Cross and Long Chen slapped their left and right hands together and both said in unison "9 Heaven Star Body!" The two Taichi patterns merged into one giant one, Long Chen's god ring grew and Cross and Long Chen's visions came together, the leaves on the tree in Cross' vision became colorful purple and a gas coiled around the trunk.
A giant figure with black armor and Cross' eyes with a giant saber in one hand and a scythe in the other appeared. It's eyes glowed and 9 different colored stars appeared on the rings in the eyes, replacing the stars that were there.
The entire Immortal World and all the Lower Realms felt a suffocating pressure fall on them.
In the chest of the figure, Long Chen and Cross held their palms together, each controlling half of the body. The figure opened it's mouth and said "This feels great!" it's voice was a mix of Long Chen and Cross'.
The creature felt threatened and roared, the figure moved and slashed down with the saber while swinging the scythe upwards. The Creature slapped the saber away and the scythe stabbed it in the abdomen.
The figure twisted in the air and pulled the scythe on the creature's flesh, while swinging over and chopping at the creature's neck.
The Creature roared in pain and ignored the swords, charging at the figure, hitting it in the chest and blasting it far away, across the Immortal World. There were cracks on the black armor and Long Chen and Cross coughed out blood.
They stopped in the air and kicked off space itself, cracking the sky as it shot across the World fast than the speed of light, holding the saber over it's head. The Figure shouted "9th form! Splitting the Heavens!"
before the saber came crashing down on the beasts head, cutting a long trench from it's head down to it's back, bone deep. The figure shouted "What the fuck is this thing!?" The creature roared and it's eyes turned red as it went into a frenzy, shattering space around it and thrashing around, slapping the figure flying.
Cross grit his teeth and said "One more attack like that and were finished." Long Chen coughed up blood and said "What are we supposed to do!?" Cross said "Try the Splitting the Heavens, one more time. I'll give us an opportunity, this time we have to kill it."
Long Chen nodded and the figure stopped in mid air.
The figure raised the saber and it's eyes glowed, suddenly the scythe was raised as well and merged into the saber, making a giant sword that pierced the heavens themselves. The Figure shouted across the Immortal World "Cull of the Universe!"
The figure disappeared and reappeared over the creature as it's eyes exploded and the giant sword came down on the creature's head. The Creature smashed it's head against the blade and the Figure roared, the ring on it's back glowed, lighting up the world with 9 colors.
The blade pushed through the bone before a dam seemed to break and it chopped the creature in half from head to toe.
The Figure exploded into millions of pieces and the duo coughed out buckets of blood. Meng Qi and Luna appeared, catching the two and slowly floating down to the ground.
Cross and Long Chen reached out and both halves of the creature disappeared, revealing the endlessly long gully that seemed to be a bottomless pit. It was Realms long, all the Realms that had the trench came together and formed a new world as an otherworldly Supreme Aura radiated from the scar.
The trench was so wide and deep, that it was impossible to imagine how the Realm was even still in one piece. Thankfully all the Realms were abandoned. Now they had one massive Realm with a bloody trench that split the Realm in two sides with the only way to get across it was to go around.
The pressure even near the World Scar was tremendous and terrifying. If your cultivation was too low, you would just explode and die even coming near the thing.
The sides of the scar were dyed red and as smooth as a mirror. It was a really trippy thing to look at.
Cross coughed up blood and everyone came out of Eden, looking at the Scar in shock and awe. Guo Ran slapped himself saying "Holy fuck! That was the coolest thing I've ever fucking seen!" everybody chuckled and Cross and Long Chen grinned
Dryae came over and pressed on Cross' back, injecting Life aura into his body. Athena ran over and lunged at Cross, saying "Kyaaaaa~ Master you're so much better in person~!" She latched onto his neck and wrapped her legs around him like an octopus, refusing to let go.
Cross slowly got up and looked at the rest saying "Can you all set up a region with signs warning people of the pressure here. Also, gather all the brothers and sisters that died and their names. They're heroes that died for a better world."
The entire army's eyes turned red in grief and they went to do what they were told. Cross' eyes glowed and half the corpses went into the black soil, the other half with into Long Chen's black soil. Even the blood from Brahma and Sky Falling night wasn't spared.
Cross sighed and sat back down looking at the 14 women looking at him. He sighed and said "For fuck sake..." Luna grabbed his wrist and said "For fuck sake is right. We're gonna have a nice long talk. All of us."
Cross looked at Luna, Jasmine, Feng Xue'er, Jie Yuan, Luo Ning, Lu Mingxuan, Die Wu, Ying'er, Elise, Feng Fei, Yu Qianxue, Hermione, Dryae, and Athena. Luna and Lu Mingxuan had a baby bump, but Luna's was big, ready to give birth. Good thing she was smart enough to stay back with Meng Qi and wasn't even slightly injured.
He looked at Long Chen for help, but found Long Chen looking at him for help as well, they both fell into despair as they we're dragged off by their women.
A while later
Cross and Long Chen were standing in front of a giant stone tablet, Cross forged the tablet with the Creature's bones, carving in all the names. There was no way the tablet out ever disappear or even decay.
It was placed right before the start of the World Scar, all the brave warriors who lost their lives were buried at the stone, each and every single one of their names were carved into the tablet, not a single one was missing, of course Cross had picked up their corpses when he sent everyone into Eden, fearing that they would be destroyed by the fight.
The Army behind the duo was crying, all of them were, how many people died in this war? Too many to count...
Cross sighed and said "What are you doing now?" Long Chen shrugged and Cross said "We need to rebuild the Heaven's Laws, by the way. I don't know about you, but I'm retiring to run the sect. If you want to go explore, be my guest, otherwise I'll put in a concealing Law from the outside."
Long Chen said "Are you kidding? I'm tired man." Cross smiled and coughed before stretching out his hand saying "I'm missing staff for my Sect, you seem like a respectable person. Would you like a position?"
Long Chen laughed and shook his hand saying "What's the salary like?" Cross kicked him saying "What salary?! I'm fucking dirt poor! Not a single Primal Chaos Artifact! You, the big whale, have the the complete Universe Cauldron, while I have nothing! Who knows what other Earth Shattering things you're keeping on you?"
Cross turned away and held his shoulders saying "I even suspect you're seeing someone else!" Long Chen spat out blood and the Army laughed, while the girls smiled.
After that, Long Chen and Cross let the army build up the new mega Region, naming it the Departed Heroes Star Realm. The duo left, went to grab the Exquisite World before flying back.
Cross took all the regions and worlds in the Departed Heroes Star Realm and merged all the lands together with his Supreme God powers. The entire Departed Heroes Star Realm was one giant piece of land.
If you looked from above it looked like a Dragon's eye.
Cross went around the Immortal World, snatching the abandoned training treasures from the dead people, he got a ton of things, for humans, beasts, Spirits, Demons, etc. There was nowhere he didn't go, his thief urges took over and he robbed half the Immortal World blind, he even found several hundred ancient secret realms and merged them inside Eden as well.
Long Chen merged his Inner World and with the Exquisite World, everyone was kicked out before hand and massive changes took place. Long Chen then placed the Exquisite World above the Tree of Life in Eden.
Then the Duo started changing the layout of the sect and the city surrounding it. This took a long time as they argued over the best placement and buildings to add or take away. In the end, the Girls took over and made the Sect absolutely beautiful. Long Chen and Cross had to say, they were truly good at beautification. Not to mention there was 27 of them, they had a board. It was insane.
Cross and Long Chen merged Eden into the Departed Heroes Star Realm and the entire Star Realm underwent massive changes. They were all kicked out of the Star Realm by Eden itself as the changes took place.
Cross and Long Chen weren't bothered and started working out Heaven's Laws and rebuilding it from scratch. These Laws were much more open and freeing, nobody was rejected by the Heavens anymore. Situations like Cross and Long Chen would never happen again, in addition the tribulations were much harsher, just a little pettiness from the duo for almost dying who knows how many times.
They finally finished working on Heaven's Laws and walked out of the Time bubble to see that the Departed Heroes Star Realm was finished, Luna told them they had been gone for a year, Cross was very sure it was much, much, longer than that.
They finally placed the Heaven's Laws into the world and the entire Immortal World and every World below it had a beautiful 9 colored sky for a few days as the new Heaven washed over every living being.
The duo went to see the Departed Heroes Star Realm and were shocked silly. The Sect was in the middle of the World Scar, in the dead center of the world. It formed a circle over the Scar, the Tree of Life floated in the middle of the massive World Scar, it's roots covered in gold gas with black chains digging into both faces of the Scar.
The Tree of Life was massive touching the Heavens themselves and a few of the leaves were 9 colored. The actual sect was split into 3 parts.
On the left side of the Scar there was half a circle of cities buildings, and in the middle of it all there was the Heaven's Way tree, it grew to half the size of the Tree of Life and there were stairs leading to the top with a transmission array at the crown of the tree along with a 'little' city.
The 'little' city was as big as the previous place the Spirit race were living in, when they were living in Eden. The stairs were labeled 'Mortal Ladder' and there were a bunch of buildings for disciples, residences, etc. There was also a giant building, labeled "Man Scripture Library"
Cross and Long Chen walked around the place and knew exactly what this side was. It was the Outer sect! Cross was amazed by the Sect's means! It was easily his most powerful treasure! The duo even noticed the air was extremely pure and there was a constant pressure, though it was abysmal to them. It was to constantly pressure the disciples and temper them!
Long Chen and Cross looked at each other in shock, they went up the 'Mortal Ladder' and came to the city above, there were shops, restaurants, inns, etc. It was a bazaar, where you could buy and sell things! Inside the sect! Fuck! So cool!
Plus, the entire city was full of life and a subtle hint of mystery.
They came to a set of transmission arrays, one was to the Inner Sect, another was to the Core Sect, another was to the other city across the Scar, and there were several other transmission arrays, most likely for the cities that were built in the entire Departed Heroes Star Realm.
The duo kept investigating and came to the Inner Sect, sure enough there were better resources and buildings here, each side of the sect had all auxiliary occupations, such as Alchemy Halls, Forging Halls, Formation Halls, Music Halls, etc.
The other differences were the Tree on this side was the 7 Colored Glazed Tree which had evolved into the 9 Colored Glazed Enlightenment Tree. The stairs that coiled around it to the top were labeled 'Immortal Ladder' and the Library was named 'Earth Scripture Library'.
The pressure in the Inner Sect was noticeably heavier than the Outer Sect and each division had a Pressure Hall that disciples could use to intensify the pressure inside. It used the pressure and aura from the Scar and could be increased by using one of the rooms inside, they went into the ground and the deeper you went, the more the pressure. The rooms ran along the sides of the Scar on both sides.
The Duo went to the Core area which was in the crown of the Tree of Life. The entire place had even more pressure than below and a transmission array to the Outer and Inner Sects but also one more to the Pressure Hall, which was under the Tree of Life where the roots were. There was an entire plaza down there with restaurants and Inns but mostly Pressure Rooms.
It was situated right in the middle of the Scar both depth and width.
The Core area in the Crown of the Tree of Life had the Sect Master's Residence and all the accommodations of the Inner and Outer Sects but this area had the 'Heaven Scripture Library and the Blood Pool, along with several dozen other training buildings, the Ancient Inheritance Pavilion, and a staircase long a branch that circled the entire core area to the top of the Tree of Life to a peaceful and beautiful canopy with a few residences that were extremely beautiful and well crafted. The staircase was labeled 'God Ladder'.
The canopy area had the richest Spiritual Qi and was named 'The Garden'.
The entire Star Realm had a Primordial Aura and was filled with Chaos Qi. In a bubble around the sect there was no pressure from the Scar but as you got farther from the sect, the pressure increased. There were cities littered around the Star Realm, waiting for people to populate them, there were Moonfire Tree forests, Sunfire Tree forests, Pseudo Tree of life Forests, and many more with places for all races, that were on the Allie forces' side, to live in.
Cross and Long Chen were so excited they directly ignored the girls and started setting up the sect and gifting people cities, they got the Huayan Trading Company and the Wine God's Palace in both cities on the two smaller Tree Crowns.
They were constantly busy day and night working on everything and accommodating everyone. The People from the Dragon Blood and Heaven Rending Legion who had specific talents were hired as Elders, Teachers, Hall Masters, etc. While the rest were forming into a Heavenly Dragon Legion and worked as a War Hall, like in Lingxiao Academy, also they made most of them Armies in all the cities.
Cross dragged the Dragon guy, who the duo found out's name was Long Tian, into the sect as their Guardian beast. He didn't really have to do anything, he basically lounged around all day, nestling himself among the 9 Colored Leaves on the Tree of Life.
It looked domineering from a distance, so domineering in fact, Long Chen and Cross jumped up and down in excitement at the visual. They continued to work, they even invited the Old Sweeping man to retire in the new Sect as an advisor for them incase anything happened. The old man agreed after seeing the place.
Cross finally got a reaction out of the old man that wasn't nonchalance, shattering his mysterious vibe as he said "Don't worry, old man. We'll find you a nice grandma and you can have kids too." the old man almost spit out blood and hit him with his broom.
Cross gave him Golden Crystalline Jelly and made him young again, the old man retired happy, and actually went back to sweeping in the core area. He liked it so the duo left him to his devices.
Finally, people started showing up and populating the cities around as the new Star Realm spread across the Immortal World. The sect became very famous, very fast. It was simply the best sect there ever was, ever. It had everything, even strange methods that were never seen before!
Long Chen and Cross came up with the name 'Nine Star Heaven Rending Sect' it was very simple, the Sect's Holy Art was the [Nine Star Heaven Rending Body Art] The Library merged Cross' Art and Long Chen's Art together and come up with it.
Naturally it was under tight lock and key, reserved for only the top, top, disciples, but the Heaven Rending Art and the Nine Star hegemon Body Art, Long Chen's and the normal one, were in the Heaven Scripture Library, every library had the Starry River Sky Art though.
The Heaven Scripture Library also had the Dragon God Body Refining Technique, Silence of the Abyss, Void King Body Arts, and True Void God Arts. It had everything the other two libraries had and much, much, more.
Cross and Long Chen were stumped as to how the Library was still not full. It was barely even 50% full but there were so many books inside, it was unimaginable.
Years passed like this.
Cross married Luna, Jasmine, Feng Xue'er, Jie Yuan, Die Wu, Luo Ning, Feng Fei, Lu Mingxuan, Dryae, Elise, Ying'er, Hermione, Athena, and Yu Qianxue formally, they had a wedding and everything.
The very next day, they were all pregnant.
Anyway.
They all took up teaching positions in the sect, Hermione even became the librarian. Her perseverance paid off and she married the man she loved. Happy ending for her.
Cross however blew his top hearing Lily and Amelia were pregnant, he went to go beat the shit out of Guo Ran and Xia Chen but they hid behind Luna and shouted vulgarities at him. Cross was so angry, HE spit out blood. He could say from experience it was a terrible feeling, next thing he knew, Guo Ran and Xia Chen were bragging that they made him spit out blood.
He finally got them, by hiding in their houses at night and gave them the beatings of their lives. They were in a coma for a week. Bai Zhantang blew his top when he heard Bai Shishi was pregnant but Long Chen was stronger than him, so he hid in his house and refused to come out for a week.
Amazingly, the babies born were natural Immortal Seeds because of Long Chen and Cross' Supreme God cultivation. And the so-called harder to reproduce when you get stronger was thrown out the window because Cross blessed every girl in Long Chen's harem secretly, making them extremely fertile.
If Long Chen even touched them they might get pregnant, not to mention blowing a load right into their womb. It was like dousing a fire with gasoline. Needless to say, there were brats running around everywhere.
Cross and Long Chen's parents were more than happy to watch the kids, taking care of at least a dozen kids each. Crazy people, Cross couldn't even deal with the kid that was staring at him on his lap at the moment. This was Dryae's child, her name was Angel. She didn't speak much, just sat on Cross' lap, looking at him wordlessly. She was only 4 years old.
They had a staring contest one day, Cross was the one who lost. This damn kid was too strange! She just looked at things, but mostly him. He was convinced there was something on his face and he started washing 3 times a day, to no avail. Angel just kept staring at him.
She wouldn't even go to her mother, clinging onto Cross tightly when it was time to go. She looked at him with pitiful eyes and Cross' heart melted, she was too fucking cute, it was unreal. The other kid was a boy, Luna's child, named Lucas. This kid was absolutely wild.
Luna was pregnant with him for 2 full years and when he was born Cross found out why. He was a monster, his innate talent was insane! It was beyond this world, he was beyond an Immortal Seed, something more.
Cross was 500% sure if this kid cultivated at 5, maybe by 10 years old, he'll be a Supreme God. That's how insane he was, it was completely against common sense. Long Chen and Cross looked at the wild kid, who was staring back at them.
Angel was sitting on Cross' shoulders and looking at Lucas. Now, Long Chen and Cross were both pretty tall people. Cross was 6'3 and Long Chen was 6'2, so to kids, they looked like giants and were pretty menacing.
Cross felt his mouth twitch as the kid looked at him fearlessly, Cross felt like beating him up. The duo decided to teach him the [Nine Star Heaven Rending Body Art] Long Chen would teach him Alchemy and Cross would beat him if he acted up.
Lucas got beat a lot.
Fortunately... Or Unfortunately... he inherited Cross' handsome looks, a single pout was all he needed to get out of any trouble he got into. He even lead a group of kids to go rob Mo Nian's wine stock.
The worst part was, Mo Nian's son, Mo Tian, was in on it. That kid was OBSESSED with gravedigging and stealing, the other member of the trio was Long Chen's first daughter, from Meng Qi, Lilith. Forget about it, Long Chen and Cross watched, they were in and out. It was clearly a professional operation.
Long Chen and Cross were stunned at their nimble movements. Lucas was the leader, Lilith was second in command, and Mo Tian was the third little fellow. The rest were kids from the Heavenly Dragon Legion, good news was the humans and spirits started mixing, bringing new half-breeds with superior talents.
Everything was going amazingly well.
11 years later
Lucas took Lilith and the duo left the Immortal World, ascending to the next one.
A few years after that
Mo Tian left, followed by the rest of their kids, traveling the cosmos on their own adventures.
Cross and Long Chen let them go, the kids thought they left sneakily, but in actuality all their parents watched them leave. The depth of the 'Nine Star Heaven Rending Sect' MUCH deeper than it seemed on the surface.
Cross and Long Chen were already beyond Supreme God, they just didn't feel like fighting anymore. They both continued their cultivation at all times, are you kidding? They were countless times stronger than they were when they made the sect, but they showed Supreme God on the surface.
The kids thought they were just ordinary old guys and Lucas even thought he was stronger than Cross before he left, little did he know that Cross used 50% of his strength when beating him, which was already way above Supreme God.
Lucas was much stronger than he thought, Cross only hoped that he wouldn't become a nameless corpse. It was a fear he felt every day, he never realized how hard it was to be a father. He was constantly worrying about things that he didn't care about before.
Countless years passed
The Nine Star Heaven Rending Sect became known as the Immortal Sect as all the members lived forever it seemed. It had been millions of years since it's debut.
Cross and Long Chen looked the exact same and were playing chess. but was it really chess?
Long Chen suddenly said "It should be coming soon." Cross waved and said "Luna said it wasn't a problem." Long Chen laughed and said "For us." Cross froze and laughed "I guess you're right." Long Chen said "I told Guo Ran to 'disappear' along with the rest, replacing them with the spies."
Cross sighed and drank from his wine gourd as he said "I can't believe we became schemers in the end..." Long Chen scoffed and said "What schemers? This is called careful planning, okay? Wisdom!" Cross rolled his eyes and pinched the air next to him saying "Yeah, yeah, wisdom."
A figure appeared, along with a knife.
Cross said "Close, but I can feel your killing intent pal." Long Chen shook his head and said "Immortal God King assassins, they're getting more and more extravagant." Cross didn't even look at the guy before he turned into blood mist and disappeared as Cross said "But they do bring good things. Look, this guy even had 100,000 Supreme Immortal Crystals."
Long Chen sneered and said "What good is that?" Cross smacked his lips and said "Every drop in the bucket makes a difference, plus the disciples can use them." he waved and added "Eden, if you could." the things disappeared and a man sat down saying "They're gathering, they even snuck into the World Scar."
Cross and Long Chen looked at him and said "Why are they in there?" Eden sighed and said "These morons are convinced there's treasure down there..."
Cross laughed and shook his head saying "There is." Long Chen and Eden were shocked, Cross added "Last time I went out a brought a new beast back before killing it in the World Scar to keep the pressure, it's blood lined the walls. En. I think I left the bones down there."
Long Chen and Eden rolled their eyes, Cross suddenly said "Any traitors?" Long Chen turned grim, he was avoiding this question. He didn't want to know if any of his Heavenly Dragon Legion brothers betrayed him, or his kids for that matter.
Eden shook his head and said "No, but many of the Heavenly Dragon Legion warriors have become spies. I read their souls to make sure." Cross let out a breath of relief and he said "That's all then, thank you, Eden." Long Chen smiled "When I go out next time I get you a few World Cores."
Eden smiled and said "No worries and Thank you." before fizzling out of existence.
Cross smiled and slapped the table, it flipped into a square mirror, showing all the kids and what they were doing. Cross smiled and said "I wonder if they'll be shocked by the change when they find out 10 years over there is a million here." Long Chen replied "I don't know, but I do know that if your damn son doesn't ask for my blessings to marry my daughter, I'm going to beat him silly."
Cross shrugged and said "Do it, he hasn't got a beating in a long time. I know that kid will never ask for your blessings, maybe Lilith will tell him to. But if she doesn't he won't." Long Chen replied "If she doesn't, I'll beat her too."
Cross laughed and a soft voice sounded "Father.." Cross turned and smiled softly saying "Yes, Angel?" Angel walked into the room with a beautiful Kimono, with a waist wrap and everything. She walked over with light steps and said "Permission to Unseal myself, please."
Cross frowned and said "What happened? Is someone bullying you? I swear I will kill them all." Long Chen pursed his lips and said "Very nice." Cross clicked his tongue and looked at Angel, who smiled softly and said quietly "My disciple has killed his senior sister. I am going to give him Elven Traitor Punishment."
Cross and Long Chen sucked in a cold breath of air. Elven Traitor Punishment was something Long Chen and Cross came up with together, basically it melts the body into the soul and then refines the soul with the 5 Elements until their mind collapses and the only thing left is pure soul power that could be refined into soul strengthening pills.
Their facial features are thereby cursed for eternity, anybody who looks exactly the same, to the minute detail, will be cursed forever. It was to prevent that person having clones or escaping with a piece of their soul and coming back... Cross added this one, not wanting to deal with the Jiuyou Luosha fiasco ever again.
The actual person, is doomed to never reincarnate and dissipate between Heaven and Earth. They aren't even able to enter Heaven, or Hell. They can't even become Ghosts. They just float in the endless void forever. It was the cruelest punishment, Long Chen and Cross had ever seen.
Cross said "Good. Go, just make sure none of the spies notice." Angel smiled and leaned over, Cross stretched out his cheek with an elated expression and Angel kissed his cheek saying "Thank you, Papa." before leaving.
Cross was giddy and had a big smile on his face. Long Chen sneered and said "What a loser." Cross froze and said "Hey, man. Don't take it out on me that none of your kids like you, okay?" Long Chen turned green and Cross laughed.
A few thousand years later
Cross and Long Chen looked at a young man through the mirror table. Cross said "Who knew keeping this mirror was so fucking convenient?" Long Chen grunted and Cross said "Now you really know how Bai Zhantang felt." Long Chen felt a vein pop up on his fore head and he said "Do you really want me to kick the shit out of you?"
Meng Qi appeared in the room and poured tea as she said "I think he's a very nice boy." Cross smiled and said "Thank you, Sister-in-law." Meng Qi smiled and Long Chen looked at the kid and said "I don't like 'im." Cross laughed and Meng Qi shook her head saying "Of course you don't..."
Cross sang the same song as Meng Qi and added "You're just upset, your little girl has fallen for him. Hey, you know what, it could be worse." Long Chen said "How could it possibly be worse?"
Cross looked at Meng Qi before saying "He could have a harem." Long Chen felt a little better, Meng Qi nodded along adding "Yes, also with Yaorao's personality, she'll probably kill him if he has any other women." Long Chen's scowl lessened and the room was opened, Bai Zhantang walked in laughing his ass off and saying "You little bastard! How do you feel now?! Hahahahahaha!"
Long Chen grinded his teeth and said "You want a beating, old man?!" Bai Zhantang sneered "Come! What Origin God? Doesn't sound too strong to me." Cross laughed and said "Old man, have you seen your granddaughter?" he tapped on the mirror and a young girl with 3 flower pupils was following around a handsome young man.
Bai Zhantang scowled as he looked, he got angrier by the second and said "This girl is as dumb as her father!" Cross smiled and said "Actually, she's very smart." Bai Zhantang frowned and waved saying "Stop pretending to be mysterious. What's going on."
Cross zoomed in and said "He's not my son, he's not Long Chen's son, he's from outside." Bai Zhantang frowned deeper and deeper saying "Outside, outside?" Cross nodded and said "He's a spy, he cultivates a Heavenly Immortal Fox cultivation method. He's at the Divine Lord Realm, but he's showing the Divine Flame Realm."
Bai Shishi appeared and said coldly "Quickly explain, Cross." she was already gripping her golden sword tightly with anger in her eyes. Cross said "So many visitors today! Anyway, his Divine Flames are pink, that's why they always have a pink hue when he releases them. He changed the color to normal but I can see them."
Bai Shishi roared "Stop beating around the bush already!" Cross complained "I say, woman. Have you still not calmed down after millions of years? I was getting to it." Bai Shishi blushed and said "Please, hurry up." Cross cleared his through and explained "The Heavenly Immortal Fox clan's methods are in the secret library at any rate. I've killed a bunch of them, their fur is very soft!"
He looked back at the mirror and his eyes lit up and the boy's internal situation appeared for everyone to see. Cross continued "The Cultivation method he uses is focused on charm. The Divine Flames release a charming fragrance that give males a good impression and females... well artificial feelings of love and infatuation."
Bai Shishi was about to slice the kid to death, but Cross stopped her as he said seriously "Relax. I'm testing her." Bai Shishi shouted angrily "What the fuck are you testing my niece for, eh?! Letting her be charmed by a wastrel spy for the Immortal Gods!?"
Cross said "Are you done? Can I finish speaking now? Thanks." he zoomed into the boy and said "The Cultivation method also changes his blood to passively emit a fragrance with has the same affect as the flames, when used together the effects increase. Not 1+1 but a multiplier. Xiaoxiao has a heart demon because of you, Shishi."
Bai Shishi was stunned and said "What? I-" Cross cut her off and continued "Not entirely your fault of course. Because Bai Xiaole never felt like he was better than you, it gave him a complex. Xiaoxiao noticed his complex and got one of her own, feeling inferior to you in every way. Without special means, it will never go anyway and another 3 Flower pupil will go to waste."
Bai Shishi teared up and ran away, Long Chen said "Did you have to be so hard on her?!" Cross sighed and said "This is the truth. Xiaoxiao is extremely smart, not only that but her pupils have mutated. She only got a heart demon because she is too smart and noticed hidden things she shouldn't have. She needs to become her own person and stop comparing herself to her aunt."
Long Chen was silent, Cross closed his eyes and said "I sent her to the Fox spy." Long Chen and got up to go after Bai Shishi. Bai Zhantang sighed and said "You.. Hais... Even I don't know what you think anymore." before leaving.
Meng Qi smiled and said "I believe you know what you're doing." Cross smiled and said "I wouldn't mess around with my niece's feelings, plus... I wanted to take her as a disciple." Meng Qi made an 'O' with her mouth and said "You.. Why didn't you say that before?" Cross smiled and said "She was getting on my nerves, so I'll torture her a bit."
Meng Qi giggled and said "What a petty guy~" before walking away, Cross looked at the mirror and arms wrapped around his neck from behind. Luna kissed his neck and said "Baby, are you coming to bed?" Cross smiled and said "That depends, will you be naked?"
Luna paused before whispering in his ear "If you want me to be~" before kissing his ear and biting the tip. The table jumped and Luna smiled as she whispered "I'll take that as a yes~" Cross disappeared with Luna, the other girls disappeared too.
The next morning
All the girls were stumbling to the breakfast table and Cross sat down with a wide smile, getting 14 separate glares. He just chuckled.
A few years later
Cross watched as the young man, who was named Zhu Wenyan, and the Fox Spy, who was named Shui Zhonglin, fought on the Life and Death arena. Long Chen's eyes were spitting fire looking at Shui Zhonglin's smug face.
This Fox kid, sneakily poisoned Long Chen's daughter and almost wasted her entire cultivation. Of course, Cross easily fixed it and spun it into a good thing after disaster, but Long Chen almost slapped the kid to death before going on a slaughtering rampage in the God Realm.
Cross stopped him and turned it into a test for Zhu Wenyan. The kid was very special, he had a Primordial Red Tiger bloodline. He also 'coincidentally stumbled across' a technique Long Chen and Cross had made a while ago when they reached Origin God Realm.
It was called [Tiger God Eclipse] it was a super high level Cultivation method. Cross could be called an Ancestor at Cultivation Methods, Long Chen wasn't too bad himself but Cross studied the books in the library, merging every single one together to create new ones and studying how they merged for millions of years.
If he didn't know how to create a Technique, nobody did. He also refined all his crafts; forging, alchemy, music, formations, etc. He even painted for a while, basically he improved himself before improving his cultivation.
He had become slightly addicted to knowledge, grabbing at any chance to learn something new. He had traveled the higher realms after becoming strong enough and avoiding people as he learned all kinds of new things. Eden was always connected to him so the library was filling up at a rapid pace, though it seemed to be endless.
Though the knowledge helped a lot! As everyone continuously improved every day. Even rare blood lines were taken by him, the Blood pool had evolved into a Bloodline Hall. Cross spent a LONG time working on that.
Basically it was filled with bloodlines of every kind, every single bloodline Cross had taken was in the building and able to be exchanged for with Sect Points, though they were an astronomical number. It was the first of it's kind and extremely popular with the disciples. There were countless bloodlines inside and with all the Supreme blood he had, all the Bloodlines were Supremized.
There was also a normal Blood Purifying option that was available to the Disciples for free once a month. Otherwise, they would have to pay with Sect Points. Cross secretly worked on that building every night, optimizing it and making it better.
He found a machine race in the God Realm but failed to capture one of them alive. Slippery fellows those machines. Cross could say that his best talent was in Medical studies, he knew the body inside and out, on every single living being he knew about. Obviously the ones he didn't know about, he couldn't know the structure of their body.
It helped tremendously with creating cultivation techniques and even artificially creating bloodlines. Several of the Top Priced bloodlines in the Bloodline Hall were his own creations! Tested, obviously.
*Cough* On criminals! I swear! *Cough*
Anyway.
Cross watched the fight and just as Zhu Wenyan was about to kill Shui Zhonglin, Cross interfered and blocked the attack. Long Chen frowned and Cross changed his voice as he said "You dare!?"
An 'Elder' materialized out of nothing and shouted at Zhu Wenyan.
Zhu Wenyan shouted angrily "This is a Life and Death battle! You cannot interfere, we sighed an contract!" as he spoke Shui Zhonglin attacked him, Bai Xiaoxiao shouted "Brother Wenyan!" Zhu Wenyan was stunned and burned in anger as he blocked the attack with a sword before piercing to Shui Zhonglin's head like lightning.
The 'Elder' shouted in rage "You! Junior! Stop!" as he sent a palm to Zhu Wenyan, who snorted and continued with the attack anyway saying "Stop me then, you old fuck." as he stabbed Shui Zhonglin through the head.
The 'Elder' trembled in rage and took Shui Zhonglin's body spitting "You'll regret this." before walking away, Zhu Wenyan suddenly said "Wait!" The 'Elder' had a disappointed look in his eyes for a split second before becoming cold again as he said "Want to apologize? It's too l-" Zhu Wenyan cut him off saying "Kick rocks, old man. Hand over his storage ring!"
Cross and Long Chen were stunned, Cross said "Damn! I like this kid!" Long Chen just laughed.
The 'Elder' said angrily "He lived a disciple, he dies a disciple. His belongings belong to the sect!" Zhu Wenyan was stunned before saying "No! He has an antidote in his storage ring, I need it!" The 'Elder' sneered "Too bad, it's not yours."
Zhu Wenyan roared, faintly sounding like a tiger, "I. Said. Give. ME THE ANTIDOTE!" as he swiped out his right hand like a claw. The 'Elder' was blasted away into a building, conveniently dropping Shui Zhonglin.
The building didn't even move a bit and the 'Elder' bounced back, 'coughing up blood' and roaring "You attacked an Elder! You will be kicked from the Sect!" Zhu Wenyan sneered "Then go ahead and kick me out. This place looks nice, the buildings are white, but the people inside are black! If it wasn't for a single person, I would leave on my own accord!" as he rummaged through Shui Zhonglin's ring and took out a bottle before leaving the arena.
Bai Xiaoxiao ran after him saying "Wait! Brother Wenyan!"
The 'Elder' roared "What are you looking at!? Do you want to spend a week in the Scar!?" the disciples trembled and ran in all directions. The 'Elder' took the corpse and paused before swiping the ring as well and disappearing.
Shui Zhonglin's corpse appeared in front of Cross and Long Chen, it floated in the air and Cross cut over his heart and looked at the blood before clicking his tongue in regret, saying "So close! Damn it! I really should've saved his worthless life for just a bit longer!"
Long Chen shook his head and said "You already got 2 birds with one stone, you wanted 3?" Cross said "Benefits, benefits, benefits, my friend." before the corpse and the ring disappeared, getting thrown into the black soil at the bottom of the Scar, while the ring was sorted along with everything inside.
There was an altar at the bottom of the Scar that had a blood red sphere above it. The black soil would produce, life aura to the Star Realm, blood to the Bloodline Hall, and Golden Purity Dew to the Sect.
The Purity Dew was a special reward but it could also be bought with Sect Points, it was used constantly though. Cross sold some to the Huayan Company, and gifted vats of it to the Wine God's Palace people.
He provided them with resource, selling to them, and in exchange they would give him a portion of the Wine they made. Obviously their ingredients have to come from somewhere, they were very nice about it. Through Xia Guhong was still upset over that one time Cross stole from him, Cross made it up to him by scouring the 9 Heavens and 10 Hells and finding Luo Qingying's reincarnation.
Xia Guhong was so happy and thankful, he gave him all his wine. Cross was overloaded with the several hundreds of thousands of Wine Gourds. He stored them in the Sect, keeping the best ones for himself and handing them out as prizes, but also supplying the restaurants with it.
With permission from the Wine God himself of course, turns out he became somewhat of a bum. He was a nice guy though, Cross convinced him to retire as the Head of the Wine God's Palace in the Sect after beating him in a drinking contest.
Xiao Lie joined the Wine God's Palace too. Yun Che lazy around most days, not really contributing anything other than breeding. This fellow was the laziest person Cross had ever met in his life. The rest of the group from the Divine Realm just blended into the Sect, not really making a splash.
Cross' actual parents started a small restaurant and quickly became extremely popular as Cross had given them cooking experience from a cooking world's Top Chef. He secretly did it in their dreams so they wouldn't notice.
They were also famous for another reason, every single person who made trouble at the restaurant, without fail, was never seen again. There was a saying around the sect 'You can curse at the elders, disrespect the Sect, but never make trouble at Ziran's Diner' a Heavenly God even went missing one time, after that, everyone was extremely respectful inside.
It even became somewhat of a safe haven and hot spot for meetings and disciples who were in trouble. There were always, 2 people inside. Saya and Helios, who always protected Aranyani and Phaunus, even though they were Supreme Gods themselves.
Sometimes, Helios would change out with Goren to spend time with Lyndis and his family.
In short, if anybody caused trouble, they were basically dead.
A while later
Cross picked Bai Xiaoxiao out of her residence and she appeared in front of him. Xiaoxiao was stunned and said "Uncle!" Cross smiled and said "Xiaoxiao, your heart is clear now." Xiaoxiao smiled and said humbly "It's okay." Cross patted her head and said "I want you to be my disciple, Xiaoxiao. Do you want it?"
Xiaoxiao gasped and said "Uncle, are you serious?!" Cross smiled and said "Of course. I've been watching you for a long time. Just as I suspected, Shui Zhonglin helped you clear your heart demon." Xiaoxiao froze and puffed her cheeks angrily as she said "Bad Uncle, did you manipulate me behind the scenes?"
Cross laughed and didn't deny it, Xiaoxiao pouted and sat down in a huff, crossing her arms and turning her head. Cross smiled and said "So what do you say, Xiaoxiao? Are you willing?" Xiaoxiao threw her hands up and said "Of course! If I say no, wouldn't I be a moron?!"
Cross chuckled and said "Good! Good! Good! Hurry up and bring me some wine." Xiaoxiao said "Uncle, it's tea.." Cross spat "Tea is for losers." Xiaoxiao giggled and ran off before coming back with a wine gourd and pouring him a bowl of wine.
She lifted it with two hands and said "Master." Cross took the cup and said "You can still call me Uncle, though I think grandpa is the correct term..." he mumbled to himself as he drank the wine. Xiaoxiao smiled saying "Grandpa, Uncle, who cares?"
Cross laughed and said "Hey, you're learning fast!" Xiaoxiao giggled and Cross said "Come here and take off your clothes." Xiaoxiao froze and covered her chest, Cross blanked out and said "What are you doing?"
Xiaoxiao said shyly "Grandpa.. I'm a girl..." Cross clicked his tongue and said "I've seen all of you when you were a kid, I had to babysit you! Shut up and take off your clothes, silly girl."
Xiaoxiao was disgruntled and took off her clothes, Cross waved and Xiaoxiao floated in the air, he pressed of her abdomen and said "Hmm. You have Sora's talents for sure... Your father is a big moron though, thankfully you're smart."
He spun her around and pressed on her shoulder blades before pressing just above her cheeks. He said "Eh!?" he spun he around and pulled her close as his eyes lit up and looked into her eyes, Xiaoxiao was embarrassed but more nervous. She heard his 'Eh' that's not usually a good thing.
Xiaoxiao said anxiously "Master, is there something wrong with me!?" Cross patted her head and said "Not at all! Hahaha! I really picked up a treasure today! Hahahahaha!" Long Chen walked in, he paused when he saw a naked Xiaoxiao and Cross laughing, he soon continued and walked over before saying "Xiaoxiao, what's your Uncle laughing about now?"
Xiaoxiao said "He touched me all over then started laughing, I don't know either." it was easy to see she was nervous, Long Chen's mouth twitched at her explanation. If he didn't know better, he would be convinced she was a victim.
Cross grabbed Xiaoxiao's shoulders and shook her crazily saying "Xiaoxiao! You're my lucky star! Haha!" he sent her to Long Chen and said "Look at her eyes and feel her tail bone!" Long Chen looked and his eyes showed surprise before shock.
Cross laughed and said "Stupid girl! Get dressed and scram! I have to go make you a Cultivation Method! Ah wait! Come here." He grabbed her and his left hand turned wooden before it sank into her chest and poked her heart, taking a drop of blood before coming out.
He looked at the blood and giggled as he said "Go do whatever. I'll call you when I'm done. Oh right! Don't tell anyone I'm your master, as a matter of fact, don't say anything, just say you went on a stroll or something."
Xiaoxiao said helplessly "Master, can you tell me what happened?" as she got dressed again. Cross said quickly, hovering the drop of white blood over his finger, "Your mother is a half-Snow, half-Shadow Elf, and your father has the 3 Flower Pupils as well as the Plumblossom Pupils, but he also has a contract with a Heavenly Purple Pupil Fox. I don't know what happened, but your father somehow got infected or was given a drop of blood from the Fox. You, the dumb girl, are a complete and utter mutation of your parents' genes! Your bloodline is a never before seen bloodline! Let's call it the Heavenly Snow-Pupil Fox, basically you have limitless potential with not only your bloodline but your eye power!"
He was excited and said "You dumb girl, do you know what this means!? Your 3 Flower Pupils is just a joke! You can continue the mutation, making it more and more powerful! Not to mention the Fox in your blood! Hehehehehe! Just wait to look down on the world as a supreme expert!"
Xiaoxiao was stunned, she was a supreme expert? How come she didn't know? She walked away in a daze and Cross' voice rang in her head "Don't tell anyone what I just told you. You don't need to cultivate for a bit because I'm going to waste your cultivation so you have a firm foundation for your new method... You can tell your parents and Grandma I suppose, maybe she can teach you more about eye techniques."
Xiaoxiao left wondering if her entire life was a lie, and Cross ran to the back wall, knocking on a point and pressing his hand on a metal scanner. A door opened and Cross walked inside saying "I'll be back in a day or two." Long Chen said "More like a millennia or two. Don't go too crazy and forget the time outside." Cross waved over his shoulder and entered the room.
A few days later
Cross grabbed Xiaoxiao again and ripped her clothes off before taking a drop of white blood with strange patterns on it and pressing it into her heart. Xiaoxiao groaned and squirmed in the air, Cross pressed on her forehead and said "Circulate this, quickly!" as he slapped her abdomen and wasted her cultivation.
Xiaoxiao turned pale before circulating the [Nine Tailed Snow Fox God Art] that had just appeared in her brain. Cross was injecting her with life energy and dripping Golden Crystalline Jelly and Golden Purity Dew into her mouth.
Xiaoxiao's body trembled and white fox ears popped out of her snow white hair, her canines grew sharp, and a soft white fox tail popped out from above her cheeks. Her cultivation increased at a rapid rate going through all the mortal realms until breaking into the Divine Flame Realm. Her body erupted in white flames and her aura kept increasing as another tail grew out.
A while later
Her cultivation stabilized and Cross checked her foundations before grinning. They were as solid as the firmament of the Earth! He washed her body with Golden Water and threw the golden water into the Scar, getting recycled back into the Sect.
He clothed her and sat her down, waiting for her to wake up. When she finally did, she opened her eyes and Cross was ecstatic. Her eyes had dark purple irises with a overlapping pure white flower pattern in her pupils with an extremely light purple hue around the petals.
Cross almost wanted to jump and dance, that's how happy he was. Xiaoxiao tilted her head and twitched her fox ears, her tails swayed behind her as she said "Master?" Cross kissed her head and said "You're my favorite, disciple. I think I love you, Xiaoxiao! Hhaha" he hugged and and spun her around.
Xiaoxiao was stunned and was swung around like a ragdoll.
Cross put her down and had a face splitting grin as he said "So!? How do you feel?" Xiaoxiao said "Different." Cross knocked on her head and said "Of course you feel different, dumb girl. I stimulated your latent fox blood, merging it with the pupil power becoming the new Heavenly Snow-Pupil Fox Bloodline. The cultivation method I made for you will widen your meridians and constantly purify your bloodline. As your bloodline gets purer and purer, your pupils and strength will become stronger and stronger."
He made a water mirror and said "You have 2 tails at the moment, when you reach 9 come find me again. I have a theory." Xiaoxiao said "A game theory?" Cross chopped her head and said "Only I can break the fourth wall here, Xiaoxiao. Anyway, theoretically when you reach 9 tails you'll be beyond any sort of comprehended cultivation level..."
He sat down and rubbed his chin, thinking about something. He punched his palm and said "Alright! When you reach Hierarch Realm, I'll send you to the God World." Xiaoxiao asked "The what?" Cross rubbed her head and said "Don't worry your pretty little head about it, Xiaoxiao. Just promise me one thing, don't become as dumb as your father. Stay smart, if it wasn't for me and Long Chen, forget about being born, that dumb kid would probably be dead."
Xiaoxiao said seriously "Don't worry, my life goal is to never be as dumb as daddy." Cross smiled and said "Go, Xiaoxiao. Don't forget to use the Bloodline Hall, I'll give you clearance to 2 Purifying sessions a month because you're my disciple, but everything else is all on you."
Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly and her tails swung back and forth as he patted her head. She left saying "Bye Master~!" Cross waved and sat back down, looking into the Mirror with a happy expression.
A while later
Cross dressed up in a mechanic jumpsuit and put on a hat before walking into the Core area with a box. He had his hat tilted down and his sleeves rolled up, going to the Bloodline Hall for 'maintenance'.
He walked past the disciples, looking at them and getting impassive glances even some disdainful ones. Cross chuckled to himself but kept a serious look on his face, really he was sighing to himself. Millions of years had changed a lot of things, most of the things that changed were the people.
The Departed Heroes Realm was the most peaceful Star Realm in the Immortal World. Of course, after Eden merged with it and transformed the ground into holy land with different spiritual veins under the earth, even the places that didn't have cities, now had cities.
The Star Realm that once had all their brothers, sisters, and friends, now had more unrecognizable faces than recognizable ones. Cross could only sigh at this fact, the cruelest thing in the world was time.
Then again, he didn't even know what to call his cultivation at this point so what did he care? It was estimated that even if the Sun collapses, the Moon explodes, and the Universe dies, he would still be alive.
Of course, the others too.
Cross smiled happily at this thought, no matter how long he lived for at least he would have his family with him. Some of the disciples looked at him and started whispering amongst each other, his clothes weren't strange at all because Cross had brought in new fashion from Earth, there were countless different styled clothes, even Long Chen stopped wearing the black robes and started wearing a black hoodie with black sweatpants and slippers.
Ah... He had been infected by the slipper wearing trend.
Noticeably, Long Chen's slippers were little tigers instead of bunnies. Cross was 99% sure he did that just to spite him because tigers eat bunnies. It's fine though, he'll just fertilize his wives later, let's see how he handles another round of kids. Damn bastard.
Cross walked to the Bloodline Hall and came across the sweeping Old man! Cross smiled and said "Old man, hey!" the old man looked up and said "Long time no see." Cross pursed his lips and said "What's that look for? Last time I came to visit you swatted me with a broom."
The old man paused and said "That's because you... Hais... Never mind." Cross smiled and walked over to a bench, he sat down and took out a sandwich as he said "What do you think?" before taking a bite.
The old man shook his head and said "The old generation shouldn't meddle in the new one's affairs. Sometimes, doing nothing is actually better than doing something." Cross was stunned and said "But-" the old man raised his hand and said "If it's a blessing, good, if it's a catastrophe, it can't be avoided."
Cross sighed "Hey... No matter how old I am, you're still mysterious." the old man cracked a smile and said "It comes with age. I've seen a lot of things." He chuckled to himself and added "Even the destruction and re-creation of the Heavens." Cross smiled.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard.
The duo looked over and saw Zhu Wenyan walking over. Cross' eyes flashed and the old man continued sweeping. Zhu Wenyan held a fist and bowed to the old man as he said "Senior." the old man shook his head and said "I'm just a sweeper, no need for formalities."
Zhu Wenyan said seriously "I've always been taught to respect my elders, senior is naturally not an exception." Cross continued eating on the bench, with an unnoticeable smile. The old man shook his head and Zhu Wenyan added "Senior, I've come to say good bye."
The old man said "Oh?" Zhu Wenyan continued "Though the Sect is white on the outside, it's corrupt and black on the inside. Villains reign supreme here and are protected. It's very disgusting." the old man seemed to fall into reminiscence and said "How do you feel about the Sect?"
Zhu Wenyan frowned and said "Awful. The Sect was been standing for a long time, made my powerful seniors and yet they seem to be oblivious to the terrible situation inside the Sect. Teachers spout nonsensical garbage and deny history, changing it to their own views and biases. The richer disciples can just bribe Elders and get away with murder..."
He clenched his fist and said angrily "Even after evidence of poisoning another disciple, Shui Zhonglin was still let off scot-free!" his eyes slowly turned into red tiger eyes, the old man said "I heard he died?" Zhu Wenyan said "Junior, killed him on the Life and Death arena. Even then, junior was threatened by an Elder to let him go."
The old man started sweeping again as he said "Sometimes, looking with your eyes is deceiving yourself. A mirror covered in dust is naturally unable to reflect the world." Cross looked up at the sky, this fucking old man is too mysterious! Though that's a good saying, I'll take it, thanks.
Zhu Wenyan was stunned and said "Senior, are you saying things aren't as simple as they seem in the Sect?" the old man replied "Say, not say. What's the difference?" Zhu Wenyan was shell shocked and bowed deeply saying "Junior Wenyan thanks Senior for opening my eyes!"
The old man nodded and continued sweeping, Zhu Wenyan smiled and glanced at Cross, who was looking at him and eating a sandwich. Zhu Wenyan had never seen this man before, a voice sounded in his mind "Boy, this man is extremely dangerous! Don't get anywhere near him!"
Zhu Wenyan was shocked and said "What? What do you mean, Xiao Hu???" Xiao Hu was a tiger spirit that Zhu Wenyan stumbled across, Xiao Hu's origins were a mystery to Zhu Wenyan, but he was Zhu Wenyan's best friend and helped him in many life and death situations, even teaching him things. That's how he got his Primordial Red Tiger Bloodline, in truth it was just a tiger bloodline at the moment, but Cross could see deeper.
The Bloodline was not normal, it was ancient, filled with infinite potential. If everything goes well, he should get to the point of returning to origin and activating the Primordial Red Tiger blood sleeping in his bloodline.
Xiao Hu said "Shut up! I've told you 100s of times, you don't know how mysterious this place is! The appearance is just for outsiders to see, the depths of this place are far, far, scarier than you can imagine! Even that couple at that restaurant are Supreme Gods, the two guarding them are beyond that. Wenyan, trust me, even your little girlfriend is absolutely not normal. This man in front of you... Even I don't know how strong he is."
Zhu Wenyan was stunned, Xiao Hu said quickly "Don't answer. If he feels your soul fluctuations, he'll know. Give up on going to the Bloodline Hall today, go back and Cultivate the [Tiger God Eclipse] along with my Meridians Expanding formula. That method is too deep even top experts would chase you for it, maybe even this man would be tempted. If he is, we're dead. Not even a chance to escape."
Zhu Wenyan looked at Cross, who's eye glowed and spun for a split second. Zhu Wenyan was suddenly in a separate space, floating in the sky, unable to contact Xiao Hu as he saw the giant fight against the Otherworldly Space creature. He even saw the destruction of the Heavens and the final slash, but he couldn't see who the figure was, it's facial features were blurred but he saw two silhouettes inside the figure.
As Zhu Wenyan was in a daze, Cross spoke directly to the Tiger Spirit "Ancient Tiger clan?" the Tiger spirit jumped and said "Senior, knows?!" Cross said "Naturally, know." Xiao Hu said quickly "Then Zhu Wenyan..." Cross smiled and said "I don't care. You know what to and not to say to him, I don't have to give you a script. Just pretend I don't exist.."
He mumbled "I think, I should be an Ancient figure now? What a world..." he sighed and the old man chuckled, Xiao Hu was a bit awkward and Cross suddenly said "If you can get your body back... Come find me again." before standing up and taking his tool box as he walked to the Bloodline hall adding "See you, old man." the old man just waved and Xiao Hu started to sweat, so aloof! It was as though all his secrets were just a list he could read!
Cross disappeared into the bloodline hall and Zhu Wenyan came back to reality. He looked but Cross was gone, he said quickly "Senior, where did that other man go?" the old man replied "Left." Zhu Wenyan sighed and bowed before leaving.
The old man watched him go and mumbled "That kid... still doesn't listen to me... Hais." before going back to sweeping.
Zhu Wenyan walked away saying "Xiao Hu did you see what I saw?" Xiao Hu said "No. Don't worry about visions, you're too weak to do anything with them anyway." Zhu Wenyan complained "Jeez, so harsh." Xiao Hu laughed in his mind and said "Boy, compared to your little girl friend and her cousin-sister you're miles away."
Zhu Wenyan said "Even Xiaoxiao!?" Xiao Hu said "She's the scariest one. After she disappeared for a few days, she became a monster... I still think you should dual-cultivate with her instead of the other girl." Zhu Wenyan shook his head and said "Yaorao is the love of my life, impossible." Xiao Hu was helpless and replied "Having more than one woman is normal, but you kid... Hais... you're too stubborn."
Cross closed the Bloodline Hall for the day and changed the time around the building as he started working on it.
A while later
Cross was back in the mirror table room and watching everything happen. Long Chen said "You talked with the kid?" Cross pursed his lips and replied "Not really, I showed him Cull of the Universe." Long Chen shook his head and said "That technique is Impossible for him to learn."
Cross smiled and said "I don't think so, he has very good comprehension." Long Chen said "We used it together, you have to connect meridians for it to work, plus you need to channel your will into the attack. Unless he has a double meridians physique, it's impossible."
Cross was disgruntled, that was the only technique he hadn't been able to make better. When he modified it for a single person, the power was weaker by 30%. The problem was in the meridians, Cross had spent a long time playing around with it to no avail. He was stuck and it left his extremely unsatisfied.
Suddenly, Long Chen's words struck a chord in him.
He said "Wait. Double meridians..." he disappeared into his Technique making room, a few days later he came out laughing with a booklet in his hands. He threw it to Long Chen, who read the technique and said in shock "Are you crazy!?"
Cross grinned "It's twice as strong as the original. Not only that but much faster to channel as well." Long Chen pointed at the booklet and added "Also incredibly dangerous! One wrong move and you'll explode!"
Cross sat down and took the booklet, flipping the pages before pointing to a diagram as he said "That's why the diagram is like so. Cull the Earth is the first and basic entry, Cull the Stars is the second and familiar entry, Cull the Sun and Moon is the third and experienced entry, Cull the Heavens is the fourth and completion entry, Cull the Cosmos is the fifth and perfected entry, and finally Cull the Universe is the sixth and Mastered entry. The 1st and 2nd entries/forms are completely safe, after that you should be competent enough to execute the technique without blowing yourself up."
Long Chen grabbed the booklet, rolled it up, and hit Cross with it saying "Yeah! If your meridians are as hard as a Primal Chaos Weapon!" Cross said "Hey! It works! Plus the technique is a Transcendent technique! It can be used at all levels of Cultivation, even us!"
Long Chen paused and said "You couldn't possibly me thinking..." The booklet was engraved with the words [Cull of the Universe] before looking aged and Ancient, 4 copies appeared, only one of them looked Ancient, while the rest looked new.
The Ancient looking one disappeared and the other three followed suit. Long Chen sighed and said "You're really going to kill this kid..." Cross scoffed and said "My little test bunny? Nonsense. Plus, since when did you start caring about the kid?" Long Chen said "After he killed the Fox spy and got the antidote for Yaorao."
Cross smirked and said "Hard on the outside, soft on the inside eh? I wonder how Tang Wan'er would feel about that..." Long Chen coughed and said "Are you trying to kill me? Speaking of which, don't think I don't know what you did!" Cross blanked and Long Chen said angrily "You made them fertile again!"
Cross laughed and said "You noticed? Haha!" Long Chen clenched his fist and said "Yes. I noticed. After they were all pregnant. Again!" Cross waved and said "Congrats!" Long Chen shouted "It's enough! I'm drowned in kids already!"
Cross just chuckled and suddenly his necklace lit up as Dryae's voice came over "Hubby~ Congratulations~" Cross had a bad feeling and sure enough, his wives were pregnant too. Long Chen laughed and said "Karma! Haha! This is Karma! hhahahahah!"
Cross grinded his teeth and left angrily as Long Chen fell over laughing.
Years passed
A new round of brats appeared, the talent got better and better with every wave. It was only normal, Cross and Long Chen's cultivations were beyond comprehension as were the girls, naturally the kids would be better and better as their cultivations rose.
Speaking of which, he was quite literally an Ancestor. His kids had kids that had kids and so on. It was quite the sight to see so many generations of people, it made him feel weird too, time really just flew by when you weren't paying attention...
Cross watched as Zhu Wenyan went through life and death situation after life and death situation. Surprisingly, Xiaoxiao, that dumb girl, fell in love with Zhu Wenyan along with Long Yaorao. She didn't even hesitate to throw her life away to protect him.
Cross almost spanked her butt right off! What are you doing?! Do you realize you're leagues above the kid in talents!? Needless to say, Zhu Wenyan went on a rampage after she was injured. He killed tons of people, protecting Xiaoxiao and Yaorao.
Cross and Long Chen had to say, the kid was a good kid. He accepted Xiaoxiao but no more after that. Even when he became the 'Top Expert' in the Immortal World, he didn't even look at other women.
He was lonely though, Cross and Long Chen sent Xiaoxiao and Yaorao to the God World when they reached Heavenly God, making it look like a tragedy. Zhu Wenyan was devastated and came back to the Sect with lifeless eyes, Long Chen and Cross watched with interest as he slowly got his spirit back and became sharper than before, finding the ancient looking [Cull of the Universe] and getting advice from the Old man.
Zhu Wenyan realized his 'Top Expert' cultivation was just fart here. Even now, he couldn't see the Nine Star Heaven Rending Sect's depth. He took out a organization of spies and found out about the God World when Xiaoxiao and Yaorao disappeared, he started working hard for his goal and ascended to continue and find Xiaoxiao and Yaorao.
Cross snapped his finds as soon as the kid left and the Sect was 'unlocked' releasing the new items from the God World, the higher level Bloodlines, stronger techniques, and all the Older people stepped out, killing all the traitors and spies, throwing them into the Scar.
All the cities were washed with the blood of the spies and traitors and the Departed Heroes Star Realm was traitor free, introducing a new era.
Cross and Long Chen spent their days raising the new kids, drinking, playing chess, cultivating, and working on the [Nine Star Heaven Rending Art] endlessly. It was the foundation of both their powers, they continued their own Arts but they worked on the Sect Holy Art all the time, constantly improving and perfecting it.
It had countless levels now, there was a clear path across all the realms. They sometimes threw a copy into the lower realms and watched the person who got it grow up, improving on the flaws as they saw them. How many times has this happened? There were a handful of Nine Star Heaven Rending Descendants, not too many but not too little.
Years came and went, time was just a number now. (500 thousand years passed)
Cross and Long Chen looked up to the sky and Cross said "Again? This is getting annoying..." Long Chen laid back and said "It's your turn, I went last time." Cross groaned and said "Can't you just go twice?" Long Chen shook his head and Cross sighed.
His right hand turned into scythe blades and he disappeared.
A few minutes later
He came back with blood dripping from his scythe hand and his left hand was God Slayer and covered in colorful blood. His left hand fingers had a bunch of storage rings on them as he said "Eden, sort these please. You can have the World cores inside, also a threw the corpses in the Scar, make sure you get the bloodlines but also splash some on the Scar walls, the pressure needs to be improved."
The rings disappeared and a voice sounded "Thank you, master." Cross waved and said "So formal." as he washed his hands and sat back down. Long Chen was still looking at the chessboard and finally made a move.
Cross looked and the room fell into silence again.
500 thousand more years passed.
The void cracked and Lucas, Lilith, and Mo Tian appeared, shooting towards the Heaven Rending Sect in a hurry.
Cross and Long Chen were playing chess, when Lucas, Lilith, and Mo Tian appeared and shouted "Dad! You need to run!" Cross and Long Chen looked over and said "Eh? Why?" Lilith said anxiously "The Immortal Gods are coming! The Immortal World will be completely destroyed!"
Cross and Long Chen said "Oh." before going back to their chess game.
The 3 kids were stunned. This is a big deal, okay!? Stop acting mysterious, old man! Long Chen said "Mo Tian, you should go see your father. It's been a long time, your parents miss you." Mo Tian was stunned and said "Uncle Long, you..." Long chen said "Go see, Mo Nian kiddo. He doesn't stop talking about you, if I hear 'My son is the strongest under the Heavens' again, I might smash my head into a wall."
Mo Tian sighed and left, Cross looked at Lucas and Lilith before shaking his head and saying "I can't believe it." Lucas said angrily "Well, believe it, old man! You need to go! Now!" Cross patted his shoulder and said "Lucas, as your father, I'll say this. You have the biggest guts out of anybody I've ever met in my life and I'm proud of you."
Lucas was stunned and Lilith suddenly turned white as she saw Long Chen's expression. Cross continued "But, if I was your friend and an outsider, I would say. You're simply courting death with a smile and open arms." he shook his head and patted Lucas' shoulder saying "I'd say you have a good 5 seconds before you get thrown across the Immortal World. I would start running."
Lucas was confused and Long Chen growled "You impregnated my daughter!?" Lucas immediately pushed Long Chen's shoulders and said seriously "Uncle Long, no, Father-in-law. I love Lilith with all my heart, even if she wasn't pregnant I would still love her until I died. I would really love to have your blessing and marry her, but right now you both really have to get everyone and leave."
Long Chen was stunned and looked at Lucas in a daze, Lilith was also dazed and teared up as she said emotionally "Lucas..." Cross clicked his tongue and said "What a responsible kid! You're definitely my favorite. Oh, wait. No, it's still Angel."
Lucas was unfazed and roared "What the fuck are you doing sitting and chatting here!?" he was about to continue when a shattering sound was heard across the world. Lucas paled and said "They're here!" he took out a sword and turned around. He kissed Lilith and said "I love you." before knocking her out and leaving the building, going to face the calamity himself.
Cross and Long Chen were stunned, wasn't this kid too impatient? Cross waved and Lilith appeared next to him, her body glowed gold and she woke up. She said angrily "Bastard!" Cross grabbed her wrist and said "Hey, hey, pregnant woman where do you think you're going?"
Lilith said "To fight! I can't leave him alone! Let me go!" Long Chen said "I know why he knocked her out now." Cross said "I'm satisfied with this, a very good girl. Thankfully she didn't become an arrogant woman~" Long Chen frowned and said "What's that supposed to mean?"
Cross said "What do you think it means? If she was a selfish bitch, would you like her?" Long Chen was disgruntled, what was he supposed to say? No? It was his daughter... Thus he was in an awkward spot. His most hated thing was betrayal, if his daughter betrayed his brother's son... He didn't know what he would do honestly.
Lilith cried shouting "Let me go! He'll die!" Cross and Long Chen were moved, they almost believed they were in a bad situation! Long Chen tested her saying "So? You're going to die with him?" Cross added "It's better to stay and kept the baby safe." Lilith took out a sword and chopped at her arm saying "If he dies, I will die along with him!"
Cross and Long Chen jumped in shock and fear, this girl was insane! Long Chen grabbed the sword blade saying "Fuck! Are you crazy!? Really! Seriously! Answer me, Lilith! Have you gone completely mental!?" Cross shook his head and Lilith said "Let me go or I'll kill myself."
Long Chen almost slapped her and roared "Enough! Sit down and shut up! Meng Qi! Come get your stupid daughter." Lilith was dazed and Meng Qi appeared, she had a frown on her face as she said "Is this really necessary? She had deep feelings."
Long Chen said angrily "Is she going to kill herself if he dies? Not while I'm alive." Meng Qi sighed and shook her head as she brought Lilith into her bosom, hugging her tightly saying "My little baby, I missed you." Lilith teared up and said pitifully "Mama, please let me go."
Meng Qi said "Silly girl, do you believe Lucas is in any danger?" she sighed and said "These 2 guys like to act mysterious all the time. They've become addicted to posturing. Come with Mama, let me tell what's happened in the years you've been gone."
Cross and Long Chen choked, Luna appeared with Lucas in her hands as she said "You! You just let out son go out and fight against those filthy things!?" Cross said quickly "Luna, my love, it builds character to slaughter enemies alone." Luna grinded her teeth and said "I'm going to slaughter you!"
Cross was dazed and said "Will you really?" Luna was startled for a moment and she caught the excited look in Cross' eyes, she suddenly remembered he loved to be rough at night. She suddenly started to feel hot and said "Yeah~" but her tone was a bit weird.
Long Chen slapped his forehead and said "Come on, really?" Luna coughed and her ears turned pink as she said "Anyway, stop posturing and tell you son your true cultivation." Lucas mumbled "True cultivation."
Cross looked at Luna's eyes and she said with her eyes 'Do it and tonight you'll get a reward' Cross was immediately obedient and said honestly "Absolute Origin God Peak" Long Chen said "Hey! Congratulations, I didn't know you reached the Peak!" Cross turned to him and said "Actually it was just the other day, I completely forgot to tell you." Long chen chuckled and said "I'm still Late stage, damn!"
Lucas was dazed and said awkwardly "I don't know what that is..." Cross explained "In the God World, you know the Peak of Cultivation as Supreme Beginning God." Lucas nodded and said "Of course." Cross said "Above this is the Absolute Beginning God, then Origin God, then Supreme Origin God, then Absolute Origin God."
Lucas shouted "WHAT!? I'm only at Supreme Beginning God Early stage! You're 4 Great Realms and several stages ahead of me!" Cross nodded and said "So are all your mothers. Even some of your Uncles and Aunts are in the Origin God Realms."
Lucas looked depressed and said "So I'm just a big joke then?" Cross laughed and said "Lucas come here. I'll tell you a secret." Lucas gloomily walked over and sat down at the table. Cross said "How long have you been in the God World?"
Lucas said "I don't know... 50? 70? 100 years?" Cross smiled and said "The Worlds have a Time difference kiddo. You used 100 years to get to a level we used 10 million years to get to. Every 10 years in the God Realm is 1 million down here. Don't beat yourself up about it, you're very good. I'm proud of you."
He slightly choked up as he said that, Lucas clenched his teeth and his eyes turned red as tears pooled. He said with clenched fists and a choking voice "Do you mean that, dad?" Cross patted his shoulder and said "Every word, kiddo." Lucas cried and hugged him tightly, crying his eyes out.
Luna wiped her eyes and smiled softly, Long Chen gave a small smile before excusing himself to go see his daughter. Cross sent out the Heavenly Dragon Legion and they slaughtered all the invaders before throwing their corpses into the Scar and their rings to the sect. Cross let them take what they needed or wanted and the army replied "They had no Wine."
Cross laughed and gave them all Wine in exchange for the rings, the Legion cheered and partied.
A few years passed
Cross and Long Chen were staring at a kid, who was sitting on their table, looking at them. This was Lilith and Lucas' little girl Elizabeth, or Liz, for short. Now this was one strange little girl, she had one red eye and one blue eye, cute little Elf ears, and two little black horns coming out of her forehead with silky black hair and the cutest face in the entire universe. It was seriously and impossibly cute. She was too cute, she could probably kill someone with her cuteness.
Currently she was looking at the two in silence, it had been like this for hours after Cross said 'Who do you like more?' then she fell silent. Cross, Long Chen, and Liz just stared at each other for hours on end. Lucas and Lilith came by, but turned right around and left after seeing the strange situation.
After what seemed like days
Liz squinted and said "Both." Cross coughed up blood and Long Chen was stunned, they waited so long for that!? Liz and Angel really seemed to get along well, Liz spent most of her time with Angel instead of her grandpas.
Needless to say, Liz's ranking on the favorite child list, fell into the double digits.
Long Chen and Cross had a physical copy of the list and hid it under the table, changing it every so often. Very professional stuff.
Years passed as they do
Zhu Wenyan finally came back just in time as a war happened again, he joined forces with Lucas, Lilith, and a few others and fought off the enemy. The Sect Disciples were given training, corpses were worth Sect points and the Heavenly Dragon Legion was on standby.
Each disciple was given tokens that would sent them back to the Sect when they were in trouble. Very High-Tech stuff. Anyway, it became a competition for who could get the most Sect points. Cross heard about the competition and raised the Stakes saying the Top 3 will get Rewarded.
3rd Place was given a gourd of Wine from the Wine God's Palace and a month of guidance from the Sect Master.
2nd Place was given 5 Gourds of Wine, A years worth of free Bloodline Purification, and a custom Cultivation Method.
1st Place was given 10 gourds of Wine, A custom Cultivation method with guidance from the Sect Master, and they can choose to change their Bloodline to any of the Bloodlines in the Bloodline Hall for free!
The disciples were frantic and started killing enemies like they were incarnations of Asuras from hell! The rewards were truly fate changing, even a month of guidance from the Sect Master would turn you life completely around!
The War lasted for a year
Cross announced the winners and displayed their names across the Sect, telling them to come to the Sect Master's residence to get their prizes in 1 week. He looked at the 3 winners and jumped into the Technique room to make Cultivation Methods for them as the Scar swallowed all the corpses and changed the Bloodline Hall to have more Bloodlines.
After 3 days, the 1st place winner was brought to the Bloodline Hall and she chose a bloodline for herself. Long Chen handled it and let Cross know what Bloodline she chose.
4 days later
The 3 winners appeared at the Sect Master's Residence and looked nervous. The 1st and 2nd place winners didn't have any background whatsoever, they were grass roots cultivators, whereas the 3rd place boy had a big background. He was still a good kid, not arrogant at all, actually he was somewhat meek in comparison to the rest of the 'Young Masters'
Cross opened the door and the 3 disappeared, reappearing in front of him.
He smiled and said "Good, good, good!" he handed 1st and 2nd place their cultivation methods, then he gave them the Wine and took the 1st and 3rd place with him. The 2nd place kid was a bit sad, he wanted guidance too...
Long Chen chuckled and took the kid with him as a disciple, making the kid to happy he fainted. Long Chen was helpless to his newest disciple's habit of fainting from happiness.
Cross taught the 2 disciples and directly restarted their cultivations according to his Methods instead of whatever they were doing before. He even gave the meek 3rd place kid a cultivation method that was basically a Super Upgrade of the one he had before so he could practice this one instead. Cross pushed that kid a little harder so he could toughen up a bit, he knew this kid came here because he wanted to make his father proud.
Otherwise this kid would become a scholar instead, he was completely enamored with studying and only cultivated because he wanted his father to smile more. A real good kid. Its a shame his goal is very lofty, the kid comes from an Empire in another Star Realm, he's one of the Princes there. To get his Father to smile was harder than reaching Origin God Realm.
Nevertheless, Cross liked this kid and the girl who got first place was pretty cute too! Her idol was Athena, out of all the Bloodlines in the Bloodline Hall she chose the Primordial Amazon Bloodline which was one of the mid-priced Bloodlines but Cross stressed to all the Disciples a long time ago that it wasn't the bloodline that makes you strong it was all yourself.
Basically, 'The Bloodline doesn't make you, YOU make the Bloodline.' after that sentence, it became a Golden Plaque in the Bloodline Hall as a reminder to all the Disciples.
Anyway.
The girl even had posters of Athena in her room. She was awed by Cross, who took down her idol and make babies with her. Cross was getting flashbacks of Athena looking at this girl, who was looking at him with flashing eyes.
I'm more than 10 million years old, okay? This isn't right.
He directly sent the girl to the Amazon woman, who was absolutely wild in bed. Cross got excited just thinking about it, he decided to ravage Athena tonight. Before he started teaching the boy with simple with big dreams.
Somewhere else, Athena suddenly started feeling hot and excited. She licked her lips and thought about Cross when a girl appeared in front of her. The girl directly kneeled and said "Please let me be your disciple! You're my idol! Master!" Athena was stunned and said "How did you get in here, little worshipper?"
The girl said "Reporting to Master! Sect Master sent me here! My name is Baoguo Raoyao." Athena said "Wrapped around the waist?" Raoyao said embarrassingly "Yes, Master..." Athena said "Well, little Rao get up and get me some tea." Raoyao jumped up and did a dance before running to get tea as fast as she could.
A letter materialized in front of Athena and she opened it before getting hot and groaning in anticipation. Basically the letter said 'Tonight, you're finished for years. -C.Z'
Time passed quickly
Xiaoxiao came back to Cross with 9 tails behind her and Cross gave her a new method that combined 9 tails into 1 before starting over again, endlessly. Xiaoxiao was happy and left. Xiao Hu, the tiger spirit, finally got his body back and showed up in front of Cross, who gave him a Tiger Cultivation Method he made.
Xiao Hu was stunned as it looked the same as the Cull of the Universe and the Tiger God Eclipse! Xiao Hu suddenly had a terrifying revelation and looked at Cross in fear. Cross just grinned and held a finger over his lips, winking at him. Xiao Hu was amazed and left in a daze.
Millions and Millions of years passed
World after World, endlessly Improving.
Cross and Long Chen were beyond any comprehensible words detailing their strength, basically they could sneeze and destroy the fabric of reality, causing the death of the entire Universe. With such a power comes the amazing perk of infinite Life!
If you had to name what they were now, the only thing you could say was 'God.' Actual Gods, all of them. And yet, they stayed in the sect, biding their time, completely content with just staying with their families and teaching disciples.
Cross was sitting down at the table one day, when a Phone appeared out of nowhere with a monkey symbol on the back of it. Cross looked serious and grabbed the phone, he didn't know who sent this or how. He suddenly sighed, another peak another ant like existence, but Hey! At least he didn't have to do anywhere this time!
He turned on the phone and there was a message saying "Hey! Its me, Monkey. From the Kyushu Convention. Consider this a little gift from a friend! -Monkey" Cross looked at the phone and quickly learned how to use it there were a bunch of apps but two stood out to him.
One was discord, and the other was a chat group. He clicked on the chat group and was suddenly asked for a username. Cross was stunned and thought about it before typing 'Elf on the Shelf'. This was his new Net ID for everything, even Discord! *COUGH*
Anyway.
Cross was dragged into a Group Chat called 'Nine Provinces (1) Group' a bunch of chats swarmed the group and Cross typed for a while, become becoming addicted.
One day
Cross was looking at his phone and he squinted saying "Who is this 'Senior White'?"
~The End~