Chapter 1: Two Toddlers Born with Divine Marks
Nine Provinces Continent.
Dàshí Village, Northern Frontier of Lánzhōu.
The village was surrounded by white snow, yet Dàshí Village remained as warm as spring.
The falling snowflakes seemed to be affected by some mysterious power, strangely shifting their trajectory and landing around the village.
In the east of the village, Chu Feng stood with his hands behind his back, watching the two children playing in the yard, his eyes full of fatherly love.
He was tall, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. Dressed in white, standing with his hands behind his back, he looked like an ethereal immortal.
After a long time, Chu Feng turned his head to look at the sky, his eyes filled with longing.
“A’Rou, where are you? It’s been three years, are you well? I can’t suppress my cultivation anymore, the Divine Tribulation is coming. After I overcome the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial God, I should be able to find you. I just don’t know how long it will take to overcome the Divine Tribulation. If it takes too long, those two little rascals might not be able to stay at home and will sneak out to make trouble. Do you know, I’ve raised them to be very powerful. You’ll be shocked when you see them.”
A smile appeared on his face as if he was thinking of some beautiful picture.
As a Peak Martial Emperor, one must overcome the Divine Tribulation to become a Martial God.
The chance of success was very small. Failure meant death or severe injury, but he wasn’t worried about failing.
Chu Feng was originally a transmigrator from the Blue Star, his body transformed into a sixteen-year-old.
He also accidentally obtained a mysterious blood pearl. After merging with it, he obtained some kind of Ancestral God Inheritance.
Not fond of fighting, he lived in seclusion in Dàshí Village.
He didn’t know if it was his own talent or the influence of the blood pearl, but in just three years, he cultivated to the Peak Martial Emperor realm.
Just as he was preparing to find a place to overcome the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial God, he accidentally met a woman named A’Rou.
At that time, A’Rou was seriously injured and being chased. Chu Feng rescued her, and they were attracted to each other. A year later, Chu Feng was 20 years old, and A’Rou was 19. They got married under the witness of the villagers of Dàshí Village.
When Chu Feng was 21, A’Rou gave birth to twins and left a letter before leaving without saying goodbye.
In the letter, she told him not to look for her, or she would be in danger. She hoped Chu Feng could raise their children and said a lot of apologies.
At that time, Chu Feng had already sensed that the Divine Tribulation was coming, but the two children were just born. How could he rest easy?
Finally, he found a Divine Ability called Transference in the Ancestral God Inheritance. This Divine Ability required the user to exhaust their own cultivation and use heavenly materials and earthly treasures for a medicinal bath to refine the body and marrow of another, improving their talent and aptitude.
The person who dispersed their cultivation could then re-cultivate without damaging their foundation.
However, this Divine Ability was also called the most useless Divine Ability by the Ancestral God.
Because to use this Divine Ability, one must have at least reached the Martial Saint realm. But a Martial Saint usually spent hundreds or even thousands of years to cultivate. Who would be willing to disperse their cultivation to refine someone else’s body and marrow, and then spend hundreds or even thousands of years to re-cultivate?
Most importantly, a Martial Saint who had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, once they dispersed their cultivation, they probably wouldn’t have much lifespan left and wouldn’t have time to re-cultivate.
But Chu Feng was different. It only took him three years to cultivate to the Peak Martial Emperor realm. And since he didn’t like to fight, he didn’t have much attachment to his cultivation.
If he could spend a few more years with his children, what was the harm in giving up his cultivation?
He traveled all over the Northern Frontier to find countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures for a medicinal bath. He transferred his Peak Martial Emperor cultivation to his two children to refine their bodies and marrow.
The two children, who were already extremely talented, directly transformed into Innate Holy Bodies after this body and marrow refinement. They could cultivate to the Martial Saint realm without encountering any bottlenecks.
Such a physique was rare even among the Ten Sacred Grounds.
Chu Feng took care of the two children while re-cultivating. Unexpectedly, his cultivation speed was even faster this time. In just one year, he cultivated to the Peak Martial Emperor realm again.
At this time, the two children were only one year old. Although they could already walk and run, he still couldn’t rest easy.
So he traveled all over the dangerous places of the Great Xia Empire, found more and better heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and dispersed his cultivation for the second time to refine the bodies and marrow of his two children.
This time, the two children’s physiques transformed again, becoming Innate Divine Bodies, able to cultivate to the Martial God realm without any obstacles, not even needing to overcome the Divine Tribulation.
Such a physique had only appeared two or three times in the entire Nine Provinces. Even Chu Feng was a little envious.
Chu Feng re-cultivated for another year and cultivated to the Peak Martial Emperor realm for the third time, giving the two children a third body and marrow refinement.
This time, he not only found a lot of heavenly materials and earthly treasures but also forced the blood pearl out of his body and used it to refine the two children’s bodies and marrow.
After that, the blood pearl shrank by half.
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The two children’s physiques also transformed again.
But Chu Feng had never even heard of this kind of transformation.
Their blood turned golden, and dense divine marks grew in their bones. The divine marks of the older sister contained terrifying Sword Intent, and the divine marks of the younger brother contained terrifying Saber Intent.
And both of them had immense physical strength and incredible speed. Just relying on their physical defense, they could withstand the full blow of a Martial Emperor without using an Emperor Weapon.
Chu Feng himself was stunned, but also a little proud. This was all his doing.
However, since the divine marks were born, all the True Qi cultivated by the two children was swallowed by the divine marks.
Fortunately, they could mobilize the hidden power in the divine marks. It was a kind of energy more advanced than True Qi, and its power was very terrifying.
This energy was called the Power of Divine Marks by Chu Feng.
In the following year, Chu Feng selected the strongest sword and saber techniques from the Ancestral God Inheritance based on the characteristics of the two children’s divine marks and taught them to them.
The inheritance didn’t say what these sword and saber techniques were called, only that they were ranked first in the Ancestral God’s sword and saber technique rankings. So Chu Feng named them Supreme Sword Technique and Supreme Saber Technique.
At the same time, Chu Feng also gave his daughter the Emperor Weapon Heaven Slaying Sword that he refined during his first re-cultivation.
In one year, the siblings made rapid progress. Unfortunately, all the True Qi they cultivated was swallowed by the divine marks and transformed into the Power of Divine Marks. Until now, they still looked like they had no cultivation.
And Chu Feng had once again cultivated to the Peak Martial Emperor realm. And this time, he specially refined an Emperor Weapon for his son, the Heaven Breaking Saber.
But the Transference Divine Ability could only be used three times. If he used the Transference Divine Ability to disperse his cultivation again, he would really be crippled.
Although Chu Feng didn’t like to fight, he had already raised his two children to be so outstanding. If he, as a father, became a cripple, wouldn’t he be a disgrace to them in the future?
So he didn’t disperse his cultivation this time. He had to find a remote and safe place to prepare to overcome the Divine Tribulation.
The power of the Divine Tribulation was too great. If he overcame the tribulation nearby, everything would be destroyed.
He just didn’t know how long it would take to overcome the tribulation.
If it took too long, these two children might not be able to stay put.
He wasn’t worried about the two children being bullied. Although they looked like they had no cultivation, their strength was already incredibly strong. If the two of them joined forces, they wouldn’t even fear a Peak Martial Saint.
Coupled with the treasures he had prepared for them over the years, as long as those Martial Emperors in seclusion didn’t appear, they could basically run amok in the Nine Provinces.
It was just that they were still too young, they didn’t have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and they were too pure and easily taken advantage of. That’s why Chu Feng had never let them go out.
At the same time, in the Imperial Capital of the Middle Province.
In the Imperial Study, Empress Long Yurou secretly summoned her younger sister, Long Yufei, and said, “Yufei, this time I’m appointing you as the Provincial Governor of Lánzhōu. Besides resolving the problems in Lánzhōu, I also have a personal matter to ask you for help.”
“What personal matter?” Long Yufei asked doubtfully.
A trace of sweetness and longing appeared in Long Yurou’s eyes. After a long time, she said, “After you settle down in Lánzhōu, go to Dàshí Village in the Northern Frontier of Lánzhōu and see if he and the children are doing well.”
“He? Children?”
Long Yufei was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and asked in surprise, “You and he already have children?”
A trace of happiness appeared on Long Yurou’s face. “When Father Emperor passed away, Master asked me to return to the palace to inherit the throne. I knew that this trip back to the palace would be fraught with danger, so I left without saying goodbye. Now, although I have become the Empress, the provinces are not submissive to the Imperial Family, and those Imperial Uncles are eyeing the throne covetously. If they knew I had children, they definitely wouldn’t let them go. So I’ve been hiding it until now. Counting the time, they are already three years old. My poor children, it’s Mother who has wronged you.”
Two lines of tears slid down the corners of her eyes.
Long Yurou wiped away her tears, turned her head to look at Long Yufei, and said, “Just help me take a look. Don’t disturb their lives, and don’t tell them my real identity. As long as I know they are living well, that’s enough. Although the conditions in Dàshí Village are a bit harsh, it’s better than living in the Imperial Palace in constant fear.”
“Okay! But my main body needs to go into seclusion, so I can only send a clone.”
Long Yufei nodded.
She couldn’t understand the feelings between her sister and that ordinary person, but she would definitely complete the task her sister had given her.