Chapter 522: I Only Wish for a Peaceful World!

[In the fiftieth year, at age seventy-six.]

[Ah Dou was brought to live in the imperial palace, cared for by professional royal maternity nurses, and grew up chubby and fair.]

[According to royal customs, imperial offspring had to soak in body-refining medicinal baths from a young age and sleep within spiritual springs so their bodies could grow familiar with Immortal Qi.]

[There were a total of thirty-six such foundation-building procedures.]

[From age one to twelve, everything before formal cultivation was arranged with complete clarity.]

[However, you did not let them do this to Ah Dou.]

[These methods were designed for Dragon-Men, and applying them to Ah Dou might not work, or could even be harmful.]

[Furthermore, with Ah Dou's top-tier human talent, using external aids to accelerate his growth at such a young age, you worried it would be like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, and instead damage his foundations.]

[In short, medicinal cultivation was not the way, natural cultivation was better.]

[Old Man Zhong's family, who had given birth to Ah Dou, were directly granted noble titles by you, and now lived a life free of worry about food and clothing.]

[One day, you secretly took Ah Dou away, came to Windrise Village, and met with Mr. Xun.]

[Seeing Ah Dou, especially the anomaly on his two hands, Mr. Xun's eyes grew wet.]

["He is a Child of Destiny. I never imagined I would be fortunate enough to meet a Child of Destiny in my lifetime."]

["Have there been Children of Destiny before?"]

["Of course. Looking across the entire span of history, you could say there have been many."]

["But the Celestial Emperor never appeared again in this era, which means all these Children of Destiny ultimately failed."]

["The Alien Race rules the universe, and the Human Race survives in the cracks. To try to walk the Celestial Emperor's path again is unimaginably difficult.

Especially since Children of Destiny always possess traits different from ordinary people. Even if it is only exceptional talent, they will definitely be noticed by the Alien Race. The result is predictable.

Even if a Child of Destiny stays in a small place their whole life, never coming into contact with major powers.

But a small place has limited resources. How could it possibly support the birth of a Celestial Emperor."]

[This was the significance of everything you were doing now.]

[You had already arranged for Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang to take a Star Ship to Lingwei Star, making them the liaisons and messengers between the two stars.]

[You wanted to open up communications between Lingwei Star and Blazing Star, keeping the two places in close contact, exchanging resources.]

[What you had obtained so far were all just "small places," but by stringing small places together, there was a chance they could become a "big place" in the future.]

[However, before that, you absolutely had to keep a low profile, letting the Alien Race stand in the front while the Human Race stood behind the scenes.]

[The Yi God Church in the Winged Feather stellar system, and the Heavenly Dragon Nation on Blazing Star, both used this system.]

[Li Wentian in the human world was also very capable. He had unified a second-tier Star in the sixth simulation, but in the end, the Holy Dragon Society found a reason - "disturbing the peace" - and had him beheaded.]

[What you were learning from was his lesson.]

[Before you could truly stand on your own, you had to hide behind the Alien Race's forces to pull the wool over their eyes.]

["Mr. Xun, have we made contact with Vermilion Violet Star?"]

["The Torch Tree transmits messages faster than the Channel's maximum speed, but it still takes some time. I believe they should have received it by now. The reply is currently on its way."]

[The Torch Tree, a divine tree used by the Torch Society to transmit messages between stars.]

[On the surface, this tree looked no different from an ordinary tree, with nothing particularly mystical about it.]

[But every branch on this tree, every single leaf, could correspond to a Torch Tree growing on another star.]

[Using these branches and leaves, the Torch Society could communicate efficiently across interstellar distances.]

[However, this "efficient" was only relative to the scale of the universe.]

[Given the distance between Blazing Star and Vermilion Violet Star, transmitting a single message took a year round trip.]

[The Torch Tree could be said to be one of the Torch Society's most important divine objects.]

[The Torch Society's ability to spread across the universe owed much to this tree.]

[Fundamentally, there was only one Torch Tree.]

[The Torch Trees growing on various stars had all been grown from branches taken from that original tree.]

[You would not stay on Blazing Star forever, because this was a second-tier Star, and you needed the environment of a first-tier Star to break through your cultivation level faster.]

[Moreover, the Star Apes were still waiting for you to go to the human world and bring their prince back.]

[So your next destination had to be Vermilion Violet Star.]

[Therefore, you had Mr. Xun contact his superiors in the Torch Society, namely the Vermilion Violet Star Torch Society, informing them that a Child of Destiny had been discovered on Blazing Star, and that someone would be sent over soon, hoping they could receive him when the time came.]

[Who would do the sending? You, of course.]

[Under what identity? A member of the Torch Society.]

[Although this did not conform to the Torch Society's procedures.]

[But seeing everything you had done for the Human Race on Blazing Star, Mr. Xun's evaluation of you was: Not a Child of Destiny, not a Torch member, yet greater than a Child of Destiny, surpassing a Torch member.]

[So he violated his Torch Society oath once, did not have you join the Torch Society through proper procedures, and directly approved your status as an official Torch Society member.]

[And not just that, but the position of second-in-command of the Blazing Star Torch Society.]

[This meant that when you arrived at Vermilion Violet Star, you could directly enter the inner circles of the Vermilion Violet Star Torch Society.]

["Although Vermilion Violet Star is a first-tier Star, and the Torch Society there is more established and stronger.

But the Alien Race forces on first-tier Stars are even more powerful. The reason they allow human forces like the Ji family and the Jiang family to exist is fundamentally because they can control them.

Mr. Chen, does this child really have to go to Vermilion Violet Star?"]

[You looked at Ah Dou in his swaddling clothes, and said.]

["Blazing Star has overt and covert rule by you and me. It is too comfortable, and may not suit a Child of Destiny. A first-tier Star may be full of storms and changes, but this time I will not let Ah Dou leave my side. I imagine his safety is not a big issue."]

["Ah Dou..."]

["This child has not been named yet, so I just call him that."]

["Why not let me give him a name."]

["That works too."]

[In the previous simulation, Ah Dou was named "Chen Yixun," to commemorate Mr. Xun who had sacrificed himself to ensure his escape from Blazing Star.]

[In this simulation, that had not happened, so calling him that would be strange.]

[So Mr. Xun wanting to give him a name seemed quite good to you. It could serve as a kind of commemoration of the previous simulation.]

["This child's father is surnamed Zhong, and he bears the wondrous fortune of a Child of Destiny. May he follow by Mr. Chen's side, and contribute his strength to the Human Race's revival...

Why not call him Zhong Yanqing. I only wish for the world to be peaceful and clear, to set things right at the source, so that our Human Race may see the light of day again."]

[You turned to look at Ah Dou.]

["Ah Dou, from today on, your name is Zhong Yanqing!"]

In the years that followed, the simulated Chen Yi did not rush to leave, but first waited for Ah Dou to grow to an appropriate age.

Otherwise, boarding a Star Ship while still wearing diapers would be far too troublesome.

When he was not in a hurry to cultivate, Chen Yi would swap to Mortal Bones to comprehend Divine Abilities.

When he made no progress comprehending Divine Abilities, he would swap away Mortal Bones and cultivate.

In this back-and-forth jumping, Ah Dou gradually grew up, and the day to depart for Vermilion Violet Star drew near.