Chapter 147: Morning Star Attacked, Shattering the Three Emperors
Ye Fan and his companions departed!
Filled with envy at the sight of the two little ones possessing three Immortality Herbs—and enduring the looks of utter disdain the little ones cast upon them as if viewing absolute fools—they left the sorrowful grounds of the Dragon Nest!
Chen Xing, too, departed with the two little ones! After all, now that the True Dragon Immortality Herb was in their hands, remaining there held no further meaning for them.
In the years that followed, no one ever caught sight of Chen Xing and the two little ones again!
Yet, before Chen Xing vanished, an Emperor-level battle had erupted across the Big Dipper Star Region, one that countless people would later discuss with endless relish! Yes! With endless relish!
For this battle had not caused the slightest destruction to any part of the Big Dipper Star Region! Not a single living soul had been harmed! Nor had it triggered any dark turmoil!
The only thing people knew for certain was that more than three Supremes from the forbidden zones had been slain! Three agonized death shrieks had echoed across the heavens and the earth, ultimately causing a crimson rain to fall upon the Big Dipper for several days.
Earth! Mount Kunlun!
Chen Xing was currently standing with the two little ones, gazing at the magnificent sight before them with deep emotion!
Before them on Mount Kunlun, ninety-nine ancient dragon-shaped peaks coiled and converged, vast and majestic! Endless spiritual energy slowly overflowed from the dragon peaks, nourishing this very planet!
Looking at the breathtaking scenery before him, Chen Xing could not help but smile bitterly as he recalled the events of the past. It seemed he might have kept too low a profile, which had given certain individuals ideas they had no business entertaining!
Thinking of what had transpired previously, a cold smile crept into Chen Xing's heart!
The Underworld? Just wait! Since he had already executed three Supremes, when he returned to the Big Dipper once more, he wouldn't mind erasing its existence entirely!
Did they really think they were an eternal, undying Reincarnation Underworld?
At this thought, memories of those recent events naturally surfaced in Chen Xing's mind.
Shortly after parting ways with Ye Fan and the others, Chen Xing had taken the two little ones to continue searching for the remaining Immortality Herbs.
They had traveled far to the Ziwei Star Region, taking away the Fusang Divine Tree left behind by the Sun Holy Emperor, which similarly transformed into a tiny golden tree that twined around little Chen Chen's head like an ornament!
They had also obtained the Immortality Divine Phoenix Herb within the Purple Mountain, suppressing the remnants of the ancient Divine Court stationed there!
Yet, just as Chen Xing brought the two little ones out of the Purple Mountain, they were ambushed by individuals harboring malicious intent.
By this time, virtually all the Supremes in the forbidden zones were well aware of Chen Xing's existence. However, because Chen Xing had previously erased the Stone Emperor with a mere wave of his hand, they had been awed into complete inaction, not daring to make a move.
Even though they knew Chen Xing was highly likely to be an existence akin to an "Immortal" harboring profound secrets, these beings who had lived for endless ages refused to act rashly without absolute certainty!
However, their restraint did not mean no one else desired the secrets hidden within Chen Xing!
The Underworld! A mysteriously legendary existence! Though not officially among the Seven Forbidden Zones, its strength was second to none.
Rumor had it that the Corpse Emperor—a terrifying entity within the primordial ancient mine—had stepped forth directly from the Underworld!
The ones who ambushed Chen Xing this time were none of other than the Yama Emperor, one of the supreme rulers of the Underworld, accompanied by two mysterious Supremes known as the Source Ghost and the Source Demon! They had sought to strike Chen Xing down and seize the immense secrets he possessed.
Rather than attacking Chen Xing directly at first, they had seized the moment when the two little ones wandered off to play, attempting to eliminate the children in order to shatter Chen Xing's state of mind!
They had never expected that the two little ones would instantly radiate an infinite divine glow, effortlessly repelling the combined assault of the three Supremes.
As the most cherished treasures of Chen Xing, he had naturally cast countless defensive arrays around them; how could they possibly be easily harmed by these so-called Supremes?
Though the two little ones emerged entirely unharmed, the actions of the three Supremes had thoroughly enraged Chen Xing! They had dared to target the most beloved treasures in his heart!
Disregarding all else, Chen Xing used pure physical might to pummel the three of them across the void, their agonizing screams ringing across the heavens and the earth as every blow landed with bone-crushing force.
Unlike his past beatings of the Ancestral Dragon and the Qilin Ancestor during his time in the Primordial Era, this time Chen Xing intended to beat them to death, leaving them no chance whatsoever to detonate themselves.
Chen Xing discovered that this method of brutally thrashing others was immensely satisfying.
This brutal slaughter lasted for a full three days. Finally, when Chen Xing felt he had vented enough, he smashed the remaining remnants into a bloody mist with a single punch, which drifted down across the Big Dipper!
For the Yama Emperor, the Source Ghost, and the Source Demon—Supreme beings of the forbidden zones—such a nightmare was something they had never imagined possible. Even after they sublimated to their absolute peak, nothing changed; they remained the ones receiving a relentless beating. Perhaps, in their very final moments, what those few felt was simply a sense of release!
Every Supreme in the forbidden zones who sensed what had transpired fell into absolute silence, hiding themselves even deeper than before!
They had known Chen Xing possessed peerless cultivation, but those were three Supremes who had sublimated to their peak! Yet they had been battered into bloody mist by his bare fists.
Indeed, quite a few had originally entertained the same ambitions as the Yama Emperor, believing that defying the heavens to slay an immortal was not entirely impossible. But upon witnessing the tragic fate of those three, no one ever dared harbor such thoughts again.
In particular, the Prison-Suppressing Emperor—a titan of the Underworld—had led the entire Underworld to vanish from the sight of all living beings, concealing themselves in realms completely beyond mortal reach.
He had no desire to take the blame for the Yama Emperor, who had been blinded by greed.
Regrettably, what he did not know was that Chen Xing had already resolved to completely eradicate the Underworld upon his return to the Big Dipper! No matter where it hid, how could it possibly escape the sweep of Chen Xing's divine will?
Had Chen Xing not decided to deal with it personally and stopped his two younger sisters from acting before he left, the Underworld would likely have ceased to exist long ago.
"Daddy! Daddy! I saw a little doll, it's so cute! Quick, help me catch it." At that moment, a milky-voiced cry startled Chen Xing out of his reverie.
Chen Xing turned his head to see his precious daughter, little Chen Chen.
At this moment, little Chen Chen was running toward him in great excitement, while little Nannan followed closely behind, cradling the baby true dragon with a joyful and pleasantly surprised expression.
Chen Xing crouched down, catching both running little ones in his arms, and asked with a smile, "Where did this little doll come from?"
The two little ones simultaneously extended their fingers to point in a certain direction. "Look! Right over there!"
Chen Xing followed the direction of their pointing fingers and saw that amidst a dense forest near the convergence point of Mount Kunlun's ninety-nine dragon peaks, a little boy only about a foot tall, wearing a red bellyband, was hiding behind a massive tree, peeking at them stealthily.
Noticing that Chen Xing and the others were looking at him, the little boy was startled, pulled back his little head, and turned to sprint deeper into the forest, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.
"Daddy! (Brother!) Quick! He's getting away, catch him!" Little Chen Chen and little Nannan immediately grew anxious, urging Chen Xing to give chase.
Chen Xing laughed heartily, scooped up the two little ones, and rose to his full height, saying with a bright laugh, "Don't worry! He can't run away."
With that, without employing any mystical techniques, his figure flickered and he vanished from the hillside along with the two children, pursuing the direction where the little doll had disappeared.
The little fellow was extremely nimble. Sensing that someone was pursuing him from behind, he directly utilized his innate escaping arts, heading straight toward the central convergence point of the ninety-nine dragon peaks, hoping to use the formation marks there to block Chen Xing and his party.
Unfortunately, what kind of person was Chen Xing? He was the very being who had just brutally slain three Supremes! These so-called Emperor formation marks were utterly ignored by him as he playfully chased the little one toward the center with the two children in tow.
The endless Emperor formation marks were not even triggered in Chen Xing's presence, as if they did not exist at all, letting Chen Xing pass straight through the void.
Before long, Chen Xing and the two little ones caught up to the edge of a pool of water. There, the little boy was cowering behind an old man of equally diminutive stature—barely a foot tall—who sported a long beard and hair as white as snow. The old man looked at them with wary eyes, while the little boy peeked out timidly from behind him.
Chen Xing smiled faintly, instantly perceiving that both of them were ginseng spirits that had attained human form. The little boy possessed a ginseng age of fully one hundred thousand years, while the old man had reached a full million years!
To the people of this realm, these two human-shaped ginseng spirits were only slightly inferior to Immortality Herbs, and they were absolute supreme medicinal treasures that countless cultivators dreamed of obtaining!
"You... why are you chasing my descendant? This place has been visited by Emperors; it is not a place where you can act as you please!" the old ginseng said, putting up a bold front despite his inner panic.