An Unexpected Turn: Villain Becomes Dad

Chapter 294

“I didn’t expect so many True Immortals to have fallen here!”

“I just sensed a familiar aura. It should be an old friend from the past. I never thought even he would fall here!”

Hearing the Aurora Dao Master’s words, Yang Chen glanced in that direction. It was exactly there that he had just felt an almost palpable aura of death. The overwhelming bloodlust and killing intent had nearly swallowed him whole.

However, an old friend of the Aurora Dao Master would likely have been a titan of the Immortal Realm.

Noticing the fervor in Yang Chen’s eyes, the Aurora Dao Master immediately said: “Yang Chen, don’t be too greedy! That place is too steeped in killing intent. If you rashly enter, it’s likely more danger than fortune! The urgent task now is to find the foundation of the World Tree! Moreover, I have a feeling that the Fallen Immortal Secret Realm was planned by someone in advance! What you’re allowed to take is only what they permit you to have!

“Back then, among the five strongest in the Kunlun Realm, each no weaker than me, some must have survived. They buried me, though I don’t know if it was the Phoenix Lord, the Sword Emperor, or perhaps one of the others!”

“Someone planned everything in advance?”

“The Phoenix Lord? The Sword Emperor?” Hearing this, Yang Chen’s brows furrowed slightly.

In fact, he had faintly sensed this too. The Fallen Immortal Secret Realm opening every tens of thousands of years—this alone suggested it might be under someone’s control. Moreover, the Aurora Dao Master’s tomb had eight keys.

But the Aurora Dao Master had already died back then—how could she have arranged these things?

It was very likely someone orchestrating everything behind the scenes. Every tens of thousands of years, they acted once, allowing Kunlun Realm cultivators to enter and obtain ancient inheritances.

Yang Chen couldn’t help but look up at the blood-red, misty sky.

Suddenly, his gaze froze. A flash of green light streaked before his eyes.

“This?”

“Yang Chen, quick, follow that green light!” The Aurora Dao Master urged immediately.

Yang Chen hurriedly flew forward.

After about two thousand miles, a desert appeared before him. Boundless, an endless sea of sand. But within the sand sea, he saw that green light again.

Yang Chen flew closer. The green light was, in fact, an oasis. The oasis wasn’t large, only about a hundred miles in radius. Yet it exuded a thick aura of life.

“Such a rich life aura—the foundation of the World Tree is indeed still here! Yang Chen, take out the Tricolor Crystal Coffin. I need to absorb some of this life aura! Once I do, my physical body will revive, and I can emerge from the crystal coffin!”

The Aurora Dao Master’s voice trembled with excitement.

…

Yang Chen took out the Tricolor Crystal Coffin.

The Aurora Dao Master, dressed in a red palace robe, lay in the crystal coffin with her beautiful eyes closed, resembling a sleeping beauty.

Looking at the lush, primeval forest-like oasis before him, Yang Chen asked with some doubt: “Senior, where is the foundation of the World Tree?”

“Where? Heh, the entire oasis beneath your feet is the stump of the World Tree from ages past. Though the World Tree was cut down, leaving only its stump, fortunately, its foundation remains, still nurturing the aura of life!”

“This entire oasis is the stump of the World Tree?” Yang Chen’s pupils contracted slightly. This oasis spanned a hundred miles in radius. Wasn’t this stump a bit excessively large?

The Aurora Dao Master continued: “The World Tree must support the vast expanse of an entire great world, so its size is naturally extraordinary! Back then, the World Tree of the Kunlun Realm stood over three thousand miles tall, bearing the cosmic origin of the Great Dao. Phoenixes and mysterious birds even built nests upon it, earning it the name Kunlun Divine Tree among the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm!

“At that time, the Northern Region of Central Continent was thriving and prosperous, teeming with True Immortals. It could be said to be the very heart of the Kunlun Realm. Even cultivators from other realms would come here to seek enlightenment and practice!

“Before I became an immortal, I spent a hundred years under the Kunlun Divine Tree, comprehending the Dao and grasping the Dao of the Aurora. That’s why I forged an unbreakable bond with the Kunlun Realm! But alas, the Kunlun Divine Tree that once upheld the Kunlun Realm was chopped down, leaving only its stump behind! Otherwise, the Kunlun Realm wouldn’t have fallen to such a state!”

Sigh!

The Aurora Dao Master let out a sigh.

Then, the endless green aura of life around them began to converge toward the Tricolor Crystal Coffin. Through the coffin’s lid, it flowed into the Aurora Dao Master’s heart. Instantly, the faint heartbeat that could barely be heard grew significantly louder.

With each heartbeat, the rise and fall of her prominent chest became more pronounced. However, Yang Chen didn’t linger his gaze and stepped aside.

He absorbed a strand of the life aura and infused it into the World Tree seed within his body. Immediately, the World Tree seed emitted a rich, verdant glow. The internal spatial world within it expanded slightly.

Yang Chen’s comprehension of the Dao of Space also surged in an instant.

“It really works!” A spark of joy flashed in Yang Chen’s eyes. Without hesitation, he sat cross-legged and began absorbing it. The green aura of life instantly enveloped him, continuously flowing into the World Tree seed in his body.

At once, the World Tree seed radiated a brilliant cyan light. The space within it began to expand rapidly. Originally, by absorbing the spatial ripples emitted by the Yu Kong Seal, the internal space of the World Tree seed had reached a radius of ten miles. But that was still far from the scale of a full world.

However, after absorbing the life aura of the Kunlun Divine Tree, the expansion of the World Tree seed’s internal space was far faster than when it absorbed spatial ripples.

After an unknown amount of time, the internal space reached a radius of a hundred miles.

By now, Yang Chen had fully immersed himself in the Dao of Space. The surrounding green life aura was no longer absorbed by him and then transferred to the World Tree seed. Instead, the World Tree seed began absorbing it directly.

Instantly, with Yang Chen at the center, it was as if a green vortex had formed. Endless green life aura surged wildly into his body.

At that moment, inside the Tricolor Crystal Coffin, the Aurora Dao Master’s heartbeat thundered like a great bell. Finally, with one resounding beat, her long-closed beautiful eyes snapped open. From her pupils shot two beams of tricolor immortal light.

They directly blasted the lid of the crystal coffin off. A fair, jade-like leg emerged from the coffin. However, her red skirt fell, concealing the leg once more. The Aurora Dao Master stepped out of the crystal coffin. Her figure was tall and graceful, her form curvaceous, her hair cascading like a waterfall.

Her red palace robe accentuated her snow-white skin, making her beauty even more enchanting and breathtaking.

“A million years! How many of my old friends still survive in this world today? In the Immortal Realm, I wonder if anyone still remembers me, the Aurora Dao Master! Lying in this coffin for a million years—though I haven’t started to stink, I still really want to take a bath!”