Chapter 308: Rebirth: I'm an Old Man (Chapter 32)

Dongfang Yunxing didn't know how the great battle ended.
He fell into a deep sleep due to the aftershocks.
When he awoke again, he found himself immersed in a pool of life.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Fate Pearl was still there.
Dongfang Yunxing breathed a sigh of relief.
However, no matter how he called out, the Heavenly Fate Pearl remained unresponsive.
After a short while, led by a maid, Dongfang Yunxing finally understood where he was.
The Void God Palace
"The Jade Pool Emperor is waiting for you."
Dongfang Yunxing saw the woman who seemed supremely powerful.
Chi Yao scrutinized Dongfang Yunxing.
"You may call me Martial Aunt."
Dongfang Yunxing respectfully replied, "Dongfang Yunxing greets Martial Aunt."
Chi Yao nodded with satisfaction, "As expected of the successor chosen by my brother, you possess level ten aptitude, a rarity even in the entire Immortal Ascension Land."
"Would you be willing to join my Void God Palace?"
"This Immortal Ascension Land is the Immortal Ascension Land of the Void Universe Sea. Whoever ascends to immortality is a True Immortal of the Void Universe Sea."
"For you, the Void God Palace is the best choice."
Dongfang Yunxing thought for a moment.
It seemed to make sense.
He chose to join the Void God Palace.
Dongfang Yunxing knew in his heart.
The reason he was valued so highly
was not because he possessed level ten aptitude.
But rather... he was the successor of the Emperor of Myriad Laws.
There are countless geniuses in the Immortal Ascension Land, but only one Immortal Position. Even with level ten aptitude, before one has fully matured, death is simply death; only a word of regret will suffice, no one will feel sorry for a loser.
Dongfang Yunxing joined the Void God Temple.
With the powerful Yaochi Emperor as his backer, Dongfang Yunxing quickly gained access to the Void God Temple's resources.
On the Sovereign Battlefield, Dongfang Yunxing's reputation soared.
He decisively killed a Thirteen Tribulation Sovereign.
In the Burial Zone, he fought against the God-level team, escaping the pursuit of the Transmigrator Alliance.
While killing,
Dongfang Yunxing discovered...
Killing powerful members of the Transmigrator Alliance yielded several times the energy from his Destiny Pearl compared to other forces.
Dongfang Yunxing set his sights on the Transmigrator Alliance.
Dongfang Yunxing's actions in attacking members of the Transmigrator Alliance were quickly discovered. As one of the most powerful forces in the heavens, the Transmigrator Alliance was usually the one bullying others; now, someone was hunting them down.
Dongfang Yunxing was surrounded and attacked.
At the critical moment of life and death, Dongfang Yunxing deduced the Undying Nirvana Scripture to its tenth level.
After three million years of rebirth from death, breaking through three tribulations of cultivation, and becoming an eighteenth-tribulation ruler who slew a twenty-first-tribulation emperor, he once again shook the entire Immortal Ascension Land.
"Still no trace of my brother..."
Seven million years.
Chi Yao never gave up observing Dongfang Yunxing.
She still held hope, believing Su Chen was still alive.
But even with Dongfang Yunxing dead, Chi Yao couldn't sense Su Chen's presence.
Three million years passed.
Dongfang Yunxing revived again.
Still no news of Su Chen; it seemed Su Chen was truly dead, his body and soul vanished without a trace.
Dongfang Yunxing had reached the tenth level of the Undying Nirvana Scripture; his aptitude had reached an indescribably terrifying level.
His cultivation speed surpassed everyone in the past billions of years.
In less than thirty million years, he had even surpassed the Yaochi Emperor, becoming the fifth Emperor-level being in the Void God Palace in hundreds of millions of years.
A Thirty-Tribulation Ruler!
Such a cultivation speed is truly terrifying.
"What kind of plan does Master... have?"
Dongfang Yunxing was certain that his master was still alive.
However, Su Chen hadn't appeared in the past thirty million years.
At first, Dongfang Yunxing thought his master was afraid of his many former enemies knowing he was still alive.
Now Dongfang Yunxing realized that wasn't the case.
Later, Dongfang Yunxing thought his master was afraid of being discovered by old acquaintances, which would bring unnecessary trouble.
Now Dongfang Yunxing realized that wasn't the case either.
It seemed that there was something in the unseen realm that his master feared.
Unfortunately, he couldn't contact his master now.
"One day, I, Dongfang Yunxing, will sweep away all my enemies and ascend to the realm of the One True Immortal!"
Dongfang Yunxing secretly vowed in his heart.
Emperor-level beings who have transcended thirty tribulations are extremely rare even among all Immortal Emperors.
Even after hundreds of millions of years of accumulation, there might be fewer than a hundred.
They needed to comprehend the mysteries within the powerful immortal energy to perhaps advance further.
Dongfang Yunxing felt he didn't have that feeling.
His cultivation hadn't stopped. He had slain countless powerful figures, and with the feedback from the Heavenly Fate Pearl, his talent surpassed everyone else. Even the Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture was becoming increasingly perfect in his hands, forming a powerful method that integrated offense and defense, capable of unleashing myriad paths in an instant, undergoing a qualitative transformation.
"Perhaps, this is what Master meant by the Myriad Laws Immortal Body."
Dongfang Yunxing discovered that his Myriad Laws Immortal Body, by refining immortal energy, would become even stronger. The immortal energy replenished the origin of the Myriad Laws Immortal Body, and this could be a path to heaven.
Just as Dongfang Yunxing continued his cultivation,
a terrible change occurred within the Immortal Ascension Ground.
The Great Calamity of Annihilation
This was the name given to him by the ancient being of the Void God Temple.
Under that terrifying calamity, cultivators will find it extremely difficult to progress. Their previously near-infinite lifespans will begin to decline, and the energy within the Immortal Ascension Grounds will gradually dissipate. Everyone will face this terrible catastrophe; even the immortal Emperor-level beings, who have existed for billions of years, will perish.
Some Emperor-level beings choose to slumber, attempting to weather this world-ending calamity with their cultivation.
Some Emperor-level beings choose to slaughter all living beings, refining cosmic cores, hoping to gain a sliver of survival in this world-ending calamity.
Others choose to hunt down beings of equal level, aiming to advance their cultivation further before the calamity arrives.
Dongfang Yunxing chooses to be reborn in annihilation, attempting to gamble on a final chance of survival.
The Annihilation Calamity arrives.
The once prosperous universe begins to wither away.
The incomparably flourishing cultivation era gradually enters the decaying Dharma-ending Age.
When immortality has an end, desire and greed will be amplified without limit.
"Immortal...why can't I become an immortal?"
"How unwilling I am! I'm not reconciled!"
A furious roar of resentment echoed from the end of the Void Temple.
Billions of boundless rays of light illuminated the entire Immortal Ascension Ground.
Dongfang Yunxing opened his eyes.
"The Temple Master...is he going to make one last desperate attempt?"
The Temple Master of the Void Temple had once survived a cataclysmic annihilation.
This time, he couldn't withstand the cataclysmic annihilation.
A ruler at the peak of the Thirty-Five Tribulations.
A desperate gamble for the position of True Immortal.
He attempted to break through his limits by transforming his body into the Dao.
He swept through the Immortal Realm, annihilated a formidable enemy, seized three hundred streams of immortal energy, broke through his limits, cultivated through the Thirty-Six Tribulations, and began his ascent to Immortality.
Dongfang Yunxing raised his head to look.
It was a figure he couldn't quite make out, gradually blurring.
For a fleeting moment,
Dongfang Yunxing believed it was powerful enough to rival a True Immortal.
But it still failed.
No trace of its body remained.
The immortal energy dissipated.
Dongfang Yunxing blocked a hundred streams; the rest vanished without a trace.