The Dao of Reincarnation (185-186) (Patreon)

Chapter 185: Emperor's Fate (Part 1)

Inside the Reverse Fate Space, Su Chen opened his eyes.

He was dead. That final great battle had been too terrifying. He could not participate in it, nor could he have survived it.

A bitter smile touched the corner of Su Chen's mouth. In this life, he had calculated everything. He had double-killed bearers of great destiny, schemed his way to the final circle, successfully survived the Emperor Tribulation, and even under the encirclement of numerous Supremes, he had taken the last step. He had been on the verge of reigning supreme over the starry skies.

Yet in the end… Fang Bubai had not died. He had lived a second life, his strength reaching an unimaginable level. With casual ease, he had suppressed Su Chen's Dao.

[Thirteenth lifetime: You encountered a reborn cultivator from the future. Your family was destroyed and you began with a heaven-shattering start, yet you never gave up. Enduring humiliation, you replaced Sha Shengzi and became the heir of the Life-Slaughter Hall. However, your mind was deep and cunning. You knew that an old monster who had cultivated to the Saint King realm would never value you solely for your talent. You chose to slow your cultivation and hide your true strength.]

[By chance, you learned the whereabouts of a suspected bearer of great destiny who had also been reborn. You began a thorough investigation. Through careful probing and deduction, you quickly identified his identity. You deduced that he was a reborn expert with the ability to foresee the future. You decided to muddy the waters: you seized a Saint King artifact, concealed yourself, and pretended to submit to Xiao Sha. After lying dormant for five hundred years, the moment he prepared to break through to Sainthood, you struck. You ruthlessly slew Xiao Sha at the moment of his ascension, seized all his opportunities, and became the successor of the Killing Emperor. From that instant, your fate as a minor character was no longer ordinary.]

[To completely erase Xiao Sha's traces, you sent all his clansmen into the wheel of reincarnation and unleashed a massacre. In a single day, you killed five Saints, your name shaking the starry skies.]

[You did not stop there. You painstakingly built up the Killing God Hall and hunted down powerhouses from various races. You grew to enjoy this feeling and began to revel in slaughter. But at that moment, a great Saint from the Dao Sect emerged and began hunting you. Although you barely escaped, you suffered grievous injuries. You went into hiding once more and waited two thousand years until you finally broke through to the Great Saint realm. In the Age of Dharma's End, reaching this step astonished the world. You mastered killing intent and comprehended the profound mysteries of the Killing Emperor's inheritance. Together with Lin Changsheng, you slew the malevolent will left behind by a former Supreme's remnant body, reclaimed treasures from your previous life, and extended your lifespan.]

[You stepped onto the Emperor Path. Even in the Age of Dharma's End, your brilliance remained dazzling. Over several thousand years, you encountered mighty foes and uncovered secrets of the Emperor Path, yet you never halted your steps. When you realized you could not reach the end, you chose to conceal your tracks. News of your death spread, and everyone believed you had perished. This suited your plans perfectly. You waited for the great era to begin, then devised schemes to trap and kill over a thousand heavenly prodigies. You diverted disaster eastward, inciting mutual suspicion and slaughter among many monsters who had hope of attaining the Dao. They wasted vast amounts of time while no one noticed you—the "dead" man.]

[You continued to lie low. Your cultivation reached the peak of Quasi-Emperor. You saw your old enemy battling an old acquaintance and knew your chance for revenge had come. Silently hidden, you delivered the final blow and ended him completely. With the accumulated power from that act, you began your ultimate leap, shocking the myriad spirits of the universe. Facing the imprints left by former Emperors, you exhausted every method and survived the Emperor Tribulation by a hair's breadth. Yet you were then hunted by the Supremes, fleeing from one hiding place to another until you finally recovered.]

[Unfortunately, you still died in the end. Throughout your life, you calculated against all living beings and stopped at nothing to reach the peak, never realizing you were merely a pawn on someone else's chessboard, dressing another in your wedding clothes.]

[In this life, you defied heaven and changed your fate. As the Life-Slaughter Demon Lord, you stirred winds and clouds with a single hand and left a profound mark upon the ages. Your life was full of ups and downs, magnificent beyond compare!

[Evaluation: One Star (Golden )]

[Reward: 100000 Reverse Fate Point]

Su Chen gazed at the shining golden characters on the Reverse Fate Scripture. Last time he had stopped at purple nine stars. This time, although he had not become an Emperor, he had taken a massive stride forward. After all, in his previous life, he had only spent forty-one thousand Reverse Fate Points.

At this moment, Su Chen looked at the displayed Reverse Fate Points. This was an unprecedented windfall.

Fang Bubai had lived a second life. He could not live another hundred thousand years unless he found a second Undying Divine Medicine. Otherwise, he only had fifty thousand years left. The time gap was no longer so despairing.

Su Chen pondered for a moment. Although he had not become a true Emperor, he had briefly stepped into that realm.

A decision was formed in Su Chen's heart.

Talent: 100000

Comprehension: 40000

Background: 14000

Su Chen stared at the zeroed-out Reverse Fate Points. This time, he did not intend to hold anything back.

All in. Activate!

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In an ancient world, crimson light filled the air, clouds of mist churned like a sea, and true dragons and divine phoenixes danced through the sky. Ancient bell chimes echoed across the land as the heavens dimmed and the stars fell silent, accompanied by countless strange phenomena.

An ancient being raised his eyes toward the direction where the anomalies surged and murmured in a low voice, "What a terrifying scene… What exactly happened to the Ye Clan? How could it trigger such heaven-shaking phenomena!"

"Could it be that some old monster from the Ye Clan has broken through to the Great Saint realm?"

With just a single glance, a massive hand swept across the sky and obscured the endless strange phenomena.

At that moment, inside the Ye Clan, countless ancient existences of the Ye Clan were alarmed. The Ye Clan had once given birth to a Great Emperor, and only a few hundred thousand years had passed since that Emperor's fall. As a result, the clan remained prosperous, producing experts in great numbers. They even possessed an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to suppress their territory, and their foundation ran deep.

Yet the scene unfolding today looked as if the clan was facing total annihilation… All their experts had rushed out in full force. However, this was no catastrophe of extermination. It was a sign of unprecedented prosperity!

Inside the immortal palace halls, many terrifying figures lowered their heads to gaze at the infant still lying in swaddling clothes. The tiny child opened a pair of bright, clear black-and-white eyes. There was no fear in them at all. He stared openly at the crowd as boundless divine light and laws continuously poured into his small body.

"In this life… I actually awakened my memories while still an infant!"

Chapter 186: Emperor's Fate (Part 2)

Within the Ye Clan territory, immortal mist drifted ethereally.

A tiny figure sat cross-legged at the center of a lake, swallowing spiritual energy from hundreds of miles around like a whale sucking in water.

Boundless divine light erupted from his body, drawing down countless laws that manifested as immortals descending from the heavens, a bright moon rising over the sea, or dragons and phoenixes presenting auspicious signs. Innumerable phenomena appeared one after another.

"Hundred thousand Reverse Fate Points in talent… Truly terrifying!"

The child-like figure sitting at the center of the lake opened his eyes. His gaze was bright yet profound, interwoven with incomprehensible runes that constantly flickered between life and death.

Ten years had already passed since Su Chen reincarnated into the Ye Clan.

In this life, he possessed an illustrious background as the heir of an Emperor clan. His talent was unmatched. On the day of his birth, the imprint of a Great Emperor had descended to bestow blessings, and Emperor Dao energy had poured down upon him. Moreover, he was born with the legendary taboo physique—the Flying Immortal Dao Body—which granted him an indescribable forbidden power. It was said to be a constitution destined for the Dao, granting invincibility from the moment of birth.

However, Su Chen's gifts did not end there. His pupils had inherited the renowned Myriad Laws Heavenly Eyes, allowing him to see through any Dao technique with ease.

The combination of Emperor Dao energy, the Flying Immortal Dao Body, and the Myriad Laws Heavenly Eyes had created a monster. And that monster was Su Chen in this life.

From birth, he had been comparable to the young true dragon of legend, already possessing Void Refining realm cultivation. He stood at the endpoint that countless cultivators could only dream of reaching in their entire lives. The Ye Clan had declared him their sole Emperor Son and poured the entire clan's resources into nurturing him. He began cultivating at the age of three, and in merely seven years, he had broken through to the Nirvana realm.

In the current era, Great Emperors still walk the world. However, more than forty thousand years had passed since the Invincible Great Emperor had lived out his second life. Another golden great era was about to begin, and Su Chen had been born right at its dawn.

As time flowed on, Su Chen could not help but sigh inwardly. Indeed, only a great era could produce such talents and bear the emergence of one supreme figure after another, with so many heroes vying for dominance.

In just a few breaths, Su Chen consolidated his Nirvana realm cultivation and gradually withdrew his aura.

Today was his tenth birthday. The Ye Clan had prepared a grand celebration and invited many major forces to build momentum for him.

In other words, they were recruiting investors.

Su Chen waved his sleeve and slowly rose to his feet. Suddenly, his expression changed. He turned to flee, but a golden talisman seal flew over and stuck precisely to his forehead. Golden runes cascaded down, turning into countless streams of light that immobilized him completely.

Su Chen cursed inwardly. He, the mighty Life-Slaughter Demon Lord who had nearly become the Life-Slaughter Demon Emperor, had actually…

Two slender, jade-white hands reached out from the void. Taking advantage of his immobility, they pinched his small face. His fair, rosy cheeks, which looked like fine porcelain, were mercilessly kneaded into a glutinous rice ball.

"Little Chen, where are you trying to run off to?"

A crisp voice rang out from the void as a figure slowly emerged, enveloped in moonlight. She was an extraordinarily beautiful woman whose cold temperament blended with a touch of innocence and liveliness. Her ice-blue eyes smiled as they looked at Su Chen.

Knowing escape was impossible, Su Chen gave up struggling and let the woman knead his face with a look of utter despair. His speech came out muffled as he said, "Young Ancestor… why is it you?"

The woman raised an eyebrow, her hands never stopping their mischief. She smiled with feigned menace and asked, "Little Chen, what did you just call me?"

Su Chen stiffened all over and hastily corrected himself. "Sister Liuli… where are the other ancestors?"

The woman was named Ye Liuli, an extremely ancient existence of the Ye Clan whose strength was unfathomable. She was at least a Great Saint realm expert. Even the other ancestors of the Ye Clan treated her with great respect. No one had ever revealed her origins, but Su Chen suspected that Ye Liuli might be an Emperor Daughter—an offspring of a Great Emperor—who had only emerged in this era.

An Emperor Daughter… a direct descendant of a Great Emperor!

The foundation of the Ye Clan was truly profound.

Ye Liuli waved her hand dismissively and said, "Today is your tenth birthday. Many important figures have come from all over. Some are old friends of the elders, so they went to catch up. Only I had time to spare, so I came to fetch you.

"What? Little fellow, are you really so unwilling to see me?"

Ye Liuli viciously pinched and rubbed Su Chen's small face again.

Su Chen felt helpless inside. When it came to old monsters, he suspected that no one in the entire Ye Clan was older than the woman before him. Even he himself fell short. Seeing the increasingly dangerous look in her eyes, he quickly explained, "No, I really wanted to see Sister Liuli. Even while cultivating, I was constantly thinking about you. I was just surprised that someone of your status would come personally."

Su Chen unleashed a powerful survival instinct. His words made Ye Liuli purse her lips and chuckle softly. "Little fellow, you're so young yet already so smooth-tongued and good at pleasing others. When you grow up, I'm afraid you'll bring disaster to quite a few heavenly maidens."

Su Chen: "..."

Ye Liuli reached out and tore off the golden talisman stuck to Su Chen's forehead. Freed at last, Su Chen did not even look back as he fled the immortal island at top speed. His sudden burst left Ye Liuli momentarily stunned.

"This is the Flying Immortal Dao Body," she murmured. "It is said to possess the profound ability to reverse time and space."

Ye Liuli suddenly whispered to herself, "This little guy… he only knows how to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate all day, like a wooden block. I must guide him onto the right path. Life cannot consist of nothing but dry, tasteless cultivation!

"Unfortunately, those old fellows in the clan refuse to let Little Chen take me as his master no matter what…"

...

After Su Chen left the Ye Clan's immortal island and confirmed that Ye Liuli was not chasing after him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Toward this Young Ancestor of the Ye Clan, he only wanted to keep a respectful distance. He only wanted to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate more. He had no desire to become a woman's plaything.

Su Chen headed toward the main hall of the Ye Clan.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and sucked in a sharp breath.

A wisp of white smoke appeared out of thin air before him. However, the figure within the smoke did not resemble Ye Liuli, so Su Chen quickly swallowed his alarm.

As the white smoke dispersed, an old man sitting cross-legged on a five-colored immortal crane appeared before Su Chen. He held a horsetail whisk and looked every bit the transcendent expert.

Su Chen studied the old man, and the old man studied him in return, his eyes filled with delight.

"It's actually someone from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!"

Su Chen narrowed his large eyes into slits as he watched the old man take out an ancient compass and begin performing divinations.

The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was also a powerful orthodox lineage. It was said to trace its roots back to the legendary mythical era. They could calculate the secrets of heaven and had assisted one Great Emperor after another. Their foundation was even more terrifying than that of some lineages that had produced multiple Emperors. The old man before Su Chen was at least a Great Saint… and quite possibly a Quasi-Emperor!

"What audacity! Someone actually dares to divine the fate of our Ye Clan's Emperor Son!"