Chapter 444: 【Huntu

Yin Tiande had severed his path to the Dao long ago and was now at Great Completion. With his attainments in alchemy, refining Semi-Saint medicinal pills was effortless for him, and there was even a possibility he could refine Saint-level pills.

However, the level of a Saint King was too high—a king among saints. Unless Yin Tiande became a Saint himself, it would be difficult to refine such pills.

"Uncle-Master might as well settle down for a period of time. Rushing into the Saint King realm blindly might lead to an unstable foundation."

Yin Tiande advised. Cultivation was not a race; for beings of the Emperor-son level, becoming a Saint at a hundred years old was not considered late, and it allowed one to forge a supreme foundation.

If one cultivated too quickly, the Great Saint Dumu was a cautionary tale: a Great Saint at one hundred, yet trapped at the peak of the Great Saint realm for the next eight thousand years, unable to step into the Quasi-Emperor realm.

"I am just too eager to progress!"

Lin Xian sighed softly, feeling somewhat dejected. If even Yin Tiande, who had obtained the orthodoxy of the Morality Heavenly Venerate, could not do it, then who could? Did he really have to wait for the return of the Quasi-Emperor Li Er?

As for the issue of an unstable foundation, after obtaining the Nirvana Heavenly Scripture in the Arctic Immortal Land, he had drawn inferences from it. His path of nine lives and nine deaths had been put into practice, broadening his road.

Every instance of nirvana was equivalent to dying and then being reborn, a true shedding of the mortal coil, transcending the past.

"Nirvana and rebirth, the Undying Divine Fetus, the Nine Transformations of the Divine Emperor, the Nirvana of the Buddha... Throughout history, all outstanding Heavenly Venerates, Ancient Emperors, and Great Emperors have been expounding on the same topic: nirvana and transformation."

"This is the most correct path, the Immortal path of the Age of Dharma Decline. We must strive in the right direction."

"There is no need to enter the Immortal Domain; we shall surpass the Immortal Domain."

Lin Xian pointed out the direction for Yin Tiande. The geniuses and heroes of history had all been groping in the dark, not knowing what was correct. If one could lock onto the right direction, it would save much effort, and perhaps even lead to the development of more longevity methods.

"The transformation of life and death—isn't the second life the exclusive domain of Great Emperors?"

Yin Tiande’s heart was stirred, and he suddenly felt enlightened. He witnessed a brand-new direction: the Immortal path and the Emperor path could walk together.

"Naturally not. Not to mention the Divine Silkworm race, which has nine nirvanas and rebirths from the start of their cultivation, the Buddhist sect also emphasizes reincarnation, claiming that everyone can be reborn."

"The Heavenly Court has a practical example: the Divine King of the Old Jiang family, who truly lived out a second life, exactly the same as Di Que of the Primordial Era. He has the potential of a Great Emperor."

Lin Xian told Yin Tiande to go to the Old Jiang family to cultivate and observe the Emperor Hengyu Divine Furnace. In the future, if he wanted to refine great medicinal pills, this Emperor Weapon would be indispensable.

Moreover, he thought highly of this genius, the first of the younger generation to master the Divine Prohibition. He truly had hope of becoming an Emperor, or at least reaching the level of Alternative Enlightenment, with the qualifications to step onto the Red Dust Immortal path.

If Ye Fan had not boarded the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and the old Golden Crow had not stolen the home, then the Great Emperor of this generation would likely have been decided between Yin Tiande and Yaoguang.

As for the other Ancient Emperor sons and Emperor sons, it was not that they lacked the aptitude, but they were influenced by their fathers' Daos, which would inevitably slow them down by a step.

The ancients had the foundation of the ancients, and the people of the present had the advantages of the present.

"The Old Jiang family... I also wish to witness the demeanor of the heroes of the Big Dipper." Yin Tiande was thoughtful. He paused, then offered a suggestion: "Uncle-Master, although I cannot refine the sixth-stage evolution fluid, it does not mean the people of the Eternal Star Domain cannot. They have possessed that half of the Immortal pill formula for too long; it has become the foundation of their civilization."

"That's right." Lin Xian’s eyes lit up. If there was ready-made evolution fluid, there would be no need for such trouble. The Supremes needed the Ninth-Turn Evolution Fluid, while the other intermediate evolution fluids could be distributed by the Heavenly Court and the Ancient Emperor clans.

After Yin Tiande left, Lin Xian summoned the captured captain from the Eternal Star Domain to ask if the Eternal Star Domain had Ninth-Turn Immortal Fluid. The captain was a middle-aged man with golden hair, from the Canghai tribe of the Eternal Kingdom.

"My lord, you jest. Ever since the ancient gods passed away, Eternal has not seen Ninth-Stage evolution fluid."

The middle-aged man of the Canghai tribe was very humble. Since learning the true situation of the Big Dipper cultivation world, he had abandoned the arrogance of the god-level civilization he once held high in the universe.

The power gap was too vast. The ancient gods of Eternal had passed away, yet the Heavenly Court had living gods. How could they fight? Fight with a hammer?

Now, he had very smoothly become a craftsman for the Heavenly Court; he was already a man of the Heavenly Court.

The lack of Ninth-Stage evolution fluid was within Lin Xian’s expectations, but the vast Eternal Ancient Star, a god-level civilization that had produced two Great Emperors, should have had it.

However, regretfully, the answer was no.

The Canghai master craftsman smiled bitterly: "Seventh and eighth-stage divine minerals are also hard to find. The most sensational event in the Eternal Star Domain was the successful extraction of sixth-stage evolution fluid fifty thousand years ago."

Currently, the highest stage of evolution fluid on the Eternal Star is the fourth stage, which was successfully extracted by the Qi family of the Xianyu Star Sea five thousand years ago.

The Eternal Kingdom is a civilization where Dao and technology merge, controlling a vast star domain with countless cosmic colonies, but there are only four true life planets.

The main star, Eternal Ancient Star, and three secondary stars: Xianyu, Shimo, and Shentu.

Eternal is a life ancient star that has existed since ancient times, one of the rare life sources in the great universe, while the three secondary stars were formed later.

Eternal has three major physiques: the Primordial Demon Body, the Brahma Battle Body, and the Taishang Immortal Body. Each is more heaven-defying than the last, and the Taishang Immortal Body is the most monstrous, with hope of becoming an Emperor.

The first-generation Taishang Immortal Body was surnamed Qi, who opened up a chaotic pure land for his descendants, condensing a life source land, which is the Xianyu Star.

As for the origin of the Shimo Star, it is similar; it was opened up by the first-generation Primordial Demon Body for his descendants, and the rulers are the Mo family.

As for Shentu, it is the territory of the God Organization.

"Wait, the style is wrong, isn't it? What about the Brahma Battle Body? Shouldn't there be a Brahma Earth Star?"

Lin Xian complained. As one of the three major physiques, why did the Battle Body fall behind?

"The Brahma Battle Body fights across the world, supreme in the nine heavens and ten earths, invincible on the Eternal Ancient Star. In ancient times, its physical combat was known as peerless."

"It just had bad luck, running into the ancient god Emperor Daoyan."

The Canghai master craftsman said with a subtle expression: "In the end, the Brahma clan remained on the Eternal Ancient Star, and no fifth Brahma Star appeared."

A Great Completion Battle Body can challenge ancient gods—those who know, know. It’s just like a Sacred Body challenging a Great Emperor; it can fight for three thousand rounds and be called a Supreme, but it will eventually die.

"It’s a star domain that has produced two Great Emperors and three Supremes, how can it be so poor that it doesn't even have sixth-stage evolution fluid? It’s simply unscientific!"

Lin Xian shook his head and pressed the Canghai craftsman, asking if the major families had any hidden foundations—the kind of treasures left by ancestors kept at the bottom of the box.

"There were, there once were."

The Canghai craftsman indicated that Eternal once had such things. One hundred thousand years ago, the Eternal civilization was at its peak. Not counting exceptions like Big Dipper, a life ancient star producing two or three Great Saints in one era was considered glorious, but Eternal had at least seven Great Saints appear in succession.

What kind of concept is that? The current Ancient clans only have six or seven Great Saints. The Eternal Ancient Star of that period was glorious to the extreme, and some could even sprint into the Quasi-Emperor realm, marching toward the realm of ancient gods.

In the atmosphere of the current Golden Age, the Eternal Ancient Star chose to go all-in. The major forces refined the foundations left by their ancestors into seventh and eighth-stage evolution fluids, wanting to push out a third god of the Eternal Ancient Star.

And then, there was no then. The Great Saints of the Eternal Star took a large amount of evolution fluid to the universe to collect resources, wanting to refine Ninth-Stage evolution, but they encountered a mysterious ancient coffin, leading to their fall. Not a single person returned.

Prosperity leads to decline. The rise of the Eternal Star was suddenly interrupted, high-end combat power was lost, various evolution fluids were lost, the foundation was gone, and it has not recovered to this day, with each generation worse than the last.

"A mysterious ancient coffin? The Divine Coffin buried above the nine heavens—besides the Divine Emperor’s coffin, it must be the Void Great Emperor’s coffin."

"The Eternal Star Domain couldn't touch the Emperor coffin, leading to total annihilation, but I can."

"I am already a member of the Ji family!"

Lin Xian was overjoyed, arranging for the Ji family to be included in this expedition list, and invited the Ji family Saint to bring the Void Mirror to go to the Eternal Ancient Star together.

The list for this expedition: Void Emperor Mirror, Divine Emperor Immortal Robe, Chaos Green Lotus, Ten Thousand Dragon Bell, Phoenix Wing Gilded Halberd, Corpse Emperor Divine Bow, Golden Rod, Huo Qilin Staff, Hou Emperor Great Wilderness Axe, Daoist Kunpeng Yin-Yang Fan.

A total of ten Extreme Dao Divine Weapons to suppress the Eternal Ancient Star.

"Ten Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, isn't that thinking too highly of Eternal? Is this attacking Eternal?"

The Lord of Taichu laughed after reading the list and handed it to the other Supremes: "What do you fellow Daoists think?"

"One Emperor and one weapon is enough." The Golden Ancient Emperor shook his head: "The Heavenly Court is still too cautious."

"Being cautious is good." Lin Xian smiled slightly. Ten Emperor Weapons appearing together was naturally not to deal with the Eternal Ancient Star.

With the strength of the Eternal Star Domain, three or four Emperor Weapons could sweep it. Making such a big scene had the real purpose of guarding against the Ancient Emperors turning their backs after obtaining the pill formula.

Among the seven Supremes, only the Wan Longhuang and the Blood Phoenix Emperor were half-members of the Heavenly Court and worth trusting, so the Heavenly Court had to bring out three more Emperor Weapons.

"I have no objection." Wan Longhuang chimed in: "Eternal is, after all, a planet that has produced two Ancient Emperors. If there is an Emperor Array guarding it, it would be much trickier."

"Let it be so."

The Huo Qilin Ancient Emperor made the final decision. If the Heavenly Court had brought out seven or eight Emperor Weapons, he would have opposed it, but now it was five against five, which was fair.

"Emperor Daoyan’s offspring should exist. I wonder if the Eternal Emperor still has any princes left."

The Golden Ancient Emperor was thoughtful: "We can take this opportunity to spar a little and draw inferences. To be able to refine Ninth-Turn Immortal Fluid, the Eternal civilization also has its merits."

The Ancient Emperors were single-mindedly seeking immortality. Besides the Immortal Dao, the only thing they truly cared about was their own children.

If the flight to immortality failed, the Ancient Emperor sons carried the future hopes of the Ancient Emperors.

"Spar? Why go to Eternal? All the experts of the world are in the Heavenly Court."

Lin Xian smiled slightly. Since Huang Huang Xudao and Huo Lin'er entered the Heavenly Court a few days ago, the Divine Silkworm Daoist had also high-profilely moved into the Heavenly Court. Among the Ancient Emperor offspring, only the Golden Heaven Maiden was left outside.

"Miao'er will arrive at the Heavenly Court in a few days."

The Golden Ancient Emperor raised an eyebrow and asked: "Besides the reincarnation of the Emperor, who else in the younger generation of the Heavenly Court is comparable to an Ancient Emperor son?"

"Me." Lin Xian was shameless, pointing to his own nose: "Actually, I am also of the younger generation."

The Emperors were speechless. They had never seen such a thick-skinned person. You, an old thing, are also of the younger generation?

Have you ever seen an Emperor son who can sit and discuss the Dao with an Ancient Emperor?

"Besides you, who else?"

The Golden Ancient Emperor asked helplessly: "Has the Green Emperor left any offspring?"

"Actually, the Green Emperor son is also me."

Lin Xian said without changing his expression. A disciple is also a Green Emperor son, and besides, he was the Green Emperor’s son-in-law; he had long been a member of the Green Lotus clan.

The Golden Ancient Emperor’s face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "Miao'er has fought with you. Great Change to another one."

"How about the Heavenly Emperor son? He is the Crown Prince of my Heavenly Court. We have ten more in my Heavenly Court who can fight like that."

Lin Xian was talking nonsense with a straight face, but it shocked the Emperors.

The Heavenly Court has ten Crown Princes? Doesn't that mean ten Emperor sons? If they come from different orthodoxies, the Heavenly Court has ten Great Emperors!

Besides Amitabha, the Green Emperor, the Underworld Emperor, the Empress, and the Emperor, who else is there?

"Fellow Daoist, can you introduce us to the Green Emperor?"

The Daoist Kunpeng Supreme’s voice was weary; he did not want to miss any opportunity to seek immortality and ask about the Dao.

"His Majesty the Green Emperor is in seclusion inside the Immortal Artifact Desolate Tower. Our Daos are different; meeting might not lead to any discussion."

Lin Xian sighed with emotion: "If you seniors wish to stay and evolve the Immortal Domain with the Green Emperor, this junior can report it."

The Ancient Emperors hesitated for a moment but shook their heads. For the sake of the Immortal path, they had hibernated for a million years and sacrificed too much. The sunk cost was too great; how could they give up lightly?

Unless the Immortal path failed and only a wisp of their Primordial Spirit escaped, they would not choose to live under someone else's roof.

"If there is nothing else, let it be so. Accelerate the refining of the Eternal holy artifact flying saucer."

The Lord of Taichu said indifferently and slowly closed his eyes. A Quasi-Emperor level Dao body is also transformed from a wisp of an Ancient Emperor’s Primordial Spirit; it should not be wasted if it can be avoided.

Before refining the Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill and Immortal Fluid, every drop of power is extremely precious.

"There is one more thing. My Heavenly Court plans to appoint Great Saint Huntu as the Heavenly Court’s diplomatic ambassador to go to the Eternal Ancient Star to read the edict, so that the Eternal Ancient Star may surrender without a fight."

"After all, my Heavenly Court is the orthodoxy of the universe. We must have a righteous cause; we cannot execute without teaching."

Lin Xian asked: "What do the Emperors think?"

"Great Saint Huntu? Which ant is that again?"

The Emperors looked at each other, and then one of the Supremes waved his hand impatiently: "Handle such trivial matters yourself. If no Quasi-Emperor or Emperor Weapon makes trouble, do not disturb us."

They manifested their Dao bodies to supervise the Heavenly Court’s refining of the Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill. If they had to do everything, wouldn't they be working for the Heavenly Court? They were not subordinates of the Heavenly Court.

"Got it!"

Lin Xian cupped his hands in a salute, then turned to issue the edict to Great Saint Huntu. On it were one after another real, undeniable Ancient Emperor auras, which made this loose-cultivator Ancient clan Great Saint tremble with fear.

"This... this is truly the decree of the Ancient Emperors!"

Great Saint Huntu gasped. On this decree, he saw the auras of the Fire Lin Cave, Blood Phoenix Mountain, Golden Cave, and Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. Besides that, there were some unfamiliar Emperor imprints, which were terrifying to the extreme.

"Wrong, this is the decree of the Heavenly Court, symbolizing the common will of the human Emperors and the Ancient clan Emperors."

"Now that Big Dipper is saturated, if the Ancient clans do not want to break out in conflict with the human race, they can only expand their territory outside."

Lin Xian smiled slightly, patted Great Saint Huntu on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Great Saint Huntu will likely be very busy in the future. The Heavenly Court is going to add some burden to you."