Chapter 422

A secret technique created by an Ancient Emperor before his passing is no ordinary thing; it is definitely not as simple as a forbidden secret technique, but involves an Enlightened One's reflections on becoming an immortal—it is his method for longevity.

Furthermore, it was created by the Golden Ancient Emperor after he failed to conquer the path to immortality, so it is certainly not something of this world. It is highly likely that he gained something on the path to immortality, and his combat power was sublimated.

The most obvious logic is that other Supremes were killed by a single ultimate move from the Heavenly Emperor Ye Fan, while the Golden Ancient Emperor, relying on the Golden Divine Treasury, managed to take two hits before being killed by Ye Fan using a weapon, which is enough to show how stunning it was.

Lin Xian felt that the Golden Divine Treasury was extremely similar to something from the Chaotic Ancient Era, so he specifically came to see it. As for the Golden Heavenly Maiden's provocation, it was purely the Ancient Imperial Daughter's personal temperament—a temper that refused to be inferior to others.

As an Ancient Imperial Daughter, she suppressed an era; no one in the world could withstand her tenth move. The reason she seemed unremarkable in this life was simply because of the accumulation of thousands of generations—all the backup plans of the Emperors and Sovereigns erupted at this moment, all for the sake of becoming an immortal.

This life is not just a ten-thousand-year struggle, but a million-year contest; it is the collision of the three eras of Myth, Antiquity, and Desolation!

Lin Xian looked at the tall and long-legged Golden Heavenly Maiden and smiled freely: "Although the Heavenly Maiden is stunningly talented, she is not my match."

"I lost?!" The Golden Heavenly Maiden was almost angered into laughter. She had never seen such a shameless person. Golden light flashed in her eyes, and she shouted: "Lin Xian, do you dare to fight me at the same level?"

"The Heavenly Maiden is mistaken. I have already become a Saint—that is one win. You have not become a Saint—that is one loss."

"My time cultivating the Dao is short—that is two wins. You have cultivated for a long time—that is two losses."

"The Heavenly Court is stronger than the Golden clan—that is three wins and three losses."

"I live long and have a long lifespan—that is four wins and four losses."

"I have a broad mind, while the Heavenly Maiden is narrow-minded—that is five wins and five losses."

Lin Xian spoke eloquently: "With these five wins and five losses, why compare further?"

The Golden Heavenly Maiden's expression darkened, and she was furious. The first three points were fine, but what the hell were the last two? He was clearly bullying her.

"Less nonsense. If you win, I will take charge and give you the Ancient Imperial Order." The Golden Heavenly Maiden's hair danced, and a golden, brilliant Ancient Imperial Order appeared in her palm. She said arrogantly: "If the Heavenly Court wants to rule the world, relying on just a glib tongue won't work."

This is the unique style of the Shrouding the Heavens universe.

If it were in another world, Lin Xian could use his words to make the opponent retreat, but in this universe, no matter how many Great Daos or eight hundred divine abilities you have, in the end, you still have to prove it with a battle.

The Golden King's eyes were calm, evidently having anticipated this, and he held an Ultimate Imperial Weapon to open a small world, allowing the two to fight.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to probe the foundation of the Heavenly Court.

A Saint under fifty years old—this record is truly too terrifying; even Imperial Sons and Imperial Princes cannot reach it.

Is it truly heaven-defying, or is it just forcing growth?!

"Why bother?"

Lin Xian sighed softly and pushed the Dao crown on his head. Immediately, a clear Qi evolved, turning into a green lotus that slowly bloomed. Sitting on the lotus was a Green Lotus Daoist, holding a Myriad Laws Lotus, with a realm equal to the Golden Heavenly Maiden.

"With one thought, flowers bloom; rule the world!"

"Nine Slashes of the Demon Emperor!"

"Chaotic Green Lotus Step!"

The Green Lotus Daoist was surrounded by immortal Qi, like a son of the Green Emperor, ruling the world, possessing a spirit of looking down upon the world. Every movement was an evolution of Imperial Law.

The two collided within the Golden small world, each strike exchanging hundreds of blows, fast to an unbelievable degree, making the Golden King's eyelids twitch.

"In fact, she has already lost."

The Golden Great Saint's expression was solemn. If a cultivator's Dao body can fight an Ancient Imperial Prince for so long, regardless of the final result, if the Ancient Imperial Prince lacks that invincible demeanor, then it is not enough.

One must sweep across everything to forge an invincible Ancient Imperial path!

"I don't believe it!"

The Golden Heavenly Maiden shouted. Her figure was slender, her bearing stunning, and her golden hair danced. Behind her was a brilliant Golden Divine World; the legendary Immeasurable Divine Treasury had appeared.

There, golden bells, divine tripods, Dao swords, and holy pagodas flickered with golden light, floating and sinking. Looking forward, this was a divine treasury world belonging to weapons.

"Gate of Babylon, are you also a Wise King?"

Lin Xian smiled calmly. What he valued was not the forbidden chapter of the Golden Divine Treasury—although the Imperial Art was strong, the Heavenly Court did not lack them. What he wanted to explore was the source of that moment when the Golden Divine Treasury was opened.

Was the mysterious divine treasury world an evolution of Dao techniques, or a real material world?

"Flowers bloom and see me; I see the person!"

The Green Lotus Daoist shouted. He knew clearly that no matter how powerful a Dao body was, at the same level, it could not defeat an Ancient Imperial Daughter. He simply abandoned all divine abilities and spells, turned into a chaotic green lotus, as if opening the world, and rushed forward to collide with her.

One was a green lotus universe like an immortal realm, the other a golden world full of divine weapons. The two merged, destroyed, reborn, and bloomed with immeasurable immortal light.

The collision of spirit and matter broke the absolute boundary, shattering the void. A true divine treasury emerged, full of traces of the Great Dao, summoned by the Golden Heavenly Maiden, and turned into a forbidden divine art.

"It has appeared—a world of secret techniques that can be transformed into boundless Great Dao attacks, evolving into an ultimate divine art."

"An absolute spiritual realm—it really is it!"

Lin Xian's true body stood up abruptly, prompting the Golden Great Saint to intervene.

"Is the Heavenly Court Saint trying to bully the small with the big? Your Dao body has been destroyed."

The Golden Great Saint's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, thinking Lin Xian wanted to enter the fray with his true body.

Inside the Golden small world, that chaotic green lotus exploded, turning into a clear Qi that was tottering. After all, it was only the divine ability of One Qi Transforming Three Purities, not a real person, and it soon dissipated with the wind.

Likewise, the Golden Heavenly Maiden was not having an easy time; her hair was disheveled, and she was covered in black, not looking like a princess of the Golden clan at all, but rather like a beggar who had run out of a slum.

"Bullying the small with the big? The Great Saint is mistaken. I just wanted to say that the Golden Heavenly Maiden's Golden Divine Treasury is practiced incorrectly, and I wanted to offer some guidance."

Lin Xian smiled calmly, and the words he spoke left even the Golden King stunned for a long time.

"I practiced it incorrectly..." The Golden Heavenly Maiden was almost angered into laughter. Her expression was cold as she said: "This is a divine art created by my father. As his daughter, how could there be any errors? Is Lin Sheng talking nonsense?"

"First there is the divine treasury world, then the Golden Divine Treasury, just as the sun in the sky illuminates all things, and only then does vegetation grow."

Lin Xian smiled calmly, using the Dou-character Secret to evolve the Golden Divine Treasury, and said quietly: "You are not me, how do you know I don't know the Golden Divine Treasury?"

"This technique has an affinity with me!"

Golden bells, Dao swords, precious tripods, and divine pagodas appeared one by one behind Lin Xian. This is the shamelessness of the Fighting Holy Law—perhaps it cannot achieve the power of the original version, but it can definitely evolve nine-out-of-ten new divine abilities.

"Impossible!"

The Golden Heavenly Maiden exclaimed. Even though she was the daughter of an Ancient Emperor, it had taken her several days to evolve the Golden Divine Treasury back then. How could Lin Xian learn it the moment he saw it?

There are only two explanations: either Lin Xian's talent is heaven-defying and he is destined to become an immortal in this life, or he is cheating.

"It's the Fighting Holy Law, I know it now, he used the Dou-character Secret."

Fortunately, the Golden Great Saint was knowledgeable and had seen Old Jiang Taixu take action. He suddenly realized and shouted, waking the Golden Heavenly Maiden from her confusion and saving her Dao heart.

"The Nine Secrets, so that's it."

The Golden Heavenly Maiden let out a long breath. Sure enough, it wasn't she who was wrong, but this world. Having regained her senses, her face flushed, and she gritted her teeth: "Is teasing me fun?"

"It is the Golden Divine Treasury, not the Fighting Holy Law. If you don't believe me, Heavenly Maiden, you can compare them."

Lin Xian stood with his hands behind his back, still stubborn.

"There are no two identical Dao techniques in the world, even the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables were only on par with my father."

The Golden Heavenly Maiden sneered, wanting to expose Lin Xian's lie, and restarted the Golden Divine Treasury, evolving the true mysteries, within which Imperial Dao laws flowed.

Moves can be imitated, but the unique temperament of an Ancient Emperor cannot be replicated, even if the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables were reborn. This involves the laws of the universe and the uniqueness of the Heavenly Heart Mark.

The Great Dao Divine Treasury, with its infinite wonders and various divine weapons, rang out, and a vast rain of light fell, presenting immeasurable imprints.

The same ancient bells, Dao swords, and holy pagodas appeared. According to logic, normal divine arts Great Change according to the person. A sword technique—a sound cultivator can practice sword Qi and thunder sound, while a magic cultivator can practice sword light differentiation; both have different insights.

But the Golden Divine Treasury, no matter who performs it, always has the same Great Dao traces.

"Immortal Bell, Desolate Tower, Green Tripod, Bronze Immortal Palace, Immortal Sword... sure enough, they are all here."

"The Golden Ancient Emperor definitely never saw so many immortal artifacts. There really is such a world."

A hint of excitement appeared in Lin Xian's eyes. He called out the system, absorbed the Dao sounds, and performed a copy-paste.

Your divine art is good, but the next second, it's mine!

Different from the simulation of the Fighting Holy Law, this is a true fusion.

The next moment, the Fighting Holy Law receded, and a true Golden Divine Treasury world appeared, dazzling, with immortal swords trembling, Dao bells tolling, and the Desolate Tower floating—all were projections of the past.

At this moment, the Golden Heavenly Maiden's gaze was completely blank, staring at the Golden World for a long time, unable to forget it. She was a bit confused about whether she was the Ancient Emperor's child or if Lin Xian was the Ancient Emperor's child.

"Clan Leader, did my father have any illegitimate children?" The Golden Heavenly Maiden suddenly asked out of the blue, leaving the Golden Great Saint stunned.

"Illegitimate child? Of course... I suppose not." The Golden Great Saint was very firm at first, but looking at his own clan's divine art, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth, becoming less confident.

After all, Lin Xian's origin is a mystery; he can be linked to every force. Some say he is a Human Imperial Son, others say he is an Ancient Era prodigy, and there are even exaggerated claims that he is a Mythical Heavenly Venerable reincarnated in the world.

As the Golden World floated and the Great Dao revolved, immortal light suddenly bloomed from Lin Xian's brow. His golden Primordial Spirit stepped out into the air, chanting ancient sacrificial words.

In the Chaotic Ancient Era, the Immortal Kings used their spiritual connection to build a Virtual God Realm. Their descendants could use ancient sacrifices, using faith as a coordinate to link to the spiritual world and step into that realm.

As the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths shattered again and again, the material universe was destroyed, and the spiritual world naturally could not last long, falling apart and scattering between heaven and earth.

What the Golden Ancient Emperor encountered was exactly a fragment of the Virtual God Realm, which recorded powerful weapons from ancient times to the present.

"What is he doing?"

The Golden Great Saint's heart was startled, and he was very unwilling to protect Lin Xian, avoiding all risks. Today, the Heavenly Court is powerful; if Lin Xian were to get lost or have an accident on the Golden clan's territory, it would give the Heavenly Court an excuse to start a war.

The golden Primordial Spirit chanted the Great Dao Scripture, unexpectedly wanting to step into that divine treasury world, floating with the divine artifacts of the heavens. With every movement, there were magic tools flying.

Different from the Golden Heavenly Maiden's driving, at this moment, Lin Xian merged with the Golden Divine Treasury; he himself was a weapon.

"That's it, the physical body has been invincible throughout history. This is the greatest characteristic of using the body as a seed."

"The physical body is the most powerful weapon, and the Primordial Spirit is also a divine weapon!"

"The body itself is the greatest divine treasury."

Lin Xian thought of the gourd of the Primitive Lake and the black gourd destroyed in the Ancient God War. The golden Primordial Spirit spun around, floating with the Golden Divine Treasury, and finally turned into a Primordial Spirit Dao sword, slashing out and rushing into that realm!

The Virtual God Realm was thus manifested. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had been reorganized from fragments; why could this fragment be preserved?

Lin Xian's Primordial Spirit caught a glimpse and discovered that within the Golden World, there were not only divine weapons and magic tools, but also stone tablets rising into the clouds, inscribed with various ancient characters—some from the Chaotic Ancient Era, some from the Immortal Ancient Era—symbolizing the records of the limits of the human body.

The Golden Ancient Emperor couldn't understand them, but Lin Xian recognized the characters on them.

"Loves to eat beast milk."

"Heaven-defying divine martial arts, upright and open."

The stone tablets were simple and unadorned, the characters on them profound, flowing with an ancient aura of time. If one didn't know, one would think they were immortal texts from the ancient era, recording the names of various divine abilities and cultivation techniques.

Lin Xian, the only one who knew the truth, had a strange expression. He read them word by word. In an instant, he seemed to understand why this Virtual God Realm fragment could avoid the catastrophes of the end of the Chaotic Ancient Era and be preserved to this day.

This must be commemorated.

Lin Xian's Primordial Spirit was full of interest. He returned to his physical body, intending to use a recording stone to document this extremely wonderful scene.

However, just as the Primordial Spirit and the physical body merged, the Golden World suddenly experienced an anomaly, rumbling and roaring, and everything was reorganized.

The weapons remained golden and brilliant, but those ancient stone tablets dissipated with time.

"Did you comprehend a brand-new Dao technique?"

The Golden Great Saint said thoughtfully: "Changing the world, this is also reasonable."

Is it reasonable?

Very reasonable. Who dares to say it's unreasonable?

Lin Xian, who had returned to his place, sighed with regret; it was truly too reasonable.

"How did you do it?"

The Golden Heavenly Maiden's eyes were brilliant, and a look of disbelief appeared on her snow-white face. She tentatively asked: "Modifying the Golden Divine Treasury—even our clan's Great Saint couldn't do it."

"Do you want to learn?"

Lin Xian stood with his hands behind his back, chuckled, and said calmly: "I'll teach you."

"You are willing to teach me?"

The Golden Heavenly Maiden was stunned. Shouldn't such a supreme divine art be hidden and kept secret? How could it be taught to others so casually?

The Golden Great Saint raised an eyebrow and said: "Our clan is willing to exchange it for divine treasures."

"To promote the Dao, why would I need divine treasures?"

"The Heavenly Court rules the world, and all races are our subjects. This is our world, and we have such spirit."

Lin Xian walked forward and said slowly: "The coexistence of all races has never been an empty word. The goal of the Heavenly Court is to create an immortal civilization, explore the mysteries of longevity, and continue this broken path. What we seek is not the immortality of one person, but the ultimate and root of all ages!"

"Discarding sectarian prejudices, exchanging what one has for what one lacks, continuing the atmosphere of the Mythical Era, achieving far more than the Mythical Era, and opening up a golden age where many Emperors stand together."

"This is the true meaning of the Heavenly Court's existence."

"All cultivators who can continue the spark and inherit the great wish of the Heavenly Court are friends of the Heavenly Court."