Chapter 57 The Great Emperor of One Thought
The Tianyang Old Ancestor couldn't understand why Chen Qing would say such nonsensical and muddled words when he was in such a state.
Even if Chen Qing possessed considerable Quasi-Emperor Cultivation and stubbornly resisted, the Tianyang Old Ancestor believed that given enough time, he could eventually pry open Chen Qing's Sea of Consciousness, perform Possession, and take his place.
He was fortunate that at the brink of his death, he had created the Tian Yuan Secret Realm and left a wisp of his remnant soul. Now, he had finally found a suitable target for Possession.
A peak Physical Body that could achieve the Quasi-Emperor Realm at just eighteen years old—the Tianyang Old Ancestor felt incredibly excited just thinking about it. He felt that with this peerless talent, he could not only live a second life but also achieve the Great Emperor Realm a second time!
As for why he didn't perform Possession on the Tianyang Old Ancestor earlier?
The reason was simple: the Tianyang Old Ancestor saw that his Lifespan was nearing its end, and his Physical Body was already like decaying wood, riddled with holes. Forcibly performing Possession would only be a waste of Opportunity, so it was better to continue waiting patiently.
However, the Tianyang Old Ancestor was stubborn and insisted on challenging the Secret Realm to obtain a Great Emperor Legacy that didn't even exist…
If Chen Qing hadn't appeared in time and forcefully killed the Tianyang Old Ancestor, the Tianyang Old Ancestor wouldn't have known how long he would have been entangled with the Tianyang Old Ancestor.
Fortunately, facts proved that all the waiting was worth it!
However, just as the Tianyang Old Ancestor was about to try and break through Chen Qing's Sea of Consciousness to perform Possession, he suddenly noticed something amiss.
In his eyes, Chen Qing's Cultivation and Aura were continuously and exponentially soaring!
He even suspected that he was seeing things.
Looking at Chen Qing again, the System panel in front of him was rapidly refreshing with text prompts.
Epiphany successful! Host's current Cultivation has been upgraded to Second Realm Quasi-Emperor!
Epiphany successful! Host's current Cultivation has been upgraded to Third Realm Quasi-Emperor!
…
Epiphany successful! Host's current Cultivation has been upgraded to Ninth Realm Quasi-Emperor!
Epiphany successful! Host's current Cultivation has been upgraded to Great Emperor!
The power of the Epiphany reward lay in the fact that no matter the level of Cultivation Realm, as long as it was used, a Breakthrough was guaranteed!
As Chen Qing's Cultivation reached the Great Emperor Realm, the might of a Great Emperor immediately filled the entire stone chamber like a tide, and behind him, the Great Emperor's exclusive Divine Runes Ring appeared.
"Great… Great Emperor?!"
Witnessing this scene, the Tianyang Old Ancestor truly felt that he must have been seeing things and experiencing an illusion.
Chen Qing was clearly a First Realm Quasi-Emperor a moment ago, so how did he advance to Great Emperor in the blink of an eye?
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Your bone structure is only seventeen or eighteen years old; how could you possibly reach the Great Emperor Realm?!" the Tianyang Old Ancestor repeatedly denied.
Even though he saw it with his own eyes, it was simply too exaggerated to not doubt his own vision.
"My husband, he… became a Great Emperor again??"
Xia Qingyue stopped her action of swinging the chains, the visual impact of this scene on her was equally significant.
The power Chen Qing displayed already made her feel it was difficult to catch up to him, and she couldn't help but wonder if she could truly catch up.
"What's impossible?" Chen Qing moved his fingertips, and the iron chains, which were wrapped around his neck and limbs and were infinitely close to Emperor Weapons in quality, shattered inch by inch, dissipating like smoke and dust.
Seeing his divine weapon destroyed by a mere flick of Chen Qing's fingers, the Tianyang Old Ancestor was completely defeated and no longer had the confidence to question the authenticity of Chen Qing's Great Emperor identity.
The facts were laid bare before him; how could he question them?
Adhering to the principle that a true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm, the Tianyang Old Ancestor quickly said, "Wait! Wait! This Emperor is willing to give you everything I can, I only ask that you…"
With a single thought, Chen Qing overbearing completely erased the Tianyang Old Ancestor's last wisp of remnant soul.
Not to mention whether there was any truth in his words, now that Chen Qing had already Ascended to the Great Emperor Realm, his meager bargaining chips were truly beneath him.
Compared to the so-called Great Emperor Legacy, Chen Qing preferred to directly destroy him and maintain a clear Dao Heart.
As the Great Emperor's remnant soul was erased, the stone statue's light faded, and it shattered into pieces, scattering across the ground.
Rumble!
The ground suddenly vibrated violently.
Chen Qing instantly appeared beside Xia Qingyue, wrapped his arm around her waist, easily picked her up with one hand, and at the same time, opened a teleportation portal and stepped into it.
Leaving this Secret Realm that was about to collapse and be completely destroyed.
In a flash, Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue returned to the previous bear cave.
After confirming she was standing steadily, Chen Qing released his hand.
Looking at the broken black stone tablet, Xia Qingyue sighed, "It's just a pity about the Opportunities in the Secret Realm."
"Pity?" Chen Qing smiled faintly, "There's nothing to pity. I've already ordered my Shadow Puppet to collect all the Opportunities, not even missing a single Spirit Stone."
"So that's how it is. Then I feel relieved." Xia Qingyue admired Chen Qing even more; he was meticulous in his actions, and her eyes were filled with adoration when she looked at him.
With such a husband, what more could she ask for?
Xia Qingyue clearly understood that she had already, unknowingly, become unable to let go of this feeling.
She not only had romantic feelings for Chen Qing but also admiration for a strong individual.
An eighteen-year-old Great Emperor expert, she wondered if anyone in the tens of thousands of years of the Tian Xuan Continent's history had ever achieved this?
No one!
According to what Xia Qingyue had found in ancient books, the youngest Great Emperor in history was also over a hundred years old.
Xia Qingyue no longer knew how many "peerless" she needed to add before the word "Genius" to describe Chen Qing's terrifying talent.
She was now somewhat worried that Chen Qing would look down on her and divorce her with a letter of annulment.
Looking across the Tian Xuan Continent, it was one hundred percent impossible to find someone more outstanding than Chen Qing.
But in Xia Qingyue's eyes, there were countless people more outstanding than herself.
In the Great Wu Dynasty, her beauty might be well-known, but the Great Wu Dynasty was neither small nor large; at least compared to the entire Tian Xuan Continent, it couldn't even be called the tip of an iceberg.
With just this, how could she capture Chen Qing's heart?
Xia Qingyue's eyes suddenly became resolute, further strengthening her determination to diligently Cultivate and become stronger!
Coming out of the bear cave, the sky outside had already turned dark.
Before Chen Qing could speak, Xia Qingyue had already sensed something and silently took out her Cold Moon Sword.
She then said, "Husband, there are people nearby, no less than ten."
"Most likely, they are with the previous group of Sect Disciples," Chen Qing offered his judgment.
He concluded that these people, after discovering their Disciples had died and the teleportation portal was unusable, chose to guard outside the cave, intending to wait for them like waiting for a rabbit by a stump.
Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue did not deliberately suppress their voices.
What they said was clearly heard by the Sect Disciples and Elders hiding behind the vegetation.
Seeing that the Elder was no longer hiding, the Disciples also walked out from behind the trees one after another, their sword blades already unsheathed, glinting with a cold light under the moonlight.
"You two dared to kill my Sect's Disciples. If you honestly hand over the treasures on you, this old man can let you leave more easily, leaving behind complete corpses."
The Sect Elder assumed that Chen Qing and Xia Qingyue must have obtained many treasures from their trip to the Secret Realm, otherwise, they wouldn't have come out so quickly, surely worried that staying in the Secret Realm would lead to plunder by other forces.
While curious about what treasures they were, he wanted to claim them for himself.
***
Chapter 58: Thousands of miles away, destroying a sect with one palm
Facing opponents whom he considered less than trash, Chen Qing naturally had no desire to bother with them.
The only value these people had was to be used for earning rewards.
Imperial Might!
Everyone's hearts instantly stopped!
One after another, they collapsed, dying with their eyes wide open.
Not to mention those Disciples, even Elders of a Sect had no time to react before the might of an Emperor.
They didn't even have a chance to know how they died.
[Successful Petting! Congratulations to the Host for receiving a random reward: Demonic King Sacred Physique +1! Three Thousand Physiques Ranking: 52!]
To obtain a Sacred Physique ranked within the top hundred just by killing a few small fry, this was quite unexpected for Chen Qing.
Looking at Xia Qingyue, Chen Qing couldn't think of any other more reasonable explanation besides the possibility that her favorability towards him had increased.
"Husband?" Xia Qingyue's face flushed from Chen Qing's gaze, which was extremely invasive, as if it could pierce through one's heart.
"My apologies, my apologies. Under the moonlight, my wife is truly too beautiful; I was momentarily lost in admiration." Chen Qing casually found an excuse.
This casual remark made Xia Qingyue's already restless heart beat even faster.
She quickly turned her back, too shy to look directly at Chen Qing, wanting to hide the expression on her face.
Even without seeing, Xia Qingyue could easily imagine how she must look at this moment.
Her voice trembled slightly, "Even if you praise me like this, I can't give Husband any benefits."
"As long as my wife doesn't abandon me, for me, that is the greatest benefit." Chen Qing embraced Xia Qingyue's waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, and softly spoke into Xia Qingyue's ear.
"Husband has given me a new lease on life; how could I ever abandon Husband!" Xia Qingyue said this almost without hesitation.
"It's Husband, who, after seeing a broader world in the future, shouldn't disdain me..." Xia Qingyue confessed her thoughts.
Chen Qing's lips curled into a smile, and he placed his hands on Xia Qingyue's shoulders, turning her around to face him.
With a serious expression, he said, "In this life, I, Chen Qing, will only marry and only love my wife."
Hearing this, Xia Qingyue looked up, her beautiful eyes trembling slightly, and she just looked at Chen Qing.
Seeing Chen Qing's face draw near.
Xia Qingyue did not dodge, gently lifted her chin, closed her eyes, and let him take his fill...
"Husband, I, I can't breathe." Xia Qingyue raised her hands, pressing them against Chen Qing's chest, and faintly said.
"My fault, my fault." Chen Qing stopped there, not pushing further.
This kiss brought Xia Qingyue an unprecedented experience.
She realized for the first time that besides the collision of lips, kissing could also...
At first, she was a little unaccustomed, but gradually, a wonderful feeling made Xia Qingyue's fingers, along with her toes, involuntarily clench.
In a daze, Xia Qingyue noticed Chen Qing waving his hand to open a teleportation gate.
At first, she thought it was a teleportation gate back to Chen Manor.
But then, she saw another scene emerge within it, like a Sect Hall, becoming clearer and clearer.
Inside the Hall, the Sect Master sat on a high seat, and below the Hall, various Elders stood on both sides.
At this moment, a Disciple-dressed person rushed into the Hall in a panic, knelt down, and said, "Sect Master, no, this is bad! Elder Wei and the Soul Lamps of the Disciples who were with him have also extinguished!"
'Elder Wei?'
Xia Qingyue looked closely and found that the clothing of the Elder and Disciples in the mirror was identical to the group of people her Husband had instantly killed with Imperial Might earlier.
She was amazed by Chen Qing's Divine Ability, that he had discovered the forces behind those villains so quickly.
Just as she was thinking, she heard an angry voice from the mirror, "No matter who he is, daring to seize our Sect's Secret Realm Opportunity, and even cruelly killing our Sect's Elder and Disciples, this enmity is irreconcilable. If we don't kill him, who will respect us if word gets out? Who will put our Tianzheng Sect in their eyes!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Elders responded one after another, all persuading the Sect Master not to tolerate it, but to directly dispatch Disciples for an expedition and offer a bounty. They expressed their willingness to accompany and contribute.
The Sect Master pondered and felt that the Elders were very reasonable. Not avenging this grudge would damage his prestige as Sect Master and destroy the Tianzheng Sect's hard-earned image as a powerful Sect.
Xia Qingyue saw that the Tianzheng Sect's Sect Master's strength was inferior to her own, and she was about to offer to take action herself to eliminate this threat for Chen Qing.
Who would have thought that Chen Qing would casually raise his hand and then bring down a palm.
The scene in the mirror zoomed out, golden light appeared, and then a giant golden palm broke through the dome, smashing down towards the Tianzheng Sect.
The vast Tianzheng Sect was as tiny as dust under this palm.
With a loud boom!
The entire Tianzheng Sect, along with Tianzheng Mountain, was flattened by a single palm.
Thousands of people perished in an instant.
The only thing left was a hundred-zhang-wide palm print, like an abyss, a chasm!
"Gulp!" Xia Qingyue closed her lips, swallowing the words that were about to come out.
Even as Chen Qing's wife, she couldn't help but feel fear.
She had only known the terror of an Emperor before, but no matter how much she heard, it was never as shocking as witnessing it firsthand.
From a thousand miles away, with a flick of the hand, a single palm annihilated a Sect...
This was something Xia Qingyue didn't even dare to imagine.
Strong! Simply too strong!
The Tianzheng Sect wanted to eliminate not only himself but also Xia Qingyue.
Therefore, this palm naturally triggered the petting reward mechanism.
[Successful Petting! Congratulations to the Host for receiving a random reward: Qi Luck Golden Dragon +1!]
'Another Dragon?'
The combination of Luck and Dragon Clan made Chen Qing quite interested.
He glanced at the detailed introduction. Compared to the Nine Nether Undying Dragon, the Qi Luck Golden Dragon's combat power was obviously lower, but this was only relative to the Nine Nether Undying Dragon.
The true power of the Qi Luck Golden Dragon was that it could change the Luck of a person, or many people, or even a faction.
Making Spiritual Qi more abundant, increasing cultivation speed, strengthening the probability of obtaining Opportunities, adjusting the difficulty of breaking through Bottlenecks... there were many benefits.
It was equivalent to giving everyone a lucky blessing.
In addition, as the master, Chen Qing could freely decide who could enjoy the Luck bonus and who could not, preventing others from freeloading on his Luck.
The first to enjoy the Luck bonus were naturally himself and Xia Qingyue.
Xia Qingyue looked at Chen Qing, her thin lips slightly parted, about to say something, but then showed surprise.
It took her a while to react, and she wondered, "Strange, how did I Breakthrough?"
Her cultivation inexplicably rose from the second layer of the Soul Emergence Realm to the third layer of the Soul Emergence Realm.
Her gaze turned to Chen Qing again, certain that there was some connection between him and this.
Chen Qing did not answer directly, but instead looked up and gestured for Xia Qingyue to look up.
***
Chapter 59: Golden Dragon of Fortune
Xia Qingyue looked up doubtfully, only to see a giant Dragon coiling indistinctly above the clouds!
The most crucial thing was that this Dragon was not the one Xia Qingyue had seen before; its color alone made it instantly distinguishable.
"Is this Dragon also your husband's Sacred Beast?" Xia Qingyue asked for confirmation.
"That's right," Chen Qing affirmed, seeing no need to conceal it.
One person simultaneously possessing two Sacred Dragons as Sacred Beasts…
Xia Qingyue wondered if there was anyone else in this world besides Chen Qing who could achieve this?
"But…" A new question arose, and Xia Qingyue sincerely asked, "What is the connection between my Breakthrough and this Sacred Dragon?"
Chen Qing explained, "This Dragon is called the Qi Luck Golden Dragon; it can help people increase their Luck and accelerate their Cultivation speed."
"Luck! Golden Dragon!" Even for Xia Qingyue, who had only recently stepped into the martial Cultivation world, upon hearing these two words combined, she couldn't help but be shocked, fully understanding the immense value of these four characters together.
Everything in this world is inseparable from the concept of Luck. People have Luck, and nations have national Luck. Whether it is a person, a country, or the rise and fall of a Sect, it is all tied to the ebb and flow of Luck.
"Since this Golden Dragon can change my Luck, doesn't that mean it can even change a nation's Luck?" A bold idea couldn't help but pop into Xia Qingyue's mind.
Upon hearing this, an even bolder idea arose in Chen Qing's mind.
"Wife, I plan to gift this Qi Luck Golden Dragon to the Great Wu Dynasty for free to increase its national Luck. What do you think?"
"Ah?" Chen Qing's words left Xia Qingyue stunned for a long time.
She clearly understood that Chen Qing did this entirely for her.
She also understood even more what a hundred-zhang Golden Dragon capable of changing Luck signified.
Let alone a Dynasty, this was an Opportunity of a lifetime, rarely encountered even by the most powerful top Sects.
Thinking of this, Xia Qingyue, knowing she couldn't repay him and owed Chen Qing far too much.
Could only step forward, wrap her arms around Chen Qing's neck, and press her lips against his.
And, mimicking Chen Qing from before, she became even bolder in this action.
A wonderful sensation once again filled her heart.
After a long while, they slowly separated, and a pair of bright eyes, sparkling like the starry sky, looked at Chen Qing with deep affection, saying, "On behalf of Imperial Father and the countless citizens of the entire Great Wu Dynasty, thank you, husband!"
Afterward, Chen Qing transformed the Qi Luck Golden Dragon to palm-size and placed it in Xia Qingyue's hand.
Seeing that Xia Qingyue was eager to tell her Imperial Father the good news and let the entire Great Wu Dynasty enjoy the blessings of increased Luck as soon as possible.
Chen Qing decisively opened a teleportation gate leading to the Great Wu Imperial Palace.
For him, who now possessed the Space-Time Sacred Body, doing such a thing was effortless.
Xia Qingyue understood implicitly. After bidding farewell to Chen Qing, she stepped inside.
If Chen Qing wanted to go, he would naturally go; she didn't need to say more.
Seeing Xia Qingyue enter, her figure disappear, and the teleportation gate close.
Chen Qing immediately opened his System panel, eager to confirm what kind of reward the System would return to him for giving away a hundred-zhang Qi Luck Golden Dragon.
If the reward level was low, Chen Qing would definitely complain.
"Successfully doted on wife! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a random reward: Thousand-Zhang Qi Luck Golden Dragon +1!"
When he saw that giving away one Qi Luck Golden Dragon resulted in getting one back, neither gaining nor losing, Chen Qing was about to grumble a bit.
He suddenly realized that this time's reward had two extra words: Thousand-Zhang!
And the Qi Luck Golden Dragon Chen Qing had given to Xia Qingyue before was a hundred-zhang one.
If one were to ask how to evaluate the strength of a Yao Race or a Sacred Beast, the most intuitive way was by its size.
The Luck enhancement effect that a Thousand-Zhang Golden Dragon could bring was not simply ten times larger in size than a hundred-zhang Golden Dragon!
Let alone changing the Luck of a single nation, this Thousand-Zhang Qi Luck Golden Dragon was enough to change the Luck of the entire Heaven Profound Continent!
Of course, Chen Qing was not so selfless as to do that.
Wouldn't it be better to enjoy the Luck of the Thousand-Zhang Qi Luck Golden Dragon with his own wife?
Serving the people and the nation was something his Imperial Father-in-law needed to consider.
Closing the System panel, highly satisfied with this result, he once again opened a teleportation gate, deciding to return to the Chen Manor…
At this very moment, Da Mang Mountain.
Ye Feng, who had Cultivated for another full day, chose to temporarily end his Cultivation, exhaling a mouthful of turbid Qi.
At this time, his cultivation had already reached the fifth layer of the Soul Emergence Realm, advancing by a full two minor Realms.
"To advance two Realms in a single day with a Profound Rank High Grade Spiritual Root, I'm afraid there's no second person in the world who can do such a thing besides me, Ye Feng, right?"
"It's a pity, if the quality of my Spiritual Root could be a bit higher, my Cultivation speed would definitely be even faster!"
Despite saying this, Ye Feng was content.
After all, before binding the System, he was just a good-for-nothing without even a Spiritual Root, enduring endless ridicule.
This Profound Rank High Grade Spiritual Root was a reward he had signed in for from the System.
"Hoo…" Taking a deep breath and stabilizing his Dan Sea, Ye Feng brought up the System panel, deciding to begin today's sign-in.
"Heaven bless me, please give me a big prize!" Although he had one sign-in Opportunity every day, Ye Feng still felt that twelve hours were too long to wait.
Click [Sign In]
[Signing in… ]
[Sign-in successful! Congratulations to the host for obtaining Heaven Rank Low Grade Spiritual Root +1! ]
"What! Heaven Rank Spiritual Root!" After confirming he hadn't misread, Ye Feng's eyes lit up with excitement, and he shot up from the ground.
He repeatedly rubbed and blinked his eyes, confirming it was indeed a Heaven Rank Low Grade Spiritual Root without a doubt.
"Good! Excellent! With a Heaven Rank Spiritual Root, I am now qualified to be called a peerless Prodigy!" Ye Feng was ecstatic.
He was simply too satisfied with his cheat-like life.
In such a short time, he had a Heaven Rank Spiritual Root and Soul Emergence Realm cultivation. After thirty years of signing in, who among the trillions of living beings would dare claim invincibility? Who would dare call themselves undefeated?
"Cultivate! I must Cultivate immediately!" Ye Feng was impatient to see what kind of Cultivation speed increase this Heaven Rank Low Grade Spiritual Root could bring him.
On the other side.
Xia Qingyue had already passed through the teleportation gate opened by Chen Qing, arriving at the Royal Study, entering it, and seeing her Imperial Father, Xia Cheng.
"Xia Qinyue greets Imperial Father."
Seeing Xia Qingyue appear, her face full of smiles, Xia Cheng's hanging heart finally settled.
He thought to himself, 'It seems that young man Chen Qing is not treating my daughter badly…'
He had thought that Xia Qingyue, after marrying into the Chen Manor, would be gloomy all day long and eventually die of sorrow.
But the facts slapped Xia Cheng in the face; every time Xia Qingyue came to the Royal Study to see him, she was happier than the last.
And it wasn't a forced happiness; it was joy born from the heart.
"It's the middle of the night; why have you come?" Xia Cheng asked.
"Imperial Father, your daughter has come this time only to present a treasure," Xia Qingyue explained her purpose.
"Present a treasure?"
Xia Cheng calculated; it couldn't be that fast to get pregnant, could it?
***
Chapter 60: The Dragon Son-in-Law
As someone with experience, Martial Emperor Xia Cheng knew that even the best imperial physicians in the capital, with their superb pulse diagnosis skills, would need about twenty-five days to confirm a woman's pregnancy.
How long had Xia Qinyue been married to the Chen family?
Therefore, Xia Cheng immediately shook his head, dismissing that idea.
Xia Qinyue couldn't read minds and didn't know Xia Cheng's thoughts. Seeing that his curiosity had been piqued, she no longer deliberately kept him in suspense, wasting time.
She raised her right arm, opened her five fingers, and the Qi Luck Golden Dragon immediately appeared in her palm.
"A snake?" Xia Cheng stared intently, his expression suddenly changing. He slapped the table and stood up, exclaiming in shock, "No, this is a young Dragon!"
"Xia Qinyue, where did you get such a young Dragon?" Xia Cheng was eager to confirm the answer.
If he remembered correctly, the Dragon Clan had already gone extinct in the Lower Realm tens of millions of years ago.
Even in the Upper Realm, the Dragon Clan was an extremely rare existence. Only peerless powerhouses and top aristocratic families were qualified to command them, as they were symbols of status and power.
"This is a great gift from my husband to your daughter, and to the entire Great Wu Dynasty."
After speaking, Xia Qinyue added, "Father, this is not a young Dragon."
'Not a young Dragon?'
Before he could ask, Xia Qinyue gestured for Xia Cheng to leave the Royal Study and follow her outside.
Although Xia Cheng was curious about what Xia Qinyue was up to, he didn't rush to ask. He left the Dragon throne and patiently followed her out of the Royal Study.
Seeing that the time was right, Xia Qinyue raised her hand higher.
The Qi Luck Golden Dragon perfectly understood her intention, leaving her hand and Ascending to the Nine Heavens. In this process, its body rapidly enlarged exponentially, visible to the naked eye.
One zhang, ten zhang, thirty zhang, fifty zhang... until one hundred zhang!
"A Hundred-Zhang Saint Dragon!" Even Martial Emperor Xia Cheng, who had fought in many battles and witnessed many grand spectacles, couldn't help but exclaim in awe when he saw the Qi Luck Golden Dragon soaring in the Nine Heavens above his head.
His legs even felt a bit weak and trembled slightly.
In the past, he had only heard about the existence of the Dragon Clan. Seeing one? This was the first time, let alone a Hundred-Zhang Golden Dragon.
Boom!
Hearing the loud noise from behind him, Xia Cheng quickly turned to look, only to see a golden light, like a pillar, shooting straight into the sky from the direction of the ancestral temple.
Xia Cheng's eyes widened in disbelief, saying, "My Great Wu's national Luck has actually increased several times out of thin air!"
"No!" Xia Cheng shook his head again, denying it, not believing that something like national Luck could increase out of thin air.
Then, the only possibility left was...
Looking up, Xia Cheng's gaze fixed on the Qi Luck Golden Dragon, which seemed like a divine being descending upon the world.
Xia Qinyue, seeing that the time was right, began to explain, "This Dragon is called the Qi Luck Golden Dragon. It can increase Luck and bless the entire Great Wu Dynasty."
"Qi Luck Golden Dragon!" Xia Cheng repeated, various emotions showing on his face, mostly surprise.
Combined with the increase in national Luck, how could he not know what this Qi Luck Golden Dragon meant and how powerful it was?
"Good, good! With this Qi Luck Golden Dragon increasing the national Luck for my Great Wu Dynasty, our Xia Clan is bound to prosper forever!" Xia Cheng laughed heartily, genuinely happy.
In front of his own daughter, there was no need to deliberately maintain the majestic image of an Emperor.
"I never would have thought, I never would have thought, that by a stroke of Luck, I would take in such a son-in-law who can ride a Dragon!" Xia Cheng sighed with emotion.
This gift was simply too grand!
Let alone a Quasi-Emperor Realm powerhouse, even a Great Emperor could not refuse.
Between the protection of a Great Emperor and his precious daughter, Chen Qing actually chose the latter. This was something Xia Cheng had not expected.
"Xia Qinyue, go back and tell your husband that the Great Wu Dynasty's Cultivation treasury is open to him at any time. Whatever resources he wants, he can come and take!"
Now, Xia Cheng was not at all worried that Chen Qing would threaten the Great Wu Dynasty when he grew up in the future. He was willing to use the strength of the entire nation to Cultivate him, willingly becoming one of many stepping stones on his path to becoming a peerless powerhouse.
"Your daughter thanks Father on behalf of my husband, but I think my husband probably doesn't need our Great Wu Dynasty's Cultivation resources."
"Doesn't need?" Hearing this, Xia Cheng looked puzzled.
He privately thought that no matter how astonishing Chen Qing's talent was, this was still a national treasury. How could it be described as "doesn't need"?
"What Realm is your husband currently at?" Since Xia Qinyue said Chen Qing didn't need the national treasury resources, Xia Cheng thought that his current Cultivation Realm must have improved significantly.
"To be honest, my husband has now entered the Great Emperor Realm," Xia Qinyue revealed the truth.
Silence! A deathly silence!
One might have thought that Xia Cheng had fallen into a time freeze. For a long time, he showed no reaction, not even blinking, just standing there stiffly.
Just as Xia Qinyue was about to call out to Xia Cheng, she saw him say with extreme excitement, "Xia Qinyue, you, tell me again, what Realm is your husband currently in?"
He suspected that he had not been paying attention just now and had hallucinated.
He had accidentally misheard Chen Qing's Cultivation Realm as the Great Emperor Realm.
Xia Cheng clearly remembered that Chen Qing was only eighteen years old.
Eighteen years old... Great Emperor Realm...
Xia Cheng truly couldn't associate these two terms.
An eighteen-year-old Great Emperor Realm? How could that be!
"My husband has now entered the Great Emperor Realm," Xia Qinyue repeated.
...Then, Xia Cheng froze again.
However, this time, with the previous experience, he recovered much faster and eagerly said, "Your husband, is he a Great Emperor?"
"Yes!" Xia Qinyue did not hide anything and briefly recounted everything that had happened in the Secret Realm to Xia Cheng.
After listening, Xia Cheng swayed and walked towards a stone table nearby, sitting down on a stone stool.
Seeing this, Xia Qinyue immediately followed, asking with concern, "Father, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, it's just that I've heard too much at once and need to calm down," Xia Cheng waved his hand, telling Xia Qinyue not to worry.
An eighteen-year-old Great Emperor Realm son-in-law, just this alone was enough to make Xia Cheng's legs feel weak.
It wasn't fear, but extreme excitement.
Although he didn't know how Chen Qing did it, Xia Cheng didn't want to know. But at least now, he no longer had to worry that the Great Wu Dynasty would one day fade from history.
A Dynasty protected by a Great Emperor powerhouse, who would be qualified to destroy it?
He couldn't imagine, Xia Cheng truly couldn't imagine.
He also finally understood why Chen Qing could so generously give the Qi Luck Golden Dragon above their heads to his own daughter, and to the entire Great Wu Dynasty, to boost national Luck, instead of trying to curry favor with a Great Emperor.
He himself was a Great Emperor, why would he need to curry favor with a Great Emperor?
An eighteen-year-old Great Emperor Realm powerhouse and an old Great Emperor, who was stronger and who was weaker, Xia Cheng believed he knew better than anyone.
Chen Qing was still young. At such an age, he could enter the Peak Realm in the eyes of all Cultivators as a starting point. In the future, he would most likely be able to step into the Immortal Realm, which no one had ever dared to imagine!
If he hadn't known that with Chen Qing's current attainments, he wouldn't possibly care for the imperial power of the Great Wu Dynasty, Xia Cheng would have wanted to abdicate early and pass the Great Wu throne to Chen Qing.
As for the other princes?
They were excellent, but not excellent enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the word Great Emperor.
Comparing the two was an insult to a Great Emperor!
Xia Cheng still wanted to say something, but when he looked at Xia Qinyue, he unexpectedly noticed that the smile on her face had long disappeared, and she looked solemn.