"Damn it!"
Only after they were far from the Yun Family did Luo Yan shatter a boulder beside him with a punch.
Stone fragments flew, and dust billowed.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his fury surged straight to the crown of his head!
"Brother Luo Yan, you..." Luo Qingyu wanted to step forward and comfort the man she loved, but the killing intent radiating from him forced her back.
She was a little frightened. She had never seen Brother Luo Yan like this. He felt so unfamiliar, as though he were someone else entirely!
"Luo Yan, there is no need for this."
"We already know where those ruins are."
"Once you obtain Heaven River Great Emperor's complete legacy, that man will be nothing more than your stepping stone."
An aged voice slowly sounded in Luo Yan's mind. It belonged to the mysterious old man in the Jade Pendant.
He had once been Heaven River Great Emperor's servant and was named Dragon Elephant Saint. Heaven River Great Emperor had died in that great war in ancient times and was ultimately buried in a tomb in the Heaven River Realm.
To ensure someone could carry on his legacy, he had also established a series of trials, with Dragon Elephant Saint serving as their judge.
"Teacher, why didn't you teach him a lesson just now?"
"If you had acted, we wouldn't have suffered such a disaster!"
Luo Yan was still furious. As Fortune's Child, he had risen against the heavens, sailing smoothly onward and advancing triumphantly all the way!
Today's humiliation had left him feeling unbearably stifled.
Dragon Elephant Saint paused, as though he had not quite registered his words.
After a long silence, he said helplessly, "It wasn't that I didn't want to act."
"If I had, both of us would have died."
"I could sense another peak Sage concealed in that space earlier. He was probably that man's secret Dao Protector."
Another sigh sounded, though this one held more disappointment.
The successor to Heaven River Great Emperor whom he had chosen had suffered only a single setback, yet his disposition had changed so drastically.
With a disposition like this, was he worthy of his lord's legacy?
Dragon Elephant Saint shook his head with a bitter smile. He chose to console himself, believing that Luo Yan would surely grow after experiencing failure.
"The Returning Origin Holy Land's Divine Son..."
"He seems to possess a sacred body bloodline as well."
Dragon Elephant Saint was now only a remnant soul, but he had lived from ancient times until the present.
He knew full well that the Returning Origin Holy Land was far more than what it appeared to be on the surface!
He recalled Su Changge's sword strike once more.
It had torn through the void and surged into the heavens, slaying a Venerable Realm cultivator with a sword. It could truly be called peerless.
"As expected, a great era has descended."
Meanwhile, at the Yun Family.
"Thank you for your help, Divine Son!"
"I am endlessly grateful!"
Yun Xinyan bowed gracefully to Su Changge. Without him, this matter would not have been resolved so easily.
She had never had any feelings for Luo Yan to begin with, and this mistaken marriage arrangement had finally come to an end.
"It was nothing. Since everything is settled, I'll go cultivate."
I completed two choice missions and improved my strength! Most importantly, there are more opportunities to come. Fortune's Child really is a treasure!
Yun Xinyan watched Su Changge's departing figure, her beautiful eyes filled with admiration.
"Even though the Divine Son is so powerful, he still cultivates diligently."
"Yun Xinyan, if you don't work harder, you won't even be able to see his back anymore!"
In Yun Xinyan's heart, Su Changge was simply too outstanding. She asked for nothing extravagant. Even being able to see his back would leave her content.
A true dragon roaming above the nine heavens would eventually soar aloft, tear open the universe, and forge a legend of its own.
Had Su Changge known her thoughts, he would certainly have given her a thumbs-up. A master of imaginative reasoning truly is terrifying!
Inside his room.
Su Changge activated the isolation formation.
Then he summoned the system panel.
[Heaven Flipping Palm: Hundred Battles Great Emperor's signature move. A single palm swept across three thousand continents; a turn of the hand overturned the clouds and transformed the heavens.]
"It's actually Hundred Battles Great Emperor's cultivation art!"
Hundred Battles Great Emperor's story was steeped in legend.
In his youth, his talent had been mediocre-he could even have been called useless. He reached the Spirit Body Realm at fifteen, the Spirit Sea Realm at twenty-eight, the Divine Sea Unobstructed Realm at fifty, and only barely reached the Purple Mansion Realm at fifty-nine...
Yet this nearly worthless cultivator had become the master of an era's heavenly mandate.
Hundred Battles Great Emperor had been nothing more than a rogue cultivator. From his emergence into the world until he became a Great Emperor, he had endured countless trials-trials between life and death!
He had constantly challenged powerful opponents, finding himself a hair's breadth from death countless times. Whenever he suffered serious injuries, he fled far away to heal. Once his wounds recovered, he continued cultivating.
He fought a hundred battles despite a hundred defeats, using battle to nourish battle.
Such an utterly unremarkable man had ultimately slain every enemy on the road to contest the heavenly mandate, attaining the Dao through his physical body.
His terrifying physique had also made him one of the strongest among Great Emperors, and later generations had reverently called him Hundred Battles Great Emperor.
"The power of the Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo's qi and blood is already formidable. I can absolutely take this cultivation art to even greater heights!"
"Extract Heaven Flipping Palm."
Hum!
A streak of light instantly burrowed into his mind.
It was as though tiny figures were demonstrating various moves within his mind, while abstruse great dao runes flashed through it incessantly.
In mere moments, he had mastered Heaven Flipping Palm.
"Condense."
As Su Changge murmured, he opened his hand. A terrifying aura of the Great Dao spread over it, his qi and blood like dragons, surging like a vast ocean!
The protective restrictions around him began flickering wildly, as though the arrival of this immense power had made them extremely unstable!
If he unleashed this palm strike, the entire area would instantly turn to dust!
"But what is this portion of Heaven River Great Emperor's legacy?"
He did not know much about Heaven River Great Emperor.
This Great Emperor was extremely mysterious, and there were few legends or accounts concerning him.
Once Su Changge finished extracting it, a brilliant orb of light appeared in the void.
[Congratulations, host, on obtaining Heaven River Great Emperor's legacy, Concentration Freedom Art: control the spiritual energy within your body, turn turbidity into clarity, still the mind and attain freedom, nourish the meridians, and increase the speed at which spiritual energy circulates within your body.]
"Not bad. It looks like a mental cultivation art."
Unbeknownst to Su Changge, everything outside had long since descended into an uproar.
In the Heaven River Realm, many people had already learned of the terrifying battle that had just taken place.
"I heard he's an important figure from the North Abyss Dao Domain!"
"A friend of mine is a maidservant in the Yun Family. She said that young dignitary looked like an immortal descended to the mortal world, as handsome as a painting!"
"You have no idea how terrifying that battle was! I felt like the world was ending!"
"That lord is too terrifying! The Heaven River Realm is about to see its skies change!"
"..."
Many major powers in the Heaven River Realm were instantly stirred into a frenzy as well, trying every possible means to establish a connection with Su Changge.
With Su Changge's strength and status, he needed only to lift a finger to whip up a storm that engulfed the entire Heaven River Realm!
Yet compared with the Heaven River Realm, a great wave was already brewing in the North Abyss Dao Domain.
Within the Returning Origin Ancestral Land.
The assembled ancestors had just finished watching the scene of Su Changge slaying the Returning Unity Sect's deacon.
"How should we handle this?"
"Hmph! As I see it, the Returning Unity Sect is courting death!"
"Exactly. Since the Returning Unity Sect wants to bully the young with their elders, we'll give them a proper game!"
In the cultivation world, even if a battle to the death broke out among the younger generation, that was their own affair.
This was a law tacitly accepted by the world. If every member of the younger generation were targeted by the elders of hostile powers, would the young have any chance to grow?
Since the Returning Unity Sect's elders had intervened first, they would have to bear their retaliation!
Moreover.
Their Divine Son had only just gone out to gain experience when he encountered something like this. That made it even more unforgivable!
The many ancestors below looked toward the three figures at the highest point, seemingly waiting for their decision.
Those three terrifying figures radiated an aura like all the heavens and eternity itself. Even a wisp seemed capable of collapsing this world!
One of the figures spoke in a low voice. "Issue a proclamation. The Returning Unity Sect's deacon conducted himself in a manner unbefitting an elder and bullied our Sacred Ground Divine Son."
"Now, give them two choices."
"First, provide an explanation satisfactory to the Returning Origin Holy Land, make amends, and apologize."
"Second."
At this point, he paused, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes.
"Launch an immortal war."
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