Legacy

It had been a day since Jasmine had given Hong Chen the Legacy of the Evil God and Hong Chen was now recuperating from the mental fatigue of getting his body broken down to it's foundation, and being built up from there.

Memories of how to use the seven gates of the Berserk Attribute that allows the use of the Evil God Secret Arts also started rushing in his mind which overwhelmed him.

"You rest now and recover, after which I will tell you how to get stronger."

Hong Chen, who was lying on his bed with his eyes closed and just lifted his hand, after which a small suction force came from the [Sky Poison Pearl].

Jasmine took one last look at Hong Chen and let herself get sucked into it.

As soon as she arrived though, she screeched at the skies with as much sass a teen can muster

"HEY! It would be good if you don't block my senses from the [Sky Poison Pearl], you dolt! I am after all your Master!"

Suddenly after her shouting, an enchanted television appeared in the [Sky Poison Pearl], with VCRs of all the romantic and sad movies from the world of Harry Potter.

'Heh…What is this?'

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Hong Chen tried using the [Sky Poison Pearl] to open all of his profound entrances and when it did work, he could feel his body recovering at a much faster rate.

'My cultivation will not be stagnated anymore because of my dense Dou Qi.' He thought as arcs of purple electricity could be seen coursing through his veins.

Soon though, he slept again in the comfort of the bed when suddenly he was rudely awakened by the knock on the door.

"Uhh, Sir. You have only paid for a day to stay here. If you want to extend your stay, then kindly pay more."

A look of annoyance flashed in his eyes as he ignored the knock and summoned the [Evil God's Fire Seed], which he had taken earlier from the True Dragon's cave and simply swallowed it.

There was some searing pain which was coming from his veins but it was nowhere near the pain that he suffered when his entire body was being rebuilt.

Soon after, he could feel a very comfortable feeling in his body as fire elements all around him started dancing with joy and the [Bone Chilling Flame] which he had refined started coursing through his veins, giving him a very refreshing feeling.

After taking a quick shower, Hong Chen dressed up in a pure white buttoned-up shirt and pants which had golden highlights only to find that he had grown a little taller while his body has became a little more muscular.

He wasn't too bulky with muscles as he didn't like fighting with raw power of muscles like a berserk and was quite lean.

Hong Chen then adjusted his dress and combed most of his wild hair into a bun at the back of his head before leaving the inn.

While enjoying the looks he was getting, from envy to outright lusty; with a smile on his face, he started walking towards the New Moon Profound Palace.

'Status'

[Status]

[Name: Hong Chen

Age: 15 (+8 months)

Physical Attribute: 220

Mental Attribute: 515

Bloodline: Immortal Bloodline of the Evil God (diluted)

Cultivation: 3-Star Dou Grandmaster / Spirit Profound Realm

Professions: Inscriptions(1100/5000 Major)

Skills: Three Thousand Lightning Movement(240/2000 Perfection), Three Nuclei Empyrean Mantra(355/5000 Minor), Oscillating Thunder(419/4000 Major), Crazy Lion Roar(Evolve: 9500 Salvage Shards), Occlumancy(Evolve: 4000 Salvage Shards), Legilimency(Evolve: 7000 Salvage Shards), Divination(Evolve: 8000 Salvage Shards), Apparition(Evolve: 15000 Salvage Shards)

Special Skills: Purple Void Lightning(2021/10,000 Minor), Bone Chilling Flame(60/5000 Minor), Purple Cloud Black Fire Eagle Wings(Evolve: 5000 Salvage Shards), Sky Poison Pearl(Evolve: Locked), Evil God's Secret Arts (0/4000 Minor)

Equipment: Cloak of Invisibility(Evolve: 13000 Salvage Shards), 2 x Skill Scroll [A Million Lightning Blades] (Power: 1 Star Dou Ancestor), [Gu Prontiff Shard], Mirror of Erised, The Mirror of Samsara(unrefined)

Salvage Shards: 2594]

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New Moon Profound Palace is a profound palace set up by the Blue Wind Imperial Family in New Moon City. It is one of the seventy-two total profound palaces aside from the imperial capital. Out of all the other profound palaces, New Moon Profound Palace was ranked one of the best. It is used to attract talented people to join the Imperial Forces. The requirements to get accepted into the palace weren't as high as middle-level sects so there are many practitioners that seek admittance every year.

The age requirements to join the New Moon Profound Palace were from age 15 to 18 and once Hong Chen reached the gates, he saw a platform with a few elders just inside the gates testing hundreds of disciples who came this year for admission.

'I ain't about that life' he thought as he directly revealed his cultivation of Spirit Profound Realm and suddenly shocked everyone.

"What! He Can't be 18 years old! He HAS to be older than that to reach Spirit Profound Realm!"

"But…This guy knows that elders tests the bone age and he would get found out, no?"

"No way! Even Murong Ye, the genius of the palace is in the Nascent Profound Realm…..and he is already going to graduate soon as he is 18.."

"He..he is so handsome!"

"Yeah! Hey handsome! I am single! Look..Look here!"

Being pampered since a young age, When has Hong Chen ever waited in line for his turn?

He always got things the easy way in life, and he was not feeling like hiding his strength here as it had no benefits to him.

Another reason for doing this is because he thought about hiding his strength earlier but then in the Divination, he saw an omen which could translate as his death, and hence completely changed his strategies. He'd rather expose his talent and just get Cang Yue's attention early than hide his strength like his original plan was and risk getting killed according to the [Divination].

He also thought that the Divination he saw could be related to Xiao Lingxi. After all, he had obliterated her in his anger back at Xiao Mountain and since she was the 1000th reincarnation of the Ancestral God, it might change something? But he wasn't too bothered by it, as she was never revealed to have any special physique which he could salvage.

She could be of salvage value after contacting the [World-Defying Heaven Manual]'s fragment but he wasn't about to go on an arc of reviving the Ancestral God to refine her. He was not that stupid or desperate. He had millions of ways to gain power, and helping a poor little girl awaken her memories was not one, not to mention he killed her lover Yun Che practically in front of her.

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The Elders who were testing the disciples on the platform scrunched up their brows as they saw Hong Chen walk step by step towards their platform, bypassing everyone in the queue.

'Let's not offend him right off the bat.' one of the elders thought as only a few powerful sects could nurture a young Spirit Profound Realm Practitioner, so when Hong Chen arrived at the platform, an elder, without speaking anything just put his hands on his chest and sent his profound energy in Hong Chen's bones.

"What!?"

The elder who tested Hong Chen's bones couldn't help shouting with astonishment.

He again sent his profound energy in Hong Chen but he still got the same result.

Now everyone was quiet.

Some people in the crowd who were geniuses of their family really wanted Hong Chen to be above 20 years old as they just couldn't accept an existence like his while many others already guessed from the elder's astonished expression that Hong Chen's age was at least 18.

"Age 15 and a half"

As soon as the elder said it, 3 more elders rushed at Hong Chen and put their hands on Hong Chen's chest and back to test his bone age and they all were astonished to see his age.

The crowd was in an uproar!

"Yo WHAT THE F#CK!"

"This is unreal! HE HAS to be from THOSE sects, No?"

"Hey, Help! My sister just fainted!"

Cang Yue was studying some papers in her room when there was a knock on her door.

"Enter," she said as she organised and stacked the papers before looking up at the newly arrived person.

"Disciple Xueruo, a 15-year-old has just been tested by the elders at the admissions ground." said a frail-looking elder who bowed at Cang Yue and called her by her alias.

She was a princess and obviously had a spy or two in the New Moon Profound Palace.

She had assigned this elder to the admissions ground and had asked him to inform her of any geniuses that came to get tested.

"Hmm? The admissions are still going on, aren't they? Why did you come so early? Is that 15-year-old perhaps… in Nascent Profound realm?"

"No, Disciple Xueruo, he is in….he is in the Spirit Profound Realm. Before you say anything, many elders tested his bone age and all verified that he indeed was somewhere between 15-16 years of age. Although he looks to be 18, he fits the requirement to join the New Moon Profound Palace.

Cang Yue was silent for a long time before she found her voice and an excitement appeared on her beautiful face.

She herself was just at the 3rd stage of True Profound Realm which was considered good for her age of 18 and this almost 16 years old was at Spirit Profound Realm? Although there were doubts in her heart, she still asked.

"Well, What is his name? Where is he from? Tell me fast?"

"This…Well, he didn't fill out any admissions form so we don't know about his origin or name yet.

He simply exposed his cultivation to bypass the queue and didn't even register himself first.

Elders didn't want to offend him over this rule and decided to test his age first.

Elder Sikong Han is currently going to meet him and will decide what to do from there."

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"His face, age, clothes, personality, and cultivation. It all literally screams that he has an extraordinary background. Don't f#cking screw this up" said Sikong Han as he arrived at the admissions ground and made his way to the platform while his assistant kept nodding his head.

"Hello Young Man. I am the Great Elder of New Moon Profound Palace, Sikong Han. Let's take a walk and discuss your admission formalities."

Hong Chen nodded towards Sikong Han and started walking with him down the platform.

In the time he was in the New Moon Profound Palace, he didn't utter a single word or showed any kind of emotion. It felt very weird and people were starting to guess and discuss the identity of this young man.

"My name is Hong Chen" Introduced Hong Chen as he kept walking inside the Palace while the assistant following them was filling in Hong Chen's name in the admissions form.

'Which family is Hong?' thought Sikong Han as he started to count all the influential families in the Blue Wind Empire.

"So Disciple Chen, where have you come from?"

"Great Elder, I have come from a small village situated east of the 'Wasteland of Death'"

"WHAT!?" exclaimed the assistant who was filling out the information.

Hong Chen's purpose of coming here was not to enrol, learn and graduate, He simply came here for 2 things, and he could get those in about a month.

The reason he chose to throw the name 'Wasteland of Death' around with a very vague direction was because he knew that he had to tell about his background before he can be admitted and all the powers in the Blue Wind Empire will be enquiring about his background sooner.

It would take them a long time to verify the authenticity of this information and by that time, he would've gotten what he came here for.

Sikong Han furrowed his brows as he listened to Hong Chen.

He was 60 to 70 percent sure that Hong Chen was lying and guessed that he came here to either hide from a powerful enemy temporarily or had other motives completely.

'But if he is hiding from a threat, then he should've hidden his cultivation. What is up with this kid?'

Still, before long, Hong Chen was accepted as a student of the New Moon Profound Palace and Sikong Han had forwarded his information to the Palace Chief.

There was no reason to immediately deny him admission. His reputation would attract many disciples into the New Moon Profound Palace and it would generate a lot of revenue for them.

Sikong Han was already very busy with preparing the retirement of the old Palace Chief and organizing a banquet in a few days for the new Palace Chief Qin Wuyou and hence he sent Hong Chen's information to someone for verification and went back to his work.

Hong Chen soon got his own room which was reserved for top geniuses right off the bat.

His cultivation was the highest in the New Moon Profound Palace, and only elders had higher cultivation than him.

A crowd gathered outside of his room as people started clamouring to see the new Student who was only 15-16 years of age and was already a Spirit Profound Realm cultivator.

"Hey, clear out the hallway. Don't you have classes?"

A patrolling elder came and dispersed the crowd, after which he looked at Hong Chen's door and went away.

Hong Chen detected everyone leaving outside form his house and he finally sat on the bed.

'It would take a couple of weeks for all the spies from different sects to come and enquire about me.

Seems like I have some time to do what I want without any constraints.'

With a flick of his hand, Jasmine appeared beside him on the bed, but at this moment, she was sobbing miserably as her face was stained with tears.

"Hey what happened! Is the poison acting up? Are you in pain? Come let me have a look!" Hong Chen instantly started to check Jasmine's condition with his spiritual senses while Jasmine herself wiped her tears with her dress's sleeves and spoke with a sad voice.

"Why did he had to die?….She would be so sad for the rest of her life.."

"Who died?" Asked Hong Chen with a confused expression as he took back his spiritual senses and wiped the tear stains from her face with his handkerchief.

"J..Jake" She responded.

He knew that Jasmine was talking about one of the sad romantic movies he had left her with and since he was always checking on her, he saw her get addicted to watching these movies.

He purposely only left her with the movies where the guy dies a tragic end and the girl is left all alone. He also kept a few romantic movies with happy endings in there but that was it.

"Stop crying Jasmine…Come, come here."

Hong Chen showed a gentle smile on his face as he hugged her and started patting her back

She was about to push him away when he suddenly spoke about the origin of that weird device and the pictures which were recorded in all those black rectangular boxes.

"That is an Unknown Artefact I stumbled upon when I was travelling. I found it very near to the place where I found the [Sky Poison Pearl].

I think all the black boxes with it are the memory containers of some people's lives. Since I can make artefacts myself, I started studying it and I have yet to find out it's secrets.

Jasmine listened to him intently, and when he stopped talking, she again realized her position in his arms and his patting on her back, and immediately jumped away from him.

"Hey! What do you think you are doing to your master!?"

"Master? You?" Said Hong Chen with a rare smile.

'His smile is pretty. He should smile more' she thought as she remembered Hong Chen's emotionless face from the last time.

"Well of course! Do you know who I am? I have given you the Divine Veins of the Evil God! Do you know who he was!? He was one of the 12 Heretic Gods!

And by worshipping me as Master, I can grant you God-Level techniques you can never learn otherwise."

With a proud face, she puffed her chest and stood there waiting for Hong Chen to bow down and call her Master.

"If you are done, than you should go back to the pearl and continue refining the [Absolute God Slaying Poison]"

Suddenly a green suction started coming from Hong Chen's hand and Jasmine quickly shouted

"Hey Hey Wait! First of all! Why Do you block my spiritual sense in the pearl? And HOW do you even block it? Do you even know the level of my soul!?

Also…WHY HAVE YOUR DEVINE VEINS TURNED CRIMSON-RED!?"

"Oh Well, I do some stuff which kids like you should absolutely not see. And that's why I block your senses most of the time. I am able to do it because I have become the eternal master of the [Sky Poison Pearl].

And about my veins changing colour to crimson-red, Well that is because I had the [Evil God's Fire Seed] lying around in one of my spatial rings and I decided if you are going to be this stubborn about your recovery, I might as well get strong."

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'He had THE [Evil God's Fire Seed] just lying around.'

Jasmine had been thinking that this guy's logic just doesn't make sense.

She came up to his face and started staring at him without blinking and Hong Chen backed away asking

"Hey! Why are you coming so close. Back down."

"Hehehehe…..You are obviously not afraid of dying, but you are afraid of a woman coming near you..Aww. You must've never even held a hand of a woman! hehehe..Now I found your weakness.

Now quickly! Tell me about your background! Tell me who you are, Why do you know so much about the [Absolute God Slaying Poison] and everything that happened in your past or I will stay here like this.

Hong Chen visibly sighed before saying

"Alright. Since we are going to be staying with each other for a long time, I might as well tell you some things. But I have a condition."

"What is it?"

"You will also tell me about yourself, and how you got into such a miserable state?"

Jasmine's smile vanished as she heard him. She can't tell him about the massacre she committed.

She didn't know why but she didn't want Hong Chen to hate her and so she sat back and started musing.

Hong Chen then started talking nonsense for almost half an hour, about how he was actually a Spring Autumn Cicada in his previous life who was trapped in an endless loop of time to always be reborn and die at the 8th day.

He himself didn't know what the hell he was even saying when he told her that one day a fairy rescued him from the time loop and brought him here, but after he came to this world, he died and was reborn again as a human.

He told her that the fairy took care of him and he made a promise to himself to never let a tear come to her eyes.

He mixed damm to many novels and movies from the memories of the earthly soul to make it as tragic as possible, about how the fairy sacrificed her wings to save him from an illness and how they shared a kiss and the next day the fairy lost her powers and started ageing rapidly.

Nowhere in this absurd story, he mentioned the [Evil God's Fire Seed] or the knowledge on the [Absolute God Slaying Posion], but if Jasmine's tears were of any indication, it was that Hong Chen's plan worked.

Now she was hooked.

"What..What happened next?" She asked with a hypnotic tone, to which Hong Chen said

"It's time to sleep. Go back to the [Sky Poison Pearl]. That bed will passively refine the poison in you with the Pearl's help.

And don't watch those sad memories. Watch these happy memories; a pretty girl like you shouldn't get sad.

Hong Chen gave her the VCRs of more romantic-comedies with happy endings and then asked her to step into the [Sky Poison Pearl].

Although Jasmine was unwilling, she still nodded and let the Pearl suck her into the green world with the VCRs.

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'Well, that is exhausting. I wonder how much she doubted and how much she believed.'

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In the early morning, Hong Chen received his uniform which he wore without any drama, much to the shock of the Assistant who brought them to him.

And then, contrary to everyone's expectation, he went to the infirmary and actually volunteered to help the injured disciples.

"I want to be a Doctor. I believe that only a life lived for others is a life worth living."

He said when asked about why he wanted to specialize in medicines.

It had been a week since Hong Chen started to attend lectures in medicines and started volunteering in the infirmary, and had become the respected brother of everyone.

He could treat every type of poison which even the elders were not able to and that too for free of cost which made many students tear up.

Not to mention that most anti-dotes are expensive, but even with money, the treatment span for days if treating it the general way.

But Hong Chen always cures them in 2-3 days, and they couldn't be more grateful.

"Brother Hong is the Most Genuine person I have met. oh..If only I was a girl.." mused a guy who got treated by Hong Chen after contacting a very venomous snake.

Hong Chen would not silently treat and go away, but he would always talk with his patients about their experiences, their families, etc to lighten the mood and treat them with care.

"Medicines can cure diseases, but a Good Doctor should cure the Patient" was what he had said to the curious nurse when asked on why he would always talk with his patients; and this increased his reputation even more.

Cang Yue had also visited Hong Chen in the infirmary a few times and Hong Chen would always greet her a with smile, which was extremely rare.

It was obvious that people thought that Hong Chen had a crush on their No.1 Beauty Cang Yue, and this made Murong Ye depressed, who was always following her like a dog.

Murong Ye knew that he couldn't do anything to Hong Chen, not because the other party was in a Spirit Profound Realm and he himself was only in the Nascent Profound Realm, but because Hong Chen had made quite a fanbase for himself in the week he had been studying here, and would treat everyone without fees.

This meant that no one would go against him and people would probably gang up on him to defend Hong Chen.

It was one such day when Hong Chen was cramming up the encyclopedia of all the herbs in the Blue Wind Empire when suddenly a boy who was injured all over came to the infirmary.

"Oh my god! Who beat you like this?" He heard a nurse saying upon which he instantly closed the encyclopedia and started walking towards the voice of the nurse.

'Is he finally here!?'

"Nothing..I just..I just fell from a tree."

"Boy, These bruises are not from-"

As soon as the nurse who was checking the wounds on the boy's body saw Hong Chen coming over, she smiled and greeted him.

"Brother Hong Chen! You are volunteering today as well?"

Hong Chen nodded towards the nurse and then looked at the young man with a sturdy and tall body. He was already over 2 meters tall and had big strong muscles. His muscles were of a dark tan metallic luster and broadcasted his astonishing strength, but the catch was that he was very meek and was only in the elementary profound realm.

"Hello Brother, What is your name?" Asked Hong Chen with a smile.

"Xia..Xia Yuanba, Brother Chen"

New Moon Profound Palace had too many students, and he couldn't just use [Legilimency] on all of them to find which one knew a boy named Xia Yuanba. That would waste a lot of time, time he could use to study about the herbs and medicines, which could greatly help him in pretending and making pills to breakthrough to the 5th Star Dou-Grandmaster.

He had already broken through to 4th Star Dou-Grandmaster realm as after acquiring the Evil God's Profound Veins, his cultivation speed had accelerated.

Hong Chen had even managed to get Jasmine to give him the [Star God's Broken Shadow], which was a Star God technique that only the Twelve Star Gods of the Star God Realm can cultivate. The only people who are able to teach how to use Star God's Broken Shadow are the twelve star gods.

Jasmine very reluctantly taught Hong Chen this as she wanted him to call her Master before teaching him. It was her dream to be worshipped as a Master and she swore in her heart that she will make Hong Chen call her Master sooner or later.

[Star God's Broken Shadow] was a very broken technique and it left his previous [Three Thousand Lightning Movement] in the dust.

He also never goes to meet Cang Yue himself but patiently waits for her every time, as she comes to the infirmary to buy a few pills every so often and he would flirt with her which she reciprocates playfully everytime.

Hong Chen wasn't about to become a "licking-dog" like Murong Ye and lose his value. He had to be a little mysterious but also approachable to pull this off.

She was a princess of an Empire, and would be the future Emperess. The resources she had access to were innumerable, and hence he slowly and slowly became her friend.

Cang Yue was also quite impressed with Hong Chen's character. Someone who had so much power at a young age and didn't had any attitude about it was what gave her a very refreshing feeling, and his care for his patients and his rare smile on his handsome face really did a number on her heart.

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"There, all healed up." Said Hong Chen with a smile as he stitched up a cut on Xia Yuanba's chin and applied an ointment on his other wounds.

Xia Yunba was overwhelmed with emotions.

Ever since he came to the New Moon Profound Palace, everyone had been mean to him. He was always excluded from all the groups and everyone would pick on him. Sometimes they would steal his cultivation resources, sometimes his food, and sometimes they would beat him just for the fun of it.

All because he had a submissive personality because his mother always told him never to hurt others. He was a gentle guy from a young age and hence everytime he would get beaten up, he would cry himself to sleep while thinking of his mother who had always told him to smile.

It was only today that another student, and that too the most powerful of the New Moon Profound Palace, not only asked him about his life, but also his likes and dislikes, where he lives, who lives next door; all the while comforting him that he would solve all his problems very soon.

'I can't wait for Brother Hong Chen to teach those bullies a lesson!', he thought.

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Hong Chen saw Xia Yuanba to the infirmary's gate and kept looking at him until he was out of sight, as a purple glint flashed in his eyes.

"Brother Chen! Working so late again?"

Came a very pleasant voice and Hong Chen turned to his right to greet Cang Yue. She was already beautiful enough to make one's heart tremble; a pair of beautiful sparkling eyes with gaze as soft as water, not containing even the slightest hint of arrogance. She exuded a noble and graceful aura that added to her charm. Her cherry-colored lips have the luster of a smooth seashell. Her elegant eyebrows are crescent-shaped with beautiful pitch-black hair. The light smile that graced her lips that was as heartwarming as the smell of incense in a gentle breeze.

"I was waiting here to see Senior Sister Xueruo only. Tell me Sister Xueruo, Have you been covered in bees recently?"

Cang Yue let out a small chuckle at Hong Chen as she made her way towards him and replied

"Not that I know of."

"Oh! I just assumed, because you look sweeter than honey."

Cang Yue showed a bashful smile at Hong Chen as she playfully hit him on the chest.

"People with sweet-tooth often get cavities, Brother Chen. Be careful. We don't want Emperor Profound Relam worms making your teeth their home, no?"

Murong Ye who was following Cang Yue all this time while trying to strike up a conversation saw this scene and just clenched his teeth before turning around and leaving.

Sensing him leave, Cang Yue said,

"Tell me Brother Chen, Did you say the same line to all the girls back home as well?"

"Well If I tell you that, will you tell me if you were as sweet as this in your childhood days?"

Hong Chen responded with an arched brow, hinting to her that no matter how hard she tries to get him to open up about his background, She first have to tell him about hers.

In the past few days, everytime the two "co-incidentally" meet, they always try to bring each other's past, trying to get the other person to slip one time and tell the other about their origin, and each and every time, both of them failed.

Can Yue made a cute pout as she feigned sadness and said.

"Brother Chen is a devil."

After which they exchanged a few words and smiles and went their separate ways.

After Hong Chen reached his residence in the New Moon Profound Palace, he said in his heart.

'Use [Cloak of Invisibility]'

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Xia Yuanba was thinking about his family. He was wondering about his Sister, and was worried if she was also suffering like him in Frozen Cloud Asgard.

"No, Her Master was very nice to me" He said as he remembered her Sister visit him on her wedding night with her master and took him and his father to a surprise trip to the New Moon City because she was leaving and wanted to spend some time with her family.

It felt unreal to fly that high up in the sky and he had loads of fun eating all the street food in the bustling night-life of the New Moon City.

It was at this moment, when suddenly a sharp pain rose in his heart, and he died.

'Salvage'

[[Tyrannical Emperor's Divine Veins] Salvaged. Rewarded: 8000 Salvage Shards.]

'So less? Must be because their value diminishes when they are used to enter the Tyrant Profound Realm.'