Chapter 172

The Great Accomplishment Tyrant Body, an alternative attain-er of the Dao, can seal themselves in divine source to continue for ages of eternity, because they have no curse.

The Holy Body, however, is different; in their twilight years, the curse comes knocking, and ominousness entangles them.

Just as they are sealed into divine source, wanting to slumber for ages of eternity, the next second the ominousness erupts, and they have to circulate blood Qi to resist the curse, making it impossible to seal.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, there have only been Great Accomplishment Holy Bodies who died in battle, never ones who sealed themselves.

This is a kind of glory, and also a kind of helplessness.

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body relied on the Undying Medicine to continue his life for another generation; in his peak period, he could ignore the Underworld curse, but in his twilight years, the ominousness came knocking again.

Moreover, in the Dharma-Ending Age, even a Venerable's life is only a little over ten thousand years. From the Desolate Ancient ages to the present, I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have passed, and the Great Accomplishment Holy Body cannot seal himself.

Except for the Undying Medicine, the reason he truly survived is the Empress.

Inside the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, there is a mysterious power; it is the Empress researching the method of longevity, which can accelerate time and also delay time.

The desolate slaves are influenced by the Empress; it is said they are dead, yet they still have a bit of intelligence, and time cannot leave any traces on them.

As long as they maintain this strange state, they can exist with the world and coexist with the Empress.

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body is the greatest desolate slave in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone!

Now is the twilight of his second life; he has the heart to kill the thieves, but lacks the strength to turn the tide.

"Death is eternal!"

A glimmer of light bloomed in Lin Xian's eyes; he didn't expect his guess to actually become reality in the hands of the Empress.

The desolate slaves are in a state of being neither alive nor dead; because they are dead, time has no effect on them.

But once they come back to life, their lifespan will be instantly exhausted, and they will be cut into dust by time.

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body theoretically has the strength for one battle, but after one battle, regardless of victory or defeat, he cannot escape death.

"Death is eternal, a very interesting concept."

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body has lived through eternity and has long since looked past life and death. Surviving is just a single obsession supporting him, wanting to fight the dark Venerables. He said in a deep voice, "No need to find any Undying Medicine for me; spilling blood on the battlefield is the best destination for the Holy Body."

"I am waiting for the Lord of the Immortal Tomb to end a grudge."

The Nine Sacred Mountains breaking the firmament is not just talk; there really is that kind of combat power. Generations of Great Accomplishment Holy Bodies have followed one another, fighting in the universe and starry sky, pacifying the dark turmoil; these are battle records achieved with their fists!

Dark Venerables change color when they see the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, because the Holy Body is truly stubborn.

Ordinary alternative attain-ers of the Dao guard a region, and the dark Venerables give each other face and do not cleanse the stars they guard; this is the unspoken rule of the turmoil era.

After all, fighting a Venerable is a battle where both sides suffer; if things go wrong, everyone will perish together, which is really not worth it for the sake of ants.

However, in the ages of eternity, there happened to be an alternative in the Holy Body lineage who was determined to perish together with the Venerables.

I don't know when the grudge started, but in short, whenever there is dark turmoil, the Great Accomplishment Holy Body must participate, fighting until the Holy Body's ancestral star explodes, and still wanting to fight.

"The human race owes the Holy Body lineage; even now, there are people hunting down the Holy Body." Standing alone in the wind, Fairy Zixia, who had been silent for a long time, bowed and said, "Zixia asks for forgiveness from the Senior on behalf of the Purple Mansion Sacred Ground."

"One does not walk alone on the road to the Great Emperor; talents compete to cross, and that's how it has always been." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body saw it very clearly, his expression calm as he said, "If there are people hunting the Holy Body, aren't there also people supporting the Holy Body?"

"The Holy Body does not rely on others; pity for a moment, kindness will eventually be exhausted. Only by strengthening oneself can one be endless."

"The Holy Body should strengthen itself, and I also hope Senior will take care and strive to live on." Lin Xian said with a serious expression, "This generation is extraordinary; there is a shocking great change that shakes the ages of eternity."

"Dark turmoil, Great Emperor attaining the Dao, flying immortals competing to cross, the Immortal Path opening—all are gathered in this generation."

"Senior should hold on and take a look, at least until the contemporary Holy Body Ye Fan attains accomplishment and can fight the Venerables."

Ye Fan had already suffered enough; Lin Xian was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold on, so he simply pulled in another Great Accomplishment Holy Body to suffer a bit.

If the Great Accomplishment Holy Body could live on, he could share a lot of the pressure.

Lin Xian told the Great Accomplishment Holy Body about several longevity methods. Currently, those that could be used included collecting faith power to extend life, collecting the dreamlike divine marrow in the depths of Central Continent, and the Kunlun Immortal Mountain having an immortal fetus...

The Great Accomplishment Holy Body shook his head. When he was young, he fought across the world and used many medicine king treasures; now, these had no great effect on him.

He was not a Quasi-Emperor, but a true Venerable who had attained the Dao in an alternative way, the former nine-generation invincible person who walked to the dead end of the Holy Body; otherwise, how could he have fought and been hostile to the Longevity Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun until now.

Divine treasures and immortal treasures might be able to help him improve some blood Qi and reproduce peak combat power, but they absolutely could not extend his life.

Only by finding the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill could there be an effect; otherwise, eating an Undying Medicine would be useless.

From ancient times, all Great Emperors have become empty; the Dharma-Ending Age is strict to the extreme. Unless one deeply researches the method of longevity, one or two tens of thousands of years is the limit.

"Nine-Turn Immortal Pill..." Lin Xian's brows locked tightly. Besides the Spirit Treasure Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun having refined this, there were only legends of the Ancient Heavenly Court's Emperor Venerable. In the ages of eternity, there were only two cases; it was the peak of alchemy, even harder to find than the Undying Medicine.

Even Great Emperors might not necessarily have it, because some things are in the Forbidden Zones, and one must have Huang Tiandi-level, or near-Huang Tiandi-level strength to forcibly demand it.

But besides the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, what else could extend the life of a Venerable who had eaten the Undying Medicine?!

"Harvest the medicine and leave." The Great Accomplishment Holy Body shook his head, pointed out one or two Holy Body secret methods to Lin Xian, and suddenly his expression changed, saying in a deep voice, "I am about to fall into madness again, leave quickly!"

Lin Xian's expression changed greatly upon hearing this. He picked up Ye Fan, who was currently attaining the Dao, and took Fairy Zixia and the others back to the bronze coffin, reciting the Immortal Scripture to resist the demonic sound of the Great Accomplishment Holy Body.

Endless demonic clouds surged, rushing out from the abyss like crashing waves hitting the clouds. Vaguely, several massive iron chains could be seen flashing with cold light, connecting to the horizon.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Ye Fan also woke up from his profound attainment of the Dao. The few of them stepped forward to ask to see the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, but there was no reply for a long time.

"The state of the Holy Body Senior is very bad." Ye Fan shook his head.

"There must be a way!" Lin Xian's eyes were firm, his tone solemn, possessing an unstoppable temperament. He didn't believe there was no way to extend the life of the Great Accomplishment Holy Body.

He could even gnaw on the Desolate Ancient Holy Body, had plucked wool from all the Heavenly Emperors, and even Duan De had to have his hair plucked in his hands; he didn't believe he couldn't make the Great Accomplishment Holy Body suffer a bit.

He had decided to gnaw on the Holy Body; even the Dharma-Ending Age couldn't stop him.

Ye Fan looked sideways, always feeling that Sacred Lord Lin had an invincible will, and couldn't help but say, "Sacred Lord, why do I feel like you are more concerned about the Great Accomplishment Holy Body than I am?"

Clearly, he was the one who was the Desolate Ancient Holy Body.

"You don't understand." Lin Xian said with firm eyes, "This concerns my Great Dao!"

"Great Dao?" Ye Fan was confused. Did Sacred Lord Lin have such a thing? Wasn't it all about taking medicine and spending money, gnawing his way up? Even his Dao methods were copied from homework.

"You're just a kid, don't worry about so much." Lin Xian waved his hand, directing the Holy Body and the Innate Dao Fetus to collect the holy fruit, while he took out the bottles and jars he had prepared earlier to collect the divine spring.

The few of them first drank their fill, feeling spirited. Even Fairy Zixia lost her composure and started gulping it down, possessing a temperament of drinking and toasting.

The divine spring was rare, the misty immortal Qi rising like nine-day immortal liquid, nourishing everyone's body and mind. There was a feeling of being comfortable all over. Even Little Nan Nan, drinking the divine spring, only felt it was sweet, smiling and squinting her big eyes.

If it weren't for the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone sealing magic power and making it impossible to open the Five Great Secret Realms, Lin Xian would have had the urge to pour the divine spring into his own Bitter Sea.

Even so, after the few of them scavenged it, this life spring pool dropped by a few inches.

Seeing this made Ye Fan's heart tremble, and he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle, saying, "Sacred Lord, are we being a bit excessive in what we're doing?"

"Little Nan Nan invited us to drink." Lin Xian picked up a milk jar, filled it with divine spring water, handed it to Little Nan Nan, and instigated, "Little Nan Nan, big brother invited you to drink water, what should you do?"

Little Nan Nan squinted her eyes, very cutely and happily saying, "Little Nan Nan also invites big brother and big sister to drink water."

Ye Fan and Fairy Zixia looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads. Sacred Lord Lin's move of borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha was really slick.

After doing all this, Lin Xian still wasn't satisfied and simply soaked his whole body in the divine spring, letting the pool water soak his entire body.

"Sacred Lord, please act like a human being." Ye Fan covered his face; letting those who came later drink bathwater was too inhuman.

"Less nonsense, get in together."

Lin Xian coughed lightly, "The heavenly rules within the divine spring are different from the outside world; there is an ancient aura."

Ye Fan's expression changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward to experience it, discovering that there really were different Great Dao law powers.

"The environment before the ancient times, the curse is negligible, the heavenly rules have not changed."

Ye Fan said happily, "No Four Extremities Heavenly Pass, no curse, couldn't I just cultivate to Great Accomplishment?"

"Unless you want to learn from the Great Accomplishment Holy Body and stay in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone for a lifetime." Lin Xian said leisurely, "Once you go out, the heavenly tribulation curse and the Innate Dao map will still come."

"Is that so." Ye Fan was disappointed for a while. Not to mention that he wanted to return to Earth, even on the Big Dipper, he had many people he was attached to; how could he stay in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone for a lifetime?

Of course, if he did this, the Ruthless Great Emperor would probably be very happy.

Following this, Fairy Zixia bathed, bringing Little Nan Nan to soak in the divine spring. Ye Fan coughed, pretending to be serious, and pulled Sacred Lord Lin to turn his back.

Lin Xian shook his head, focusing entirely on comprehending the Great Dao laws, letting the system record the Dao rhyme within the divine spring, preparing to create an experimental field to simulate the ancient environment and aura, to help the Undying Divine Medicine recover in the future.

"The ancient aura of this divine spring has already been recorded, and there are still eight divine springs that have not been recorded."

The System 10086 said indifferently, reminding Lin Xian that his second check-in was precisely at this place, where he obtained the Tianxuan cultivation method.

"System, I've discovered that every place you have me check in is very special."

Lin Xian suddenly narrowed his eyes, recalling every famous scene check-in in the past.

Excluding the famous scenes, the locations were also extremely special.

"Host, it's like this: as long as you upgrade with all your heart and slap faces to show off, that's fine, but the system has a lot to consider."

The System 10086 chirped, even counter-accusing him, saying the host didn't care about the system at all, not even discovering such a simple thing.

"Fine, fine, so that's how you want to play."

Lin Xian's face turned dark, thinking the system was being unreasonable, while the system accused Lin Xian of being cold and heartless.

From the first check-in to obtain the runes to build the Immortal Domain, to later evolving the Chaos Great Dao bit by bit and collecting all kinds of magical powers, it was all the system working hard.

Whether it was the ancient aura of the divine spring or the check-in at the Green Emperor's Desolate Tower, the system was very methodical, striving toward the path of evolving the great universe and shaping the Immortal Domain.

It had always been the system bearing the burden forward, which was why the host Lin Xian had his quiet life.

Lin Xian was accused and suddenly felt a bit guilty. Had he really not done anything at all during this period?

He was also working conscientiously, striving to build a community of shared destiny for the host system.

The System 10086 ruthlessly exposed Lin Xian's lies: "Everything is done by the Holy Body, the Sages are doing the work, the Emperor Artifacts are doing the work, you are just collecting the fruit, you are fake-working."

"You're a middleman, eating from both ends!"

"So it was the Holy Body doing the work; Ye Fan has truly worked hard."

Lin Xian suddenly realized, trying to muddle through.

However, the system simply wouldn't agree; the host had been too lazy recently, he had to do some work.

In the end, the host and the system divided their responsibilities. Once the "Changing Heaven and Earth" Great Method was perfected, he would immediately go to the various sects to apprentice and learn, collecting all kinds of scriptures.

"There is still some time before 'Changing Heaven and Earth' is perfected." Lin Xian fed back, trying to pluck some wool from the system as well; after all, gnawing on anyone was gnawing.

The system had been with Lin Xian for many years and saw his intentions at a glance, decisively refusing, then proposing another direction: "The Fighting Sacred Ape lineage is also proficient in the art of transformation, not weaker than the Source Heaven Master's 'Changing Heaven and Earth'."

"Seventy-two transformations?" Lin Xian muttered, wondering if such a thing really existed.

Whether it was the Fighting Sacred Ape or the Six-Eared Macaque, they seemed to be proficient in this path. Where was the source? Was it the Spirit Treasure Yuanshi Yuanshi Tianzun, or an ancient inheritance?

Legend has it that the Zhu Yan, the Chaos Demon Ape... and other monkey tribes have a common ancestor. The inheritance in the tribe, besides the seventy-two transformations, also has the Eight-Nine Heavenly Art, not weaker than the Ten Fierce of the Immortal Ancient.

If one pushes the deduction further, the human race is also one of the several great divine apes, evolved from their descendants.

A Heavenly Choice Immortal King in the Immortal Domain once followed time, stepped on the long river, and explored bloodlines and physical bodies. The human race and several great divine monkeys seemed to have common bloodlines; theoretically, they were distant relatives.

The System 10086 prompted: "Theoretically, the human race and the Fighting Sacred Ape are relatives."

Since they are relatives, the Dao methods are also the same. Lin Xian could safely gnaw on the Fighting Sacred Ape and suffer the Six-Eared Macaque.

(End of chapter)