Jiuzhou Continent.
Lanzhou North Border Big Stone Village.
The village was surrounded by snow, yet Big Stone Village remained like spring.
The falling goose-feather-like snow, seemingly influenced by a mysterious force, strangely shifted its course and fell around the village.
To the east of the village, Chu Feng stood with his hands behind his back, watching the two children playing in the yard, his eyes filled with affection.
He was tall with striking features, clothed in white, standing with his hands behind his back, ethereal as an immortal.
After a long while, Chu Feng turned his head toward the distant sky, a look of infinite longing in his eyes.
"Ah Rou, where are you? It's been three years, are you well? I can no longer suppress my cultivation; the Divine Tribulation is coming. Once I cross the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial God, I should be able to find you. It's just that I don't know how long Crossing the Divine Tribulation will take. If it takes too long, those two troublemakers might not stay put at home, and might sneak out to cause mischief. Did you know? I've trained them to be very formidable; you would be astonished if you saw them."
Thinking of a certain delightful scene, a smile appeared on his face.
As a Peak Martial Emperor, one must cross the Divine Tribulation to attain the state of Martial God.
The chances of success in crossing the tribulation are very slim, and failing could mean death or severe disability, but he was not worried about failing.
Chu Feng originally came from Blue Star and his body transformed into that of a sixteen-year-old.
He also accidentally obtained a mysterious Blood Pearl and gained the legacy of an Ancestor God after merging with it.
By nature disinclined to fight, he chose to live in seclusion and cultivate in Big Stone Village.
Whether due to his own talents or the influence of the Blood Pearl, he had cultivated to the level of Peak Martial Emperor in just three years.
As he was preparing to find a place to cross the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial God, he happened upon a woman named Ah Rou.
At that time, Ah Rou was heavily injured and being pursued. Chu Feng rescued her, and they were attracted to each other. A year later, when Chu Feng was 20 and Ah Rou 19, they married in front of the villagers of Big Stone Village.
When Chu Feng was 21, Ah Rou gave birth to twins and left a letter before disappearing without a goodbye.
The letter urged him not to look for her, as it would endanger her life, and expressed her hope that Chu Feng would raise their children. It included many apologies.
At that time, Chu Feng had already sensed the imminent arrival of the Divine Tribulation, but how could he feel at ease with newborn twins?
Eventually, in the legacy of the Ancestor God, he found a Divine Skill called Transmission Divine Power, which required consuming all of one's cultivation and using heavenly materials and earthly treasures as a bath to help recalibrate and enhance innate talents.
The person who dispersed their power could cultivate again without harming their own foundation.
However, this divine skill was also deemed the most useless by the Ancestor God.
Because to use this divine skill, one must at least have reached the state of Martial Saint. However, generally, a Martial Saint would have spent hundreds, even thousands of years in cultivation. Who would willingly give up their cultivation to enhance someone else and then spend hundreds or thousands of years recultivating?
Most importantly, a Martial Saint who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years would likely have little life left after dispersing their cultivation, leaving no time to recultivate.
But Chu Feng was different; he had reached Peak Martial Emperor in just three years. Moreover, since he naturally disliked conflict, he was not particularly attached to his cultivation.
If it meant a few more years with his children, what harm was there in giving up his cultivation?
He traversed the Northern Border, gathering countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures for a medicinal bath, and transmitted his Peak Martial Emperor cultivation level to the children, enhancing their innate talents.
Naturally gifted, the children transformed into Innate Holy Bodies after this process, allowing them to cultivate smoothly to the state of Martial Saint without facing any bottlenecks.
Such physiques were few and far between, even among the top ten Holy Lands.
While caring for the two children, Chu Feng recultivated, and to his surprise, his cultivation speed was even faster this time, reaching Peak Martial Emperor again in just one year.
At that time, though the children were only one year old and already walking strongly, he still could not feel at ease.
So, he traveled throughout the Da Xia Empire's dangerous regions, finding even more and better heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and dispersed his cultivation a second time to enhance the children's talents.
This time, the children's physiques transformed again, becoming Innate Divine Bodies, which allowed them to cultivate all the way to the Martial God realm without needing to cross the Divine Tribulation.
Such physiques were scarcely seen throughout the entire Jiuzhou, evoking even Chu Feng's envy.
Chu Feng cultivated again for a year and for the third time reached Peak Martial Emperor, performing a third cleansing for the children.
This time, he not only found many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures but also forced the Blood Pearl inside his body out, using it to cleanse the marrows of the two children.
Afterward, the Blood Pearl had shrunk to half its size.
The physiques of the two children underwent another transformation.
But such a transformation was something Chu Feng had never even heard of.
Their blood turned golden, and dense Divine Runes grew inside their bones. The sister's Divine Runes contained terrifying Sword Intent, while the brother's contained terrifying Saber Intent.
Moreover, both of them possessed infinite divine strength in their bodies and their speed was incredibly fast. Merely with their physical defenses, they could withstand a full-powered strike from a Martial Emperor not using an Emperor's Weapon.
Chu Feng was stunned himself, yet felt somewhat proud; after all, these were his own masterpieces.
However, since the birth of the Divine Runes, all the True Qi cultivated by the children was devoured by the Divine Runes.
Fortunately, they could manipulate the hidden power within the Divine Runes, a type of energy even more sophisticated than True Qi, and its power was extremely terrifying.
This type of energy was termed by Chu Feng as Divine Rune Power.
Over the next year, Chu Feng chose the strongest sword technique and saber technique from the Ancestor God's inheritance for the two children based on their Divine Rune characteristics.
The inheritance did not specify the names of these sword and saber techniques, only listing them each at the top of the Ancestor God's sword and saber rankings, so Chu Feng named them Supreme Sword Skill and Supreme Saber Technique.
At the same time, Chu Feng gave his daughter the Heavenly Slash Sword, which he had forged during his first re-cultivation.
Over the year, the two siblings made rapid progress. Sadly, the True Qi they cultivated was swallowed up by the Divine Runes and transformed into Divine Rune Power, showing no signs of cultivation so far.
Meanwhile, Chu Feng also recultivated to the Peak Martial Emperor level, and this time he specially forged an Emperor's Weapon, the Sky-breaking Saber, for his son.
But the Transmission Divine Power could only be used three times; using it again to scatter one's cultivation would truly render a person spent.
Although Chu Feng disliked fighting, his two children had already been trained so well; if he, as their father, became useless, wouldn't that be embarrassing for them in the future?
So this time he did not scatter his powers, and he must find a secluded and safe place to prepare for Crossing the Divine Tribulation.
The power of the Divine Tribulation was immense; if he were to undergo the tribulation nearby, everything would be destroyed.
He did not know how long the tribulation would take.
If it took too long, the two children might not be able to stay calm.
He was not worried about the children being bullied; although they appeared to have no cultivation, they were already incredibly powerful. Together, even a Peak Martial Saint would not scare them.
With the treasures he had prepared for them over the years, as long as the secluded Martial Emperors did not intervene, they could virtually do anything they wanted in Jiuzhou.
However, they were still too young, lacking the ability to discern right from wrong, and were too innocent and easily manipulated, so Chu Feng had always forbidden them from going out.
Meanwhile, in the Imperial City of Central State.
In the Imperial Study Room, Empress Long Yurou secretly summoned her sister, Long Yufei, and said, "Yufei, I am appointing you as the State Governor of Lanzhou not only to solve the problems there but also to ask for a personal favor."
"What personal favor?" Long Yufei asked, puzzled.
Long Yurou's eyes showed a hint of sweetness and longing, and after a long while, she said, "Once you have settled down in Lanzhou, go to Dashi Village in the northern border of Lanzhou to see how he and the children are doing."
"He? The children?"
Long Yufei paused for a moment, then realizing, exclaimed, "You already have children with him?"
Long Yurou's face revealed a hint of happiness: "When father passed away, my master told me to return to take over the throne, knowing that this return to the palace would be tantamount to death. That's why I left without a word. Although I am now the Empress, the states do not respect the royal family, and those royal uncles are coveting the throne. If they knew I had children, they certainly wouldn't spare them, so I have kept this a secret until now. Time flies; they are already three years old. Poor children, your mother has wronged you."
Two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.
Long Yurou wiped away her tears, turned to Long Yufei, and said, "Just take a look at them for me; don't disturb their lives, and don't reveal my true identity to them. As long as I know they are living well, that's enough. Although life in Dashi Village is harsh, it's far better than living in constant fear in the Imperial Palace."
"Okay! But I can only send a projection as I need to go into seclusion,"
Long Yufei nodded.
She did not understand the relationship between her sister and that ordinary man, but she would surely fulfill the task entrusted to her by her sister.