Reborn After 3,000 Years, I Adopted the Future Empress - Chapter 3:

Chapter 3: One Night, Three Heavenly Phenomena

After returning to the family estate, Ye Chen asked Xiu’er to take Qing’er to wash up. At this moment, Qing’er had already finished, dressed in a light green winter coat. She looked even more like a finely crafted porcelain doll.

“Sorry, Qing’er disturbed your cultivation, Brother. I’ll leave right away!” Qing’er had rushed over after changing, but when she saw Ye Chen in seclusion, she grew anxious, afraid to interrupt him. She didn’t know whether to enter or leave, so she simply stood silently behind him.

“No need to leave,” Ye Chen said, having already guessed that the surrounding spiritual energy was being gathered by Qing’er. He added, “You can come even closer.”

Sure enough, as Qing’er moved closer, Ye Chen felt even more spiritual energy gathering around him. His expression grew increasingly shocked. Just standing there, Qing’er was like a super Spirit Gathering Array, drawing in a vast amount of spiritual energy. What kind of physique was this? Could it be the near-mythical Imperial Physique of the Profound Sky Continent? Or perhaps even the legendary Immortal Physique?

Whatever it was, Ye Chen had clearly struck gold. In the future, he only needed to have Qing’er by his side while cultivating, and spiritual energy would flood in like crazy. His cultivation efficiency would double with half the effort.

“Brother, when will you teach me how to cultivate? Mother used to tell me that even a slow bird must start flying early. I want to begin cultivation soon. I don’t want to keep being your burden.”

Seeing that Ye Chen had stopped cultivating, Qing’er couldn’t hold back anymore.

Ye Chen quickly shook his head. How could Qing’er be his burden? She was clearly a walking super Spirit Gathering Array!

Facing her eager eyes, Ye Chen pulled out a manual and handed it to her, saying, “This is the Beginner’s Guide to Cultivation. It has nine volumes in total. Start by reading the first volume and get familiar with it. If there’s anything you don’t understand, I’ll explain it in detail after I finish my seclusion.”

Qing’er accepted the manual like it was a priceless treasure and began flipping through it eagerly.

Ye Chen resumed his seclusion. Now that his cultivation level had already advanced, the next step was to upgrade his martial meridians. If he could upgrade from royal-grade to emperor-grade martial meridians tonight, then no matter what trump cards Lin Tian used in tomorrow’s duel, he would be absolutely invincible.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!…

Suddenly, thunderous rumbles echoed across the sky. Countless people in the Imperial Capital were startled awake from their dreams. As they looked up toward the sky in the direction of the noise, they were instantly dumbfounded.

Up in the skies tens of thousands of meters high, silver light had condensed into a silver flood dragon over 1,000 meters long. It was lifelike and coiled arrogantly through the clouds…

A celestial phenomenon!

It was said that only peerless geniuses—during physique awakening or martial meridian upgrades—could trigger such a phenomenon.

This was the first time in the history of the Sword Empire that a celestial phenomenon had appeared!

While still shocked, everyone couldn’t help but think of one name—Ye Chen.

Ye Chen might have been a bit of a spendthrift and somewhat reckless, but his talent and looks were both top-tier. He was undoubtedly the Sword Empire’s number one heaven’s favored child. If such a phenomenon wasn’t triggered by Ye Chen, who else could it be?

How laughable that Lin Tian, the Lin family’s adopted son, still dared challenge Ye Chen to a duel. Tomorrow, he would probably be defeated in a single move.

“Hahaha! My son truly has the bearing of a heaven’s favored child!” Outside the War King Manor, Ye Wuyá looked proudly at the silver flood dragon circling above the Imperial Capital.

He strode to Ye Chen’s courtyard and stood guard himself.

Inside the courtyard, Ye Chen naturally noticed the celestial phenomenon. He wasn’t surprised at all. In his previous life, this exact phenomenon had appeared around the same time, and almost everyone in the Imperial Capital—including himself—had thought it was triggered by him.

But the truth was, it had been caused by Lin Tian.

Lin Tian’s martial meridians had already reached the royal-grade back then, and that night, they had advanced to emperor-grade.

During the duel the next day, Lin Tian revealed his emperor-grade martial meridians and defeated Ye Chen in a single move thanks to their overwhelming power.

But this life was different. Ye Chen could clearly feel that with the massive absorption of spiritual energy, his martial meridians were on the verge of upgrading. He would soon break through to emperor-grade.

Meanwhile, in a courtyard of the Lin family, Lin Tian stood dressed in black, his features sharp though not as stunning as Ye Chen’s—still, he was undeniably handsome.

“Senior, I’ve successfully upgraded to emperor-grade martial meridians!” Lin Tian said excitedly, his voice trembling.

Within his body, a cold female voice echoed with rare praise, “On the Profound Sky Continent, martial meridians are everything. Upgrading to emperor-grade at just sixteen years old… your future has no limits.”

Lin Tian’s excitement intensified. “It’s ridiculous how everyone in the Imperial Capital—even that fool Ye Chen—still thinks this celestial phenomenon was caused by him. They’re all convinced I’ll be crushed by Ye Chen in tomorrow’s duel.”

Clearly, he was eager for the night to pass quickly so he could shock everyone in tomorrow’s duel. When they saw his emperor-grade martial meridians, especially Ye Chen, their expressions would be priceless.

But the cold female voice turned stern, “A mere heaven’s favored child from a tiny Imperial Capital is just a stepping stone on your path. Defeat him in one move and move on. Don’t get complacent.”

“Remember, the Sword Empire—and even the entire Eastern Wasteland—are too small for you. Your path lies across the whole Profound Sky Continent!”

Lin Tian nodded deeply. The Sword Empire was indeed too small. His martial meridian breakthrough had triggered a phenomenon of unprecedented scale. It would likely be the first and last time the empire saw such a thing.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!…

Suddenly, an even more deafening roar cut through his thoughts.

He instinctively looked up and was completely stunned.

In the sky above the Imperial Capital, a golden dragon tens of thousands of meters long condensed from brilliant golden light. It soared majestically, completely overshadowing the silver flood dragon he had summoned. The silver one looked like a mere loach in comparison…

One wave hadn’t settled before another rose.

The Sword Empire, which had never seen even a single celestial phenomenon before, had now seen two in one night—and each more domineering than the last.

Everyone in the Imperial Capital felt like they were dreaming.

“Who triggered this second phenomenon?” Lin Tian finally muttered after a long silence. The thought that someone in this tiny capital could summon an even greater phenomenon made his face twist with jealousy.

“If I’m not mistaken, you’re likely a legendary dual-meridian physique. In simple terms, you have a second set of martial meridians about to awaken. This even more dominant celestial phenomenon was triggered by your second set,” the cold female voice said, her tone now filled with surprise and excitement.

Dual-meridian physique!

An extremely rare existence even across the entire Profound Sky Continent. Who would’ve thought that a remnant soul like her would stumble upon such a treasure? Her luck was truly off the charts!

“Dual-meridian physique… hahaha! I actually have a dual-meridian physique!” Lin Tian’s face twisted again—this time from overwhelming joy.

He didn’t fully grasp what dual-meridians meant, but anything that could make the usually calm senior so excited—and trigger such a powerful celestial phenomenon—had to be something heaven-defying!

Right now, all he wanted was to rise into the air, overlook the Imperial Capital, and shout—Who else?

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!…

Just then, an even more terrifying roar tore through the skies.

The heavens tens of millions of meters above cracked open, releasing a strange green light that poured down like floodwaters. It condensed into a colossal green sword over 100,000 meters long, like a heavenly mountain descending from the skies.

The silver flood dragon trembled. The golden dragon cowered.

The supreme aura made everyone in the Imperial Capital feel a suffocating pressure, compelling them to kneel and worship!

“Senior, was this most powerful celestial phenomenon also caused by me? Am I actually a triple-meridian physique?” Lin Tian asked, stunned yet hopeful.

But the cold female voice remained silent for a long time.

Triple-meridian physique? Impossible. No such existence had ever appeared across the entire Profound Sky Continent. Lin Tian definitely couldn’t be it.

But if it wasn’t Lin Tian… who had triggered this unprecedented, godlike celestial phenomenon?

In the Ye family courtyard, Ye Chen was equally shocked.

Just moments ago, he had successfully upgraded his martial meridians, and the golden dragon had been his doing—clearly suppressing the silver flood dragon Lin Tian had summoned. That had pleased him.

But now, this green sword that could destroy all… who had summoned it?

He turned around instinctively and looked at Qing’er again.

And what he saw almost made his jaw fall off.