Inside the Ghost Realm universe, countless Ghost Clan powerhouses were alarmed. Even ancient Emperors appeared.

In the Ghost Emperor Court, the current Ghost Emperor—the strongest expert in the Ghost Realm universe—awakened.

"What exactly is happening?"

He sensed the entire universe trembling violently. This was not a good sign.

Suddenly, he noticed a crack slowly spreading across the sky above billions of star domains, like a fissure appearing on an eggshell. The crack rapidly expanded.

Then the space shattered. An incomparably majestic figure forcefully squeezed into the Ghost Realm universe.

The Ghost Emperor was stunned. All the powerful experts of the Ghost Realm universe were stunned.

What was going on? An invader from beyond the heavens?

Dongfang Yunxing sensed the familiar aura. He was no stranger to the Ghost Clan. He had already slain countless Ghost Clan powerhouses and used them as resources for his Nirvanas.

The Ghost Emperor watched in horror as the terrifying intruder casually slapped apart the hidden dwelling of a Ghost Clan supreme expert and killed him. The purest essence of that expert condensed into a blood crystal.

Countless cries of anguish echoed in the Ghost Emperor's mind. They were the wails of countless Ghost Clan beings.

This scene reminded the Ghost Emperor of the day their progenitor had used invincible strength to nearly exterminate all other races in their world. On that day, the heavens had been filled with blood and tears. The Ghost Emperor had not cared about the suffering of those other races. He only remembered the smiles on the faces of his own people.

Now… those smiles had become the same grief and despair once worn by the slaughtered myriad races.

Countless voices called out to him.

The Ghost Emperor felt a chill spread through his entire body. He realized that the terrifying intruder who had broken into the Ghost Realm universe had noticed him…

Dongfang Yunxing was surprised. He discovered that three Great Emperors existed simultaneously within the Ghost Realm universe. Among them, one possessed energy far surpassing the others—one that could rival ten ordinary peak Great Emperors.

Yet that supreme Ghost Emperor did not even have the courage to resist when he saw him. This reminded Dongfang Yunxing of the Great Emperor from his original world who had willingly fought to the death. At least that one had possessed conviction and fought with everything he had.

This universe contained only Ghost Clan beings. It lacked the unyielding will to strive for supremacy.

Dongfang Yunxing easily slew the strongest Great Emperor of the Ghost Clan. On the Ghost Emperor's face as he died was a smile of relief.

All Ghost Clan beings were annihilated by Dongfang Yunxing's hand. With a casual grasp, billions upon trillions of lives fell silent, becoming nourishment for his ninth Nirvana.

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He also encountered an old acquaintance.

Chen Xuan.

At this moment, Chen Xuan had become a horrifying monster. An ugly body had fused with his own, seemingly trying to devour him.

"Kill me… Kill me…" Chen Xuan begged Dongfang Yunxing.

Gui Yoyo had attempted to use a secret technique to seize his fortune for herself. The technique had failed, and she had turned into a terrifying monster whose body had fused with Chen Xuan's in a forbidden union.

Dongfang Yunxing remained strangely calm.

Chen Xuan had gone mad. Without the system, he had lost all his support and backbone. He had become an ordinary mortal. Or rather, he had always been an ordinary mortal. Through sheer luck, he had obtained heaven-defying fortune. Everything he had achieved had depended entirely on that fortune.

Dongfang Yunxing recalled the ninety-nine members of the Eastern Family who had been killed by Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan died. Dongfang Yunxing killed him personally.

The moment Chen Xuan died, Dongfang Yunxing felt an unprecedented surge of energy pour into the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. The pearl's energy began improving his aptitude and comprehension once more. Although the amount was not much. His current accumulation was already far too vast.

Dongfang Yunxing stared intently at the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. He had felt it stir just now.

No—it had definitely moved. At his level of cultivation, he could not possibly be mistaken.

He clenched his fist tightly. For the first time in countless years, he felt nervous.

Streaks of brilliant light shot out from within the pearl.

Su Chen had awakened. He did not know how long he had slept.

"Master…"

Su Chen looked at the young man before him—both familiar and strangely changed—who was calling out to him softly.

The young man's expression was tense, but his deep, weathered eyes shone with boundless joy.

"It's Little Yunxing."

Even after experiencing countless lives, Su Chen felt a brief moment of daze. It seemed he had slept for quite a long time.

Even though Dongfang Yunxing tried to hide it, Su Chen could tell that the youth who had once crawled out from a pile of corpses filled with nothing but hatred was gone. The changes were profound, yet not unfamiliar to him.

In the time he had been asleep, Dongfang Yunxing had grown far beyond his expectations.

Dongfang Yunxing smiled. As an unrivaled Great Emperor who had slaughtered countless powerful beings, tears of joy glistened in his eyes at this moment.

He was no longer the youth he once was. Yet deep down, he was still that same youth. He knew that without his master, he would never have survived Chen Xuan's wrath, nor would he have achieved what he had today.

Dongfang Yunxing folded his hands and bowed deeply. His once straight and proud figure bent forward for the first time in tens of thousands of years.

"Disciple Dongfang Yunxing congratulates Master on awakening."

Laughter filled with irrepressible joy echoed throughout the entire Ghost Realm universe.

Su Chen examined Dongfang Yunxing's cultivation and nodded in approval.

"Very strong. You have become an Emperor, and one with nine-star aptitude or higher. Good… very good…"

Su Chen laughed heartily.

Dongfang Yunxing's growth had far exceeded his expectations. He was ruthless, staining billions of lives with blood. He repaid kindness with kindness and vengeance with vengeance. For ten thousand years, his heart had never wavered. He would become an outstanding seedling.

Su Chen and Dongfang Yunxing walked through the Ghost Realm universe as it slowly collapsed behind them.

Su Chen learned of Dongfang Yunxing's experiences over the past tens of thousands of years—a legendary tale. He had even overcome a ten-layered Emperor tribulation.

A ten-layered Emperor tribulation in the myriad heavens meant ten-star aptitude. As long as he did not fall, he was destined to reach the level of an Emperor Lord, with a high chance of ascending to immortality.

A very high chance.

Su Chen knew that Dongfang Yunxing's potential was far from exhausted. The Undying Nirvana Art still had its complete ninth Nirvana, which would bring an even more terrifying transformation.

Not to mention the Heaven's Mandate Pearl. Its true power would only reveal itself after transcendence. After all, those who could transcend were all favored by destiny.

"You mean… you didn't find an innate supreme treasure and simply broke out of the universe by force to achieve transcendence?" Su Chen asked with a strange expression.

The rules of immortality in the Void Cosmic Sea required one to obtain the core qualification of the universe by refining its heart in order to continue cultivating.

Yet Dongfang Yunxing had transcended without refining the heart of the universe.

Su Chen felt a slight pang of regret. Perhaps he had killed that ten-star aptitude Ruler too quickly back then.

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