Checking in for 100,000 Years Chapter 2, The Old Ancestor of the True God Realm, Laughs at the World
Previously on Checking in for 100,000 Years...
"Little girl, were you badmouthing me just now?"
Gazing at the terrified little girl charred black like coal before him, Ye Yun, fresh from emerging out of the coffin, suddenly flashed a wide grin. That grin caused his frail skeletal jaw to emit a "CLACK, CLACK" noise.
Ye Yun glanced downward at his own form, discovering his chest utterly hollow. Only bare bones were left there.
A sense of mild reassurance filled Ye Yun's mind. With the Ancestral Dragon Blood in his possession, regenerating his fleshly body posed no issue.
"Old Ancestor, I was wrong! I shouldn't have badmouthed you! Please spare me!" Luo Li's face turned ashen white, her features twisted in panic; she kowtowed over and over, her forehead slamming the ground, tears bursting forth in fright. She had never dreamed her grumbling would summon the Old Ancestor from his coffin.
"Which generation's Sect Master are you? How come you're this feeble?" Ye Yun fixed his empty gaze silently on Luo Li; those hollow bone eye sockets radiated a chilling, horrifying presence.
"Answering you, Ancestor, I'm the 298th generation Sect Master, Luo Li. Though my power falls short, I am definitely the Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect, I swear!" Luo Li lifted her head hesitantly, eyes brimming with dread, her shaky hands fumbling to produce the Clan Leader’s Token.
"So you truly are the Sect Master..." Ye Yun eyed the token briefly before scanning the area around him, swiftly verifying Luo Li’s status.
The location was the tomb area behind the ancestral hall on the back mountain, the resting place for every past Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect upon their demise. Ye Yun himself had established a mighty formation here, accessible solely to the Sect Master.
Doubts about Luo Li’s identity vanished from Ye Yun’s thoughts. Yet, this young girl’s cultivation level... it was pathetically low. Back in the era a hundred thousand years prior, someone of her level wouldn’t qualify to even hold shoes for the Dragon God Sect’s Outer Disciples.
"Has the world weakened, or has it been the Dragon God Sect?" Ye Yun’s profound skeletal eye sockets locked onto Luo Li, his tone deep and ghostly.
"Answering you, Old Ancestor, the world remains unchanged. The Dragon God Sect is the one that has fallen into ruin... Now... now, I'm the sole survivor..." Luo Li collapsed to the floor here and sobbed uncontrollably. Her messy look grew even worse with tears and snot flowing freely, rendering her appearance all the more heartbreaking.
Witnessing Luo Li’s heartbreaking cries, Ye Yun let out an inner sigh. He had never foreseen the Dragon God Sect decaying to such ruins. Still, this harsh truth defined the world a hundred thousand years on. Ye Yun realigned his perspective to face this new reality.
"Shut your eyes," Ye Yun commanded. He planned to rebuild his physical form and preferred this junior not to see it happen.
"Oh!" Luo Li promptly squeezed her eyes shut.
Ye Yun brushed his wrist, sending his Divine Thought into the System’s storage to fetch a porcelain bottle, whose liquid he swallowed right away. This was the System-supplied Ancestral Dragon Blood, the prize from his initial check-in.
Each Sect Master of the Dragon God Sect carried a potent Dragon God Bloodline. During his era, Ye Yun’s Dragon God Bloodline purity had soared to a staggering 99%. By age twenty-four, he shattered into the Eternal Realm, reigning supreme across the Cangnan Continent.
Precisely then did the check-in System awaken. It informed him that pursuing higher cultivation demanded abandoning his Dragon God Bloodline for the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline. Only thus could he surpass the Eternal Realm into the fabled God Realm. After much deliberation, Ye Yun consented to the System’s proposal and stepped into the enigmatic Check-in Space. There he lingered for exactly one hundred thousand years, performing an immense 5.2 billion check-ins...
Once the Ancestral Dragon Blood integrated with the skeleton, vibrant blood and muscle sprouted across the pale bones at a speed plain to behold. With a casual flick of his wrist, Ye Yun slipped into a pristine white robe.
"Alright, open your eyes now!" Ye Yun announced, smiling warmly.
Luo Li removed her hands from her eyes, and they sparkled instantly. Dressed in robes purer than snow, the Ancestor exuded unmatched elegance. Dignified and elegant, he seemed like a banished immortal, his extraordinary demeanor beyond words.
Blushing deeply, Luo Li fixated on Ye Yun, unwilling to blink and miss anything. Never in her life had she beheld such a striking man, flawless as carved jade. A youth in white robes, graceful and composed, utterly captivating.
Ye Yun positioned his hands behind his back, lips curved in a subtle smile as he regarded the woeful little girl sniffling before him.
Right then, the Ancestral Dragon Blood’s might coursed through him like a mighty torrent, demolishing the Eternity Realm barrier inside. Ye Yun at last fulfilled his long-held wish, stepping into the True God Realm.
Across the Cangnan Continent, below the gods, cultivation spanned ten grand realms: Body Refining Realm, Gathering Qi Realm, Mysterious Pill Realm, Origin Sea Realm, Shaping God Realm, Divine Bridge Realm, Nirvana Realm, Destiny Realm, Life and Death Realm, and Eternal Realm. The Eternal Realm marked the zenith; transcending to True God Realm forged an unassailable god overlooking all creation.
Over hundreds of thousands of years in the Cangnan Continent, none had entered the God Realm. It lingered only as a mythic legend of old.
"Ancestor, has your cultivation base advanced?" Luo Li gawked in shock, eyes bulging and jaw dropped. Via the special link of her Dragon’s Heart Method and Dragon God Bloodline, she had faintly detected the Old Ancestor’s power nearing the Eternal Realm before. Yet moments ago, a far mightier Super Divine Dragon Breath had exploded from him. Probing with her bloodline again, she could no longer fathom his level.
"I’ve broken through!" Ye Yun chuckled.
"Old Ancestor, does that mean you're now... at the True God Realm?" Luo Li inquired, voice quivering. As Dragon God Sect’s Sect Master versed in core lore, she knew the elusive True God Realm lay beyond Eternal Realm.
"Yes!" Ye Yun affirmed with a nod.
"Wow! The True God Realm for real! Old Ancestor, the Dragon God Sect is saved!" Upon Ye Yun’s confirmation, Luo Li jumped in joy first, then wailed loudly.
A God! True God Realm! That invincible mythic God Realm from Cangnan Continent legends. Ages untold had passed without anyone achieving it. Countless cultivators remained ignorant of its existence.
Ye Yun brushed the spot between his brows.
"Little girl, recount what befell the Dragon God Sect," Ye Yun demanded gravely.
"Ancestor, today's Dragon God Sect..." Luo Li dabbed her tears and shared all she knew about the Sect with Ye Yun.
Once done, Ye Yun softly probed, "So, you have no idea which mighty power the 250th generation Sect Master provoked?"
"Exactly, Old Ancestor!" Luo Li answered mournfully. "The event lies too far back, and prior Ancestors kept it utterly hushed. Thus, even today, the identity of our Dragon God Sect’s relentless foe stays unknown..."
"Don’t worry. Whoever they are, I’ll wipe out their whole clan!" A savage spark ignited in Ye Yun’s eyes. His steady voice brimmed with unyielding resolve to shatter heavens and earth.
Luo Li froze in astonishment.
Employing his Divine Thought, Ye Yun evaluated Luo Li’s talent. He noted her Dragon God Bloodline was woefully dilute, stirring faint regret within.
Ye Yun tapped his wrist once more and produced a medicinal pill.
"Consume this Marrow Cleansing Pill first!" Ye Yun directed, flicking it toward Luo Li with a finger snap.
Luo Li stared intently at the Marrow Cleansing Pill radiating Dao Rhythm, her hands quaking as she grasped it.
"It’s a God-level Top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill," Ye Yun remarked with a light smile.
Luo Li shuddered in terror. In her stunned haze, the God-level Top-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill tumbled from her shaky grasp onto the dirt.