Chapter 299: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 23)
Inside the Vast Continent.
"Someone is watching me?"
Chen Xuan had already released all the suppressed Ghost Clan powerhouses. The Vast Continent had turned into a hellscape of slaughter. He had personally destroyed the former Great Wind Dynasty after learning that his past lovers, Yun Mengyan and Tao Wan, had both married thousands of years ago. Rage consumed him. He felt as if a bright green hat had been placed firmly on his head—something he could not tolerate.
He razed the imperial capital to the ground. The descendants of Yun Mengyan and Tao Wan were tortured to death using the Ghost Clan's most cruel methods.
The awakened Ghost Clan powerhouses rampaged across the continent. Soon, they would use a blood sacrifice of the entire Vast Continent as a catalyst to break the barriers and allow a wave of Ghost Realm experts to descend into this universe.
But at that critical moment, a terrifying aura suddenly swept through the cosmos.
Chen Xuan could not clearly perceive what it was. The presence came and went in an instant. Then he felt an overwhelming power awaken.
An Emperor battle was unfolding in the starry sky.
This was excellent news for Chen Xuan. He immediately stirred up chaos and prepared to complete the blood sacrifice of the Vast Continent. Countless forces were annihilated in the blink of an eye. Even awakened Emperor Weapons were smashed.
When the Emperor battle in the starry sky finally ended, Chen Xuan was inwardly cursing those supremes for being useless—unable to deal with even an aging Great Emperor—when he suddenly felt a terrifying gaze lock onto him.
It reminded him of the supreme Ghost Emperor from the Ghost Realm universe. The first time that supreme being had looked at him, Chen Xuan had felt as if every secret in his body had been laid bare.
Just as Chen Xuan sent out his divine sense to search for the hidden watcher, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with horror.
The space before him shattered without warning, torn apart by a pair of massive hands.
"Chen Xuan, I have finally found you!"
Chen Xuan's scalp went numb. An icy chill spread through his entire body, as if he were facing a supreme Great Emperor. He did not even dare look clearly at the figure before turning to flee.
This was the greatest terror in the world!
Yet the figure had no intention of letting him escape. The vast space around him seemed to compress. Chains of law descended from the sky, forcibly stripping away an entire world. There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. The entire world appeared before Dongfang Yunxing like a painting. What kind of unimaginable method was this?
The living beings of the Vast Continent watched in terror. This was not the hope of seeing a savior, but the fear of something completely beyond their understanding.
Even the Ghost Clan powerhouses cried out in shock: "This is a Great Emperor! A new Great Emperor of the human race!"
Clearly, they had mistaken Dongfang Yunxing's methods for those of the current Great Emperor. Combined with the terrifying tribulation that had appeared in the starry sky earlier, it seemed this world now had a new Great Emperor.
Dongfang Yunxing sensed the unfamiliar Ghost Clan auras spreading across the Vast Continent. His eyes turned ice-cold. "Chen Xuan, I never expected you to collude with the Ghost Clan."
He was no stranger to the Ghost Clan's aura. Over the past two thousand years, he had explored the hidden corners of this world and learned about the Ghost Clan. They were a terrifying race from another great universe. Their lifespans were extraordinarily long and they were extremely difficult to kill. They had once invaded this universe but were ultimately defeated by the arrangements left behind by the ancients of all eras. Many powerful Ghost Clan experts had been sealed within this universe.
In the past several thousand years, Dongfang Yunxing had clashed with those sealed Ghost Clan powerhouses many times. He had even personally slain several of them, using them as nourishment for his own growth.
"Who are you? Who exactly are you?!"
Chen Xuan realized he could not break through the surrounding space. As a Quasi-Emperor, he felt genuine fear for the first time.
"You are looking right at me. Can't you tell who I am?" Dongfang Yunxing asked.
His body had crossed endless distances from Divine Ancient Star to the Vast Continent. Such a feat was beyond ordinary Quasi-Emperors.
Chen Xuan turned his head with great difficulty and forced his eyes open. In that moment, he saw the majestic figure wrapped in countless laws. The face was both familiar and utterly foreign—high above, like a god passing judgment on all living beings.
A name surfaced in Chen Xuan's mind.
"Dongfang Yunxing?!"
He gnashed his teeth in fury, yet could scarcely believe it. He possessed a system and boundless destiny, which was how he had reached his current heights. Dongfang Yunxing had come from a minor force—a nobody he could have crushed at will. How had he reached this level?
When old enemies met, there was no joy, only endless hatred.
Dongfang Yunxing's gaze was calm. Thousands of years of experience had stripped away the impulsiveness of his youth. Though his eyes were indifferent, they sent Chen Xuan plunging into an icy abyss.
A massive Myriad Laws Seal descended, suppressing the starry sky.
Terror filled Chen Xuan's heart, along with deep unwillingness. He could not even muster the will to resist.
"Run… System, take me away! Escape back to the Ghost Realm!"
Chen Xuan made the decisive choice. He abandoned everything, including the mission. His only thought was to flee, become an Emperor, wait for the Ghost Realm's army to invade, and then settle the score.
A vast white light enveloped him. Chen Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the system's protection, he could return to the Ghost Realm.
[Ding… Warning: System teleportation has encountered external interference.]
[Ding… Host in critical danger! Critical danger! Critical danger!]
Countless red warnings flashed across Chen Xuan's system interface—something he had never seen before.
The system barrier tore open with a crack.
Chen Xuan stared ahead, his fists clenched so tightly they trembled.
Until…
A pair of massive hands appeared before him, grasping at something invisible in the air.
"Chen Xuan, is this system your greatest reliance?" Dongfang Yunxing asked.
Chen Xuan's body shook violently. His lips turned pale, like a child whose greatest secret had been exposed. "You… how do you know about the system?"
The system was one of his most guarded secrets.
"You're curious?" Dongfang Yunxing smiled. "I not only know you have a system, I also know you are a transmigrator. The original owner of this body died long ago. You are nothing more than a parasite living inside it."
An overwhelming power erupted from Dongfang Yunxing's hands. In the empty space before him, countless particles and brilliant lights formed.
Chen Xuan's face turned deathly white. He saw endless red warnings flashing before him. A crack spread across the system screen from top to bottom.
Crack…
A faint sound of something shattering echoed in the void.
Chen Xuan vanished from his original spot.
Chapter 300: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 24)
In a moment of life and death, Chen Xuan vanished. He was transported away by a mysterious power.
Dongfang Yunxing stared in the direction where Chen Xuan had disappeared. There was neither anger nor frustration on his face.
"Chen Xuan, the next time we meet will be the day of your death."
In his hand, he seemed to be holding something. As he clenched his fist, a sound like shattering glass rang out. A cloud of fine powder drifted from between his fingers.
On the Vast Continent, the Ghost Clan powerhouses who had only recently been freed were filled with terror.
They had just escaped one wolf's den only to enter a tiger's lair.
Before them stood a young man.
Dongfang Yunxing easily slaughtered and refined all the Ghost Clan experts. Three Quasi-Emperors, along with one Ghost Clan expert who had attained the Dao through an alternative path, provided an immense surge of energy. Yet when it entered Dongfang Yunxing's body, it vanished like a drop of water into the ocean.
The energy required for the ninth Nirvana was simply too vast.
Dongfang Yunxing had a feeling that once he completed the ninth Nirvana, an earth-shaking transformation would occur. However, the combined power of three Quasi-Emperors was nothing more than three insignificant droplets falling into a bottomless abyss.
"I wonder how Master managed to gather enough energy for the ninth Nirvana," Dongfang Yunxing sighed.
Yet the moment he crushed Chen Xuan's system, a massive amount of energy poured out from the Heaven's Mandate Pearl and began transforming his body.
Perhaps once he completely killed Chen Xuan, his master would finally awaken.
...
Ghost Realm Universe.
Legend said that millions of years ago, a powerful expert from the Ghost Clan had transcended the universe, granting the Ghost Clan lifespans far longer than those of other races.
Ghost Clan powerhouses emerged in great numbers.
Fifty thousand years ago, they discovered traces of another universe. A Ghost Clan Great Emperor had taken action and opened a passage between the two realms for the first time. They intended to plunder the resources of that other universe.
A great war broke out.
They failed.
It was not due to a lack of strength.
Rather, the passage had been desperately sealed by the Great Emperors of the other universe.
"Chen Xuan?"
Gui Yoyo looked at the blood-stained figure lying in the grand hall.
It was Chen Xuan, who had barely escaped with his life.
At this moment, Chen Xuan looked utterly wretched. He no longer carried the bearing of an unrivaled prodigy in the Ghost Realm universe. He looked more like a beaten dog lying on the ground.
Gui Yoyo frowned.
The sight of Chen Xuan in this state filled her with disgust.
Chen Xuan stared blankly ahead, too overwhelmed to notice her expression. His all-powerful system… had disappeared!
An unprecedented panic gripped him.
He knew that nearly all of his strength had come from the system.
Now that the system was gone, even with Quasi-Emperor level cultivation, Chen Xuan had no courage left.
He was terrified and helpless.
"Yoyo…" Chen Xuan noticed her and reached out like a drowning man grasping at a straw.
"Useless trash!"
Gui Yoyo kicked him away.
Countless chains of order appeared in the void and pierced through his body in an instant.
"I originally planned to have you open the passage between the two realms before extracting all your secrets. I didn't expect you to fail at such a simple task."
Gui Yoyo's eyes were ice-cold. There was no trace of the tenderness she had once shown. She had saved him and agreed to marry him for one reason only: the secret he carried.
Thousands of years had passed, and Gui Yoyo had spent all that time excavating the secrets hidden within Chen Xuan, intending to seize them for herself.
Her original plan had been to have Chen Xuan open the passage between the two realms before suppressing him and stealing everything he possessed. She had not expected him to be so useless. Now she was forced to advance her plans ahead of schedule.
"Chen Xuan, a worthless piece of trash like you does not deserve such heaven-defying fortune," she said coldly. "Only I, Gui Yoyo, am worthy of this opportunity. Only I can become an existence like the Ghost Clan's progenitor!"
Chen Xuan listened in disbelief. "Impossible… Your favorability toward me clearly reached ninety-nine. How could you betray me?"
Gui Yoyo tilted her head and smiled gently. "Favorability? You mean the fake personality I created?"
Chen Xuan's face turned deathly pale.
Accompanied by a miserable scream, Gui Yoyo began to dissect the secrets within Chen Xuan's body.
...
Dongfang Yunxing looked up toward the depths of the starry sky. The Great Emperor had grown old and was approaching the end of his life.
Heavenly Fortune Great Emperor had devoted his entire life to the Dao of talismans. He had neither great merits nor great faults toward the myriad races of the world. In the final moments of his life, he came to Divine Ancient Star.
This was the first time Dongfang Yunxing had seen the aged Great Emperor in person.
Heavenly Fortune Great Emperor looked at him with satisfaction. Although Dongfang Yunxing was not his disciple, he spoke warmly, "The future of this world will be entrusted to you. Your aptitude has already surpassed all those who came before. You have drawn the wariness of those old things in the forbidden zones. Your greatest threat does not come from the outside world, but from the supremes lurking in those forbidden areas. This is a talisman created from my life's wisdom. Should you encounter a life-and-death crisis, it may help you."
Heavenly Fortune Great Emperor handed over a gate-shaped talisman that flowed with the power of time. While his combat strength might have been ordinary, his mastery of talisman runes was enough to leave his name in the annals of history.
Dongfang Yunxing asked with some confusion, "This junior has only just entered the Quasi-Emperor realm. There are many other prodigies in this starry sky with astonishing talent. Why did Senior choose me? They have a greater chance of becoming a Great Emperor in this era."
Heavenly Fortune Great Emperor smiled faintly. "Because none of them can compare to you. Even if they become Great Emperors, they will only serve as your stepping stones in the end. You will transcend."
Heavenly Fortune Great Emperor passed away. He buried his own body and sealed it with great power to prevent any inauspicious entities from being born and harming the living.
Dongfang Yunxing had not yet become an Emperor. He had only recently stepped into the Quasi-Emperor realm. The energy required for his Nirvana was the most terrifying of all.
Dark turmoil erupted across the world. Supremes attacked Dongfang Yunxing, only to be slain by his bare hands.
A new Great Emperor had appeared in the world. This new Emperor fought a chaotic battle against Dongfang Yunxing. To the shock of all living beings, even the new Great Emperor could not defeat him.
A Quasi-Emperor suppressing a Great Emperor—what kind of terror was this?
Time flowed on.
Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
The starry sky trembled as countless chains of law descended, forming the most terrifying tribulation the world had ever seen.
"Someone is attempting to become an Emperor!"
"How is that possible? The current Great Emperor is still alive. How could anyone achieve the Emperor realm now?"
It was an Emperor tribulation.
On a distant continent in the starry sky, a majestic figure stood with a bitter smile on his face.
"So this day has finally come…"
He felt unwilling. For the current Great Emperor to fight a Quasi-Emperor to a standstill was not an honor, but a humiliation. Throughout history, he was the only Great Emperor who had ever been suppressed by someone at the Quasi-Emperor realm.