Chapter 309: Rebirth: I'm a Grandpa (Chapter 33)

All things withered and decayed.
Dongfang Yunxing witnessed firsthand how all living beings, as if driven mad, slaughtered each other.
They all wanted to survive.
But how difficult was survival?
The cataclysmic calamity seemed endless.
Civilizations rose and fell, loved ones perished.
For a powerful being, this was an inevitable process.
Dongfang Yunxing gradually became numb.
He began to deduce the eleventh level of the Undying Nirvana Scripture.
To survive, he awaited a sliver of opportunity to become an immortal.
“You...want to fight me?”
Dongfang Yunxing looked at the young man who had entered his world.
Black hair flowing, arrogant and unruly, the entire world trembled.
The Transmigrator Alliance, third seat, the Heaven-Defying Mad God.
The two had schemed against each other for millennia amidst the annihilation.
The God of Rebellion spread his hands: "Dao-level, you are arrogant, reckless, even more arrogant than me, scheming against many transmigrators in my Transmigrator Alliance."
"You've already taken most of the seeds I possess. Now I no longer have the right to survive the Great Calamity."
"Except... killing you."
Every top-ranking member of the Transmigrator Alliance possesses a seed.
It is the source of their longevity power.
Dongfang Yunxing repeatedly schemed against the Transmigrator Alliance, using the properties of the Destiny Pearl to create enemies of the Transmigrator Alliance.
Both sides had their victories and defeats.
But in the end, Dongfang Yunxing prevailed.
"If you want to fight, then let's fight!"
The Great Dao beneath Dongfang Yunxing's feet unfolded like a spinning wheel.
He enveloped the God of Rebellion within it.
This great battle did not last long.
Hundreds of thousands of years passed.
In the end, Dongfang Yunxing prevailed.
He suppressed and slew the rebellious god, stripping away and refining his Great Dao.
He continued to comprehend the eleventh level of the Undying Nirvana Scripture.
The thirty millionth year of the Great Calamity of Annihilation.
Even powerful Emperor-level beings began to wither away.
Dongfang Yunxing did not die.
Since the Palace Master of the Void Temple failed to become an immortal.
The Emperors of the Void Temple either died or were annihilated.
Only two Emperor-level powerhouses survived.
Of all the long-lived beings, only two remained.
“I don’t want to continue pursuing this.”
“This is all too exhausting. What good is living through era after era? Becoming an immortal is too elusive. No one knows how many calamities of annihilation have occurred, and how many lifetimes have passed without a single person achieving immortality.”
He was an aged old man, frail and aged, his long black robe exuding an immortal majesty.
This was a powerful figure second only to the Lord of the Void Temple, a ruler of the Thirty-Five Tribulations.
His expression was weary.
His heart, after the death of the Lord of the Void Temple, began to waver.
His Dao was dead.
“Let me be your nourishment. You are still young, with infinite possibilities.”
“You will carry the will of my Void Temple, leading us into a new era.”
The old man spoke slowly.
He had lost his will to become an immortal.
But Dongfang Yunxing had not.
The loneliness at the end of immortality.
Dongfang Yunxing knew.
Throughout his journey, someone had always accompanied him.
He would not retreat, nor would he lose his will.
He would become an immortal!
Dongfang Yunxing deduced the Eleventh Level of the Undying Nirvana Scripture.
He began his eleventh Nirvana.
Dongfang Yunxing succeeded.
His talent was unprecedented.
However, Dongfang Yunxing had a deep-seated feeling.
He wanted to become an immortal, but something seemed to be missing.
"What I lack is the immortal energy for immortality?"
"Or..."
Dongfang Yunxing didn't know what he was missing.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Dongfang Yunxing discovered that the outside world was devoid of any living beings.
Everything had fallen into eternal annihilation.
He survived the great calamity of annihilation.
But... the annihilation calamity destroyed the world, and he walked alone in the void, without companions, without living beings.
He could not leave the land of immortality.
He began to sow the seeds of countless paths.
One by one, the beings of various worlds began to emerge.
Dongfang Yunxing began to create new methods.
He began experimenting time and again.
He inscribed the methods he cultivated onto the great Daos of the universe.
Millions of years later,
beings began their journey to transcendence.
The path ahead was uncertain.
Continuously, transcendent beings followed the methods cultivated by Dongfang Yunxing, deducing their future paths.
As more and more realms were deduced, a hundred flowers bloomed, and ten thousand paths contended.
Dongfang Yunxing felt something new within his body.
"Becoming an immortal...everyone thought that reaching the peak of the Thirty-Six Tribulations Ruler realm would allow transcendence."
"They're wrong."
"Thirty-six tribulations, forty-six tribulations, even a hundred tribulations Ruler—it's impossible to become an immortal."
"These are beings from a different dimension."
Dongfang Yunxing discovered that his strength was already powerful enough to easily destroy everything, even annihilate the entire cultivation era of the Immortal Realm.
He still couldn't become an immortal.
One day,
Dongfang Yunxing encountered someone.
He vaguely sensed that
this person was on the same path as him.
A middle-aged man in a faded blue robe, his face as calm as still water.
"Who are you?"
Dongfang Yunxing asked.
"Emperor Taihao,"
the middle-aged man replied calmly.
Both of them were simply too powerful.
Emperor Taihao noticed.
He annihilated all life in the End of the Immortal Realm, seizing the life force of the immortals.
He surpassed everything.
But he still did not become an immortal.
He survived the Great Calamity of Annihilation.
He saw a new era dawning, with a person preaching to all beings, possessing astonishing talent, attempting to find the secret to immortality.
Emperor Taihao found this very interesting.
He remained hidden in the shadows.
He sensed the changes in Dongfang Yunxing.
The secret to immortality was about to be revealed.
He appeared.
"Hand over the secret to immortality, and I can exchange what I know with you."
"We are not walking the same path to immortality; perhaps we can jointly comprehend the secret to immortality."
Emperor Taihao smiled.
He acknowledged Dongfang Yunxing.
This was a fellow practitioner who could explore the secrets of immortality with him.
He believed Dongfang Yunxing wouldn't refuse.
At their level, they had long since abandoned everything.
The shared pursuit of immortality was their goal.
“I refuse.”
Dongfang Yunxing remained expressionless and unmoved.
Emperor Taihao narrowed his eyes, a hint of regret in them: “Why? I believe we should be fellow practitioners, walking together on that supreme path.”
Dongfang Yunxing said calmly, "We are not kindred spirits."
Beams of the Great Dao illuminated the void.
At this moment, all the powerful beings within the Immortal Ascension Land felt the greatest terror imminent.
"How can such an existence exist in this world?"
Even the most powerful being born in this era
felt their own insignificance at this moment.
"What a pity... this way I can only kill you and then study the secrets within you."
Emperor Taihao felt a deep regret.
His aura was no longer concealed.
Two figures, piercing through the void, clashed.
Suddenly, Emperor Taihao was struck as if by a severe blow.
"It's you..."