Chapter 411: [Escaping the Ominousness of Old Age]

Amidst the wailing sounds, the red-haired monster approached, radiating ominousness and curses. These were phenomena that should only have appeared in the old age of a Source Heaven Master or a Saint Body, but due to the influence of the Great Emperor’s baleful aura, they had been triggered prematurely.

"Clatter!"

The sound of iron chains was exceptionally terrifying amidst the blood rain, truly as if a death spirit from the Underworld had arrived, about to detain a soul.

Lin Xian was not angry but delighted. He waved the Human Emperor Banner and laughed loudly: "The Underworld Emperor is here, the Heavenly Court is reopened. I would like to see whether you are detaining me, or I am detaining you!"

The great banner swayed, purple Qi surged, white light shone for ten thousand zhang, and black smoke rolled. One after another, heroic spirits, Corpse-Severing Immortals, and Bodhisattva divine thoughts manifested. Buddha light shone everywhere, faith brought salvation, and they waged war amidst the black and white. Immortals wept and gods lamented, as if a path to the Nine Netherworlds had been opened.

The First Ancestral Vein was currently surging with ghost Qi, a result of the Feathered Divine Dynasty binding itself to the dragon vein back then. Having died here, they had been reduced to earth-bound spirits.

The Human Emperor Banner swayed like a soul-summoning envoy, guiding thousands of departed spirits to ascend early to the Pure Land Bodhisattva World and enter the reincarnation of the Underworld soil.

Such a magic treasure could be called the nemesis of the Underworld. Millions of ghost soldiers were about to be swept away in the blink of an eye, transformed into a small Underworld within the Human Emperor Banner.

"Awoo..."

A shrill, long howl rang out, soul-stirring and deafening, as if a fierce beast of the Underworld had broken out of its cage. The truly eerie Ghost Saint in the shadows could finally hold back no longer.

Lin Xian smiled indifferently; he had been waiting for this. He chanted the Salvation Scripture, guiding the power of salvation from the dark void: "Accumulate Yang to form a spirit, within the spirit there is form. Form is born from the sun, the sun is born from the moon. Accumulate Yin to form a shape, within the shape there is spirit..."

This scripture was the crystallization of Lingbao Lingbao Tianzun’s life work. It possessed true power of salvation, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth. It was profound, abstruse, and had infinite miraculous uses. Even the divine thought of the Undying Emperor feared it, let alone a mere Ghost Saint.

The vast and mighty power of faith from the Heavenly Court surged forth, illuminating the Thirty-Six Heavens and the boundless small world of light.

In an instant, the red-haired monster was beaten back, and the ominousness of old age was cast off. Lin Xian was bathed in divine light from head to toe, clear and bright inside and out, like an Immortal Dao True Person or a Buddha of wisdom and fortune, possessing a sense of being transcendent and refined.

At this very moment, a furious reprimand rang out from the Thirty-Fifth Heaven.

"How dare you disturb the slumber of the Feathered Great Emperor!"

A Daoist child walked out from an ancient palace. He looked to be only eleven or twelve years old, yet he emitted an extremely aged voice.

A young girl with delicate features, situated in the palace of the Thirty-Fifth Heaven, looked down from above like an old crone and said coldly: "You have quite the nerve to plunder the treasures of our Divine Dynasty."

Feathered Great Emperor? The Feathered Divine Dynasty!

Back then, when the Ruthless Great Emperor destroyed the Feathered Divine Dynasty, how could she have missed this greatest ancestor?

Everyone’s expression changed, including the Divine Silkworm Imperial Prince. He subconsciously gripped the Divine Spirit Ancient Coffin; if the Feathered Great Emperor were truly to revive, he would have to throw out his old man for a life-or-death battle to have a glimmer of hope.

Only Lin Xian remained unhurried. He laughed loudly, took a step forward, and pointed at Ye Fan: "The Feathered Divine Dynasty was established by the descendants of the Ancient Heavenly Court. I am the Sect Master of the Heavenly Court; what is wrong with coming to accept the inheritance?"

"On the contrary, you two Yin Spirit juniors—Emperor Zun and the Underworld Emperor are here. You do not bow; what is your crime!"

"Ancient Heavenly Court? Emperor Zun? Underworld Emperor?!" The two Daoist children, reborn as Yin Spirits, were shocked. They stared at Ye Fan, discovering the dense power of faith on his body. They then scanned their surroundings, even looking at the Black Emperor, but they did not look at Duan De.

Because Duan De’s appearance simply could not be reconciled with the legendary, cold-hearted Underworld Emperor who ruled the Underworld and sat high above, judging the life and death of all living beings.

"Old Duan, they are looking down on you," Lin Xian gloated, taking the opportunity to stir up trouble: "Can you tolerate this?"

"This fatty is the Underworld Emperor? You must be joking!"

The female Daoist child said in disbelief, her cold Yin Spirit face beginning to fluctuate.

Duan De’s chubby face twitched, and in his anger, he directly sacrificed the Heaven-Swallowing Devil Jar. Strands of black light descended, blooming with the peerless divine might of the Ruthless Great Emperor.

On the jar lid was a ghost face imprint, looking as if it were crying yet also smiling. It was somewhat playful, yet somewhat sorrowful, hanging with tear stains and carrying sunlight, making it unforgettable at a single glance.

It was as if a Female Emperor had revived, looking down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. At this moment, all things fell silent, and all living beings had to kneel, none failing to tremble with fear.

"That woman!!!"

The two Daoist children gasped, as if they had been terrified by something. Their eyes were filled with fear, recalling the terror of being dominated by the Ruthless Great Emperor over two hundred thousand years ago.

"No, it is just a weapon," the male Daoist child quickly reacted, his eyes incomparably cold: "She has long since passed away, but the Feathered Great Emperor remains forever in the human world!"

"Indeed, when the Great Emperor returns, he will make the Feathered Divine Dynasty great again." A trace of madness appeared in the female Daoist child’s eyes.

Both Daoist children were no longer the people they once were; having awakened the memories of their past lives, they could only be considered Corpse Gods.

"What of the Feathered Great Emperor? The Heavenly Court is honored by all Emperors, and Emperor Zun is the Supreme Heavenly Emperor!"

Lin Xian held the Emperor Fuxi Dragon Stele and shouted: "To meet an Emperor and not bow is to lose one's true life; your name is already on the Reincarnation Stele. Bow at every step, and your sins will be halved on the path to rebirth, protecting your true spirit."

The vast and mighty divine power of the Emperor weapon pressed down, leaving the two Yin Spirit Daoist children unable to catch their breath. The male Daoist child struggled to lift his head and roared: "Since ancient times, Great Emperors have never met one another. Even if you were the true Emperor Zun, the Feathered Great Emperor would not necessarily be weaker than him."

"You randomly found someone to impersonate Emperor Zun. Even if you have an Emperor weapon, when the Great Emperor emerges, your crimes will be unforgivable."

"A fake Emperor Zun?" Lin Xian smiled indifferently. Holding the Emperor weapon, he unleashed its ultimate divine might toward the Thirty-Sixth Heaven. Vast and mighty immortal light covered the sky and earth, sweeping through the small world and striking into the First Ancestral Vein of Zhongzhou.

"Boom!"

Endless auspicious clouds sprayed out, surrounded by various rays of light. Inside, it was sacred; thousands of auspicious colors and ten thousand divine rainbows pierced through the sun, moon, and stars.

The dragon Qi essence of the First Ancestral Vein of Zhongzhou gathered here. Thousands upon thousands of immortal lights steamed upward, scattering across the world. The rays were brilliant, and the colorful radiance surged violently.

It wasn't just the two Daoist children who went mad; even Ye Fan’s group was stunned. Since when did Saint Master Lin have the courage to attack a Great Emperor?

Since the Divine Emperor was here, it was very likely that the Feathered Great Emperor was real. How could an Emperor weapon deal with a perfect Great Emperor? No matter how many pieces you brought, they would all be shattered.

"Great Emperor!"

After a brief moment of distraction, the two Daoist children screamed in disbelief. Lin Xian’s strike had pierced the only entrance to the First Ancestral Vein of Zhongzhou. There had originally been a Saint Spirit stone fetus floating there, but it had been forcibly chiseled open by the Emperor weapon and split into eight pieces.

Piece after piece of feather-like light flew out. The stone fetus was empty; there was no figure, only a wisp of Emperor might spreading.

"Feathering and ascending to immortality!"

Princess Divine Silkworm sighed: "Called the Feathered Great Emperor, is the final outcome just feathering? Is becoming an immortal truly just a beautiful delusion?"

"Even if the Feathered Great Emperor once stayed here, he is no longer here," the Black Emperor sighed: "Looking at the path to heaven, a desolate dream, white hair disheveled, the blue sea and green sky wither, thirty emperors through the ages, how many sages are now in the dust..."

"Impossible! Six thousand years ago, the Feathered Great Emperor revived from the ancestral vein and awakened us, bestowing upon us the memories of our past lives, letting us guard the highest sacred temple..."

"Where has he gone now? How could a Saint holding an Emperor weapon slash open his stone fetus? It is simply impossible!"

The two Daoist children screamed madly, unable to accept this fact. They called out loudly for the Great Emperor, their eyes fixed, as if they were about to fall into demonic madness.

"He must be in the deepest part of the ancestral vein!"

The two seemingly young ancient Saints turned into two beams of light and disappeared into that ancient cave, rushing toward the depths of the Zhongzhou ancestral vein. They had to find an answer.

"Six thousand years ago... wait, six thousand years!" Ye Fan, the current Lord of the Heavenly Court and concurrently the Saint Master of Ye Tianxuan, seemed to understand something. He suddenly looked back toward the direction of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

It couldn't really be like that, could it?

"The karma of the predecessors is reaped by the successors; a drink and a peck are all determined by fate."

Lin Xian, the Supreme Saint Master of Ye Tianxuan, smiled indifferently: "The cause planted by the Ye Tianxuan Sacred Land in the past is being reaped by the Ye Tianxuan Saint Master today. It is exactly the Dao of karmic cycles."

Six thousand years ago, the Ye Tianxuan Sacred Land attacked the Path to Immortality, wishing to gamble for a lifetime of immortality. Although they did not succeed, they startled the Ruthless Female Emperor within the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

Once the Ruthless Female Emperor revived, she incidentally frightened the Feathered Great Emperor, who was in the midst of nirvana. He moved house overnight and returned to his ancestral land, the Feathered Ancient Star.

"Since the Feathered Great Emperor has left, this small world of Thirty-Six Heavens shall be the treasury of my Heavenly Court."

Lin Xian’s gaze was brilliant. He stared straight at that only entrance, where there was a Feathered Immortal Scripture and some notes on the insights of a Saint Spirit stone fetus.

How could the nirvana dojo of a generation of Great Emperors be ordinary? Even after being slapped to pieces by the Ruthless Emperor, leaving only a broken ancestral vein, it remained a top-tier immortal land in the human world.

To ponder the Saint Spirit Longevity Method left behind by the Feathered Great Emperor and gain insight into its mysteries—it was difficult if one said it was difficult, and easy if one said it was easy. One only needed to satisfy three conditions.