The path Dongfang Yunxing walked was far too unique.

He had not followed the conventional routes—either achieving transcendence himself and then guiding others, or refining the heart of the universe to transcend. Instead, he had relied purely on his own strength to shatter the shackles of the world.

Su Chen had never broken through a universe barrier himself. Although in his previous life his strength had been considered formidable even within the Land of Immortality, ten-star aptitude Rulers were exceedingly rare. Across the tens or hundreds of billions of years of the Land of Immortality's history, only a handful of ten-star aptitude Rulers had ever appeared. Aside from the one Su Chen had killed, the others were all at least thirty-tribulation Rulers, and he had never interacted with them much.

Because of this, Su Chen did not fully understand Dongfang Yunxing's current state.

His eyes brightened.

This was excellent!

He himself had never undergone a ten-layered Emperor tribulation, but Dongfang Yunxing had.

What a good disciple!

Su Chen thought to himself, "Perhaps… ten-star aptitude Rulers are fundamentally different from those below ten stars."

The difference was enormous. And now, he had the perfect test subject.

After Dongfang Yunxing finished recounting his experiences over the years and the changes in his body, they had already reached the edge of the universe.

The entire Ghost Realm universe had collapsed into nothingness, leaving behind only a single gray seed.

Dongfang Yunxing's cultivation had reached the three-tribulation Ruler realm.

This confirmed Su Chen's guess. In a universe that had never produced a transcendent before, only a very few special great universes could accommodate a three-tribulation Ruler.

With ten-star aptitude and successful transcendence, Dongfang Yunxing was no longer bound by the restrictions of his original universe.

He held the gray seed in his hand. Compressing an entire universe into a universe seed was at least the feat of a five-tribulation Ruler. Universe seeds were also valuable treasures to Dao Achievers.

Dongfang Yunxing shattered the barrier of the original universe and merged the universe seed into it.

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The myriad races of the world all felt their cultivation speed increase. This was no illusion.

Dongfang Yunxing returned to Divine Ancient Star and released his family from the divine sources. The news of his transcendence filled everyone with joy. The world could now accommodate more Great Emperors.

Lu Xuewei's aptitude was not bad. Su Chen gave her a cultivation method from a powerful clan in another Land of Immortality. Her cultivation advanced rapidly to the peak of Quasi-Emperor. With Dongfang Yunxing standing guard, she successfully overcame her Emperor tribulation and became an Emperor—though only an ordinary two-tribulation Great Emperor.

All paths eventually reached their end. All lifespans eventually reached their limit. Over the next tens of thousands of years, Dongfang Yunxing's descendants gradually became Emperors as well. Fifty thousand years later, his old friends and loved ones began to pass away one after another.

"Master… if Xuewei were to refine the heart of the universe, what are her chances of success?" Dongfang Yunxing asked.

Su Chen looked at the young man whose brows now carried the marks of time and experience.

"There is no possibility of success…"

Su Chen spoke truthfully. For a native being to refine the heart of the universe, even if they gathered every innate supreme treasure, they would need at least the aptitude to survive five Emperor tribulations. Lu Xuewei's talent was simply too lacking. The fact that she had become an Emperor at all was already a remarkable achievement.

During this period, with Su Chen's permission, Dongfang Yunxing had allowed Lu Xuewei to attempt cultivating the Undying Nirvana Art. However, her aptitude could only reach the sixth Nirvana. Without a treasure like the Heaven's Mandate Pearl to improve her foundation, she could go no further.

Lu Xuewei consumed an undying medicine.

Ten thousand years later, Dongfang Yunxing personally placed her inside an Emperor coffin. His descendants and old acquaintances were gradually passing away.

"Master, let us leave this place," Dongfang Yunxing said. "I wish to depart and compete on the path to immortality."

A free and easy smile appeared on his face.

"You're not going to look after your descendants?" Su Chen asked, pointing toward Divine Ancient Star, where the Cloud Snow Emperor Palace now ruled supreme.

"They have their own destinies. I have already left behind the most precious things this world has to offer. If they still fail, then it is simply the will of heaven."

Dongfang Yunxing gazed into the distance. He had stayed in this place for far too long.

"You really are optimistic," Su Chen said with a chuckle.

He understood what Dongfang Yunxing meant. If he remained, this world might end up like the destroyed Ghost Realm—dominated by a single force, losing all drive and the will to strive for supremacy, sinking into comfort and stagnation. That would not be a good outcome.

Dongfang Yunxing had already left behind methods of transcendence and supreme cultivation techniques. If the Cloud Snow Emperor Palace still fell in the end, then it was simply fate.

Dongfang Yunxing stepped into the void.

Su Chen returned to the Heaven's Mandate Pearl.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Dongfang Yunxing encountered a terrifying beast born within the nothingness—an enormous creature that fed on universes.

The monstrous beast was locked in battle with a powerful expert. Both were covered in wounds.

The aura of the expert fighting the beast felt somewhat familiar to Dongfang Yunxing.

"Could he be the transcendent from the Ghost Clan?"

It was a coincidence. After transcending, the Ghost Clan's transcendent had never returned to the Ghost Realm universe. He had been blocked by this terrifying creature born in the void that devoured worlds.

The Land of Immortality was simply too vast. Unexpected dangers could appear anywhere.

Dongfang Yunxing's arrival was that sudden, unforeseen variable.