A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 392

Chapter 392 Someone Behind

“Go!”

The moment Wu Hao released the Restriction on him, Emperor Jingrang wasted no time unleashing the Forbidden Divine Source. The Forbidden Origin shot toward Wu Hao like an arrow freed from its bowstring, arriving before him in an instant.

But the moment it reached Wu Hao, he simply stretched out his hand and caught it steadily without any difficulty.

“What!”

Emperor Jingrang’s face was filled with disbelief upon seeing this. He knew that this technique was something he had obtained by chance from a powerful figure who had once told him that if the Forbidden Method was cultivated to its peak, even killing a God Emperor would be as easy as slicing through melons and chopping vegetables.

Although Emperor Jingrang had not yet reached that pinnacle, it should be effortless to kill an ordinary Early Divine Lord, and even an Intermediate Divine Lord would not be so easily dealt with.

The only explanation was that Wu Hao must be a Late Divine Lord or an even stronger figure beyond that stage.

Thinking this, Emperor Jingrang trembled all over. A Late Divine Lord was unquestionably a foe he could never defeat no matter what tricks he used.

Moreover, Emperor Jingrang had some knowledge of the few godly figures beyond the Late Divine Lord stage in the entire Divine Realm, yet Wu Hao before him was not recorded anywhere in his memory. So who exactly was this mysterious Wu Hao?

“No, I have to self-destruct; otherwise, who knows what might happen if I fall into the hands of such a powerful enemy.”

Emperor Jingrang had his pride. Now that he knew he was no match for Wu Hao and couldn’t escape, self-destruction was clearly the most sensible course of action.

So without hesitation, Emperor Jingrang chose to self-destruct.

Wu Hao, holding the Forbidden Divine Source in his hand, paid no attention to Jingrang’s self-destruction. Instead, as Jingrang detonated, Wu Hao reached out and blocked the blast to prevent it from affecting the surroundings.

“Husband, what exactly is that?”

Su Qiaoran looked at the Forbidden Divine Source in Wu Hao’s hand and inexplicably felt a wave of unease and irritation, as if the object was some great taboo.

Wu Hao shook his head.

“I don’t know either. This thing doesn’t seem to belong to the Three Thousand Daos, nor is it an artifact of the Divine Realm.”

His expression grew heavy as he spoke. He knew that most things born within the Divine Realm were formed under the power of the Three Thousand Daos. To some extent, the Heavenly Emperor’s Myriad Dao Sutra within him could sense what forces composed them.

But this Forbidden Divine Source left him completely clueless.

After a fruitless investigation, Wu Hao sealed the Forbidden Divine Source within his body. He could sense that the Forbidden Divine Source began to stir violently after Emperor Jingrang’s fall. Although it was sealed and guarded by him, the power of the Forbidden Divine Source still uncontrollably affected Su Qiaoran.

Wu Hao could see clearly that if this continued, Su Qiaoran’s mind and body would suffer irreversible damage.

Only after Wu Hao secured the Forbidden Divine Source did Su Qiaoran start to feel considerably better.

“So, husband, are you planning to investigate that thing?”

Qiaoran had noticed that Wu Hao hadn’t destroyed the Forbidden Divine Source, so she quickly guessed his intentions.

Wu Hao didn’t hide anything and nodded in agreement.

“That’s right. This thing might actually be interesting.”

“But can you really investigate it properly with just such a small piece?”

Qiaoran asked, puzzled.

Wu Hao shook his head, then looked toward the direction where Emperor Jingrang had self-destructed before speaking.

“It doesn’t matter. Isn’t there someone who knows about it?”

“But didn’t Emperor Jingrang self-destruct?”

Su Qiaoran looked even more confused. Wu Hao didn’t explain and simply snapped his fingers.

The next moment, time around them began to reverse continuously, but Wu Hao controlled the range—it was limited only to the area where Emperor Jingrang had self-destructed.

Before long, rays of light gathered from the edges of the Jingran Domain toward them, and within just a few moments, the light converged, quickly restoring the scene to how it was before Emperor Jingrang’s self-destruction.

Emperor Jingrang appeared completely stunned. “I self-destructed, didn’t I? How am I back to life?” But before he could feel happy, he saw Wu Hao nearby wearing a wicked grin and staring straight at him.

“Not good!”

Emperor Jingrang cursed inwardly. Just as he was about to self-destruct again, Wu Hao didn’t give him the chance. With merely a thought, he froze Emperor Jingrang in place.

“I’m actually quite curious—where exactly did you learn to create this kind of technique? But it seems you don’t want to say. Since that’s the case, let me take a closer look myself.”

Wu Hao walked toward Emperor Jingrang and reached out, pressing his hand onto the latter’s head. In an instant, a terrifying force of Divine Soul power surged into Emperor Jingrang’s divine soul, searching everywhere for memories related to the Forbidden Divine Source.

For weaker cultivators, Wu Hao could probe memories without physical contact, but for someone at Emperor Jingrang’s level, he had to reach out and get close to access those memories.

“Oh, found it.”

After a brief search, Wu Hao quickly located a memory with some clues. But before he could investigate further, Emperor Jingrang suddenly writhed in intense pain. Pale red veins spread across his body, soon enveloping him completely.

“Trying to kill someone in front of me? You really don’t take me seriously, do you.”

Wu Hao snorted coldly. Channeling all his power into Emperor Jingrang’s body, he aimed to counterbalance the forbidden energy flowing within him.

However, Wu Hao knew deep down that Emperor Jingrang couldn’t hold out for long. All he could do was hurry and finish reading that memory.

But just as Wu Hao had barely started extracting the information, Emperor Jingrang could no longer endure it and exploded instantaneously.

Seeing this, Wu Hao’s expression darkened to the extreme. He hadn’t expected that someone could still erase Emperor Jingrang right under his watch.

“I wonder if the power of the Law of Time can still restore Emperor Jingrang.”

Wu Hao stretched out his left hand, and a surge of emerald-green power emerged from it. In an instant, it affected the surrounding Time, but as the Time rewound, Emperor Jingrang no longer appeared.

“Completely erased? Not even a trace of the Origin Power left?”

Wu Hao’s expression grew even uglier. To be completely erased, one would need at least the combat strength of a God Emperor. Otherwise, it would be impossible to wipe someone out entirely.

In other words, the force that erased Emperor Jingrang must be at least at the God Emperor Realm, and its power might rival his own. Otherwise, there would have been no way to eliminate Emperor Jingrang while he was under Wu Hao’s protection.

“Things are getting more and more perplexing.”

Wu Hao sensed that the situation was slipping beyond his control.