Back in the Flowerthorn Kingdom, he had merely intervened to save Batuchen out of a sense of justice. Fearing retaliation against Batuchen in that land, he had specifically sent him to the grandest city of the Heartland Continent, the ‘Xiafeng Capital,’ known for its impeccable order and opportunities to join prestigious sects. Later, in Xiafeng Capital, sensing through karma that Batuchen was in grave danger, he had rescued him from prison.
For Dongbo Xueying, even if it were a stranger suffering injustice or peril, if he witnessed it and had the means to help, he would act without hesitation!
As for large-scale atrocities, through the intelligence network of the Nanyun Sacred Sect, he would swiftly intervene upon discovery.
“Batu Chen? You’re the Insect Ancestor?” Dongbo Xueying couldn’t believe it.
His own cultivation speed was already remarkable. The Sword Master, who had trained far longer, had reached the Ultimate realm—an astonishing feat in such a short time.
But Batuchen? Once merely a Unity realm cultivator! In just tens of billions of years, he had attained the Ultimate realm? Compared to him, every other cultivator would feel ashamed!
Moreover, the ‘Insect Ancestor’ was supposedly a subordinate of the legendary, long-fallen invincible existence—the Devourer Emperor.
“Who is Batuchen?” the Sword Master beside him asked. “Xueying, you know the Insect Ancestor?”
The Insect Ancestor Batuchen spoke softly, “Batu Chen was just an ordinary lad, fortunate enough to reach this point.”
“Fortunate?” Dongbo Xueying was even more puzzled.
Cultivation relied on strength!
Even with treasures like the World Flower or supreme secret techniques, comprehension was essential.
Without insight, how much could one grasp from the World Flower’s bloom? How much could one decipher from a supreme secret technique laid bare before them?
“If Lord Flying Snow doesn’t mind, may I address you as Elder Brother Flying Snow?” the Insect Ancestor Batuchen smiled.
“It would be my honor,” Dongbo Xueying replied quickly. “But this likely involves secrets you need not share with us.”
“It’s nothing much.”
The Insect Ancestor Batuchen continued, “Before reaching the Ultimate realm, I had to tread carefully. Now that I have, there’s little to fear. In fact, I owe you thanks, Elder Brother Flying Snow. You saved my life back then, sending me from the Flowerthorn Kingdom to Xiafeng Capital. There, I joined a sect and strived to cultivate!”
“But cultivation is never simple. While searching for materials in a treasure market, I stumbled upon a black insect carving. It felt fated—I was drawn to it instantly and purchased it.”
“Little did I know, it was the legacy left behind by the fallen Devourer Emperor.”
“The Devourer Emperor?”
“Him?”
Dongbo Xueying and the Sword Master exchanged glances of realization.
The Devourer Emperor was an invincible existence who had created the supreme art of nurturing insect beasts, the *Devourer Scripture*. Even now, many who studied insect beasts revered him. Across the vast Heartland Continent, countless legends about him persisted. Many powerhouses sought traces of his legacy!
“You must know,” the Insect Ancestor Batuchen said, “though the Devourer Emperor nurtured insect beasts, their intelligence was low, and their mastery of rules minimal. So, he devised a method to fuse ‘venomous insects’ with ‘subordinates.’ A weaker subordinate, merged with an insect, could instantly become a superpower.”
Dongbo Xueying and the Sword Master nodded. They knew this well! It was through this method that the Devourer Emperor had built his formidable force.
“With his mastery, the Devourer Emperor even cultivated insect beasts at the Ultimate realm!” Batuchen continued. “Among them was one Ultimate insect beast for which he developed a fusion technique with cultivators. But the soul requirements were too stringent. Before he could find a suitable candidate, he was besieged.”
“During the siege, he fled relentlessly.”
“An invincible being on the run—the battlefields spanned much of the Heartland Continent. The Devourer Emperor hid his most precious legacy, leaving behind only a copy of the *Devourer Scripture*. Advancing in the path of insect beasts was no easy feat.”
“I inherited his legacy because my soul happened to be compatible with that Ultimate insect beast!” Batuchen smiled. “But back then, I was too weak. Forcing the fusion would have been suicide. I had to strengthen my body and soul gradually, deepening the fusion step by step. With each stage, my power grew until, at full fusion, I reached the Ultimate realm!”
Dongbo Xueying and the Sword Master were awestruck.
They knew of the Devourer Emperor’s subordinates and his method of fusing venomous insects to boost their power—enough to rival second-tier Cosmic Gods.
But they hadn’t imagined this technique could produce Ultimate realm combatants!
Yet, upon reflection…
Even the Nightfall Ancestor’s ‘Nine Nightwalkers’ included a strongest member with Sovereign-level power. Though perhaps not as perfected as Batuchen, Sovereigns already wielded aspects of Ultimate realm might.
“My path differs from yours,” Batuchen shook his head. “My advancement is nearly capped. I can only refine what the Devourer Emperor left behind. To grow further? Unless I reach the Ultimate realm in insect beast cultivation—nurturing my own insects to greater heights. But even the Devourer Emperor couldn’t elevate an Ultimate insect beast beyond its limits.”
“As for my own realm, it’s pitifully low. My comprehension of rules doesn’t even qualify me as a Cosmic God!”
“My strength comes solely from the Ultimate insect beast’s abilities,” Batuchen admitted.
He shared this openly because he wished to confide in Ying Shan Xueying.
With his family gone…
Alone in the world, Batuchen truly had no kin left. In his heart, Ying Shan Xueying was the closest to family.
“Sword Demon, please keep Batuchen’s secret,” Dongbo Xueying turned to the Sword Master.
“Of course. Batuchen entrusting me with such knowledge—I’d never betray that,” the Sword Master replied firmly. Prideful as he was, he’d never stoop to treachery.
Though Batuchen, at his current strength, feared no leaks—else he wouldn’t have dealt with the Undying Underworld Emperor—it was still best kept quiet.
For if revealed, more invincible beings might target him!
“Sword Demon Lord, I admire your willingness to aid Elder Brother Flying Snow,” Batuchen smiled at the Sword Master.
“Xueying and I share a bond unlike others,” the Sword Master said. “We hail from the same source world, both reborn here. In that other world, we belonged to the same sect.”
“Ah.” The Insect Ancestor was astonished. Such coincidence?
“For your sect to produce two supreme powerhouses, your source world must be formidable,” Batuchen mused.
Dongbo Xueying and the Sword Master exchanged smiles but offered no further details.
“I’m no match for the Sword Demon—he’s reached the Ultimate,” Dongbo Xueying remarked.
“Yet you, not yet Ultimate, held your own against the Undying Underworld Emperor,” the Sword Demon Lord countered.
The Insect Ancestor asked, surprised, “Not Ultimate? But your power…”
“Indeed. We both possess supreme secret techniques, yet your strength in Flying Snow City defies reason,” the Sword Demon Lord pressed.
Now that they were candid, and at their level, secrets mattered little.
“Because of this.” Dongbo Xueying extended his hand, revealing a dark, gleaming spear. “This spear is named ‘Qinghe’—a Primordial Weapon.”
“Primordial Weapon?” The Sword Demon Lord and Insect Ancestor were puzzled.
“Primordial Weapons are rarer and more precious than supreme treasures,” Dongbo Xueying explained. “Without it, in Flying Snow City, I could only contend with ordinary invincibles. With it, even the Undying Underworld Emperor couldn’t best me.”
…
As Dongbo Xueying shared this with the Sword Demon Lord and Insect Ancestor, word of the ‘Primordial Weapon’ spread like wildfire across the Heartland Continent:
“Ying Shan Xueying wields a Primordial Weapon—a treasure surpassing supreme armaments! It greatly aids in manipulating Primordial Energy! A mere second-tier Cosmic God, he withstood me in Flying Snow City solely through this weapon. Mysterious and potent, it amplifies a second-tier’s might. In the hands of an Ultimate, its benefits exceed even supreme treasures! Any Ultimate, regardless of path, wielding it, could command Primordial Energy with ease and grow vastly stronger!”
This news spread madly among the continent’s powerhouses.
None missed the Undying Underworld Emperor’s malicious intent.
Yet, many couldn’t resist its allure.
“A Primordial Weapon grants such power to a second-tier?”
“Incredible…”
Greed stirred in countless hearts.
Even Emperor Xia and others had epiphanies.
“So that’s why his techniques in Flying Snow City were so potent—he held a Primordial Weapon,” Emperor Xia marveled. “More precious than supreme treasures?” He recalled Xueying’s purchases of vast Primordial Sand.
“Primordial Weapons… unheard of until now,” Ancestor Fan’s eyes gleamed.
…
With the Undying Underworld Emperor’s revelation, invincibles and Ultimates learned of ‘Primordial Weapons’ for the first time.
Most Cosmic Gods, too weak to covet such a treasure, could only marvel.
“Lord Flying Snow truly is a second-tier?”
“Before, when the Wanderer of the Myriad Realms Ancient Nation claimed so, I doubted. Now it’s confirmed!”
“A second-tier with such power?”
“Unthinkable.”
A second-tier, intimidating all fiends across the continent?
Truly invincible within Flying Snow City?
“Astonishing.”
“Peerless.”
“Respect.”
Whether envious, jealous, or covetous, the Heartland Continent gradually acknowledged ‘Lord Flying Snow’ as its greatest Sovereign in history—surpassing even Fu Yi the Great and Galosha. Many now referred to him as ‘Great Sovereign Flying Snow.’
Great Sovereign Flying Snow—the mightiest Sovereign the Heartland Continent had ever known.
(End of Chapter)
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