Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Watching Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu leave, Sun Shijin’s face was already beaming with joy...

’Rest? The hell with resting! How could I possibly sleep now?’

’I’m going to research Destiny Bones! I’ll make a Divine Bone look ordinary, and I’ll make it so no one can detect the aura of a Life-taking Bone.’

’I... I... I...’

’I’ll be damned, I actually have a student with a Divine Bone! Am I dreaming?’

’Damn, damn, damn! They’re both Life-taking Bones, so why is there such a huge difference? I’ve been at Dragon Flame Academy for decades, piling up one unlucky event after another. But the moment Lu Chao arrived, he immediately started to rise.’

’It’s just one good thing after another.’

The Divine Bone Nine Sons Array, the talent and methods of the five from Azure Flame, the support of Marquis Longyin and even the Dragon Flame King...

And now, he had a Divine Bone-level student.

’I can’t be too careless. I can’t get carried away. A crisis could strike at any moment.’

’I need to be low-key. I need to be cautious.’

Sun Shijin sternly warned himself again, but he couldn’t stop the excitement from exploding in his heart.

At the same time, Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu returned to their room...

They took out the five Demon Beast Heavenly Destiny Bones and began to fuse them according to Sun Shijin’s method.

Cheng Yunsu once again entered a state of Cultivation, while Lu Chao, who hadn’t slept for three days and three nights, simply fell asleep beside her.

Whether it would be effective or not would only be known tomorrow.

「...」

In Wu Caicai’s room...

Uncle Leng said bitterly, ”Miss, with Wu Yiyi being treated like this, I’m afraid you really won’t be able to stay in the Hundred Flames Trading Company any longer.”

In response, Wu Caicai’s gaze was calm...

”It’s about time I fought back a little.”

”If this continues, my mother will die of grief, and I will one day just follow in her footsteps. If I hadn’t been accepted into Tiger Flame Academy two years ago, I’d already be the wife or concubine of some rich wastrel.”

Uncle Leng’s heart went cold. ’If Miss Caicai hadn’t been accepted into Tiger Flame Academy, she would have been used by the family head for a marriage alliance.’

”Hero Lu... he’s truly extraordinary.”

”I’ll take it one step at a time. Maybe my father will really be moved by a top-ten Martial Technique of the Great Wu?”

”We’ll just have to see what happens next. It’s just that I might end up owing Hero Lu a huge favor.”

Wu Caicai’s voice was faint, but her eyes were extremely determined. From the moment she withdrew from the Tiger Institute, she had already prepared for the worst.

Now, Lu Chao had given her and her mother a chance, and she had to seize it.

「...」

Not far from the courtyard where Dragon Flame was staying, two Su Family Elders were sizing up Su Shangmo from head to toe...

One of them asked, ”What the hell are you playing at? Why are you helping Dragon Flame Academy?”

Su Shangmo replied softly, ”Elders, I feel we need to do something. We can’t just keep coercing the fake Lu Chao. Perhaps we should give up on taking over Dragon Flame Academy and instead choose to trust in the fake Lu Chao’s abilities.”

”You’ve seen it, too. The fake Lu Chao has already established a connection with Marquis Longyin. In the future, he’s certain to receive the support of the Dragon Flame King.”

”Acting now is like providing timely assistance. If we wait any longer, it won’t even count as adding icing on the cake.”

He said a lot all at once, but inwardly, he gave a wry, silent laugh.

’In truth, Su Shangmo’s help was merely icing on the cake. He had only acted after discovering that Cheng Yunsu had awakened a second Heavenly Destiny Bone.’

’So now, he had decided to listen to Cheng Yunsu...’

’...which meant temporarily concealing the matter of her top-level Saint Bone, not even telling the two Elders for the time being.’

The two Su Family Elders exchanged a brief glance, their brows furrowed deeply.

One of the Elders said, ”What you’ve said does make sense. The fake Lu Chao has indeed exceeded our expectations. For him to frustrate Zeng Quan and the others so much along the way is quite impressive.”

However, the second Elder spoke coldly...

”What’s the use? He’s horribly offended all of Beast Flame.”

”And he refuses to let us take over Dragon Flame Academy. In the end, he’ll just be a flash in the pan. The Dragon Flame King can’t win against the Six Great Flame Kings.”

The two Su Family Elders’ opinions actually differed.

Then the two of them actually started arguing. One felt they should support Lu Chao, while the other insisted they had to make Lu Chao back down.

This left Su Shangmo utterly speechless...

Suddenly, Su Shangmo interrupted, ”Elders, please stop arguing. As long as Dragon Flame Academy can pass tomorrow’s third trial, we’ll stop mentioning taking over Dragon Flame Academy and just invite the fake Lu Chao’s family back to Saint Su City.”

Using the third trial as the deadline...

As long as Dragon Flame Academy could pass it successfully, they would completely let everything go and treat Lu Chao with sincerity.

The two Elders exchanged a brief glance and finally agreed.

「...」

Inside the ancient manor of the Azure Flame Seven Walls, a group of students from the Small Institutes, who had been approved by Marquis Longyin, stepped inside.

Among them were Senior Sister Sky Cliff and others...

When they stood before the two restoration diagrams on the first stone wall, they were all stunned, each one seeming to fall into a state of deep observation and enlightenment.

They had all heard of the Azure Flame Seven Walls, but they never expected that someone could restore them completely.

Although this wasn’t some powerful Martial Technique, it could build a formidable foundation in the Martial Dao, which was of immense benefit to young people.

The next moment, Marquis Longyin began to speak. ”First, listen to me for a moment...”

As the students from the Small Institutes looked up, Marquis Longyin continued, ”These two sets of restoration diagrams were made by two different people. One is by Predecessor Dongfang Ren, and the other is by someone from Dragon Flame Academy.”

”You only have this one night to observe them. When the sun rises, I will erase everything.”

”What you must prepare for is tomorrow’s revival battle. You cannot afford to slack off.”

”Also...”

”If you feel that observing Dragon Flame Academy’s restoration diagrams means you’ll owe them a favor, then don’t observe them.”

Marquis Longyin didn’t directly say that it was Lu Chao who had restored them.

After all, he was too young and could easily be met with disdain.

And letting the students from the Small Institutes come to observe was, naturally, also part of a plan to have the Small Institutes and Dragon Flame Academy fight side by side.

Especially after they officially joined Beast Flame Academy in the future, the Small Institutes and Dragon Flame Academy could jointly oppose the Seven Great Inner Courtyards... ’You’ve received so many favors from Lu Chao; let’s see if you can still remain indifferent.’

The group of students from the Small Institutes looked at each other in dismay...

Afterward, more than half of them walked toward Dongfang Ren’s restoration diagrams, leaving only a small portion in front of Lu Chao’s.

Some made up their minds to only look at Dongfang Ren’s, not wanting to get too entangled with Dragon Flame Academy.

But some students decided to look at both.

’Hadn’t they already owed Dragon Flame Academy enough favors? Their ability to even get this far was almost single-handedly brought about by Dragon Flame Academy.’

’If they had the chance, they would definitely have to act on Dragon Flame Academy’s behalf.’

「...」

Inside the conference hall of the Beast Flame Inner Courtyard, the atmosphere was explosive.

At this moment, the Dean of the Wolf Institute couldn’t help but say sarcastically, ”I really didn’t expect the strongest genius of the Saint Bone Zheng Family to be such a hopeless romantic.”

Zeng Quan’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. The events of tonight were simply infuriating.

Zheng Zhuhe was such a disappointment.

”The Saint Bone Zheng Family suffered the biggest loss here. Zhuhe is still young, so please bear with him a little.”

Zeng Quan could only thicken his skin and apologize to everyone...

The words had barely left his mouth when the Dean of the Tiger Institute snorted coldly, ”The other matters are irrelevant. But tonight’s operation was a complete failure. Not a single Dragon Flame Student was taken care of. Now, you tell me, what should we do?”