He has been reincarnated through countless worlds, adorned with billions of mythological terms!

Chen Ya's shoulders began to tremble.

The trembling was extremely slight, yet Chen Dou could see it.

"Aya".

He called out again.

"Please come back, okay?"

Chen Ya's tears welled up without warning.

Unlike the previous single tear, this time, the tears fell like beads from a broken string, unstoppable.

She reached out to wipe it, but the more she wiped, the more it spread.

Why...?

Her voice finally showed some emotion, carrying a bewilderment and grievance that didn't belong to a monster that had existed for millions of years.

"Why do I know you are a pawn of the Heavenly Dao? Why do I know you are a rebel? Why do I know that keeping you alive will be a weakness...?"

"I still can't bring myself to do it..."

Chen Dou looked at her; that hand was still outstretched.

"Because I'm your brother."

He said.

"That one reason is enough."

Chen Ya stared at him blankly.

Then she moved.

Instead of walking towards Chen Dou, she turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

Every step was slow, yet steady.

"Go away."

Her voice came from ahead, trembling slightly as she tried to suppress it.

"I'm letting you go this time because this body still harbors the obsession of those sixteen years."

"I will come back to you after I have completely refined these things."

"At that time, I won't hold back anymore."

Her figure grew fainter and fainter, as if she were about to merge into the gray-white mist of the Sea of ​​Illusion.

"But until then, you better stay alive."

"If you dare to die at someone else's hands."

She paused.

"I will never forgive you."

As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared completely.

Chen Dou stood there, looking in that empty direction.

He slowly withdrew his hand.

A warm tear still lingered on that hand.

He held the tear in his palm and clenched it tightly.

"I will."

He said softly.

"I will live."

"Until I find it for you."

The moment Chen Ya disappeared, the sky over the Sea of ​​Illusion suddenly darkened.

A gray figure appeared out of thin air in mid-air.

Heavenly Emperor.

He glanced down at the Xuan Tian Zhen Jun below, who was on the verge of death—the seven-colored dragon's body was tattered, its scales were all broken, and only one horn remained. It lay in the mud of the Void Sea, too weak to even move.

The Heavenly Emperor glanced at it only once before looking away.

His gaze was indifferent, as if he were looking at a tool that would be used and discarded.

Then he moved over to Chen Dou.

Chen Dou raised his head.

One black eye and one gold eye stared at the Heavenly Emperor, showing neither fear nor hesitation.

The Heavenly Emperor was also looking at him.

He looked at the blended demonic energy and divine light on Chen Dou's body, at those asymmetrical yet equally calm eyes, and at that body reborn from the ashes.

"interesting."

The Heavenly Emperor spoke, his voice gentle and calm.

"Demon body, divine body, and human body, three bodies united as one."

"This is the first time I've ever seen something like this."

Although Chen Dou had never met the Heavenly Emperor, he immediately knew who he was the moment the other party appeared.

A terrifying killing intent surged from his eyes.

boom--

Before they could even make a move, the terrifying pressure of heaven and earth descended upon them.

Chen Dou was instantly forced to kneel on one knee, the terrifying pressure rendering him completely unable to move.

The Heavenly Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at him.

"What, you still hold a grudge against me?"

Chen Dou's eyes revealed an unyielding hatred.

"How can I not hate them? Because of your orders, my father, mother, and aunt all died."

"Do you have the ability to take revenge?"

The Heavenly Emperor said.

Chen Dou gritted his teeth, feeling the oppressive aura emanating from the Heavenly Emperor.

"no."

"But I definitely will."

The Heavenly Emperor laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"Excellent, excellent, this is exactly what I want: to fight against the heavens."

"Your hatred is good; it directly cuts off any possibility of cooperation between us. But I have one more thing to say."

"From the very beginning, you were a pawn laid out by the Heavenly Dao."

"What He wants is your sister's weakness."

"An Eternal True Phoenix with emotions is much easier to deal with than a cold Eternal True Phoenix."

"It will also be easier to deal with an extraterrestrial demon that exceeds the budget."

Chen Dou was silent for a while, and when he heard the words "extraterrestrial demons", he was stunned.

"The big bird isn't dead?"

The Heavenly Emperor shook his head.

"Even if you die, he can't possibly die."

"To be honest, I'm a little curious about the paradise that those extraterrestrial demons talk about. They can send so many geniuses here."

"And that big bird you mentioned, it's a monster that even I find astonishing."

Upon receiving news that the big bird was still alive, a glimmer of hope rekindled in Chen Dou's eyes, which had previously shown signs of despair.

"What do you want to say?"

The Heavenly Emperor looked at him, and for the first time, a different light appeared in his ordinary eyes.

"Join me."

He said.

"Rebel against the calamity of Heaven."

"I can provide you with the fastest growth conditions and the best resources."

"Even if you hate me, don't you want to shed your status as a pawn and truly reunite with your sister?"

"And with your current strength, can you even take revenge?"

"Now, do you have any other choice but to cooperate with me? If you do it alone, you can't save yourself, you can't get revenge, and you can't bring your sister back."

Upon hearing his sister's name, Chen Dou trembled, clenched his fists, which trembled slightly, and looked at the Heavenly Emperor with his dark eyes, but ultimately nodded.

The Heavenly Emperor burst into laughter upon seeing this.

……

The Demon Realm, an unnamed mountain peak.

Yun Yi was sitting suspended above the futon in a soul state.

After the Heavenly Emperor left, he kept staring at the sky, his Eye of Truth always at full power.

Suddenly, he felt a slight twitch near his ear.

In the corner of the courtyard, an inconspicuous stone had a crack.

The stone was no different from any other stone; it was grayish, half-buried in the soil, and covered with moss.

But at this moment, a sliver of dark golden light shone through the crack.

Click.

The stone slab crumbled, and a dark golden dragon head emerged from within.

Then comes the dragon's neck, claws, and tail.

A small dragon, no longer than an arm, crawled out from the rubble, its body covered in sticky egg liquid. It rolled twice on the ground before suddenly opening its pair of dark golden vertical pupils.

"Damn it!"

Kurosawa looked up at the sky and cursed loudly.

"How can this world be so outrageous!"

"Two destiny decrees! One a true dragon, the other a true phoenix! And that Heavenly Emperor, what the hell is that?!"

"This cycle of reincarnation is truly suffocating."

"We can't win a fight, and we can't escape!"

"Most importantly, damn! The development period is way too short!"

He shook off the egg yolk from his body, cursing and swearing, and was about to continue cursing when he suddenly sensed something.

He turned his head.

Then he saw the soul floating above the futon.

The soul slowly coalesced into a blurry humanoid outline, its face indistinct, but its blue-gold eyes were so clear they seemed to reflect the entire world.

Kurosawa's cursing stopped abruptly.

He stared wide-eyed, opened his mouth, and after a long while, managed to squeeze out a single sentence.

"Holy crap?"

How are you still alive?

Yun Yi looked at him.

"Even if you die, I won't die."

Kurosawa paused for a second, then the entire dragon jumped up.

"You fucking—"

He rushed to the foot of the prayer mat, tilted his head back, and carefully examined Yun Yi's soul several times to confirm that it was indeed a living soul, and not some lingering remnant or projection.

"You really gave your physical body away?"

he asks.

"It's no use, we just gave it away, didn't we?"

"Ah, so my destined body is useless?!"

Kurosawa's voice rose eight octaves.

"Do you even know how strong your body is?! You just say you don't want it anymore?!"

"That's rubbish."

Yun Yi said calmly.

"No, I don't want it."

Kurosawa opened his mouth, then closed it again.

He felt he couldn't communicate with this guy at all.

"And what about your face?" Kurosawa asked again. "Why is your face just a blurry image?"

"Soul state: normal."

"When will you be able to form a physical body?"

"It depends."

Kurosawa stared at him for a long time, then suddenly sighed.

"Whatever, you've never been normal anyway."

He flicked his tail, climbed onto a rock next to the cushion, and curled up into a ball.

"I'm telling you, something big has happened in the Sea of ​​Illusion."

"An ancient destiny has awakened, namely Chen Dou's younger sister. She is actually some kind of ancient eternal true phoenix."

"He slapped Xuan Tian Zhenjun so hard he flew away."

"Then the Heavenly Emperor descended to the mortal realm."

"I was almost crushed to death by that Heavenly Emperor."

As Kurosawa spoke, his dark golden vertical pupils narrowed slightly, and his tone carried a rare hint of lingering fear.

"That guy is too strong."

"So strong it's completely unreasonable."

"But you're even more unreasonable," he added, looking at Yun Yi, "How did you deal with those six dragons?"

Yun Yi spoke calmly.

"They synthesized an eternal dragon, and that's how I survived."