Chapter 300: Rebirth: I'm a Grandpa (Twenty-Four)

At the critical moment.
Chen Xuan vanished.
Teleported by a mysterious force.
Dongfang Yunxing stared in the direction Chen Xuan had disappeared, showing neither anger nor resentment.
“Chen Xuan, the next time we meet…”
“Will be your death.”
Dongfang Yunxing seemed to be clutching something in his hand, clenching it tightly with a sound like shattering glass.
Clumps of powder scattered from Dongfang Yunxing's palm.
On the vast continent, many newly awakened Ghost Clan powerhouses were terrified.
They had just escaped one danger only to fall into another.
Before them appeared a young man.
Dongfang Yunxing easily slew and refined all the Ghost Clan powerhouses.
Three Quasi-Emperors, and even one Ghost Clan expert at the Dao-Achieving level—this immense energy vanished within Dongfang Yunxing's body like a stone thrown into the sea.
The energy required for the Ninth Nirvana was simply terrifying.
Dongfang Yunxing had a feeling that once he passed the ninth Nirvana, a cataclysmic change would occur... However, the energy of the three Quasi-Emperors was like three insignificant drops of water falling into a bottomless pit compared to the fortune required for the ninth Nirvana.
"I wonder how my master accumulated enough energy for the ninth Nirvana,"
Dongfang Yunxing sighed.
However, after he crushed Chen Xuan's cheat system, a large amount of energy surged from the Destiny Pearl, reshaping his body.
Perhaps completely killing Chen Xuan would awaken his master.
...
The Ghost Clan's Great Universe.
It is said that millions of years ago, a powerful being of the Ghost Clan transcended the universe, granting the Ghost Clan a lifespan far exceeding that of other races.
The Ghost Clan produced many powerful beings.
Five hundred thousand years ago, the Ghost Clan discovered traces of another universe, and with the intervention of the Ghost Clan's Great Emperor, the barrier between the two realms was broken for the first time.
They wanted to plunder the resources of another great universe.
Thus, a great war broke out.
They failed.
Not because they lacked strength.
But because the passage was desperately closed by the Great Emperor of the other universe.
This caused the Ghost Clan's powerful warriors to fail at the last moment.
"Chen Xuan?"
Gui Youyou looked at a blood-stained figure lying in the hall.
That figure was Chen Xuan, who had escaped death.
At this moment, Chen Xuan was extremely disheveled, showing none of the unparalleled prowess he had displayed in the Ghost Clan's great universe; he looked more like a dead dog, lying on the ground.
Gui Youyou frowned.
Chen Xuan's current appearance filled her with a sense of disgust.
Chen Xuan's expression was blank; he no longer cared about the disgust in Gui Youyou's eyes.
The omnipotent system... was gone!
Chen Xuan was now gripped by unprecedented panic.
He knew that his entire strength relied on the system.
Now the system was gone.
Even with cultivation comparable to a quasi-emperor,
Chen Xuan still lacked the slightest courage.
He was terrified and helpless.
“Youyou…”
Chen Xuan noticed Gui Youyou, as if grasping at a straw.
“Worthless!”
Gui Youyou kicked the lunging Chen Xuan away.
In the void, countless chains of order appeared, instantly piercing through Chen Xuan's body.
“Originally, I wanted to make you open the barrier between the two realms, and then peel away the secrets within you.”
"I can't believe you can't even handle such a small matter."
Gui Youyou's eyes were icy cold.
Not a trace of her former tenderness remained.
The reason she saved him and was willing to marry Chen Xuan was
for the secret he held.
For thousands of years, she had been digging into Chen Xuan's secret, attempting to possess it.
Her original plan was for Chen Xuan to open the barrier between the two realms, then suppress him and seize the secret.
But Chen Xuan was such a useless piece of trash.
This forced Gui Youyou to bring her plan forward.
"Chen Xuan, a piece of trash like you, is wasting such a great opportunity!"
"Only I, Gui Youyou, am qualified to possess such an opportunity, to become a figure like the progenitor of the Ghost Clan!"
Hearing Gui Youyou's words, Chen Xuan couldn't believe it.
"Impossible... Your favorability rating was clearly ninety-nine, how could you betray me?"
Gui Youyou tilted her head and smiled gently.
"Favorability rating? You mean the other personality I created?"
Chen Xuan's face turned deathly pale.
Accompanied by a piercing scream.
Ghost Youyou began to study the secrets within Chen Xuan.
........
Dongfang Yunxing looked up into the depths of the starry sky.
The Great Emperor had aged, approaching the end of his life.
The Heavenly Talisman Emperor had devoted his life to the study of talismans, having neither rendered great service nor committed great transgressions against the myriad races of heaven and earth.
At the final moment of his life, the old man arrived on the Ancient Divine Star.
This was the first time Dongfang Yunxing had seen the aged Great Emperor.
The Heavenly Talisman Emperor looked at Dongfang Yunxing with satisfaction in his eyes,
even though Dongfang Yunxing was not his disciple.
"The future world will be in your hands."
"Your talent surpasses that of all ages, arousing the suspicion of those old fogies... Your greatest threat doesn't come from the outside world, but from the supreme beings of those forbidden zones."
"This... is a rune created with my life's wisdom. Perhaps it can help you in a life-or-death crisis."
The Heavenly Rune Emperor took out a portal-like rune, flowing with the power of time.
This emperor may have been mediocre in strength, but his mastery of the Dao of Runes was enough to secure his place in ancient history.
Dongfang Yunxing asked in confusion, "I've only just entered the Quasi-Emperor realm. Under this starry sky, there's no shortage of people with astonishing talent. Why did the Emperor choose me? They have a better chance of becoming emperors in this lifetime."
The Heavenly Rune Emperor smiled slightly and said, "Because they are all inferior to you."
"Even if they become emperors, they will ultimately only become your stepping stones."
"You will transcend."
The Heavenly Rune Emperor died.
He buried his own body, sealing it away with great power to prevent the birth of misfortune that could harm all living beings.
Dongfang Yunxing did not become an Emperor.
He had only recently become a Quasi-Emperor, possessing the strongest aptitude, and the energy required to become an Emperor was also the most terrifying.
Dark chaos erupted in the heavens and earth. A Supreme Being attacked Dongfang Yunxing, but was killed by him with his bare hands.
A new Great Emperor appeared in the world.
The new Emperor and Dongfang Yunxing engaged in a chaotic battle.
To the astonishment of all living beings:
Even the new Emperor could not defeat Dongfang Yunxing.
A Quasi-Emperor's body attacking a Great Emperor—how terrifying was that?
Time flowed on.
Ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
The starry sky trembled, countless chains descended, coalescing into the most terrifying calamity in the world.
"Someone wants to become an Emperor!"
"How is this possible? The current emperor is still alive, so how can someone else become an emperor?"
That was the Emperor's Tribulation.
On a distant continent in the starry sky.
A majestic figure, a bitter smile on his lips.
"Has this day finally come?"
A sense of resentment welled up within him.
The current emperor, fighting to a draw with a quasi-emperor—this was not glory, but humiliation.
Throughout history, only he, a true emperor, had been suppressed by a quasi-emperor.