The Mystery of the Immortal Emperors' Collective Disappearance

The Ancient Celestial Fox Clan.

Countless Celestial Fox immortals bowed to Jiang Che in gratitude.

"Honored Immortal! You have graced us with your presence!!!"

Their Celestial Fox Clan was in the midst of a war with another great demon clan, whose strength was a tier above their own, led by a supreme immortal emperor.

Just as defeat seemed inevitable, Jiang Che descended from the heavens.

Almost all immortal emperors, including the supreme ones, lived in terror of Jiang Che, the "Cheek-Slapping Immortal."

After all, in the entire Primordial World, which immortal emperor hadn't taken a slap from Young Master Jiang?

And so, the conflict between the two clans was swiftly resolved.

"Honored Immortal... may I ask why you have descended here? This old man has already collected his morning slap today..."

But the old fox remained cautious, raising his hand to slap himself twice.

The patriarch of the Celestial Fox Clan—a Six-Calamity Immortal Emperor!

"I've come to find a descendant of the fox clan, named Bai Susu..."

The moment Jiang Che spoke these words, the old patriarch's eyes widened in shock.

"Honored Immortal... you... what business do you have with my daughter?"

The old fox was bewildered. His daughter had only been born three years ago and had just learned to transform. Could this honored immortal be considering taking her as a disciple???

In an instant, the old fox's mind began racing with possibilities.

"Your daughter?" Jiang Che frowned. This old geezer... so ugly, how could he have fathered a breathtakingly beautiful woman like Bai Susu?

...

On the immortal vines of the Green Hill Fox Clan, Jiang Che spotted a snow-white little fox. She was soft and tender, no bigger than a kitten a few days old.

She was fast asleep, her tail occasionally twitching.

"Heh—"

Jiang Che reached out, grabbed the little fox by her tail, and hoisted her upside down.

Startled from her dreams, the little fox squirmed in panic, then transformed into an adorable little girl with a dazed expression and a head of snow-white hair.

"Who are you? Why are you disturbing my sleep?"

Her voice was soft and milky, so much so that even Jiang Che found it hard to imagine that this little milk puff would one day grow into a seductive, peerless enchantress.

"Nothing much. I'm giving you something!" Jiang Che smirked slightly.

"G-giving me something? Is it something delicious?" Bai Susu drooled with anticipation.

"Susu!! This is the Honored Immortal Jiang Che. Show some respect! He might be taking you as his disciple. Call him Master!"

That old geezer was a sly fox indeed. Without even giving Jiang Che a chance to speak, he had already appointed him as Bai Susu’s master on his behalf.

"Wow! You're that Cheek-Slapping Immortal who always slaps my dad? My dad really dislikes you... He always comes home calling you a big bad guy!"

Old Geezer: "..."

Kid, now is not the time for jokes!

He was doomed. His own daughter might just be the death of him.

"Honored Immortal Jiang Che... I didn't say that, I truly didn't..."

Bai Susu blinked her big, beautiful eyes. At just three years old, she clearly had no idea what it meant to throw her father under the bus.

"What good thing are you giving me? I want some real dragon liver marrow..."

With a calm smile, Jiang Che pulled a stone as smooth and warm as jade from his pocket and handed it to Bai Susu.

Bai Susu blinked twice, staring blankly at the object in her hands.

"What is this—"

The old fox patriarch instantly froze. He could actually sense the power of the Great Dao emanating from the stone in Jiang Che's hand?

"The Stone of Fate and Marriage," Jiang Che said with a faint smirk.

As it happened, this Stone of Fate and Marriage hadn't been exchanged through Jiang Che’s system. He had simply picked it up by the roadside.

"What's a Stone of Fate and Marriage?" the little fox asked in confusion, blinking. She even gave the stone a bite with her teeth, her brow furrowing when she found it didn't taste good. She had thought it was a piece of candy.

"The Stone of Fate and Marriage?" The old fox patriarch was deeply puzzled. Why would the Honored Immortal Jiang Che give such a thing to Susu?

Jiang Che offered no explanation. He simply reached out, gave Bai Susu’s cheek a firm squeeze, and then left gracefully.

Bai Susu was dumbfounded by the gesture. Her soft, tender face had been pinched like a dumpling.

After a good ten seconds, the little girl finally snapped back to reality. "Wah wah wah!!!"

She burst into loud, sobbing cries.

It left a terrifying shadow over Bai Susu’s young heart.

Meanwhile, in the Nine Heavens, the sleeping Bai Susu furrowed her brow slightly in her dream, as though caught in a nightmare.

...

Time flowed on—another million years passed.

Jiang Che’s system points had reached over 80 trillion. After slaving away for more than a million years, he was finally about to see a breakthrough.

In that million years, Jiang Che had witnessed the rise and fall of the Primordial World.

"Just as I thought—even though I briefly altered the fate of the Celestial Fox Clan, they still faced extinction..."

Originally, the Celestial Fox Clan should have been wiped out long ago, but Jiang Che intervened to save them.

Yet in the tens of thousands of years that followed, fox clan members inexplicably fell into cultivation deviation. Even the old fox patriarch died from depleted longevity. Within a few hundred thousand years, the once top-tier demon immortal clan in the Primordial World had completely declined. Bai Susu was ultimately forced to follow the same old path of sealing her own immortal source.

"The power of time is truly elusive," Jiang Che murmured with a soft sigh.

Time, causality, and fate were all connected Dao paths.

Even with overwhelming power to travel through time and alter the threads of causality, after tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, everything would eventually return to its original course.

That was the correction of time.

...

The Primordial World had entered its later stages. The vast primordial realm was beginning to show signs of splitting into the Three Realms.

The era of the Ancient Heavenly Court was about to arrive!

"Honored Immortal Jiang Che!! This old servant cannot bear to part with you!!!"

"Honored Immortal Jiang Che! Slap me a few more times, please! I beg you..."

Before Jiang Che knelt hundreds of immortal emperors, including many supreme ones!

They say that spanking is a form of affection. Jiang Che, the Cheek-Slapping Immortal, had slapped them for a million years, and these immortal emperors had developed a real bond with him.

When they heard that Jiang Che was leaving this great world, they all wept bitterly.

Especially the immortal emperors!

Even a Six-Calamity Immortal Emperor had a lifespan of at most 500,000 years, yet they had each lived well over a million years—all thanks to the Honored Immortal Jiang Che!!!

Without his longevity pills, they would die of old age eventually.

They would rather be slapped daily by Jiang Che than wither away.

Jiang Che was at a loss for words. "Alright, alright. Since you're so loyal to me, I shall grant you the power of eternal life."

With that, he summoned his inner world. "You can enter this domain. I guarantee you won't suffer from shortened lifespans. All you need to do is complete your daily 'check-in tasks.'"

And so, Jiang Che swept virtually all the immortal emperors and supreme immortal emperors of the Primordial World into his inner world.

At the same time, his own status ascended once again!