Chapter 517: The Completion of the Earth Emperor's Primordial Spirit (4K)

The Reincarnation Divine Stone is of immense value, containing within it the reincarnation imprint left after the collapse of a realm of the underworld.

It is as if all the 'backup data' of a reincarnation are stored within it.

For someone like Zhang Jian, who possesses both paths of immortal and divine cultivation, it can be called an object for attaining the Dao.

He therefore settled his mind, operating the Art of Turning and Revolving Creation to further refine the profound mysteries of the Reincarnation Divine Stone, merging them into the Mysterious Nine Abysses Life and Death Golden Chapter.

As the fusion progressed, a layer of Nine Abysses divine light emerged around his body, behind him as if the surging Nine Abysses Nether River had manifested, within which a vast and magnificent wheel of reincarnation appeared, revealing the sight of countless ghosts and deities circling the wheel of reincarnation in worship.

At the core's depths, the Reincarnation Divine Stone emitted a dense, dark light, with layers of divine light surging into the depths of the reincarnation wheel at its core, causing the divine light emitted by the wheel to gradually increase.

……

Three Emperors City.

Heavenly Cauldron Realm

Bronze Cauldron Prefecture, Bronze Furnace Prefecture.

Inside and outside the City Lord's residence, lanterns were hung and decorations strung up recently, as City Lord Zhang Zheng was receiving guests from all directions, while in the main hall another newlywed couple was performing the wedding rites—this was the eldest legitimate son of City Lord Zhang Zheng.

The arriving guests included high-ranking ministers of the Heavenly Cauldron Realm, as well as wandering cultivators and true immortals from the four directions, making the banquet very lively.

The Bronze Furnace Prefecture Zhang clan is an immortal family that has risen within the Heavenly Cauldron Realm over the past five or six thousand years.

Although this immortal family is not large in number, it boasts many strong individuals within the clan, and it is rumored to be descended from extraterrestrial human emperors, drawing considerable attention.

At this moment, as the auspicious time arrived, dragons and phoenixes were seen dancing in the distance, heavenly music sounded, yet it was the Heavenly Cauldron Realm's powerful beings arriving in their celestial carriages.

The marriage alliance between the Bronze Furnace Prefecture Zhang clan and their Yuan family actually startled the Heavenly Cauldron Immortal Monarch!

Meanwhile, in the rear courtyard, Zhang Yi and his wife wore expressions tinged with sighs.

"Over six thousand years have passed—this time really flew by!"

Qi Ruolan glanced sideways at Zhang Yi with a white look.

She softly snorted.

"Your six thousand years haven't been wasted, Master!"

Her tone carried some mockery; Zhang Yi heard it, gave a dry cough, looked somewhat embarrassed, and said with a smile.

"What are you saying, Madam? You haven't wasted your time either—your cultivation grows day by day, you're almost becoming an immortal!"

Qi Ruolan, however, ignored him, sitting with a stern face.

The Qi and Bai clanswomen sat in the lower seats; the two women exchanged glances and secretly smiled.

Over these thousands of years, Zhang Yi has hardly failed to provoke other female cultivators of the Heavenly Cauldron Realm—the prestige of the human emperor lineage attracted many major powers' attention, especially after hearing that Zhang Jian was still cultivating in the Fire Cloud Cave, the number of female cultivators active in the Bronze Furnace Prefecture increased even further.

Zhang Yi himself is naturally of a flirtatious nature, inevitably drawing peach blossoms; over these thousands of years, he has indeed taken on many more concubines, and the Zhang clan's task of branching out and multiplying has been over-fulfilled by Zhang Yi.

Qi Ruolan turned her gaze toward Qi Yuhua and Bai Liying.

"Yuhua, Liying, you are the empresses of the Great Xia Dynasty; now that our Zhang clan has established itself in the Bronze Furnace Prefecture, what direction do you say we should develop next? Since we have entered the celestial realm, we naturally should not become a burden to A Yu; we should resolve minor matters for him instead!"

Qi Yuhua, upon hearing this, pondered and said.

"Our Zhang clan is now called an immortal family, descendants of the human emperor, but our foundation is only the Bronze Furnace Prefecture; although the Bronze Furnace Prefecture is prosperous, it is difficult to sustain the continuous development of an immortal family—we need more territory. However, our understanding of the situation regarding the several large continents surrounding us, with their tangled roots, is still insufficient. Fortunately, the Heavenly Cauldron Realm's crown prince has arrived this time; he has always been close to our Zhang clan, so we can take the opportunity to inquire a bit!"

Bai Liying, standing nearby, suddenly laughed and said.

"This Welcoming Crown Prince has been constantly pestering Tianxiang—too bad Tianxiang doesn't take a liking to him!"

Other strong members of the Zhang clan, upon hearing this, gave a faint, light laugh.

The Princess Tianxiang is the daughter of Zhang Yi and also the legitimate granddaughter of the Bai clan; she is a dragon maiden, equally endowed with extraordinary talent, possessing an innate Dao body.

When the Zhang clan was first established, the many strong members of the Zhang family naturally would not easily allow such a legitimate daughter to marry.

Moreover, since the Zhang clan established itself, Zhang Jian has left behind ancestral instructions: if one day the Zhang clan must rely on selling daughters to survive, then the Zhang clan has reached corruption and the time of extinction.

Qi Yuhua also gave a slight nod.

"The Zhang clan does not need to rely on marrying off daughters for alliances; instead, the male grandsons are of steel bones and iron will, bearing heavier responsibilities!"

After a brief pause, Qi Yuhua turned to Bai Liying and said.

"Elder Sister Bai, since the Heavenly Cauldron Crown Prince has personally arrived, and given the trouble, please go to the front courtyard to take charge!"

The other immortals and deities present also turned their gazes over.

Over the course of six thousand years, the Zhang clan has gained two more immortals, both of whom are from the Bai clan—Bai Nu and Bai Liying have successfully stepped into the immortal realm.

Many other true immortals are still some distance away from the immortal realm.

Among the consorts, the You clan and the Meng clan are still in the process of accumulation.

Bai Liying is also the Western Palace Empress of Zhang Jian, making her more suitable to go out and meet the immortals.

Otherwise, in terms of status, Qi Yuhua would actually be more suitable, but Qi Yuhua has not been in contact with cultivation for long; at this moment, she is still accumulating in the realm of the Primordial Spirit True Lord.

The true immortal body has already been formed, but the accumulation for immortal realm requires an extremely long period of waiting.

Bai Liying nodded slightly and directly agreed.

Seeing this, Qi Ruolan looked at Zhang Yi with a resentful, "hate iron for not becoming steel" expression and softly snorted.

"Old Master, look at yourself—now the Zhang clan must rely on us womenfolk to support the gate; as an old grandfather, aren't you ashamed!"

Zhang Yi was left speechless.

He is merely a mundane person; even though his qualities were improved in the Immortal Transformation Pool, how could he compare to Bai Liying, a dragon god of that caliber?

Bai Liying immediately rose and stepped forward toward the front courtyard.

Her figure is tall and slender; as she stepped into the immortal realm, the aura of her dragon god nature became even more magnificent!

The other immortals, upon seeing this, smiled faintly.

All the immortals clearly understand that while the industries in Three Emperors City are important, they may merely serve as a foothold for the Zhang clan in the Three Emperors Celestial Realm in the future.

After the Great Xia Emperor emerges from seclusion, the futures of all the immortals will lie in the Central Celestial Realm's Heavenly Court.

News has come from the Central Celestial Realm that the Lingyuan Emperor's mansion has already been supervised and completed; the Tongshan Dao lineage is now assisting the immortals in their activities, striving for more subordinates and immortal official positions.

All the immortals are anxiously waiting.

……

Before the second layer of the 'Net of Dao Qi' in the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

As time passed, Zhang Jian's entire body surged with Nine Nether Divine Light, growing ever more intense.

On this day, a jet-black pillar of light burst forth from the top of his head, soaring straight into heaven and earth.

Within the Nine Nether Divine Light, the roaring authorities of myriad heavenly and earthly Great Dao attracted layer upon layer of vast Dao Qi swirling around Zhang Jian—Nine Nether, Reincarnation, Life and Death, Profound Yin, Yin and Yang, Huangquan, Hell, Good and Evil, Salvation—while a clear Nine Nether Heavenly Sound echoed through the firmament, as if welcoming a great emperor whose Dao Fruit had reached perfection, his imperial authority complete.

Zhang Jian slowly opened his eyes, feeling the myriad Nine Nether Dao Qi forces entwining his body; his eyes flickered with a hint of deep amusement, for at this moment he resembled a sovereign of the Nine Nether Abyss, a supreme emperor ruling over the Nine Nether, possessing an unparalleled, awe-inspiring aura.

After a brief moment, he gradually calmed the ripples of his Dao heart.

The authority of the Nine Nether Emperor being complete, this realm equates to the perfection of the Dao Fruit, that is, the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm.

This also means that the Yin and Yang within his Mountains and Rivers State Map have finally been perfected, allowing him to begin deducing the Earth Emperor's Primordial Spirit.

In that thought, Zhang Jian's innate divine awareness immediately focused upon the Taiyi Dao Fruit of the Earth Emperor, beginning to employ the Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams method, fully calculating the proportional combination of the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit with the positions of the State Emperor, the Nine Nether Emperor, and among the various Dao Qi.

Chaos, the Two Polarities, the Three Powers, the Four Images, the Five Elements, the Six Harmonies, the Seven Stars, the Eight Trigrams, the Nine Palaces.

Zhang Jian had already fully comprehended and formed all these Dao Qi.

Only see the Earth Emperor's Eight Trigrams manifesting around his body, layer upon layer of Dao Qi emerging from within, as Zhang Jian also released a thread of Earth Emperor Dao Fruit's power to merge into it, attempting to deduce fusion, constantly combining failed examples, trying again and again.

Two thousand seven hundred years later.

Suddenly, the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit atop Zhang Jian's head transformed into a blossom of Taiyi Azure Clouds soaring into the sky, instantly manifesting as a vast, vast Eight Trigrams.

At the core of the Eight Trigrams, the authorities of the State Emperor and the Nine Nether Emperor respectively occupied the Yin and Yang central positions, followed by the Five Supreme Dao Qi, Yin-Yang Dao Qi, Three Powers Dao Qi, Four Images Dao Qi, Five Elements Dao Qi, Time-Space Dao Qi, Stellar Dao Qi, Human Emperor Dao Qi, and myriad profound Dao Qi emerging from within, transforming into streams of light that suddenly plunged into the depths of the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit.

In an instant, the entire vast Eight Trigrams transformed into a mass of piercing, immortal spiritual light that merged into the depths of the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit.

Visible to the naked eye, that mass of Taiyi Azure Clouds continuously expanded, swelling to dozens of times its size in a short time.

Upon countless azure clouds appeared myriad Dao imprints, as if heavenly Dao seal scripts engraved within, revealing a strange power as if capable of collapsing heaven and earth and myriad Dao.

Zhang Jian's State Emperor Primordial Spirit accordingly submerged into it.

It pulsed gently, and within the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, all heavenly and earthly Great Dao laws followed in resonance, even extending to the second layer's Dao Qi network—heavenly and earthly Dao Qi throughout the realms seemed to submit to the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit, unable to move, as majestic divine power burst forth.

Moreover, an invisible imprint merged into the Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm, and even into the depths of the heavenly realms.

From then on, in the heavenly void, there was an additional layer of primordial Dao Qi named Earth Emperor Dao Qi.

Within the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, at this moment countless innate essences were affected, as if a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, merging into Zhang Jian's original immortal Dao body, his body radiating layer upon layer of immortal Dao Fruit immortal light.

A vast might, like an ocean, burst forth from beyond Zhang Jian's immortal body, surging like a tsunami from the core region, permeating the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

Countless human fortunes were also affected.

Fortune paid homage!

Faintly resonating with this Dao rhythm, as if congratulating the birth of a supreme human sovereign.

In the depths of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, Fuxi was in secluded cultivation when he suddenly awoke, glanced toward the direction of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven's core region, and sensed the infusion of that vast Dao Qi, a ripple appearing in his eyes.

"Earth Emperor!"

Fuxi mused inwardly.

That Dao Qi was vast and magnificent, possessing sovereignty and dominion over the entire earth from birth, an omen of the Earth attribute Dao Qi network—truly, its potential is boundless.

Such a rank's starting point is too high.

"Still, it's somewhat too ostentatious!"

Fuxi's eyes twitched slightly; with a wave of his hand, he saw a vast divine light pierce the River of Fate, blending countless changes.

That divine light, like a divine dragon swaying its tail, stirred clear water into countless turbid waters, making it impossible to discern what lay beneath.

Such movement immediately drew the attention of countless powerful beings from the depths of the heavenly realms.

Yet, due to the obscuring of heavenly secrets, they could for a time find no clue.

……

Only in the depths of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven did many Holy Emperors glance toward the Fire Cloud Cave's core region.

The commotion of ascending to Taiyi Heavenly Immortal was indeed rather great.

In the Paulownia Mountain Hall, at this moment an ancient Holy Emperor wearing dark blue robes, a tall cap, and a broad belt also felt some surprise, and he glanced toward the depths of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

He had not expected that this disciple-grandson would again ascend to Taiyi Heavenly Immortal in such a short time.

Ascending to Taiyi Heavenly Immortal from the status of an extraterritorial Human Emperor is not difficult; even achieving Taiyi Great Perfection would not surprise him.

But now it has been less than seven thousand years.

It can be said he advanced with vigorous speed.

Moreover, the tremendous omen produced by this breakthrough is clearly vastly different from that of an 'ordinary' Taiyi Heavenly Immortal.

"With such fortune, no wonder His Majesty Fuxi said that before long our human race will surely gain another Dao Lord!"

Yu Wang's mood was also quite good.

No matter what, Zhang Jian is a direct disciple of the Paulownia Mountain Dao lineage; if he attains Dao Lord, the influence of the Paulownia Mountain Dao lineage in the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Assembly will also greatly increase!

…………

Before the second thin mist purple wall of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, after a long time the layered omens around Zhang Jian's body gradually dissipated.

In the depths of the void, within that vast azure cloud, a stream of light split into two; the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit re-settled deep within Zhang Jian's Purple Mansion Destiny Palace, while the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit floated above his head.

The Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit's body was suffused with boundless purple-yellow qi, from which a supreme, exalted power emerged, as if governing the central earth, authority manifest.

Taking the earth as a cauldron, having fused multiple emperor authorities, the divine power possessed by the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit is astonishing.

Its specialty is several times that of the Taiyi True Number level.

The core of it is precisely the Earth Emperor Authority.

The Earth Emperor Authority, upon its birth, already possessed the realm of Taiyi Great Perfection in its initial completion.

This starting point far surpasses that of the State Emperor, the Nine Nether Emperor, the Yin Yang Emperor, the Time-Space Emperor, and other authorities.

If it achieves minor completion, it will surely transcend Taiyi and ascend to the Dao Lord realm.

Slightly familiar with the newly born Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit, the Earth Emperor Primordial Spirit quickly flew back into Zhang Jian's immortal body.

Dao heart, immortal light, Dao fruit, primordial spirit, immortal body—unified as one, streams of immortal light surged from his innate primordial spirit, beginning to refine the original indestructible Dao body anew.

Zhang Jian glanced at the purple mist wall ahead, but did not enter directly.

Instead, he calmed his mind, re-derived the original indestructible Dao body, pushing the power of that primordial ancestral Qi to the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm; only after all five aspects reached the Taiyi Heavenly Immortal realm did he prepare to break through the second layer of misty purple wall.

He slowly rose to his feet, a stream of purple-gold Dao fruit immortal light flowing around his body, instantly tearing apart the 'Dao Qi Net' before him.

In an instant, he had passed through this layer of 'Dao Qi Net'!

When Zhang Jian opened his eyes, his pupils slightly condensed.

The scene before him had already changed.

In its place, a massive purple Qi treasure wheel floated in the depths of the void.

The purple Qi treasure wheel slowly turned, as if the boundless Heaven and Earth Great Dao flowed entirely within it; the current flowing inside was a deeper layer of ancestral Qi power.

Similar to the primordial ancestral Qi deep within Zhang Jian's original indestructible Dao body.

And a small portion of Dao Qi power.

Unparalleled in grandeur, as if the profound mysteries of the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm were fully manifested within it.

Gazing at this treasure wheel, he was already very close to the innate imprint of the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven.

He felt a primordial taste of the primordial opening of Heaven and Earth.

Zhang Jian's eyes fell upon the great wheel; the core mysteries of the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm had already been fully revealed before him.

At the same time, he looked around with his eyes.

After entering this place, his innate primordial spirit felt a subtle strangeness.