The Nine Provinces Continent.
Dashi Village, Northern Frontier, Lan Province.
The area surrounding the village was covered in white snow, yet Dashi Village remained like spring.
The falling goose-feather snow seemed to be influenced by some mysterious power, inexplicably shifting its trajectory to fall around the village.
In the east of the village, Chu Feng stood with his hands behind his back, watching the two children playing in the courtyard, his eyes filled with love.
He was tall, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, dressed in white, standing with his hands behind his back, ethereal as an immortal.
After a long while, Chu Feng turned his head to look at the high sky thousands of miles away, infinite longing appearing in his eyes.
"A-Rou, where are you? It has been three years. Are you alright? I can no longer suppress my cultivation; the Divine Tribulation is coming. Once I pass the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial Emperor, I should be able to find you. I just don't know how long the Divine Tribulation will take. If it takes too long, I'm afraid those two troublemakers won't be able to stay home and will sneak out to cause trouble. Do you know? I have raised them to be so powerful; you would be astonished if you saw them."
Seeming to think of some beautiful scene, a smile appeared on his face.
As a Peak Martial Emperor, one must pass the Divine Tribulation to achieve the status of Martial Emperor.
The chance of success in Transcending Tribulation is very small; once failed, even if one does not die, one will be crippled, but he was not worried about failing.
Chu Feng had originally come from Blue Star through Transmigration, and his body had turned into that of a sixteen-year-old.
He also accidentally obtained a mysterious blood bead, and after Fusion, he gained some kind of Ancestral God Inheritance.
Disliking conflict by nature, he lived in seclusion in this Dashi Village to cultivation.
Whether it was his own Aptitude or the influence of that blood bead, he had Cultivated to a Peak Martial Emperor in just three short years.
Just as he was preparing to find a place to undergo the Divine Tribulation and become a Martial Emperor, he accidentally met a woman named A-Rou.
At that time, A-Rou was seriously injured and being hunted; Chu Feng saved her, and they were mutually attracted to each other. A year later, when Chu Feng was 20 and A-Rou was 19, they got married in the presence of the villagers of Dashi Village.
When Chu Feng was 21, A-Rou gave birth to twins and left without saying goodbye after leaving a letter.
The letter urged him not to look for her, otherwise she would be in life-threatening danger, hoping that Chu Feng could raise their children, and also said a lot of apologies.
At that time, Chu Feng had already sensed that the Divine Tribulation was about to descend, but the two children had just been born; how could he set his mind at ease?
Eventually, he found a Divine Ability called Transference in the Ancestral God Inheritance. This Divine Ability requires exhausting one's own cultivation and using heavenly and earthly treasures for a medicinal bath, which can help people cleanse their marrow and improve their Aptitude.
The person who disperses their cultivation can re-cultivation without damaging their own foundation.
However, this Divine Ability was also called the most useless Divine Ability by the Ancestral God.
Because to use this Divine Ability, one must have a cultivation of at least Martial Saint, but a Martial Saint basically spends hundreds or even thousands of years to cultivation. Who would be willing to disperse their cultivation to cleanse someone else's marrow, only to spend hundreds or even thousands of years re-Cultivating?
Most importantly, a Martial Saint who has lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, once they disperse their cultivation, would likely have little Lifespan left and simply not have time to start over.
But Chu Feng was different; he only used three years to cultivation to a Peak Martial Emperor, and because he disliked conflict by nature, he did not have much attachment to this cultivation.
If he could accompany his children for a few more years, what did it matter if he gave up his cultivation?
He traveled all over the Northern Frontier to find countless heavenly and earthly treasures for medicinal baths, transferring his Peak Martial Emperor cultivation to the two children to cleanse their marrow.
The two children, who already had extremely high Aptitude, transformed into Innate Saint Physiques after this marrow cleansing, and could cultivation to the Martial Saint realm without obstruction, encountering no bottleneck.
Such a Physique was rare even in the Ten Great Holy Lands.
Chu Feng took care of the two children while re-Cultivating, and unexpectedly, his speed of Cultivation was even faster this time, reaching Peak Martial Emperor again in just one short year.
At this time, the two children were only one year old; although they were already walking nimbly, he still could not rest easy.
So he traveled all over the dangerous lands of the Great Xia Empire, finding more and better heavenly and earthly treasures, and for the second time, he dispersed his cultivation to cleanse the two children's marrow.
This time, the children's Physique transformed again, becoming Innate Divine Physiques, which could cultivation to the Martial Emperor realm without obstruction, without even needing to undergo the Divine Tribulation.
This kind of Physique had only appeared two or three times in the entire Nine Provinces, and even Chu Feng was a bit envious.
Chu Feng re-Cultivated for another year, reaching Peak Martial Emperor for the third time, and performed the third marrow cleansing for the two children.
This time, he not only found many heavenly and earthly treasures but also forced out the blood bead from his own body to use it for the children's marrow cleansing together.
After it ended, the blood bead had shrunk by half.
The children's Physique transformed again.
But this kind of transformation was something Chu Feng had never even heard of.
Their blood turned gold, and dense Divine Runes grew inside their bones. The sister's Divine Runes contained terrifying Sword Intent, while the brother's Divine Runes contained terrifying Saber Intent.
Furthermore, their physical body had infinite Divine Power and their speed was incredibly fast; their physical body defense alone could withstand a full-strength strike from a Martial Emperor who was not using an Emperor Weapon.
Chu Feng himself was stunned, yet also somewhat proud; this was all his masterpiece.
However, ever since the Divine Runes were born, all the True Qi cultivated by the two children was swallowed by the Divine Runes.
Fortunately, they could mobilize the hidden power within the Divine Runes; that was a type of energy more Advanced than True Qi, and its power was terrifying.
This energy was called Divine Rune Power by Chu Feng.
Over the next year, based on the characteristics of their Divine Runes, Chu Feng selected the strongest sword and saber techniques from the Ancestral God Inheritance to teach the two children.
The Inheritance did not state what these sword and saber techniques were called; they were simply ranked first on the Ancestral God's sword and saber technique leaderboards, so Chu Feng named them Supreme Sword Technique and Supreme Saber Technique.
At the same time, Chu Feng also gave the heaven-slashing sword, an Emperor Weapon he had forged during his first re-Cultivation, to his daughter.
Over the year, the siblings made rapid progress, but unfortunately, all the True Qi they cultivated was swallowed by the Divine Runes and converted into Divine Rune Power, so they still appeared to have no cultivation at all to this day.
Chu Feng had also Cultivated to Peak Martial Emperor again, and this time, he had specifically forged an Emperor Weapon for his son, the heaven-breaking blade.
But the Transference Divine Ability could only be used three times at most; if he used it to disperse his cultivation again, he would truly be crippled.
Although Chu Feng disliked conflict, his two children had been raised to be so outstanding; if he, as their father, became a cripple, wouldn't he be embarrassing them in the future?
So this time he did not disperse his cultivation again; he had to find a remote and safe place to prepare to undergo the Divine Tribulation.
The power of the Divine Tribulation was too great; if he underwent the tribulation nearby, everything would be destroyed.
He just didn't know how long this trip to undergo the tribulation would take.
If it took too long, he was afraid these two children wouldn't be able to stay put.
He wasn't worried about the two children being bullied; although they appeared to have no cultivation, their strength was already incomparably powerful, and if they joined forces, they would not fear even a Peak Martial Saint.
Plus the treasures he had prepared for them over the years, as long as those Martial Emperors in seclusion did not act, they could basically walk sideways across the Nine Provinces.
It was just that they were still too young and did not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong, and they were too innocent and easily manipulated, so Chu Feng had never let them go out.
Meanwhile, in the Central Province Imperial Capital.
In the Imperial Study, Empress Long Yurou secretly summoned her sister Long Yufei and said: "Yufei, this time I am appointing you as the Governor of Lan Province. Besides going to solve the problems in Lan Province, there is also a private matter I would like your help with."
"What private matter?" Long Yufei asked suspiciously.
A hint of sweetness and longing appeared in Long Yurou's eyes, and it was a long time before she said: "After you settle down in Lan Province, go to Dashi Village in the Northern Frontier of Lan Province and see if he and the children are doing well."
"He? The children?"
Long Yufei was stunned for a moment, then reacted, saying in surprise: "You and he already have children?"
A hint of happiness appeared on Long Yurou's face: "Back then, when the late Emperor passed away, my Shifu asked me to return to inherit the throne. I knew that this trip back to the palace would inevitably be a life-or-death situation, so I left without saying goodbye. Although I have now become the Empress, the various provinces do not submit to the imperial family, and those imperial uncles are eyeing the throne covetously. If they knew I had children, they would definitely not let them go, so I have kept it hidden until now. Counting the time, they are already three years old. Poor children, it is Mother who has failed you."
Two lines of tears slid down the corners of her eyes.
Long Yurou wiped away her tears, turned to look at Long Yufei, and said: "Just help me take a look. Do not disturb their lives, and do not tell them my true identity. Just knowing that they are living well is enough. Although the conditions in Dashi Village are a bit harsh, it is much better than living in the palace day and night in fear."
"Alright! However, my main body needs to go into seclusion, so I can only send a Avatar."
Long Yufei nodded.
She could not understand the feelings between her sister and that ordinary person, but she would definitely complete the task her sister had entrusted to her.