Chapter 321: The Great Jing Immortal Dynasty (9)

Time passed unnoticed in cultivation.

Su Chen's Great Wisdom Divine Cult remained unnoticed. All attention in the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty was drawn to a single piece of news: the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain had finally been destroyed.

It was welcome news. In the past, the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain had invaded the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty, exterminating several provinces and countless lives. Today, they had washed away that humiliation with blood and regained their pride.

The ruler of the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty, Heavenly Martial Emperor, had used the fortune gained from destroying the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain to break through to the Emperor Lord realm.

It had been far too long since a new Emperor Lord had appeared in the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty. He was a true invincible expert, and all the orthodoxies within the dynasty submitted to him.

After annihilating the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain, Heavenly Martial Emperor led the Great Jing army back to the dynasty at last.

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After three hundred years, Su Chen finally met his father in this life—Heavenly Martial Emperor.

The man's eyes were like galaxies, boundless and radiant. Even seated casually, he seemed to stand above the Great Dao itself, with chaotic qi swirling around him and sweeping through endless universes.

Heavenly Martial Emperor swept his gaze indifferently over the assembled ministers. His bearing was supreme, suppressing everything beneath the heavens. Even though Su Chen was his son, he was still no more than grass in the emperor's eyes.

Su Chen inwardly evaluated him as an extremely arrogant existence. To reach the Emperor Lord realm after cultivating for only eighty million years made him a top genius among the countless beings of the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain.

Su Chen's life did not change with his father's return. He continued living as a small, unnoticed figure, quietly observing the open and hidden struggles around him.

Nan Hongsang had not returned with Heavenly Martial Emperor. She had sent Su Chen a letter filled with the techniques and divine abilities she had acquired over the years, along with a vast amount of cultivation resources that completely filled a storage ring.

To obtain even better techniques, she had gone to participate in the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain's Pride Battle. It gathered supreme geniuses from countless immortal lands and was jointly organized by many of them. The rewards included incredibly valuable inheritances.

"Little Chenzi, I will definitely obtain a longevity opportunity for you… When I return, prepare a hundred, a thousand… or even eternal Worry-Free Pastries for me, okay?"

Su Chen smiled bitterly. "This silly girl…"

She still thought his ability to cultivate was nothing more than that.

While Nan Hongsang headed to the Heavenly Gang Pride Battle, Su Chen looked at the storage ring packed full of Worry-Free Pastries.

"These might last a hundred or a thousand years, but not for eternity."

He decided he should learn the recipe for Worry-Free Pastries. It might prove useful in a future life.

When the Absolute Heaven Consort heard of his intention, she laughed cheerfully and began teaching him how to make them. These days passed peacefully and leisurely.

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Nan Hongsang realized just how many geniuses existed in this world. Beings of different races, civilizations, and immortal lands—trillions upon trillions of them—had gathered together.

"Ant… you can't escape!"

A heaven-shaking roar echoed across the vast star realm. The shockwave sent Nan Hongsang vomiting blood, her face deathly pale.

She could not understand how she had been discovered despite being so cautious. Her pursuer was a terrifying genius ranked in the top one thousand on the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain Pride List. He had become an Emperor after surviving ten tribulations, created his own supreme heavenly art, and possessed transcendent combat strength far beyond hers.

"I can't die here…" she thought.

In her mind appeared the image of a graceful young man.

After the destruction of the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain, Nan Hongsang had not returned to the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty. The Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain's Pride Battle, held once every hundred thousand years, had begun. Selected geniuses were transported to the Path to Heaven. High rankings would grant entry into immortal lands, heaven-defying pills that could change one's fate, opportunities to reverse life and death, and the inheritances of supreme True Immortals.

Considering what her father had said—that even if Su Chen could cultivate, he would not go far on the path—she wanted to help change his fate.

Ten thousand years was too long.

Nan Hongsang had set out without hesitation to participate in the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain's Pride Battle. She defeated countless geniuses along the way.

Not long ago, during a fierce battle over a Heaven and Earth Divine Pill—one capable of altering any being's innate fate and opening endless possibilities—she had secretly made her move and seized it. Despite her extreme caution, she was still discovered by a powerful expert and pursued relentlessly.

The terrifying shockwaves felt like an entire universe bearing down on her. They sent Nan Hongsang flying, smashing through billions of stars. Even her indestructible Great Emperor body suffered devastating injuries. The gap in strength was simply too vast.

"A mere ant who has cultivated for less than three hundred years dares to steal from me!"

Silver starlight filled the sky. Nan Hongsang struggled to open her eyes. Her Dao was nearly extinguished.

The silver being radiated divinity, with a halo of light rotating behind its head. Its body was encased in hard armor, and six wings forged from chaotic divine crystals extended from its back. This was a lifeform from a supreme race. It strode slowly through the starry sky, each ripple beneath its feet shattering countless celestial bodies. It was powerful enough to easily destroy an entire universe.

It slowly raised a mechanical arm. Ripples gathered in its palm, forming a devastating blast.

Genius? It had killed countless such prodigies over hundreds of thousands of years. It had no interest in wasting words and simply carried out its standard extermination protocol.

The terrifying attack engulfed the powerless Nan Hongsang.

"Humans remain as weak and pathetic as ever. Not even worth collecting data from," the supreme-race being said with utter contempt.

In its understanding, a race that had never produced a True Immortal—and did not even possess Emperor Lord-level beings—was considered lowly in the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain. For such a race to produce a single genius who had made the Heavenly Gang Pride List was already exhausting their entire fortune. Even then, they did not even qualify to look up at it.

Yet in the smoke and dust of destruction, new information flickered across the silver mechanical being's left-eye display, causing it a slight surprise.

"Life signs have not returned to zero. It's still alive?"

"A human's body is frail. If it didn't die, I'll just finish it with another strike."

The silver being attacked again. A force of heavenly punishment far more terrifying than the previous one descended toward the motionless coordinates. The entire universe shattered and vanished into nothingness in an instant.

It looked again in surprise. The figure it had deemed dead was beginning to move. In a flash, it disappeared, then reappeared with each step covering vast distances, steadily closing the gap.

Warning signals flashed red across the silver being's display, but it paid them no mind. It even felt like laughing.

"Interesting data… This is something new. If I capture you alive and dissect you, it might help me advance further."

It reached out once more. A massive cage formed from the heavens and earth, attempting to trap the constantly shifting figure. It wanted to capture this sudden anomaly alive—perhaps a being related to the supreme Dao of Space.

"?"

The silver being focused its gaze. The cage it had created could restrain even seven- or eight-tribulation Rulers, yet it had no effect on that figure.

It raised its hand again.

Only to find that the figure had already arrived right in front of it.

A young man with a refined appearance stood there, cradling the familiar human woman in his arms.

The silver being stared in shock at the data appearing in its eyes.

"Race: ???

Age: ???

Strength: ???"

This was the first time it had encountered such a situation!