The arrival of this Bounty Order couldn't have been more timely, as cultivators around the world were questioning the Celestial Emperor, and the Bounty Order provided these doubters with an answer.

The content of the Bounty Order was simple, showing only the wanted person's background, the conditions of the bounty, and the rewards offered.

Visitor from beyond the heavens, the Celestial Emperor!

The whereabouts of the Celestial Emperor, worth ten Divine Skills!

The Celestial Emperor's hiding place, worth thirty Divine Skills and a sect's sacred treasure!

The exact coordinates of the Celestial Emperor, worth fifty Divine Skills and three sects' sacred treasures!

A limb of the Celestial Emperor, worth one hundred Divine Skills, five sects' sacred treasures, one divine treasure from the heavens, and a slot to become a disciple of a Saint!

The corpse of the Celestial Emperor, worth five hundred Divine Skills, twenty sects' sacred treasures, five divine treasures from the heavens, and three slots to become disciples of a Saint!

At the end of the Bounty Order, the names of the forces offering the rewards were listed: Longyue Sacred Ground, Primordial Holy Land, Church of Eternal Life, Yutian Sect, Kunlun Fairy Gate, and the other major powers of the Nine Great Powers.

The joint Bounty Order issued by the Nine Great Powers set off a superstorm across the ten continents, plunging the whole world into a state of shock.

The Bounty Order made it clear that the Celestial Emperor truly existed, and he indeed came from beyond the nine heavens!

The Celestial Emperor that the cultivators of the ten continents questioned was actually recognized by the Nine Great Superpowers, who issued a super Bounty Order, which was truly astonishing and sensational.

Divine Skills are the foundation of a cultivator's strength, considered hard currency in the Canglan Realm, exchangeable for wealth and splendor, a harem of beauties, or freedom to travel all over the world!

The sacred treasures of a sect possess the power to destroy heavens and earth; these are protective treasures of the Great Venerable of the Other Shore, and Ye Chen's Xuanming Fan is one of them.

Divine treasures from the heavens are even more terrifying; these are the imperial instruments used by Saints. Should a Land God obtain such a treasure, they might even be able to withstand the attacks of the Great Venerable of the Other Shore!

However, as tempting as these treasures are, they are not enough to drive people mad. What truly ignites frenzy is the chance to become a disciple of a Saint!

In the ten continents of Canglan, the pinnacle of existence are the Saints, and billions of cultivators aspire to become their disciples. However, Saints usually choose inherently supreme beings as disciples, and ordinary people have no chance of becoming disciples of a Saint!

But now, simply by severing a limb of the Celestial Emperor, one could become a disciple of a Saint. Killing the Celestial Emperor would even grant three slots as disciples of a Saint!

The content of this Bounty Order is driving the ten continents crazy, with billions of cultivators eager to act.

Killing the Celestial Emperor would grant a divine treasury, and could even be used to establish a great church!

"The Celestial Emperor is tyrannical and deserves to be executed!"

The Nine Great Superpowers circulated portraits of the Celestial Emperor far and wide, letting cultivators everywhere know of his appearance, directly causing some to become restless and seek out the Celestial Emperor to claim the rewards.

Some cultivators were merely causing a stir, providing false information in an attempt to swindle Divine Skills from the Nine Great Powers.

Others were sincerely searching for the Celestial Emperor because providing his exact location could yield fifty Divine Skills and three sects' sacred treasures!

Among those searching for the Celestial Emperor were powerful individuals, and even the silhouette of the Other Shore Grand Master could vaguely be discerned!

Though the Grand Masters of the Other Shore were aloof and supreme, the value of a divine treasury was immeasurable and enough to move them!

In particular, the slots as disciples of a Saint were so coveted that even the Grand Masters of the Other Shore would go mad for them; becoming a Saint is extremely arduous, and who wouldn't want guidance by a Saint?

The involvement of Grand Masters from the Other Shore added turbulence to the situation. Even some powerful sects had started to mobilize their forces in secret, scouring the world for the whereabouts of the Celestial Emperor.

But the trail of the Celestial Emperor was hard to find. Whether it was the Loose Cultivators of the ten continents, the disciples of the major sects, or the Grand Masters from the Other Shore and major sects taking covert action, none had found a trace of the Celestial Emperor!

A divine treasury that could shake the heavens and slots as disciples of a Saint remained unclaimed in the end, nearly making a laughingstock of the Nine Great Powers.

Now the question arises, where in the world is the Celestial Emperor?

One of the ten major sects, the Holy Flame Palace.

Saintess Lingxi arrived at the grand hall of the Saints, where Patriarch Kun Huo had just returned from the outside world and was resting inside. Lingxi sought to confirm something with her grandfather.

"Grandfather!" Saintess Lingxi approached Patriarch Kun Huo with deep reverence.

"Lingxi, what brings you to see your grandfather today?" Patriarch Kun Huo was meditating in the holy hall, and the unexpected appearance of Saintess Lingxi brought a kind smile to his face.

"Grandfather, your granddaughter has a question to ask you!" Saintess Lingxi came before Kun Huo and took a seat on a cushion.

"My dear granddaughter, just ask whatever you like," said Patriarch Kun Huo.

"In the great battle involving the eleven Saints of Tianlong Divine Continent, were you one of them?" Without any prelude, Lingxi cut directly to the chase.

"I was," Patriarch Kun Huo nodded.

"Did you fight against the Saints to save a child?" Lingxi asked again.

"Indeed, it was to save a child!" Patriarch Kun Huo did not hide anything and answered every question from Saintess Lingxi candidly.

"Grandfather, tell me the truth, is that child mine?" Saintess Lingxi's voice trembled slightly as she spoke.

When Ye Chen first arrived in the Canglan Realm, Lingxi's blood resonated, and she felt the presence of her child.

However, Ye Chen had sealed his own bloodline and had no intention of meeting her. Coupled with her father's interference, Lingxi hadn't gone out to search for him, but her heart was always concerned.

Recently, the Bounty Order issued by the Nine Great Powers had shocked the ten continents, with news of the Celestial Emperor gradually reaching Lingxi.

Hearing the rumors about the Celestial Emperor, Lingxi felt in her heart that the Celestial Emperor was her son!

But how could it be possible that the legendary, unrivaled Heaven Emperor, who slaughtered a group of young supremes, even laughed and jeered at the Nine Saints, could be her son who was just in his twenties?

During this agonizing time for Lingxi, Patriarch Kun Huo returned to the Holy Flame Palace. She immediately went to the main hall to ask her grandfather.

Because among the legends of the Heaven Emperor, one of the three Saints who came to his aid was Patriarch Kun Huo!

"You guessed right, the Heaven Emperor is indeed your son!"

Patriarch Kun Huo did not hide anything, for Lingxi was Ye Chen's birth mother, and she deserved to be privy to this matter.

"What!"

Upon hearing this confirmation, Saintess Lingxi was struck as if by thunder, standing there completely dumbfounded.

"My son is the Heaven Emperor!" Saintess Lingxi mumbled to herself, lost in thought, tears streaming down her face.

The legend of the Heaven Emperor shook the ten continents, representing an invincible supreme being. Although he had not yet become a Saint, his talent indicated that he was bound to achieve sainthood in the future!

The monstrous feat of the Heaven Emperor caused such panic among the Nine Great Powers that they offered a divine treasure and stirred the winds of change across the ten continents, inciting all cultivators to hunt down the Heaven Emperor.

Upon hearing the legend of the Heaven Emperor, Saintess Lingxi was overwhelmed with an indescribable shock, scarcely able to believe in his existence!

When Lingxi was young, she was a young supreme herself. She knew how powerful such figures were, supreme in their generation, where defeating one would shock the ten continents, much less slaughtering a group of them.

The most terrifying thing was how the Heaven Emperor mocked and threatened the Nine Saints before leaving, telling them that one day he would make them cry for their parents... Afterward, the Nine Great Powers issued a super Bounty Order, offering a reward for any information on the Heaven Emperor, which was staggeringly substantial.

However, the whereabouts of the Heaven Emperor remained elusive, not even the highest Saints could find him, adding an almost mythical quality to his legend!

But what Saintess Lingxi never expected was that the most fantastical thing would happen to her; that her son, renowned throughout the ten continents and shocking the world as the Heaven Emperor!

"Grandfather, is it really him?" Tears streaming down her face, Saintess Lingxi cautiously sought confirmation from Patriarch Kun Huo once more.

"It is him!" Patriarch Kun Huo affirmed with a nod.

"My son!"

Saintess Lingxi burst into tears, losing all composure and regal bearing. She was not the revered Saintess, but just an ordinary mother.

Lingxi wept for the tragic fate of her son, an orphan who had been abandoned by his mother and cast away by his father at birth, yet had grown into a generation's Heaven Emperor. Behind what seemed to be a glorious rise, who could see the struggles and hardships he endured?

Seeing her son so accomplished and peerless in his generation, Lingxi's heart was filled more with guilt than pride.

"My son, how much suffering have you endured? How much must you hate your mother that you would avoid seeing her?"

Saintess Lingxi wept and knelt in the main hall as if repenting to the heavens.

"Enough, no more crying!" said Patriarch Kun Huo. "Your son is unparalleled in his generation; the name of the Heaven Emperor is supreme in the world. You should be happy, why the tears?"

"Grandfather, please, let me be. I feel terrible inside!" Saintess Lingxi sobbed like a child.

"..."

"Grandfather, since you met my son, why didn't you bring him back?" Saintess Lingxi stopped crying and looked up at Patriarch Kun Huo to ask.

"Do you think I didn't want to?" Patriarch Kun Huo felt frustrated mentioning this. "The Ye Family also has an invincible Saint. We are that boy's maternal family; if we forcibly took him back to the Holy Flame Palace, would the Ye Family's Saint agree?"

"He doesn't want to come?" asked Saintess Lingxi.

"It's not that he doesn't want to come; he doesn't want to see you!" said Patriarch Kun Huo. "You abandoned him at birth. This has caused him immense hurt. That boy has too much pride; how could he come crawling back to you?"

"My son, I was wrong!" Saintess Lingxi started crying again.

"..."

Southern Barbarian Palace.

A handsome man was sitting in a seat of honor, his demeanor one of disdain for the world, accompanied by a beautiful young woman.

The man was Ye Lingtian, Ye Chen's father. The young beautiful woman was his junior wife.

Ye Chen's stepmother, named Cao Xuerou, was the daughter of a Supreme Elder from a major sect, and her background was exceedingly illustrious.

"Rou'er, did you convey the message I entrusted you with? Did you tell your father?" asked Ye Lingtian to the young beautiful woman.

"Mm, my father has already dispatched eight thousand disciples to search for traces of the Heaven Emperor in the ten continents," said Cao Xuerou.

"Very good!" Ye Lingtian said.

"My husband, Rou'er has something on her mind, but I am unsure whether it's appropriate to speak of," said Cao Xuerou hesitantly.

"We are husband and wife; what can't you say to me?" Ye Lingtian replied with a smile.

"My husband, the Heaven Emperor is transcendental and has made the Nine Great Powers wary, but even with the substantial reward of the Bounty Order, should we really offend such an invincible supreme being?"

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PS: This is the third chapter to make up for yesterday.

The power went out last night after two in the morning, and I was completely dumbfounded... I really don't understand why they cut the power at that time! Lastly, I beg for forgiveness; not updating was really not my intention!

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