Both My Parents Are Supremes—Why Should I Fear a Child of Destiny? - Chapter 16:

Chapter 16: A Champion Tailored to Win

As the first rays of morning sunlight shone into the small courtyard on Chenyang Peak, Su Ming stopped cultivating and opened his eyes. “Time’s up…” Before he even finished speaking, the bell that signaled all young disciples of the Trinity Saint Sect to gather rang through the air. Su Ming stood up, straightened his slightly messy robe, and walked down from Chenyang Peak. According to the original novel, the sect competition of the Trinity Saint Sect would last for three full days. Thousands of disciples would compete on the arena stage through a lottery system, with winners advancing until a champion was crowned. In the original plot, the final battle was between the Child of Destiny Chu Fan and the Devouring Demon Lord. Even based on current developments, the final clash should still be Su Ming versus Chu Fan. However, in the original, the victor was Chu Fan, but this time, it would be Su Ming! If he couldn’t even change this outcome, then there was no point in talking about defying fate. He might as well find a well-located burial site and lie down in it himself.

At the sect square, the elders watched as disciples gradually gathered. In past years, they would marvel at the disciples’ rapid growth, but this year’s results caught them off guard. Among thousands of young disciples, only a small number had surpassed the 6th stage of the Extraordinary Realm. The rest were below this level. One must understand that in the previous generation, nearly 1,000 disciples had surpassed this realm, with several hundred at the peak of the Extraordinary Realm and even dozens reaching the Longevity Realm. “Is this the decline of our younger generation?” 

“Not everyone is here yet, let’s wait and see.” As more disciples arrived, the elders grew increasingly uneasy. Only when Su Ming appeared did they breathe a sigh of relief. Yet, Su Ming’s special identity still left them feeling helpless. Only when Li Jianping arrived with Chu Fan did the upper echelon finally feel reassured. Their sect indeed still had another super genius besides Su Ming.

In the crowd, Chu Fan looked provocatively at Su Ming. He couldn’t wait to see Su Ming’s miserable expression after being defeated. “Su Ming, I’m going to beat you until you kneel at my feet and beg me to stop!” However, Su Ming merely sensed Chu Fan’s realm for a moment, then dismissed him. Just the 3rd stage of the Longevity Realm—did he deserve Su Ming’s attention?

At that moment, Li Jianping began announcing the rules of this sect competition. “You will soon enter a Secret Realm where numerous demonic beasts—and even vicious beasts—exist!” 

The mention of vicious beasts caused an uproar among the disciples. Vicious beasts were terrifying beings born at the Longevity Realm, often with innate divine abilities. 

Yet Li Jianping acted as if he hadn’t heard the commotion and continued reading the rules. “Your task is to slay demonic beasts within the Secret Realm to earn points. At sunset, the top 300 disciples by points will advance to the next round. The rest will be eliminated on the spot!”

“The detailed rules will soon be transmitted to your disciple tokens. Now, follow me to the entrance of the Secret Realm!”

While Li Jianping spoke, Su Ming noticed the shocked expressions on the faces of the elders on the platform. So he decisively looked toward Chu Fan’s position, and the latter immediately returned a provocative glare. 

“The rules are different from the original novel. Judging by the elders’ reactions, Li Jianping must have changed them on the spot, and Chu Fan was likely informed in advance…” 

“Since you’re no longer pretending, I’ll stop acting too.”

Following the crowd, Su Ming arrived at the entrance of the Secret Realm. 

These pocket worlds with independent spatial rules held countless opportunities within. Especially when Li Jianping declared that everything acquired inside belonged to the individual, the crowd boiled with excitement. Under his command, the thousands of young disciples began entering the Secret Realm. 

Su Ming deliberately walked just behind Chu Fan and noticed something unusual. Just before entering, Chu Fan clearly paused in his movement. It was obvious—Li Jianping had transmitted something to him through voice transmission.

After all the disciples had entered the Secret Realm, Li Jianping turned to Su Ming, who remained outside. “Why haven’t you gone in? Are you forfeiting?” 

“I just want to ask the Sect Master one thing—why is Chu Fan, who was imprisoned in Flame Prison Cliff, allowed to participate in the sect competition?” 

“Although Chu Fan made a mistake, this is the sect competition. Every disciple deserves a fair chance. This is about fairness.” 

“If that’s so, I’ll look forward to the Sect Master’s so-called fairness.” Su Ming took a step toward the Secret Realm and, just before stepping in, said in a voice barely audible, “Sect Master, I’m not satisfied with your answer. I believe my parents won’t be satisfied either…” 

Before Li Jianping could respond, Su Ming’s figure vanished into the Secret Realm. 

“Your parents can’t even protect themselves anymore! You think I’ll fall for your bluff?! Once that treasure of yours is in my hands, I’ll make sure you can neither live nor die!”

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(Inside the Secret Realm)

Su Ming checked the point rules on his disciple token. Killing a 1st stage Extraordinary Realm demonic beast gave 1 point, with each stage higher granting an additional point. A 1st stage Longevity Realm beast gave 100 points, with 100 more points for each additional stage. As for vicious beasts… killing one would reward 5,000 points! T

he token also clearly stated that disciples could attack each other, and the winner would seize all of the loser’s points. With the token in hand, any disciple near death would be instantly transported out of the Secret Realm, so no one would die by accident or be killed by a beast. However, if one was defeated and forced out by a beast, their points would be cleared. To keep one’s points, the only option was to survive until sunset.

But Su Ming didn’t care much about the points. What concerned him was the environment within the Secret Realm. With his innate Dao Bone, he could clearly sense the intrinsic rules of this Secret Realm. It was based on the fire and metal elements. 

Disciples who cultivated in these paths would find it much easier to explore. 

However, for those on other paths, this place was extremely unfriendly. Different paths would face blockage when circulating spiritual Qi, and absorption efficiency would drop sharply. After all, the environment was filled with fire and metal attribute spiritual Qi. If your attribute was compatible, that was fine. But if it was conflicting, trying to absorb it was no different than swallowing poison.

“This is clearly an environment designed to benefit Chu Fan. He naturally suppresses metal-path beasts, and after gaining the Flame Sun Fire Body, he can even ignore same-level fire-path beasts.” Obviously, this first round was completely tailored for Chu Fan. “It seems Li Jianping wants Chu Fan to improve his cultivation in this Secret Realm and mold him into a champion.” 

“Since you’re playing it that way, don’t blame me for showing no mercy.” 

“System, can you lock onto Chu Fan’s location?” 

[Yes.] 

“Good. Lock onto him. I’m going to physically steal every opportunity he has in this Secret Realm!”