his decision.
Talent: 40,00,00Comprehension: 50,00,00Background: 10,00,00
All in!
With the experience and insight of a peak Twenty-Sixth Tribulation Ruler, this life would surely be extraordinary. There was no way he would die right after landing.
Without hesitation, Su Chen turned to the next page.
Seventeenth life.
Begin.
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Su Chen realized he was dead. Not just half-dead. He was completely, utterly dead. He felt incredibly weak. Before he could even figure out what had happened in this life, a terrifying aura swept through the universe, annihilating countless experts in an instant. His physical body had already been destroyed. Only a frail primordial spirit remained.
A thought surged in his mind: he had to escape. He had to flee with that object!
It was a small pearl.
Su Chen had no time to examine it. He poured every last ounce of strength into escaping, or his million Reverse Fate Points would be wasted. He broke through the blockade.
A terrifyingly powerful expert struck out, attempting to erase his consciousness. The enormous hand that blotted out the heavens shattered. Its owner showed a flicker of astonishment.
Su Chen vanished without a trace, disappearing into the vast void without leaving the slightest aura behind.
"Damn it! Where did the Heaven's Mandate Pearl go?!"
As chaos restarted, an incomparably terrifying existence roared in fury.
The Heaven's Mandate Pearl had disappeared.
...
Su Chen used his final trace of power to break free of the encirclement. That last attack had nearly wiped him out completely. This time, he really was going to die.
But he could not afford to care. He only had this pearl left.
He fled into the pearl.
Instinct told him it was a treasure. He could not identify what kind of treasure it was, nor could he refine it.
Without hesitation, he left a wisp of his spiritual awareness attached to the pearl. Perhaps one day in the future, the pearl would birth its own intelligence.
...
Time flowed on.
Deep within the Vast Land of Immortality lay an insignificant sea of universes.
Inside one tiny universe.
Chen Xuan was puzzled. Yesterday, he had completed a system mission by wiping out his enemies. From top to bottom, he left no one alive—not even a single ant. He had carried out the transmigrator's spirit to the fullest.
The Human Emperor Banner rewarded by the system still emitted strands of mysterious qi. Yet the damn system told him the completion rate was only ninety-nine percent. One percent of the mission remained unfinished, so he could not receive the ultimate grand prize.
He had searched every inch of his enemies' territory but still could not find that last survivor. It was as if the person had vanished from the world entirely.
After squatting in wait for a full month, Chen Xuan still had not found the final survivor.
"Whatever. Screw it. I should head back and study the true meaning of life with Little Red, Little Blue, and Little Purple."
A fiery heat rose in Chen Xuan's heart. Three beautiful women were waiting at home for his favor.
He, Chen Xuan, had once been nothing more than an insignificant horse slave. But perhaps the heavens had opened their eyes and noticed his extraordinariness. When he woke up one day, he found himself reborn as the youngest son of a great clan's patriarch—though without any talent for cultivation.
Just as he was preparing to live a life of idle luxury, a crisp ding sounded in his mind. From that moment on, his life changed forever.
As for the family he had destroyed, one reckless fool had dared to compete with him for a woman he had set his sights on. Even though that person was Little Red's fiancé.
Anyone who dared to steal a woman from Chen Xuan deserved only death. The system had conveniently issued a mission to annihilate the Dongfang. It perfectly matched his intentions, leading to the scene above.
What Chen Xuan did not know was that after he left, from within the pile of long-rotted, foul-smelling corpses, A human figure slowly crawled out...
Chapter 278: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 2)
The stench of decay, writhing maggots, buzzing flies, and foul corpse fluids filled the air. Dongfang Yunxing had lain hidden for an entire month. He was the second young master of the Dongfang. Once, his life had been blessed with happiness, comfort, and harmonious kinship.
All of that had been destroyed in a single day one month ago. His parents were slaughtered, his elder brother died miserably, and his childhood sweetheart perished before his eyes. Of the entire Dongfang, only he remained.
Overwhelming hatred had kept him alive through the nightmare. The once elegant and graceful second young master of the Dongfang now looked like a skeletal ghoul freshly crawled from hell, emaciated and covered in filth. On his chest hung a plain-looking pearl. As Dongfang Yunxing's hatred surged, the pearl trembled faintly.
Sensing the movement, he lowered his head and stared at the pearl. He had survived only because of it. As long as it received a steady supply of energy, the pearl could conceal his aura completely. His elder brother had given it to him, urging him to live on. Thanks to the pearl, he had managed to survive right under that terrifying powerhouse's nose.
Suddenly, the pearl in Dongfang Yunxing's hand began to glow with intense heat. In the next instant, boundless radiance shot out from between his fingers in all directions.
...
"How many autumns has this great dream lasted… What year is it now?"
Su Chen did not know how much time had passed. When he opened his eyes, he realized this was not the Reverse Fate Space. His current life had not truly ended yet.
That was good news. His million Reverse Fate Points had not been wasted. But there was bad news as well. His condition was terrible… weaker than ever before. He had fused completely with the pearl and become its artifact spirit.
The pearl was called the Heaven's Mandate Pearl, a supreme treasure that had fallen into his hands by chance.
In this life, Su Chen's identity was Jiang Chen, a supreme prodigy of the Eternal Emperor Sect. He had become an Emperor in less than a thousand years, and his path afterward had been smooth sailing.
The Eternal Emperor Sect held enormous influence even within the Land of Immortality, guarded by Rulers above the twentieth tribulation who watched eras rise and fall.
Everything changed when Jiang Chen entered an ancient ruin and obtained the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. The pearl was rumored to have been refined by a true immortal and contained opportunities for immortality. Naturally, Jiang Chen wanted to claim it for himself. He studied it thoroughly but discovered nothing useful.
Somehow, news of the pearl leaked, and the Eternal Emperor Sect was destroyed. If he had not awakened his memories at the critical moment, this life might have ended before it truly began.
"Hmm?"
Su Chen suddenly sensed something faint.
The Heaven's Mandate Pearl… seemed to have recognized a master.
Su Chen: "..."
This was troublesome.
...
Dongfang Yunxing noticed the pearl in his hand glowing brightly. A deep, ancient voice echoed from within, as if traveling across endless ages. It sounded vast and filled with vicissitudes.
This was no illusion. The pearl broke free from his grasp and floated into the air.
Then wisps of green smoke rose from it, gathering in midair into the figure of a white-haired middle-aged man. Though he released no shocking phenomena, the man's profound aura instinctively compelled Dongfang Yunxing to kneel.
"G-ghost… It's a ghost…"
Dongfang Yunxing jumped in fright at the sudden appearance of Su Chen.
Su Chen looked at the skeletal, blood-stained youth before him.
This guy looked more like a ghost than he did.
"His Talent… is extremely poor. His cultivation…"
Never mind.
Su Chen gazed at the youth who looked no different from a dried corpse. He had already drained him dry.
The sea of corpses around them made it easy for Su Chen to guess what had happened here. However, he had no interest in the details.
What puzzled him was how this ordinary-looking boy had managed to make the Heaven's Mandate Pearl recognize him as its master. Before awakening his memories, Su Chen had studied the pearl for countless millennia without eliciting even the slightest reaction.
"Could this be destiny?"
Su Chen felt speechless. Yet for now, his fate was tied to Dongfang Yunxing's. They would rise or fall together. At least for the time being.
"You… you're not a ghost?"
The youth spoke with uncertainty. He quickly realized the truth. A ghost could not possibly possess such a grand, imposing aura or the bearing of a supreme expert.
"Please accept me as your disciple, Senior!"
Dongfang Yunxing dropped to his knees with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly, smashing his forehead against the ground until blood stained the dirt.
Although Dongfang Yunxing's talent was abysmal, that was not an issue in Su Chen's eyes.
"Very well," Su Chen said with a sigh.
Dongfang Yunxing's talent and comprehension were both poor, but he had obtained the Heaven's Mandate Pearl and become its host. Perhaps the future held some turning point.
"Since you are so sincere, this Emperor shall accept you as my disciple."
Emperor!
Dongfang Yunxing did not yet understand the weight of that title, but his eyes burned with deep-seated hatred. He was not a fool. The mysterious middle-aged man before him was either a ghost or an unrivaled powerhouse.
Dongfang Yunxing wanted revenge. He was willing to pay any price.
Suddenly, Su Chen felt a wave of weakness. The Heaven's Mandate Pearl's current power was too feeble to let him remain outside for long. He slowly extended a finger and tapped it between Dongfang Yunxing's brows.
"This is the Nirvana Art. It can improve your talent. The pearl's remaining energy is nearly exhausted. Your master will now enter slumber. If you can gather the energy this pearl requires, we will meet again as master and disciple."
Su Chen's figure slowly faded away.
Dongfang Yunxing felt as if everything had been a dream. Only when the Heaven's Mandate Pearl lost all its energy and fell to the ground with a crisp clink did he snap back to reality.
A profound, mysterious cultivation method now resided in his mind, far surpassing anything the Dongfang had ever possessed.
Dongfang Yunxing carefully picked up the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. This was his hope for revenge. However, he soon realized a serious problem. His master had not told him how to obtain the energy the pearl needed.
That was not even the worst part. The most critical issue was that Chen Xuan had seized all of Dongfang's resources.
Dongfang Yunxing had nothing left to cultivate the Nirvana Art. He looked around at the devastation, his eyes filled with bone-deep hatred. He chose...