Chapter 354: "Waiter, bring some wine." (The Grand Finale!)

Chapter 354: "Waiter, bring some wine." (The Grand Finale!)



Ao Tian stared at Hei Long with an emotionless expression, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Is it so satisfying to mock your father?"

"Why are you glaring at me?"

Hei Long shrunk his neck and muttered softly, "I'm already an Immortal Emperor, do you still want to beat me up like when we were kids?"

"What do you think?"

Ao Tian grinned menacingly and rolled up his sleeves, pouncing forward.

"You're actually serious!"

Hei Long, his face filled with terror, screamed and fled into the distance, while Ao Tian, with a hideous expression, pursued him relentlessly, shouting, "If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll never know who's the boss here!"

"How wonderful."

The Patriarch of the Buddhist Sect and the Patriarch of Green Mountain Palace sat in a corner of the banquet hall, gazing at Ao Tian and Hei Long frolicking in the distance, and sighed, "These two are naturally not using their full strength; they're just fooling around."

Otherwise, a full-scale battle between two Immortal Emperors would be loud enough to disrupt the banquet.

That would be a big deal.

And it was a bit embarrassing for the two of them to admit that they were Immortal Emperors too.

They weren't supposed to be here in the first place. After all, they had only joined the Mock Heavens Sect halfway, and they were not even inner disciples, just outer disciples who had accompanied the Seventh Prince on his travels. They never had the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Mock Heavens Sect.

However, when Qiu Emperor found the Seventh Prince, he also gave them a batch of Spirit Fruits.

Within a thousand years, they had absorbed all the Spirit Fruits and, with the help of the sect, successfully ascended. And then they became Immortal Emperors.

To be honest.

It's really embarrassing.

"Life is truly unpredictable."

The Patriarch of the Buddhist Sect sighed, his face filled with emotion, "A thousand years have passed, but those scenes seem like they happened just yesterday. Back on the Mystic Heavens Continent, we were all enemies of the Qiu Emperor. Fortunately, I was able to swallow my pride and admit defeat quickly."

"Otherwise, forget about becoming an Immortal Emperor, I'd probably be six feet under by now."

"That's true," the Patriarch of Green Mountain Palace agreed, nodding, "Not to mention the others, but the souls of those who opposed the Mock Heavens Sect on the Mystic Heavens Continent were all destroyed. It's all about fate, I guess."

"The Qiu Emperor's autobiography might even include our parts."

"When the time comes, we'll transcribe it and pass it down to our descendants."

"Hey, I was thinking the same thing."

At the banquet, Liu Zide was slightly drunk, leaning on the shoulder of the Governor of Zhongzhou City and slurring his words. The two seemed to have a peculiar connection, their minds working in similar ways, their thoughts colliding.

In just a few words,

Numerous business plans emerged on paper.

But they all sounded rather unusual.

Even the head of the Wang family was invited, partly because Chen Qiu had personally ordered it, as he had once helped the Mock Heavens Sect, and it was only right to invite him. On the other hand, Chen Qiu wanted to ask about some details to refine the "Qiu Emperor's Autobiography."

At this banquet,

Everyone who had ever helped the Mock Heavens Sect was present.

This included the Governor of Fei Cheng, the Governor of Fei Yu Cheng, and even the Former Emperor of Daxia from the Daxia Kingdom. These people were staunch traditionalists, stubbornly maintaining the operation of the Daxia Kingdom's Great Formation for a thousand years. As a reward, it goes without saying that these people would also become Immortal Emperors in the future.

When one achieves immortality, even their dogs and chickens can ascend; it's not a joke.

"Close your eyes."

Chen Qiu placed his hand on the scholar's brother's head, and essence energy slowly flowed out. After a few breaths, a faint black mist emerged from the scholar's brother's body, and Chen Qiu smiled lightly, "There, you're no different from a normal person now."

Earlier,

The scholar had found Chen Qiu and told him about his brother's condition. He explained that his brother was a "Nameless Person" by birth, without a name and unable to be listed in the Heavenly Dao Proclamation. He could speak but couldn't...

The reason he rarely spoke was simply because every time he did, there was a chance he would encounter some bad luck in the near future.

It was an incurable condition, a type of Heavenly Dao curse.

However, after Chen Qiu had seized all the power of the Heavenly Dao, it was easy for him to remove such a curse.

Many Heavenly Dao curses were actually just bugs.

With so many continents, the Heavenly Dao only awakens once every three million years, and each awakening is brief, unable to fix all the bugs. Over such a long period, countless bugs would occur, including some messy Heavenly Dao curses.

Like "Immortal Cancer" or "Nameless Person."

But—

The scholar's brother's curse wasn't a bug; it was a deliberate act of the Heavenly Dao.

He had absorbed all the memories of the Heavenly Dao, and in those memories, he clearly knew that the scholar's brother had once urinated on a stone in the canyon. The Celestial Path Soul was furious, but being in a state of slumber, it was helpless and could only randomly curse the scholar's brother with a type of Heavenly Dao curse. This was the strongest method it could use while asleep.

If the scholar were to trace back the timeline,

He would probably discover that strange things started happening to his brother from that point onwards. Before that, the scholar's brother was quite talkative.

"Thank you, Brother Qiu! Thank you!"

The scholar, filled with gratitude, knelt before Chen Qiu with his brother and said excitedly, "Now my brother can finally find a good woman to carry on our family line!"

". . ."

Chen Qiu looked at the scholar with an expressionless face, waved his hand, and didn't bother to say more. He felt that the scholar might have a problem with his thinking; how could an Immortal Emperor worry about his brother being mute and not finding a woman?

An Immortal Emperor!

If he just said he wanted to find a wife, women from a million li around would flock to offer their marriage proposals!

Not to mention being mute, even if he were three feet tall and ugly, it would still be easy.

"Oh, right—"

Chen Qiu suddenly remembered something and waved to summon the eldest daughter of the Bai family. Looking at the pretty girl before him, he nodded thoughtfully, "That's interesting."

Among all the continents,

Those afflicted with "Immortal Cancer" were random; Immortal Cancer itself was a bug.

A bug that hasn't been fixed.

The Heavenly Dao simply didn't fix it, and as for those entire sects afflicted with Immortal Cancer, they were also bugs, just bigger ones.

The prerequisite for triggering this bug was that one's cultivation must reach the level above Immortal.

Among those affected by this bug, only the eldest daughter of the Bai family was an exception. She was the only one whose cultivation hadn't reached the Immortal stage but still contracted Immortal Cancer. She was also the only one not triggered by the bug but was actively marked by the Heavenly Dao.

Yes.

It might sound absurd, but during the last awakening thirty thousand years ago, the Heavenly Dao encountered a woman and fell madly in love with her to the point of obsession. He wanted to transform her into the same race as himself, but she rejected him. This woman was the eldest daughter of the Bai family.

At that time, the Heavenly Dao was about to enter a slumber, and there was no time for anything else. He could only bestow immortality upon the eldest daughter of the Bai family, allowing her to reincarnate endlessly until his next awakening.

To ensure that her chastity remained intact during his slumber, he placed a curse called "Immortal Liberation" on her, with symptoms similar to Immortal Cancer, but it was not the same curse at all.

The main manifestation was that any non-family male who approached her would suffer misfortune.

And as they grew older, they would gradually wither and die, only to be reborn again.

In other words, it was a chastity lock, a means of coercion.

One of the significant reasons the Heavenly Dao chose to slumber in the Mystic Heavens Continent was its proximity to the eldest daughter of the Bai family, allowing him to sleep more peacefully.

"That's good."

Chen Qiu heaved a soft sigh, "Indeed, it was a peaceful sleep. Now I can take my time and sleep some more, with plenty of time to spare."

He couldn't help but marvel at this.

Once a man's heart is moved, he often makes the wrong choices. Oh well, after thinking it over, he decided not to tell the eldest daughter of the Bai family about this. The Heavenly Dao was dead, the curse was lifted, and he didn't need to help her regain her memories.

Let her start a new life from now on.

This matter should be sealed in the past.

With this thought, he looked up and saw Fat Dragon not far away, nervously apologizing to July Cat, seeking forgiveness. Chen Qiu shook his head slightly, not saying much, but his gaze shifted to the distant banquet hall, a faint smile on his lips.

Soon—

Thirty years passed.

During these thirty years, the Qiu Emperor Continent flourished harmoniously. Of course, the Daxia Kingdom had become the undisputed Zhongzhou, and with the Mocking Heaven Sect's presence, the number of Immortal Emperors they possessed even surpassed the combined total of all other Immortal Emperors outside of Zhongzhou.

The Daxia Kingdom's spiritual energy also became extremely dense.

The people of Daxia, in this environment and amidst countless opportunities, even without Qiu Emperor's personal guidance, had their cultivation levels rising steadily. Although most of them only reached the Body Fusion stage, their status and position were undeniable.

Even if other Zhongzhou Immortal Emperors came, they would greet them with friendly smiles and not dare to cause trouble.

No one dared to act recklessly in the Qiu Emperor's homeland.

As for Qiu Emperor's autobiography, "Cultivation in a Chaotic World," it had long been written and spread throughout the Qiu Emperor Continent. At Jiang Buying's suggestion, Chen Qiu asked Fat Dragon to add an extra chapter.

In this extra chapter, there was another timeline, one that told the story of Jiang Buying. Fulfilling Jiang Buying's wish, Chen Qiu gave him a tragic supporting role and let him die a tragic death!

Chen Qiu could only shrug; he really wanted to say that this was his autobiography, why add someone else's story? But upon seeing Jiang Buying's pitiful gaze, he softened.

Oh well.

This guy hadn't asked him for anything anyway.

Many things happened during these years, but the most absurd was that Fat Dragon got married! Yes!

Today was his wedding day, and he was dragged in as a witness.

The bride was none other than July Cat.

". . ."

Chen Qiu looked at July Cat, who had transformed into a human and was as beautiful as an immortal, and after a long silence, he finally offered his blessings, "Little sister, do you have Stockholm Syndrome?"

He had considered countless possibilities.

But he never imagined that these two could end up together.

"He's very good at flattering."

July Cat's face turned red, and she spoke softly, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Well, well, well, wifey, is this something you should be talking about openly?" Fat Dragon, standing beside her with a flushed face, asked anxiously.

"No, no."

July Cat suddenly realized and waved her hands in a fluster, "What I mean is, Fat Dragon is actually very patient. He pursued me for four or five years, and in this lifetime, no man has ever chosen me so firmly. Moreover, I gradually discovered that Fat Dragon actually has many strengths."

"For example?"

"For example, he's the second-in-command of the Mocking Heaven Sect."

"What?" The Scholar, standing nearby, was stunned, his voice rising in disbelief, "How can that be his strength? Isn't that Qiu's strength?"

"Yes, but..." July Cat spoke softly, her eyes filled with happiness and a hint of shyness, "Fat Dragon told me that in this lifetime, he has made two firm choices. The first was Chen Qiu, and the second is me."

"He used the first half of his life to prove to the world how correct his first choice was."

"From now on, he will use the second half of his life to prove to the world that his second choice is equally correct."

"He also said that in this lifetime, he might have many shortcomings, but his only strength is that his choices are never wrong."

"Hmm."

Xiong Gao frowned slightly, stroking his chin in thought, "These words are quite impressive, but they sound familiar. Let me think."

"I've got it! It's like a wedding company that luckily lands a big order and then, when meeting every client, they bring up this big order as a case study, using the previous results to prove that choosing to work with them this time is the right decision."

"Isn't that the standard sales pitch?"

"I thought Dragon Bro used to run a company?"

"Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Fei Long's expression darkened as he glared at Xiong Gao, "If you keep blabbering, I'll chop you up with my bear claws!"

Then he coughed lightly and turned his head with a loving expression towards July Cat.

"Before I met you, I might have been a little reckless. But you know, at that time, both you and Soo Bro were under immense pressure to survive. For the sake of our lives and the future of the Mock Heaven Sect, I had no choice but to do what I did."

"Now life is getting better."

"From now on, I will only love you, and all the women in the world will be like skeletons in my eyes."

"Good!"

Chen Soo clapped his hands in approval, "Well, let's start the feast first!"

Regardless, he was still happy for his good brother for finding a good woman. After all, July Cat was also a transmigrator, and the two of them should have plenty of common topics to talk about.

.

At the wedding banquet.

Zhao Yisi stared expressionlessly at Fei Long, whose face was flushed with happiness. Sitting next to him, Badan coughed lightly and said, "This is a joyous occasion, you can't mess around. Besides, we are barbarians, and barbarians eat everything. We even ate the Dragon Clan in the past."

"When we ate the Dragon Clan, their essence was the most valuable part, and everyone fought for it."

"There's not much difference between humans and the Dragon Clan."

"After all, different races have different customs. Just like for humans, eating sheep's penises is quite normal. Don't take it to heart, it's better to be a little foolish."

"You know what I mean, right?"

"No." Zhao Yisi shook his head and said in a deep voice, "I don't resent him. I just finally understand why I haven't been able to find a rabbit with that taste for so many years."

"It tastes good."

". " Badan opened and closed his mouth for a while, and finally, with an angry face, he couldn't help but blurt out, "Why don't you just get lost!"

"You damned thing!"

"You beast!"

"You bastard!"

Three years passed.

Chen Soo stood alone on the edge of a cliff. In the distance, on a cloud, Fei Long was playing with July Cat and his own son. After a while, Fei Long ran over, panting heavily. He stood next to Chen Soo, looking at his wife and child with a happy expression.

"How is it, Soo Bro? Are you a little envious?"

"With your strength, you can have any woman in this world. When the time comes, you can have a child too, and you'll have someone to share your emotions with, right?"

.

Chen Soo remained silent for a long time before shaking his head lightly, "If there was a woman who chose me resolutely during my humble beginnings, and stayed by my side through all the hardships, perhaps I would also enjoy the bliss of family life."

"But now..."

"How can I believe that the women who approach me have genuine affection for me?"

"She hasn't even seen me at my most pathetic state, how dare she say she loves me?"

Seeing Fei Long and the others, he was indeed a little envious. But as he said, he hadn't thought about these things for thousands of years, and he had long lost the ability to love someone.

If he wanted, he could have any woman he desired. With too many choices, there was often no choice at all.

"It's better to be a little foolish."

Fei Long chuckled.

It had to be said that after Fei Long's marriage, he became an excellent father and husband. He seemed to have transformed, and the child he had would be the one with the deepest background on this continent.

His mother was the Heavenly Dao, his father was the second-in-command of the Mock Heaven Sect, and his uncle was the Soo Emperor.

This was an unbreakable family connection.

In other words, once Fei Long's son grew up, he could go wherever he wanted and do whatever he pleased on the entire continent.

A protagonist's fate.

"By the way—"

Chen Soo interrupted the topic, not wanting to discuss it further. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Your son is already two years old, and you still haven't given him a proper name. Do you really plan to keep calling him by his nickname forever?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Fei Long said seriously, "I think Black Sheep is a great name. This kid was born black and round like a ball, and he was born in the Year of the Sheep. The name Black Sheep is so fitting. His father doesn't even have a surname, so what surname would he have?"

"I was thinking, if you have a son, Soo Bro, I'd like my son to be his confidant. Maybe the two of them could continue to create their own legendary story on the Qiu Emperor Continent."

"But Soo Bro, are you sure you want to go to the Origin Continent?"

"Hmm."

Chen Soo nodded lightly and gazed into the distance, "I still prefer the passionate life I had before. The Heavenly Dao was severely injured and fled to the Nanong Continent from the Origin Continent. I want to see what kind of scenery the Origin Continent holds."

"Passion?"

Chen Soo couldn't help but laugh, "Yes, passion."

"I'll accompany you."

"Let's talk about it later. You're already married. If something happens, it will be difficult for them as a mother and son."

"What are you talking about?" Fei Long scoffed, "Even if I die, his mother is the Heavenly Dao. No one dares to offend her on the Qiu Emperor Continent. Sometimes I even envy this kid. His starting point is higher than almost ninety-nine percent of people's endpoints."

"But Soo Bro, there's something I need to say again. If possible, it's best if you get married and have a child."

"Haven't you noticed the strange looks the old guys from the Mock Heaven Sect have been giving me these past few years? It's as if they expect Black Sheep to inherit the sect, and I feel like they want me to have a son to seize power."

Chen Soo chuckled lightly but didn't respond. Instead, he yawned lazily, stretched, and waved his hand before turning around and walking away.

"When your son grows up, come with me to the Origin Continent."

"See how things are."

"Third Elder, Third Elder!!!"

In the void, on a massive flying ship, an old man with white hair rushed from the deck to the inner cabin. He looked at the elder in the inner cabin, who was wearing a long robe, and said in an excited trembling voice, "It seems... it seems we've found the Origin Continent?"

"Really?"

"As the words fell, the elder, who was already as frail as a rotting log, suddenly rose to his feet. With great difficulty, he propped himself up with his walking stick and stood on the deck, gazing towards the distant, vastly different continent in the void. His eyes shone with excitement, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably. His voice trembled as he raised his walking stick with all his might and shouted."

"Full throttle, let's go!"

He was the Third Elder of the Mock Heaven Sect, once renowned and feared, but three million years had passed since his departure, and he wasn't sure if anyone in this world still remembered him.

Three million years ago.

On the brink of its destruction, the Mock Heaven Sect left behind seven plans.

As the Third Elder, he personally led the team for the Great Expedition Plan, tasked with searching for the Origin Continent in the void. It was said to be the homeland of the Heavenly Dao, but for three million years, they had been wandering aimlessly in the void like headless flies.

They had no clear goal.

In truth, everyone knew that the Great Expedition Plan was like a last-ditch effort from the start. There were no beacons or navigational charts, only a massive flying ship and a group of madmen willing to risk their lives for the cause.

They had set out with three hundred people, but now only thirteen remained.

This extreme loneliness could drive anyone to the brink of collapse, and if it weren't for the energy-absorbing device on the flying ship that drew in essence energy from the outside world, they wouldn't have been able to travel in the void for three million years.

In recent years, a great disturbance occurred in the void, and they witnessed all the continents being pulled towards the depths of the void with immense force.

They knew something significant had happened, but they didn't know what it was.

All they knew was that they couldn't go back.

They were like climbers who had reached the halfway point without a safety rope, and the difficulty of climbing down was far less than the challenge of returning home. They had no choice but to forge ahead and search for the unknown and elusive Origin Continent.

And now...

Finally, they had found it!

They had reached the edge of the void, and for the first time, they saw the boundary—a rainbow-like bubble, and behind it, countless neon lights.

Perhaps, by breaking through this barrier, they could reach the Origin Continent!

"Charge! Go through!"

The Third Elder of the Mock Heaven Sect, his body barely able to stand straight, clutched the sect's token tightly in his hand. His voice hoarse and filled with tears, he shouted, "For the Mock Heaven Sect!"

The disciples on the flying ship echoed his cry, their voices trembling.

"For the Mock Heaven Sect!"

Their mission was finally complete.

As they were about to collide with the barrier, the Third Elder slowly closed his eyes and crushed the token in his hand, sending the coordinates of this place back to the sect. He didn't know if the sect leader was still alive, let alone if they would receive his coordinates.

But...

None of it mattered to him anymore.

He knew he couldn't make the return journey; without the coordinates, he had no way of finding his way home. He could only enter the Origin Continent, a place where even the Heavenly Dao itself had been severely injured and fled, indicating its extreme danger.

He was well aware that entering the Origin Continent meant certain death.

But he no longer cared.

For three million years, his belief had sustained him, and he was determined to see what this Origin Continent was all about.

The next moment—

As the barrier shattered, a cacophony of noise flooded their ears, and countless neon lights flashed before their eyes.

". . ."

The Third Elder, suspended in mid-air, listened to the sounds of pedestrians below and the familiar surroundings—the neon lights, cars, traffic lights, and skyscrapers. After a long moment of shock, he muttered, "Is this Bluesphere?"

"Have I returned home?"

"Is this the Origin Continent?"

The group, along with their flying ship, hovered in the air, but no one looked up at them. With their strength, maintaining invisibility was effortless.

At that moment, on the street below, a pedestrian angrily pointed at a coconut tree above, cursing. A coconut had fallen without warning, nearly hitting him.

Sixteen years later.

"Hey, back then, Chen Qiu was still at the Qi Condensation Stage. He was chopping wood outside Fufeng City in Daxia Kingdom when a burly man shouted about the Heaven Shattering Gang recruiting disciples. That man was Fat Dragon."

"At that time, Chen Qiu didn't know Fat Dragon yet."

"Perhaps neither of them realized that when Fat Dragon approached and struck up a conversation, it marked the beginning of a legendary tale."

"Even for someone like Chen Qiu, the start of the story was extremely ordinary."

"Next..."

On the outskirts of the Qiu Emperor Continent, Chen Qiu and Fat Dragon, both disguised, sat in a teahouse, listening to a storyteller narrating their exploits.

"Hehe."

Fat Dragon couldn't help but laugh. "Brother Qiu, back then, the storytellers only talked about you and never mentioned me. But since your autobiography, 'The Qiu Emperor's Biography,' came out, I've been mentioned frequently. It's quite nice."

Chen Qiu smiled lightly and took a sip of tea. In recent days, he had often traveled across the continent.

Fat Dragon's son had also come of age.

The two of them were preparing to visit the Origin Continent again.

"Waiter!"

"Hey!" A young attendant in hemp robes hurried over with a smile. "Honorable guests, would you like some wine?"

"Chatty, why are you butting in?" Chen Qiu glared at the attendant.

After taking a deep breath to calm himself, Chen Qiu slammed the table, "Waiter, bring the wine!"

"Yes."

Then he nodded in satisfaction, "That's more like it."

The two men exchanged glances and burst into laughter, leaving the attendant standing there, looking bewildered.

The laughter grew louder.

When the attendant finally reacted, the two men had already disappeared without a trace, leaving behind only a storage bracelet filled with spirit fruits sufficient for the attendant's cultivation to reach the Immortal Emperor stage.

PS: The End.

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