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Chapter 365: The Main God Space (Part 21)

A whirlwind of emotions filled Uncle Chen's heart.

The youth beside him nodded with a faint smile.

This was not a dream. The young master had finally returned.

Uncle Chen opened his mouth. He wanted to ask where the young master had been all these years, or how he had been faring.

In the end, he said nothing.

The sky was high and the sea vast. He no longer had the qualifications to stand by the young master's side and shield him from the elements.

A ray of sunlight pierced through the tavern. The noisy sounds around them gradually faded. Uncle Chen realized that at some point, everyone else in the tavern had vanished. In the vast world, only the two of them remained.

The sun rose in the east.

"Uncle Chen, I will be going to a very distant place next."

The youth narrowed his eyes, his voice calm and light.

Uncle Chen was stunned, a trace of melancholy on his face. "With your talent, Young Master, this world is truly too small for you. This old servant is already content to have seen you again and resolved the knot in his heart."

This pond was ultimately too shallow to contain a true dragon, and the young master was that true dragon. Uncle Chen understood this clearly.

After this parting, they might never meet again in this lifetime.

The youth nodded expressionlessly, rose from his seat, and walked out of the tavern.

The old man also stood up. A thousand words turned into a long sigh. He bowed deeply toward the receding figure. The infinitely elongated shadow covered the old man.

"This old servant wishes Young Master a journey to the pinnacle of the Dao."

When he looked up again, only he remained in the world, facing the rising sun.

By the time he snapped out of his daze, brilliant green light illuminated the entire world, brimming with boundless vitality.

The immortal divine medicine—Eternal Evergreen Vine.

A familiar voice sounded in Uncle Chen's mind.

"Uncle Chen, take care."

...

Su Chen had left the Eternal Evergreen Vine with Uncle Chen.

The immortal divine medicine could completely heal Uncle Chen's injuries and allow him to live another life. As for himself, he returned once more to the Main God Space. He still had two hundred and seventy billion points remaining.

Su Chen began closed-door cultivation again.

...

Outside Heavenly Eastern Dao Province.

A vast and boundless world sparkled like countless stars, illuminating the endless darkness and converging into a magnificent realm. Orthodoxies stood tall and powerhouses were countless.

Zhao Wudi, the ancestor of the Zhao Clan, had risen from a small world within Heavenly Eastern Dao Province. He had crossed seven Emperor tribulations and ultimately proved his Dao to become a supreme Great Emperor. Unrivaled throughout history, his talent covered the ages.

By chance, he had entered a world far broader than Heavenly Eastern Dao Province.

Profound Clear Heaven Sect.

Zhao Wudi had successfully joined the Profound Clear Heaven Sect with his seventh-level aptitude. He had thought he could shine within the sect with his talent, but he was wrong—terribly wrong.

Even though he had once been an unrivaled genius of his world. In the eyes of the Profound Clear Heaven Sect, such worlds numbered in the billions.

A seventh-level aptitude genius who was the greatest in his world's history? The Profound Clear Heaven Sect had hundreds of millions of them. Not to mention those with eighth-level, ninth-level, and even the legendary tenth-level aptitudes.

Zhao Wudi felt like he was staring at an insurmountable chasm. After struggling for over a million years, his cultivation had only barely reached the Second Tribulation Ruler realm, while those with ninth-level aptitudes who had joined at the same time had already broken through to the Third Tribulation Ruler realm.

Invincible, truly invincible—how lamentable and laughable. Like an ant gazing at the blue sky, the gap on the path of the Great Dao left Zhao Wudi in despair. Perhaps he would never break through to the Tenth Tribulation Ruler realm before falling in this life.

Just as Zhao Wudi's Dao heart shattered and he fell into despair, losing all faith and wanting to return from the Profound Clear Heaven Sect to Heavenly Eastern Dao Province. He sensed an aura that stirred his bloodline, leaving him in disbelief...

After leaving Heavenly Eastern Dao Province and spending many years in the Profound Clear Heaven Sect, Zhao Wudi naturally knew many secrets. So-called divine or sacred bodies from the lower realms amounted to nothing in the upper world. In a place like the Profound Clear Heaven Sect, even the guard dogs could easily crush such so-called divine or sacred bodies.

This greater world contained many profound physiques. Those born with them stood at the pinnacle of all beings from the moment of their birth, mastering Dao realms that countless geniuses could not reach in a lifetime. There were even the legendary immortal physiques, which innately carried a sliver of a chance to attain immortality!

Zhao Wudi's heartbeat slowed by half a beat. Because what he had encountered was precisely one of the legendary immortal physiques! And this immortal physique belonged to his own descendant!

Zhao Wudi could not suppress the greed in his heart. He decisively chose to station his true body in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province, sealing off the qi flow. He then contacted the Zhao Clan... Faced with Zhao Wudi revealing his identity, the Zhao Clan found it hard to believe at first but eventually accepted it. Using a bloodline method, they extracted one hundred and eight Great Dao Immortal Bones from the young Zhao Chen.

Although Zhao Wudi had taken the one hundred and eight Great Dao Immortal Bones from the young Zhao Chen, he still made a move to protect the child's life. He left the Zhao Clan with vast resources. Rebuilding the foundations for a Great Emperor was not difficult.

The Zhao Clan gained countless resources and produced several Quasi-Emperors. Zhao Wudi obtained the one hundred and eight Great Dao Immortal Bones and, in just a few thousand years, went from an ordinary disciple in the Profound Clear Heaven Sect to a rising star. With immortal aptitude, he caught the eye of an Emperor Lord of the sect, who took him as a disciple. He became a man above men, a true legacy disciple of the ages!

"This is immortal aptitude... What a wonderful feeling. The Great Dao is within reach!"

Zhao Wudi's heart once again filled with the belief of invincibility, just as it had been back in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province. He wanted to sweep through all the geniuses of this immortal land. He wanted to become an Emperor Lord, or even... attain immortality!

This was Zhao Wudi's ambition!

The one hundred and eight Great Dao Immortal Bones were his source of confidence. His cultivation speed surpassed everyone in the Profound Clear Heaven Sect. Any Dao techniques, martial arts, or divine abilities were as clear as lines on his palm. There were no bottlenecks in his cultivation. What had previously taken him a million years to advance a small realm now took only a few thousand years to go from Second Tribulation Ruler to Third Tribulation Ruler!

Zhao Wudi recalled that several thousand years ago, roughly a decade or so after obtaining the Great Dao Immortal Bones, he had sensed one of his thoughts left in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province being extinguished. Even the bloodline he had left there had vanished. Perhaps they had been killed by a powerful enemy. But they were merely bloodline descendants. If they died, so be it. As long as he lived, the Zhao Clan would not perish. It might even rise to new heights of glory.

He had chosen not to return to Heavenly Eastern Dao Province. After all, his aptitude was not truly his own... It had been stolen from his descendant. While such acts were common in the cultivation world, they were not exactly honorable. Zhao Wudi did not want to expose himself and invite unnecessary trouble.

But now, after breaking through in his cultivation, Zhao Wudi suddenly recalled the destruction of the Zhao Clan in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province. He wanted to know who was behind it all!

Chapter 366: The Main God Space (Part 22)

Inside the Main God Space.

Su Chen had finally exhausted his remaining two hundred and seventy billion points. His cultivation had reached the peak of the Third Tribulation Ruler. Only four thousand years had passed since he began cultivating.

With his points depleted, Su Chen had no choice but to leave the cultivation space.

"The Main God Space truly lives up to its name. It claims that points can accomplish anything, even providing opportunities to attain immortality."

In the Main God Space, points were everything. Any divine body, sacred body, mysterious physique, or even the legendary immortal-level aptitude could be exchanged. The only problem was the astronomical number of points required...

Although Su Chen's two hundred and seventy billion points were a lot, they felt insufficient for his cultivation needs. The Main God Space's divine envoys were either working on missions or on their way to the next one, never daring to stop for even a moment to earn more points.

The cruel rules of the Main God Space meant that once one stopped progressing, the next dungeon might well be their last.

After becoming an Emperor, Su Chen's dungeon levels had changed from the so-called one, two, three, four... into a unified great world mission.

Su Chen scanned his surroundings but did not immediately accept a mission. He returned once more to Heavenly Eastern Dao Province.

The red coffin and the great mountain had both disappeared. Su Chen still had no clues.

"Hmm?"

Su Chen sensed a familiar aura approaching.

The living beings of Heavenly Eastern Dao Province looked up and witnessed a horrifying scene. A white figure emerged from the void and arrived directly at the world's barrier!

Before the barrier could even touch the white figure, it shattered like a mirror, faintly reflecting another world.

"Could the legends be true? Does the so-called immortal realm really exist?"

All the decayed ones were moved. They had already fallen and were willing to sacrifice everything for longevity. Now that they saw the legendary "immortal realm" truly existed, they gained a new belief. Besides longevity, they wanted to transcend this world, enter the legendary "immortal realm," and step into higher realms of cultivation!

What they did not know was that in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province, they were rare geniuses seen once in ten thousand years, former supreme beings who had become Emperors. But in the immortal lands, they did not even qualify to serve as mere resources. How could they possibly leave this world and enter the immortal lands?

The immortal lands had no need for trash!

Uncle Chen, who had already become a Quasi-Emperor, looked up from the void. He gazed at that indistinct place. The figure's back looked very familiar to him. As the massive hole disappeared, Uncle Chen knew he might never see the young master again.

Uncle Chen smiled.

With the disappearance of the rift, Su Chen directly transcended this world. Transcending was as easy as flipping his hand for him now. He needed no recognition from heaven and earth... In fact, it could be said that the Heavenly Dao did not dare obstruct Su Chen's transcendence!

He was powerful enough to easily crush everything in Heavenly Eastern Dao Province.

After transcending Heavenly Eastern Dao Province and seeing a far broader world, Su Chen remained unsurprised. His expression stayed calm as he looked in one direction. There, he sensed a familiar aura.

At the same time, Zhao Wudi, who had located Heavenly Eastern Dao Province and used the Profound Clear Heaven Sect's cross-realm teleportation array to arrive nearby, suddenly stopped. He looked around.

In an instant, the surrounding space trembled. Black currents formed a Taotie phantom that tried to swallow and crush Zhao Wudi in one bite.

Zhao Wudi was shocked. He had walked into an ambush. In a single moment, he connected everything and roared, "Was it you who killed the bloodline I left behind?"

A bone appeared between his brows, spraying boundless immortal light that pierced straight through the terrifying Taotie phantom.

Before he could feel any joy, his entire body stiffened the next instant.

Boom!

Zhao Wudi's head exploded. A bone brimming with endless immortal energy appeared in Su Chen's hand. The headless body of Zhao Wudi had not fully died. A divine sense caught a clear look at Su Chen's face. It was a handsome white-robed youth. That was not what mattered. Zhao Wudi sensed a familiar bloodline aura from the white-robed youth, though it was very faint and thin.

"You are from my Zhao Clan?"

A terrifying thought suddenly surfaced in Zhao Wudi's mind. Could this terrifying youth before him be his own descendant?

Su Chen did not answer Zhao Wudi. He toyed with the bone in his hand. His body's origin trembled and connected tightly with it. In an instant, countless chains surged from between his brows, pulling the bone back into his forehead. It fused completely with his body. Su Chen's physique transformed at once, as if an immortal god had returned to the world, shattering the surrounding space.

This was one of Su Chen's innate immortal bones. As it merged with him, everything about the Zhao Clan in this life became crystal clear in his mind. His aptitude in this life had not been poor at all. He had possessed one hundred and eight immortal bones, each containing terrifying power. Such aptitude, even in his previous life's Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain, would have been unmatched by more than a handful across a hundred eras of silence and rebirth.

Driven by greed, Zhao Wudi had excavated Zhao Chen's immortal bones. The Zhao Clan, also driven by greed, had destroyed his entire branch and tried to eliminate him completely.

When Zhao Wudi saw the immortal bone pulled out and effortlessly fuse with Su Chen, realization dawned on him. "You... you are that child from back then?"

How could he have reached this level in just a few thousand years?

Regret filled Zhao Wudi's heart. Why had he not slapped that child to death back then to eliminate future troubles?

All his regrets now were futile.

Su Chen looked at Zhao Wudi. A rare trace of contempt appeared in his eyes.

"Mediocre talent daring to defy the heavens. You cannot even bring out one ten-thousandth of the immortal bone's power."

Mediocre talent? He, the great Emperor of the Zhao Clan, its founder, the unrivaled existence of Heavenly Eastern Dao Province, was being called a mediocre talent to his face by a descendant!

Zhao Wudi looked again. His consciousness blurred as he sensed a terrifying force he could not resist.

"Damn it! This Emperor should have killed you back then! So what if you took one immortal bone? This Emperor still has one hundred and seven more!"

Zhao Wudi's body vanished.

Su Chen used the power of the immortal bone to directly erase Zhao Wudi.

Su Chen's body had been missing one hundred and eight origin bones in total. Killing this immortal bone avatar of Zhao Wudi had only allowed him to reclaim one.

After destroying Zhao Wudi's avatar and reclaiming one immortal bone, Su Chen's figure disappeared from the world once more. He returned to the Main God Space.

At that moment.

After the battle between Su Chen and Zhao Wudi, the space continued to compress. In another dimension, a terrifying being gazed down upon the scene.

"Strange... why has the aura disappeared again?"

If Su Chen were still there, he would have recognized exactly what that existence was.

An immortal—a flawless true immortal!

Zhao Wudi had merely been a chess piece in his hands... He seemed to be luring something.

Unfortunately, he had gained nothing this time.

But it did not matter.

Zhao Wudi still had one hundred and seven immortal bones left.

There were still one hundred and seven more chances... He would definitely win!