Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

"I really want to swallow you whole. How long have you had the ancient tree seed? Do you even know how long it takes for a real world to evolve? All that ancient history I just told you was like listening to gibberish."

“Furthermore, a wisp of origin is enough to transform the foundation of an ordinary person, and even repair any injury to the origin of the Great Dao. If you think it’s useless, you might as well give it all to me,” Gai Wanshuang said through gritted teeth.

"Ahem, that divine tree seems to have eaten its fill. Let's hurry up and go." Ye Wuxi chuckled and stepped into the teleportation array connecting to the Tianyuan Continent.

The forbidden zone is ideal for the growth of the divine tree, but in other words, they are mutually supportive and cannot exceed a certain limit.

Compared to the first time when the two weakened individuals had to endure an extremely long teleportation array, this time they were incredibly composed.

"Who built this passage deep within the forbidden zone? Who has the ability to do this, and why does it lead only to Tianyuan? Could there be something special about the Tianyuan Continent?"

"How would I know? But judging from the age of this formation, it should have been left by a powerful figure nearly ten thousand years ago."

"As for having extraordinary abilities, that's not necessarily true. If someone with average or mediocre abilities enters the area and uses some methods, they might not die."

"Do you think she might be the mysterious master of the Imperial Realm? If I'm not mistaken, she's most likely a Five Elements Physique. Have there been any particularly strong Five Elements Physique figures throughout history?"

Ye Wuxi suddenly asked with interest.

“No, the Five Elements Body has always been useless, and so have you.” Gai Wanshuang smiled.

"Do you believe I'll throw you into the forbidden zone of life?" Ye Wuxi roared.

"To be honest, you don't want to hear it."

"Oh? How come the mighty Lord Gai was sealed away as soon as he entered the continent? Don't you remember who sealed you yet?"

"I was only at the Emperor Realm back then, but according to my guess, it might be that powerful figure from the Emperor Realm, since they are intentionally obscuring their appearance."

"Didn't you say he was a good-for-nothing?!" Ye Wuxi glared at her fiercely.

"I only said that the Five Elements Body is useless. The senior may not actually be a Five Elements Body. It's not difficult for a strong person to take in some Five Elements servants."

Ye Wuxi couldn't help but feel frustrated, yet she also realized that what she said made some sense.

The High Priest of the Five Armor Clan never said that her master was a Five Elements Body; it was all just her speculation.

When it comes to verbal sparring, this old charlatan is undoubtedly far ahead, undefeated...

As the two chatted and laughed, they arrived at Luohe Village.

On the hill at one end of the village, Lu Lin, dressed in a dark blue cloth robe, sat alone in front of the chessboard, his hand holding the chess pieces pausing for a moment.

Then a gentle breeze swept by, and a figure in green robes appeared opposite him, with a kitten perched on his shoulder and a woman in pink standing behind him.

"Master Lin, it's been a long time." Ye Wuxi greeted him with a smile.

"Fortunately, Miss Ye's heroic spirit remains unchanged." Lu Lin's lips twitched upon hearing the address.

"Um... Master, Master, this disciple would like to go back and visit Grandma first." Seeing that the two seemed about to exchange pleasantries, Luo Jin quickly cupped her hands and said.

For some reason, although her teacher had a very good temper, she felt uneasy every time she looked at him...

"Go ahead, Master will come later." Ye Wuxi nodded.

"Want to play a game?" Lu Lin asked with a faint smile. The chessboard in front of him was brand new, as if it had been waiting for someone to arrive.

"Um... okay." As the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling face. Although Ye Wuxi didn't like playing chess and didn't want to play with the person in front of him, he still picked up a piece.

Soon, Ye Wuxi received a telepathic message that even Ye Lao Er couldn't decipher. So, she stared at Lu Lin and asked with a smile, "How did you know I would come back?"

When Lu Lin left Luohe Village, she mentioned what her master had said when he left Jiulong Mountain. At the time, she knew that there were people in the world who could use celestial phenomena to divine the secrets of heaven, such as the Heavenly Secret Elder on the mainland, so she was not particularly shocked.

Adding to Lu Lin's final reminder, it was assumed that he also possessed the ability to consult celestial phenomena and had observed some clues from her.

However, after experiencing Zhuge's journey, the Holy King Zhuge frankly and clearly told her that her destiny was unpredictable, and even a great holy clan could not predict it. How did Lu Lin manage to do it?

"Does Miss Ye really want to know?" Lu Lin looked at the cat on her shoulder and asked thoughtfully.

"Would the Master be willing to resolve my doubts?"

“Okay.” Lu Lin paused slightly, then suddenly looked back into Ye Wuxi’s eyes, a hazy light surging within them.

Ye Wuxi's chess piece suddenly fell from his hand. In his eyes, he saw his own reflection in the river, and some scenes from the Great Ye Dynasty were clearly playing out.

"Meow~ What kind of astrological divination is this? This is the real law of fate, destiny reversal. I'm outta here."

Looking into those eyes, Ye Lao Er felt a chill run down his spine and instantly entered her inner world.

In those three days, there were very few people who truly mastered the power of the origin of the laws of destiny. To encounter them in this godforsaken place is an extreme example of one of the ultimate and supreme laws.

Lu Lin's eyes suddenly returned to normal, and his face turned somewhat pale.

"No wonder Ah Jin is so afraid of you. You control destiny and are so insightful that even I am afraid of you," Ye Wuxi said with a wry smile.

Under the laws of fate, the past and future seem to have nowhere to hide, with no secrets whatsoever. Who wouldn't be afraid? It can even erase a person directly from a certain point in their past destiny.

"Is it scary? If it were really scary, why would I be sitting here?"

"Furthermore, even the strongest laws depend on the degree of control they have and who they are applied to; they are not omnipotent. I can only trace back the recent turning points in your destiny; I cannot see your future, and I can only glimpse it, and I have to pay a great price for it. What kind of divine foresight is that?"

“I had only glimpsed a corner of Ah Jin’s future before. There was no trace of you in the long river of her destiny, but besides you, who else could bring her back to this place?”

Lu Lin coughed a few times, and his originally black hair visibly turned white. The brief glimpse he had just made clearly indicated that he had suffered a significant backlash.

"You could have just told me directly, instead of giving me this personal account." Ye Wuxi looked at the head of white hair, somewhat speechless.

However, she discovered that anyone who dabbled in the power of fate had some flaws, as if they couldn't survive without thoroughly investigating and dissecting people. What were they showing off for?

"It's alright, I just did it on a whim and for a moment I forgot about Miss Ye's fate." Lu Lin smiled faintly, not caring about the white hair.

"Serves him right! Didn't Master Lin say before that he had no cultivation?" Ye Wuxi picked up the chess piece again and said through gritted teeth.

"What I meant at the time was the same as yours: due to some reasons, I didn't have any cultivation for the time being," Lu Lin said definitively, placing a piece on the board.

Ye Wuxi was too lazy to waste words with him. After a while of silence, she suddenly threw the chess pieces back into the box and disappeared, leaving behind a single sentence.

"It's too late. If we don't go back soon, Grandma Luo will be asleep. You can play by yourself, Master."

"His chess skills haven't changed at all," Lu Lin murmured, gazing at the board full of dead pieces.