An Unexpected Turn: Villain Becomes Dad

Chapter 275

Empress Yan asked at this moment.  “The opportunities in the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm were left behind by an ancient true immortal. Even true immortals of the same realm would covet them, let alone me! The reason I went to the trouble of using the Destiny Stone to conceal the heavens and enter this time is to seek the opportunity to overcome my final tribulation! And now, heh, I’ve found it!”

The woman in the phoenix robe said calmly, her gaze turning toward the valley.

Within the valley, as Yang Chen comprehended the sword intent, the Sword Domain enveloping the valley began to fade, and the scenery within became faintly visible. It was a world of lava. Lava flowed like rivers through the valley.

But looking down from above, these lava rivers vaguely resembled the blood vessels in a human body.  At the convergence of the lava rivers was a lava lake. A massive blood-red sword was plunged into the lake, suppressing all the searing energy of the lava rivers.

The Sword Domain enveloping the valley was also emanating from this blood-red greatsword. But now, as the Sword Domain weakened, a scorching heat capable of incinerating the heavens began to sweep out from the valley.

“Such pure true immortal blood! Honglian, no wonder you were able to find this place! It seems the true immortal who fell here was an ancestor of your Yan Clan! With the suppression of the Sword Domain, even after a million years, the true immortal blood hasn’t diluted or dissipated! Not bad, not bad. What I need most right now is true immortal blood. With this, I can overcome the final tribulation and achieve the status of a true immortal! Tell your little lover ‘thank you’ on my behalf. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have been able to break the Sword Domain here!”

Hearing this, Empress Yan instantly stepped back, putting some distance between them, her face full of wariness as she said:

“Ji Qingyou, what do you mean by that? This opportunity belongs to me, and it’s tied to my Yan Clan ancestor. You should know how important it is to me!”

“Honglian, if I use this to overcome my tribulation and become a true immortal, I can help you exact your great revenge! Your current cultivation is only at the third stage of Void Refinement. Even if you obtain this opportunity, how many years—how many ages—will it take you to reach the tribulation realm? Your revenge would remain a distant dream. That old bastard Yan Mie’s lifespan is already nearing its end. If he dies, you won’t get the satisfaction of killing him with your own hands!”

Hearing this, Empress Yan directly refused: “I don’t need that!”

“No, you do. And right now, you’re too weak. If it weren’t for our past friendship, you wouldn’t even have the right to negotiate with me! Besides, you don’t want your lover to lose his life and your unborn child to be born without a father, do you?”

“You—despicable!” Empress Yan’s heart instantly erupted with fury …

Indeed, in this world, everyone is selfish. Even an old friend, once a companion through life and death, would turn against her in an instant when faced with the inheritance of a true immortal.

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“Ji Qingyou, don’t push me too far! Don’t forget, back then, if it weren’t for me risking my life to help you, could you have secured your position as the ruler of the Destiny Dynasty? The imperial family of the Destiny Dynasty isn’t surnamed Ji—it’s surnamed Zhou!” Empress Yan shouted in a deep voice.

“Indeed, back then, as the Empress of the Destiny Dynasty, I relied on your help to intimidate those undying old fools of the Zhou family, and thus took control of the Destiny Dynasty! But that’s also why I’m negotiating with you now, instead of directly killing you both! Honglian, it’s not that I’m repaying kindness with enmity—it’s just that the true immortal blood is too important to me!” Ji Qingyou’s tone carried a hint of helplessness as she continued: “I can compensate you with something else! You can take all the treasures of the Destiny Dynasty! Even the Destiny Stone—I can lend it to you to use! How about it?”

“Hmph!” Empress Yan let out a cold snort, not responding. Her beautiful eyes glanced toward Yang Chen, who was comprehending the sword in the valley.

At this moment, her heart was somewhat conflicted. With her past temperament, she would never yield an inch today—she’d use every means at her disposal to fight Ji Qingyou to the death. But Yang Chen and the child in her womb had clearly become her ties now. This made her hesitate, wary of the consequences.

The two stood in a standoff.

Yang Chen, in the valley, naturally noticed this scene as well. However, since this so-called Empress Destiny Ji Qingyou hadn’t made a move against Empress Yan, he didn’t stop either, continuing to comprehend the sword intent around him.

In two days, using 5,000 VPs, he had preliminarily grasped the ancient sword intent in the valley.

Sharpness, slaughter, death.

It was as if he could see the master of this sword intent walking a path where rivers of blood flowed behind him, and mountains of corpses piled up. This sword intent had been forged from the blood and lives of countless beings.

In these two days, his own swordsmanship realm had also improved at a rapid pace. Even if this Empress Destiny was a tribulation-realm cultivator like Yu Yourong, he felt no fear at all.

Three more days passed. Yang Chen had now resonated with the ancient sword intent in the valley, as if he had merged with it. He could even sense the blood-red greatsword embedded in the lava lake trembling faintly.

The lava rivers in the valley were likely the transformed body of that Yan Clan true immortal. And this blood-red greatsword, capable of slaying a true immortal and emitting a sword intent that condensed into a Sword Domain, had, after a million years, still firmly suppressed the body of a true immortal. It was clear that this sword was far from ordinary.

Yang Chen raised his hand in a grasping motion.

Immediately, the blood-red greatsword seemed to sense his summons and began to tremble violently. Then, it soared straight out of the lava lake into the sky.

Clang!

A sword cry reverberated through the clouds. A terrifying sword intent dyed the entire sky blood-red.

Above, blood rain began to fall. When the blood sword landed in Yang Chen’s hand, it had shrunk from a massive blade over a hundred meters long into a three-foot-long blade.

Its body was entirely blood-red, as if forged from blood itself. Holding it, Yang Chen could feel the Pure Yang Ancient Sword in his body trembling violently. It was an instinctive fear.

This indicated that the blood sword’s grade far surpassed that of the Pure Yang Ancient Sword.

“What a terrifying blood sword! This sword, capable of suppressing a true immortal’s body for a million years, is undoubtedly far stronger than an ordinary sacred weapon! But without this blood sword’s suppression, the Sword Domain has completely dissipated!”

Ji Qingyou’s gaze turned toward the valley.

As Yang Chen pulled out the blood sword, the Sword Domain enveloping the valley had vanished entirely.

At this moment, the lava rivers emitted an aura capable of incinerating the heavens, instantly sweeping across this realm. The pressure of a true immortal also began to spread at this moment.

Ji Qingyou transmitted a message to the two Void Refinement cultivators, instructing them to hold back Empress Yan.

She herself charged straight toward the valley.

“Ji Qingyou, if you dare harm him, I’ll fight you to the death!” Empress Yan, blocked by two beautiful women in palace attire, shouted sharply.