Chapter 399: You Are Not My Father, the Recurrence of 【Adding the Finishing Touch

From then on, countless players, under his command, launched invasion after invasion, all to present that world and its abundant Energy Points to him.

And as his points grew, he began to bestow upon his own body one powerful blessing after another—"Undying," "Imperishable," "Eternal Life," "Ageless"…

Any exaggerated power he could imagine, he spent points in great sums to bestow upon himself.

Of course, after this process, having truly gained powerful strength and stepped into Xingkong, he finally came into contact with and understood that there existed in the universe another kind of being powerful beyond his imagination—True Immortal!

The power he had bestowed upon himself was still far too fragile before those beings.

No, it should be said that his understanding of power was far too shallow, so that the power bestowed upon him shattered at a touch before beings of that level.

But then, who was he?!

The true "Universe Child"!

A mere True Immortal—before the all-powerful orb of light he had obtained, as long as he had points, it was nothing difficult.

So he directly spent points to consult the mysterious orb of light within his body, and thereby obtained the method to possess that kind of power—forge a True Immortal body!

And the points he had accumulated from invading several worlds over so long, though not enough, were not far off either.

But would a man who had everything going his way be satisfied so easily?

If he was to become a True Immortal, he would become the strongest of them all!

So, in order to obtain a massive amount of points in the short term to forge a True Immortal body and rapidly advance this process, he immediately spent a large sum of points to successfully locate a world where True Immortals existed, and began directing the players to enter and invade it, while he, relying on his remaining points, entered slumber to begin his transformation toward True Immortal.

And to be safe, before slumbering, he even used a special item obtained earlier, and following the plan given by the orb of light, summoned several True Immortals from all directions of the void under the guise of trade, reached an agreement with them to attack and take away most of the True Immortals within that world, leaving behind only a single half-dead True Immortal.

Afterwards, that power was directly bestowed by him upon those Demon Kings who had likewise been lured by his trade, but were somewhat weaker and happened to please his eye.

At this point, he entered slumber to ascend to that realm.

Who could have known that now, he who was slumbering would actually be startled awake by his own subordinates—truly useless.

A turtle is a turtle—even with a powerful bloodline, still useless!

While pondering, the incomparably handsome young man also slowly operated the mysterious orb of light within his body, preparing to broadcast the scene about to appear, and the scenes of showing off that would follow, to all of Di Xing, thereby announcing his true breakthrough to True Immortal! Becoming an eternal, invincible Banzhu!

It was time to reveal his true identity, ascend the divine throne, and receive the worship of all living beings!

One must know that for this moment he had endured for a long time, even abandoning the player character he had originally used to show off!

After all, he was no fool—revealing his true self before having power would be seeking death, wouldn't it?

It's just a pity that he, who had been startled awake from slumber, had not yet truly achieved invincible True Immortal.

……

"Boom boom boom……"

In the Xingkong where purple flames and dark Ice Frost intertwined and spread, accompanied by a thick purple beam piercing through, thunderous explosions and the surging sound of liquid flowing like a sea suddenly rang out, and the towering, boundless turtle-shaped behemoth finally breathed its last and collapsed with a rumble.

Endless energy, mingled with shattered Spirit, poured out madly; before it could cause destruction, it was absorbed by the Eastern giant dragon body beside it, no smaller than Itself. Under that terrifying suction force's frenzied devouring, it nearly transformed into a deadly celestial body beneath the stars—a black hole!

It was just that this black hole was faintly showing an unstable trend, on the verge of bursting open.

"It's finally over……"

Baichuan, with wisps of flame still constantly drifting from his mouth, gazed at the Xuanwu that had finally died, murmuring within.

Xuanwu was very strong, but in the end, his superior skill and his own special nature won him this battle.

Thinking of the final moment before, the terrifying power that Xuanwu had Burst forth under the crisis of life and death—

Under the deadly cold, Xingkong froze, all things seemed to halt, and even Time nearly stopped flowing before it.

Baichuan was also somewhat shaken; indeed, any being that could truly be called an 【Immortal】 was not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, the opponent's pseudo 【Time Pause】 was merely formed by completely freezing the motion of all material molecules through the freezing nature of ice.

And as it happened, every particle of the matter forming his body was the opposite of the matter in this stretch of Xingkong; the moment they collided, all that was produced was an even more violent explosive reaction.

This allowed him to break free in one stroke from the opponent's pseudo 【Time Pause】, and thereby slay the overly depleted Xuanwu in one strike.

Without hesitation, Baichuan opened his dragon maw wide and bit fiercely into the flesh and blood of the opponent—first, to replenish energy and repair the various wounds on his body, in order to maintain the stability of his dragon body. His body, already pushed to the limit and on the verge of collapse by 【Spirit Absorption】, now, under the infusion of the tremendous power of the deceased Immortal-grade Xuanwu, Baichuan clearly knew that his journey through the past was about to come to an end.

That power was far too tremendous—absolutely not something his current dragon body could withstand……

Second, to preserve flesh and blood specimens so that after returning to 【the Present】, he could extract the Immortal-grade ability model, thereby truly entering that realm.

Of course, he did not let slip the storage space on the opponent's body either.

Compared to those true 【Immortals】, the foundation he possessed was far too thin, and the appearance of Xuanwu, with the various information and resources it carried, perfectly made up for this.

Besides this, he still had to properly arrange this last small objective; Baichuan glanced at the little radish head, protected by his own power, gradually waking up.

That was the objective substituted for karma from the very beginning—the daughter Shi Long had asked him to save and give a good ending to. Of course, now if one really had to say it, she should also count as his. After all, once all obsessions were completed, under the substitution of karma, there would be no Shi Long in this world, only the second-generation Dragon Lord named Baichuan……

And this last obsession, if not handled well, the gains from this trip back through the past might be greatly diminished.

It could be said that at this moment he was racing against Time, to see if he could arrange everything properly before his dragon body burst apart and he died……

Thinking this, Baichuan's mind moved, and a figure shrouded in a black robe slowly drifted down from his massive dragon body, falling toward the Long Nv carefully protected in his claw……

However, just as he had just approached, the adorable Long Nv with tender little horns on her head slowly opened her clear, dewy eyes, and in an instant they were filled with mist again. She pouted and said: "Y-you're not my father……"

"……"

Baichuan, shrouded in the black robe, froze for a moment, and instantly understood—this should be the trick that damned turtle had left for him before dying.

In the opponent's view, he was a mysterious being who had stolen the identity of its offspring through unknown means to carry out some scheme. Although it did not know why he would go to such great lengths to seek out that Long Nv, since it was what he wanted, being an enemy, it would stop him.

So, during the great battle with him, some information had already been secretly conveyed to the Xiaolongnv before him, and it was even possible she had personally witnessed that scene.

Baichuan was silent; although the opponent's guess had some discrepancies, the general outline was correct.

"I……"

"Buzz～～"

Just then, Baichuan, who had just been about to explain a few words, suddenly frowned, and along with his dragon head, looked toward the distant void.

Before long, a resounding boom rang out from the void, then ten-thousand-zhang rays of auspicious light burst forth, illuminating the entire Xingkong in breathtaking beauty. Amidst an atmosphere of peace and harmony, celestial music played, and beautiful goddesses lined up on both sides scattering flower petals as they walked out. Within the golden, blazing sun-like spectacle, a golden divine chariot drawn by nine dragons slowly rolled out. At the center of all these wonders, a golden, god-like young being glanced over with a gaze that looked down on all, and behind him, above his head, floated a sphere in which countless players worshipped him.

【Such a show-off……】

【So this is the one behind everything, the existence behind the players?】

Baichuan frowned, looking at this youth whose entrance was exceptionally pretentious, radiating an immortal-level aura. After a long while, the body enveloped in a black robe turned his head back. It seemed there was no longer much time left for him to explain.

Facing this little Xiaolongnv who had lost everything and was homeless, he had the mind to explain a few words, but with time so short he didn't know where to begin—the other party was simply too innocent and naive.

Perhaps in her simple worldview, he was the big villain who had killed her father-king.

"Sigh～"

He let out a breath. Since he was already playing the villain, he might as well go all the way～

Thinking this, Baichuan silently took out a mark, and under the wary gaze of the seemingly innocent Long Nv, he grasped her hand and merged it into the back of her fair, tender little hand. That was the unbound player ghost account he had previously researched—unbound by anything, undetected by anyone (unless that power was no longer out of control and possessed complete mastery), equipped with a player panel, with permissions to log off at any time and issue tasks as an NPC.

After thinking for a while, Baichuan took out a small, toy-like, quaint little bell, examined it for a moment, and stuffed it into the little one's hand.

This Ancient Bell that had helped him greatly—now that he had stepped into the 【Immortal】 realm, he had finally truly seen through and understood this bell's power. It was undoubtedly an immortal-level Faba. Forged from special metals born of several kinds of Star Beast, it contained the powers of entering and exiting positive and negative space, yin-yang transformation, and explosion.

Unfortunately, he now possessed all these powers himself, and if he wished, he might even have the chance to reforge them. So this bell's help to him was no longer as great as imagined.

In that case, let it fully exert its last remaining heat, and be handed over to the little one who needed it more.

Having done all this, Baichuan lowered his head to stare into the little one's eyes and said softly, "Little one, your father-king... has already been captured by me. Do you want to save him back?"

Accompanying Baichuan's words, the little carrot-top before him instantly showed an expression on the verge of tears—her eye sockets, little delicate nose, and tender skin all flushed red, her mouth pursed and slightly trembling, as if saying something.

Only Baichuan's exceptionally keen hearing caught that she was softly pleading with him, "No... don't... please, give my father-king back to me..."

Paying no heed, Baichuan continued speaking to himself, "If you want to save him back, then become strong properly. Only by becoming strong can you find your father-king again."

"Perhaps, one day when your legend spreads throughout the entire universe, your father-king might come back to find you."

"Then, goodbye, little one～～"

As the words fell, peculiar ripples rose behind the little Long Nv, transforming into invisible waves that swallowed her up, and she vanished.

In the void, a string of crystalline water droplets transformed into crystalline little ice particles and fell, landing in Baichuan's palm.

"Sigh, I never thought there'd be a day when I'd be hated by a little one..."

Examining the little ice bead in his hand that had transformed under the biting cold into something that would never melt, Baichuan shook his head with some melancholy, and finally carefully put it away.

"What a touching farewell. So, how about submitting to this seat? Becoming this seat's mount?"

From afar, a domineering voice suddenly rang out.

It was Zhao Jie, who had just arrived and seen this exceptionally handsome-shaped dragon send off some being.

For a moment, thinking that he still had no mount, his hunter's heart stirred and he could not help but speak.

Completely disregarding Xuanwu, who had once been his subordinate and had sacrificed everything for his plan, now reduced to a corpse.

Such a handsome and majestic true dragon! And the aura it emitted was at the immortal level, the same as his.

Such a strong one! It ought to become his mount!

Just thinking about it—once this true dragon, whose appearance was extraordinarily cool, became his mount, every time he went out in the future, stepping on planets with a true dragon beneath him, just thinking about it one knew it would surely shake the world and stun everyone's eyes.

Wherever it passed, all things would submit!

Zhao Jie began to look forward to it, his gaze burning as he stared at the dragon before him.

After all, this was far better than riding a turtle.

Riding a turtle was nothing compared to riding a dragon in coolness!

"Mount?" Baichuan, who had turned back, retracted his split body, raised an eyebrow at this smug and self-satisfied youth before him, "Are you worthy?"

The next instant, the slender Eastern giant dragon suddenly struck, its dragon tail carrying tremendous force smashing over in an instant.

"It seems you have rejected my good intentions?"

"Truly not knowing life from death!"

At this, the handsome youth's smile turned cold. Someone actually dared to reject his good intentions! And it was on Di Xing's livestream—no, not only could Di Xing's civilization see it, but the rival nemesis civilization that was their mortal enemy was also watching.

This was undoubtedly a public slap in his face!

In an instant, as the dragon tail attacked, a ring of light expanded from the sphere behind him, instantly blocking this attack.

Drops of vivid, viscous blood splattered out.

The terrifying explosion swept out once again. Only Baichuan's power, though still expanding, his body itself had already become like a beautiful porcelain doll covered in cracks.

"It seems I can only use that move."

He just didn't know—now that he had reached the 【Immortal】 level, if he used this move once more, what would the power be like?

Drops upon drops of incomparably beautiful Light Point began to dance out continuously from within Baichuan's body, then transformed into a layer of crystalline, translucent crystal armor. Dazzling light burst forth once again, shining with beautiful radiance beneath this deep Xingkong.

That was the ultimate move he had once used on Tianyuan Star—

【Painting the Dragon and Dotting the Eyes】!

A terrifying killing strike that shattered all Light Point into a single blow.

However, what shattered now was not only the Light Point, but all of his own matter, all of his power!

The vast dragon body began to disappear inch by inch, all to transform into a single attack.

Then, it shot forth!

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(End of chapter)