Invincible Dad-Chapter 743: The Future is Promising_1

This elder was none other than Elder Huang Quan, a cultivator at the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor.

Unlike Shang Yuan, the son of the Great Emperor Yin Yang, Elder Huang Quan’s combat power was genuine. Because of the strangeness of his Divine Techniques, his true strength was just a hair’s breadth away from the Emperor Realm.

With his Boundary at the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor, supplemented by a wisp of the Heavenly Dao Laws for divination, no living being aside from an Emperor Realm expert should be able to hide from him.

But when he tried to divine Snowflower’s location, the result was a field of chaos. He couldn’t find it.

Elder Huang Quan was the Ferryman, who would only appear during the final epoch—the Fallen Emperor Epoch. Yet he knew that the three Snowflowers were originally one entity. A hundred epochs ago, they were split into three by the 100,000-zhang-tall giant, Gu Yan, with his sharp sword. He allowed it to ’escape’ to the Boundless Sea. Spanning the entire Southern Immortal Domain, the Boundless Sea was Snowflower’s recuperative Holy Land, but also an eternal prison from which it could never escape.

According to Gu Yan’s plan, Snowflower was supposed to escape the Sea of the Boundless in this era, but it definitely wouldn’t be able to get far. This Spirit Plant, having survived an entire reincarnation cycle, was meant to be the catalyst for his and his wife’s revival.

Could it be Xu Lai? Elder Huang Quan furrowed his brow.

Looking across the Immortal Domain, there were no more than three people currently qualified and powerful enough to "blind" him. One of them was Xu Lai.

I refuse to believe I can’t find Snowflower today.

With an impassive expression, Elder Huang Quan suddenly stomped his foot. The small boat on the Netherworld trembled violently, creating waves dozens of zhang high that coalesced into a yellow water curtain. As it flowed, it reflected Elder Huang Quan’s clear visage.

"Netherworld Mirror."

This was one of Elder Huang Quan’s proudest Divine Skills. With this mirror, there was no one in the world he could not divine, no place he could not fathom. He could even use this mirror to probe the so-called forbidden grounds of the Immortal Domain.

"Reflect, Snowflower."

At Elder Huang Quan’s calm command, the water curtain of the Netherworld Mirror swirled into a small vortex. Once the vortex stopped, all information about Snowflower would appear on the mirror’s surface. If Elder Huang Quan so wished, he could even probe other information about the target, including, but not limited to, its Boundary and everything it had done over the past hundred years.

Of course, this Divine Skill came with a price. Even with his Boundary at the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor, he couldn’t use it too many times. He would incur great karma.

Perhaps for most cultivators of lower Boundaries within the Immortal Domain, karma, such an elusive concept, was not all that frightening. Only upon stepping above the Immortal Venerable realm could one vaguely sense the existence of karma and consciously begin to avoid it, lest they face a great karmic tribulation in the future.

And Elder Huang Quan came from The Other Shore. There, they were even more cautious about karma. Therefore, he was terrified of getting entangled in karma he shouldn’t touch.

He murmured, "Come on, let me see where you are."

The vortex spun for a full half hour, and then another. At this, Elder Huang Quan’s eyes slowly narrowed. He realized things might not be as simple as he had thought. But he remained confident in his Netherworld Mirror. In three hours at most, all information about Snowflower would appear on the mirror’s surface.

Time slowly passed. Elder Huang Quan’s brow furrowed deeply. Three hours had gone by, and there was still no trace of Snowflower...

"Impossible. Could it be that Xu Lai has used an Emperor Realm Dao Fruit to obscure the heavenly secrets? Then I’ll just search for Xu Lai!"

Six hours later, the mirror’s surface was still a continuously spinning vortex, showing no useful information.

Is there a problem with my Divine Skill? Elder Huang Quan wondered, doubting himself. He called out, "Reflect, Xu Yiyi."

The vortex continued to spin.

"Reflect, Qian Xiao."

...

After several consecutive failures, Elder Huang Quan fell silent.

My Divine Skill really has failed me. But where did it go wrong? He felt lost and confused. Refusing to believe it, he performed another divination. This time, he searched for Xu Lai’s wife.

"Pfft—"

A mouthful of his heart’s Essence Blood sprayed onto the small boat beneath him.

He sat there, dazed. He ignored the wounds from the backlash of overusing the Netherworld Mirror. He also ignored the massive cloud of invisible karma coalescing above him. Instead, he stared blankly at the resplendent starry river in the cosmos, sinking into a state of self-doubt and self-denial.

It used to work perfectly. Where did it go wrong? Could it be... something from The Other Shore?

"Impossible!"

No sooner had the thought passed than Elder Huang Quan’s eyes lit up with a sharp glint. It’s possible, though, if it’s Jing Ke... Yes, it must be him! Other than that fool who escaped from The Other Shore to this starry sky, absolutely no one else from there would intervene. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

He whispered the name, "Jing Ke," very, very softly.

CRACK.

The space around him froze. The air turned inexplicably, terribly cold, and the entire stretch of the Netherworld beneath the small boat froze solid. From a distance, it was a horrifying sight.

...

Far away on Earth, Xu Lai had no idea that Jing Ke, the very person he was searching for, had unwittingly taken a great fall for him. He also couldn’t have imagined that the tri-horned golden bull skull he’d prepared would be so surprisingly effective at obscuring heavenly secrets.

He had spent the entire day cultivating with Ruan Tang, only stopping at dusk. After taking a bath, Ruan Tang fell asleep, exhausted. Xu Lai, refreshed, went downstairs.

Ruan Lan had taken Yiyi out to play and hadn’t returned yet. Without any rush to cook dinner, Xu Lai brewed himself a pot of tea and leisurely sat on the couch to watch the sunset. And truly, from Haitang Court’s location, not only was the sunrise splendid, but the sunset was also exceptionally beautiful.

Xu Lai’s gaze drifted to the front door of Haitang Court, and he sighed softly. This Little Conch... her obsessions run too deep...

Beibei was still in meditation, struggling fiercely against the tribulation born from her own obsessions. If she overcame it, a bright future awaited her. If she failed to step past it... Beibei’s Boundary would be fixed at the Golden Core Realm for the rest of her life, unable to advance even an inch.

At that moment, Beibei, who had been frowning constantly, suddenly relaxed her brow. Her fists unclenched, and a single tear fell from the corner of her eye.

DROP.

The tear landed on a Haitang flower petal on the ground. Then, an indescribable aura began to envelop Beibei. It was like a city battered by months of rain finally seeing the clouds part to welcome the first ray of sunshine. Her entire demeanor had changed.

"Hmm?" Xu Lai uttered a soft sound of surprise. Beibei has taken that step. It seems she’s finally let go.

"Xu Lai, I want to go to the Immortal Domain." This was the first thing Beibei said upon opening her eyes.

Without waiting for Xu Lai’s response, she spoke again, "I will come back when I reach the Quasi-Emperor Realm to assist Yiyi in taking charge of the Heavenly Court."

Xu Lai put down his teacup and nodded. "The Immortal Domain is not the same as Earth. Have you thought this through?"

"I have," Beibei said, her expression exceptionally stern.

"Alright. Say goodbye to Yiyi, and I’ll send you away from Earth."

"No need." Beibei clenched her Miniature Sword, her lips pressed tightly. "I’m afraid if I see her, I might... not be able to leave."

Xu Lai said no more. With a wave of his hand, he sent the conch girl millions of miles away.

Who knew when they would meet again.

Perhaps Beibei would have become a Quasi-Emperor, just as she wished. Or perhaps, like countless unsung cultivators in the Immortal Domain, she would die on the path of cultivation.