The Last Sentinel

Rumbling--

Thunder roared, and the heavens and earth trembled!

But then, a white bolt of lightning swept across the churning dark clouds, followed closely by a young woman in simple white clothes, her white robes fluttering as she shattered the heavens. She raised her left hand, her five fingers forming the shape of a demon jar, and activated the Devouring Heaven Demon Art. The black abyss surged, and all the laws of the heavens and the supreme immortal light were swallowed by her body, causing the void to collapse layer by layer into a chaotic vortex.

In a single exchange, the Flying Immortal Technique was unleashed, and the silver light tore through the current magical barrier, mercilessly striking Tamamo-no-Mae.

Tamamo-no-Mae's body shattered rapidly, her beautiful eyes fixed on the white-clad girl above her, murmuring, "This, this power, doesn't belong to this planet..."

boom--

One move, and Tamamo-no-Mae explodes in mid-air!

Then, the stepmother turned and glanced at the thousand-meter-long demonic dragon swimming around. Her expression was indifferent and calm, and her voice carried a hint of coldness. "Ascension here is just a trap. If you truly understand the truth, you'd better come back to the Big Dipper with me. There, you'll find inexhaustible resources of heaven and earth, and countless divine source mines!"

The thousand-meter-long demonic dragon looked at the Ruthless Emperor and dared not show any more temper. It obediently dispersed the thunderous tribulation clouds around its body and shrank its size to surround the Ruthless Emperor.

The Ruthless Great Emperor stood atop the demon dragon's head, looking down at the scene below. His voice was cold and harsh, "Get back here now that you've finished your business! If you dare to sneak out and cause trouble again, I'll break your legs!"

"Remember this, it's not just your current leg, but also the leg of your future self!"

"Did you hear that?!"

The three-year-old rubbed his head awkwardly and said with a forced smile, "Yes, yes, stepmother is right. I'll go back as soon as I'm done, I won't delay you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the stepmother turned around, and the demonic dragon carrying the Ruthless Emperor soared into the sky and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the raging thunderclouds and the afterglow of the heavenly tribulation also vanished.

What just happened seems like an illusion.

The Ruthless Emperor's rescue was lightning fast, showcasing his powerful demeanor!

As the sky cleared, the bright sunlight shone on the desolate battlefield ruins. The terrifying dragon scales, dragon blood, collapsed trees, and shattered fragments of the savage hero all testified to the brutal scene of the battle that had just taken place.

Ye Feng looked back and saw that Zhang Tianshi was pale and on the verge of death.

"Master, what happened!" Ye Feng leaned closer. "Did you run out of magic power?"

Zhang Tianshi pointed to the sky above, "That, that girl in white is...?"

"My mother," Ye Feng said, "or more accurately, my stepmother!"

Zhang Tianshi asked, "Was your father a divorcee?"

Ye Feng shook his head. "Well, how should I put it? My father isn't really my father, and my mother isn't really my mother. The relationships in our family are very complicated, and I can't explain it to you in a short time."

"Then tell me," Zhang Tianshi said, "you, you are the 'Child of Destiny' that Zhi Niu Er spoke of, the one who knows the future?"

Ye Feng blinked. "Child of Variables? Isn't this the kind of abstract name you guys give me?"

"You are a variable!" Zhang Tianshi gestured and said, "According to the normal way of heaven, you should not appear, but your appearance is a huge variable. That's why I came to find you! Zhi Niu Er also said that he saw my karma in this variable and said that we will have a bond in the future."

"Indeed," Ye Feng nodded. "In the future, I will be your apprentice."

Zhang Tianshi hesitated, "Really? Are you sure? Your mother is so powerful, she could kill me with one hand. Why don't you learn skills from her and instead learn from me? What's the point?"

Ye Feng pondered for a moment, "I don't know either, but I can be sure of one thing: you will not be a Taoist priest in the future."

"Nonsense!" Zhang Tianshi retorted. "How can I not be a Taoist? I've been a Taoist since I was a child, and my family has been Taoists for eighteen generations! If I weren't a Taoist, I'd be a doctor!"

Ye Feng nodded seriously, "You really are a doctor! You'll be an orthopedic surgeon in the future, and a top expert in the field!"

"Are you kidding me!" Zhang Tianshi, leaning on his broken peach wood sword, stood up. "Me, an orthopedic doctor? Is that even possible? Even if the final battle arrives, even if spiritual energy is completely depleted, even if a mechanical frenzy takes root, even if I lose my magic power and cultivation, I can still retain my identity as a Taoist priest, becoming an unknown Taoist priest, living out my days in retirement. For me to betray the Taoist path is absolutely impossible!"

Looking at Zhang Tianshi's stubborn appearance, Ye Feng seemed to have thought of something and said, "If the gods from heaven were to descend to earth, would there be any point in you being a Taoist priest?"

Zhang Tianshi's eyes lit up. "You, what did you say?"

Ye Feng raised his hand, pointed to the sky above, and slowly said, "I say, if all the gods in the sky, the gods you worship, were to descend to earth and become human, wouldn't that mean the sky would be empty, your faith would cease to exist, and the profession of Taoist priest would come to an end?"

"How could this be!" Zhang Tianshi gripped Ye Feng's shoulders tightly, his voice hoarse with rage. "How could a celestial being descend to earth? How could this be!"

"Indeed!" Ye Feng said. "I saw many immortals in the future. Although they still retained human bodies, they all possessed divinity and were able to activate it. I even fell in love with an immortal and got married! Immortals are nothing special. They are super-spiritual beings who emerged after the Yellow Emperor founded the Yanhuang tribe. They also have a lineage. For example, the Xuan Nu has many generations. There is a first-generation Xuan Nu and a ninety-ninth-generation Xuan Nu. The Xuan Nu is not an unchanging individual, but rather the lineage is immortal!"

Zhang Tianshi seemed to be provoked by Ye Feng's words. His lifelong faith collapsed to the ground, and his face turned as pale as paper as he stared blankly at the sky.

Ye Feng didn't provoke Zhang Tianshi any further. He sat to one side, looking at the vast Ailao Mountain, wondering if his chat group friends had returned.

The wind gently blew through the hair of the master and apprentice, and they remained like this for an unknown amount of time.

Zhang Tianshi coughed and recited, "Was my medical skill impressive later on?"

Ye Feng exclaimed, "Absolutely amazing! You can truly be considered a leading expert in orthopedics!"

Master Zhang laughed and said, "That's good too. Becoming an orthopedic surgeon isn't bad at all!"

Ye Feng said, "You...you believed me when I said a god descended to earth?"

"Believe it? Why wouldn't I believe it!" Master Zhang dusted himself off. "Actually, I've long suspected that the leader of the Bull Demon King has been secretly plotting something behind our backs, something big! Atlantis in the West had its 'Perfect Warrior' god-making plan, and our Great Xia also had a countermeasure, but I didn't know the specifics. I wasn't high-level enough. Now that you've mentioned it, I understand. Our Great Xia is also creating gods, but unlike the West's 'Perfect Warrior' plan, we're directly inviting the gods down. That way, when spiritual energy dries up, Great Xia's divine lineage won't be destroyed from its very foundation like the West's!"