Chapter 2532: Present World Nirvana, Erasing the Marks of Past Time

Time, in the waiting and self-seclusion of the ancient emperor of the forbidden zone, flowed slowly.

In the meantime, two hundred thousand years of time passed.

On this day, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang slowly opened his eyes, looking with interest toward the edge of the Great Day Forbidden Zone, revealing some nostalgia and excitement.

There, more than a dozen agile and swift deer leapt here, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, dragging out afterimages, naturally adept at wind movement.

"I have waited for many years, and finally a coincidence of life has appeared."

Jiang Ding let out a low sigh.

The Great Day Forbidden Zone, located in the Fallen Immortal Realm, has now fully recovered, and is no longer harmless as it once was; this place is constantly filled with various killing qi, gang winds, heavenly and earthly curses, and natural killing formations—any living being approaching here would die instantly, a place of extreme terror, so from ancient times to the present, no life has ever come here.

However, with the passage of time, coincidence ultimately exists.

Clang!

When these deer stepped into the Great Day Forbidden Zone, the sword intent was triggered, transforming into countless blazing white sword lights that sliced them into countless fragments, blood scattering in the air, greedily devoured by the land of the Great Day Forbidden Zone—this land innately craves any vitality of the present world.

Jiang Ding watched silently, the interest and anticipation in his eyes unchanged.

It is merely the natural law of heaven and earth.

Moreover, this natural law is quite beautiful.

Now the Great Day Forbidden Zone is truly a terrifying forbidden zone, with no material basis for living beings to exist, the environment extremely harsh; perhaps there is a possibility for living beings to briefly stay, but this undoubtedly requires the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang to expend his remaining little magic power to protect and alter it, which is impossible.

"Look at the living beings of the present world."

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

In total, sixteen deer, a kind of wind-attribute spirit beast, had all their shattered flesh and blood fragments instantly gather before him, forming complete specimens, even the departed souls revived and placed upon the specimens; then the specimens separated, revealing clear meridians, bones, various organs, spirit beast dantians, seas of consciousness, and so on.

A blue-clad youth appeared in his hand with an experimental journal, one hand holding a pen to write and draw on the journal, his black-and-white flashing eyes the ultimate experimental analyzer of this universe.

On the experimental journal, detailed sketches of spirit beast organs quickly appeared, annotated with their structure, size, function, and so on, extremely thorough.

Finally, he even began to deduce and analyze the traces left by heavenly and earthly laws on these spirit beasts, thereby reversing to infer the heavenly and earthly laws.

"The heavenly and earthly laws of the Golden Great Age are also interesting."

"It is not that some rules have been added; the universe's rules have not undergone major changes, but the change lies in the activity level and response speed of the heavenly and earthly laws, which have become much faster."

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang stored these original research materials into the spirit of the super battleship Great Day, falling into contemplation.

"This means that immortal Dao activities have been greatly strengthened."

"Put simply, it means spiritual energy has greatly exploded, rules have become extremely active, the types and quantities of heavenly treasures and earthly gems have increased, and at the same time, many mutant and deformed variants have appeared; those unsuited to the environment die, while the adapted survive—intelligent life is no exception; under massive variables, numerous heavenly pride divine bodies, holy bodies, and demonic bodies emerge endlessly, all thanks to countless such mutations."

"In our era, such a peerless heavenly pride, upon appearance, was destined to be invincible, at least capable of becoming a formidable opponent on the path to true immortal offspring, but now it seems rather ordinary."

"This is an extremely suitable cosmic cycle for the development of immortal Dao civilization!"

Jiang Ding drew another conclusion, his eyes revealing a look of longing.

In such a prosperous age, what should truly be done is to immediately immerse oneself in immortal Dao research, cultivate countless heavenly pride talents to serve under one's command, establish immortal Dao research institutions, launch immortal Dao super-projects, explore the immortal Dao mysteries unknown to any living being—only then would one not waste this life.

Rather than, like withered bones in a tomb, sit trapped in the forbidden zone.

"Wait."

"Golden Great Age's ancient emperor, what will you be like?"

Jiang Ding murmured to himself, once again falling into self-seclusion.

Now lacking the long river of ancient times, the effect of self-seclusion has greatly weakened, and one can no longer easily slumber for dozens of eras, but it remains effective for slowing the flow of lifespan.

Slumber, slumber.

Waiting.

This slumber is even longer, lasting a full hundred million years, already reaching one-twentieth of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's slumber lifespan limit.

If, after nineteen billion years, the mortal world still has not produced a present-day great emperor, he will very likely die thus in time!

"Another hundred million years of sleep—"

Jiang Ding slowly opened his eyes.

—

Upon this awakening, he clearly felt more differences.

The bond of heaven and earth and time on this past living being of his has again lessened; the Tai Shang Da Ri immortal body can now relax slightly, no longer constantly opposing present-day time, gaining some extra strength.

"Heaven and earth spiritual energy—"

"Sun and moon essence—"

Jiang Ding raised his head, gazing at the starry sky.

Boom—

Crack crack!

In his sea of consciousness, the Tai Shang Da Ri original ancient scrolls, like rusted gears, began to turn, causing the surrounding space to shatter, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling—this is because the original ancient scrolls severely conflict with present-day heaven and earth; the past original ancient scrolls cannot adapt to today's heaven and earth, and when operating in today's heaven and earth,

"Hmph!"

Jiang Ding let out a muffled groan, his face suddenly turning deathly pale.

He gazed within himself; much of the flesh and blood in his immortal body had turned to rotten pulp, cracks filled his sea of consciousness, even his jade-white immortal bones had dimmed—this is the price paid by past living beings for acting in the present world, from soul to immortal body to original ancient scrolls, all being out of tune with this era.

However, these out-of-tune changes require energy.

And to draw energy, one must operate the immortal body!

This is a paradox.

"The problem is not serious."

"I will not die completely."

Jiang Ding looked at his damaged soul and immortal body, casually smiling.

The outdated original ancient scrolls and immortal body are like many rusted gear sets struggling to turn, sometimes sparks flying, sometimes gears colliding, breaking many teeth, sometimes even a whole gear completely shattering, causing the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's immortal body to suddenly appear terrifying blood holes, with broken bone fragments scattering, flesh and blood blurred, making one's heart turn cold.

Facing these pains, even multiple brushes with death, the immortal body completely shattered, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang appears carefree and indifferent, utterly unconcerned.

This is not a matter of mindset.

It is science, the science of the immortal path, and in the calculations of immortal-path science, he is certain to succeed—this has been verified countless times through repeated testing.

Finally, after an unknown number of cycles, the primordial ancient scripture was nearly shattered, and the immortal body had lost all human form when a joyous change suddenly occurred.

A gentle beam of moonlight transformed into warm lunar radiance, flowing into this shattered immortal body.

After countless eons, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang finally once again, like every living being in Shen Zhou, drew upon the essence of the sun and moon of the present age.

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