Chapter 2364: Caught the Eternal Heaven Venerable

Unknown dark place.

"In less than a million years, the art of defying heaven and earth has already begun to show a complete failure trend."

"This generation's emperor—"

The Qilin Ancient Emperor fell silent.

Extracting the essence of heaven and earth is not their exclusive privilege, but rather an agent deployed by the emperors of history, following a mechanism of more work, more reward.

That is to say, even the Qilin Ancient Emperor could not fully comprehend the art of defying heaven and earth; he is merely a user and promoter of the historical emperors' art, not the historical emperors themselves.

Now, before them, a new Ancient Emperor has appeared!

In this Ancient Emperor's radiant and dazzling present era, upon reaching a million years of Dao attainment, he directly broke through the emperors' arts!

"Ah,"

"There is still a chance—"

Ji Yan Ancient Emperor raised his white bone palm, and it was immediately filled; he let the fragrant wine spread through his entire skeletal system, letting out a satisfied sigh, and laughed heartily: "Peerless heroes of the present age, and we can summon the power of the historical emperors—who will win the deer remains unknown!"

"What joy in life, what suffering in death!"

"Come, fellow Daoist, let us drink and sing, reveal our smiles—"

His heroic and unrestrained demeanor, free of worry and care, was like a warm current, influencing those around him, giving people an uplifting, spirited, and upward positive motivation.

Ji Yan Ancient Emperor, in his radiant and dazzling era, was renowned for benevolence and righteousness, possessing immense appeal to the myriad human, demon, and god heroes of the Wu Jin Kong Kong, causing countless heroes to spontaneously follow him.

The decaying Qilin Ancient Emperor gazed at this human Ancient Emperor from an era close to his own, stunned.

Suddenly, he smiled.

"Hahaha!"

"Drink this cup to the full!"

In the Wu Jin Kong Kong, tranquility was restored.

In the unseen layers, the Dao Ting Dao Science Team and the emperors' art—Defying Heaven and Earth—fiercely battled; sometimes the Dao Ting held the upper hand, new-law cultivators neared extinction, and the name of the Eternal Heaven Venerable was nearly forgotten.

Sometimes, the emperors' art gained overwhelming dominance, new-law cultivators proliferated chaotically and expanded, erupting in great explosions, one after another utterly different new-law scriptures burst forth, successfully resolving the limitation that new laws cannot be cultivated together.

The starry void thus fell into turmoil and unease, nearly triggering a large-scale civil war.

Time passed amidst such intense upheaval.

Unnoticed, ten thousand years passed, then a hundred thousand, then three hundred thousand.

The struggle between the new law and the present law, lasting over 1.3 million years, gradually drew to a close.

The words spoken by the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang over 300,000 years ago gradually became reality during this period; the new law underwent mutation after mutation, change after change, revealing an astonishing depth of Daoist knowledge, and throughout history, who knows how many Ancient Emperors have faced such a situation, all producing exceptionally brilliant Daoist wisdom.

During these 300,000 years, even the Sword Emperor began to emerge from the Heavenly Pivot, interrupting his deduction of the "Extinction Law Sun Immortal Scripture," personally handling new-law cultivators.

No matter how brilliant or rich the Daoist foundation, it ultimately has an end.

The emperors' art of defying heaven and earth is not used by a forbidden-zone Ancient Emperor; a forbidden-zone Ancient Emperor cannot awaken once per era—that would be foolish to break his slumber, and no being in the world can cause a forbidden-zone Ancient Emperor to awaken repeatedly.

The emperors' art of defying heaven and earth is actually a technique derived from the inertia of the emperors, with its changes generated by drawing from the technique database.

Now, this change, under the frenzied iterative cracking by the Dao Ting Dao Research and Development Team, has finally been completely exhausted.

The Dao Ting does not need to match the emperors' art of defying heaven and earth in equal measure; it only needs to reach one-tenth, or even one-fifteenth, of the emperors' art level, for the Dao Ting is the present-era imperial power, bearing the imperial seal, possessing the present-era immortal dynasty, and enjoying immense geographical advantage.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Zhu.

Sometime unknown, many celestial cultivators felt the starry void had become somewhat clearer.

"Your Majesty,"

"The historical emperors' techniques have begun to exhaust; recent new-law responses to mutations are weak and feeble—we can easily handle and resolve them, even without needing to deploy an imperial-level research team."

Amidst the gathering of imperial-level cultivators, the Fusang Empress bowed and congratulated.

"Now, the historical emperors can hardly draw anything from the present era."

"The present-era starry void is beginning to sublimate; spiritual energy, spiritual veins, earth veins, etc., are all beginning to increase on a large scale; the Daoist golden age is climbing toward higher limits."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Around them, a circle of imperial-level cultivators looked with exhilarated fervor at the blue-clad youth on the crystal divine throne.

This is the sovereign of all cultivators of the present era.

Likewise, he is an exceptionally brilliant and dazzling sovereign in the long river of history, capable of overshadowing all sovereigns, standing at the pinnacle of the starry void and history.

"Hmm."

"The variables of the historical emperors' art have indeed been exhausted,"

Jiang Ding gave a slight nod.

In his eyes, black and white light flashed, dispelling the fog of fate and causality that had always obscured the past, he gazed toward a corner of the Wu Jin Kong Kong, and projected the seen image before many imperial-level cultivators.

In the image, there was a city, and a kind-browed, kind-eyed old Daoist on the street, wearing worn Daoist robes, swiftly walking toward a boy sniffling, chuckling: "Young man, old Daoist sees your bones are extraordinary; here is a peerless divine art, the 'Bing Chen Luan Tian Jing,' fated for you—just ten taels of silver, and I can bestow it upon you—"

This ordinary scene in a mundane mortal city fell before many imperial-level cultivators, stirring doubt in their hearts—what does the Human Emperor mean by this? They fell into deep contemplation.

The next moment.

"Heavenly Venerable!"

"He is the Eternal Heaven Venerable!"

Yuan Yi was the first to react, crying out in alarm.

Eternal Heaven Venerable!

The source of the new law, the Eternal Heaven Venerable!

Many imperial-level cultivators felt a jolt in their hearts.

This is the source of the new law; for over a million years, the Dao Ting has searched souls of countless new-law cultivators—these cultivators varied greatly, humans, demons, ghosts, gods, with diverse experiences—but tracing back to the source, when these new-law cultivators first encountered the new law, they all received transmission from the Eternal Heaven Venerable!

Yet, no matter how they searched souls, the only thing in these new-law cultivators' seas of consciousness was the thought "Eternal Heaven Venerable."

The Eternal Heaven Venerable's appearance, origin, cultivation level, etc., are completely unknown; whether using causal deduction or fate deduction, all point to the unknown, and the deeper the deduction, the greater the danger—this even includes the Human Emperor himself deducing, all failing to find the source, existing in deep mist.

Now, the source of this new method, the Longevity Heavenly Venerable, has appeared before everyone's eyes like this!

Many Imperial Realm cultivators who study fate, causality, time, and similar paths trembled slightly in their bodies, as if they had seen a monument of the immortal Dao, gazing upon the old man in the tattered Daoist robe, their eyes even showing obsession.

That old man in the Daoist robe is the embodiment of the immortal arts of the emperors throughout history!

"Young man, as long as you practice this《Bingchen Chaos Heaven Scripture》————"

The Longevity Heavenly Venerable, with a beaming smile, said something to the sniffling boy before him.

Suddenly, his body stiffened.

He abruptly turned his head, looking toward the direction of the Supreme Yang Heavenly Pivot.