Chapter 295: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 19)
The people of the Great Sun Sacred Land stared at the figure hovering above them. The vast sun that had always hung over their holy land had somehow turned pitch black at some point. Black light enveloped everything.
Su Chen had grown tired of them. These people from the Great Sun Sacred Land were not even qualified to serve as his playthings.
He extended a single finger. Terrifying energy gathered at its tip, forming a black sun that floated in the sky above the Great Sun Sacred Land.
All living beings across the Southern Domain felt this extremely terrifying fluctuation.
“That’s… the direction of the Great Sun Sacred Land…”
“What exactly happened to the Great Sun Sacred Land? Is someone attacking them?”
“What a terrifying aura… Why do I feel so insignificant?”
“The Great Sun Sacred Land is about to be destroyed…”
Countless beings watched in horror. The Great Sun Sacred Land was the number one power in the Southern Domain. Was it truly going to be wiped out?
Inside the Great Sun Sacred Land, a majestic figure appeared. He wore broken armor, his white hair turning black once more, his bearing peerless. The laws of the Saint path surged around him like a vast ocean.
Someone recognized the figure. “That’s the old war general who once followed the Great Sun Emperor! He’s still alive!”
“A peak Great Saint… Is he about to awaken an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon?”
“If an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon truly awakens, wouldn’t it be enough to sink the entire Southern Domain?”
“......”
Powerful experts across the Southern Domain felt their scalps go numb. If an Emperor-level battle truly erupted, the entire Southern Domain might be destroyed in an instant.
The black tribulation light leaped from Su Chen’s fingertip and erupted. The entire Great Sun Sacred Land was engulfed by it.
Experts from other forces fled in panic. Su Chen paid them no attention. The powerhouses of the Great Sun Sacred Land were frozen in place by an invisible force, awaiting judgment.
From within the holy land, their final foundation awakened—an old Great Saint who had once fought across the cosmos alongside Great Sun Emperor. After endless years, even the Quasi-Emperors of that era had all died, leaving only him to protect the Great Sun Sacred Land.
He burned everything he had to briefly restore his peak combat strength.
Boom!
The terrifying tribulation light pierced straight through the old Great Saint. Countless rays of light scattered in all directions, yet it seemed as if nothing had been left behind.
“The unparalleled war general who once followed Great Sun Emperor… is dead…”
Countless beings felt their blood run cold. A supreme expert who had battled across the nine heavens at a Great Emperor’s side had died in a single strike. The entire Great Sun Sacred Land was annihilated.
An eerie silence fell over the Southern Domain. All the Saint-level orthodoxies sank into deathly stillness. The Great Sun Sacred Land, the undisputed number one power of the Southern Domain, had been erased just like that.
No one dared investigate the truth behind its destruction. They were afraid—afraid they would invite the same unimaginable disaster upon themselves.
After destroying the Great Sun Sacred Land, Su Chen waved his hand. All the accumulations of tens of thousands of years gathered into his grasp.
It had been a long time since he had wiped out a sect and seized its treasures. Su Chen felt a faint sense of nostalgia.
He stored away the Great Sun Sacred Land’s vast resources and glanced at the unconscious Lu Xuewei.
“What a foolishly devoted boy. He handed over his body so easily,” Su Chen sighed.
He turned to leave. Space tore apart, and the scenery around him began to shift. The blue sky and white clouds transformed into an endless fissure. Towering walls that reached toward the heavens surrounded him on all sides. He now stood deep within this terrifying crevice.
Having ascended to the Emperor realm several times before, Su Chen was no stranger to such changes. This was a domain, and he had been pulled into it.
“So it’s you,” Su Chen said calmly, looking forward.
In front of him, shadows overlapped and coalesced into a human-shaped figure.
Su Chen did not recognize the appearance, but he was extremely familiar with the aura emanating from it. This was the peak Quasi-Emperor who had wielded an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon ten years ago, searching the world for traces of the Ghost Clan.
He was a burly man dressed in beast skins that covered only the vital areas, his body wrapped in a layer of divine light.
"You know me?" The burly man stared intently at the figure that looked like Dongfang Yunxing, as if trying to see through him. "Who exactly are you? There is no Ghost Clan aura on you, nor any trace of this world. You are not from this world, nor are you a being from the Ghost Realm. You come from beyond this universe!"
Although the man had a rough appearance, no one who had reached such a cultivation level was a fool. He quickly deduced part of Su Chen's origins.
The surrounding space trembled and transformed into a barrier that sealed Su Chen within. Above him floated a bone blade that radiated the power of an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
It was fully awakened.
Su Chen felt a trace of helplessness in his heart. In the end, this battle could not be avoided.
Endless black light erupted from the body of "Dongfang Yunxing," wrapping him in inextinguishable flames.
At this moment, Su Chen stopped holding back.
"Curiosity is a good thing… but too much curiosity can get you killed. A mere Quasi-Emperor… heh…"
...
All living beings in the Southern Domain—no, across the entire Vast Continent—felt a suffocating pressure at this moment. They did not understand where the feeling came from.
However, within the most powerful Sacred Lands and ancient orthodoxies, one ancient existence after another awakened. Their expressions were filled with horror.
"That is the pressure of an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon! The artifact spirit within an Emperor Weapon has fully awakened!"
"Who could possibly force an Emperor Weapon to such a state? Could an ancient Ruler from one of the forbidden zones have broken free and returned to the starry sky?"
"No… if a forbidden zone Ruler had truly emerged, the world would not remain this intact. There would be mountains of corpses and destroyed star domains."
"Bad news… the artifact spirit inside the Emperor Weapon is screaming in agony. An Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon has been severely damaged!"
"..."
Countless powerhouses across the Vast Continent looked up toward the sky.
Suddenly, an indescribable fluctuation swept across the continent.
"The artifact spirit within the Emperor Weapon has fallen."
"That was the Emperor Weapon of the Barbarian Bone Divine Cult. The Barbarian Bone Divine Cult's Emperor Weapon has been destroyed. What exactly happened?"
A heart-wrenching wail echoed from within the Barbarian Bone Divine Cult.
Their Barbarian God had perished!
The entire Vast Continent fell into an uproar, yet no sound could be heard.
A peak Quasi-Emperor wielding a fully awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon had died!
Chapter 296: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 20)
Dongfang Yunxing woke up. He felt as if he had just experienced a long dream.
In the dream, he had slaughtered in all directions and personally annihilated the entire Great Sun Sacred Land. He had also fought a terrifyingly powerful existence, shattering the starry sky and touching upon forbidden powers in a cataclysmic battle.
In the end, he had won. He crushed a terrifying Emperor Weapon and devoured its artifact spirit alive. Its miserable wail had even resonated with him. The burly man in beast skins had been crushed into a single pill.
The dream felt too unreal.
"Foolish disciple, you're finally awake."
A familiar voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Master?!"
Seeing the familiar white-haired middle-aged man, Dongfang Yunxing's face lit up with joy. He was alive. His master was alive.
Beside him lay another familiar figure—Lu Xuewei, who was still unconscious.
"Master, we successfully fought our way out of the Great Sun Sacred Land?!"
Su Chen rolled his eyes.
Fought their way out?
Su Chen replied calmly, "You are safe now. When we left the territory of the Great Sun Sacred Land, your master encountered a small complication. I had no choice but to bring you away from the Vast Continent entirely. As for where we are now, even I am not entirely sure. My energy has been greatly depleted. I will need to sleep for a long time before I can awaken again. During this period, everything will depend on you alone."
Only then did Dongfang Yunxing notice that Su Chen's figure was extremely faint, as if a single gust of wind could scatter him.
"Master, I will work hard to gather energy for the Heaven's Mandate Pearl so you can return as soon as possible," Dongfang Yunxing vowed.
Su Chen smiled faintly. His body gradually faded away. He left one final message in Dongfang Yunxing's mind:
"You now carry the cultivation resources your master collected from the Great Sun Sacred Land after tens of thousands of years, along with the entire fortune of a peak Quasi-Emperor. While I am gone, you must be extremely cautious. Do not let anyone discover the heavy treasures you possess."
"I have also left you a pill. Once you break through to the Saint realm, consume it to complete your seventh Nirvana."
"I hope… we master and disciple will meet again…"
Su Chen's voice slowly disappeared. Not only had he destroyed the Great Sun Sacred Land, he had also fought a peak Quasi-Emperor wielding a fully awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. The massive energy expenditure had returned him almost to his starting point. Even with the wave of destiny energy gained from Dongfang Yunxing killing Yang Shentian, it was barely enough.
Su Chen fell into a deep slumber.
Dongfang Yunxing gripped the Heaven's Mandate Pearl tightly, silently swearing to find more children of great destiny as soon as possible so his master could recover his energy and the two of them could reunite.
After all, it was because of him that his master had exhausted himself.
Dongfang Yunxing found the resources Su Chen had mentioned. His eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth hung open in shock.
Inside the space Su Chen had left behind were countless treasures scattered about like garbage. Precious great medicines that he once could only dream of were piled up everywhere. Among them were several terrifying auras he could not even describe.
Those were sacred medicines! There were also countless other priceless treasures whose names he did not know.
Dongfang Yunxing also discovered a pill brimming with ancient qi and overwhelming blood vitality. Just one glance at it made him cough up blood; he did not dare look again.
He suddenly recalled that strange dream.
"Could it be… that dream was real?"
Dongfang Yunxing remained speechless for a long time.
"Just what kind of existence is Master…?"
He also noticed that his current physique and talent were a hundred times more terrifying than before. At some point, he had already undergone his sixth Nirvana.
The Vast Continent was shaken by the news that the Great Sun Sacred Land—the number one power in the Southern Domain—had been completely annihilated.
No one knew the true reason behind its destruction. Over time, the only explanation that remained was that the Great Sun Sacred Land had coveted forbidden powers and angered the heavens, leading to its total eradication.
Not long after the fall of the Great Sun Sacred Land, another piece of news shocked the entire Vast Continent: the Barbarian God of the Barbarian Bone Divine Cult had also perished, and their Emperor Weapon had been shattered.
The Barbarian God had been a peak Quasi-Emperor who wielded a fully awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon. Even supreme experts would avoid confronting him directly. Yet such a terrifying existence had fallen without a sound.
Some speculated that the one who killed the Barbarian God was the same person who had destroyed the Great Sun Sacred Land. But even after a thousand years, no one could confirm whether it was the same individual.
Time flowed on.
No one knew exactly how many years had passed.
On the Vast Continent, Chen Xuan gazed at the familiar yet strangely alien world. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to destroy it all.
This was why he had returned.
"Thousands of years… Dongfang survivor, and Lu Xuewei… are you both still alive? If you are…"
Chen Xuan's voice grew colder, his killing intent so intense that the surrounding world seemed to freeze.
"I, Chen Xuan, will make you experience the eternal tortures of the Ghost Clan!"
After being severely wounded and nearly killed in the Ghost Clan secret realm, Chen Xuan had survived thanks to his destiny. The Ghost Clan girl—Ghost Emperor's daughter Gui Yoyo—had rescued him and brought him back to the Ghost Realm.
Grateful for her life-saving grace, Chen Xuan married her and became the son-in-law of the Ghost Emperor Court. Over the following millennia, he rendered great service to the court. Relying on his system and his own efforts, he had broken through to the Quasi-Emperor realm.
What frustrated him was that if Gui Yoyo had not been so domineering, he might have already reached the peak of Quasi-Emperor. Still, there was no rush.
As long as he killed Dongfang Yunxing and completed the system mission, he would break through to the peak of Quasi-Emperor and gain the qualifications to vie for the Emperor position.
His Emperor destiny lay in this world!
That was why Chen Xuan had returned.
His eyes gleamed with cold light. Besides seeking revenge on Dongfang Yunxing and completing the system mission, he had another objective from the Ghost Emperor Court: to launch an invasion of this universe.
He needed to release the suppressed Ghost Clan powerhouses in this realm.
Ghost Clan beings were special. Their powerful Quasi-Emperors possessed far longer lifespans than the natives of this universe. Chen Xuan did not know why—perhaps because they were fundamentally different kinds of life.
Soon, the seals on several Ghost Clan experts across the Vast Continent were undone.
Chaos descended upon the world!