Ying Xiong - 263

As the two lesser dao creation realm celestials were talking, a group of people on earth were staring at a two or three year old child.

Whether it was the strongest member of the human race or the wisest elder, each and every individual's eyes were locked on this child.

The child's name was Ying Xiong. He was born a few years ago, and his very birth caused a thousand buddha phantoms to appear. 

No such event had even been theorized. Throughout the entire history of the Zhou galaxy, not a single birth had caused such a thing.

Despite being around three years old, the child was completely bald. It was likely that he would be bald his entire life.

The child stared at the men and women around him. Despite his great talent, he was nothing but an innocent child.

Any one of the people in the room had the power to end his life a thousand times in a single second. Of course, not a single person would do that.

As the child played around on the ground, the strongest human, a first level space shattering cultivator, walked up to him and put a talisman on the child.

The talisman glowed before disappearing and imprinting on the child's skin, making a slightly visible golden circle.

"That is the protection talisman we spent the last years creating. If this cannot stop someone from hurting him, then nothing we have can." The strongest human sighed.

The others in the room nodded. Although they tried to hide the existence of the child, a thousand buddha phantoms were impossible to cover.

Luckily, they still had some protection from being eradicated.

As the child played around on the ground, the people in the room looked at the thing on his back.

From the moment the child was born, there was what seemed to be a painting on his back. The painting was of a giant golden tree with a thousand bald men in silk clothes meditating around it.

Not a single person in the room had any idea why the painting was there or what it did, but none of them bothered to try and find out too much. 

This was the only thing that had remained unknown to the outside world. If it became known, someone who knows something may try and kill the child.

Although they had no clue if it was anything special, it was better to leave it be.

After a few more minutes, a woman in the group dressed in a purple robe walked up to the child and began to carry him.

This was the child's mother. Before the child was born, she and her husband were nothing but ordinary commoners. Although all members of the human race with any sort of talent had to cultivate due to the dangerous circumstances, they were of the weakest besides the complete mortals.

Yet, with the birth of the child, the woman and her husband's status shot through the air and became equal to the strongest member of the human race in status.

Despite the great increase in the women's lifestyle, she cared for nothing more than her child. It was absolutely clear just from the look in her eyes.

It was unknown if she had always been a true loving mother, or if the child's providence had affected her. Regardless, it was good luck.

Sadly, the child's father had died not too long ago. He had already been at the end of his lifespan for a while, but a year after the child was born, he finally passed away.

He had only been at the Qi gathering realm with 200 years of lifespan. The fact that he lived to 204 was quite lucky.

The child's mother, however, was only around 50. 

Due to the resources provided by the people around her after her child's birth, she was able to reach the foundation establishment realm, but she still only had 300 years of lifespan.

That meant, in 250 years, she would die.

Even with all the luxury around her, knowing she only had 250 years was enough to make her ignore them. She would much rather be a good mother and watch her child grow at the speed of light.

The people in the room silently watched as she took the child and exited the room.

Once she left, they began to speak.

"How has the accumulation of resources gone?" The strongest member of the human race asked.

He was old and had gray hair.

"Good so far. We have ten times the necessary resources for the child's journey from Qi gathering to the nascent soul realm." A lady spoke.

"As for resources at the soul formation realm, we have five times the necessary resources. For void traversing, the expected amount. And little to nothing for the space shattering realm." She finished.

The old man nodded.

"Work on getting more resources at the soul formation and the void traversing realm. As for the space shattering realm, I will take care of that once he reaches the soul formation realm." The old man said.

After a little more conversation, the group left the room and the old man was alone.

Although he seemed calm on the surface, he was a little worried for the future.

'To get those resources, I will probably have to work as a bounty hunter or do some things for other space shattering cultivators.' He thought to himself.

Despite the hardship he would have to face, the old man was ready to do it in a second. The sole hope for the human race was depending on him.

When they had tried to test Ying Xiongs talent, it was unable to be detected. That meant one of two things.

The child's talent was at the immortal king level, or the child's talent was above the immortal king level. 

'If his talent is truly above the immortal king level, which would not be ridiculous based off of the buddha phantoms his birth created, then he would likely be the first in the entire Zhou galaxy.' The old man said to himself.