Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation - Chapter 1314

Chapter 1314: 1314

Chapter 1314: Can I Become a Martial Emperor?

“Hehe! Elder Brother White Robes, do you want to take a look at the future? See if you can become a Martial Emperor or not?!” Little Three asked suddenly . It appeared that there was more to what she said since she seemed to brim with anticipation .

Xiao Chen found her behavior strange . He countered, “Didn’t you say that I can only choose between the past and the future and can choose only once?”

Little Three smiled and said, “That’s right . However, Elder Brother White Robes did not get to finish seeing the past, right? Naturally, Little Three has to make up for this . ”

Xiao Chen smiled faintly . “Originally, I wanted to complain about you . Unexpectedly, you are so meticulous . ”

“Haha! Little Three is good and honest . How about it? Do you want to or not?”

Xiao Chen shook his head decisively and replied, “Thank you . However, I do not want to see what the future is like . Without even having to see it, I already know that I will either live with a bang or die with a bang . No matter the result, I will not feel regrets . ”

That was right . After seeing the scenes of the past, Xiao Chen knew his nature at a deeper level, understood himself better .

He did not live an ordinary life in the first place . Willing or not, the Azure Dragon King Xiao Chen would live an exciting life . Either he would be eternal and inextinguishable like the sun, or he would disappear in a flash like a meteor .

However, so what if he became a meteor? It would be enough if he could fulfill the phrase “as long as it is without regrets . ”

When Little Three heard Xiao Chen’s reply, her expression changed . “Elder Brother White Robes, please help me out here, alright? Just for a little bit . ”

“What do you mean?”

“Since Little Three was made, I have been in this Ancient Desolate Tower . One thousand years…ten thousand years…one hundred thousand years…one million years…I have always been here . In the past, when my master was still around, he mentioned that if one day, I met a person whose past I could not finish seeing and could not make out his future, then Little Three could leave . ”

The liveliness of the pretty, little Item Spirit girl’s face vanished . Her eyes turned wet as she spoke, looking at Xiao Chen with anticipation .

“It has been so, so many years . Little Three has been waiting all the while . However, there has not been a single person whose past I could not finish seeing nor a single person’s future I could not make out . Elder Brother White Robes, please help me out . Let’s take a look at your future, alright?”

A past that could not be seen entirely . Xiao Chen happened to match this . As long as Little Three could not make out his future, he would fulfill the conditions .

Xiao Chen took in his surroundings . It might be possible that not a single person could make it up here once every few thousand years . The person who made this Three Life Mirror was really cruel, locking up a little girl here for millions of years and not letting her out .

“You want to leave?” Xiao Chen asked calmly .

Little Three revealed loneliness on her face . “I saw so many people’s pasts and futures . However, Little Three does not have a past or future…”

Xiao Chen felt somewhat distressed . He reached into the Three Life Mirror and looked at the pretty, little Item Spirit girl . He said, “Grab my hand . I’ll bring you away . ”

Little Three smiled happily and said, “Great . I’ll bring Elder Brother White Robes to see the future now . ”

“There’s no need . I’ll just bring you away . ”

Right when the pretty, little Item Spirit girl was about to pull Xiao Chen in, he suddenly grabbed hold of her hand instead and yanked . Before her shocked gaze, he forcefully pulled her out .

“Whoosh!”

Little Three’s body went through the water-like mirror surface, walking out—something she found incredible . She looked around, her cute face filled with shock .

After a while, Little Three asked in both surprise and joy, “Elder Brother White Robes, why?”

Xiao Chen smiled calmly . “One must live for oneself . Why should you be trapped here for countless years just because of a sentence of that person? Why should I be forced to see my future, which I do not want to see, just because of that person’s sentence?”

Xiao Chen’s words shocked the pretty, little Item Spirit girl, rendering her somewhat at a loss and vexed .

Suddenly, Little Three laughed happily, “Hahaha! That’s right . It can’t be wrong . Elder Brother White Robes, it is you . The one with the past that cannot be completely seen and the future that cannot be made out . If you do not let me show you, then how can I make it out?”

A past that could not be seen in entirety and a future that could not be made out . The white-clad Xiao Chen was the person destined to bring Little Three away .

This conclusion stunned Xiao Chen . How could this be? By doing the very opposite, he ended up fulfilling the conditions set by the Three Life Mirror’s original master .

Little Three extended her hand and shrank the Three Life Mirror until it looked like an ordinary hand mirror . Then, she held it and said with a smile, “Come, let’s leave this place . ”

Xiao Chen prepared to do what he did earlier—tearing space and breaking the various restrictions—to leave this place .

“There is no need to go to all that trouble . I’ll just directly bring you out . ”

Little Three held Xiao Chen’s hand, and her figure flashed, easily taking him away from this place .

Xiao Chen felt startled in his heart . This instantaneous movement technique was truly incredible . It was much more exquisite than him tearing open space . Space was not damaged at all with just a straightforward flickering .

It felt similar to a transportation formation . Or perhaps this was the true state of space . It was much stronger than the coarse method of tearing open space .

However, this was not too strange .

The Three Life Mirror could see the past and the future . Clearly, its creator possessed a deep comprehension of the Space-Time Dao . Since he was already so skilled at the Time Dao, the Space Dao went without saying .

Little Three explained, “Hehe! This is the Minor Universe Movement, a Magic Skill . It requires extremely high comprehension of the state of space before one can succeed in it . While it looks very incredible, nearly all the Immortals of the past knew it . The difficult one is the Major Universe Movement . ”

Xiao Chen nodded to indicate his understanding .

Ao Jiao had been waiting for very long already and was very anxious . When she saw Little Three beside Xiao Chen, she exclaimed in shock, “Xiao Chen, why did you bring this chatterbox out?”

Little Three’s eyes lit up in a smile . “Little Ao Jiao . Hehe! It actually is you . It has been a very, very long time . Elder Sister Little Three really missed you . ”

Ao Jiao showed a blank expression and ignored her . She looked at Xiao Chen and asked, “Did you see the future? What was it like?”

Xiao Chen smiled and replied, “Don’t worry . I chose to see the past and did not see the future . ”

After hearing this, Ao Jiao heaved a clear sigh of relief . Then, Xiao Chen explained what happened with Little Three in detail .

When Ao Jiao heard that Little Three would be following them for now, her lips twitched as she said, “Little Three, Little Three, you truly are a mistress . ”

[TL Note: Little Three is slang for a mistress in Chinese . This is why I decided to translate her name literally to Little Three rather than Xiao San . ]

“Haha! Little Ao Jiao, you are actually jealous . It looks like Little Three is still rather attractive . ” Little Three laughed while covering her mouth, appearing very pleased .

Seeing the two of them arguing with each other, Xiao Chen smiled bitterly and could not be bothered to intervene . He stepped forward, preparing to return to Qingyun Peak .

He had remained in the Sky Dome Realm for long enough already . In another month, he would have only half a year left to his five-year deadline . It looked like his current peaceful days were coming to an end . He had no choice but to go back to the Kunlun Realm .

When Ao Jiao and Little Three saw Xiao Chen leaving, they quickly followed . Upon seeing Ao Jiao enter the Immortal Spirit Ring, Little Three turned into a beam of light and entered it as well .

For the past year or so, Xiao Chen had spent most of his time on a scenic tour, going to the places he had been to before .

This trip to the Ancient Desolate Tower drew this segment to a conclusion and gave him a final benefit to ponder over . His so-called gain was only one word—peace .

The time that Xiao Chen spent in the Sky Dome Realm was a rare relaxed time for him . In another month, he would return to the Kunlun Realm .

To him, peace was an extravagant luxury .

However, Xiao Chen already understood long ago that his situation was extraordinary . He could not truly be ordinary . The peace this time was merely the calm before a greater storm—the Great Tribulation of wind and fire .

In the Great Tribulation of wind and fire, one would either live with a bang or die with a bang .

At Qingyun Peak’s back mountain, Xiao Chen practiced his various Martial Techniques, digesting everything he learned in the past year .

Within the Taiji force field, his body moved while alternating between fast and slow . Occasionally, he was like an Azure Dragon leaping out of the sea as clouds churned in every direction . Occasionally, he was like an Immortal fish wagging its tail, nimble with many changes .

Suddenly, Xiao Chen drew his saber and spread out his Saber Domain .

Within one kilometer of him, the Saber Domain and the Taiji force field merged, forming a strange and unpredictable Taiji Saber Domain . The saber intent split into two and turned into dragons—one Yin and one Yang .

One light and one dark, one left and one right, they formed a Taiji diagram on the ground, a simple depiction of the Great Dao . As Xiao Chen stood in the center, his saber light became unpredictable . The Yang energy was tyrannical and ferocious, roaring loudly . The Yin energy was gentle and countered hardness, incorporeal and traceless .

He used the Fish Dragon Art, his figure disappearing and appearing within the Taiji Saber Domain . Sometimes, he would be boundlessly ferocious with a flourishing aura . Sometimes, he would be as still as water, moving without a trace .

Yin and Yang merge . Taiji Saber Domain, form!

With a thought, the two dragons constituting the Taiji Saber Domain intertwined with each other like snakes and entered Xiao Chen’s body .

Instantly, the saber released a simple and plain light . Xiao Chen’s eyes were as clear as water as he thrust his saber forward with his hand .

His body slid forward . Everywhere the saber tip passed, space silently split into two . The tip of the saber was only one point . However, the attack of this one point opened a great door to another world .

“Taiji Saber Domain, burst!”

Xiao Chen withdrew his saber and sheathed it back in its scabbard . The peaceful and serene aura within one kilometer of him suddenly turned extremely dangerous and entirely unpredictable .

This Taiji Burst was different from the ones before . This time, this Taiji Burst made everyone hear only one sound—the roar of the saber . This was the eruption of a saber from the saber’s rage, the saber’s ferocity!

In the air, the saber buzzed like the wind . The world resonated with it .

Seeing the results of his training over the past year, Xiao Chen revealed a satisfied expression . Without raising his cultivation, he managed to increase his accumulations .

While in that peaceful and serene mental state, Xiao Chen’s cultivation of the Taiji Dao improved further .

It was not that Xiao Chen needed to torture himself half-dead to raise his strength . The improvement of his mental state would always bring unimagined pleasant surprises .

“With my current strength, I need not fear a Third Heaven Martial Emperor . ” Xiao Chen said calmly, “I am even confident of defeating a peak Third Heaven Martial Emperor . ”

After Third Heaven was a hurdle . Third Heaven Martial Emperors and below were all Minor Heavenly Martial Emperors .

Many old seniors did not dare to take the lightning tribulation and would often stop at Third Heaven for one or two thousand years . If Xiao Chen met with such an old monster, he did not dare to guarantee that he could defeat them . He was still not unrivaled among Third Heaven Martial Emperors yet .

Xiao Chen looked up . In the sky, there was a vague Emperor’s Door, which was not a hallucination . Every quasi-Emperor that would soon undergo the Great Tribulation of wind and fire could see this door .

When the Great Tribulation of wind and fire descended, this door would truly appear in the world, sending down a varying number of steps of different colors .

This staircase was known as the Emperor’s Road . Each step was a hurdle, each step a tribulation . If one managed to walk to the top of the staircase, clearing the Great Tribulation of wind and fire, one could push open that Emperor’s Door .