Chapter 120: A Lifetime in the Void, The Secret of the Beginningless

Everyone turned their heads to see that it was indeed Liu Yiyi who had spoken.

She cast a proud glance at the crowd, snorted, and said, "This is just a little trinket my master fashioned on a whim to serve as my protection! What is the big deal?"

The crowd was truly stunned at this moment. This Immortal Artifact was crafted by the young woman in white before them? And on a whim at that? Was this real? This was an Immortal Artifact! To be capable of crafting such a thing—could this woman in white be... an Immortal?

The members of the Ji family truly wondered if they were dreaming. Everything they had witnessed today far exceeded the limits of what they could handle. If this woman really were an Immortal, why had they even come here? Were they courting death?

"Senior Sister, please forgive my clansmen for their intrusion!" Seeing her kin lapse into a daze once more, Ji Ziyue stepped forward in desperation.

Her words jolted the Ji family members back to their senses. The Fourth Elder sighed, hurriedly bowing alongside the others, and said, "We beg for Senior's forgiveness!"

"Hmph! Didn't you say you wanted to investigate whether my master stole your Ji family's so-called Void Technique? Well? Are you not investigating anymore?"

With a bitter smile, the Fourth Elder replied respectfully, "Young Lady, you jest. With a Senior's cultivation, what need is there to study the Ji family's Void Technique? It was our own recklessness!"

"Hmph! At least you know! Since that’s the case, hurry up and leave! Otherwise, when my Senior Uncle returns, I’m afraid you won’t find it so easy to depart!" Liu Yiyi snorted coldly and moved to retract the bracelet from the air.

The Fourth Elder was alarmed upon seeing this and cried out in haste, "Young Lady, you must not! Please, help our Ji family’s Imperial Artifact undergo its transformation; our family will certainly reward you handsomely!"

The rest of the Ji family members also rushed to plead with her. They understood that if the Imperial Artifact successfully transformed today, it would become the fourth complete Immortal Artifact in the world, granting the Ji family an even stronger foundation.

Seeing the fiery intensity in the eyes of the Ji family members, Chen Mi could not help but shake her head with a smile. She spoke, "Now that the Void Great Emperor has fallen, the Imperial Artifact cannot succeed in its transformation on its own."

Watching their skeptical expressions, Chen Mi smiled bitterly and continued, "After all, when this Imperial Artifact was first brought into the world, it was already blood-bound to the Void Great Emperor. Without the aid of his bloodline, it is extremely difficult for it to transform relying solely on the Immortal Spirit Qi."

"Senior! I am a descendant of the Great Emperor’s bloodline. May I ask if I can assist the Imperial Artifact in its transformation?" Ji Haoyue, who had been heavily injured earlier, stepped forward with a face full of anticipation.

"It is useless. Even the biological child of the Void Great Emperor would be of no use," Chen Mi shook her head.

Looking at their expectant expressions, Chen Mi could not help but recall the life of the Void Great Emperor that her brother had once described to her:

The Void Great Emperor was never inferior to anyone in his life. He ascended to the throne through the Dao of the Void, mastering the ultimate realm of space! His entire life was dedicated to suppressing the dark turmoils, suppressing the Undying Mountain, and fighting bloody battles against gods beyond the realms, never once retreating. Because of these endless battles, he did not even live out a second life.

Even in his twilight years, he staged a fake death to set a trap, dragging two supreme beings of the Undying Mountain with him into the abyss.

After his death, he buried himself in a nine-fold coffin and drifted into the infinite starry sky, never to be seen again...

Even later, when his physical body regained consciousness at the ancestral star and became the Yellow Emperor of the human race, he felt the call of countless living beings during a dark turmoil. He manifested in the world once more, fighting in blood, clashing against the supreme beings of the forbidden zones. After slaying the Samsara Supreme, he was besieged and killed by several other supreme beings from the forbidden zones.

In the end, only a shattered mirror accompanied his remains as they drifted into the starry sky, buried within the boundless void, leaving the world in endless sorrow.

Thinking of this, Chen Mi felt a sense of melancholy. If it weren't for the fact that these people were the descendants of the Void, she would have reduced them to ashes long ago for their earlier arrogance, rather than being so amiable with them now.

When she first heard her brother recount the lives of these Great Emperors—how countless individuals fought their entire lives for the sake of humanity—she found it truly painful.

When she first arrived in this world, Chen Mi had wanted to eradicate those damned people in the forbidden zones, but she was stopped by her brother.

Chen Chen had laughed and said that these people were merely whetstones; let them live a while longer, and karma would naturally befall them. Only then did Chen Mi desist.

Although the cultivation of these Great Emperors was not worth mentioning in Chen Mi's eyes, their noble bearing—willing to exhaust their blood and bones for the sake of humanity—truly shocked her. If the opportunity arose, she would not mind helping them resurrect, giving them another chance.

Seeing Chen Mi remain silent for a long time, Ji Haoyue asked unwillingly, "Senior! Is there truly no other way?"

Ji Ziyue also watched the Void Mirror, which was contentedly absorbing the Immortal Spirit Qi, with teary eyes. She grabbed Chen Mi’s arm with both small hands, looking at her with an imploring expression, hoping she would provide a solution.

Chen Mi was jolted from her thoughts. Seeing the pleading looks on the faces of all the Ji family members, she couldn't help but twitch her lips, feeling speechless.

"Why are you all so anxious? Just let this fellow absorb the Immortal Spirit Qi for now. When the time is right, someone will naturally help it transform," Chen Mi said, exasperated.

"But... but didn't you say that, apart from the Great Emperor, no one could help it?" Ji Ziyue asked, puzzled.

"But my sister never said that the Void Great Emperor was gone!" Suddenly, a calm voice rang in everyone's ears, like a bolt of lightning striking the minds of the Ji family members.

"Brother!" Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, the 'expert' Chen Mi ran joyfully toward a man who had just entered the courtyard, calling out 'Brother' sweetly.

The man appeared to be in his twenties; his features were merely refined, not particularly handsome. Beside him were two little girls, carved out of jade, each happily eating a candied hawthorn.

What surprised the crowd most was that the man was dragging someone along—a man in his thirties, slightly plump and with a lecherous face, the sight of whom made one feel an urge to beat him up.

Chen Mi glanced at the man in Chen Chen's hand and asked curiously, "Is this the fellow who spread the rumor that we obtained some kind of Void Technique?"

Chen Chen nodded and tossed Duan De onto the ground.

Upon hearing this, the Ji family members immediately understood. It turned out this fellow was the one spreading rumors, causing them to come here and nearly inviting a catastrophe!

The crowd immediately cast furious glares at Duan De on the ground, wishing they could tear him to pieces. Ji Ziyue, in her anger, ran forward and delivered a fierce kick to Duan De's backside, causing the immobilized man to howl in his heart.

"Alright! Although this fellow is somewhat shameless, he is not someone you can humiliate at your current level!" Chen Chen said with a faint smile, looking at Ji Ziyue, whose face was flushed with anger.

"Senior! May I ask what you meant by your earlier words?" Only Ji Haoyue, having keenly heard what Chen Chen said upon entering, stepped forward to ask in confusion.

He naturally knew that this man must be the Senior Uncle Liu Yiyi had mentioned earlier. He wasn't worried about being detained, as they had already offered their apologies.

Chen Chen glanced at him, knowing this must be the God-child of the Ji family, Ji Haoyue. He didn't seem as arrogant as expected.

Nodding, Chen Chen said, "Ji Void was born in the darkest of ages. He fought to the death against the forbidden zones for the sake of the human race, and even as an invincible Great Emperor, he only lived for a mere seven thousand years! How could the heavens be blind? He has already been reborn in a different form; you need only wait."

Hearing Chen Chen say this, the Ji family members were filled with disbelief. Ji Ziyue asked stammeringly, "Se... Senior... you aren't lying to us, are you? The Great Emperor is... still in this world?"

"Hmph! What kind of status does my Senior Uncle have? Would he lie to a little girl like you?" Liu Yiyi, who had been nursing a grudge because Ji Ziyue kept calling her master 'Sister', seized the opportunity to mock her.

"The Great Emperor!!!" No one paid any heed to Liu Yiyi's mockery. Upon hearing the news, they broke into loud sobs and knelt to the ground.

For a time, the Chen residence was filled with the sounds of wailing.