The Last Sentinel

The night was as dark as ink, and the voices of children rose and fell in the courtyard.

"Mom, I'm home!"

"Stepmother—"

Ye Feng tiptoed and pushed open the door. The house was empty; his ruthless stepmother was nowhere to be seen.

Just as Ye Feng was hesitating about whether to go to the ancestral hall, he suddenly felt a chill rushing towards him from behind.

The next moment, Ye Feng suddenly took three steps back to the side, followed by a backflip, a mid-air somersault, and then a "Wild Goose Descending on the Sand" move...

"ha!"

Ye Feng landed smoothly and looked back at his original position, only to find that his ruthless stepmother had missed her target with a slap.

Ye Feng's smug gaze seemed to mock: "Even a ruthless person like you can't beat me; you couldn't even land a sneak attack!"

The ruthless stepmother closed her eyes, and the next moment a rolling pin as thick as an arm appeared in her right hand. With a move that was more powerful than any move, the rolling pin suddenly cleaved out countless afterimages, surrounding Ye Feng from head to toe!

"This is bad!"

Ye Feng realized something was wrong; the ruthless man was enraged!

I should have let her vent her anger by slapping me earlier!

Now look what's happened, the stepmother's gone crazy!

A stubborn girl is like the square of ten stubborn donkeys; even Ye Hei couldn't pull her back!

Ye Feng turned and ran out.

But a slender hand suddenly grabbed Ye Feng's ankle from behind, pulled him back sharply, and threw him to the ground. Then, a rolling pin came crashing down like a storm!

"ah--"

"Do you still dare to run outside?"

"I won't do it again, please stop!"

"You thought you were pretty good at agility? Keep dodging, keep dodging!"

"It was a conditioned reflex, Mom, really! A conditioned reflex! I didn't hide on purpose!"

"Are you saying I can't even distinguish between a conditioned reflex and deliberate avoidance? Do you think I'm old? That I've lost my beauty?"

"No, stepmother, can't you be reasonable? Don't make a mountain out of a molehill. When did I ever say you were old? Is it really appropriate for you to label me like that? I'm only three years old!"

"You say I'm unreasonable? Does a mother reason with her son? You dare to reason with me? I'm going to give you a complete childhood today!"

"Ah—Ouch!"

The rolling pin came crashing down on the ground.

As expected of a powerful figure from the Big Dipper, the Ruthless Great Emperor avoided vital points with every strike, yet maximized Ye Feng's pain. In fact, the more Ye Feng cried, the more forcefully she swung her sword.

Finally, from the direction of the shrine hut, a male voice came in a low voice, "Ruthless man, that's enough. What will the other emperors of Beidou think of you for fighting like this with a little brat?"

Someone spoke up to plead for him, and the ruthless man finally tossed the rolling pin aside. He grabbed Ye Feng by the ankle and lifted him upside down. Their eyes met. "For your cheap old man's sake, we'll call it a day. But if I find out you're causing trouble on the timeline again, you're dead!"

Ye Feng hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, Mom is right, but who is this 'father'?"

The ruthless man casually tossed Ye Feng aside, saying, "Go see for yourself!"

Ye Feng stumbled and fell into a side room of the ancestral hall.

Ouch—that hurts!

Ye Feng rubbed his face, which was swollen three times its original size, as he got up. He savored the memory of his stepmother's rolling pin and felt a strange sense of pride.

In a way, I could be considered someone who could fight the Ruthless Emperor for three hundred rounds without being at a disadvantage!

Even someone like me who's a Ye Hei (a fan of Ye Hei) can't do that!

Indeed, people are envied only when they are too outstanding.

Ye Feng looked up and saw that the memorial tablets on the small hill were arranged as before, except for one: Devouring the Stars, Lord of the Universe, Luo Feng.

A faint halo emanated from Luo Feng's memorial tablet, and a line of words shone brilliantly: "66th Stepfather, Devouring the Stars, Luo Feng."

Ye Feng looked up and said, "Father Luo, you were looking for me!"

Luo Feng's memorial tablet glowed. "Otherwise what?"

Ye Feng rubbed his swollen cheek. "I thought it was Uncle Lin looking for me!"

"Lin Qilin?" A ripple of thought emanated from Luo Feng's spirit tablet. "You can't find this guy in the river of time. He has already proven himself eternally and transcended the river of time."

Ye Feng was taken aback. "One certificate, permanent certificate? What's that?"

Luo Feng said, "The concept of 'one certificate for life' is rather abstract, and could even be described as defying the heavens."

"Let me give you a few examples, like the Dao Fruit of the Supreme Being Father! The Imperial Achievements of the Three Great Fathers in the Trilogy of Heaven! The Primordial Being Father! The Perfected Being Realm of the Great Dao Contest Father, all of which can be called 'one proof for eternity'."

"Upon reaching the state of 'one proof, eternal proof,' one becomes the source of everything, the cause, and the effect. The past, future, and present are completely unified, and one is eternally indestructible. From then on, there are no longer periods of decline or peak; one is always at one's peak, possessing absolute control over one's own existence!"

"Only by reaching this level can one be qualified to transcend the chat group of all heavens and myriad worlds."

"Like the so-called 'First Affection of Hongmeng' that you see in the chat group now, the martial artists of various realms, or even the Dao Ancestor of the Mortal Cultivation Chronicle, they seem high-class and powerful, with considerable supernatural abilities, and some of them even stronger than us in combat. However, their realm and understanding are still far from reaching the level of 'one proof, eternal proof'."

Ye Feng nodded and said, "I see. There are differences between even the Lords of the Universe."

Luo Feng said, "According to what you said about the order of the powerful beings in the universe after the third catastrophe, the powerful beings in the universe are divided into ten levels. The strongest can be called a king. The king realm has touched the threshold of one proof and eternal proof in a certain sense. However, the road to proving the Dao and achieving eternal proof is still very long."

Ye Feng said, "If what Father said is true, doesn't that mean there are realms beyond the First Proof and the Eternal Proof? Is Lin Qilin really dead? He's already reached the First Proof and the Eternal Proof realm, how could he be so easily killed by a bunch of trash? It doesn't make sense!"

Luo Feng said, "Why are you asking these questions! You're just a 2.0 version of a trash warrior from the universe. To put it bluntly, how many years have you been on Blue Star? Almost five! Five years, and you still haven't achieved the Star Domain level! When I was your age, I had already become a World Lord and opened up a small universe by relying on the Golden Horned Beast's clone!"

"And you, you're living off a perfect, pristine continent, without any ambition or drive."

"You have really disappointed me."

Ye Feng explained, "No, if my realm is too high, I will be forced to become disconnected from the level of Blue Star civilization and leave Blue Star. At that time, I will no longer be able to anchor myself to Blue Star."

Luo Feng's spirit tablet suddenly jumped up, "You still have excuses? Since you can't live on Earth, then put Earth in your pocket, or if your main continent is big enough, just turn Earth into a small garden on your continent. Isn't that the same thing? Haven't you learned about the inclusiveness of higher-dimensional universes towards lower-dimensional universes?"

Ye Feng hurriedly said, "Dad, don't be angry, let's talk this out."

Luo Feng angrily rebuked, "You have far too many flaws: indecisiveness, womanly compassion, inability to distinguish between close and distant relatives, and hesitation when you should make a decision! What are you doing keeping those other life forms in the Milky Way alive? Just kill them all, plunder their resources, and wipe out the remnants of the three great natural disasters as well. That way, we can quickly raise the level of Blue Star civilization and embark on the path of conquering the heavens!"

"If you don't want the former, you can also learn from Lin Qilin and fight as a guerrilla, stirring up trouble in various dimensions as a 'Han envoy'..."

Ye Feng noticed that Luo Feng was getting angrier and angrier as he spoke, and more and more memorial tablets on the small hill began to glow, and the owners of those tablets woke up from their slumber.