The Strongest Mythical Emperor-Chapter 1141: The Past of Ji Bubai

"A sage? Have you gone mad from hiding?"

Qin Jun said irritably. Ji Bubai, intimidated by the sages, had been hiding in the time-space sanctuary and dared not go out. Yet now, he claimed that he no longer feared even the sages.

Utterly preposterous!

His strength was lacking, but his tone was bold.

Ji Bubai seemed to feel the insult and angrily retorted, "That was the past. I’ve cultivated for hundreds of millions of years in the time-space sanctuary; those guys are like mere playthings to me now!"

Hundreds of millions of years!

Both Qin Jun and Qin Lingming’s eyes widened as they drew a sharp breath.

Ji Bubai had been formidable enough to make the Holy Sect wary of him before. After cultivating for hundreds of millions of years, how terrifying had he become?

The most terrifying thing was that only a little more than two hundred thousand years had passed in the outside universe.

Qin Jun couldn’t help but ask, "Have you achieved sainthood?"

Ji Bubai chuckled slyly, offering no answer.

Qin Lingming said with a complex look in his eyes, "Grandfather has indeed become a sage."

He could only reveal this much, as saying more might easily influence the future.

Qin Jun’s pupils constricted. He had not expected the irreverent Ji Bubai to have already achieved sainthood!

Ji Bubai boasted arrogantly, "Yongsheng, don’t be scared. In the future, I’ll have your back. Whatever the Three Thousand Great Worlds or the Holy Sect, if anyone dares to provoke you, just one word from me and I’ll help you annihilate them!"

Dominance!

Arrogance!

Ji Bubai himself felt that he owed something. Now that he’d encountered Qin Jun again, he suddenly felt that he should make amends to his son.

Conveniently, he also sought revenge against the Holy Sect.

The ancient sages say that upon achieving sainthood, one has no desires nor pursuits. That’s just a beautiful notion.

After becoming a saint, it only magnifies one’s nature.

Being free from desires and pursuits, that’s the Heavenly Dao.

Ji Bubai, as the God and Demon of Extreme Flame, was inherently full of pride. Under the stimulus of a deep blood feud, he became even more tyrannical and domineering.

A storm of emotions churned within Qin Jun, struggling to settle.

Do I now have a sage as an ace up my sleeve?

Bound by flesh and blood, he could fully trust Ji Bubai. If Ji Bubai had any ulterior motives, Qin Jun and Qin Lingming would be utterly powerless against him. Ji Bubai could extinguish their lives as easily as turning over his hand.

But he could feel that Ji Bubai was still filled with guilt towards him.

"I am no longer Ji Yongsheng now, but Qin Jun, the Heavenly Emperor of Qin," Qin Jun spoke with a complex tone, having long decided to dissociate himself from his past identity. He was Qin Jun, with his main consciousness still being Qin Jun from Earth.

Ji Bubai was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, "It’s just a name. The God and Demon of Extreme Flame didn’t originally have the Ji surname to begin with. It’s just right to change at your generation, to avoid the shame of bearing the name of the exterminated Ji Family."

This fellow’s thinking was quite open-minded—for other rulers, changing the family name of descendants would be intolerable.

As a result, Qin Jun’s resentment towards him diminished somewhat.

Lingming, unaware of when he had done so, was sound asleep against his chest, smearing snot on Qin Jun’s white clothes, looking utterly foolish.

"What exactly is the origin of the time-space sanctuary? I heard it is connected to the Qiuming Abyss?"

Qin Jun shifted the subject, his curiosity about the time-space sanctuary and Ji Bubai as great as ever.

Ji Bubai turned and walked towards the huge stone, smiling as he said, "Come, sit down and let’s talk."

"Ding! Completion of the side quest—Rescue Qin Lingming! You have received one God and Demon Summoning opportunity, one Utmost Loyal Peak opportunity, one God and Demon Instance opportunity, two Random Draw opportunities, and one Search for a Sage opportunity!"

The system prompt sound followed, meaning that Ji Bubai held no hostility toward them.

The distant roars that came fleetingly made the dim mountaintop even more thrilling.

Qin Jun and Qin Lingming then sat down in front of the boulder to listen to Ji Bubai recount that period of the past.

"The Ji Family used to be incredibly powerful, but later declined for unknown reasons. In my generation, with my unparalleled talent, I led the Ji Family to glory once again, reclaiming the title of the cosmic strongest race."

Qin Jun rolled his eyes at that, and even Qin Lingming’s mouth twitched.

Shameless...

"Back then, neither the Jiye Demon Lord nor Changshang were a match for this old man. After they vanished into seclusion, a figure emerged who seemed to be called Yang Beiming, known as the first Sword God of the universe. He was also beaten by this old man so badly he was left searching for his teeth on the ground, but I gave him face and didn’t spread word of it."

"It was because I was too powerful that the Holy Sect could not sit still. They dispatched two Manifesting Saints and hundreds of thousands of strong beings to besiege the Ji Family."

"In the great war, the Ji Family was nearly wiped out. At the brink of death, I used my strongest Divine Power, only to fall into a space-time rift. The Manifesting Saints even thought I had self-destructed, a bunch of pigs."

At this point, Ji Bubai became arrogant with pride.

A glint of surprise flashed in Qin Jun’s eyes; he hadn’t expected that Yang Beiming had been defeated by Ji Bubai.

Yang Beiming of over two hundred thousand years ago, even if not a Half Holy, was at the peak of the Manifesting Saint Realm, with cultivation reaching the Manifesting Saint Realm. To break through even a minor realm often took millions of years, and the majority of strong beings spent their entire lives unable to advance even one step further.

Ji Bubai had defeated a Yang Beiming near his peak?

And now Ji Bubai had cultivated for hundreds of millions of years...

Qin Jun didn’t dare to imagine how strong Ji Bubai was now, but he understood one thing.

The Holy Sect was no longer an invincible enemy!

"I woke up later only to find myself in the space-time deadly lands, where I trained for hundreds of millions of years. While cultivating, I traveled through the entirety of the deadly lands, discovering millions of different realms within, each with a different flow of time. There were also innumerable beings like me who had strayed into the deadly lands; those who could withstand the chaotic space-time currents were very strong. They reproduced and thrived within the deadly lands. When I first arrived, I was almost killed by a terrifying existence from the deepest realm."

Ji Bubai’s face was filled with a sense of reminiscence; recalling hundreds of millions of years seemed like a dream to him.

Qin Jun’s pupils contracted; were the space-time deadly lands so dangerous?

Thinking of the Qiuming Abyss’s deadly pathway, he relaxed again.

The strength of the deadly pathway was unfathomable; even now, the thought gave him chills.

Could it be that the deadly pathway too had once entered the space-time deadly lands?

"You must possess the Wheel of Fate, right?"

At that moment, Ji Bubai changed his tone, staring at Qin Jun as if he had seen through him completely.

When Qin Jun heard this, he got goosebumps. How did Ji Bubai know?

He had seen the silhouettes of the Wheel of Fate’s past masters, and Ji Bubai was not among them, although Changshang and the White Emperor were.

Qin Lingming listened, puzzled. What is the Wheel of Fate?

Before Qin Jun could answer, Ji Bubai continued, "Because you have the Wheel of Fate, which naturally allows you to traverse space and time, the space-time deadly lands are no barrier to you. The reason your son could come to our space-time in the space-time deadly lands is because of your Wheel of Fate. As for how it’s done, I don’t know yet."

"Although time passes slowly in the space-time deadly lands, I’ve yet to see a second person from the future."

Qin Jun had a sudden realization. If the space-time deadly lands really could bring people from different eras together, wouldn’t that be chaos?

Although he didn’t know how his future self managed to send Qin Lingming here, it was a relief to Qin Jun.

If everyone could travel through time via the space-time deadly lands, what would that lead to?

"Have you ever been to the Qiuming Abyss, do you know the deadly pathway?"

Qin Jun inquired, this was a question he was very concerned about.

Why did the deadly pathway recognize him as a son?

Had the deadly pathway mentioned Ji Bubai, could it be the two were friends?

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