Where Was My Mother Buried?

The wings had a distinctly futuristic, technological design, dazzling with a vibrant, flashy riot of colors. With a flap of the wings, Qi Yuan shot up into the sky. A look of shock crossed Jin Danhe's face. "What sort of dharma artifact is this?" He had seen countless dharma artifacts. He was an implement master himself and had forged plenty of them. It was safe to say that in all of Yunxue City, no one understood dharma artifacts better than he did. Yet these bizarrely shaped wings were simply too strange! "What dharma artifact? These are flight wings—it's a mecha!" Qi Yuan denied instantly. He was transforming into a mortal, not slacking off. To prepare for this mortal transformation, he had deliberately crafted a great deal of technological paraphernalia on his way here. Drones, high-tech wings, and the like. The technology Zero-One had provided him... was truly overwhelming. Spatial compression, nanotechnology, anti-gravity technology, and so much more. Of course, when refining these technological creations, he had still used a tiny sliver of his abilities as an implement master. Just a tiny sliver, absolutely nothing more—and he had coated them all in fresh paint! If corrupt officials back home could buy imported cars, slap on a coat of paint, and report to the top leadership that they were domestic, what was wrong with him slapping on some paint and calling it technology? As he spoke, he abruptly accelerated. "Witness my supersonic strike!" With a thunderous shout, Qi Yuan picked up speed, instantly breaking the sound barrier. In the Immortal Realm, such speed would be nothing special, but this was the Divine Wood Universe. A speed like this was enough to stun Heaven-rank powerhouses. "Mach ten!" A mighty fist, a robust physique, and blistering speed. With this punch, the pure physical momentum of Qi Yuan's charge alone was enough to crush a Heaven-rank weapon wielder to death. "Power of heaven and earth!" Seeing Qi Yuan hurtling toward him, that Thorn Blood elder hurriedly channeled the power of heaven and earth. In an instant, the ambient power of heaven and earth coalesced before him into a barrier, granting him a faint sliver of security. *Boom!* A terrifying figure slammed into it. The elder's eyes went wide, filled with utter disbelief. The power of heaven and earth... had not resisted at all! Alas, his mind had barely registered the thought before his body disintegrated into a cloud of blood mist. "How is this possible?!" "Seventh Elder is dead?!" "And you still claim you aren't supernatural?! The power of heaven and earth doesn't even defend against you!" Jin Danhe roared. Rumor had it that Heaven-rank weapon wielders who mastered the power of heaven and earth to the ultimate peak could use special techniques to make it yield. Evidently, the white-haired man before them was one such rare anomaly. He was clearly supernatural, yet he insisted he wasn't—was he just toying with them? "Preposterous! How can you besmirch an innocent man's good name out of thin air?! How am I supernatural?" Qi Yuan retorted as he fought. "I'm just... on good terms with the power of heaven and earth. It simply chose not to get in my way, that's all. "Alas, a bunch of misshapen freaks like you—neither human nor beast nor gui—would never understand the struggles of a handsome man like me. "Once you become handsome, you'll see just how warm and welcoming this world can be!" Before his words finished echoing, Qi Yuan threw another punch at blinding speed. In an instant, another Thorn Blood elder was obliterated. "Ev... everyone... band together..." a stammering Thorn Blood elder shouted. Watching him made Qi Yuan anxious. "Why are you even living in this world if you stutter so badly? Taking up memory? I'll help the Divine Wood Universe free up some RAM!" Qi Yuan remained thoroughly aggressive. In a flash, he struck down the stammering Thorn Blood elder as well. In mere moments, three Thorn Blood elders had perished. Seeing this, Jin Danhe felt his eyes nearly tear at the corners in rage. "Who on earth are you?! This is the territory of the Dark Pupil Guishen! Offend the guishen, and you will die without a doubt!" Jin Danhe could not fathom how anyone dared to run wild and butcher indiscriminately in Yunxue City. This was a domain governed by a guishen, territory belonging to Heitian and Heitu. Even members of the Renqi Society had to keep their tails between their legs when stepping foot here. To strut around so brazenly was unprecedented! Moreover, though Qi Yuan had a full head of white hair, his vigor and vitality were in peak condition. The Renqi Society would never send a talent of this caliber straight into occupied territory. Wouldn't that be suicide? The Kuijin Realm was a place with entry but no exit! Any enemy who entered met only death! "What guishen? Anyone who prevents me from transforming into a mortal must die!" Qi Yuan couldn't care less. Right now, his greatest objective was his mortal transformation. Anyone who disrupted that was a potential enemy. "Trying to run? Have you consulted my wings?" Qi Yuan moved with astonishing speed, slaying gods if gods stood in his way, slaying buddhas if buddhas blocked his path. These aloof, mighty Heaven-rank powerhouses were simply no match for him. Instant kills! Absolute, unilateral slaughter! It was a completely one-sided massacre devoid of any suspense. In merely a dozen breaths, every single Heaven-rank powerhouse had been put to death. As for Jin Danhe, fast as he was at fleeing, he had no wings, so how could he ever outpace Qi Yuan? "They're all dead. But... the battle isn't over yet." Qi Yuan looked down toward Blood Tiger on the ground, his gaze solemn. That was the true nemesis; the others had merely been appetizers. Yet the moment Qi Yuan's eyes fell upon him, his pupils shrank violently. How could this be...? Blood Tiger was in an utterly wretched state. The shockwaves from the clash between the Heaven-rank powerhouses had battered his body, mangling his flesh and sending blood pouring from him. Ninety percent of his life was already gone. The remaining ten percent had been spent on his communication artifact. Through that artifact, he had sent a single message to the leader of the Blood Tiger Gang: *"Fuck your mother!"* Having sent the transmission, Blood Tiger's pupils had already dilated. He hated them! He hated them so much! Those pieces of trash in the Blood Tiger Gang had actually sent him to deal with such a terrifying monster. Hadn't they seen those Heaven-rank elders getting diced like vegetables in his hands?! With a characteristic snap, Blood Tiger's neck gave out, his breath extinguished, dying with his eyes wide open. Qi Yuan descended to the ground, a look of disbelief on his face. After a long silence, he sighed. "A true gentleman indeed. Seeing me take action and realizing he was no match for me, he chose to end his own life!" As for being struck by shockwaves? That was definitely just an illusion. "There are... quite a few guiling in this inner city. Looks like I'll have to clear out some more memory for the Kuijin Realm!" Qi Yuan's gaze turned fierce. These gui in the inner city were all potential culprits standing in the way of his mortal transformation; every single one had to be eliminated. Besides, slaughtering these guiling yielded a handsome amount of experience points—killing two birds with one stone. If he slaughtered all the guiling in this world, the experience points he earned would likely be astronomical. A few more runs like this, and he might become an Ancestral God even without going through the mortal transformation. "Kill!" Qi Yuan's figure vanished from sight. The slaughter... had only just begun! *** In an unknown space. Xianling Yingjun furrowed his brow, wearing a complicated expression. An elderly man chuckled softly, exuding the bearing of a transcendent immortal. "What, did this mission's failure hit you that hard?" Xianling Yingjun shook his head, Qi Yuan's words surfacing in his mind once more. Qi Yuan's myriad performances had truly been far too astonishing. "First Elder, tell me... could the Divine Wood Universe be hiding... a Realm Lord undergoing mortal transformation?" The old man before him was the First Elder of the Xianling family. Apart from the family's Yang God ancestor, he was the strongest. In terms of seniority, he was actually even older than that Yang God ancestor. The First Elder shook his head. "What nonsense are you babbling? How could the Divine Wood Universe possibly harbor a Realm Lord undergoing mortal transformation? "The Divine Wood Universe... its waters run deep, and there are even Ancestral Gods comparable to the second tier of the Yang God realm. "However, the third tier of the Yang God realm is utterly out of the question!" the First Elder stated with absolute certainty. The gap between the second tier and the third tier of the Yang God realm was a massive threshold. To reach the third tier of the Yang God realm, one had to comprehend the cosmic rules and merge with them. Yet the Divine Wood Universe was merely an embryonic universe, and an unusual one at that. Its cosmic rules... were peculiar, seemingly scattered across the Mandate bearers. As a result, even if one reached the peak of the second tier of the Yang God realm, one could not step into the third tier. Unless... one used a special method to sacrifice all the Mandate bearers to the universe. And right now, Yuan, the foremost powerhouse of the Divine Wood Universe, was himself a Mandate bearer. Without his pillar-like support, the Divine Wood Universe would likely have already fallen. Hundreds of years ago, if Yuan had not ventured forth alone, carrying a battered, half-finished curious treasure of light into the Void Sea to confront enemies more than ten times stronger from Heitian and Heitu... If he had not made the enemies wary of reckless action, the Renqi Society would never have escaped an imminent catastrophe. How could the Renqi Society ever sever its own cornerstone and backbone? Even if they did, who could guarantee that someone would successfully step into the Realm Lord level? Even if a few more Realm Lords appeared, could they really withstand Heitian and Heitu? The First Elder shared his thoughts with Xianling Yingjun. Xianling Yingjun fell silent, then spoke slowly, "Could he be from another universe?" Since the Divine Wood Universe lacked the conditions to produce a Realm Lord, what about other universes? The First Elder shook his head. "Other universes are even more impossible. Those at the second tier of the Yang God realm may still enter another universe, but if someone at the third tier—who has merged with a universe—rashly ventures into another, it signifies hostility and a collision between universes. It would invite the cosmic will to hunt them down!" Hearing this, Xianling Yingjun fell completely silent. It seemed his conjecture was indeed false. "I know you may have encountered some breathtaking prodigies and couldn't help letting your imagination run wild. "The cosmos is vast beyond measure. Even spending an entire lifetime, this old man could never traverse it all. Peerless geniuses are as numerous as crossing carp, yet as fleeting as phantom bubbles. "If one does not become a Yang God, does not become a Realm Lord, in the end one is merely a passing traveler, a speck of dust in the universe," the First Elder remarked. Xianling Yingjun nodded. "Thank you, First Elder." Yet, as a thought struck him, he asked, "I wonder if the First Elder knows... the origins of Heitian?" Xianling Yingjun had long heard the terrifying, mysterious name of Heitian. However, he had never learned where it originated. Even in Void Paradise, there was no information available to exchange regarding Heitian's true origins. The First Elder shook his head. "This old man's strength is feeble and my status humble. How could I know such deep secrets?" Hearing this, Xianling Yingjun sighed. "It seems only the Void Realm Lord knows the origins of Heitian." Claiming first place on Void Paradise's points leaderboard earned the right to ask the Void Realm Lord a single question. Xianling Yingjun knew that the Renqi Society had once mobilized the power of the entire universe to help a Voidwalker in Void Paradise complete tasks and claim the top spot on the leaderboard. That Voidwalker had asked about Heitian on behalf of the Divine Wood Universe. According to circulating rumors, the Void Realm Lord had indeed shared Heitian's origins with that Voidwalker. Yet within a mere instant, the Voidwalker had completely forgotten everything about Heitian's origins. *** Kuijin Realm, Yunxue City. The leader of the Blood Tiger Gang looked pale as he stared at the message on his communication artifact, his heart seized by terror. "What happened?" "Lord Blood Tiger is clearly so gentle-tempered. Why would he curse me like that?" The gang leader's heart was in his throat, terrified out of his wits by Lord Blood Tiger's *"Fuck your mother!"* "Could it be..." A terrifying thought suddenly struck him. "Advisor, where was my mother buried?" the Blood Tiger Gang Leader asked. The advisor hurriedly answered, "In the Zichen Woods!" "Quick, go dig up my mother's grave and bring her remains here! I'll deliver them personally to Lord Blood Tiger!" the gang leader said in a grave voice. Blood Tiger, with his gentle demeanor and smiling-tiger nature, would never throw around curses like that. So he genuinely wanted to fuck her! *Mother, your son failed to let you enjoy blessings while you lived, but in death... I'll let you have a good time!* the gang leader whispered inwardly to comfort himself. This wasn't unfilial; it was the ultimate expression of filial piety. After all, his mother had considered serving half-human, half-gui creatures of Thorn Blood an honor in life. Now that she was dead, he would let her have a moment of glory. Right at that moment, however, his expression shifted slightly. "Who goes there?! How dare you trespass into the Blood Tiger Gang!" Before his voice had even faded, a man cloaked entirely in darkness stepped forward, radiating a dangerous aura. "I came here to take someone with me... Where is Qi Yuan?" The white-haired cultivator named Qi Yuan. Upon receiving Wu Xiang's message, the black-robed man had rushed straight to the Blood Tiger Gang to rescue him. He had expected a fierce battle to break out here. He had planned to find the right moment to strike, save Qi Yuan, and take the opportunity to invite him into the rebel forces. Yet who could have foreseen the sudden booming roar on his way here, shaking the earth like an earthquake? The noise had come from the inner city. Thinking some unexpected catastrophe had struck, he hadn't dared investigate the inner city, agonizing over what to do before finally choosing to come here. And so, the present scene unfolded. The Blood Tiger Gang Leader stared at the black-robed man with wary vigilance. "He isn't here. Right now, he's in the inner city—most likely already captured by Lord Blood Tiger!" He had no desire to clash with this mysterious man. The black-robed man narrowed his eyes, surprised, but mostly disappointed. "He went to the inner city?" If he had entered the inner city, rescuing him was out of the question. "What happened in the inner city?" the black-robed man probed, though he hadn't expected to get an answer. "I..." Before the gang leader could speak, his advisor's expression twisted in horror. "Chief, this is terrible! A gui-slaughtering maniac has appeared in the inner city!" the advisor cried frantically. Just moments ago, a message had come through his communication artifact stating that someone had charged into the inner city on a rampage. "Causing a massacre in the inner city? Are they looking to die?!" the Blood Tiger Gang Leader said loudly, unconcerned. Although the tremor earlier had been frightening, Yunxue City was garrisoned by Thorn Blood, and Guishen Dark Pupil was present, ready to descend at any moment. No major upheaval could possibly occur. "Right, I lost my head. The inner city is impregnable as an iron fortress—how could anything serious happen?!" the advisor agreed. Still, he felt a flicker of curiosity about why that informant hadn't replied to his follow-up message yet. Could they have gone to take a bath? A strange look flickered in the black-robed man's eyes. Someone was launching a slaughter in the inner city? What manner of powerhouse was this? After a moment of hesitation, he looked toward the inner city and finally decided to sneak over for a look. After all, even if a warrior of the human race fell in battle, there had to be a witness to record the sight, ensuring he would not perish in silence!