Chapter 171

Deep in the most profound part of the Life Forbidden Zone, nine sacred mountains are connected together, encircling a massive abyss that is pitch-black and impossible to see the end of.

After a sigh, several desolate slaves jumped into the Desolate Ancient Abyss one after another, their pupils extremely hollow, completely ignoring Ye Fan and the others.

"The desolate slaves didn't attack us..."

Fairy Zixia murmured as if in a dream; how many Sacred Lords and great beings had broken into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone in their twilight years, wanting to fight against heaven, only to end up as piles of white bones? Yet, they, a few small cultivators, had actually survived.

"It's all thanks to Little Nan Nan." Lin Xian stroked Little Nan Nan's hair and said softly, "She approved."

"She..."

Ye Fan's mind was shaken; he couldn't help but walk to the edge of the cliff and use his Source Art to look down into the abyss.

"That is... a five-colored altar!"

Ye Fan was greatly shocked; in the endless abyss, he saw an altar suspended in the air, extremely ancient and mysterious.

Although he was a Source Heaven Master, he was not yet fully accomplished, so it was impossible for him to see the bottom of the abyss. However, this altar was not at the deepest point but suspended halfway, exactly the same as the one seen at Mount Taishan.

"Can we return to Earth through this altar?" Ye Fan asked excitedly; the Immortal Alliance's five-colored altar was still under construction and not something that could be done overnight.

"It is incomplete." Lin Xian shook his head and said, "Even if it were repaired, it is easy to go back but difficult to return. Once you pass by the ancient star of Yinghuo, are you confident you can deal with the Crocodile Ancestor?"

Ye Fan took a deep breath, glanced at Fairy Zixia, and gradually calmed down. Starry sky travel was no joke; if he, a Dao Palace cultivator, went rashly, he would likely just be delivering takeout, providing meat for demons to eat.

Suddenly, it seemed that Ye Fan's voice had attracted the attention of the divine spirit beneath the Desolate Ancient Abyss, and the sound of iron chains rang out.

"Clatter..."

The sound of massive iron chains was like demonic music from hell, overwhelming and shaking the heavens.

The terrifying iron chains, the death-like sound, and the massive noise were bone-chilling, as if a peerless fierce person had broken out of a hellish cage.

"What is this..." The crowd's expressions changed; even just the sound, despite having no killing intent, was enough to make their physical bodies feel like they were about to explode.

"It is the Great Accomplishment Holy Body; he is going mad, retreat first." Lin Xian shouted, letting Little Nan Nan hold the white paper boat to form a Feathered Light Shield, shielding the few of them as they left the peak of the sacred mountain.

Fortunately, on top of the sacred mountain, there was still the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, a massive ancient bronze coffin lying quietly there, showing all its vicissitudes and antiquity, as if connecting to the ancient past.

The bronze coffin was tilted, the lid had slid to the side, and the few of them, protected by Little Nan Nan, escaped a disaster, hiding inside the bronze coffin to block out the maddening sound of the Great Accomplishment Holy Body.

"The bronze coffin has saved us once again." Ye Fan sighed with emotion, stroking the ancient runes on the bronze, reciting hundreds of words of ancient scripture to activate the Long Guan, the ancient coffin's heavenly sound echoing in response to protect them.

Lin Xian resonated with it, also reciting the Immortal Scripture; he also knew these runes that evolved the Immortal Domain, and the two of them shone brilliantly. Little Nan Nan began to ascend as an immortal, floating in the center, seemingly sensing something, turning into a divine infant and also glowing.

"It makes me look like an outsider..." Fairy Zixia's expression was strange, she murmured in her heart, then abandoned her distracting thoughts. The Innate Dao Fetus was extraordinary and could naturally hear the profoundness of the Immortal Scripture; this was a great opportunity that could not be missed.

Not knowing how much time had passed, the few of them carefully walked out holding Little Nan Nan, when suddenly a deep sigh sounded.

"Come up, I am safe at this moment." The man beneath the Desolate Ancient Abyss said, then glanced at the Long Guan and whispered, "She once opened this coffin and then ordered me to throw it out. Hehe, the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin is one of the most mysterious things in eternity."

"Golden-haired big uncle..." Little Nan Nan looked toward the abyss, unimpeded, and said very cutely.

"Body growing golden hair?" Ye Fan shivered, feeling an instinctive fear.

"The only surviving Great Accomplishment Holy Body!" Lin Xian's eyes narrowed, he pointed at Ye Fan and signaled, "Your ancestor."

Ye Fan's heart stirred, the desire to rely on his ancestor overcame his fear, and he took a few steps to the peak of the sacred mountain, bowing deeply and saying, "A later-generation Holy Body, please bestow the method, Senior!"

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body was silent for a moment, not expecting Ye Fan to be so straightforward and decisive, which saved him even the small talk, and he couldn't help but sigh leisurely, "Has the inheritance of the Holy Body been severed?"

"Earth's Dharma-Ending Age is even more severe than the Big Dipper's." Lin Xian stepped forward to explain, "He is an Innate Holy Body; his parents were not Holy Bodies."

"So that's how it is." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body nodded, then his voice became serious, and he said with utmost earnestness, "I have ominousness in my twilight years and am often muddled; there is not much time when I am clear-headed."

"Ask whatever questions you have as soon as possible, while I can still answer."

Beneath the Desolate Ancient Abyss, a golden holy light flew up; it was the divine sense of the Great Accomplishment Holy Body.

The divine sense entered Ye Fan's brow, and a clear Dao map evolved in his heart sea. He was immediately shaken; how similar this was to the Holy Method for the Holy Body to cultivate the First Secret Realm he had obtained before, but it was more concrete and perfect.

"I obtained this in the Green Flood Dragon King's treasury..." Ye Fan whispered; he had used the Green Lotus to activate the dead Holy Body's remains and obtained a certain method.

"The cultivation method of the Desolate Ancient Holy Body cannot be complete just by groping through remains, otherwise the secret method would have leaked out long ago in the ages of eternity."

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body was a Venerable; his divine sense swept over like an all-knowing god, his voice serious as he earnestly exhorted, "Our Holy Body's physical body is invincible, comparable to a Great Emperor; the secret lies in re-cultivating the Five Great Secret Realms."

"Senior, can other humans cultivate the Holy Body method?" Lin Xian felt a burning desire in his heart and couldn't help but ask. Re-cultivating the Secret Realms—how suitable it was for him! He already couldn't help but want to start gnawing on it.

"It is very difficult. Even if you cultivate it, without the corresponding blood, you cannot compare to a Great Emperor." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body shook his head. In the ages of eternity, people had naturally experimented with this, but the results were very unsatisfactory.

Ordinary humans cultivating the Holy Method would often die from their bodies exploding because their physical strength was insufficient, and even if they succeeded in cultivation, they would at most be comparable to a Quasi-Emperor's physical body, or even lower, and could not become a Venerable.

"Quasi-Emperor is enough!" Lin Xian beamed with joy. He didn't intend to attain the Dao; as long as he became stronger, it would be fine. He could stitch anything together, so stitching in some Holy Method didn't matter.

"Your aptitude is okay, don't go down the wrong path; being broad but not refined makes it hard to attain the Dao." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body was speechless for a moment. In the ages of eternity, cultivators like Lin Xian were rare; at least he had never seen someone so lazy.

In the past, how many young talents had stood before the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, head and shoulders above the rest, wanting to show their style and attract a senior to protect their Dao, all with a heart to prove the Dao, worthy of being cultivators in the Shrouding Heavens.

Lin Xian, however, did not look like a native product of the Shrouding Heavens universe.

Are all current cultivators like this?

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body narrowed his eyes, swept a glance at Ye Fan and Lin Xian, and worried for the younger generation of cultivators on the Big Dipper.

"Do you think my aptitude looks like I can attain the Dao within eight or nine thousand years?" Lin Xian said frankly, "I'd better just gnaw on the Undying Medicine."

"The Undying Medicine was separated by the Great Emperor to observe the method of longevity, and the holy fruit was harvested, so it cannot be combined to create the Undying Medicine fruit." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body said calmly, "You have come too late."

"If there is no Nine Wonders Undying Medicine, there is still the True Dragon Undying Medicine." Lin Xian revealed a brilliant smile, "I'm not picky."

"True Dragon Undying Medicine..." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body looked at Ye Fan, who was currently attaining the Dao, and Fairy Zixia on the side, thoughtful, "You know a lot."

"Actually, this junior is the Dao Lord of the Ruthless One's lineage, the scripture-seeker appointed by Emperor Wu Shi, the descendant of Emperor Hengyu and Emperor Void, the son-in-law of the Green Emperor, the later-generation disciple of the Western Queen Mother..." Lin Xian thickened his skin, displayed the aura of the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art, held Little Nan Nan, and spoke nonsense with a straight face, "Disciple Lin Xian, following the imperial edicts of the various Emperors, has come from afar to the treasure mountain to beg for the true scripture to benefit all living beings. I hope the Holy Body Senior will bestow the method."

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body was stunned at first, not expecting Lin Xian to be able to relate to so many Great Emperors, and laughed dumbly, "The Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone cannot hold so many people."

"Yet there are so many Great Emperors who want to pacify the dark turmoil." Lin Xian said without blushing or skipping a beat, "The back-up plans of the various Emperors all came to pacify the turmoil; this junior is the sword-wielder!"

"Is the dark turmoil coming again?" The Great Accomplishment Holy Body made a deep sound, revealing a peerless domineering aura; at this moment, the mist of the abyss was dispelled.

Beneath the abyss, a giant ten zhang tall sat cross-legged, wearing shackles, his whole body's hair shining with golden light, so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes. Between the golden hair and the chaos Qi, a pair of eyes as fresh red as blood were revealed.

Lin Xian hurriedly withdrew his gaze, not daring to look more, fearing he would also be tainted by ominousness.

"Becoming an immortal is a disaster..." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body's heart was agitated, but the words reached his lips and turned into a sigh. All the great disasters from ancient times to the present, all the turmoil, arose because of longevity.

It was all because the Venerables wanted to become immortals that they created one bloody case after another, eternal tragedies, and the wailing of all living beings.

"The world calls me the Holy Body, but I have the heart but not the strength." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body sighed and said slowly, "If the dark turmoil is about to begin, I can at most take one Venerable on the road with me, but in this generation, I fear there will be more than one Forbidden Zone Venerable emerging."

"Forbidden Zone Venerables, are they the source of the dark turmoil?" Fairy Zixia's expression changed, she murmured, "The goals of people in different Forbidden Zones are all different."

"Except for the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, all others are the same." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body sneered, "They are all for the sake of becoming immortals."

"Senior, have you ever taken the Undying Medicine?" Lin Xian asked, "That True Dragon Divine Medicine in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest should be ripe. We can harvest it for you to continue your life for another generation and fight in the dark turmoil."

"We people are still young and can wait for the next ripening of the True Dragon Medicine."

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body's gaze softened a bit, but he shook his head helplessly, "The Great Emperor has experienced more than two hundred thousand years in the red dust and has had more than one Undying Medicine. I don't know how many times the divine medicine fruit has been harvested; how could there be a lack of this one for me?"

"I have already used the divine medicine fruit to suppress the Holy Body curse."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have lasted until now."

Lin Xian sighed. That's right, the Great Accomplishment Holy Body is not the Golden Crow Great Emperor; he doesn't have the humiliation of being a Great Emperor who should have ruled the universe but was suppressed by others.

On the contrary, the Great Accomplishment Holy Body being a head lower than the Great Emperor is the most normal thing.

If he could pacify the dark turmoil, the Great Accomplishment Holy Body would naturally be willing to continue his life for another generation and contribute once more for the human race and all living beings in the universe.

But he had already used the Undying Medicine and could not live another generation.

The curse of the Underworld was too powerful, led by an immortal artifact, with countless Venerables casting the curse; relying solely on the Great Accomplishment Holy Body's own strength, it was simply impossible to resist.

Lin Xian discovered that the Great Accomplishment Holy Body was not sealed in divine source; the Holy Body curse simply did not allow him to seal himself.

He had been relying on the power of the Ruthless Great Emperor and the Undying Medicine to delay until now.

(End of chapter)