"Father!"
"Mother!"
Chen Changqing stood before the Divine Source, staring blankly at those two familiar yet distant faces.
Memories sealed away for a million years surged forth in that instant like floodwaters bursting through a broken dam.
When he was five, his mother held his little hand and taught him, stroke by stroke, to write his first rune.
When he was eight, his father brought him into the wilderness for the first time, personally teaching him how to battle fierce beasts.
When he was eleven, he returned from the Savage Forbidden Land drenched in blood. His mother reddened her eyes as she treated his wounds, scolding him for not knowing his limits.
When he was sixteen, on the night before he was sealed within the Divine Source, his parents' faces were full of reluctance, yet they still smiled as they comforted him.
"Go. Don't worry about us."
"When you wake up, everything will be fine."
"The Chen Family needs you. This era needs you."
"You will always be our pride!"
Chen Changqing had thought he would never see his parents again, because he did not believe the family would give such precious Divine Source to his parents.
He had long since prepared himself for it.
But now—
His parents were sitting there quietly.
Chen Changqing's eyes reddened.
He slowly raised his hand, his fingertips lightly touching the membrane of the Divine Source.
It was faintly cold.
Yet it made him feel that this was the warmest moment he had experienced in a million years.
"Ancestor..."
"Thank you!"
Chen Changqing's voice was somewhat hoarse, carrying an indescribable emotion.
Ancestor Chen Haotian stood behind him with his hands clasped behind his back, a gentle smile appearing on his face.
"After sealing you back then, I thought about it for a long time."
Chen Haotian's voice was soft, as though he were speaking to himself.
"You've always valued affection, kid. If you woke up and found your parents gone, even if you had mentally prepared yourself..."
"With your temperament, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to get over that hurdle in your heart."
"So I made the decision myself and forcibly squeezed two pieces of Divine Source out of the clan."
"Now it seems—"
He patted Chen Changqing's shoulder and grinned.
"It was completely worth it!"
Chen Changqing took a deep breath and suppressed the surging emotions in his heart.
He slowly raised his hand and pointed a finger through the air at the membrane of one piece of Divine Source.
"Break the seal."
At once!
Buzz—
An invisible force of rules suddenly descended from the void.
It was the Greater Divine Ability—Words Become Law!
Chen Haotian's pupils abruptly contracted, while Chen Yuanba and the other two trembled from head to toe.
They saw—
The layers upon layers of restriction formations across the surface of the sealed Divine Source silently dissipated on their own, as if they had encountered their natural nemesis.
There was no spiritual energy fluctuation, nor had any method been used to break the restrictions. The Divine Source had simply been opened with effortless ease.
The membrane of the Divine Source seemed to vanish into thin air!
A million-year seal vanished like smoke between those two casual words.
"Th-this is..."
Chen Musen's eyes widened, and even his voice trembled.
He knew better than anyone what this was.
Words Become Law!
That was the Greater Divine Ability he had comprehended through Dao enlightenment!
He had never expected Ancestor Changqing to possess it as well.
"Just how terrifying is Ancestor's talent and comprehension?"
Chen Qingshuang muttered, her voice filled with uncontrollable shock.
Chen Yuanba's eyes shone brightly. He wondered whether his own Ancestor's Blessing could unleash the Greater Divine Ability of Words Become Law.
But regardless—
The three exchanged glances and saw the same thought in one another's eyes. Choosing to follow Ancestor Changqing was undoubtedly the most correct decision of their lives.
Chen Changqing paid no attention to the shock of the three behind him.
His gaze remained fixed within the Divine Source.
The instant the Divine Source fully opened, two figures slowly opened their eyes.
The man had refined features, and his brows bore a seventy-percent resemblance to Chen Changqing's.
The woman was gentle and dignified. Even after sleeping for a million years, the familiar temperament still lingered in the corners of her eyes and brows.
Chen Zhian.
Qin Mengyao.
They were Chen Changqing's parents.
Having just awakened from a million-year slumber, their minds were still somewhat muddled.
They looked around blankly. The instant their gazes fell upon Chen Changqing—
Qin Mengyao froze.
Chen Zhian froze as well.
"Chang... Changqing?"
Qin Mengyao's voice trembled. She immediately rose to her feet, wanting to embrace Chen Changqing.
Unexpectedly, her body was far too weak at this moment.
The moment she stood, her legs gave way, and she toppled forward.
Chen Zhian was not much better off. He instinctively wanted to catch his wife, but he himself staggered as well.
It could not be helped. The two were unlike Chen Changqing, who possessed the foundation of a Chaos Body.
After a million years sealed within Divine Source, although the loss of their vitality had been slowed to the greatest extent possible, such an immense passage of time had still caused their blood and qi to decline to the extreme.
"Father, Mother."
Chen Changqing reacted swiftly, and with a thought—
An invisible force supported the two of them, holding them steady.
Looking at his parents' faces, pale without a trace of color, the white hair that had quietly appeared at their temples, and their depleted blood and qi...
Chen Changqing's brows furrowed slightly.
Then—
He spoke.
"Restore your blood and qi completely. Increase your lifespan by a million years!"
Boom—
Every word seemed like the resonant voice of the Great Dao from beyond the Ninth Heaven, carrying a will that transcended the rules of heaven and earth.
Two streams of azure light appeared out of nothingness.
They were Chen Changqing's Longevity Dao Resonance.
The instant the azure light poured into Chen Zhian and Qin Mengyao's bodies—
Buzz—
An unimaginably vast aura of life erupted from each of their bodies.
Just one sentence!
The two people, whose blood and qi had been depleted and who could barely stand, had already returned to their peak condition.
Chen Haotian stood to one side. Those eyes that had weathered great storms now bulged as round as bronze bells.
He could clearly sense that not only had Chen Zhian and Qin Mengyao's blood and qi been restored, their vitality had reached an utterly inconceivable level!
A million years!
A full million years of lifespan!
Even the Destiny Emperor, after living several lives, would be left far behind by such a number!
"Th-this is... fucking... truly monstrous!"
Chen Haotian, a dignified Quasi-Emperor Realm expert, could not help but shudder. The hairs on his back stood on end.
Restoring vitality and living another life was one thing. He had personally experienced it before; it truly defied the heavens.
But increasing one's lifespan by a million years... this could no longer be described as merely defying the heavens.
This was a miracle!
A miracle that should not exist in this world.
With a single sentence, someone could gain a million additional years of life out of thin air?
If this spread, the entire Great Desolate Realm would go mad.
Those old monsters whose lifespans were nearing their end, those ancient supremes sealed within forbidden zones as they desperately clung to life, those sources of dark turmoil who would slaughter billions of living beings just to live a few thousand more years...
The Longevity they desperately pursued, the lifespan they would pay any price to prolong—
Before Chen Changqing, it was merely a matter of one sentence?
Chen Haotian swallowed with difficulty.
"My judgment back then... just how absurdly good was it?!"