118: Golden Crow Imperial Palace - Returning to Emptiness (Rare)

Gradually, the breeze stirred, fallen leaves drifted down, and the frozen space resumed its flow.

Below, Xiao Qinger and Murong Chen were completely unaware of what had happened; they only saw that the figure of the Witch Clan Young Lord was no longer in the sky, and only that figure in white remained, holding a black Nascent Soul in his hand.

"How is he already dead? I didn't even see it! That was way too fast!" Murong Chen rubbed his chin, frowning in thought.

I didn't even blink!

How did he just kick the bucket?

I didn't even get to see that bastard beg for mercy under Brother Shen's sword; I haven't even had my fill of satisfaction yet!!

"What just happened..." Xiao Qinger was also full of confusion, her beautiful eyes fixed on the sky.

But the face of the Female Yan Emperor within her heart was already filled with shock. She was the only one who hadn't been frozen; even though she was but a remnant Divine Thought, she had at least once been a Peak expert of the Dao Integration Realm.

Yet at this moment, this Dao Integration expert had fallen into a state of doubting her own life.

"Forming a Talisman with a single thought—he has entered the Dao?"

"He said earlier he was only nineteen, right... Even if he started comprehending Talismans from the womb, that's only nineteen years!!"

"Furthermore, this is fundamentally impossible. What kind of Prodigy is this?"

"How could the Shen Family produce such a monster? Why would they let such a Prodigy come to the Great Xia instead of keeping him in the Shen Family to be nurtured with the power of the entire clan?"

"And he's also a Genius in the path of Talismans; would that bastard Shen Min really not see that?"

"Hmph, the Movement Restricting Talisman—it's ten to one that Shen Min is involved in this..." The Female Yan Emperor gritted her pearly teeth, then added, "Forget it, this Empress will not haggle with a junior!"

Immediately, her gaze fell upon Shen Nian's back.

"Sword, Physique, Array, Talisman—cultivating all four paths simultaneously, and reaching the pinnacle in every single one, coupled with his bizarre Cultivation speed..." The Female Yan Emperor no longer knew how to describe Shen Nian. If she had to say it,

it would be that he is destined to be invincible in this generation!

Being in the same generation as him is a form of torture; so-called Prodigies are not even worth mentioning in front of him...

Fortunately, Qinger is his Junior Sister and not an enemy, otherwise, having such an enemy would simply make one feel despair!

And it is also fortunate that he is of the Human Race, not a monster...

The only person the Female Yan Emperor could associate with being comparable to him was the Shen Family's Second Ancestor who had disintegrated his body fifty thousand years ago, but that person possessed the Undying Divine Physique, ranked in the top ten of the three thousand Physiques!

"Could he also have one?"

"Right, I seem to have forgotten something."

"I seem to have heard of such a Prodigy in ancient texts..." The Female Yan Emperor couldn't help but ponder, seemingly recalling records very similar to what Shen Nian was currently displaying.

The Female Yan Emperor's pupils constricted slightly, and she murmured, "Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, naturally close to the Dao, able to master any Divine Ability, Cultivation Technique, or myriad Daos at a single glance—the Innate Sacred Body of the Dao Womb, ranked second on the three thousand Physiques ranking!"

This Physique had never appeared in the Human Race. Even the ancient texts preserved from before the era of the Great Disruption, held by the Human Emperor Hall, recorded that this Physique was invincible among peers even in the Immortal Realm. Immortal Ascension was inevitable, and pushing open the gates of the Ancient Realm was only a matter of time...

Could he be...

"No!"

"He is not!"

"If he were this Divine Physique, how could the Shen Family not have noticed? It would have shaken the Five Domains the moment he was born!" The Female Yan Emperor immediately refuted her own thought.

The appearance of any Divine Physique in the Five Domains would cause heaven-shaking and earth-shattering scenes, let alone this Innate Sacred Body of the Dao Womb ranked second!

Unless he was born in the Great Xia, this land of chaotic heavens, and had his Divine Physique obscured from childhood like Xiao Qinger.

But clearly, he is not!

After pondering, the Female Yan Emperor couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he does not have a Divine Physique; otherwise, it would really be hard for others to live. Even she, someone not from the same era as Shen Nian, felt infinite pressure.

If he were given a Divine Physique on top of that, what would there be left for others to contend for?

However, there was a trace of disappointment in the Female Yan Emperor's eyes. At the same time, she hoped that Shen Nian possessed a Divine Physique, as that would likely bring the day of counterattacking the Heavenly Demon Realm infinitely closer. What the Human Race lacks is that one existence who can settle the matter with a single hammer blow, suppress all experts single-handedly, and reverse the tides of heaven and earth.

Such a figure is absolutely impossible for ordinary Prodigies to achieve...

"Heh, since when did this Empress learn to be as squeamish as those women?" The Empress mocked herself. She was amused by her own fickle emotions. Immediately, she looked at Shen Nian's figure again, a trace of expectation in her golden eyes.

Even without a Divine Physique, he will surely be invincible in the Human Race in the future...

In the sky.

After a flash of sword light, the Witch God Lord's body was completely torn apart. Shen Nian gripped the opponent's Nascent Soul and spatial ring. As he initiated the Soul Search technique, the System's voice also rang out.

【Ding, annexed minor System, expanded Daughter of Destiny personality tag function (use once for 10 preaching value)】

【Host has killed a Transmigrator for the first time, critical hit reward: dao palace Construction Blueprint: Golden Crow Emperor Palace — Void Return (Rare)】

"It is as I thought; he was also a Transmigrator..."

"Sakura Planet... why is it so ghostly? No wonder he spoke bird language; next time I encounter one, I won't bother with idle chatter..." Shen Nian showed a trace of disdain. If he had known the opponent's home planet earlier, he wouldn't have wasted words and would have just killed him directly.

Following this, Shen Nian discovered that the opponent actually had a cheat as well.

"But this System..." Shen Nian couldn't help but be stunned. It was truly annoying; this must be a trolling System.

By comparison, his own System didn't seem so annoying anymore.

【Ding, Host, this System is the supreme one among the heavens, incomparable to any other System. Is it abnormal to have a bit of personality?】

"..." Shen Nian was speechless, but considering the rewards the System gave, he reluctantly refrained from scolding it.

Golden Crow Emperor Palace!

It sounded quite good. It just so happened that he hadn't been simulating his Realm because he was thinking about the lack of blueprints and Materials for constructing a dao palace after Soul Transformation. Without these two things, he would likely have to create them himself, and the simulation time required for that would be an astronomical figure.

Besides, how was he supposed to get the Materials?

Therefore, Shen Nian had always planned to use the dao palace diagram left by the Family to construct it when he returned to the Shen Family. Now it seemed he could advance the schedule a little; products from the System shouldn't be inferior to the Shen Family's.

Could anything associated with the Golden Crow be weak?

If it really didn't work, he could simulate both diagrams and see if he could create something new...

The next second.

Shen Nian turned his attention back to the new function, feeling a bit curious.

Let's try it out.

【Spend 10 preaching value to query the tags of the Daughter of Destiny, Xiao Qinger】

【Current remaining preaching value: 278.5】

Shen Nian shifted his gaze and landed it on Xiao Qinger.

Seeing her Senior Brother looking at her, Xiao Qinger immediately gave a sweet smile, little stars in her eyes.

A few large characters appeared above her head.

【Shen Nian's little fangirl --- Current Loyalty 100】

"..." Shen Nian fell silent instantly.

What the hell is the use of this thing?

It wasted ten points of my preaching value!

Following this, Shen Nian tossed the now-idiotic Nascent Soul and the opponent's spatial ring into the cangtian token, then took a step and landed on the ground.

Just as he landed, Shen Nian frowned slightly and silently took a step back.

Xiao Qinger and Murong Chen both looked at Shen Nian's actions with some surprise.

The next second

A rumbling sound echoed, and the earth shook.

"An earthquake?" Murong Chen frowned, then looked at the ground and exclaimed: "Holy crap! A groundhog?"

Bang!

A head popped out of the soil in front of Shen Nian, and a dusty, honest-looking man revealed a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, good afternoon. I sent you many messages, but you didn't reply to me..."

"Um, could I trouble you to give me a hand and pull me out? There is a barrier in the ground near this great tomb; I think I've been trapped..."