Chapter 301: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 25)
Dongfang Yunxing was undergoing his Emperor tribulation. His Dao was so powerful that it could easily suppress the current Great Emperor of the world. He was achieving the Dao in an era where it was considered impossible.
The starry sky trembled. What all living beings witnessed was a scene of gods and demons falling, with the myriad ages mourning together.
"One layer… two layers… three layers…"
"What… is this?"
The greatest Emperor tribulations recorded throughout history had never exceeded six layers. Yet Dongfang Yunxing's tribulation seemed intent on destroying the world itself, with a full nine layers.
It was unprecedented!
The terrifying tribulation descended, only to be devoured by Dongfang Yunxing. Even the imprints of ancient Emperors were torn apart by him with ease.
It wasn't just the ancient Emperor imprints. Many powerful beings harbored a terrifying thought: even if an ancient Emperor were to truly resurrect, that overwhelming figure would probably tear them apart as well.
The nine most astonishing Emperor tribulation imprints in history could not stop Dongfang Yunxing in the slightest.
He charged straight toward the ninth heaven.
"He has overcome an unprecedented nine-layered Emperor tribulation!"
"No, the Emperor tribulation isn't over yet… What is that?"
"..."
In the eyes of countless powerful beings, a crack slowly appeared in the depths of the universe. From within that fissure flowed a brilliant river of light that spanned past and present.
Majestic, unparalleled figures manifested from the long river of time, standing side by side with it. Some held heavenly pagodas, others wielded blades, spears, or halberds, while some sat high upon the ninth heaven.
These were the unrivaled Emperors who had once reigned supreme in their respective eras. Their imprints had appeared for a single person!
An endless sea of Emperors.
How shocking was this sight?
This was the legendary tenth layer of the Emperor tribulation—the layer beyond the nine.
There were no unnecessary words.
In his left hand, Dongfang Yunxing held a colorful great seal. In his right, inextinguishable black flames burned. He charged directly into the encirclement of Emperors from throughout history.
The ancient Emperor imprints between heaven and earth dwindled one by one.
All living beings trembled in their hearts.
What a magnificent and terrifying scene this was. Not a single Emperor from the past or present could stand against him.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Within the boundless sea of Emperor imprints, only Dongfang Yunxing remained.
"This is a miracle… A miracle that can never be repeated."
"All the Great Emperors of history have been defeated by him."
"No, all the Great Emperors of history joined forces and still lost to him."
"....."
Dongfang Yunxing had crushed the imprints of all Great Emperors throughout history, standing alone as the unrivaled sovereign.
"Dongfang Yunxing. This world still lacks the final imprint of an Emperor from the past and present."
Accompanied by a scene that shook the starry sky, a majestic figure appeared and stood in confrontation with Dongfang Yunxing.
It was the current Great Emperor!
Dongfang Yunxing looked at the figure. Boundless colorful radiance gathered above his head.
"Why must it come to this?" Dongfang Yunxing sighed. He had already overcome the tenth layer of the Emperor tribulation. To him, an ordinary Emperor was nothing more than a slightly larger ant.
"I am a Great Emperor! The Great Emperor of this era!"
The man before him erupted with invincible momentum. His resounding voice echoed through the starry sky, filled with dignity and pressure.
This was the pride of an unrivaled expert of the current age. Even in death, he refused to let his Dao be suppressed and fall from the Emperor realm.
A trace of respect flashed through Dongfang Yunxing's eyes.
As that brilliant light rushed toward him, Dongfang Yunxing extended one hand and struck out.
In that instant, the myriad laws of the starry sky wailed in grief.
All living beings mourned.
It was not only because a Great Emperor had died. On their path of cultivation, an insurmountable mountain had appeared. In this world, there was no longer an unrivaled path.
As the long river of time dissipated along with the fall of an Emperor, it announced the birth of the most powerful Great Emperor the world had ever seen. The forbidden zones that had once left countless Great Emperors helpless were shattered by a single strike from this supreme Emperor, burying innumerable supremes within.
In a universe where not even seven-star Emperor aptitude had appeared, ten-star Emperor aptitude was truly unrivaled. Upon entering the Emperor realm, he could crush everything and sweep away all enemies.
In less than a thousand years, Dongfang Yunxing had cleared the universe. All the supremes had become his nourishment.
"Master once said there are two ways to transcend this world," Dongfang Yunxing recalled the secrets of transcendence Su Chen had shared with him.
The first was to gather at least one heaven-defying treasure and refine the heart of the universe. The second… was to break out by force.
Dongfang Yunxing had devoured and refined countless supremes. His strength had already reached the limit of this world and could advance no further.
He began searching for the locations of innate supreme treasures within the universe.
Five thousand years passed without any findings.
"Perhaps I do not have this destiny, nor do I have the time," Dongfang Yunxing murmured.
He personally sealed Lu Xuewei and their descendants within divine sources. Although his lifespan was extremely long, his loved ones did not share such longevity.
Dongfang Yunxing remembered Su Chen saying that once a transcendent appeared, immortal substances from beyond the universe would flow in. Powerful cultivators could then live for hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer.
Dongfang Yunxing decided that whether to explore the path ahead or for the sake of his wife and children, he had to attempt it.
"Perhaps in one million years, or ten million years, an innate supreme treasure will appear. But… one million years, ten million years is too long. I, Dongfang Yunxing, only strive for the present."
Without hesitation, Dongfang Yunxing charged toward the barrier of the world.
"That is Dao Extremity Great Emperor Dongfang Yunxing. Is he attempting to transcend?"
"Of course… Dao Extremity. He has already reached the limit of the great path. He is certain to attempt transcendence."
"He will definitely succeed. Even though no one has ever transcended throughout history, Dao Extremity Great Emperor surpasses all Great Emperors of the past and present!"
Countless powerful existences across the world were startled by Dongfang Yunxing's aura.
Dongfang Yunxing had come to attempt the path of transcendence.
He arrived at the world barrier.
He attacked with full power. The entire universe shook violently.
The terrifying cosmic rules seemed intent on grinding him down and slaying him.
Immortal blood dripped from Dongfang Yunxing's palms.
"Open for me!"
His hands clashed against the laws and order of the entire universe, unleashing power capable of destroying everything.
"That… that is…"
The powerhouses of the myriad races in the universe were shaken beyond words.
The barrier of the universe was forcibly pried open by a pair of hands, creating a crack. Countless immortal substances poured into the universe through the fissure.
Dongfang Yunxing advanced with great difficulty. The immortal Emperor robes on his body split open with countless cracks.
One foot stepped into the void. Half his body pushed through.
He was covered in blood, yet the myriad laws above his head shone even more brilliantly.
Dongfang Yunxing looked at the new world before him. It was a place of nothingness and deathly silence.
There was eternal darkness. There were also… countless unknown lands floating within it.
Dongfang Yunxing glanced back at his own universe.
It was vast and boundless. That was the universe he had come from.
Besides his own universe, Dongfang Yunxing also discovered the existence of another universe.
The Ghost Clan universe!
Chapter 302: Rebirth - I Became the Grandpa (Part 26)
Inside the Ghost Realm universe, countless Ghost Clan powerhouses were alarmed. Even ancient Emperors appeared.
In the Ghost Emperor Court, the current Ghost Emperor—the strongest expert in the Ghost Realm universe—awakened.
"What exactly is happening?"
He sensed the entire universe trembling violently. This was not a good sign.
Suddenly, he noticed a crack slowly spreading across the sky above billions of star domains, like a fissure appearing on an eggshell. The crack rapidly expanded.
Then the space shattered. An incomparably majestic figure forcefully squeezed into the Ghost Realm universe.
The Ghost Emperor was stunned. All the powerful experts of the Ghost Realm universe were stunned.
What was going on? An invader from beyond the heavens?
Dongfang Yunxing sensed the familiar aura. He was no stranger to the Ghost Clan. He had already slain countless Ghost Clan powerhouses and used them as resources for his Nirvanas.
In his eyes, those who were not of his race were nothing more than food—let alone beings from another universe.
The Ghost Emperor watched in horror as the terrifying intruder casually slapped apart the hidden dwelling of a Ghost Clan supreme expert and killed him. The purest essence of that expert condensed into a blood crystal.
Countless cries of anguish echoed in the Ghost Emperor's mind. They were the wails of countless Ghost Clan beings.
This scene reminded the Ghost Emperor of the day their progenitor had used invincible strength to nearly exterminate all other races in their world. On that day, the heavens had been filled with blood and tears. The Ghost Emperor had not cared about the suffering of those other races. He only remembered the smiles on the faces of his own people.
Now… those smiles had become the same grief and despair once worn by the slaughtered myriad races.
Countless voices called out to him.
The Ghost Emperor felt a chill spread through his entire body. He realized that the terrifying intruder who had broken into the Ghost Realm universe had noticed him…
Dongfang Yunxing was surprised. He discovered that three Great Emperors existed simultaneously within the Ghost Realm universe. Among them, one possessed energy far surpassing the others—one that could rival ten ordinary peak Great Emperors.
Yet that supreme Ghost Emperor did not even have the courage to resist when he saw him. This reminded Dongfang Yunxing of the Great Emperor from his original world who had willingly fought to the death. At least that one had possessed conviction and fought with everything he had.
This universe contained only Ghost Clan beings. It lacked the unyielding will to strive for supremacy.
Dongfang Yunxing easily slew the strongest Great Emperor of the Ghost Clan. On the Ghost Emperor's face as he died was a smile of relief.
All Ghost Clan beings were annihilated by Dongfang Yunxing's hand. With a casual grasp, billions upon trillions of lives fell silent, becoming nourishment for his ninth Nirvana.
He also encountered an old acquaintance.
Chen Xuan.
At this moment, Chen Xuan had become a horrifying monster. An ugly body had fused with his own, seemingly trying to devour him.
"Kill me… Kill me…" Chen Xuan begged Dongfang Yunxing.
Gui Yoyo had attempted to use a secret technique to seize his fortune for herself. The technique had failed, and she had turned into a terrifying monster whose body had fused with Chen Xuan's in a forbidden union.
Dongfang Yunxing remained strangely calm.
Chen Xuan had gone mad. Without the system, he had lost all his support and backbone. He had become an ordinary mortal. Or rather, he had always been an ordinary mortal. Through sheer luck, he had obtained heaven-defying fortune. Everything he had achieved had depended entirely on that fortune.
Dongfang Yunxing recalled the ninety-nine members of the Eastern Family who had been killed by Chen Xuan.
Chen Xuan died. Dongfang Yunxing killed him personally.
The moment Chen Xuan died, Dongfang Yunxing felt an unprecedented surge of energy pour into the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. The pearl's energy began improving his aptitude and comprehension once more. Although the amount was not much. His current accumulation was already far too vast.
Dongfang Yunxing stared intently at the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. He had felt it stir just now.
No—it had definitely moved. At his level of cultivation, he could not possibly be mistaken.
He clenched his fist tightly. For the first time in countless years, he felt nervous.
Streaks of brilliant light shot out from within the pearl.
Su Chen had awakened. He did not know how long he had slept.
"Master…"
Su Chen looked at the young man before him—both familiar and strangely changed—who was calling out to him softly.
The young man's expression was tense, but his deep, weathered eyes shone with boundless joy.
"It's Little Yunxing."
Even after experiencing countless lives, Su Chen felt a brief moment of daze. It seemed he had slept for quite a long time.
Even though Dongfang Yunxing tried to hide it, Su Chen could tell that the youth who had once crawled out from a pile of corpses filled with nothing but hatred was gone. The changes were profound, yet not unfamiliar to him.
In the time he had been asleep, Dongfang Yunxing had grown far beyond his expectations.
Dongfang Yunxing smiled. As an unrivaled Great Emperor who had slaughtered countless powerful beings, tears of joy glistened in his eyes at this moment.
He was no longer the youth he once was. Yet deep down, he was still that same youth. He knew that without his master, he would never have survived Chen Xuan's wrath, nor would he have achieved what he had today.
Dongfang Yunxing folded his hands and bowed deeply. His once straight and proud figure bent forward for the first time in tens of thousands of years.
"Disciple Dongfang Yunxing congratulates Master on awakening."
Laughter filled with irrepressible joy echoed throughout the entire Ghost Realm universe.
Su Chen examined Dongfang Yunxing's cultivation and nodded in approval.
"Very strong. You have become an Emperor, and one with nine-star aptitude or higher. Good… very good…"
Su Chen laughed heartily.
Dongfang Yunxing's growth had far exceeded his expectations. He was ruthless, staining billions of lives with blood. He repaid kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance. For ten thousand years, his heart had never wavered. He would become an outstanding seedling.
Su Chen and Dongfang Yunxing walked through the Ghost Realm universe as it slowly collapsed behind them.
Su Chen learned of Dongfang Yunxing's experiences over the past tens of thousands of years—a legendary tale. He had even overcome a ten-layered Emperor tribulation.
A ten-layered Emperor tribulation in the myriad heavens meant ten-star aptitude. As long as he did not fall, he was destined to reach the level of an Emperor Lord, with a high chance of ascending to immortality.
A very high chance.
Su Chen knew that Dongfang Yunxing's potential was far from exhausted. The Undying Nirvana Art still had its complete ninth Nirvana, which would bring an even more terrifying transformation.
Not to mention the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. Its true power would only reveal itself after transcendence. After all, those who could transcend were all favored by destiny.
"You mean… you didn't find an innate supreme treasure and simply broke out of the universe by force to achieve transcendence?" Su Chen asked with a strange expression.
The rules of immortality in the Void Cosmic Sea required one to obtain the core qualification of the universe by refining its heart in order to continue cultivating.
Yet Dongfang Yunxing had transcended without refining the heart of the universe.
Su Chen felt a slight pang of regret. Perhaps he had killed that ten-star aptitude Ruler too quickly back then.
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