Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Lu Chao recalled his recent experience by the Blood Pool and let out a quiet breath.

’The Star Devouring Bone must have sensed I was in danger and instantly unleashed its essential power, frightening the Blood Bone.’

’After the Star Devouring Bone erupted, even I almost lost myself.’

Recalling the devouring impulse from moments ago, Lu Chao felt a lingering fear.

It was as if he couldn’t control himself as he stepped forward. He had truly wanted to devour the Blood Bone whole.

But, according to the rules of the Life-taking Star-devouring Bone...

The Blood Bone was also an external bone, and in terms of Destiny Bone rank, it was surely very, very high. His own Star Devouring Bone hadn’t yet matured enough to devour it, yet Lu Chao had been overcome by impulse at the time.

In short, the Life-taking Star-devouring Bone had once again protected Lu Chao, allowing him to inexplicably escape the array.

’The Master of Blood and Bone said my soul was powerful and strange. Why is that?’

After silently thanking the Star Devouring Bone, Lu Chao grew puzzled again and muttered to himself, ’Could it be that because I’ve died once, my soul is actually even stronger than the Master of Blood and Bone’s?’

Of course, there was no answer to this question. In truth, the Nether Spring Illusion Array was far too powerful for the current Lu Chao.

There were many things that were beyond his comprehension...

After all, he had grown up in the tiny Azure Flame Domain. He had yet to fully comprehend the Azure Flame Treasure Manual, and he’d never even had any real contact with the Cyan Sword Great Empire.

There were still so many things he needed to learn.

"Also, why didn’t he just kill me? Was he scared stiff?" Lu Chao muttered to himself in confusion.

If he could move me out of the array, he should have been able to kill me directly, right?

Immediately, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Chao’s eyes again as he said, "No, he probably can’t kill people directly. To kill someone, he must devour the intruder’s Heavenly Destiny Bone. But his inability to devour my Star Devouring Bone means... he can’t kill me."

As this thought occurred to Lu Chao, an intense glint flashed in his eyes...

"Since he can’t kill me, when I have time, I’ll go back in and have another chat with him."

"It might lead to a huge reward."

Lu Chao spoke with a smile, then looked at his surroundings and added softly, "Over a month has passed. I wonder how Xiao Su’er is doing. I need to get back quickly."

The moment he finished speaking, Lu Chao prepared to flash away, but suddenly, his head began to spin uncontrollably.

An intense wave of fatigue washed over him...

Composing himself, Lu Chao gave a faint, wry smile. "Looks like I’ll need to rest a while before setting off."

He had fought nonstop in the Nether Spring Illusion Array for six days and six nights. Coupled with the invasion of mental illusions, it seemed the Life-taking Star-devouring Bone had also drained Lu Chao’s soul energy or something similar when it had unleashed its essential power earlier.

It left him so exhausted he didn’t even want to move.

After a quick internal examination, he realized that the True Qi from his two Heavenly Destiny Bones and one Life-taking Bone was almost completely depleted.

As for the medicinal power of the Blue Dew Fruit, it had long since been exhausted.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Chao forced himself to endure the fatigue. He found a safe-looking tree hollow nearby and passed out.

"Chao’er, this is the place where you will grow up. You must live."

Suddenly, a gentle, loving female voice sounded by Lu Chao’s ear, causing his whole body to tremble as he subconsciously cried out, "Mother..."

Following his cry, a gentle face slowly came into view.

The face was beautiful, yet it carried a sense of exhaustion and sorrow.

And when Lu Chao saw this face, he subconsciously cried out again, "Mother, how’s my brother? What happened to him?"

In response, the gentle voice continued...

"Chao’er, living on is the greatest comfort you can give your brother. Promise me you’ll live a good life, okay?"

Lu Chao listened and shook his head frantically. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to live; he just had an intense need to know what had happened to his brother.

He wanted to see his mother’s face clearly, but in the next instant, he was plunged into endless darkness.

Immediately after, a slightly childish voice spoke...

"Xiao Chao, I’m giving you my Fire Roaring Saint Bone, my Water Chant Bone, and my Violent Bone. This will suppress the aura of the Life-taking Bone inside you, so ordinary people won’t be able to discover it."

"In the future, you must travel this Heavenly Destiny World for me and see what its true nature is."

"I believe that the so-called Life-taking Bone is definitely not a harbinger of disaster. In the future, you must make good use of your Life-taking Bone’s power and shatter this world that is so full of prejudice and ignorance toward it."

"I’m leaving now. You have to be good and listen to Mother, understand?"

As the voice spoke, Lu Chao saw a frail figure seem to step into the endless darkness.

The frail figure wasn’t very tall, but in Lu Chao’s eyes, it was as towering as a mountain.

Lu Chao cried and screamed, "Brother, I don’t want them! Take all your Heavenly Destiny Bones back! I don’t want them! If they want to kill me, just let me die! I’m begging you, don’t go, don’t go..."

However... RUMBLE.

A great dark door slammed shut, and Lu Chao could see nothing. All that remained was endless darkness, loneliness, and sorrow.

Suddenly, light appeared once more...

Lu Chao saw himself curled up inside the tree hollow outside the Great Wu Imperial City—the place that had been his childhood home—hugging himself tightly.

"My head hurts so much, it hurts so much."

This was the image of his childhood self, his head splitting in pain as he tried to recover his memories.

Suddenly... BANG!

He shot up into a sitting position. Lu Chao looked around, alarmed and uncertain.

He saw that he was in a different tree hollow. Bright sunlight streamed in from outside, blindingly intense. This was not his childhood tree hollow, but the one he had randomly found after emerging from the Nether Spring Illusion Array.

After coming out of the Nether Spring Illusion Array, this was where he had fallen asleep.

"Was that... a dream?"

Lu Chao muttered to himself. He gently wiped his face and found it was covered in tears.

At the same time, his entire body was covered in beads of sweat.

His voice trembled as he spoke again...

"It wasn’t a dream. It’s a memory from my childhood. My three Heavenly Destiny Bones were given to me by my brother."

"I have... a brother!"

"My brother dug out his own three Heavenly Destiny Bones to suppress the aura of my Life-taking Bone and protect me from being killed."

"But what’s my brother’s name? Where is my home? I... AARGH!"

Intense pain shot through his brain, causing Lu Chao to curl up tightly, just like the little beggar he had been in his childhood. He roared in a low voice, "I have to remember. I must... remember."

But as he tried to think deeper, it was as if he had touched a seal or restriction in his mind, and he immediately passed out.

This time, however, Lu Chao did not dream. He simply fell into a deep sleep.

He slept very, very deeply this time, and the various energies inside his body slowly recovered. He was finally woken by a frantic voice, which said, "Lu Chao, you whelp! What are you doing here? I was sure I had already killed you."

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