I'm Hungry

Empress of Brightness pulled with all her strength, trying to cut off Liu Chengfeng's head. The next moment, she froze.

Though she had used all her strength, she couldn't cut through Liu Chengfeng's neck.

"You miscalculated."

Liu Chengfeng raised his right hand. The Myriad World Wristband was on his wrist, shimmering with precious light.

The light shielded Liu Chengfeng's entire body.

How could ordinary Cold Silk from the Mortal World compare to a heaven-defying treasure like the Myriad World Wristband? How could it possibly kill Liu Chengfeng?

Empress of Brightness was horrified and tried to use her lightness skill to escape.

Liu Chengfeng merely pointed a finger. A bolt of lightning shot from the Myriad World Wristband, and currents danced wildly throughout the pool.

Even Empress of Brightness, the second-strongest expert, could not match a natural force like lightning, no matter how high her martial arts skill.

Empress of Brightness cried out. The electric current struck her, and she instantly passed out.

When Empress of Brightness woke, the first thing she saw was Liu Chengfeng's open, composed face.

Empress of Brightness was terrified and turned to flee.

But her whole body was numb. She couldn't summon her power, or even her strength; at that moment, she was no more than a frail woman.

She had only just crawled to the edge of the pool when Liu Chengfeng pinned her down firmly.

"Let go of me—"

Empress of Brightness was shocked and terrified. She shrieked and struggled, trying to escape Liu Chengfeng's clutches.

Empress of Brightness wore nothing but a thin veil. It had already torn as she struggled, draped over her snowy skin and brimming with endless allure and temptation.

As Empress of Brightness struggled, her full, shapely figure swayed, making blood surge through one's veins.

Her breathtaking beauty made Liu Chengfeng's blood run hot.

"You had a perfectly good way out, but you insisted on walking straight into my trap. Don't blame me, then."

Liu Chengfeng pressed Empress of Brightness down, leaving her unable to move.

"Did you come to assassinate me, or to seduce me? If you want to seduce me, I'll gladly oblige!"

Liu Chengfeng leaned close and spoke domineeringly into her ear.

At such close range, Empress of Brightness opened her mouth and struck Liu Chengfeng a lethal blow!

A streak of black light shot toward Liu Chengfeng's throat.

The instant it flew, it tore through the air with a sharp whistle.

It was not only razor-sharp; its force was so immense that it seemed beyond the reach of this martial world.

"At last, I've been waiting for this—"

Faced with such a lethal strike, Liu Chengfeng wasn't horrified. Instead, he was overjoyed.

The black light shot toward him. With a bang, it pierced Liu Chengfeng's radiant shield and headed straight for his throat.

"Damn—"

This was beyond Liu Chengfeng's expectations. His expression changed drastically.

In that split second between life and death, the tetrahedral Heavenly Mound suddenly burst from Liu Chengfeng's mind and intercepted the black light.

The Heavenly Mound caught the incoming black light in an instant.

But the tremendous impact still sent Liu Chengfeng crashing backward, kicking up layer upon layer of waves.

With the Heavenly Mound holding the black light, Liu Chengfeng could finally see what it was: a black pearl shaped like an eye.

"That's it! I've searched high and low, and now it's right before me."

Ignoring the pain all over his body, Liu Chengfeng scrambled to his feet and drew the eye-shaped Black Pearl into his mind.

"No—"

The moment the Black Pearl was taken, Empress of Brightness lost her connection to it. Her heart filled with terror.

She had possessed the Black Pearl since childhood.

Though she didn't know what it was, it was incredibly hard and could nourish her body and strengthen her power.

She owed her place as the second-strongest expert on the Bright Continent entirely to this Black Pearl.

Until now, no one had ever been able to withstand a strike from it.

Under the full force of her Black Pearl, even the State Preceptor, the strongest expert, would surely die.

It was this confidence that had made her think she could slay a god.

She had never imagined that her attempt to steal a chicken would cost her the rice.

"How could this happen—"

Empress of Brightness, who had thought she could slay a god, sat dazed and dejected by the pool.

"I finally got it. Old man, you can rest in peace now."

Liu Chengfeng had found what he'd been searching for for over a decade. Joy welled up in his heart.

"You can go."

Having obtained the Black Pearl, Liu Chengfeng was in high spirits and didn't intend to hold what had happened against Empress of Brightness.

"Go?"

Empress of Brightness stared at him, stunned.

She had come prepared to die in her attempt to slay a god.

Liu Chengfeng glanced at Empress of Brightness's mounds of snowy flesh, his eyes narrowing.

"Do you still want to serve me?"

Empress of Brightness's heart trembled. She curled up and shrank back.

"Weren't you going to destroy our Brightness Dynasty?"

She had risked her life to slay the god because Liu Chengfeng had said he would destroy their Brightness Dynasty.

"What would I want with destroying your Brightness Dynasty?"

"To rule the Bright Continent..." Empress of Brightness murmured.

"Rule the Bright Continent? What would I want with that? I'm not here to become a mortal emperor."

"I only forced you to bring me the Sky Eye."

Liu Chengfeng found it ridiculous.

Empress of Brightness was stunned, unable to come to her senses.

She had assumed that a god who arrived in this world would want to seize control of it and destroy their Brightness Dynasty.

From beginning to end, all he had wanted was this one object.

"The Sky Eye..."

Empress of Brightness learned the name of her treasure for the first time.

"I came up with that name myself. It's one with the Heavenly Mound."

Liu Chengfeng gazed at Empress of Brightness's snowy-white peaks, his blood burning.

"Are you trying to seduce me?"

Empress of Brightness was shocked and mortified. She could no longer think of anything else; she turned and hurried away in a panic.

Liu Chengfeng had achieved what he'd come for. He didn't pursue her, but rose to leave.

"Not enough power?"

Liu Chengfeng was about to use the Myriad World Wristband to leave. When he looked at his wrist, his face changed drastically.

The Myriad World Wristband was a heaven-defying treasure left behind by his master. His master had poured a great deal of life force into it, binding it to Liu Chengfeng's life.

Along the way, the Myriad World Wristband had expended a great deal of power, but it still had enough to take him back to the Green Meng Realm.

Unfortunately, blocking the Sky Eye's strike just now had cost it too much power. Liu Chengfeng could no longer return.

"Let's see if I can borrow some power."

Thinking of the Dragon Vein beneath the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Liu Chengfeng came up with a plan. He sat cross-legged and turned his awareness inward.

As he looked within, he saw the Sky Eye suspended above the Heavenly Mound in his mind.

It looked just like a divine eye hanging high above the God Platform.

The Sky Eye and the Heavenly Mound were one, and Liu Chengfeng named them the "Celestial Body."

Liu Chengfeng had spent over a decade searching for these two objects.

He had almost turned over every little world beneath the Green Meng Realm.

Finding the Celestial Body had been his master's lifelong wish.

His master had traveled far and wide, exhausting his life and fortune, yet never found it.

Later, his master turned his attention to the little worlds below.

But cultivators who sought godhood couldn't remain in a little world, so his master had entrusted this responsibility to Liu Chengfeng.

Unfortunately, his master had passed away after exhausting too much of his lifespan before he could find the Celestial Body.

Now Liu Chengfeng had finally found the Sky Eye and fulfilled his master's last wish. It was time to go home.

Within his mind, Liu Chengfeng focused all his spiritual power on the Heavenly Mound. It turned, spreading his awareness.

His awareness covered not only the entire imperial palace but also the whole capital.

As it spread, Liu Chengfeng heard all kinds of sounds no one else could hear.

A family of mice in a hole at the corner of a wall plotting to move grain from a storehouse.

A swarm of ants dividing up the work and discussing how to carry a large insect back to their nest.

Even the water in the moat murmuring lazily, "So boring."

Through the Heavenly Mound, he heard every one of these sounds clearly.

But these weren't the sounds Liu Chengfeng wanted to hear. He wanted to hear the Dragon Vein beneath the palace.

When he had been at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he had heard the cry of a dragon.

He knew there was a Dragon Vein underground, and he wanted to borrow its energy to strengthen the Myriad World Wristband.

Although the Dragon Vein's power in the Mortal World couldn't compare with the spiritual energy of a Spirit Vein in the Green Meng Realm, it would still be useful.

At that moment, the entire underground was silent. There was no dragon's cry, which struck Liu Chengfeng as strange.

Liu Chengfeng turned the Heavenly Mound, using it to awaken the Dragon Vein.

This was another of the Heavenly Mound's divine abilities. It could awaken the awareness of a mountain or river and allow it to communicate with Liu Chengfeng.

The Celestial Body was so wondrous that, according to his master, legend held it might be a heavenly object lost since time immemorial, imbued with countless mysteries.

It was because it was a heavenly object that his master had spent his whole life searching for it.

The Heavenly Mound turned, his awareness spread, and at last he heard a faint dragon's cry from underground.

But the cry sounded weak and feeble.

"Strange. Something's wrong."

Liu Chengfeng heard the dragon's cry. It wasn't like the one he had heard at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Liu Chengfeng used his spiritual power to open the Sky Eye, which took quite a lot of effort.

Before he had the Sky Eye, Liu Chengfeng could only hear the sounds and communicate with them; he couldn't see anything.

Now that he had the Sky Eye, Liu Chengfeng peered underground.

He saw a mass of energy flowing beneath the ground like a river. This was the Dragon Vein.

The energy was faint, and it flowed toward the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Something was very wrong.

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help marveling. The Sky Eye and the Heavenly Mound truly were wondrous beyond compare.

"I'm hungry."

A voice suddenly darted into Liu Chengfeng's mind.

Immediately afterward, the outline of a Dilapidated Temple appeared in his mind.

Mist shrouded the Dilapidated Temple, making it hard to see clearly.

But he could just make out that both its roof and walls had collapsed, leaving only half of the front wall standing.

"I'm hungry—"

The Dilapidated Temple's voice rang out in Liu Chengfeng's mind once more.

"Who are you—"

The fact that it had appeared in his mind of its own accord put Liu Chengfeng on guard.

"Who are you?"

The Dilapidated Temple asked in return. It sounded curious, even a little excited.