Chapter 304: Rebirth: I'm a Grandpa (Twenty-Eight)

"Who are you?"
The Ghost Clan's transcendent being stared blankly at the suddenly appearing figure.
He couldn't even discern the strength of the person before him.
Suddenly, he felt his entire body stiffen.
He was dead.
Even though this Ghost Clan transcendent being was a Fourth Tribulation Ruler like Dongfang Yunxing.
Dongfang Yunxing had annihilated him.
A faint energy emanated from the Heavenly Fate Pearl.
Every being qualified to transcend a realm can be considered to be favored by Heaven.
The Heavenly Fate Pearl absorbed this fate, nourishing Dongfang Yunxing.
However... this energy was very weak, less than a tenth of what it had obtained from Chen Xuan.
"What is this?"
Dongfang Yunxing was very curious.
A strange black particle emerged from the Ghost Clan transcendent being's body. The black particle seemed to possess consciousness, trying to escape.
A hand enveloped the black particle.
Within the Heavenly Fate Pearl, Su Chen made his move.
Su Chen murmured, "I never expected to encounter something like this."
Dongfang Yunxing, looking at the suddenly appearing Su Chen, asked, "Master, do you recognize this?"
The black particles seemed to possess a life of their own, quite eerie.
Su Chen nodded, "I encountered it once before... but I didn't study it in depth."
In his previous life, Su Chen had also encountered these strange black particles once. At that time, his strength was insufficient, and the strange particles escaped without a trace.
Su Chen added, "This thing is extremely dangerous; don't touch it lightly."
Now, as the spirit of the Heavenly Fate Pearl, the black particles posed no threat to him.
Su Chen looked at the terrifying behemoth trembling beside him, a terrifying being capable of devouring the universe, and felt fear.
The two tiny beings before him, seemingly as insignificant as dust,
yet appeared incredibly large... like two giants standing in the void, the one as insignificant as dust being the behemoth.
Su Chen raised his hand and poured all the black particles onto the terrifying beast.
Su Chen and Dongfang Yunxing observed the changes in the beast.
Upon contact with the strange particles, the beast convulsed, its aura shifting.
"Its cultivation has broken through... its aptitude has also increased slightly..."
"However, it seems to have become dumber."
Su Chen observed the beast's changes.
The strange particles seemed to be gradually eroding the beast's consciousness, but their quantity was limited, insufficient to easily seize all of the beast's mind.
Su Chen attempted to extract the strange particles, but to no avail. Only by killing the beast possessed by the particles could they be extracted.
Tens of thousands of years passed, and the strange particles, finding no new target, gradually dissipated.
"This thing is truly bizarre; it can subtly alter the mind of a powerful ruler."
"The Void Realm is indeed fraught with danger."
Dongfang Yunxing sighed.
Su Chen shook his head: "Perhaps these strange particles originate from outside... something has happened outside the Immortal Ascension Land."
Su Chen thought of the death of that True Immortal in the Final Immortal Land.
A True Immortal who had existed since ancient times suddenly died.
Su Chen wouldn't believe there wasn't some kind of upheaval.
Dongfang Yunxing refined the corpses of the Ghost Clan Transcendent Being and the giant beast, thus improving his cultivation.
Dongfang Yunxing continued his wandering in the Void.
He witnessed the brilliance of countless civilizations.
He also witnessed countless ancient powerhouses.
He leveled up by fighting monsters and gathering resources.
His cultivation progressed rapidly.
In less than three million years, his cultivation had already broken through to the Tenth Tribulation Sovereign Realm.
To conceal the Heavenly Fate Pearl, Dongfang Yunxing did not join any faction.
In an ancient city in the Void
This ancient city was built with great expense by a Sovereign of at least the Fifteenth Tribulation, its foundation forged from hundreds of cosmic crystal cores.
Here, countless transcendent beings gathered, forming one of the few transcendent civilizations in the Void.
"What? Immortal energy has appeared?"
A message caused a tremor in the ancient city.
Immortal energy... A True Immortal had fallen, and his immortal energy had transformed into three thousand strands.
Each strand of immortal energy contained the secrets of a True Immortal; it was said that fusing with even one strand of immortal energy would grant invincible talent.
"Tens of millions of years ago, a Myriad Laws Emperor appeared out of nowhere. In less than forty million years, his cultivation reached the Twenty-Sixth Tribulation Ruler level. He even slaughtered many powerful figures sent by various forces, and after their mutual destruction, a forbidden zone was formed. Rulers below the Tenth Tribulation level who enter it will instantly die."
"Now, the aura of annihilation formed by the many rulers who perished there is about to dissipate."
"Then why is there immortal energy appearing?"
"That's a good question. It is said that the Myriad Laws Emperor was able to become so powerful because he refined a wisp of immortal energy, possessing supreme power. This allowed him to rise step by step against all odds, and even after the destruction of the Final Immortal Land, he was still able to reach the highest level."
"Hiss, that immortal energy is truly a treasure. No wonder Qin Wujie, the God of War of the Chaos Temple, Di Chan of the Dark Night Royal Court, and Fairy Chi Yao of the Void Sea were willing to wait in that forbidden zone for tens of millions of years."
"..."
Dongfang Yunxing felt that the aura here was very familiar.
Su Chen: "..."
In his previous life, he didn't choose to fulfill Emperor Taihao's wishes, but instead chose self-destruction.
Su Chen wasn't sure if Emperor Taihao had taken the immortal energy from him.
Emperor Taihao wasn't fighting for the True Immortals of the Void Sea, but for the True Immortals beyond this world.
Emperor Taihao was far too cautious.
Su Chen estimated that Emperor Taihao wouldn't take the immortal energy from the True Immortals of the Void Sea; it wouldn't be of much use to a being of his level, and would only expose his secret of still being alive.
Su Chen spoke: "Immortal energy, that's a good thing. With your current cultivation level, if you could refine a wisp of immortal energy, it would save you from many detours."
With Su Chen's confirmation, Dongfang Yunxing's eyes lit up.
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