Generally speaking, divining anything connected to a Great Emperor was an exceedingly dangerous affair.
For such figures possessed cultivation that spanned heaven and earth and had long since touched the deepest layers of karma.
Never mind a minor figure like Chen Yu-even a divine diviner who had delved deeply into the Dao of Heavenly Secrets would likely have dropped dead on the spot, not daring to attempt anything further.
The same held true for the orthodox inheritances of those Great Emperors. Since they possessed Emperor Weapons and were connected to Great Emperors, divining anything about them was extremely difficult and often brought severe backlash.
Fortunately, however, the Azure Emperor's descendants did not fall into this category.
After all, their clan possessed no Emperor Weapon, and the Azure Emperor himself paid them no heed. Their karmic ties were much shallower than those of other Imperial Clans.
Even so, Chen Yu had only succeeded in his divination because he had already possessed a great deal of information.
For anyone else with his current cultivation and level of skill, locating that group of the Demon Emperor's descendants would have been no easy task.
Still, whatever the case, he had at least managed to divine their whereabouts.
I'd better use this Dao of Heavenly Secrets sparingly, or I'll suffer backlash sooner or later.
Chen Yu shook his head inwardly as various thoughts flashed through his mind.
For some time afterward, he stayed in the small town to recuperate in peace, teaching his disciple Jiang Tingting while steadily cultivating.
Jiang Tingting had matured very early. With her Taiyin Physique, her talent for cultivation was extremely high. In just this short time, she was already close to opening her Bitter Sea and formally embarking on the path of cultivation.
This was undoubtedly astonishing news.
A mere child of four or five was already about to open her Bitter Sea and formally become a cultivator.
Had others learned of this, it would likely have left a great many people aghast.
But for Jiang Tingting, who possessed the Taiyin Body, this was only natural.
Of course, the aged medicinal herbs Chen Yu provided had been indispensable to the process. Without them, things could not have gone so smoothly.
After all, though her talent was exceptional, she was still too young, and her foundations remained somewhat thin.
At this rate, she'll be able to formally open her Bitter Sea in another ten days at most...
As Chen Yu taught Jiang Tingting, various thoughts flashed through his mind. As things stand, she's probably progressing even faster than Ye Fan.
At this thought, he could not help feeling a little strange.
In the original course of events, Jiang Tingting had started cultivating too late and remained too weak, leaving her essentially just playing a bit part, entirely uninvolved in Ye Fan's struggle for supremacy on the path to becoming an Emperor.
But because of his appearance, this child had embarked on the path of cultivation earlier than she originally would have, and now she was probably progressing even faster than Ye Fan.
After all, judging by the timing, Ye Fan was probably still warming the bench in Spirit Ruins Paradise.
Only a year later, when the Demon Emperor's Grave opened, would he begin his own journey.
And with Tingting's aptitude, her cultivation would probably have surpassed his by a considerable margin over the course of that year.
Ultimately, there was not much difference between when the two began cultivating.
A gap of merely a few years could easily put them in the same generation.
In the original history, Jiang Tingting had certainly been treated courteously upon returning to the Jiang Family, but it was hard to say just how generous her treatment had been. Naturally, her cultivation had not progressed as well as Ye Fan's, with his many fortuitous encounters.
But now that she was following Chen Yu, the situation was harder to predict.
If I get the chance later, having Tingting fight Ye Fan seems like it could be rather interesting.
As he thought this, imagining that scene, he found it quite entertaining.
Another stretch of time passed, and just as expected, Jiang Tingting successfully opened her Bitter Sea under Chen Yu's care.
At the moment her Bitter Sea opened, Chen Yu observed it for a long time.
As expected, the Bitter Sea of a Taiyin Body differed from that of an ordinary physique, possessing many distinctive traits.
Chen Yu observed it for a long time and seemed to gain some insight.
Watching a Taiyin Body embark on cultivation and witnessing the entire process of her opening her Bitter Sea was a rare experience for him as well.
Having gained some insights, he went into seclusion for a time.
When he emerged, the divine power within him had grown more vigorous, and his cultivation seemed to have increased faintly as well.
At this time, outside Qingfeng Town, an unwelcome visitor had also hurried back.
A magnificent Dragon-Scale Horse looked quite extraordinary, and a young man sat astride it, his expression utterly dark.
This was none other than the Li Family's cultivator. Having heard of the disaster that had befallen his family, he had rushed back.
"Rest assured. Now that I'm back, I won't let that scoundrel run rampant any longer!"
He returned to the Li Family and saw the miserable state of the entire household. His eyes reddened, and he wished he could act immediately, find the person who had brought disaster upon his family, and kill him.
He found the clansmen who had survived that day and learned roughly how the attacker had struck, which eased his mind a little.
Judging by the various traces left by the attacker's actions, his cultivation could not have been very high. Like him, he was merely in the Bitter Sea realm.
He had cultivated in Yanxia Cave Heaven for many years and had already reached the limit of the Bitter Sea realm, standing just one step away from the Life Spring realm.
He believed that scoundrel could not possibly be his match.
Over the next few days, he searched the surrounding area for clues, hoping to find the man.
He believed that since the man had attacked the Li Family, he surely would not have gone too far.
Unfortunately, several days passed without a single clue, as though the man had vanished into thin air.
Just as he began to doubt, he finally found a few clues.
Following those clues, he came out into the wilderness.
"Scoundrel, don't run!"
The moment he sensed fluctuations of divine power, he roared and boldly attacked.
But to his surprise, when his full-powered strike crashed down, the man opposite him did not budge, as though he had not been affected at all.
Chen Yu stood where he was, looking at the young man before him with an utterly calm expression that did not change in the slightest.
In his eyes, the other man was no different from a dead man.
"You!"
A premonition rose within the young man's heart.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately activated his weapon. A streak of light stabbed forward, about to pierce his opponent through.
As a precaution, he had deliberately borrowed this artifact from a senior brother of his sect, intending to use it to finish his opponent off completely.
Even a cultivator at the peak of the Bitter Sea realm would have been sliced to pieces in an instant upon touching it.
Yet a terrifying scene unfolded.
The streak of light descended and slashed down upon Chen Yu, but it had no effect whatsoever. He caught it with ease.
It was as though what had just descended was not a divine weapon, but some ordinary object.
"Nothing more than this."
Chen Yu glanced at him, then struck without hesitation.
He took the man's weapon, then brought his palm down in a single strike, grievously injuring him.
The next moment, he stepped forward and brought his palm down once more.
"Senior, I'm willing to submit!"
The young man of the Li Family was terrified. Realizing that things had taken a disastrous turn, he immediately tried to submit.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
The next moment, divine power struck like a thunderclap.
His body burst apart on the spot, killing him instantly.