Chapter 25: Bronze Immortal Palace

Besides the news of the Bronze Immortal Palace's emergence, there is another matter that caused a stir in the Eastern Wasteland.

The news of the Holy Body Dao Embryo's emergence was also brought back; once it circulates, people will again be unsettled.

"Holy Body Dao Embryo emergence? Is this true!!"

"How could such a physique possibly exist? Could it be a rumor?"

The Bronze Immortal Palace is too illusory, but if the news of the Holy Body Dao Embryo is true, the commotion it causes to a certain extent is no less than that of the Bronze Immortal Palace.

Whether one can find the opportunity to become immortal is uncertain, but the emergence of the Holy Body Dao Embryo is an existence stronger than the Holy Body.

This physique possesses the invincible flesh of the Holy Body and the near-Dao power of the innate Dao Embryo, enabling its holder to fearlessly withstand the suppression of Great Emperor laws.

In other words, the Holy Body Dao Embryo is not subject to the Holy Body's limitation that prevents one from attaining the Dao.

A fully accomplished Holy Body already has the qualification to challenge a Great Emperor; if the Dao Embryo Holy Body becomes an emperor, they dare not imagine how powerful that existence would be.

"Is the Holy Body Dao Embryo the Holy Body Yang Zhu of Vermilion Bird City?"

"Hiss~ I said how could it be more domineering than the Holy Body Ye Fan; now I understand."

After people learned that Yang Zhu is the Holy Body Dao Embryo, they recalled recent events and felt relieved.

In this golden great age, the emergence of the Holy Body Dao Embryo has everyone eagerly anticipating what kind of shock he will bring to people.

Where there is anticipation, there is also annoyance.

When those heaven's pride and holy sons hear this news, their hearts become extremely heavy.

The innate Holy Body and innate Dao Embryo, each individually is an extremely troublesome existence; now that they are combined, the pressure can be imagined.

If they are wary of the Holy Body, then toward the Holy Body Dao Embryo they are left only with fear.

This physique is too strong; only the legendary Chaotic Body can rival it.

The ones with the ugliest expressions belong to the Yin Yang Sect; upon learning that Yang Zhu is the Holy Body Dao Embryo, the entire sect fell silent, a threat of death looming over each member's heart.

After parting with Ye Fan, Yang Zhu rushed nonstop to the place where the Bronze Immortal Palace appeared, intending to enter before those holy lands arrive.

Following Ye Fan's instructions, Yang Zhu came to the lake surface where the Bronze Immortal Palace emerged.

He hesitated not, diving into the water and swimming toward the depths.

The lake water is extremely deep; after sinking several hundred meters, it becomes a pitch-black expanse, unable to discern scenery even half a meter away.

Yang Zhu's body emanated specks of radiance, keeping the darkness at bay several meters away, unable to approach him.

After circulating the Wushi Scripture, Yang Zhu's eyes were covered with a layer of golden light; underwater instantly became like broad daylight, everything laid bare.

Not long after, a huge copper hall suddenly loomed ahead, magnificent beyond compare, almost as large as a small city.

The Bronze Immortal Palace possesses a grand momentum, preserved relatively intact without collapse; verdant rust mottles its surface, appearing ancient yet imposing, giving an extremely desolate feeling.

"Is this the immortal artifact of the Ruthless One?"

Yang Zhu muttered a sentence, then quickly approached the Bronze Immortal Palace.

At this moment, several wax corpses, moving with his steps, were carried by the lake water to his vicinity.

Yang Zhu merely glanced; a tremor of his bitter sea shattered them all.

A terrifying aura that made his heart palpitate came from ahead; Yang Zhu looked up and saw a shadow resembling clouds slowly drifting above his head.

"Mother Qi of All Things!"

The shadow is precisely the Mother Qi of All Things that countless people yearn for, a great treasure for refining imperial weapons, extremely rare.

This belongs to the Ruthless Great Emperor; if Ye Fan did not have in his body a mark similar to his elder brother's, he could not obtain it at all. 'Having come this far, let's give it a try.'

Yang Zhu thought it over and finally decided to give it a try.

He walked upward; above was a gloomy expanse, as if a great mountain had pressed down, making one feel somewhat breathless.

He stepped upward step by step; the distance to those clouds grew ever closer, the pressure he bore surged violently, pressing him to the point of barely being able to breathe.

Yang Zhu's body flickered with Divine Patterns, brilliant and eye-catching, releasing a mighty pressure that instantly reduced the burden.

The Divine Patterns became ever more splendid, faintly emitting a trace of imperial might, dispersing much of the Mother Qi of All Things.

These Divine Patterns are markings sharing the same origin as the Wushi Great Emperor, naturally possessing boundless power! Yang Zhu relied on the Divine Patterns to protect his body, successfully arriving near the Mother Qi of All Things.

At a glance he discovered that the source of the Mother Qi of All Things resides at the center of the Mother Qi of All Things.

Yang Zhu took out a stone plate, its surface engraved with profound imperial patterns; upon appearance it exuded an extremely terrifying Great Emperor killing intent, as if it could grind away everything.

After Yang Zhu held the stone plate, the Mother Qi of All Things no longer pressed upon him; eventually he successfully drew some of the Mother Qi of All Things' source roots onto the stone plate.

Having obtained the treasure, Yang Zhu immediately distanced himself from that cloud mass.

"Perhaps it's out of respect for my father's face."

Everything went so smoothly; Yang Zhu speculated it might be due to his father, after all the Ruthless Great Emperor had some acquaintance with his father, so they would not attempt to kill him.

Mother Qi of All Things is exceedingly rare in the world, a treasure coveted by countless; now Yang Zhu has obtained it, he hasn't yet decided what to use it for.

Moreover, many skills do not burden the body; do not refuse a free gain!

Upon arriving before the Bronze Immortal Palace, this copper hall comparable to a city is grand and imposing, its verdant rust mottled, engraved with the aura of ages.

Yang Zhu circled it a few times, pondering how to enter, when the Bronze Immortal Palace suddenly burst forth with a strong suction, drawing him inside.

Yang Zhu landed lightly; he now finds himself in the endless spacious copper hall, dim and dim, with no other exit.

A light mist swirls, very hazy; in the vast copper hall, one cannot see the end at a glance, as if having arrived at the dawn of creation, time here seems to have ceased flowing.

He chose a direction and walked forward, encountering many withered bones along the way.

Those before him were all outstanding figures of a generation, who came resolutely seeking the opportunity to become immortal; alas, none finally found it, and they were trapped and died here.

Before leaving, they left only a single line reading 'Becoming an immortal is difficult,' a few words sufficient to explain everything.

Subsequently encountered skeletons had even greater strength before death; after thousands of years, their bones still retain a crystalline luster.

Continuing forward, Yang Zhu soon saw the two doors Ye Fan spoke of, shaped like the yin-yang fish of the Taiji; the left door is a black yin fish, the right door a white yang fish, both resembling irregular crescents.

On the two doors are carved the characters 'life' and 'death,' respectively representing the Gate of Life and the Gate of Death.

Yang Zhu hesitated not, intending to choose the Gate of Death to enter.

Suddenly, a sound like a tsunami came, and from within the Yin Fish Gate's gate, black light poured down like a waterfall, rushing straight forward; from within the Yang Fish Gate's gate, white light sparkled, like a tide surging out.

The opposition of black and white, the radiance born of death shining together, the Yin and Yang Qi circulated, covering the sky and earth as it pressed down.

Yang Zhu's heart jolted, and the stone plate flew out from within his body on its own, hovering above the gate; although it looked ordinary, it emitted a strange aura that quickly calmed all movement and noise.

Beyond the gate, it remained empty and boundless, with no end in sight; Yang Zhu stepped forward without hesitation.

Yang Zhu's purpose for coming was waiting for him ahead.

(End of Chapter)