Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts-Chapter 5924 Undying Source

Long Chen’s apology was for dragging the Undying race into this mess. He hadn’t planned carefully enough and had fallen for Lian Sanqiang’s schemes, implicating them all.

Liu Changtian nodded. It was easy talking to a smart person. And Long Chen wasn’t just intelligent—he was loyal. With him, the Undying race would rise again. Liu Changtian had no doubt.

“Xihua...” Liu Changtian turned to the woman beside him, holding her trembling hand.

Liu Xihua looked very pale, but she was content. With a quivering hand, she cupped Liu Changtian’s face.

“Sovereign Lord, thank you... Thank you for letting me feel the love of the human race. Even if it was brief, I’m content.”

Liu Changtian’s eyes reddened. Regrettably, with his life at its end, he didn’t even have the power to cry.

“Xihua... if there is another life, I will definitely marry you and love you the way you deserve,” swore Liu Changtian.

Liu Xihua smiled faintly, as if already glimpsing that future.

She said, “If there’s another life... I want a proper wedding. I heard the human race’s weddings are full of joy and blessings...”

Her words trailed off as the flame extinguished.

Liu Changtian and Liu Xihua’s bodies slowly crumbled into dust, drifting away with the wind.

“Dad, mom...”

Liu Ruyan let out a heart-rending cry. It was the first time she’d called them that, but they would never hear it.

“Sovereign Lord...”

“Elder Xihua...”

The cries of the Undying race’s disciples echoed across the forest. Like orphaned children, they wept, lost and bereft.

Long Chen stood there quietly, watching as their last ashes dissipated. He was filled with anger at this cruel world.

In this world, to be weak was a sin. Everything they had, including their lives, could be taken away at any moment.

I will grow stronger. No matter what it takes, I will become stronger!

Long Chen clenched his fists so hard that his nails dug into his palm. But no blood flowed—his bloodline power was exhausted. There wasn’t even enough blood to bleed.

Taking a deep breath, Long Chen announced, “We shouldn’t stay here any longer. Say your final goodbyes. We are leaving here immediately.”

Though lost in their grief, they all obeyed Long Chen’s orders. With the Sovereign Lord gone, Long Chen’s word became law.

They kowtowed in unison before the place where their leaders had vanished. A marker was set: this was the Undying Demon Forest, their sacred ground, their place of mourning. One day, they vowed, they would reclaim it.

After that, Liu Ruyan fainted. Like the others, she was heavily injured and had burned through her core energy to activate the Undying Eye.

Long Chen fed her a soul-calming pill to prevent her sorrow from damaging her spirit. Letting her rest was the best medicine.

After that, Long Chen led the Undying race’s junior generation out of the Undying Demon Forest. In this brutal battle, all their seniors had fallen. Many young disciples had also turned into seeds. They would need time to awaken.

The Undying race had never suffered such a grievous blow. It felt like a nightmare they could not wake from.

Less than an hour later, the void quivered and figures in Brahma Pill Valley robes descended. Tens of thousands of flying boats screamed through the skies, but they were too late.

Long Chen and the others had already left.

“There are still Sovereign qi ashes in the air,” said a white-haired elder. “Just as the Divine Commander said. Liu Changtian and Liu Xihua are dead. But Long Chen and the remnants of the Undying race have fled. Split up! We cannot let them escape!”

The boats split off in all directions, moving at lightning speed.

Meanwhile, deep underground, the Undying disciples trembled as the flying boats passed over them.

They were in no condition to fight. Even an average Sovereign sprout could kill them now. If they were discovered, it would be the end of them.

“Don’t worry,” said Long Chen calmly. “I’ve used unstable spatial formations to scatter your aura far and wide. They’ll think we all fled in different directions and ran as far as we could. This is the safest place for now.”

The area was also protected by a concealing formation. For now, they could rest.

“Chu Yao, hand me the Undying Eye,” said Long Chen.

The Undying Eye had been with Liu Ruyan, but when she collapsed, Chu Yao took it. Since Chu Yao and Liu Ruyan’s souls were connected, she could also use the Undying Eye.

At this moment, the Undying Eye was dark and lifeless, looking like an ordinary rock.

Chu Yao passed it to Long Chen, who immediately sent it into the primal chaos space.

The moment it touched the ground, the Undying Eye quivered. A powerful suction force burst out, rapidly drawing in the last traces of life energy from the primal chaos space.

The Undying Eye’s divine light quickly recovered, but it could only maintain the absorption state for a few breaths before there was no longer any life energy for it to consume.

After all, Long Chen had already depleted the Fusang and Moon Trees. Even the mysterious vine had withered to a rhizome. Currently, the primal chaos space’s energy was barely enough to keep them alive.

So, the amount of energy it could provide the Undying Eye was very limited. The primal chaos space had its own laws, and it would protect itself first. It would only provide energy to others if there was excess.

Unfortunately, the brutal battle had completely destroyed all the devil creatures. Without any corpses, Long Chen had no means to replenish the primal chaos space’s energy.

The primal chaos space was now running on fumes. Long Chen had nothing left to spare for the Undying Eye. He had to tighten his belt for a while.

Even so, the Undying Eye had recovered to about fifty percent. At least it was usable again.

It’s too bad that the primal chaos space is out of energy. If I could nourish the Undying Eye, perhaps I could open the secret world inside of it! Long Chen sighed.

The Undying Eye seemed to contain a secret world—but without power, it remained locked tight. There was no way to probe what was inside.

“What...?” Chu Yao gasped when Long Chen handed the Undying Eye back to her.

“It’s partially recovered,” he said.

“With this much recovery, we can open the Undying Pathway... and head to the Undying Source,” said a raspy voice.

Long Chen and Chu Yao turned quickly—relieved to see Liu Ruyan awake.

Chu Yao said, “Ruyan, you’re awake!”

“I’m fine,” Liu Ruyan said, drawing a deep breath. “I won’t falter. I’ll lead the Undying race to greatness. I won’t let them down.”

Seeing her so determined made Long Chen and Chu Yao ache for her. She had matured too quickly.

Liu Ruyan looked at Long Chen with warmth in her eyes.

“Long Chen, I used to be so foolish, so stubborn. But now... I understand. I finally understand why you’re so strong. It’s because you’ve always known what you must protect. I never truly understood that—until now. I will protect the Undying race... and I’ll protect you too. Because even you... have enemies you can’t defeat. Even you face death. So... I will become stronger!”

Looking down at the Undying Eye in her hand, she continued, “I will use it to open the Undying Pathway. This will take a few days... But when the pathway is open, we will have to leave...”

“Leave? You mean...?” Long Chen was startled.

With tears in her eyes, Liu Ruyan bit her lip and looked at Long Chen.

“The Undying Source is our origin—the birthplace of our race,” said Liu Ruyan softly. “Only those with Undying qi can enter. We’ll have to part... for a while.”

Liu Ruyan sounded very reluctant, but there was no way around it. They had to go to the Undying Source. That was the only place where they could rapidly get stronger.

“Big sister...” Liu Ruyan said, looking at Chu Yao.

Chu Yao looked at Long Chen and smiled through sorrow.

Chu Yao promised, “It’s not as if we’ll be apart forever. Once we return from the Undying Source, we’ll be reunited. I also have Undying qi on me and can be considered half a member of the Undying race. I will go to the Undying Source to cultivate. Next time, we will protect you.”

Long Chen could tell that neither Liu Ruyan nor Chu Yao knew what exactly the Undying Source was. They were taking a gamble. But they had no choice. If they didn’t, the Undying race would have no future.

BOOM!

Several days later, the mountain range exploded, and a passageway appeared before them.

Under Long Chen’s gaze, Liu Ruyan and Chu Yao led the Undying disciples into the pathway. Tears streamed down their faces as they vanished into the unknown.

“Senior... help me leave this place.”

Long Chen took a deep breath and summoned the Earth Cauldron. It enveloped him, and he disappeared as well.

Moments later, countless pursuers arrived at the mountain... only to find they were too late.

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The Undying race had been hiding beneath their noses all along. But now, they were gone.