Chapter 311: Rebirth: I'm a Grandpa (Chapter 35)

Su Chen sat cross-legged atop the River of Time in the Void.
The Heavenly Fate Pearl was merging with Dongfang Yunxing.
Dongfang Yunxing and the Heavenly Fate Pearl's True Immortal characteristics were engaged in a fierce battle.
Su Chen watched this scene, unmoved.
"Master..."
Dongfang Yunxing suddenly murmured, his voice soft, yet it stirred the River of Time.
Su Chen opened his eyes.
On Dongfang Yunxing's body, marks of the Great Dao were emerging, proof of his existence in the world.
Su Chen looked over.
These marks were gradually evolving from Dongfang Yunxing's birth.
Su Chen knew.
This was Dongfang Yunxing's traces in the world being gradually eroded away. Once the marks reached their limit, it would be the time of his death and the dissipation of his Dao.
At that time, it would also be Su Chen's best opportunity, the chance that countless transcendent beings in the Immortal Ascension Land dreamed of.
Ascension!
Su Chen witnessed the destruction of the Dongfang Yunxing family, who had provoked Chen Xuan.
Dongfang Yunxing, alone and clutching the Heavenly Fate Pearl, relied on Su Chen's timely awakening of his insignificant power. Lying amidst the rotting corpse, he cautiously survived. His overwhelming hatred activated the Heavenly Fate Pearl, gaining its approval.
With Su Chen's inheritance, Dongfang Yunxing began his transformation from a mortal to a more extraordinary individual.
"Who could have imagined that a dull-witted boy would ultimately grasp the opportunity to become an immortal?"
Su Chen was somewhat dazed.
Teaching Dongfang Yunxing was merely a casual act over the long years. He didn't know when the Heavenly Fate Pearl would be activated a second time by chance, and Su Chen wouldn't have the energy to wait for it to be activated a second time. It was simply a coincidence.
A coincidence changed the life of an unknown boy whose entire family had been wiped out by a transmigrator.
Fortunately, Dongfang Yunxing later satisfied Su Chen somewhat. His lack of talent wasn't the problem; perhaps it was Dongfang Yunxing's hatred for Chen Xuan that made him always obey and rely on Su Chen... Even with methods of becoming stronger that Su Chen didn't think Dongfang Yunxing could persevere with, he exceeded Su Chen's expectations and persisted.
Through repeated trials, Dongfang Yunxing gradually matured, developing an unwavering Dao heart.
After the Ghost Clan ruins, Su Chen's strength was insufficient, and to avoid trouble, he chose to slumber.
During his slumber, Dongfang Yunxing experienced many hardships... being hunted by powerful beings, hunted by demonic beasts, and venturing alone into dangerous dens for the sake of his beloved.
A Saint-level being wanted to take Dongfang Yunxing as his disciple.
"As long as you agree to become my disciple, you won't have to die."
"I, Dongfang Yunxing, already have a master."
"So what if you have a master? As long as you cripple your cultivation, willingly become my disciple, and accept my inheritance, where in the entire Southern Region can't you go? Aren't you fond of that little girl from the Snowdrift Holy Land? If you agree, I'll take you to propose marriage."
"Thank you for your kindness, senior, but I, Dongfang Yunxing, already have a master."
"You brat, it's your honor that I, the Great Sage of the South Sea, have even considered you. Countless holy sons and daughters of the South Sea are willing to abandon their own inheritances and cripple their cultivation to become my disciples. Who is your master? Does he have more than I have? If you don't become my disciple, you won't leave the South Sea today. No one will let you go. Have you thought this through?"
"Thank you, Senior, but I, Dongfang Yunxing, only have one master."
"Fool! Do you even know how to refuse the wrath of a Great Sage? You can still back out now."
"I...Dongfang Yunxing...has no regrets..."
The scene gradually faded.
A single wisp of the Great Sage's aura was enough to crush a Transcendent Realm cultivator to dust.
In the last corner of the scene, Dongfang Yunxing was covered in blood, his body shattered... yet he still did not kneel down.
"What a fool... In my seven thousand years of life, I've never seen such a fool, so inflexible..."
Su Chen saw that Dongfang Yunxing eventually left the South Sea.
Facing east, a bright smile on his face, it seemed some things were more important than life itself.
"Fool..."
The scenes of the past, like reflections in a mirror, were slowly fading away.
With each scene disappearing, a trace of Dongfang Yunxing left in the world diminished.
"Dongfang Yunxing, you're a complete fool!"
"What Chen Xuan? We don't know him. That's just an excuse we used to lure you here."
"Even if you're incredibly talented, so what? Under this Emperor Formation, how could you survive?"
"Blame your own arrogance."
"This Emperor is willing to accept you as a disciple. Are you willing...?"
"Dongfang Yunxing, you actually dared to refuse even an Emperor!"
"Chen Xuan...we've finally found you...if we kill you, perhaps Master can awaken."
"..."
Memories of the past.
During the years Su Chen slept, so many things happened, things Su Chen had never heard Dongfang Yunxing mention.
Or perhaps...Su Chen simply didn't care about these insignificant matters.
Looking at Dongfang Yunxing's hesitant expression on the screen, Su Chen's thousand words were reduced to a faint smile.
"Disciple Dongfang Yunxing...congratulates Master on his awakening."
Su Chen had lived too long; through countless lifetimes, he had long since extinguished any superfluous emotions.
"What a fool."
Su Chen's gaze was calm as he looked at the images, and he murmured softly.
"To become an immortal..."
"Master, is immortality the end of martial arts?"
"Perhaps."
"I have never stepped into the immortal realm, and I do not know what that realm is like."
"Then this disciple will surely become an immortal in this life!"
"Master, how can I revive you? Even if it means going up mountains and down into seas of fire, I will risk my life to revive you."
"I am too lazy to revive; I've grown accustomed to living in this Heavenly Destiny Pearl."
"Master, this disciple wants to sever the connection with the Heavenly Destiny Pearl. This Heavenly Destiny Pearl is Master's true form; this disciple doesn't need it."
"The Heavenly Destiny Pearl is a true immortal artifact, related to the opportunity to become an immortal. It is an item that countless transcendent beings have dreamed of for billions of years. Are you truly willing to give it up?"
"This disciple is willing. Without Master, you would not have what I have today."
"What a fool... It's fine for me to be like this. If you can become an immortal, just help me achieve immortality."
"Okay..."
Su Chen looked at the memories, which began to unfold scene by scene.
Soon, he reached the end, the great battle with Emperor Taihao.
Emperor Taihao charged towards Dongfang Yunxing, and Su Chen didn't try to stop him.
A smile appeared on Dongfang Yunxing's face.
The two powerful figures clashed.
Dongfang Yunxing suffered a terrible punishment, sustaining severe injuries.
Some of these were attacks from Emperor Taihao's desperate strikes that he could have avoided.
He didn't dodge, choosing to fight Emperor Taihao, choosing to suffer the severe injuries.
"Master..."
"Take care..."