An Unexpected Turn: Villain Becomes Dad

Chapter 287

“You’re the Empress Destiny!?” The Ethereal Saintess’s beautiful eyes froze in shock.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was instantly stunned. The words “Empress Destiny” were like thunder in their ears.

The foremost of the four sovereigns of the Central Continent. It was said that a thousand years ago, she had already stepped into the Tribulation Crossing Realm. Her prestige even surpassed that of the Heavenly Dao Holy Lord by a margin.

“Not bad, you guessed correctly!” Ji Qingyou didn’t hide it, a trace of arrogance showing on her face. Although she had entered the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm in secret, there was no need to conceal her identity any longer now.

Ji Qingyou’s admission left everyone completely dumbfounded. This tall woman before them was truly the Empress Destiny, who had dominated the Central Continent for thousands of years!

Yu Zun’s face darkened. He couldn’t figure out how that bastard Yang Chen had managed to team up with the Empress Destiny again.

The Ethereal Saintess’s beautiful eyes carried a heavy weight. Though the Empress Destiny currently only had the cultivation of the ninth stage of the Void Refining Realm, she was, after all, a grand cultivator of the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

Moreover, she knew that the Empress Destiny had already passed the Primordial Spirit Tribulation and only needed to overcome one final tribulation to achieve True Immortal status. She could be considered the person with the highest cultivation realm in the Central Continent today. With the Holy Son of Heavenly Dao joining forces with her, she was in trouble.

“Senior Empress, this junior is friends with Princess Ziyao. Could you please refrain from helping the Holy Son of Heavenly Dao?” The Ethereal Saintess pleaded.

“Yang Chen, look, the Ethereal Saintess is a friend of my disciple. This matter is a bit tricky!” Ji Qingyou suddenly showed a troubled expression.

Yang Chen sneered, knowing this woman wanted to take advantage of the situation to demand more.

He said coldly: “One-quarter—take it or leave it!”

With that, Yang Chen slashed a sword toward the Ethereal Saintess. The sword light transformed into a river of blood, instantly enveloping her. However, the Ethereal Saintess, bathed in tricolored immortal light, actually withstood the endless sword intent within the blood river.

Even the Radiance of Light and the Divine Flames couldn’t harm her.

“Holy Son, this move of yours can’t kill me!” The Ethereal Saintess’s voice carried a hint of arrogance. A tricolored beam shot out from the vertical eye on her forehead, piercing straight through the blood river.

But at that moment, Ji Qingyou made her move. Though she inwardly cursed Yang Chen, she still desperately needed that one-quarter of True Immortal blood. Moreover, as the grand Empress Destiny, she didn’t even care about her own disciple—how could she care about a friend of her disciple?

The aura of imperial authority filled the tomb space, condensing into countless phantom dragons and phoenixes. Though Ji Qingyou had previously been suppressed by Yang Chen, that was because she had been too eager for victory, wanting to quickly defeat Yang Chen and stop the Empress Yan from absorbing the True Immortal blood, only to fall into Yang Chen’s trap in the end.

In truth, her strength was formidable. Her attack power was no weaker than the blood river Yang Chen had unleashed.

The two of them attacked together. The blood river swirled, and dragons and phoenixes roared. Though the Ethereal Saintess radiated tricolored immortal light, she was still beaten until she spat blood repeatedly.

“Empress Destiny, you’re the foremost of the four sovereigns, renowned across the Central Continent for thousands of years. Teaming up with someone to bully a junior cultivator—aren’t you afraid of being laughed at if word gets out?”

At that moment, seeing the Ethereal Saintess about to be suppressed, Yu Zun hurriedly shouted. If the Ethereal Saintess was suppressed, his opportunity would be lost. Though he was anxious, he didn’t have the courage to step in and help. These three were too strong.

All of them were top-tier combatants in the Void Refining Realm. If he intervened, he might be finished in a single move.

“Daring to disrupt this Empress’s resolve—you’re courting death!”

As the Empress Destiny, Ji Qingyou was decisive and ruthless. She directly struck Yu Zun with a palm.

Pfft! Though Yu Zun had the strength of the late Void Refining Realm, he couldn’t withstand this strike at all. He was sent flying, spitting blood.

At that moment, Ji Qingyou unleashed a divine ability. Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger. Phantoms of the four divine beasts enveloped the Ethereal Saintess from all directions. The overwhelming suppressive force made it difficult for the Ethereal Saintess to break free in the short term.

“Yang Chen, what are you standing there for? Quickly use the Yu Kong Seal to suppress her!” Ji Qingyou shouted.

Yang Chen immediately activated the Yu Kong Seal. Ripples of space spread out in waves. The Yu Kong Seal pressed down like a small world. A tricolored beam shot from the vertical eye on the Ethereal Saintess’s forehead. Though the Yu Kong Seal trembled slightly, it still descended steadily.

Boom!

The Yu Kong Seal landed heavily on the ground like a mountain. Then it quickly shrank, returning to Yang Chen’s hand. Looking at the Ethereal Saintess, now suppressed within the internal space of the Yu Kong Seal, Yang Chen couldn’t help but laugh: “Ethereal Saintess, I’ll give you two choices now! One: Stay in the Yu Kong Seal like this, and we’ll find a way into the statue’s forehead ourselves! Two: Swear an oath and take me inside, and I’ll let you out! Ethereal Saintess, the inheritance of the Aurora Dao Lord is no small matter to you. You wouldn’t want to miss it entirely, would you?”

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“Damn it!” The Ethereal Saintess cursed under her breath. The Holy Son of Heavenly Dao and the Empress Destiny—neither was weaker than her. With the two of them teaming up, and with the Yu Kong Seal, a spatial holy artifact, she had no way to resist.

A tricolored beam shot out once more from the vertical eye on the Ethereal Saintess’s forehead, aiming to break through the internal space of the Yu Kong Seal. However, the inner world of the Yu Kong Seal was vast and boundless, filled with spatial barriers. Even though the beam she unleashed was close to the attack power of a Dao Integration Realm cultivator, it was still futile. It was completely worn down by the countless spatial barriers.

“Ethereal Saintess, stop your pointless struggling. Even the Empress Destiny was suppressed inside by me and could do nothing—let alone you! I’ll give you a few days to think it over. Otherwise, once I find a way to get in there myself, I’ll have no choice but to refine and kill you!”

After speaking, Yang Chen suspended the Yu Kong Seal in the air. Then, the Radiance of Light burst forth from his body. The intensely pure Radiance of Light illuminated the entire tomb space with a layer of white glow.

“What pure power of light!” Nearby, Ji Qingyou’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly. She faintly felt that this detestable junior, Yang Chen, hadn’t even used his full strength earlier. The Radiance of Light enveloped the statue of the Aurora Dao Lord.

Immediately, the statue began to emit a faint tricolored immortal light. Though the vertical eye on its forehead still didn’t open, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the Radiance of Light Yang Chen released had begun to resonate with the Aurora Dao Lord’s statue. As time passed, the tricolored immortal light around the statue grew increasingly dense. The Radiance of Light on Yang Chen’s body became even more blazing. The light was so intense it was hard to look at directly.