After the First Evil Cultivator fell into her slumber, the soul within the glass bottle remained quiet for countless years.
Until one day, she finally broke through the seal and fled toward the distance.
She quietly followed a group of evil cultivators and arrived in a new world in a daze. As if summoned, she came to a mass grave.
A fated encounter was completed there.
A dejected figure unexpectedly arrived at the mass grave.
Like countless fierce ghosts, she would subconsciously attack all living creatures. Without hesitation, she lunged at his stomach.
The special aura on the boy’s body suddenly awakened her consciousness.
Her eyes cleared slightly, and she dove directly into his belly.
She wanted him to be her mother.
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Present day.
The Ghost Realm.
Xi Zhiruo lay in her mother’s arms. The young girl’s face was filled with pain, and tears had long since silently covered her small face. The memories, which felt like something she had experienced personally, made her heart ache so much that she could not extricate herself. At such a young age, she was tasting the world’s evils for the first time.
Her long eyelashes trembled continuously. When she slowly opened her eyes, she saw only an exquisite face staring at her anxiously.
She looked at her small hand, which was being held tightly, and suddenly took a deep breath.
I said, “Do whatever you want to do.”
Xi Zhiruo pulled her hand away and slowly turned around.
“Mother.”
Her voice was still tender. “I really want to kill someone right now.”
In front of me, the petite figure had her back turned to me. I felt, for some reason, that she had suddenly matured several times over.
“Whoever you want to kill, go and kill them.” I smiled slightly and handed her a handkerchief. “Wipe your face. Your tears have made a mess of it.”
When someone cared for her, the grievance she felt was like a floodgate opening; it was uncontrollable.
She pursed her lips, and her voice was a low hum. “Okay.”
“Mother.”
“It’s so good to have you.”
She came to my side, suddenly stood on her tiptoes, and kissed my cheek.
Being able to meet Mother was the only stroke of luck in her life.
If not for her, Xi Zhiruo might never have been able to take her revenge.
“What nonsense are you talking about?” I walked over, hugged her, and patted her back. “If you hadn’t been born, I would have died that year in winter.”
“And — ” I pretended to be angry and pinched her small face. “You are the daughter I gave birth to. If I’m not good to you, who can I be good to?”
Xi Zhiruo broke into a smile. “Now, there is only one last step left to protect our happy life.”
“Let us walk through it together.”
After she finished speaking, she suddenly rose into the air and appeared in the sky in a flash.
The little girl silently gazed at the river of blood below.
Now, it was time to end all of this.
At the very bottom of the Sky Abyss, under the constant calling of the Great Priest, a soul that had slept for countless years finally woke up in the center of the formation.
During that long slumber, the soul had been continuously modified for countless years. Waking up half a month early meant that she had actually reached her peak state long ago.
The wind was howling, and the sky was darkening.
It was as if everything were welcoming the birth of a new monarch.
Ghostly energy raged back and forth across the entire Ghost Realm, no weaker than when Xi Zhiruo had just released her full power. The spirit boat remained motionless under Xi Zhiruo’s protection. Her small figure stood quietly beneath the sun, as if as long as she existed, the fire of the great stars in the sky would never be completely extinguished.
All the cultivators in the entire Ghost Realm had already gone mad, fervently welcoming the revival of their deity while kneeling in worship.
A blood-red array appeared.
The crystal coffin rose higher and higher under everyone’s gaze.
The laws of the Heavenly Dao trembled nearby. This was a special sign that a cultivator was approaching the Emperor Realm.
Without a doubt, the moment the girl woke up, there would surely be earth-shattering changes.
This was the ultimate leap of her countless years of sublimation.
It was also the final metamorphosis of the strongest person with innate talent throughout history.
The world hated her madness and slaughter, yet they had to acknowledge the fact that her talent was unparalleled.
Today, countless years after her death, she was about to welcome her day of becoming an Emperor.
I looked at my daughter nervously, but she continued to gaze calmly at the crystal coffin. Her clear, large eyes held a hint of indifference and world-weariness, making it impossible to know what she was thinking.
Xi Zhiruo turned her head and gave me a sweet smile.
With just one look, I was completely at ease.
I knew this girl’s character all too well — she would not fail.
Nor would she be defeated by anyone.
The Great Priest stared at the figure in the sky, his tone mocking once more. “Accept your fate. This is my master’s invincible posture. She is a mountain you can never cross in your lifetime. Even if you have the strength to break the first sword array, you can only kneel in submission in distress beneath my master’s grand figure.”
She was the First Evil Cultivator who had already reached the Seven-Source Realm countless years ago.
Now that she was about to wake up again, no one could say for sure what her realm would be.
Xi Zhiruo’s small face remained calm.
It was precisely this attitude of total disregard that made the Great Priest completely lose his composure. “A jumping clown, still trying to act profound. I look forward to seeing you crying and begging for mercy in a moment. I advise you to run now; maybe you can live for a few more minutes.”
“Hahaha.”
Xi Zhiruo tilted her head and slapped downward. “What have you been saying this whole time?”
“You’re so noisy.”
With a scream, the Great Priest was slapped into a bloody mist.
A second later, he was reborn again within the blood-red array.
“Give up. As long as my master does not die, the formation will not be destroyed, and I will not perish.”
Xi Zhiruo tilted her head. “Heh.”
“Then I will kill you last.”
“It will also allow you to see exactly how your master perishes.”
“You — ” The Great Priest’s voice faltered before he suddenly cursed. “You brat, you are simply arrogant to the extreme! You have never seen my master; you will never know how powerful an existence she is.”
“I… haven’t I seen her?” Xi Zhiruo slowly shook her head and chuckled. “Just as well. I have an old grudge here that I need to settle with her once and for all.”
In the next second, a twisted, mad soul crawled out from beneath the Sky Abyss.
Like countless fierce ghosts, her own malice was powerful enough to affect the surrounding environment. Her violent madness had nowhere to vent, so she would target anyone nearby.
Except, unfortunately, the body in the crystal coffin was calling out to her.
This was the backup plan left by the First Evil Cultivator; she had calculated every possible variable.
The fierce ghost let out a roar and dove directly into the girl’s body.
*Boom, boom, boom.*
Endless dark clouds gathered in the sky.
I sensed the source of this aura, and it was very similar to when Zhizhi broke through last time.
‘Could it be — is a second Half-Emperor powerhouse about to appear in this world today?’
The girl snapped her eyes open, her gaze like the stars.
*Bang!*
The crystal coffin exploded instantly. She slowly stood up, first gazing at her hands in a daze, and then laughed uncontrollably toward the sky. “Is this the realm I’ve been dreaming of?”
“I — ”
“I’ve finally succeeded.”
She elegantly licked her lips, already imagining countless dreams of ruling the world in her mind.
“So this is the edge of the Emperor Realm.”
What terrifying power.
In fact, she did indeed have this strength.
After she completely expanded her domain, she successfully dispersed the endless world-destroying lightning tribulation with just a wave of her hand.
“Throughout the countless years, I am the only one who could reach this realm.” The girl was intoxicated by her own world, drunk on the fact that she possessed the strongest talent in history. “Hahaha! From now on, who can ever defy my decisions again?”
However, a change occurred at that very moment.
Before she could even sense what the world had become today, a fist lunged toward her face without any warning in the next second.
She had not even sensed where the source of danger was before she was struck square in the cheek.
Her beautiful face swelled up visibly to the naked eye, and her intoxicated words came to an abrupt halt.
Who would hit someone in the face that fast…
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