54: Who dares to touch my daughter?

Above Wanbao City, Devilish Qi surged like ink, blotting out the last sliver of daylight.

"Boom!"

A massive sound shattered the eardrums of countless people.

Su Jie's figure was like a kite with a broken string, smashing violently into the ground and creating a bottomless crater in the hard obsidian plaza.

"Cough, cough..."

He struggled to climb out from the bottom of the pit. His usually spotless black clothes were now in tatters, and his exposed pale skin was covered in hideous cracks, like porcelain about to shatter.

On his chest, a jade talisman carved with blood-colored runes was slowly burning into ashes.

A Life-Substitute Talisman.

If this item hadn't blocked the disaster, his Divine Soul would have been completely annihilated by that blow just now.

"Jie jie jie..."

In the sky, Old Man Black Devil stepped on that massive White Bone Wheel, looking down from above at the Su Family members who were like ants.

His withered old face was filled with the cruelty and pleasure of a cat playing with a mouse.

"Su Family brats."

"What other trump cards do you have? Show them all!"

"If there are none..."

He extended a finger as withered as a chicken claw and tapped lightly toward the ground below.

"Then this old man shall begin his meal."

Buzz!

The White Bone Wheel spun frantically as countless resentful souls let out shrill shrieks, transforming into streaks of black devilish light that poured down toward Wanbao City like a torrential rain.

That was the full-strength strike of a Half-step Saint King.

It carried the will to destroy everything.

"Block it! Block it quickly!"

Su Jingyuan roared, his eyes bloodshot.

He led ten Pseudo-Saint Elders into the sky, burning their essence blood to frantically activate the already damaged Clan-Protecting Array.

But in the face of that overwhelming devilish light, their power was laughably insignificant.

Despair.

An emotion called despair quickly spread within Wanbao City... Inside the Purple Heaven Palace.

Gu Lingshuang leaned against a soft couch, her face still pale, but her black-gold eyes stared fixedly out the window as she whispered, "Seeking death..."

She gritted her teeth, her fingers tightly gripping the bedsheets, her knuckles turning white.

Having just given birth, her body was currently weak to the extreme, unable to move even a finger.

Otherwise, with her temper, she would have long since taken up her Imperial Sword and slaughtered her way out.

Right at that moment.

Boom!

An unimaginably vast amount of pure energy appeared out of thin air within her body.

That was not spiritual power.

That was Origin!

Her Meridians, which had been dried up due to childbirth, were instantly filled by this energy, even starting to overflow.

Yutian Realm Peak... Broken!

Half-step Void Breaking... Broken!

Void Breaking Realm First Stage... Third Stage... Peak!

In just a single breath, her cultivation had crossed an entire major Realm, rushing directly to the Peak of the Void Breaking Realm!

What was even more terrifying was her Physical Body.

Her blood and Qi, which had been somewhat unstable, now became as heavy as mercury. Every heartbeat was like the beating of a war drum, producing a dull "thump-thump" sound.

The Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body had taken another step forward.

She was only a thin layer away from that legendary "Immortal Physique."

Gu Lingshuang felt the surging power within her, her eyes full of shock.

"What exactly is going on?"

Gu Lingshuang murmured, her gaze becoming sharp. Could it be that someone was plotting against her?

Furthermore, her Rebirth was also very strange.

As a generation's Empress and an existence nearly reaching Immortal Ascension, she knew very well how difficult it was to reverse time.

Especially reversing the entire Major Thousand Worlds; the difficulty would increase exponentially.

To have an Empress reborn into the past.

This was something that even an Immortal King couldn't do, let alone an Immortal, right?

Before she could think further.

The Devilish Qi outside the window suddenly surged violently, and that lethal rain of devilish light had already reached overhead!

"Damn it!"

Gu Lingshuang's eyes turned sharp, and she was about to forcibly activate the power she had just recovered.

At this critical moment.

Buzz!

A beam of starlight descended from the sky without any warning.

It wasn't dazzling, and was even somewhat soft.

But the moment it appeared, all sounds in the world vanished.

The wind stopped.

The Devilish Qi dispersed.

Even the lethal devilish light falling from the sky melted away silently the moment it touched the starlight, like snow meeting a blazing sun.

Immediately following that.

A slender figure, holding a baby carved from pink jade, slowly walked out from the starlight.

He walked very slowly.

As leisurely as taking a stroll after a meal.

But with every step he took, a golden lotus bloomed in the Void Realm beneath his feet, supporting his soles as if even the heavens and earth didn't dare let him be stained by dust.

Su Xuanchen.

At this moment, there wasn't a hint of Killing Intent on him.

There wasn't even a trace of spiritual power fluctuation.

He just stood there in mid-air, looking like an ordinary Mortal dad coaxing the child in his arms to sleep.

But for the Su Family members below, the moment they saw this figure, tears instantly gushed out.

"Old Ancestor!"

"The Old Ancestor is back!"

Su Jingyuan knelt on the ground and wailed loudly, like a child who had been wronged seeing their parent.

In the sky.

Old Man Black Devil's laughter came to an abrupt halt.

He stared fixedly at the young man who had suddenly appeared, the hair all over his body standing on end in an instant.

Danger!

As an old fox who had lived for eight thousand years, his intuition had never been wrong.

Although the man before him looked unremarkable, he gave off a feeling more terrifying than facing a true Saint King!

"Who are you?!"

Old Man Black Devil roared with feigned bravado, the White Bone Wheel beneath his feet spinning even faster as he tried to bolster his courage.

"This old man is..."

"Shh."

Su Xuanchen held up a finger to his lips, making a silencing gesture.

"Keep it down."

He looked down at his daughter, who was currently looking around with her big eyes wide open, a doting smile appearing on his face.

"I just got her settled. Don't scare the child."

His voice was very soft.

As gentle as jade.

But to Old Man Black Devil's ears, it sounded like a heavy hammer smashing violently against his heart, causing his blood and Qi to surge, nearly making him spit out a mouthful of blood.

Ignored.

"Arrogant!"

Old Man Black Devil was completely enraged.

He had run rampant on the Sacred Ruins Continent for thousands of years; when had he ever been humiliated like this?

"Playing tricks!"

"Die for this old man!"

Boom!

He no longer held back, spitting a mouthful of essence blood onto the White Bone Wheel.

That Life Saint Weapon instantly expanded a hundredfold, transforming into a bone mountain that blotted out the sky, carrying a terrifying momentum that crushed the Void Realm as it smashed down toward Su Xuanchen and his daughter!

This strike was enough to shatter ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers!

The hearts of the Su Family members below leaped into their throats.

However.

Su Xuanchen didn't even lift his head.

He remained looking down, teasing the child in his arms, and merely extended his free right hand casually.

Index finger.

Bent.

Flicked.

"Ping!"

A clear sound, perhaps a bit too crisp, echoed between heaven and earth.

It was like flicking away a grain of dust.

That menacing bone mountain, capable of suppressing and killing a Saint, exploded the moment it touched that finger.

No stalemate, no resistance.

It was simply and completely pulverized.

"Bang—!"

Bone fragments flew everywhere like a pale, tragic snowstorm.

"Pfft!"

With his Life Saint Weapon destroyed, Old Man Black Devil suffered a backlash. He was sent flying like a tattered sack, bleeding from his seven orifices, his Aura instantly withering to the extreme.

"Im... Impossible!"

He screamed in terror, his eyes full of disbelief.

"A single finger... shattered a top-tier Saint Weapon?!"

"Are you a Saint King?! No... are you a Great Saint?!"

Escape!

He had to escape!

The moment this thought arose, Old Man Black Devil burned his Lifespan, transforming into a streak of blood-light to flee frantically into the distance.

"Running?"

Su Xuanchen finally raised his head.

In those pitch-black eyes, there was not a trace of emotion, only a dead silence.

"You scared my daughter and still want to leave?"

He slowly raised his palm.

He clenched his hand across the distance toward the blood-light that had already fled ten thousand miles away.

"Die."

Rumble!

The Void Realm ten thousand miles away instantly collapsed.

A sky-covering giant hand condensed from Chaos starlight appeared out of thin air, grabbing Old Man Black Devil like a small chicken in its palm.

"Mercy! My Lord, mer—"

"Splatter!"

The sound stopped abruptly.

The giant hand closed gently.

This Half-step Saint King who had dominated the Sacred Ruins Continent for thousands of years, along with his Primordial Spirit, was directly crushed into a mist of blood.

He couldn't be any deader.

Silence.

Within Wanbao City, everyone's mouth hung wide open as they looked at the man in the sky holding a baby with one hand and crushing a Half-step Saint King with the other, their minds completely blank.

This is... too strong, isn't it?!

And at this time.

In the Void Realm surrounding Wanbao City, over a dozen powerful Auras were hidden.

Those were Saint experts attracted by the phenomena, wanting to fish in troubled waters. Among them were even two deeply hidden Saint Kings!

At this moment.

Cold sweat poured down their faces one by one, and their legs were trembling.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat quickly!"

"This Su Family is a trap! A massive trap!"

"That Su Xuanchen is not some newly ascended Saint at all; he's an Primordial Fierce Beasts in human skin!"

Without any hesitation.

These experts, who were usually high and mighty, were now like startled rabbits. They didn't even dare to leave a single harsh word, fleeing frantically with their tails between their legs.

They were afraid that if they ran a step too slow, they would be casually crushed to death by that Death God.

Su Xuanchen glanced indifferently at those fleeing figures and didn't pursue them.

Today was his daughter's big day; it wasn't suitable to go on a massive killing spree.

Killing one to add to the celebration was enough.

"Giggle..."

The little one in his arms suddenly let out a burst of crisp laughter.

She seemed to really like the "fireworks" from just now, extending her lotus-root-like little hands to grab Su Xuanchen's lapel, her big eyes full of admiration.

"Fa... strong!"

Two words spoken in a milky baby voice.

Su Xuanchen's heart instantly melted.

He leaned down and kissed that little face full of milky scent, a fatherly, kind smile appearing on his face.

"Of course."

"Your father is invincible in this world."

...Purple Heaven Palace.

Su Xuanchen walked into the hall holding the child.

Gu Lingshuang was already waiting at the door. Seeing that father and daughter were safe, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let me see."

She took the child, holding her carefully in her arms. Her Phoenix eyes, which were usually decisive in killing, were now full of tenderness.

"This little thing gave me quite a scare just now."

She extended her finger and placed it on the child's pulse, wanting to investigate.

The next second.

Gu Lingshuang's hand jerked violently, nearly dropping the child.

"This..."

Her eyes widened as she looked up at Su Xuanchen, her voice trembling.

"Saint Ninth Heaven?!"

"She's at the Saint Ninth Heaven just after being born?!"

"And this Physique..."

She sensed it.

Within that tiny body, there lurked a terrifying power that made even her Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body feel palpitations.

It was an overbearing Origin that devoured and destroyed everything, yet was reborn amidst the destruction.

It was even more Advanced than her Physique!

"Immortal Physique..."

Gu Lingshuang swallowed her saliva, feeling her worldview collapse.

"Is this even human?"

"How is she not human?"

Su Xuanchen gave her a disgruntled look, sat down by the bed, and casually picked up a spirit fruit to take a bite.

"This is called the student surpassing the master."

"This little one has the 'Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Primordial Demon Body', a natural Demonic Path Supreme."

"How about it? Didn't I say our genes are good?"

Gu Lingshuang looked at her daughter, who was currently playing with her hair, her expression complex.

There was both pride and worry.

"This kind of Physique is too conspicuous."

"Being born already attracted a Saint King Tribulation. If word gets out, I'm afraid the old monsters of the entire Central Heaven Realm won't be able to sit still."

"When the time comes, the one in the Imperial Court will probably also take action."

"What is there to fear?"

Su Xuanchen let out a cold laugh, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"The current me is no longer the me from half a year ago."

"However, you are right."

"The tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

"Before becoming completely invincible, it's better to keep a low profile."

Su Xuanchen stroked his chin, a hint of craftiness flashing in his eyes.

"Pass down my order."

His voice transformed into a Divine Thought, instantly spreading to all the Su Family's high-level members.

"Seal all news of today's events."

"Publicly announce that the Su Family's Matriarch gave birth to a son who is... a Waste Physique."

"Because he attracted a heavenly punishment and nearly perished prematurely, he needs to be sealed for a hundred years and must not be seen by anyone."

"In addition."

"Have that big mouth Su Jingyuan go outside to spread the news."

"Say that the phenomenon was because the Su Family unearthed an ancient treasure, which attracted Old Man Black Devil to snatch it. Both sides fought, and the treasure concealed its own brilliance, its whereabouts unknown."

Gu Lingshuang listened, dumbfounded.

"Waste Physique?"

"Are you cursing your own daughter?"

"This is called tactical deception."

Su Xuanchen shrugged and poked his daughter's little face.

"This little one is too Heaven-Defying."

"If people find out the Su Family has an Immortal Physique, we won't have a single peaceful day from now on."

"Let her be a 'little waste' for now and develop peacefully at home."

"When the day comes that she wants to go out and play..."

Su Xuanchen narrowed his eyes, revealing a mischievous smile.

"At that time, we'll give this world a big surprise."

The baby girl seemed to understand her father's plan.

She blinked her big eyes and blew a bubble.

"Pfft."

As if saying:

Father, you're really bad.

But I like it.