In the bird’s nest, the nestlings were chirping and waiting to be fed. At the riverside, the flower petals drifted along with the wind, and the fragrance of the flowers was carried by the wind. There was a small village full of spiritual energy, that village had the same vibe as Xiao Chen’s hometown. The lively village was similar to that small mountain village beside the Yellow River. Xiao Chen suspected he was in a dream.

Two months had passed in an instant. Xiao Chen’s body was slowly recovering. Although he was in a critical situation, abundant life energy was stored in the nine divinized acupoints. The life energy didn’t rush out all at once, but a little bit would leak out everyday to heal his aging organs. Because of that, Xiao Chen’s condition was maintained at a very subtle equilibrium.

His flame of life was still burning, his power was still the same as before. Xiao Chen’s heart was filled with immense battle intent, he wished he could go back to Celestial City immediately.

However, he knew that he was far from strong enough to survive in Celestial City. After thinking about it calmly, his agitated heart gradually calmed down.

Standing on the stone bridge, he looked at his white-haired self reflected in the water. Xiao Chen remained silent. This time, he was completely and thoroughly defeated…… He had lost too much in Celestial City, too much. His felt completely empty.

He had lost faith in humanity. People would fight for fame, profit, romance, love, hate, and enmity, but what for?

He lost a friend, Fairsky had betrayed their friendship, he pulled out a sword and attacked him with no regards. He lost Keke, its body and soul were destroyed.

He lost two hundred years of his lifespan. That was equivalent to two lifetimes of a normal person. However, he didn’t manage to fill the gaps in his heart. He would never forget about the crushing defeat that night.

He ran away from Celestial City!

Xiao Chen had lost too much, he felt a heart ripping pain. He didn’t want to make a childish vow nor shout out his goal. He kept this pain to himself as he was thinking back to those events in silence. He was reflecting upon it calmly.

He was too frivolous and flamboyant. His recognition of human nature was too little. Fame, benefits, power, romance, love, hate, enmity…… interweaved to form one huge net that nobody in this world could hide from. He must sharpen himself.

Does that mean he has to endure patiently and continue to escape?

No! Youthfulness wouldn’t last that long. It was needless to repress his natural instincts. He was a free and spontaneous person, restraining himself would only have negative effect on his life.

What he needed was to reflect upon it. He needed to be even more experienced, to the point that he could be called shrewd and ruthless. He had to become more mature, and polish himself from the craggy corner.

It was not a compromise. He was not discouraged. Rather, this was a transformation for the purpose of enriching his life.

He had to learn from this crushing defeat. Being seasoned did not mean to lose the drive, or even one’s prime. The passion would never stop burning, those feelings would build up his confidence even more.

The only thing that should be changed was his methods, his heart would remain the same forever!

Xiao Chen stood quietly on the stone bridge, thinking deeply.

Qing Qing’s grandfather was taking a stroll and walked towards the stone bridge. The old man was beaming with smiles all day long. He seemed very kind and benevolent.

“Thinking about something?”

“Just reflecting.”

The old man chuckled and said, “Experiencing defeat is not scary at all, the most important thing is how you look upon the defeat. If those outstanding individuals never experienced defeat, they would always remain at the level of just ‘outstanding’. We need to go through constant hardships before we come to understand its true meaning. I was also a frivolous youngster during my years. I had stirred up too much trouble because of my arrogance. I truly had too many bitter experiences. Having power is one thing, but how you use that power is the most important point. Don’t be like those who are easily swayed from left to right, but you also must have a superior means to face the storm.”

Xiao Chen smiled and heeded the advice.

“Elder, how about I treat you to some drinks.”

“Let’s go then! I almost forgot, the one Qing Qing saved is a millionaire who carries a few hundred thousand gold plates! Even if you buy all the best wine from Granny Phoebe, there will be enough to last for several years.”

Six hundred thousand gold plates, that was the award money given when Keke won the title of the Southern Wasteland Beast King. Every time he saw these gold plates, he would recall the little thing and experience a heart ripping pain.

Thinking about it, he really was a millionaire. He hadn’t spent the eight hundred thousand gold coins from selling Pasteur. It’s just that… the money were still with the Zhuge fatty.

“It’s not that I am stingy, but these few hundred thousand gold coins, I really don’t want to touch them. That will only make me feel bad. However, you don’t have to worry. I went to the deep forest and picked up a Nonafrond Grass. I already delivered it to Granny Phoebe. It should be enough to trade for a dozen bottles of the best wine.”

“Haha… that’s great, that should be enough for the both of us.” The old man laughed heartily.

Xiao Chen sincerely respected this benevolent and optimistic old man. The old man was very amiable, but the depth of his power couldn’t simply be described as unfathomable.

What made Xiao Chen the most shocked was that, in this village, there were more than ten elders about the same age as this old man.

What he learned from the little fatty Oxman was that, this Pure Land was the hiding place of the previously well known practitioners from the Jungle Tribe and the Beastmen. Just what kind of past did they possess, nobody knew. According to Oxman, even his grandmother was respectful towards these people. Using the little fatty’s words, the people at this place were “impressive” figures.

Xiao Chen guessed the elders in this Pure Land must have had extremely glorious past. However, they wanted to live a simple life, thus they gathered in this secluded region.

Not a lot of people would come here to disturb these elders, other than a few special cases. In regards to the Jungle Tribe and the Beastmen, this place was a true paradise.

Beyond this Pure Land were numerous Jungle Tribes and Beastmen Tribes, covering thousands of miles of territory. It was impossible to count just how many ancient tribes were in these territories.

This place was Northwest of the Celestial City, but within the whole picture of the immortal’s mainland, this was located at the Southwest border. It was close neighbor to the Middle Earth.

If one could fly, it would only take one day to get to Middle Earth.

Granny Phoebe’s small pub was out in the open. There were only a few sets of table and chair arranged in front of the small wooden house. Many elders would visit the pub everyday. They could already smell the fascinating aroma of the liquor from very far away. These were not just any normal wines. Xiao Chen had experienced it himself. These could even be said to be godlike wines that directly intoxicated the very bones.

Although these elders were very kind and amiable, Xiao Chen didn’t dare to slight them. He would smile at each and every elder to show his respect.

“Xiao Chen, your body is too weak, your life energy is pathetically low. Today, I will teach you a skill and how to refine your body. I guarantee that your life energy will slowly recover.”

The Elder Turtle was a beastman, because his beast soul was originally that of a turtle, everyone including Xiao Chen addressed him as Elder Turtle. However, at their current level of power, they already looked completely human.

The Elder Turtle’s posture was rather… awkward. He was just like a big turtle crawling in the sky, but his mouth was opening and closing unceasingly as traces of world essence flowed into his mouth like water.

Elder Ye reminded, “Xiao Chen, you should learn this without delay. This is a wonderful technique to maintain good health by seizing the essence of the world. It is a rare ability to maintain long life.”

Xiao Chen thanked them hastily and crawled in the sky awkwardly. He diligently listened the Elder Turtle’s guidance and carefully savour it. He couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, even their martial arts were, too wonderful for words.

“Hehe… young uncle, what are you doing?” Qing Qing walked over from outside the village as she giggled.

“Plop!”

Xiao Chen was shocked and fell onto the ground.

“Hehe, uncle, don’t get too excited. Actually, your posture just now was very accurate. I couldn’t learn it no matter what.”

Elder Turtle stroked his white heard as he said with a smile, “Little girl, don’t make fun of him. Although the posture is not very good-looking, it is a genuine skill that can save your life. Every time I wanted to teach you, you would run away.”

Just because she was pure, it didn’t mean she was simple-minded. Qing Qing could even be said to be very bright. She had a creative mind. This intelligent girl was the favorite of every elder in this village.

She smiled brilliantly and said, “Oh, that’s right. Qing Qing will seek out Elder Turtle to teach me in the future.” Speaking until here, she turned around to face Xiao Chen and said, “Uncle, are you really going to the sacred mountain with brother fatty? That place is very dangerous. You are still in poor health, you shouldn’t take risks.”

Hearing this, every elder in the pub looked at Xiao Chen. Elder Ye said, “There is only a one out of ten chance to survive, not many people dare to take the risk. It is too dangerous.”

Elder Turtle also said, “It’s too dangerous. If I was not forced into a corner at that time, I definitely wouldn’t go there and take my chances.”

The beastmen’s sacred mountain, that was the most mysterious land. Legends had it that it was a “Cypreus Furnace” successfully refined by ancestor god Suirenshi. The furnace was supposedly capable of smelting anything in the world.

However, for some reason, the Cypreus Furnace transformed into a sacred mountain and became a place where the saintly souls gathered. The souls of many fallen warriors would gather at that place.

Of course, that was only part of the secret that everyone was aware of. Legends have it that the sacred mountain possessed even more secrets that even the prophets and ancestors of various beastmen tribes didn’t know about.

“I really want to go… I want to try and see if I can summon Keke’s soul at that place.”

Xiao Chen did not hide his origin. These elders knew how he managed to make it to this Pure Land.

Granny Phoebe walked out from the small wooden house. Although she had a head full of white hair, her face was very beautiful. If one said she was senile, that was definitely wrong, but it was not appropriate to say she was young either. She smiled towards Xiao Chen and said, “Yesterday, the Nonafrond Grass you procured was very effective. It is enough to brew fifty jar of fairy wine.” After that, she said with slight concern, “Since you want to take your chances, nobody here will stop you. But we must remind you again, that place is truly very dangerous. I will teach you a self-protection skill.”

Speaking until here, Granny Phoebe became very solemn as she chanted, “The universe contain emptiness, the heart harbors the world, grant life to my imagination, shadows produced from my body…”

Granny Phoebe looked very dignified at that moment, she flew up in a whirl and made all kinds of complicated movements. Her hands kept forming one seal after another. A star sign appeared over her head from thin air and let off millions of streaks of light. It was so bright that it blinded everyone!

Elder Ye faced Xiao Chen and said, “Quick, memorize it immediately. That is the highest form of every seal technique known in legends, the Seal of Aquarius!”

Xiao Chen moved his body as his heart desired as he listened to Granny Phoebe’s instructions. While he was savouring all the information, he began to form the Seal of Aquarius.

Granny Phoebe was a clan member of the Jungle Tribe. She was extremely proficient in the laws of nature. She could use her systematic spells to wrest control of nature’s power. The Seal of Aquarius was the supreme technique she perfected by combining it with the Buddhist’s star sign.

Xiao Chen immersed himself in this ethereal state and sensed the Seal of Aquarius’ formidable power. He had a feeling, once this technique reached its peak state, it could swallow up the sun and the moon.

On the other side, Qing Qing also danced like a butterfly. Her slender fingers were forming the seals unceasingly. A crystallized star sign appeared on top of her head, she looked as pure as a goddess. She spoke to herself, “Every time I see Granny Phoebe forming the seals, it gives me a different feeling. I wonder when will I be able to form the seals.”

“Your aptitude is not bad.” After seeing that Xiao Chen had memorized the fundamentals, Granny Phoebe gave her evaluation.

One must know that Xiao Chen was naturally gifted on the path of austerities. However, in the eyes of these people, he had just barely passed. It was enough to indicate how powerful and incomprehensible they were. These elders once had unknown “pasts”. They had seen one too many gifted practitioners, and they were naturally one of those well-known figures.

Qing Qing was very clever, she giggled and told Xiao Chen, “Uncle, why don’t you hurry up and buy some wine. Treat everyone here to their heart’s content, and they might just teach you a skill. Then you will reap endless benefits for a lifetime.”

Xiao Chen knew she was helping him with good intention. Of course, he was not a blockhead and immediately treated these elders to fine liquors.

“Khhhh! This is the stuff!”

The doors of many wooden houses in the village were pushed open. Once they heard someone was going to treat them, many elders turned up without being invited with a chuckle.

In reality, these elders didn’t think closed door training was worth doing. Training on a regular basis was not that important to them. Every time a youngster from the beastmen or Jungle tribe came, they would give them pointers heartily.

Even though Xiao Chen was practicing the profound technique of the ancient monolith himself, he still felt that the techniques occasionally revealed by these elders were top-notch abilities. If he could learn a few of them and compare them, it would be very beneficial for his training.

Life in the Pure Land was a simple one. It was one without prestige and full of livelihood. There’s no fighting and scheming here, nor was there a scramble for power and profit. Compared to Celestial City, this was truly a paradise. It made Xiao Chen feel as if being in the Celestial City was already a thing from the distant past.

In the following month, Xiao Chen learned a few difficult to understand profound arts from the elders. Every time when he truly comprehended these arts, he would always have this one thought; could these elders be gods? How did they manage to create such powerful secret arts? It seemed like they were not one bit weaker than the secret arts of the ancient monolith!

Time passed by quickly, it had already been four months since Xiao Chen arrived at the Pure Land. His bodily functions were mostly recovered. His state was situated at a subtle equilibrium. He decided to take action now. He’s going to the beastmen’s sacred mountain with Oxman in an attempt to summon Keke’s soul.

1. N/a

After that chaotic night, three days had already passed. Many secret operations were taking place in Celestial City. As for the events that occurred that day, many people were passing various judgments. Although the major clans were powerful and influential, it was impossible for them to keep this under wraps for long.

The Fair family was undoubtedly dejected. Three of their demigods were killed. It was a disastrous loss. Even half of their official residences was razed to the ground. They had completely lost face.

The power of the tiger clan was obvious to all. Although their base was as far as the Middle Earth, the major clans in the South still had no choice but to be careful when associating with them. Other than the Undying Sect and the Solitary clan, almost no other clan could stand up to them.

What’s rare was that, during the event this time, the tiger clan also did not get off lightly. Their millennium long reputation had been harmed.

The news spread all over the South quickly, and people were discussing it spiritedly. The major clans were on the negative side of this news, but there was no way around it. It was impossible to keep this news from spreading.

Xiao Chen’s feat that night, was admittedly the focal point of the discussion, but even more people were discussing the bizarre event brought about by the snow-white little critter. Many people forecasted that ten odd years from now, there would inevitably be huge chaos in the world of immortals.

The origins of the little critter was too extraordinary!

Back in those days, when Buddha and Laozi’s previous generations died, this had also happened. It invited devastating disorder on earth for a lifetime. And perhaps, this time, an even bigger gate of catastrophe would be pried open.

The rumor was spread all over the South.

And for those who knew what was really going on, such as the old masters of the tiger clan and the antiques in the South, they only shook their heads in silence.

When the entirety of the South was abuzz, Xiao Chen’s whereabouts were unknown. Nobody in the Celestial City knew which way he went.

The flowers were brightly colored, the sweet scent of the grass and the smell of the soil made this place even more vivid and real.

Xiao Chen’s eyes were brimming with tears as he fixed his gaze ahead. Looking at his gray-haired parents, looking at that elegant figure he was familiar with, he couldn’t believe all of this was real.

Could it be that he had caused a spatial distortion and really returned to his hometown?

However, when he concentrated his mind and walked over step by step, all of this disappeared. The sky was still blue, the flowers were still fragrant, the scenery was as usual. It truly had a striking resemblance to his hometown. Only that, his gray-haired parents and girlfriend were not there. The village already disappeared for a long time and couldn’t be seen.

“It is a dream in the end…” Xiao Chen heaved a sigh, “But why was it so realistic?”

He took a step forward, this plain was filled with a sea of beautiful flowers as far as the eye could see. Flowers of all colors made mother earth brim with spiritual energy.

There were also many small animals that were not afraid of people as they looked at Xiao Chen with curiosity. The long-eared snow-white rabbit and gorgeous multicolored deer were running all around Xiao Chen.

The dense spiritual energy here was like a thin layer of mist. The flowers and grass in the surroundings looked extremely gorgeous under the illumination of the sun.

“Just where is this place?” Xiao Chen was filled with doubts. This was really like an extraordinarily pure land, without any profane vibes. Even the little animals were not startled by people. This really was a little shocking.

The true realm of immortals might be like this, with spiritual energy adrift, as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Xiao Chen soared into the sky. He wanted to see everything in the surroundings clearly from a higher position. The instant he rose to the sky, he suddenly felt like three more suns appeared. All four directions had a sun respectively, he lost his sense of direction.

Confusion!

This was not an ordinary place. It had a mysterious power that made people lose their sense of direction. Xiao Chen felt that the sky was gorgeous, his surroundings were actually filled with many flowers and plants.

It made him incomparably shocked. The vegetation floating in the sky was similar to the ones on the ground; there were dense spiritual energy lingering on the plants.

Could it be that there was a huge illusion spell shrouding this entire area?

Xiao Chen did not move around recklessly. He slowly descended to the grassland and when he raised his head to look again, there was only one gentle sun hanging in the sky. Everything that he had seen earlier was gone.

This was not a simple place, Xiao Chen lamented as such. After settling on a direction, he walked forward with large strides.

However, after walking for about an hour, he found that he had returned to his original location. There were still traces of when he was lying down unconscious earlier.

“Just what kind of place have I gotten myself into?” Xiao Chen frowned.

After calming down, he carefully probed his surroundings. Just at this moment, a speck of light suddenly blossomed in his body. The rainbow-colored sacred tree was shaking a little in his body.

The sacred tree was actually still within his body, but it was no longer linked to the nine divinized acupoints. Xiao Chen couldn’t borrow the divine power from it any longer.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Chen guided the sacred tree out of his body. The treasured tree shook slightly in his hand, and the dense spiritual energy in the surroundings was all dispersed. It was like a dense fog had been cut open. Everything before Xiao Chen’s eyes became clear, he had once more regained his sense of direction.

No longer hesitating, he held the treasured tree in his hand and flew forward at low altitude.

As such, he advanced like this for no less than five hundred miles. He could already see the forest up ahead. He was finally about to get out of this sea of flowers.

At the border zone of the sea of flowers, there was a towering rocky hill there, with a few big characters carved on it: Maze of Flowers.

The calligraphic touch was forceful. Xiao Chen only recognized these characters after pondering for a while, because those characters were really too old.

“So the pure land behind me is called the Maze of Flowers. What a fitting name.”

The verdant forest ahead didn’t seem like it was barren. On the contrary, it was auspicious and peaceful.

“Did you come out from the Maze of Flowers?” A delicate voice was transmitted from close by with hints of doubt.

Xiao Chen turned his head to look, he only saw an elegant girl with an otherworldly vibe. She was standing quietly in between the flower trees.

The eyes were the windows to a man’s soul. Her beautiful eyes were as pure as limpid autumn waters and she had long eyelashes. She gave people the impression of a lovable and naive little girl. Her beautiful nose was sticking out elegantly, her red lips were moist, and her pearly white teeth were as lustrous as pearls.

The girl’s delicate body was like a soft willow, graceful yet delicate. It was not an exaggeration to say she was a perfect beauty. Her long black hair was bright and reflected the light. It spread out naturally until her waist. She was wearing a white dress. The girl was so beautiful, as if she was a fairy that came out of a painting.

The girl was extremely beautiful and elegant, yet she had an unworldly vibe. It just so happened that she was looking at Xiao Chen in wonder. Her long eyelashes flickered as she blinked her eyes, it was suffused with her sincerity.

She was like a gentle wind that lightly brushed past. The otherworldly girl gave people a breathtaking feeling. She was like the spotlessly white flower atop the faintly discernible mountain of immortals. She was that special.

“Uncle, why are you not saying anything?” The melodious sound carried a hint of doubt.

Uncle? Xiao Chen was shocked. He was left speechless after touching his long snow-white hair.

“Uncle, you have already walked out from the Maze of Flowers, all of these are not illusions.” Speaking until here, the girl retrieved a bottle from the wicker basket hanging on her arm. Then she said, “Uncle, please drink this blest clear water. This way, you can break away from the illusions faster.” As she said this, she tossed the bottle over carefully. One could tell that she was a little precautious and didn’t want to get too close.

Xiao Chen picked up the bottle and twisted off the lid. The fragrance immediately penetrated deeply into the heart. With a “Gulp!” he downed the blest clear water. After the grievous event, he had yet to drink or eat anything in the following three days. He was honestly feeling a little thirsty. After finishing the drink, his entire body felt relaxed. The pores all over his body seemed to have opened up. He realized that the blest clear water was not an ordinary item. It had already washed his fatigue away.

“Uncle, you sure can drink.” The girl had a benevolent glance. She smiled lightly and made people feel as if they had been cleansed by the spring wind. It was a very infectious smile. It was like a clear spring in the desert, like an oasis in the middle of Gobi Desert.

Xiao Chen returned the bottle to the girl and asked with a gentle voice, “Do I really look that old? I shouldn’t be that much older compared to you.”

The elegant girl nodded her head seriously, then she shook her head and said, “Young uncle.”

Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. This unworldly girl was indeed very special. However, it was very easy to generate favorable impression.

After experiencing all kinds of dangerous events in Celestial City. Seeing a spirited girl like this was just like a clear spring that trickled past the dry land.

“Where is this place?”

“This is heaven.” The girl exposed a mischievous smile, two tiny dimples appeared on her cheeks. She was somewhat cute and charming.

“How about you?”

“Naturally, I am an angel in heaven.”

Coming across such a mischievous girl, Xiao Chen also smiled involuntarily as he said, “Tell me quickly, this is very important to me.”

“Oh, alright. This is the Pure Land. Some great-grandpas and grandmas are living here in seclusion. Uncle, how did you find this place?” The girl was blinking her big eyes in a daze, her long eyelashes were quivering. She creased her tender nose and appeared very cute and lively.

“I also have no idea how I got here, how far is this place from Celestial City?”

“So far!” The girl was shocked as she looked at Xiao Chen, and said, “This is five million miles away from the Southern Wasteland. Uncle, how did you run so far?” ⌈¹⌋

He kneaded his temples, Xiao Chen felt an indescribable exhaustion. Although the blest clear water had already washed away his exhaustion, he was still feeling tired. He knew his body was slightly ill, but even more so were his spirits.

“Uncle, why don’t you come to our village first, your condition doesn’t seem that good.”

“Thank you.”

Xiao Chen followed the girl in white dress silently as they pushed their way through the beautiful forest.

“Uncle, do you have a load on your mind? If you don’t look at where you’re going, you will bump into that big tree.”

With her warning, Xiao Chen dodged instinctively. It resulted in the gentle laughter of the girl, “Uncle, you are so amusing. I was lying, why you are not paying attention to the road.”

“Uncle is very tired.”

“Young uncle, cheer up. Don’t look that dispirited. Look, isn’t the forest beautiful? Grandpa told me every tree here possess intelligence. One of them was planted personally by the ancestor god Fuxi. If you can find it, you can be relieved from all your worries. It can grant you any wish.”

On the way, the girl was singing and talking cheerfully. She was running all over the place. Even when running into a young deer, she would call out to it in a friendly manner. Inside the wicker basket, other than herbal medicines, it was also filled with various wild flowers.

“Uncle, I seldomly come across people I don’t know, tell me about all the interesting things out there.” The girl was as lively as a fairy. From start to finish, she was very cheerful and was full of vitality.

“Uncle, why are you not talking anymore?”

“Plop!” Xiao Chen blacked out and fell into the flower thickets.

“Gasp! Uncle, are you alright?” The girl circumvent a few ancient trees with agile steps as she ran over to support Xiao Chen. Then she said with astonishment, “Young uncle, your life energy is very weak. It seems like you don’t have much time left.”

The girl lightly waved her slender fingers. A crystal clear radiance spilled down and shrouded Xiao Chen within. After that, she was humming some unknown song with her melodious voice as she walked forward with agile steps. Xiao Chen was floating in the crystal clear radiance as it followed behind the girl’s back.

After advancing for approximately ten miles, the beautiful forest gradually became thinly spread as a small village revealed itself in front of them. There was spiritual energy drifting in the air, and the sunlight filtered through the leaves, it really looked like paradise.

There were pavilions and kiosks in the gardens, small bridges over running water, fragrant flowers and plants. The scenery was incomparably beautiful.

It seemed like there were only a few dozen households in this small village. All of them were small wooden house, each and every one of the house resembled a big mushroom. The roofs were full of rattans. The emerald green leaves and bright-colored flowers were flickering with specks of light.

The young girl ran towards a courtyard with two wooden houses. She pushed open the wooden gate as she called out with a lively yet mischievous voice, “Grandpa, I’m back.”

“Qing Qing, you are back.” A gray-haired old man with child-like face pushed the door of the wooden house open as he walked into the courtyard.

“Un! Grandpa, I picked up an uncle on the way back.”

“……”

The reason why Xiao Chen lost consciousness was because the drainage of his life energy was too excessive. Many organs in his body were aging rapidly. Although it had yet to show on the outside, his qi and blood were clearly very weak. This time, he fainted for no less than half a month. During this time, he vaguely heard the old man’s words.

“If not for the treasured tree that’s hidden in his body, he might be in danger. In addition to that, there are nine bizarre acupuncture points providing hints of life energy to his body. Otherwise, with his remaining lifespan, it would be very hard to keep his organs working normally.”

“The young uncle is so pitiful.”

Another half month passed like this before there were signs of Xiao Chen gradually waking up.

It was already a little more than one month since that nightmare. Just when the Celestial City had calmed down, more news spread like wildfire; that the Fair family and the tiger clan were going to connect by marriage. Although they had yet to make a formal announcement, the rumor was already passed to the outside world. Fairsnow, one of the pearls in the Southern Wasteland, was betrothed to the seventh son of the tiger clan’s master. They were going to complete the marriage during the current year.

This sensational news undoubtedly made secret activities surge up violently in the chaotic Celestial City. Many people could tell how powerful the tiger clan was. Their hands had already reached out from the Middle Earth to the Southern Wasteland. Were they truly trying to expand their power, or were they trying to probe the dragons in the Southern Wasteland? Nobody knew for sure.

During this one month, Xiao Chen was befuddled. He was finally going to regain consciousness.

During this day, beyond the paradise-like village, the roar of a dragon was transmitted over. The thunderous sound tore through the peace and tranquility here.

However, the elders who resided here did not feel angry, they were still as calm as an ancient well. Those who were reading continued to read, those who were taking a stroll continued to stroll, those who were training continued to train.

The young girl who brought Xiao Chen back pushed the fence open in a cheerful mood as she ran towards the outside of the village.

At a distant place, there was a two meters long black dragon. It was flickering with black light that was no different than a black cloud as it ran over quickly. It possessed an Ancestral Dragon head, tiger-like body, Ancestral Dragon tail, and a full body of black scales. It looked extremely warlike.

“Blackie, why are you so late?” Qing Qing lightly stroked the head of the black dragon and happily jumped onto its back.

What’s baffling was that, the proud dragons that normally wouldn’t allow people to ride on them, especially the genuine kings of dragons, was not angry at all. On the contrary, it jumped onto the treetop with the young girl on its back and leapt from one branch to another as if it was flying, leaving behind afterimages in the sky.

Far away, a silly-looking fatty was running over. He was sweating profusely as he waved at the black dragon that was prancing on the tip of branches.

“Brother fatty, how can you take Blackie away for so long and not let it come to see me.”

“We got caught up in a life or death disaster just recently.” The little fatty was gasping for breath in the forest.

“We went to the sacred mountain. I have fused my five beast souls as one. Blackie even seized a strand of dragon qi, as well as the soul of a primal beast king.” The little fatty’s excitement was undisguised.

The young girl, Qing Qing, opened her mouth widely and said with a start, “You guys went to the sacred mountain’s ancient altar? What you can obtain there is the soul of a genuine primal beast! Brother fatty, you are too awesome, you actually fused five souls as one.”

“Just good luck, hehe. Didn’t you notice? Blackie has changed from 1.5 meters to 2 meters. It reaped more benefits than me this time.”

“Oh, that’s right. It was still about one meter long when it left the dragon island with your group. Its improvement is really great this one year.” The young girl nodded before she said, “Oh, by the way, brother fatty, I picked up a strange uncle.”

“Picked… up?” Obviously, the little fatty was bewildered, “Just what kind of person could have charged into the Pure Land?”

“He seemed to have made it through the Maze of Flowers.”

“What, there’s actually someone powerful enough to make it through that scary place?”

“Hehe, I bring you to see him, the young uncle is very handsome.”

After arriving in the wooden house, the little fatty immediately shouted in shock, “Xiao Chen… why is it him?”

“Eh, you know this pitiful uncle?”

“Of course, during the critical moments, if not because of him, our entire group would have died in the hands of the demon.”

Just at this time, Xiao Chen was just about to wake up. He opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a familiar face. A silly-looking fatty was looking at him with a smile.

“Ox…man?”

“It is me! What happened to you, Xiao Chen? Motherf—! Who made you like this, tell me, the great Ox will wipe him out!”

Qing Qing pulled Oxman’s sleeve and said via telepathy, “A lot of his life energy was drained.”

“It’s going to be all right, fear not! I will go to the mysterious sacred mountain. Who knows, we might be able to obtain the soul of an ancestor god. At that time, you will have more than enough life energy for a few generations.” Oxman could see Xiao Chen’s weakened state. He pounded his chest to comfort him.

A coughing sound transmitted from outside. Qing Qing’s grandfather walked in and pulled Oxman’s round face like he was teasing a young child. He was all smiles when he said, “Children’s words carry no harm. Don’t speak nonsense when you don’t understand anything. It wouldn’t be good if you angered the primal beast souls in the sacred mountain.”

The fresh blood flowed along the pole of the halberd, but Xiao Chen was indifferent to it.

He was using the golden divine halberd to pierce the tiger servant and rushed forward in the sky with extreme speed. They crashed into three lofty buildings before Xiao Chen finally let out a howl and brandished the ominous halberd. The tiger servant burst open; his internal organs, four limbs, and head flew in all directions, the stench of blood was dense. The sky was bloody red, the bloody mist drifted in the air, the fishy smell assailed the nostrils, and gave people the desire to throw up.

In the blood-dyed sky, a streak of light rushed out from the bloody mist. It wanted to run far, far away from here. It was the soul of the tiger servant.

The cold glint in Xiao Chen’s eyes flashed. With lightning fast speed, his Undying Wings sliced through the vast sky as he began to give chase.

The jet-black metal engravings in his left hand magnified at high speed. It became as big as a house in the blink of an eye. Xiao Chen ruthlessly smashed the tiger servant’s soul with the jet-black metal engravings that was distributing an endless black fog. Under the rumbling sound, the black lightning was dancing in the sky and annihilated the tiger servant’s soul in a split second. Not even a little bit of soul essence was left over.

Xiao Chen’s power shocked everyone, people were unable to comprehend it, how did he become this powerful so quickly. Moreover, the two ominous weapons in his hands were even more terrifying. They were practically unstoppable and destroyed any materials.

Far away, the tiger woman witnessed all of this. She let out a furious roar. He was originally an insignificant boy, but in the end, he actually killed demigods, and heavily wounded them.

The people from the Fair family was even more furious. They already had two demigods killed by Xiao Chen’s own hands. They were unable to bear such a great loss.

That ten odd meters tall giant from the Fair family let out a grievous roar. He covered at least ten meters with a single step, instantly running over from the sky, and attacked Xiao Chen with his gigantic palm.

The rays of light from the golden divine halberd illuminated the heavens and earth. The murderous aura seemed to pierce through the Ninth Heaven directly. One after another, sparkling ice crystals began to form in the sky as they drifted down unceasingly.

Xiao Chen soared into the sky, he raised the halberd with both hands and swung it downwards. The golden divine radiance sliced through the sky and instantly gave rise to a torrent of blood. The divine halberd had chopped off the giant’s arm. The huge arm brought forth a wide blanket of blood as it fell into the night sky.

“AHHHHHHHHHH!!!” The Fair family’s demigod let out a pained howl. He instantly reverted to his original form, regaining his normal build. With one arm cut off, the pain could even be said to have pervaded his inner heart. His five senses were almost warped and blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Chen was calm and undisturbed. He continued to brandish the divine halberd with a cool face and began his assault again.

The gale rushed forth as Xiao Chen was being surrounded by a black fog. The other demigod from the Fair family came to provide support. His body had completely transformed into the black fog. It was possible for that black fog to even corrode a demigod level expert, but this demigod felt a little powerless when confronting the golden light of the divine halberd. He was heavily wounded the instant Xiao Chen waved it. The black fog was cut apart as the demigod coughed out blood. He reverted to his true body and fell back.

Unwilling to let them off so easily, Xiao Chen rushed over by himself while waving the golden halberd.

That demigod who possessed the Guardian Deity divine ability had a cruel smile on his face. He also rushed towards Xiao Chen, with his body emitting glaring rays of light. This was his most desperate, suicidal attack. He wanted to burn all the life energy in his body to finish off Xiao Chen.

Seeing the malevolent expression on his face, Xiao Chen did not feel anything in the slightest. With a vertical slash of the divine halberd, a streak of bloody light soared into the sky. It was all within his expectations. The demigod who possessed the Guardian Deity divine ability was cut in half from head to toe. Fresh blood wildly gushed out while the corpse exploded.

Xiao Chen made his moves at lightning speed. He instantly pulled out the jet-black metal engravings in his left hand. The metal engravings quickly grew in dimension, from the originally fist-sized engravings, to the size of a building. Xiao Chen grinded the carcass that had just exploded into a meat paste. All the energy waves were smashed to pieces by the jet-black radiance.

By the time Xiao Chen turned around, the demigod from the Fair family that could transform into black fog was long gone. And the tiger woman was already making her way towards the deepest part of the Celestial City.

Demigods were still humans in the end. They cared most about their own lives. The path of asceticism was not easy, they had to pay too much to be able to be at where they are now. Nobody wanted to die a tragic death, especially since they couldn’t win.

The death of three demigods made the remaining two completely lose their will to fight. They were practically unable to resist, so they chose to quickly escape.

Since it was already like this, how could Xiao Chen give up now. With a flap of his Undying Wings, he immediately gave chase. No matter what, he couldn’t let the tiger woman off. Many of these events were directly related to her.

Three of the tiger woman’s Incarnations were pulverized, she was now as pressed as a stray dog. Her arrogant and dominating vibe was no more. It was more vital to run for her life now. Diving down from the sky, she quickly rushed into the complicated streets of the Celestial City. She wanted to hide in the Celestial City, to hide from this Death God.

However, how could Xiao Chen give her this chance? Since the beginning up until now, he had always kept her in check with his spiritual sense. He could let everyone else escape, all except her.

With a roaring gust, Xiao Chen threw the jet-black metal engravings in his hand. The dark clouds rolled over and over, the ink-like waves overflowed in the sky, the black radiance flickered. A streak of light was left behind in the sky as the jet-black metal engravings overtook the old woman in but an instant.

Under the world-shaking thunderous noise, the black-colored lightning tore the space apart as the old woman’s legs were mercilessly swept away by the metal engravings.

A miserable shriek was transmitted over in an instant. The old woman’s legs were completely smashed and transformed into a bloody paste as she fell from the starry sky. This kind of bone shattering pain almost made her crazy.

Xiao Chen quickly caught up. There was no need for words, it was not necessary to say anything, his actions were enough to reveal his intentions. The golden halberd was slashed down diagonally.

“Pfff!”

Blood splashed everywhere. The already deformed arm of the old woman was cut off. The pain made her roll around in the sky. Her ash-colored long hair was already a royal mess and her expression was extremely sinister.

She cursed at Xiao Chen threateningly, “You will ultimately die tragically… the tiger clan will not let you off, your negligible skill only amounts to as much as an ant in the eyes of the Middle Earth’s tiger clan, it’s so insignificant and pathetic…”

An explosion of light flashed as the bloody mist in the sky condensed into icicles. The blood-colored icicles fell down, and even more snowflakes were falling from the sky.

“Pfff!”

With another strike of the divine halberd, the old woman’s other arm was cut off. She let out an inhuman howl. Blood flowed along the pole of the halberd and dyed Xiao Chen’s hands red. However, he was as calm as an ancient well, he was so calm that it was scary. The radiance in his eyes were as cold as the severe winter.

“The Fierce Tiger from my tiger clan is already in the Southern Wasteland… you won’t live for much longer, he will take revenge for us, and torment you to death through the cruelest means!” The old woman revealed a malicious smile at Xiao Chen. At the same time, her body was emitting a hint of radiance, she wanted to self-destruct.

“Swish!”

The rainbow-colored radiance flashed. The dragon’s confinement technique was executed. Xiao Chen sealed her in an instant and didn’t give her the chance to commit suicide.

Xiao Chen’s eyes emitted two cold glints as he penetrated the old woman’s chest with the halberd. It was not that easy to kill a demigod level expert. He violently shook the halberd as a ball of light drifted out. The old woman’s three souls and seven spirits were being deprived one by one.

With a wave of the divine halberd, a head flew away. The old woman’s corpse fell from the high altitude.

God Slayer!

Xiao Chen’s palm blade left a rainbow-like arc as he slayed one of the old woman’s soul. After that, he waved his palm blade repeatedly and completely annihilated the three souls and seven spirits of the old woman.

The old woman was dead, but Xiao Chen’s heart was still empty. He didn’t feel the thrill of vengeance. Keke would never come back. Even if he managed to kill everyone, then what? Would it really change anything in the end?

However, he must do something, he couldn’t just give up like this. Soaring into the sky, he started to give chase to the last demigod who had run away.

In the Fair family’s mansion, it was very chaotic. Faircloud was standing high in the sky as his body quivered. His clan had lost three demigods, this was an unbearable loss.

The demigod who had transformed into the black fog already made it back to the Fair family’s mansion. He got beside Faircloud, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, “Please request the old masters for help.”

Faircloud raised his eyebrow and said, “They are currently training in seclusion. They had once said, unless the life or death of the family is at stake, do not disturb them.”

The demigod smiled bitterly, “Xiao Chen’s strength is already more than someone at the level of demigod can handle. I am worried that he will make his way here. The family will then face a huge disaster…”

At present, it was just as the demigod had said, Xiao Chen was already making his way here. His killing intent did not diminish even with the death of the tiger duo. There were already a few people on his must kill list among the Fair family, he intended to slaughter them mercilessly.

However, just when he was getting close to the Fair family’s mansion, the golden halberd and jet-black metal engravings were shaken as they transmitted via telepathy.

“This is bad!”

“There’s danger ahead.”

Hearing this. Xiao Chen stopped in the sky. After a brief moment of silence, he asked, “Is it impossible to win?”

“As you are now, it is enough to handle those who just broke into the demigod realm. It is barely enough to slaughter a warrior at the peak of demigod. However, any stronger than that, it might be somewhat difficult. If you want to take your chances, the two hundred years you offered to us are far from enough, we don’t want to make a loss.”

“You two scrap metals are deceiving me.”

“We already told you, it is enough to take revenge and safeguard your life. Among your sworn enemies, there’s nobody stronger than demigod. As such, we did not deceive you. However, you want to break into the Fair family’s mansion now, I’m afraid the circumstances there are far from good. I can feel the aura of true experts there. Although they are currently slumbering, it’s possible they might wake up at any moment.”

“Two scrap irons, greedy and shameless.” Xiao Chen let out a curse in a low voice. Then he asked coldly, “If I hit-and-run now, will I be able to escape?”

“This… is possible!” This time, the two ominous weapons gave a definite answer.

In that instant, Xiao Chen mercilessly threw the jet-black metal engravings towards the Fair family’s mansion, then he turned around and ran towards the Northwest without looking back.

“Motherf—! What do you think I am…” The jet-black metal engravings transmitted an extremely angry message via telepathy. However, it didn’t turn back immediately and fell from the sky like a huge mountain.

“Boom!”

The earth trembled as a majestic palace in the Fair family’s residence was crushed. Many buildings in the surroundings collapsed from the aftermath of the shock. Huge cracks appeared on the ground and half of the Fair family’s residence were transformed into ruins.

Faircloud saw all of this clearly from the sky, he was so angry that his face turned deathly pale.

“I WILL DEFINITELY SLAUGHTER THIS BRAT!”

“I WILL DEFINITELY KILL HIM!”

The jet-black metal engravings soared into the sky while giving rise to a thousand layers of ink-like waves.

Then it flew towards the Southern Wasteland!

Although he killed many powerful enemies, Xiao Chen still had a sense of loss. He felt like his heart was tearing apart. This time, he was completely and thoroughly defeated…… he had lost too much at this place, too much.

He didn’t want to make a childish vow, he didn’t shout out his desire. He kept the heartache to himself and flew Northwest silently.

He was getting further away from the Celestial City, he didn’t know when he would be able to return.

Xiao Chen quickly strode through the endless wasteland even while bearing an indescribable fatigue.

After getting five hundred miles away from the Celestial City, a streak of light appeared in front of Xiao Chen’s path and stopped him. It was actually that lazy-looking Draco.

Xiao Chen came to a stop as he held the golden halberd in his hand. If not for the warning of the two ominous weapons, Xiao Chen really would’ve struck the guy before his eyes.

Draco was like a bringer of calamity, he was the one who had encouraged this incident to get bigger. Xiao Chen already lost all of his good impression of the dragons in the Southern Wasteland. They were truly too heartless. How could they look on indifferently as Keke was killed?

“Sorry, it seems like you have taken something you should not.” Draco stood there lazily, with an unconcerned expression. Although he was talking to Xiao Chen, he was looking all around without a destination.

Xiao Chen did not say anything and flew towards another direction as soon as he turned.

“Swish!”

With a flash, Draco cut off Xiao Chen’s path, and said, “Something unpleasant happened, sigh, I am also very sad, but since it has already happened, there’s nothing else we can do about it. I am following the old man’s order to come and retrieve the dragon’s sacred tree. Please cooperate.” ⌈¹⌋

Suppressing his urge to smash Draco with the jet-black metal engravings, Xiao Chen readjusted his unstable mood and said, “That belongs to the little critter, I will not hand it over.”

“Sigh, this is such a headache. I must retrieve it at all cost. I really don’t want to kill you, otherwise the little critter would have died for nothing… but if you must force my hand, then I don’t have any other choice.” Draco seemed to be very relaxed as he walked towards Xiao Chen in the sky absent-mindedly.

Just at this time, a tiger roar transmitted over as a streak of white light flew over like a shooting star. A rough looking and bulky person appeared in the front.

“I finally caught up. Do you think you can walk away after killing the experts of my tiger clan? Brat, compensate me with the sacred tree.”

“Fierce Tiger, your hand is too long!” Draco turned around and his expression gradually grew colder.

“Is it now? I don’t think so. He killed the experts of my clan, he must die today. As for the sacred tree, it is not the property of the dragons. It originally belonged to the snow-white little critter, and the dragons were not its owner.”

After communicating with the two weapons for a short while, Xiao Chen already understood. The two before his eyes might possibly be Immortalis level experts. He was practically no match for them. However, the two weapons did give him a definite answer, that it was possible to escape from here.

Since that was the case, Xiao Chen urged the divine halberd and metal engravings to get away from here. Two terrifying streak of lights were instantly left behind in the sky. The black light and golden light flickered as they sliced through the void. It was as if two rainbows had combined as he streaked through the air. The trail immediately disappeared. He was traveling at a speed several thousands of times faster than before.

As strong as Draco and the Fierce Tiger were, even if they raised their speed to the limit, they were still unable to catch up.

Xiao Chen didn’t know where he was flying to, nor did he know how long had he been flying. The sun had ascended, it was yet another new day. Until his strength was finally exhausted, he fell from the sky.

The blue sky looked as if it had been washed by water, it was clean and freed from impurities. It was like a huge sapphire. Yet, it was so far away from the earth, and gave people an extremely natural feeling. The earth, which was connected to the blue sky, was full of vitality. Every kind of flower and plant decorated the land, it was beautiful and vibrant.

A bluish green river was meandering across the fragrant grassland like a green belt. All kinds of flowers were blooming atop this pure land and rustled as the wind blew past.

He was feeling light-headed, but it seemed that Xiao Chen had returned to his homeland. His white-haired parents were standing in front of the village, gazing at the muddy road that led to the outside of the village. He could vaguely see the aged face of his parents, old and gray-haired, faces filled with tears. They looked outside of the village day after day, month after month, waiting for him to return home.

At the riverside, the willows were brushed by the wind as she sang a sad melody, gazing at the Kunlun mountain range day after day, year after year, until the merciless time had taken away her youth…… As time passed, her beautiful figure gradually aged, and gray hair had already taken roots. But even so, she was gazing at the Kunlun mountain range all year round. The crystal-clear water flowed unceasingly and erased the footprints at the riverside with the passage of time… ⌈²⌋

During the bloody battle in the Celestial City, the little critter was reluctant to part and cast one last glance at him before it soared into the sky. Blood sprinkled everywhere and from then on, it hadn’t appeared again……

The half-conscious Xiao Chen felt a splitting headache. He suddenly let out a loud shout and sat on the grassland. His head was covered in cold sweat as he stared fixedly at the pure land before him.

In the village not far ahead, an old couple was standing there. The willow trees were brushed by the wind, and at the riverside ahead, a beauty was standing there.

“Xiao Chen…” The familiar voice transmitted clearly to Xiao Chen’s ears.

It was as if Xiao Chen had been struck by lightning. His cheeks were streaming with tears as he muttered, “I have returned to my hometown…”

The black metal engravings and golden halberd sealed in Xiao Chen’s hands actually had intelligence, the voice came from them.

“Do you want to take revenge? I will bestow you the power to sweep everything before you.”

“In the presence of absolute power, be it true virtues or dark desires, they will be crushed as easily as a crystal glass. Everything in this world is but an illusion. Everything is like a dream in the presence of unyielding power. Nothing can last for eternity. Do you wish to follow your heart’s desires and move unhindered in the world? I can give you everything.”

“As long as you have power, you can do as you please and dominate everything.”

The two devils were enticing him. There was a hint of dark power reverberating unceasingly in Xiao Chen’s heart. They wanted to lead Xiao Chen towards the sea of desires one step at a time.

Xiao Chen listened quietly and after a really long time later, he finally said, “Since you guys possessed great magical power and are omnipotent, why do you need to make a deal with me.”

Hearing this question, the two devils remained silent. Only after a while did they finally say;

“The most difficult level to surpass in this world is yourself.”

“I got trapped by myself, that’s why I am making a deal with you.”

After staying silent for awhile, he asked, “What kind of price should I pay?”

“Since you share the same life as the sacred tree, and could control the rainbow-colored radiance within, I only need you to offer me that power.”

“Offer that rainbow-colored divine radiance to me, that power is not as formidable as you imagined. I can help you slaughter all the demigod level enemies.”

“What could a mere demigod amount to, they are nothing more than a weak little ant in front of me. Even killing Immortalis level experts is as easy as slicing pie.”

The two devils actually started to quarrel. They wanted the rainbow-colored divine radiance in the sacred tree.

“I can’t accept your condition!” Xiao Chen no longer uttered a single word. He immediately unfolded the Undying Wings and gradually vanished in the darkness.

There was no need to doubt the black metal engravings and golden halberd’s power, but Xiao Chen was unable to accept their condition. It was extremely possible that Keke might be hiding within the rainbow-colored sacred tree. If he offered the rainbow-colored divine radiance within to them, god knows if something bad might happen. Xiao Chen was unable to bear this kind of outcome.

“Don’t tell me you are going to retreat like this? Are you not going to take revenge for the little critter anymore?”

“A manly man wouldn’t retreat just like this. Once angered, he should slaughter the god and bath in their blood. To stay alive with this weighing you down, are you still a man?”

Xiao Chen didn’t pay attention to them any longer. He originally thought smelting two divine artifacts into his body would be a great opportunity. Only now he knew that he had attracted two greedy devils.

“Swish!”

All of a sudden, Xiao Chen felt as if he had entered a land of fantasy. The endless mountains pierced through the skies, the boundless land was completely desolate, not a soul to be seen. The white clouds lingered on the sky and a few temples stood high in the clouds.

In that instant, Xiao Chen soared high above the clouds. The golden divine halberd and the jet-black metal engravings appeared in front of him and flew towards two watchtowers respectively.

“I don’t want to make a deal with you.”

Xiao Chen did not panic. He stood calmly in the sky as he looked at the majestic temples.

At present, the jet-black metal engravings was as big as a lofty mountain. It was floating in the sky and gave people a huge pressure like that of the vast, torrential ocean. The shadow it cast down from the sky was so heavy, so huge. It was emitting a dense and thick black light. At the same time, overflowing black fog was lingering in the surroundings.

On the other side, the golden divine halberd was like a huge mountain that had been thrust into the heavenly dome. It was just as big and one couldn’t see its other end. It was floating perfectly straight on top of the temple. The golden divine radiance made the palace below it bright and glorious. That place was so dazzling, as if millions and millions of starlight had converged.

“Are you worried that by offering the rainbow-colored divine radiance to us, the little critter’s chance at resurrection would be nulled? Your little critter is already dead in the truest sense. No matter how much you try, it will be useless. Rather than that, why not just make a deal with us and take revenge for it. Let its soul rest in peace.”

“Everything is very fair. If you wish to gain something, you must pay for it first.”

The loud rumbling sound reverberated from above the Ninth Heaven. The two ancient divine artifacts were like giants from ancient times, mighty and astounding.

After grieving, Xiao Chen was incomparably calm even when facing such a change of events. He remained silent for a good while before he said, “Just where did you guys come from?” ⌈¹⌋

“Are you in doubt of our strength?”

The divine weapon was as big as huge mountain. The voice it let out was ear-splitting.

The jet-black metal engravings seemed to be immersed in an old memory, its voice contained an indescribable confidence, “A really long time ago, I had smashed Laozi’s previous generations into meat paste, and made it difficult for him to meet up with their souls for eight hundred years. Say, am I strong or what?”

The golden halberd was the same, it was immersed in an old memory and let out a world-shaking rumbling sound soon after, “I… had once nailed Buddha’s previous generation on the Heavenlink Mountain for 7,749 days. Killing him after draining his blood.”

Even if he had just experienced a grievable event, Xiao Chen was still shocked. Just what kind of existences were these two divine artifacts… their origins were really a little too great. Just what kind of desperate war took place in that distant past?

“You guys are definitely powerful, but the one who defeated the both of you is even more so.” Xiao Chen refused again, and said, “I told you, I will not make a deal with you.”

Since it already became like this, he already realized that the two divine artifacts who followed them from the dragon island was only for the sacred tree. However, since they had once concealed themselves within the sacred tree, and were unable to reap any benefits, they wanted to seek help from him.

“Then let’s change the conditions…”

The jet-black metal engravings let out a rumbling sound, and said, “Let’s trade with hundred years of your life. I will grant you power for half of the night.”

“Trading half of my life span for half a day of glory. This could be said to be the most extravagant way to burn my life force!” Xiao Chen exclaimed.

The golden halberd also started to talk, “This is a very fair deal. In half of the night, you can do many things.”

“The life expectancy of an ordinary man is eighty years. Exuvia realm practitioner can live up to one hundred and sixty years. Historia level expert can live up to two hundred and forty years. Pay us hundred years of your life respectively. Minus the twenty one year you have spent, you will have nineteen years remaining.”

“You guys are too greedy. Since you are omnipotent, why not go gather it yourself.” Xiao Chen felt that these two divine artifacts were really like devils.

“If possible, we wouldn’t make this request of you. Everything in this world is equivalent to an ant in our eyes. There’s no need to show mercy.” The golden halberd’s voice reverberated in the sky.

“If I have the strength, I will definitely smelt these two scrap metals.” What divine artifacts, Xiao Chen felt that these two were more like evil weapons.

The black fog lingered around the jet-black metal engravings. It emitted a boundless pressure, and said, “Whether you accept the deal or not is up to you, we will not force you.”

The golden halberd followed up, “If you are confident in yourself, the remaining nineteen years is more than enough. Break through the Zephyrus realm within nineteen years, and your lifespan will increase.”

Xiao Chen remained silent for a while. Then he promised without any hesitation, “I am willing to accept this deal.”

He naturally had the confidence to break into the Zephyrus realm within nineteen years. However, the main reason that compelled Xiao Chen to make the deal was the pride of a man. If he ran away just like this, he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself. If he ran away, he could obtain a new life, and he could slowly take revenge. However, the opportunity had now presented itself in front of him, if he ran away from this, he couldn’t be considered a man anymore.

Seeing that he had agreed without the slightest hesitation, the two vicious weapons seemed to have reconciled.

“Actually, you could have just used the rainbow-colored sacred tree to make the deal. It is about to separate from your body in just a short while anyway.”

“Using the sacred tree to make the deal is out of the question!” Xiao Chen resolutely refused.

“You should think about this properly, two hundred years of lifespan is a heavy price to pay for anyone concerned! The path of asceticism is an arduous path. Lifespan is not something you should spend as you wish. Even if you can break into the Zephyrus realm within nineteen years, you will head towards the even more challenging Nirvana realm and Immortalis realm. You will then be even weaker compared to others. You will be pressed for time.”

“Is it worth it for an already deceased little critter?”

“Of course!” Xiao Chen only let out this two words. Although he seemed to be very calm, he was feeling extremely sad. The little critter was willing to give up its life for him, how could he not be willing to give up a mere two hundred years?

“Incomprehensible.” The two vicious weapons let out a rumbling noise.

“Because I am a man!” Xiao Chen said firmly, “Please begin the trade!”

“Alright. Before that, I just have a little reminder. With two hundred years of your lifespan, it is impossible to grant you too much power. It is just enough to take revenge and to preserve your life, but it is far from enough to dye the Celestial City with blood.”

“I am not a killing machine, I don’t need to dye the Celestial City with blood, I only need to eliminate a few enemies.”

“Alright, begin the trade, let your life force burn. Concentrate your power into the palms…”

The radiance of life shone in the sky. One after another, the radiance rushed towards Xiao Chen’s palms and made this space incomparably dazzling. It couldn’t be any more beautiful than the flower of life blooming. By burning his own life force, the holy radiance illuminated the entire night sky and made the stars in the sky to lose their splendor.

Xiao Chen was standing in the sky just outside of the Celestial City. The glaring rays of light illuminated all ten directions and allowed many practitioners in the Celestial City to feel it in the first moments. The demigod level experts took action instantly and charge towards that piece of sky.

Within the full bloom of the holy radiance, Xiao Chen’s black hair quickly dried up. The color changed from pitch-black to white. In the end, it changed to snow-white. In only but an instant, his hair was already as white as the snow.

Although his skin didn’t become wrinkled, it was not as glossy as it was in the past. Although his steel-like body was standing perfectly straight, there were traces of old age appearing on his body.

White hair like the snow, his appearance remained unchanged, but that sharp glint in his eyes had become much dimmer. He looked much older and haggard compared to before.

He didn’t feel dispirited, depressed, nor regret. All the more was the unswerving determination. Once the trade was completed, Xiao Chen stood in the sky, facing the wind, and looked at the five demigods who rushed over indifferently.

The tiger woman sneered, “One night and your hair already turns white. It’s useless even if you rush. Xiao Chen, you will definitely die here tonight.” Although that’s what she said, she had a lingering doubt. If Xiao Chen dared to wait for them to besiege him calmly, he definitely had something to rely on. The old woman attacked ruthlessly with words, “To age prematurely, even if we don’t kill you, you also don’t have much longer to live anyway.”

The tiger servant also said gloomily, “Heh-heh… you aged, you are already half crippled. The path of asceticism no longer fits you. Allow me to send you to the Western Paradise by myself!”

Xiao Chen spoke very calmly, “My aspiration did not die, my heart did not wither, the spirit did not vanquish! This is the greatest transformation in my lifetime. What deteriorated is only my appearance, what has been born is a true practitioner. Today, I vow to exterminate the five of you!”

Leaving behind afterimages, the five demigods sealed off five directions in the sky as they closed in on Xiao Chen simultaneously.

Five blazing divine radiances charged toward Xiao Chen at the same time. It was impossible for the five demigods to go easy on him, all of them went for the kill.

The dim light in Xiao Chen’s eyes instantly glowed. The dragon’s divine ability swept past the ten directions. As the rainbow-colored radiance was launched, the divine light coming from five directions were destroyed.

The five demigods practically couldn’t believe it. Xiao Chen was actually not affected in their domain, and his attack power was this formidable.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

The voices of the five people were in sync. They executed their divine abilities respectively and attacked Xiao Chen.

The tiger woman launched three External Incarnations to attack Xiao Chen. Each of them looked just as fierce as the old woman. The accumulated energy was capable of shaking the very atmosphere.

The tiger servant used the “Ancient Transformation” divine ability. His body was originally humanoid, but due to their ancestor being a Saint White Tiger, they had the blood of the White Tiger flowing in their veins. He had successfully transformed into the true body of the White Tiger. In this moment, he actually transformed into a seven to eight meter long White Tiger. He faced the sky and let out a long roar, it sounded just like the sudden clap of thunder that fell from the Ninth Heaven. The roar shook the vast sky as he charged towards Xiao Chen while slicing through the air.

One demigod from the Fair family was killed. Thus, the three from the Fair family loathed Xiao Chen even more. One of them transformed into a black fog and blended into the night sky. Giving rise to a torrential gale, he tried to engulf Xiao Chen. The other demigod grew in size. He actually became fifteen meters tall giant. The “Guardian Deity” was a powerful divine ability. A big hand slapped towards Xiao Chen with unstoppable force. The last one used Swordification. It was as if there were hundreds and thousands of divine swords criss-crossing in the sky. They formed into wall of swords and attacked Xiao Chen in multiple waves.

The five demigods did not hold anything back as they attacked. The extreme force alarmed every practitioner in the Celestial City. Many people were climbing over tall buildings to survey the night sky from an elevated position.

Recalling the little critter, who had already escaped to the Southern Wasteland, but died in Celestial City for the sake of rescuing him, Xiao Chen let out a world-shaking roar like a wounded beast, “AHHHHHH!!!”

With white hair like snow, and a gaze that contained his unswerving determination, a golden halberd immediately appeared in his hand. Immediately, the murderous aura spread through the sky. Many flowers on the ground instantly withered, and many people in the Celestial City could feel a chill run down their spine.

“Bring it on!” Xiao Chen waved the golden halberd. His eyes emitted two glints of light as his white hair danced hysterically. He was like a death god as he rushed over with the divine halberd.

There was an exceptional fencer in the past, it was said that his sword-qi could reach up to thirty thousand feet long, and one sword could shake the Ninth Heaven. That was, after all, just a legend.

However, the Xiao Chen at present seemed like he really possessed that kind of atmosphere. The divine halberd released a murderous aura that pierced through the vast sky. Nothing could stop the golden light emitted by the divine halberd, it couldn’t be stopped!

The halberd in Xiao Chen’s hands swept across all directions!

One out of three of the External Incarnations of the tiger woman was instantly chopped in half. The huge tiger transformed from the tiger servant let out a desperate roar. One of its huge ears was cut off, fresh blood sprinkled everywhere as the sky was dyed red.

The one among the Fair family who transformed into the black fog lost one of his arms, his real body revealed itself as he fell back in a sorry state. A wide expanse of blood sprinkled in the sky. The one who transformed into waves of swords revealed their true body after dozens of longswords were crushed in the sky. More than ten bloody holes appeared all over his body, blood gushing out non-stop, as he retreated in distress. And the man who transformed into the giant was the quickest among them all. He distanced himself for more than a hundred meters, but there was already a terrifying wound on his chest. The blood sprinkled all over vast sky.

Xiao Chen swept the golden divine halberd across the ten directions. It instantly drove the demigods who besieged him away. However, he didn’t stop here and continued his assault towards the one closest to him; the demigod from Fair family capable of transforming into waves of swords.The sharp divine halberd flickered with a cold light, and the murderous aura made the sky as cold as the severe winter.

“Infinite Sword Wave!” He shouted loudly, hundreds of swords appeared and rushed towards Xiao Chen. That area was instantly submerged by waves of swords.

However, it was also in that very instant when Xiao Chen raised the divine halberd; the golden flame burst out as a glass shattering sound was transmitted through the sky. The thousands of sword-qi were instantly destroyed.

The demigod from the Fair family turned pale with fright. Their faces were extremely pale as they fell back in a panic. However, Xiao Chen wouldn’t give them this chance. With a wave of his Undying Wings, he rushed over with lightning speed.

With a gaze as cold as the Asura, he waved the golden divine halberd in his hands. One head flew in a parabola while gushing out blood. The blood directly gushed towards the sky as the corpse fell towards the ground.

In a split second, Xiao Chen beheaded a demigod with an ominous halberd in hand!

Blood-soaked and wild. Xiao Chen let out a long howl of grief. Recalling Keke’s death, it was hard for him to suppress that killing intent in his heart.

Without stopping, Xiao Chen rushed towards the most hateful tiger duo.

The tiger woman’s External Incarnations charged toward Xian Chen from the left and right respectively. They gave rise to two chaotic energy storms, as if two huge waves were rolling over and over.

Xiao Chen was hardly fearful as he rushed forward in a straight line. With a flash of black light in his left hand, huge metal engravings appeared in his hand. He faced the two Incarnations and smashed them with the metal engravings.

A crushing sound echoed in the sky. The energy waves surged up violently as two of the Incarnations were crushed on the spot. The tiger woman coughed out blood as she retreated in defeat.

Xiao Chen’s eyes were emitting cold glints as he rushed towards the huge White Tiger blocking his path. With a vertical slash of the divine halberd in his hand, a streak of golden light swept across all directions.

A wave of the halberd caused the wind to dance!

The White Tiger was practically unable to withstand this attack. After changing back to his humanoid form, he wanted to run away from the battlefield, but how could Xiao Chen give him the chance to escape. His body transformed into a startling streak of light as he chased at high speed.

The cold blade of the halberd illuminated the sky. At the same time, it also illuminated the pale face of the tiger servant. He shuddered as he turned around to attack Xiao Chen with nothing held back.

Xiao Chen was cold-hearted and had a heart of steel. His handsome face didn’t show the slightest change, and his eyes were flickering with ice-cold glints as he thrust the divine halberd in his hand.

“Pfff!”

The blood splashed everywhere. The golden divine halberd instantly pierced the tiger servant as fresh blood dyed the chilly sky red.

“AHHHHHH!” Xiao Chen looked up to the sky as he let out a shout. His white hair danced hysterically as he continued to rush forward with the tiger servant still stuck on the halberd.

Ahead of them was the Celestial City, there were many lofty buildings in front. Xiao Chen used the golden divine halberd to carry the tiger servant and crash into a tall building, then crash from within to the outside. Keke’s death had made him thirst for blood.

The fresh blood flowed along the pole of the halberd, but Xiao Chen was indifferent to it.

Flowers and petals of all kinds fell from the sky unceasingly. They were sparkling and translucent as they fluttered about like withered flowers. The Buddhist chant, the grief-stricken song, the praying sound… continued to linger on.

“I don’t wish for a long life, only a perfect symbiosis, I don’t strive to live for hundreds of generations, but only this generation. I don’t seek eternity, but only this life…… With my soul as the sacrifice, a thousand generations of deprivation, a hundred generations of torment, I only wish to give this life to the little critter……” This voice reverberated in heaven and earth for a very long time.

The rainbow-colored sacred tree was glittering and made Xiao Chen’s palms almost transparent in contrast. The specks of divine radiance enveloped Xiao Chen, who was in the pool of blood.

The radiance made the night as bright as daytime. The little critter’s death triggered a bizarre event, the heavens were grieving. The entire Celestial City was shaken. Many practitioners were startled by this sudden change and everyone felt an involuntary sadness. They were unable to describe nor understand this feeling.

This was the show of extravagance that only occurred to half of the deities! Those who could make the heavens grieve for them, since ancient times, could be counted by one hand. This was enough to prove that the snow-white little critter’s race was powerful. Many people could already feel their blood run cold.

Many people were already discussing the root cause of this disturbance. All of this happening was due to the death of the young White Tiger.

“The Middle Earth’s tiger clan is too tyrannical. The White Tiger fell in the Warbeast Tournament, who could they blame?”

“Since they took part in the competition, they should have understood and prepared to accept the results. Among the rules of the Warbeast Tournament, it clearly stated they will not be responsible for the death of the warbeasts. It’s a rule even a three year-old child can understand, but they just had to come seeking revenge after the event. They’re so unreasonable and shameless!”

“Everything was caused by this shameless clan, they even made the heaven furious.”

“The Fair family isn’t much better either, because they feared the Middle Earth’s tiger clan, they actually worked with them and let outsiders kill their son-in-law.”

Everyone knew, it was impossible for this disturbance to settle down even with the death of the little critter.

Since he had already made the pledge, Xiao Chen seemed to have sunk into the borders of death. He was fixing his eyes on the sapling in his palm quietly. His eyes didn’t have any emotion.

The rainbow-colored radiance already enveloped his entire body. The divinized acupoints in his body were as dazzling as the stars. At this very moment, they were emitting brilliant rays of light as the boundless life energy surged up violently, restoring his dying body.

Although he remained silent, Xiao Chen was shedding tears noiselessly. He didn’t know if he would be able to see that mischievous little thing ever again. Although the rainbow-colored sacred tree had absorbed Keke’s soul essence, who could say for sure if it would appear in this world again?

The rainbow-colored sacred tree was swaying, like the little critter snoring in its peaceful sleep. Xiao Chen’s heart also thumped in accordance. The radiance of the sacred tree had linked up with the life energy hidden in his major acupoints. Very soon, his entire body was immersed in the dazzling splendor. The ruptured veins were reconnecting, the shattered skin and flesh were healing, the fractured bones were restored……

The crystal clear skin was flickering with specks of light as the bloody scars all over were completely shaken off. The rainbow-colored light raged on like the divine flame.

It was as if Xiao Chen was reborn from the ashes. His body was once again filled with an abundance of life energy. He was already fully recovered in a brief moment. But, how about the little critter…… it still didn’t reappear.

Fear was lodged in the hearts of the tiger duo. In the face of this bizarre event, they had a bad premonition. Even though they appeared to be in good health now, they were afraid that a calamity was looming in the near future.

Without wasting any time, the two immediately rushed towards Xiao Chen. Light blades in the form of tiger claws were slashed toward Xiao Chen’s neck with the intent to kill.

The falling flowers swirled in the air. The petals spread out like ripples of water. With the rainbow-colored sacred tree in Xiao Chen’s hands as the center, the multi-colored radiance rushed forth. Seven colors of radiance instantly sent the tiger duo flying.

“How did this happen?” The tiger duo were very terrified. After they were sent flying several dozens of meters, they stabilized their figure in the sky and attempted to attack Xiao Chen one more time.

The rainbow-colored sacred tree separated itself from Xiao Chen’s palm. It was actually hanging in the air as it launched a huge light beam similar to the comet tail. If not because the tiger duo was fast enough, it was extremely possible that they might pay a great price as a result. Even so, the flow of their qi and blood was still thrown into disorder by the aftermath, and they nearly fell from the sky.

The rays of light flickered as the rainbow-colored sacred tree descended. It was floating in front of Xiao Chen’s solar plexus and shook unceasingly. After that, it actually entered Xiao Chen’s body as if it was melting.

In this short instant, the divine tree was spreading its vines all over Xiao Chen’s body. The stolons bore into his four limbs and all of his veins. The inky jade leaf, the white jade leaf, the green jade leaf, and the gold jade leaf trembled unceasingly and brightly lit up his internal organs.

The nine divinized acupoints were like nine treasures that linked up with the rainbow-colored sacred tree. All of them were connected by the sapling’s stolons. The rays of light were dazzling. Xiao Chen’s entire body was emitting thousand of streaks of colored light.

Tears had clouded Xiao Chen’s vision. It was the little critter’s treasured tree that saved him, but what about the little critter? Was it really within the sacred tree? Was it possible for it to reappear in this world again?

He felt a pain like a knife being twisted in his heart…

At this very moment, Xiao Chen felt that he shares the same life as the sacred tree. The rainbow-colored sacred tree connected the nine divinized acupoints and implanted itself in his internal organs. It had taken root in his four limbs like a spiritual root of life. The sacred tree had established an inseparable relationship with Xiao Chen. With a wave of his palm, a multicolored light was launched with a swish. That was actually the major divine ability of the dragons — confinement! ⌈¹⌋

Everyone present was incomparably startled. The look on many people’s faces were extremely ugly. How did Xiao Chen, who was originally heavily wounded, fuse with the sapling, and moreover, how did he come to grasp Keke’s major divine ability?

There were six demigods at the scene. Other than the tiger duo, who dared to kill Keke, the others came to reap Xiao Chen’s life. For this man who was on the verge of dying to come across such a stroke of luck, it immediately made everyone unable to sit idly.

The six demigods in the sky besieged Xiao Chen and erected a domain to seal Xiao Chen on the ground. Since things had already escalated to this point, it was impossible for them to let Xiao Chen go anymore. Only by exterminating him would they be able to avoid future complications.

Xiao Chen unfolded the Undying Divine Wings and soared into the sky with great effort. With signs of total annihilation, his palm blade glowed with inexhaustible splendor as seventeen layers of divine radiance were launched toward the tiger duo from all directions.

The tiger duo were as merciless as ever, energy waves in the form of a White Tiger were launched as if they were the External Incarnation. The light blade sliced through the air as it confronted the dragon’s major divine ability. The night sky immediately became as bright as daytime. The energy waves surged up violently and spread over all ten directions. The waves of aura overturned many buildings in the surroundings.

This was a great clash between divine abilities, this was a great confrontation between power!

Xiao Chen fell onto the ground due to the aftershock, but his body was unharmed. He swept his eyes over the sky coldly.

The tiger woman and company were really astonished. How was Xiao Chen capable of standing off against them? Even if he had grasped the little critter’s divine ability, it was impossible for him to become this strong. One must know that even the little critter was having a hard time against them under these kinds of circumstances; where it was trapped in this domain. At present, Xiao Chen was only borrowing the power of the divine ability, how was it possible that he could become stronger than the little critter?

In fact, Xiao Chen was also surprised at first, but he realized it after thinking about it for a little bit. Right now, not only was it the power of the little critter, there was also the boundless energy contained within the sacred tree, as well as the power of the nine divinized acupoints in his body.

“Even if you have grasped the little critter’s divine ability, so what? Do you think you can breakthrough the domain and escape from here?” The tiger woman was staring at Xiao Chen fiercely. She was extremely angry. Unexpected events kept occurring and made the tiger woman lose her patience. Moreover, her fear was continuously rising, fear that something bad might happen.

Xiao Chen disregarded her taunt and launched one attack after another unceasingly. He wanted to break free from the resistance of the six demigods.

Life and death confrontation, intense collisions. Xiao Chen was able to resist the domain, but was unable to breakthrough.

The six demigods in the sky was somewhat anxious. Although they were in an advantageous situation, they still wanted to eliminate Xiao Chen in the shortest time possible. Because, with the sacred tree in Xiao Chen’s body, they couldn’t help but worry that some unforeseen event would occur again.

“Great defense, but not enough attack power…” Xiao Chen sighed in his heart. He had presently grasped the “confinement” and “sweeping” techniques among the dragon’s major divine abilities. As for the “destruction” technique, he didn’t have the slightest clue.

How he wished he could immediately behead the six people before his eyes. Even though the sacred tree had fused with him and allowed him to grasp Keke’s divine abilities, Xiao Chen was still unable to fend off the six people in the sky. He could only make his stand on the ground.

“Am I still going to die in this place after all?” Xiao Chen gradually started to feel crestfallen. He never considered getting any outside help. Among the people he knew, only the demon and Lan Nuo had enough power to save him from this crisis, but distant water does not cure present thirst. ⌈²⌋

Just at this time, from the direction where the faintly discernable melody of the flute was transmitted, a sword flew over as the melody came to an end. It sliced through the air, and was launched towards the domain erected by the six demigods.

The sword fell onto mother earth like the heavenly body. It was a powerful sword attack, it felt as if the Ninth Heaven had been engulfed by the boundless ocean! The sword ray instantly tore the domain and opened a pathway. Nobody expected such a powerful expert would interfere. The refined sword broke through the domain and smashed the equilibrium!

Xiao Chen possessed an astonishing gift in regards to battle. He soared into the sky within that very instant and launched the “sweeping” technique of the dragons across the skies!

He swept the tiger woman and company with more than ten terrifying light beams in succession, then he instantly rushed out of the domain and stood in the sky. He looked towards the direction where the melody of the flute came from with a profound gaze, and then he swept his eyes over everyone at present with a cold gaze.

“Swish!”

With a flap of the Undying Divine Wings, Xiao Chen rushed over instantly and launched a divine radiance to sweep the tiger woman. She was sent somersaulting in but a moment.

The tiger woman flew into rage out of humiliation. Without the domain erected by the six demigods, it was impossible for her to resist the vicious little beast’s divine ability by herself. She shouted in anger, “Erect the domain, quickly! We can’t let him escape. He must die tonight!”

In reality, who was willing to let Xiao Chen run away? He would certainly become the bringer of calamity in the future.

There’s no way Xiao Chen would let them trap him again. His body moved like a legendary dragon with the ability to control rains and floods as he flew towards a distant location.

“Chase!”

“We must not let him run away, we definitely have to kill him!”

The flowers falling from the sky gradually decreased, the Buddhist chant, the sad melody, and the prayers also completely disappeared. Xiao Chen was like the wind and lightning as he distanced himself from Celestial City. He escaped into the uncultivated areas of the Southern Wasteland.

Although the six demigods were pursuing closely and tried every possible method, they still gradually lost any trace of Xiao Chen in the desolate forest.

Xiao Chen smiled grimly. He had finally broken free from the six people. Going back the way he came from, he moved back to Celestial City stealthily.

It’s time for a massacre!

This was an impulse he couldn’t suppress. Despite knowing that the most appropriate course of action right now was to get away from here, he was still unable to endure it. If he couldn’t kill the tiger duo, how would he have the countenance to face Keke.

The little critter couldn’t die for nothing!

Now, he wanted to cause mayhem in the city.

The people from the Fair family was still searching in the city. Xiao Chen instantly ran into a group of people. He ruthlessly attacked with the “sweeping” technique of the dragons, and instantly crushed these people. Although it was not a technique specialized in killing, it was still enough to deal with these people.

“Someone…”

“He’s over here…”

“Xiao Chen is back for the kill!”

Without waiting for them to shout, Xiao Chen had already attacked. He rushed straight for the Fair family.

With a horizontal slash of a palm blade, seven to eight people were chopped in half at the waist. The blood instantly splashed everywhere. Xiao Chen was looking for Fairsnow and Faircloud among the crowd. Another divine radiance swept past with a lift of his hand. More than ten heads were sent flying in a parabola, as blood gushed forth. The main street was dyed red with blood.

He didn’t find Fairsnow nor Faircloud in the crowd. Xiao Chen instantly soared into the sky and rushed out of Celestial City again as he hid in the endless, dark sky.

The six demigods hastily rushed back from the desolate forest. Four of the experts from the Fair family became anxious right away. Among the twenty plus people who died just now, there were seven or eight Historia level experts. This was a loss that shouldn’t have happened! The four ignored the tiger duo and charged toward four directions to gather the younger generation of the family.

As soon as the four people departed, Xiao Chen silently approached from his hiding place and attacked the tiger woman upon encounter!

“This wretched boy!” The tiger duo became furious and turned around to attack Xiao Chen.

It must be mentioned that, the dragon’s divine abilities were really mighty. After dodging the tiger servant’s attack, Xiao Chen ruthlessly sent the tiger woman flying. With a flap of his Undying Divine Wings, his speed was faster than lightning with a push from the rainbow-colored sacred tree. He directly chased for the kill.

With an explosion of light, Xiao Chen sent a diagonal cut with a swish.

The tiger woman countered, but she was practically unable to resist. Along with the shattering sound, the divine radiance scattered. Xiao Chen rushed past the dozens of divine light fragments toward the tiger woman.

“Pfff!”

Blood gushed out. Xiao Chen’s palm blade had cut through the tiger woman’s right palm. Shaking his palm blade again, it completely crushed the small arm of the tiger woman. It made the tiger servant pursuing from behind burst with anger. However, it was too late to provide support.

“AHHHHHH!!!” The old woman screamed miserably. She flew backwards as much as she could and broke away from Xiao Chen.

As Xiao Chen was dodging the tiger servant who had attacked from behind, he still managed to sweep his leg across. The blazing divine light narrowly beheaded the retreating tiger woman. It missed slightly and peeled off a small piece of her lower jaw.

As such, Xiao Chen distanced himself without even turning back. He knew that once the two got together, he would need to pay a great price to defeat them. He should take advantage of when they were separated to attack.

“How is this possible? How is this possible!” The tiger woman shouted with a sharp voice. Her face looked sinister, her eyes brimming with an ominous glint as she stared at Xiao Chen’s retreating figure that was gradually disappearing. Then she said with a deep voice, “We must not let that boy amount to anything, kill him! We must kill him tonight.”

The tiger duo immediately gave chase.

Hit and run, that was Xiao Chen’s tactic. At present, he had entered Celestial City again. His target was a lone demigod from the Fair family.

“Swish!”

The divine radiance was dazzling as the confinement technique of the dragons was executed. It instantly trapped the old man within. Although it couldn’t completely seal his movements, it was clear that his speed decreased dramatically, as if he was forging ahead in a swamp.

Divine radiance was launched, one after another. After a total of thirty six divine radiances were launched, Xiao Chen finally sealed the old man’s movements.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Chen rushed over with lightning speed. With a roundhouse kick, blazing rays of light illuminated the entire sky and everyone was able to feel the energy fluctuation from this area.

“Pfff!”

Blood spurted out. The two arms of this demigod level expert were instantly cut off from his body.

The merciless kick was supposed to cut this Zephyrus level expert at the waist. However, the adaptive ability of the demigod was very strong. Despite his movements being sealed, he was still able to instantly defend with both hands.

The instant his two arms were broken, Xiao Chen didn’t hesitate to turn his back to the demigod and attacked his chest with his right elbow.

“Pfff!”

Blood sprung up as the demigod let out a miserable shriek. His chest was totally caved in. Xiao Chen didn’t turn around and immediately distanced himself after giving him a good kick.

With his head crushed, the corpse fell from the sky.

Xiao Chen had extremely gifted battle instinct. His life and death experiences were also very abundant. The only thing he lacked was power and strength. Now that he had momentarily acquired the divine power of the sacred tree, his battle instincts were raised to the limit.

“Xiao Chen, you *******!”

After Xiao Chen had succeeded with his hit and run tactic, Faircloud and another old man arrived at that location. They let out a resentful bellow from behind and began to give chase.

“I didn’t expect for you to have already broken into he Zephyrus realm yourself, Faircloud. Good, I will remember it. At the same time, I ask of you to remember this, I will definitely take your head, along with your daughter’s!” As the sound faded away, Xiao Chen disappeared in the dark sky far away.

Xiao Chen didn’t dare to go too deep into Celestial City. He was only waiting for his chance in the darkness secretly. Because he was somewhat worried, he was fully aware of how formidable those major clans are. If… an expert of the Immortalis realm really appeared, it wouldn’t be anything strange. At that time, he would really be screwed!

Should he retreat for now? However, he was very unwilling. Hate! Keke was killed! If he didn’t take revenge for it, and just ran away like this, he felt that his heart would be ripped apart by the pain.

However, immortals…… there might really be an expert of the Immortalis realm within the city. That was an existence that couldn’t be challenged. Did he really have to train vigorously and endure it silently for many years before he could take his revenge? Xiao Chen’s heart… felt really sullen and painful.

“Do you want power? I can give it to you, but I have a condition…” A devil-like voice abruptly resounded in Xiao Chen’s heart, prompting him to make a decision.

“I can also give you the power in which you seek…” Another voice suddenly resounded in his heart. It possessed an indescribable demonic nature, “Everything in this world is fair. If you want to gain something, you must first pay for it.”

“Make your decision quickly, the dragon’s sacred tree won’t stay in your body for much longer.”

“It is a very fair deal, as long as you…”

“Time for a massacre…”

“Dye the Celestial City with blood…”

Two demons were enticing him.

“Wuu~ Wuu~ Squeak…” The little critter was crying sorrowfully. It kept shaking Xiao Chen who was coughing up blood. It didn’t want to leave by itself no matter what.

“You won’t be able to save me… if you don’t go now, even you will die here…”

“Wuu~ Wuu~” The snow-white little critter wouldn’t listen to Xiao Chen’s advice. Its glittering big eyes were filled with glistening tears as it tried to protect Xiao Chen with the rainbow-colored radiance. With its puny body, Keke carried Xiao Chen on its back and soared up again. It wanted to stake everything on the line and break out from this confined space.

“Since you have already fallen into the net, how can we let you leave like this?” The tiger woman sneered, her expression was very cold as she swiped her demonic claws. At the same time, the tiger servant also launched a streak of divine light, forcing the little critter to fall again.

After being smashed into the ground, hard, the little critter looked at Xiao Chen, who was coughing up blood. It shouted in panic, but it didn’t want to give up just like this. It carried Xiao Chen on its back and tried once again.

One time, two times, three times…

Even if the snow-white little critter was powerful and possessed unlimited potential. It was still heavily injured after receiving the attacks again and again. With its divine ability, it was barely enough to handle one demigod expert. However, it was still too much for it to face the domain laid out by six demigods.

“Squeak… Wuu~ Wuu~” It looked like Keke was asking “Why are you doing this?” Keke’s entire face was filled with tears as it looked at everyone. It didn’t understand why these people are so ferocious and wanted them to die no matter what. With its naive nature, it couldn’t comprehend the human’s complicated heart.

The little critter shielded Xiao Chen and wouldn’t let go no matter what. It attacked the old woman in the sky while still whimpering. It wanted to send this extremely evil old woman flying and create a gap.

Six demigod experts were sealing off the sky, their eyes didn’t have any emotion whatsoever. The four experts from the Fair family were only responsible for sealing off the space. The one attacking was the tiger duo. Only the Middle Earth’s tiger clan dared to offend the Southern Wasteland’s dragons. The blood of the White Tiger was flowing within the body of everyone in the tiger clan. Legends had it that their ancestor was a White Tiger with divine marks. During the ancient wartime, it had once received three strikes from Buddha and remained unscathed. The depths of its strength was unknown.

“Swish!”

The rainbow-colored radiance flashed, the dragon’s divine ability illuminated the surroundings as it swept towards the tiger duo in the front.

“Rips! Rips!”

The tiger woman launched a brilliant ray in the shape of a tiger claw. The light blade looked like a real divine weapon as it cut through the air. It was producing an ear-splitting sound and made the earth tremble violently. The tiger servant also directly launched a crescent moon shaped light blade. It produced a similarly rumbling sound, it sounded as if a magnificent army with thousands of men and horses were surging forward.

The clan had already received their reports and gave them a secret order to kill this snow-white little critter when an opportunity arose. This was tantamount to a must kill order. They have to eliminate this snow-white little critter by all means. The tiger clan rarely issued this kind of order, it was sufficient to prove that they were afraid of Keke. That was because the key figures had already guessed its origin from the depiction.

Following the soundless collision, the light glinted. The destructive energy fluctuation did not spread to the surroundings. However, at that point in the center, there was a rupture burning fiercely like the sun. The glaring rays of light nearly made everyone lose their sight. Soon after, like the annihilation of the cosmos, that point was ultimately sucked into a black hole.

This kind of collision was the most dangerous. With just a small mishap, they would certainly be annihilated. Blood spilled out from the corner of the snow-white little critter’s mouth as it was sent flying away. However, it was still relentlessly protecting Xiao Chen with the rainbow-colored radiance, and didn’t let any harm fall unto him. Although it was powerful, possessed extraordinary gifts, and had divine abilities ordinary people couldn’t even imagine, it was facing two demigods after all.

One must know that this domain was laid out by six demigods. Inside this domain, they held the absolute advantage, it was impossible for the little critter to break out of the six demigods’ domain.

As they rammed into the ground, Xiao Chen moved over with difficulty. He coughed out a mouthful of blood and embraced the heavily injured Keke dearly. Then he looked at the six demigods in the sky quietly.

Xiao Chen swallowed the blood that was about to be coughed out and said calmly, “You may reap my two souls and seven spirits, seal my last remaining soul in front of the White Tiger’s grave for all eternity, but let the snow-white little critter go.”

“I originally came for it in the first place, how can I let it off!” The tiger woman laughed grimly.

“If you guys kill it. The dragons will not forgive you.”

“The Southern Wasteland has the dragons, the tiger clan has the ancestor, who is stronger in the end, that’s hard to say!” The tiger servant remained unmoved.

Far away, on top of the Solitary clan’s ancient castle. A grey-haired man carrying a broadsword stood in the sky as he looked on quietly. Then he silently heaved a sigh as he spoke to himself, “It shouldn’t have appeared in this world. The dragons are either fond of it, afraid of it, or hate it. The relationship is very complicated. There are already more than enough Dragon Kings as is. There are no less than four little dragons that look like the Ancestral Dragon. There’s no need for this little critter to be born. However, it didn’t get killed by the dragons on dragon island, and successfully arrived at the mainland. The old man in the Southern Wasteland had no choice but to take his stance. But now… the little critter has escaped from the Southern Wasteland by itself, maybe that old man will now turn a blind eye and let it fend for itself.”

“Rips!”

The sound of the air getting cut was transmitted over. The old woman was also afraid that an unforeseen event might take place. A cold radiance fell from high in the sky as it was launched directly at Xiao Chen and the snow-white little critter.

Keke broke free from Xiao Chen’s embrace. It spared no effort to charge into the sky to face the old woman.

Along with a glaring flash, the rainbow-colored radiance was launched towards the sky, over and over. The little critter was attacking with all of its might, hoping to break through everyone’s domain.

However, the outcome was as expected. Keke was still very young, no matter how much hidden potential it possessed, it was still unable to solo six demigods at the moment. A swath of blood gently fell as the little critter crashed onto the ground, giving rise to smoke and dust.

Xiao Chen moved his wounded body with difficulty and crawled over slowly, leaving a trail of blood behind. He retrieved a five-colored divine feather from his pocket and put it on Keke’s body. Then he faced everyone in the sky and said, “You guys can ignore the prestige of the dragons, but do you guys want to incur the hatred of the phoenix on top of that? I won’t ask for much, I only need you to let it go. I can make it promise to never take revenge for me. You guys can even erase its memory, all I ask of you is to leave it alive.”

“What could be more thorough than killing it on the spot? Our ancestor is not afraid of the dragons in the Southern Wasteland. The phoenix’s divine feather is only a token of friendship, it is not as important as you might think.”

Right now, it is impossible to even let Keke get out of this alive. Xiao Chen remained silent as he coldly gazed at everyone in the sky.

Just who could save him and Keke? The dragons… seemed to be very heartless, they should have appeared already. Why are they not making an appearance yet?

Will the Undying Sect come to their rescue? The chance is very slim. Although Yan Qingcheng shares the same fate as him due to the Obliterate Demon Absolute God, it is impossible for them to make an enemy out of numerous major powers for a single disciple. It was impossible for their sect to make such a decision.

“Squeak…” Keke crawled up weakly. It tried to use the rainbow-colored radiance to protect Xiao Chen and attempted to soar into the sky one more time.

“Bang!”

With a flash of divine light, the little critter was struck ruthlessly as it fell onto the ground heavily.

“Let go of me…”

“Squeak… Wuu~ Wuu~” Keke shook its head stubbornly, its eyes filled with tears. Although it was also coughing out blood, it still stubbornly used its small body to carry Xiao Chen, and soared into the sky again.

One time, two times, three times…

For the Nth times, Keke was ruthlessly slammed into the ground by the old woman.

Keke was already losing its strength. At the moment, its originally snow-white fur was already stained red from blood. However, it still stubbornly carried Xiao Chen on its back and attempted to charge into the sky unceasingly. It just wouldn’t let go no matter what.

Xiao Chen, who had never cried before, felt the outer corner of his eyes becoming moist. He had never believed in heaven, nor fate, the Xiao Chen that only believed in his own power, at this very moment, felt his heart bleeding. He kept praying, praying that the snow-white little critter could make it out alive.

“Wuu~ Wuu~” The little critter was sobbing. It had already lost all of its strength as it fell into the pool of blood like Xiao Chen did. However, it was still as stubborn as before. It kept trying to crawl towards Xiao Chen obstinately and wanted to carry him on its back to escape again. However, even after so many attempts, the little critter was only able to extend its tiny paws. No matter how much it tried, it was unable to create the rainbow-colored radiance.

In the end, it could only whimper as it crawled towards Xiao Chen with difficulty. It kept sobbing, the tears had already blurred its sight.

Xiao Chen exerted his strength to embrace it, there’s already nothing much to say at this point. He only stared at the tiger duo in the sky coldly.

“Why don’t you beg me, beg me to spare you…” The old woman had a sinister smile. Her condition was almost as if she had gone insane. There was a really huge pressure in her heart. The young White Tiger is dead. The direct descendant of the tiger clan also died in this place. She was bearing an unavoidable responsibility.

A wordless contempt. Xiao Chen didn’t say anything.

“Then you guys can go and die!” The old woman despised this kind of glance from Xiao Chen the most. She descended from high in the sky and her right palm cut through the air like a blade.

“Squeak…” Keke opened its eyes weakly and looked at Xiao Chen reluctantly one more time. After that, it decided to jump up with the last ounce of its strength to face the old woman.

However, it couldn’t even execute the rainbow-colored radiance, just how could it stand up against the old woman?

The little critter’s voice was transmitted from the sky for one last time. After that, it came to an end spontaneously as the old woman’s palm blade swept past its body. The blood splashed everywhere and following closely, rainbow-colored light illuminated the entire sky. The dazzling radiance was omnipresent and the greater parts of the Celestial City was brightly lit.

Even if Xiao Chen had a heart of steel, he also cried out bitterly in an instant. It felt as if his heart and lungs had been split open. The him who had rarely cried since a tender age, had tears falling like rain. Never before had he thought that he would have such a frail day.

Before the little critter faced the old woman for one last time, the reluctance to part in its eyes, was forever carved onto Xiao Chen’s heart…

“Squeak… squeak…” The puerile voice of the little critter seemed to linger on in his ears.

The cute little critter, the gluttonous little critter, the naive little critter, the lively little critter, the little critter who went through many trials and tribulations with him… it actually died like this. ⌈¹⌋

“AHHHHHHHHH” Xiao Chen went mad due to sorrow. Like a wild beast that was hurt, he faced upwards and scream.

Far away, a mournful flute sound fluttered in the air and was carried over by the wind. It was like the soul depriving tune of the underworld.

“I don’t want this conclusion…” Xiao Chen felt a pain like a knife being twisted in his heart. His tears were falling like the rain. He was facing upwards and shouting while lying on the pool of blood. He burst into tears like a child.

A sweet fragrance drifted in the air, petals of all colors fluttered about slowly in the sky, gracefully. Every petal was as clear as jade. A rain of flowers actually fell from the sky.

Following that, a Buddhist chant resounded, the faintly discernable ancient chants in the sky enveloped the entire region. Soon after, the last phase of the hymn also resounded simultaneously. Lastly, the praying sounds seemed to pierce through the space-time continuum and arrived at the present time. It sounded extremely sorrowful.

The rainbow-colored radiance enveloped the entire world as the rain of flowers fell gracefully.

Everyone was endlessly terrified. After the little critter was killed, it actually triggered such bizarre changes. Nobody was able to understand what was going on.

Legends had it, that this would only happen when some of the ancestor gods were killed, such as Buddha, Laozi, and a few others. Just what was the origin of this snow-white little critter? For something like this to actually happen… to let the heaven and earth grieve for it, to let thousands of flowers weep for it, how was this possible? How could this be possible!

Everyone was stupefied, especially the tiger woman. She could feel her body temperature dropping. Just what kind of little critter did she kill? It actually caused the heavens to grieve for it and led to this bizarre event. She felt her very soul trembling in fear.

“I don’t wish for long life, only a perfect symbiosis, I don’t strive to live for hundreds of generations, but only this generation. I don’t seek eternity, but only this life…… With my soul as the sacrifice, a thousand generations of deprivation, a hundred generations of torment, I only wish to give this life to the little critter……”

At this very moment, Xiao Chen solemnly pledged an oath towards that unknown entity. His voice reverberated clearly in heaven and earth as it spread over more than half of Celestial City. Many people felt emotionally moved.

The old woman was so scared that her entire body was shaking. She was just about to rush over to kill Xiao Chen. Since the flowers fell from the sky, the instant the Buddhist chant, the hymn, and the prayers could be heard, she knew that she might have caused a gargantuan disaster.

The little critter’s corpse did not fall unto the earth, it seemed to have disappeared.

Seven streaks of multicolored lights were spiralling in the sky. Each had a striking resemblance to an Ancestral Dragon. In the end, all the lights rushed towards a palm-sized sapling. In that instant, the rays of light rushed straight towards the skies. The palm-sized rainbow-colored sacred tree blossomed with a glaring divine radiance that made every other object lose its color. Then, it slowly descended.

The old woman was extremely terrified. She transformed into a black light and rushed over there instantly. However, the rainbow-colored sacred tree seemed to possess boundless power that could shatter all resistance. The resplendent light emitted by it instantly sent the old woman flying away.

The sapling slowly descended towards the pool of blood and landed on Xiao Chen’s palm. The rainbow-colored radiance flickered unceasingly.

He could vaguely hear the little thing’s puerile “squeaking” voice. Xiao Chen felt an acute pain in his heart as his tears fell like rain.