An Unexpected Turn: Villain Becomes Dad

Chapter 269

As Yu Yourong spoke, her tone carried a hint of pride. She had underestimated the profundity of the Innate Radiance Essence before.

In the future, when she entered the Immortal Realm with fifty percent of the Innate Radiance Essence in her grasp, she could stand out among True Immortals.

If she could wield even more of the Innate Radiance Essence, she might even rise to become a titan in the Immortal Realm, a towering figure like the Founder.

Yu Yourong’s gaze turned toward Yang Chen. She was just about to use the Glazed Sacred Heart Flame to entice him further when she noticed his eyes were tightly shut, greedily absorbing the energy of the Ten-Colored Poria.

“This bastard looks like his primordial spirit’s strength has been heavily depleted! But that’s normal. My cultivation far surpasses his, and it was five straight days—he couldn’t handle it, which makes sense!”

Thinking of how she and this bastard had been immersed in that state of primordial spirit fusion for five full days, Yu Yourong’s cheeks couldn’t help but flush with a hint of redness and a touch of shyness.

Combined with the holy aura radiating from her body and her voluptuous, graceful figure, she appeared even more breathtakingly beautiful and alluringly captivating.

…

Yang Chen and Yu Yourong walked out from the rear hall and arrived at the front hall.

The grand hall was empty; dozens of Void Refining cultivators were no longer there.

The Second Elder, Yu Qingkong, stepped forward and said: “Holy Lord, since the Holy Son hadn’t come out for so long, I’ve already sent them ahead to the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm! All the major forces entered it three days ago. Time is of the essence, so the Holy Son should head there as soon as possible! By the way, Holy Son, take this half of the jade token. The other half is with Yu Xuan. With this Bright Jade Token, you can sense Yu Xuan’s location and find her once you enter the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm!”

“Good, thank you, Second Elder!” Yang Chen said as he accepted the jade token.

“Holy Son, Yu Xuan is technically your fiancée, so please take good care of her this time!” The Second Elder instructed at this moment.

After all, she was his daughter, and he couldn’t help but feel some worry in his heart.

“Second Elder, rest assured!”

Just as Yang Chen was about to say a few polite words, Yu Yourong, standing nearby, said impatiently: “Enough talk, let’s get going!”

With that, Yu Yourong directly pulled Yang Chen away from the Heavenly Dao Hall.

Beneath the clouds and mist, her face carried a hint of flushed embarrassment. As an aunt, she had dual-cultivated with her niece’s fiancé’s primordial spirit for a full five days. Thinking about it, she felt truly embarrassed.

The Fallen Immortal Secret Realm was located at the northernmost end of the Central Continent.

This place was also a world of ice and snow.

The ice-attributed spiritual energy between heaven and earth was far denser than that of the Ancient Ice and Snow City.

As soon as Yang Chen stepped out of the Heavenly Dao Hall, he felt a wave of coldness hit him. What met his eyes were four snow-capped mountains, each over ten thousand feet tall, shaped like sacrificial cauldrons.

At the center of the peaks of these four mountains, an ancient stone gate floated, emitting strong spatial fluctuations, as if it connected to another world.

Yang Chen’s current mastery of space was quite advanced; he believed he could also set up teleportation arrays to travel hundreds of thousands of miles.

But when he tried to decipher the mysterious runes on that spatial stone gate, he only felt a wave of mental dizziness, and his primordial spirit’s power rapidly drained.

“Don’t try to analyze those runes! The ancient sage who could create a world to bury immortals must have been a True Immortal-level spatial cultivator! Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, many cultivators of the Dao of Space have tried to decipher the runes on this stone gate, but they’ve all gained nothing and instead damaged their primordial spirits!” Yu Yourong warned in a deep voice.

Yang Chen immediately snapped back to his senses, shifting his mind away from those mysterious runes. However, as he approached the stone gate floating between the four snow mountains, the spatial ripples grew even stronger.

And within Yang Chen’s body, the cyan-colored seed of the World Tree glowed even brighter. Clearly, the spatial energy emanating from this stone gate was of a higher quality than that of the YuKong Seal.

In other words, this stone gate was a spatial sacred artifact far more powerful than the YuKong Seal. For the entrance gate alone to be of such caliber, it seemed the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm indeed held many treasures.

Following Yu Yourong, he flew to the front of the stone gate. At that moment, a woman in a red dress was also preparing to step into it.

Upon seeing Yang Chen, her expression subtly changed.

Her body, which had been about to step in, deliberately slowed down, just enough to let Yang Chen catch up.

“Thank you, Fairy!” Yang Chen slightly cupped his hands in thanks.

Because earlier, Yu Yourong had given him a detailed explanation about this stone gate. After each activation of the spatial passage, it required a quarter-hour pause before it would open again.

The red-dressed woman’s delay saved him that quarter-hour of waiting.

With a ripple in space, Yang Chen and the red-dressed woman’s figures disappeared into the stone gate. When he opened his eyes again, what appeared before Yang Chen was a world full of devastation.

Across the land, deep ravines stretched like canyons. But in truth, they were carved out by powerful cultivators’ blades and swords, as the ravines were filled with various astonishing auras.

In some deep pits, it seemed as though the ground had split open, with lava constantly flowing below.

Mountains had been cleaved in half at their waists, the cuts smooth as mirrors, with sword qi lingering around them, leaving no grass able to grow.

The spiritual energy of this entire world carried a wild, violent air, infused with various murderous intents that lingered endlessly.

“The Fallen Immortal Secret Realm might as well be called an ancient battlefield, except that a vast number of ancient True Immortals fell here!  Later generations of cultivators entering it might indeed find some opportunities!”

At this moment, a voice came from behind, and Yang Chen couldn’t help but turn to look. The red-dressed woman who had entered with him was staring at him intently.

Each teleportation through the spatial gate would send those who entered together to the same area. So, Yang Chen wasn’t surprised to see the red-dressed woman appear behind him. However, he couldn’t shake the feeling that this woman seemed somewhat familiar, as if he’d seen her before.

“Fairy, have we met before?” Yang Chen asked tentatively.

But as soon as he said this, the red-dressed woman’s lips curled into a mocking smirk.

“What, you don’t recognize me? Of course, the grand Holy Son of Heavenly Dao, surrounded by countless fairies, would naturally forget some old acquaintances!”

The red-dressed woman started with a few sarcastic remarks, which sparked a bit of irritation in Yang Chen.

He directly activated his Divine Dragon Golden Eyes, wanting to see who she really was. Golden divine light shot from his eyes.

The red-dressed woman seemed to know the power of this technique and quickly dodged to the side, avoiding the golden light. Then, crimson flames flowed over her body.

Her originally unremarkable appearance and figure transformed into one of breathtaking beauty, graceful and enchanting. Her entire being now exuded a seductive charm. She was like a peerless enchantress capable of bewitching the world.

Looking at the familiar face before him, Yang Chen’s eyes couldn’t help but freeze.

“Empress Yan*?”

[TN: Flame Empress/Yan Hou]