Heaven, Earth, Me

Chapter 1523. [Epoch Star Embercore].

Yasenia was quite impressed by the new [Epoch Star Embercore]. This thing had transformed from a normal Dantian Core to a burning star! Moreover, its treasure quality has also surged, becoming a new Immortal Ranked treasure. 

Now, all her cores were exceptional, and while the Epoch Core fell a bit behind compared to the other two, it was no longer a “common” Epoch Core. 

“What a comprehensive increase of strength.” Yasenia marveled. Then, she curiously poked the new [Epoch Star Embercore]. “So, what do you do?” 

She curiously activated it, superficially cultivated, and conducted other tests, comparing its new functions to those before. “So… for now, at least, this new star radiates body energy, constantly improving my bodily strength, while it has also become the source of my body-related skills.” 

This meant that the same skill Yasenia used in the past with her Body Path would now be several times stronger. 

Looking at her realm, Yasenia was somewhat emotional. ‘I have not improved my realm. However, my strength has leaped three times already…’ 

Still, she could sense that her body was struggling to keep itself from breaking through. If she didn’t have the [Celestial Yin and Yang Constitution] and the big boss at the center of her lower Dantian, Yasenia would’ve been unable to keep her realm in check. 

Looking at Venerable Long, Yasenia smiled. “Thank you for taking care of me, Venerable Long!” 

Venerable Long spoke. “There is no need. I just needed to make sure your dead body didn’t drift away with the currents.” 

“...” Yasenia felt a bit strange. “You know, when you put it that way, it feels very odd, doesn’t it?”

Venerable Long felt his eyebrow twitch. ‘Did you only just realize that you are abnormal, junior?’ 

Thankfully, he was taciturn, so he didn’t slap Yasenia flying. Instead, he spoke up. “To substitute the treasure you took, I need part of your flesh.” 

“...My flesh?” 

“Yes.” 

Venerable Long answered calmly, making Yasenia feel a bit stupefied. Still, she knew that since the treasure here helped with physique, such a request was not too abnormal. 

“How much do you need?” 

“Your heart would do.” 

“...” 

Yasenia silently looked at Venerable Long and asked. “Do you want to turn me into an Undead Dragon so badly? I already died once!” 

Venerable Long spoke faintly. “You can survive after dying. So, leaving behind your heart shouldn’t be that much of a problem.”

“No, you are certainly right. I can survive without my heart. However, don’t you feel that asking for a young dragon’s heart is too ruthless!? Especially when you are asking literally!?” 

Ancestor Long pondered and answered. “If the heart won’t do, I need your wings, arms, and 80% of the flesh on your belly.” 

Yasenia wanted to cry. “Alright… the heart will do.” 

If she came out like a literal snake, Tatyana might blow up the entire volcano in her rage! 

After Yasenia gave her permission, Venerable Long answered. “Done. You can leave now.” 

“Eh?” 

Yasenia blinked and looked at her chest. She saw quite a large hole where her heart should be. She looked at Venerable Long and spoke like a wronged maiden. “You stole my heart, and now you are telling me to scram!? Venerable Long, you are too tactless!” 

Unable to hold back anymore, Venerable Long flicked his tail and struck Yasenia. 

BANG!

Our dragoness soared to the sky, piercing through all layers and flying even further, blasting open the thick clouds above the volcano. 

Tatyana, who had been waiting, followed Yasenia’s trajectory and blinked. “How was that sentence…? Team Yasenia blasts off again?” However, she quickly reacted, her face crumpling. “No, wait, my precious baby!” 

Tatyana quickly soared to the sky, catching up to the “ascending meteor” her daughter had suddenly transformed into. After catching up and stopping her, Tatyana sighed in relief and asked, confused. “You, why did you suddenly soar to the sky like a meteor?” 

Yasenia opened her mouth and gurgled a waterfall of scorching magma. “I annoyed a senior a little bit, and they politely showed me the exit.” 

Looking at the endless, scorching magma flowing out of her daughter’s mouth and nose, Tatyana’s eyebrow trembled. “Can you explain why you are overflowing with magma?” 

Yasenia sighed with a touch of melancholy. “Who would’ve known that the true trial of this zone was learning to breathe magma? It was quite something, you know?” 

Tatyana looked at Yasenia’s chest, and her red eyes became even more subtle. “...Where is your heart?” 

Yasenia blinked. “Transforming into a new Heavenly Treasure.” 

Tatyana looked at her daughter’s expression, looked at the hole in her chest, and then her expression crumpled. “Do these elders think you are an all-choice buffet or something!? The first one stole your scales, claws, and horns. The second one took advantage of your lethal tribulation. And now, the third one gouges out your heart!? If I don’t teach them a lesson, my name is not Tatyana Dravory!” 

Yasenia chuckled, quickly transforming back into her humanoid form and hugging Tatyana. “Don’t be angry, Mom. The heart he took was just the physical heart. I can regrow it in…” Looking at her chest. “Well, it is healed.” 

After all, Venerable Long took it out without using any harmful energies. Cultivators at their level could only have their bodies permanently damaged when both soul and physical damage combined. 

So, when Yasenia or others pierced an enemy’s heart, they would blow them up with harmful energies, together with large chunks of the soul, causing death. Same for beheading and other mortal-type lethal wounds. Without harmful energy, an immortal cultivator could, given enough time, heal fully from basically any physical wound. 

Tatyana looked at Yasenia’s encouraging smile, but since Yasenia was still spitting magma, the smile was not pretty in the slightest, making her want to punch someone! 

“Can you clear magma from your system before you speak with me? Otherwise, I might kill every single dragon I see in my way.” 

Yasenia blinked and turned around, coughing out all the remaining magma in her system. Only after doing so did she clean her lips and smile back at Tatyana, making our Death Empress sigh endlessly. ‘Really, this girl makes one worry.’ 

“Well, how about you try your Celestial Dragon Breath and see how strong it has become? Your body should be able to support it, right?” 

Yasenia’s golden slit eyes lit up. “You are right! Let’s try…”

She looked at a distant volcano, took a deep breath, and then fired. 

“[Celestial Dragon Breath]!” 

Tatyana saw a laser connect the distant mountain and Yasenia’s mouth, and in the next instant, the world turned blue. 

ROAARR!!

The Celestial Dragon Breath widened to several kilometers in width, carrying with it countless stars and galaxies, and traveling the distance between the distant volcano and Yasenia in a fraction of a second. 

After it collided, Tatyana saw the world go white, everything being swallowed in the gargantuan explosion created by the annihilating dragon breath. 

After the shockwave struck them, everything calmed down, leaving two stunned women looking at the aftermath. 

“...Where is the volcano?” 

“Congratulations. You’ve become a magician. You can smile and say: Now you see the volcano, and now you don’t.” 

“...” 

Not even Tatyana had expected her Dragon Breath to make such a leap. She explained, her face full of emotion. “To put it into perspective, your previous Dragon Breath was at the peak of the [Initial Achievement] realm; now it is at the peak of the [Big Improvement] realm.” 

“Wow. It previously was one of my strongest trump cards, but now…” Yasenia evaluated. “What my Celestial Dragon Breath can’t kill, nothing else from my arsenal can, right?”

Tatyana shook her head. “Not exactly. Your Dragon Breath is certainly your strongest attack. It has always been one of the strongest. However, the difference is not to the point that all your other skills have become accessories. After all, remember that you can’t control the intensity of your Dragon Breath. This attack, you should use it when you want your enemies in a certain direction to disappear.” 

“Pfft.” Yasenia chuckled and smiled. “Alright, I understand. Still, I need to practice the rest of my skills and push them to the Big Improvement Realm soon. They are almost there, so it’s a matter of trying slowly….” 

Yasenia paused, her face gaining a deep frown. “Why are you here? Where is my baby?” 

Tatyana smiled. “Relax. He is with me.” Tatyana opened her robe, and the large egg popped out from between her breasts. 

“Huh… space shenanigans?” 

“Yes.” Tatyana held Yasenia’s egg between her arms, protecting it from the surrounding environment. “Your egg is quite big, so I am manipulating space between my breasts and placing him there so that he can sense my body warmth.” 

Yasenia’s eyes lit up. “Teach me!” 

“No need.” 

“Huh, why?” 

“Your breasts are large enough to do it naturally.” 

Yasenia deadpanned. “...I am not that large.” 

The Death Empress laughed. She was, after all, teasing her. If Yasenia could hide the egg naturally, she would be more like a woman attached to two breasts than the other way around. 

So, as they flew toward the next location, Tatyana taught her the method. It was not difficult at all, and Yasenia quickly learned to create the small spatial pocket. 

She eagerly picked up her baby boy and sank him in her cleavage. Feeling him resting there, her golden eyes squinted. “Mom, how about I rest for a…”

Tatyana slapped her full and jiggly butt. “Don’t! Do you want to meet with Andrea before this boy hatches or not? Girl, you spent 10 years in the volcanic region. If you continue at this pace, you will not be able to arrive before your boy hatches!” 

Yasenia sobered up and sank her hand in her cleavage, taking the boy out and giving him to Tatyana. “You are right. I need to go quickly! Mom, take me there.”

Seeing Tatyana lift her leg, Yasenia complained. “I meant normally…”

BANG!

Tatyana smiled and waved at the streaking meteor while holding the egg. “Good luck, Little Treasure.” 

Meanwhile, the egg in Tatyana’s arms twitched, as if he was mourning his mother. 

Yasenia sighed deeply. ‘That’s the second time I have been kicked by a Demigod Realm Cultivator in a day. What a life…’ 

Soon, our girl crashed headfirst onto the edge of the next trial. The second she arrived, she heard a massive dragon roar in the distance, making her bones tremble for a second. 

“Wow. Now that’s a powerful dragon cry.” Looking at the endless white expanse in front of her, she tilted her head. “I wonder, will my Dragon Strength be able to improve?” 

Transforming into her dragon form, Yasenia soared to the sky and quickly flew into the distance, eager to reach the core as quickly as possible.