Chapter 237: “Ascending to Heaven”

Chen Xiao stared at the scroll slowly unfolding before him and instantly understood.
No wonder even the Void Gods who came here felt unable to locate the Remnant Heaven Map—actually, the moment one entered this mountain, they were already inside it. It was like searching for a donkey while riding one.
The moment the Remnant Heaven Map appeared, the misty mountain instantly returned to its normal state. The super-tier ferocious beasts were reduced to their original forms, becoming lower-tier beasts. Even those that had survived the thunder tribulation and reached the Origin Realm reverted to their true forms.
Chen Xiao reached out, slowly grasping toward the massive scroll, but his hand passed through nothing. The map itself seemed to be an indistinct illusion—although it appeared real, it was like a shadow, visible but untouchable.
Chen Xiao frowned slightly. The next moment, his mental energy slowly penetrated into the Heavenly Map in his sea of consciousness, attempting to communicate with the purple-hued shadow within it.
Within the Heavenly Map were the shadows of nine worlds. Those shadows, which had gradually taken shape by absorbing the purple energy from the corpses of previously dead ferocious beasts, seemed connected to this Remnant Heaven Map.
As Chen Xiao’s mental energy made contact with those shadows, suddenly, a massive willpower surged from them. His eyes instantly turned golden.
“The Nine Heavens’ Mysterious Spirit, the Mysterious Spirit Seal of the Nine Heavens! The first of the Nine Heavens—Zixiao Heaven—has returned!”
Boom!
Chen Xiao’s body trembled violently. Golden blood gushed from every pore in his body, all absorbed by the Remnant Heaven Map.
The next moment, the scroll transformed into a purple shadow and merged into the Heavenly Map in his sea of consciousness. It seemed as though a world was trying to force its way into Chen Xiao’s body, and his body’s strength was far too weak to withstand such terrifying power.
The form of the divine artifact Snowflakes Drifting appeared instantly. After being scorched by the icy-blue Origin Spirit Fire, it seemed to have evolved, its power now countless times greater than when Chen Xiao first obtained it.
Snowflakes Drifting manifested as a swirling mass of bloodlight, completely protecting Chen Xiao’s body.
Pfft!
Chen Xiao could no longer hold back; a mouthful of blood sprayed out. Severe pain ravaged his mind. If not for his strong will, he would have collapsed instantly. His bones also emitted groans under the strain. Without Snowflakes Drifting’s protection, he would have completely broken down.
After an unknown amount of time, the immense power gradually receded, merging entirely into the Heavenly Map.
Chen Xiao was drenched in sweat. He slumped to the ground, his body’s Chaos Primordial God power slowly flowing back, restoring his strength.
Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s expression changed. Something seemed to have appeared in his memories, flickering intermittently.
“This is… ‘Ascending to Heaven’? What the hell is this?”
Chen Xiao blinked and quickly began to read with his mental energy.

“It turns out to be a magic technique passed down from the Heavenly Map?” Chen Xiao read it carefully but found it extremely mysterious. Although it appeared in his memory, he couldn’t truly practice it—he simply couldn’t understand it.

There was no other reason; he just couldn’t comprehend it. However, the Heavenly Map seemed to record many attack, support, and summoning techniques, which Chen Xiao could somewhat understand and utilize. But these techniques all shared one common feature: they required the chaotic energy flowing from the Heavenly Map to be used. After glancing through those techniques briefly, Chen Xiao stopped paying attention to them.

At that moment, the purple virtual world within the Heavenly Map was gradually taking shape, seemingly on its way to becoming a real world. Yet it was still far from being a true world—only semi-physical.

The “Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa” began to operate at full capacity. Although the Heavenly Map and the main divine entity within Chen Xiao’s body were continuously providing him with energy, his systematic cultivation methods at this time were only the newly acquired “Sheng Tian” and this “Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa”.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Xiao slowly opened his eyes. What came into view was Yu Ye Lin Feng’s smiling face.

“Uncle Yu Ye.”

Seeing Yu Ye Lin Feng, Chen Xiao quickly stood up.

“Did you get it?” Yu Ye Lin Feng asked with a smile.

“I did.” Chen Xiao stretched out his hand, and the virtual image of the incomplete Heavenly Map appeared briefly in his hand before disappearing.

“Very good, very good…” Yu Ye Lin Feng laughed heartily, clearly pleased. But Chen Xiao couldn’t figure out whether this guy was happy that he had obtained the incomplete Heavenly Map or that his family’s “backyard” had been freed.

After a while, Yu Ye Lin Feng stopped smiling and spoke in a somewhat serious tone, “Chen Xiao, I came here to tell you some bad news.”

“Bad news?” Chen Xiao was stunned. “Has the Dragon family started causing trouble again?”

Yu Ye Lin Feng nodded. “A month ago, when you took back the incomplete Heavenly Map, we understood the implications. Now, the piece of the incomplete Heavenly Map belonging to the Qing Ye family has been taken by the Dragon family.”

“What?!” Chen Xiao jumped up abruptly. He hadn’t realized it had taken him a whole month. “How is that possible?! Without the Nine Heavens Mysterious Spirit Seal, how could they get the incomplete Heavenly Map? And why would the Qing Ye family give it to the Dragon family?”

Urgency appeared in Chen Xiao’s tone.

“The Dragon family exchanged three sacred artifacts to obtain it from the Qing Ye family,” Yu Ye Lin Feng shook his head and continued, “A month ago, when you took back the incomplete Heavenly Map, the Dragon family also had many spies observing secretly. Since the incomplete Heavenly Map was integrated into space, the Dragon family used their Virtual Gods and the laws of Virtual Gods to move the entire space where it existed.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiao lightly licked his lips.

“What about the Xue Ye family?”

“Hehe, the head of the Xue Ye family is after all your grandfather. His daughter, your mother, went missing because of the Dragon family. How could he possibly give the incomplete Heavenly Map to them?” Yu Ye Lin Feng smiled slightly.

Hearing what Yu Ye Linfeng said, Chen Xiao finally felt a little relieved.
“The Three Fragments of Heaven Map—only by obtaining all three can I find my parents’ whereabouts…”
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth and said, “I’m troubling Uncle Yu Ye. Um, I’ll go to the Xue Ye family now to get that fragment from them, and then I’ll deal with the Long family.”
Chen Xiao knew that the Long family was likely setting a trap for him, but he had to get those three fragments no matter what in order to search for his parents. And the Long family had to be destroyed.
“Mm,” Yu Ye Linfeng nodded and said, “I’ll have Xiao Chen accompany you so you can watch each other’s backs.”
Then, Yu Ye Linfeng added, “When you arrive at the Xue Ye family, don’t hold back. Although your grandfather is the head of the family, he can’t withstand the pressure from the entire clan. Act when it’s time—don’t hesitate.”
Hearing Yu Ye Linfeng’s words, Chen Xiao was initially stunned before understanding, and he nodded.
…
The Xue Ye family was similar to the Yu Ye family—both were vast areas of sunlight, built like ancient cities.
The Three Nights families were connected; although the three areas of sunlight were far apart, there were teleportation arrays linking them.
Yu Ye Xiao Chen took Chen Xiao to the Xue Ye family’s area of sunlight. This time, they didn’t enter boldly like before.
“Please announce our arrival. Say it’s Yu Ye Xiao Chen, the young master of the Yu Ye family, who is here to visit,” Yu Ye Xiao Chen said politely to the guards at the entrance.
But before the guard could respond, another voice came from behind, “Oh, I wonder who this is… Isn’t it Yu Ye Xiao Chen, the second young master of the Yu Ye family? Hehehe, you and your brother Yu Ye Xiaoyao are both failures—famous throughout the world of superpowers.”
The voice was extremely hostile, full of sarcasm, aimed entirely at Yu Ye Xiao Chen.
Chen Xiao raised his head and followed the sound. He saw a flashy-clothed youth. The boy seemed to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his strength had reached the terrifying ninth level.
A ninth-level superpower user at that age was an absolute genius, almost a monster, both on Earth and in the world of superpowers.
Yu Ye Xiao Chen was a bit older than Chen Xiao, around twelve or thirteen, but his cultivation was only at the fifth level. In the eyes of such a genius, he was nothing but a failure.
“Huh? Yu Ye Xiao Chen, it seems the person you brought today is also a failure—a third-level superpower user. Hehehehe…”
The boy burst into laughter, while the two guards exchanged glances, not knowing what to do.
To avoid drawing too much attention, Chen Xiao deliberately suppressed his cultivation to the third level. Ordinary superpower users couldn’t detect his true strength.
Third-level superpower users were common in the world of superpowers, and in the eyes of ordinary users, they were already considered strong.

“Xueye Yinxing, I think you’d better brush your teeth more often to clean that stinky mouth of yours,” Yuye Xiaochen retorted with a cold snort. “You may be a genius, but you need to change your attitude. Otherwise, if you accidentally offend someone you shouldn’t, and they wipe you out, it will be a waste of the Xueye family’s years of investment in you.”
Hearing Yuye Xiaochen’s words, Xueye Yinxing snorted coldly, stepped through the gate, then turned around and said viciously, “Yuye Xiaochen, I know why you’re here. You’re trying to intercede for that Chen Xiao, urging the family to hand over the Tian Tu to him? Let me tell you—stop daydreaming. That old fool Xueye Qingzhu is already under the control of the Elders Council. It won’t be long before he loses his position as family head.”
Xueye Qingzhu was Chen Xiao’s grandfather and the current head of the Xueye family.
Upon hearing Xueye Yinxing’s words, Chen Xiao’s expression immediately darkened.
“Hmph, act when it’s time to act… Since the Xueye family treats my grandfather like this, why should I be polite to you?”