The Strongest Mythical Emperor-Chapter 1138: Astounding Secret

"Wait, you said your mother told you this?"

Qin Jun frowned, feeling something contradictory in Qin Lingming’s words.

He didn’t believe that Zhu Yanqing would have told these things to Qin Lingming from his birth, and even if she did, would Qin Lingming hold a grudge as he grew up?

Qin Lingming took a deep breath and said, "The Time-Space Forbidden Land of the future belongs to you, and it is also the greatest forbidden area of Great Qin’s Heavenly Court. You’ll understand in the future."

"Let’s go find the other me now!"

The other me?

Qin Jun’s pupils shrank, and he hurriedly said, "Do you mean that you and I come from different times?"

Qin Lingming rolled his eyes and said, "No kidding, if it weren’t for the fact that you wanted to temper me, I wouldn’t have come here."

So that’s it!

This son is essentially from the future, not his current son.

Qin Jun breathed a sigh of relief, damn it, if he went back to find his son older than himself, wouldn’t he become a laughingstock?

Immediately after, his heart tensed again.

Does this mean that little Lingming might still be in danger now?

Seeing Qin Jun’s expression change dramatically, Qin Lingming said irritably, "I’m alive and well now, which means the younger me is still alive. If he had died, I would also vanish from the river of fate."

With those words, Qin Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

What Qin Lingming said was true, but he was still extremely anxious, not wanting anything to happen to little Lingming.

After all, that was his son.

"Ding! Side quest triggered—Save Qin Lingming! Quest details: The host’s son has gone missing in the Time-Space Forbidden Land. If the host finds him and ensures his survival, the host will receive one God and Demon summoning opportunity, one die-hard peak opportunity, one God and Demon dungeon opportunity, two random lottery chances, and one sage search opportunity!"

The system notification suddenly sounded, but Qin Jun couldn’t care less, even without the system quest, he had to find little Lingming.

"Did the future me ever tell you where I found you?"

Qin Jun promptly asked, preferring the adorable little Lingming; this son in front of him, over five thousand years old, felt awkward no matter how he looked at him.

Qin Lingming took a deep breath and said, "You did tell me, come with me!"

After speaking, he turned around and took a step, but then his footsteps hesitated, and with a meaningful smile, he said, "The Time-Space Forbidden Land hides a shocking secret; don’t be stunned when the time comes."

"Oh? A shocking secret?"

Qin Jun raised his eyebrows, a rich curiosity filling his heart.

Qin Lingming said no more and leaped up, dashing towards the heavens.

Seeing this, Qin Jun had no choice but to give up and follow quickly.

"You brat, how come you’re so weak?"

"Haven’t you awakened the Extreme Flame Demon God bloodline?"

"Hasn’t Patriarch Bodhi taught you properly? You’re nowhere close to comparing with me," Qin Jun continued to grumble along the way, causing Qin Lingming’s face to turn ashen and veins to bulge on his forehead, with an urge to rebel boiling inside him.

Within Great Qin’s Heavenly Court, Qin Lingming was a famous prodigy, bred for less than a year, breaking through to the Golden Immortal Realm before a thousand years old—a feat unmatched in history.

Sun Wukong managed to break through to Taiyi Sanxian after absorbing the essence of the sun and moon for countless years, but Qin Lingming was different—it was all due to his demonic talent.

However, all this pride crumbled upon meeting the young Qin Jun.

Qin Lingming glanced at Qin Jun, the young face causing him to be momentarily dazed.

"Your father was even wilder than you when he was young, but he had the capital to be wild, truly looking down upon the world!" echoed Patriarch Bodhi’s words in his mind, resonating strangely at this moment, sending him into a daze.

Qin Jun saw his expression of confusion and thought he had upset him, so he quickly comforted him, "It’s okay, you’re actually doing quite well. Who knows, you might even compete for a spot in the Top Three Thousand Prodigies Ranking one day!"

"The Top Three Thousand Prodigies Ranking? I must compete for it!"

Qin Lingming snorted coldly, his tone firm and resolute, "I’m going to pull you down from the throne of the number one prodigy!"

Number one prodigy?

Qin Jun was stunned for a moment. Could it be that in Qin Lingming’s era, he was the number one prodigy?

That’s right, a few thousand years were certainly enough for Qin Jun to climb to the Holy Realm.

If he became a sage, sweeping the Top Three Thousand Prodigies Ranking would undoubtedly be a piece of cake.

"Thinking of surpassing me? Although you are my son, don’t dream the impossible," Qin Jun said with a smile, provoking Qin Lingming to the point where he wanted to hit him.

But he gave up on the idea because he knew he couldn’t win.

Soon, they plunged into successive layers of cloud sea and once again witnessed the magnificent scene of billions of thunder and lightning.

"According to what you said before, that year you were carrying me when we were ambushed by Donghuang Taiyi and strayed into the temporal dead zone. We were separated, and I fell into the middle realm. The temporal dead zone contains countless worlds, and the deeper you go, the slower time flows. In the future, the temporal dead zone also becomes Great Qin’s Celestial Court’s sacred place for cultivation," Qin Lingming narrated, lighting up Qin Jun’s eyes.

That’s right!

In the temporal dead zone, time flows differently. If one were to cultivate there, progress would indeed be incredibly fast!

What a genius I am!

Qin Jun admired himself, but then he wondered if this idea hadn’t come from Qin Lingming’s mouth, perhaps?

Cycle of cause and effect?

"Ding! Main quest triggered—Take Control of the Temporal Dead Zone! Quest details: The host has accidentally learned of his future fate. If the host takes control of the temporal dead zone, he will be granted one Extreme Awakening chance, one God and Demon Summoning chance, one God and Demon Peak chance, one God and Demon Legion Summoning chance, two random Lucky Draw chances, and two Skill Inheritance chances!"

The system notification sounded once more, triggering another quest, and it was a main quest at that.

The quest rewards were quite generous, including a chance for Extreme Awakening.

"Follow me, don’t get shredded by the chaotic streams of space-time!" Qin Lingming cautioned, then flew towards a certain light portal.

Qin Jun smiled faintly. Although the boy was rebellious, he still cared about him a great deal.

Blood is thicker than water.

After flying thousands of miles, father and son arrived at a vortex, and Qin Lingming dived right in, with Qin Jun closely following.

...

Beneath a blood-red sky, over mountains and wild ridges.

"Waaahhh—"

A child’s crying echoed through the wilderness, making the dim and reddish sky feel even more oppressive, especially when giant birds occasionally flew past, adding to the eeriness of the place.

As the camera zoomed in, little Lingming could be seen sitting on a hillside, covering his eyes and crying incessantly, evoking pity.

At that moment, a group of shadows appeared at the foot of the hill, emerging slowly from the darkness. They turned out to be a pack of demon dogs, their deep blue manes shimmering, bodies spanning several zhang in length, with red eyes and fierce fangs. The alpha dog stood three zhang tall at the shoulder, eliciting chills from any onlooker.

Lingming continued to cry out of fear, oblivious to the approaching danger.

"Little guy, why are you crying?" A deep voice suddenly came from behind Lingming, and the demon dogs scattered in terror as if facing their natural predator.

Lingming, out of instinct, lowered his hands to reveal eyes red and swollen from crying, looking pitiful.

He turned to look back, his face instantly breaking into a smile, and he threw himself towards the newcomer.

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