Chapter 445: 【Duan De, You Wouldn't Want...】

"The Emperor is often ill; you should encourage him."

Lin Xian patted Great Saint Huntu on the shoulder, his face warm and encouraging.

"I dare not speak nonsense."

Great Saint Huntu was so startled he shuddered, shaking his head in extreme terror: "That is a beheading offense!"

"Old Huntu, what are you thinking about?"

"Why, do you also want to be the Tuo Heavenly Emperor?"

Lin Xian glanced sideways and clapped his hands with a smile: "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist Huntu to have such grand ambitions. I have long been displeased with Emperor Ye. If the Heavenly Court holds a public election one day, I will definitely vote for you."

"Big Dipper rises, King Huntu, slaughtering the nine heavens and destroying the ten earths!"

"Holy Master, please spare me." Great Saint Huntu begged for mercy repeatedly. How could a Great Saint like him get involved in such a high-end game? Even ten Quasi-Emperors would be drowned.

"So Fellow Daoist did not mean that." Lin Xian said regretfully: "What a pity, truly a pity, it was a misunderstanding."

Great Saint Huntu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stammered: "Then what did the Holy Master mean?"

"I just meant to mean it." Lin Xian smiled freely and said leisurely: "I observe that the Emperor has many tribulations and fears that he has Dao wounds. He has no leisure to handle the Heavenly Court’s political affairs, so I want Fellow Daoist Huntu to help out a little."

"So that’s it." Great Saint Huntu breathed a sigh of relief, then asked curiously: "How was the Emperor injured? Who in the Heavenly Court could injure the Emperor?"

"Don't you worry about that." Lin Xian coughed lightly; this topic could not even be mentioned.

Great Saint Huntu understood in a second. This was the core secret of the Heavenly Court, not something he could get involved in. He immediately said solemnly: "Yes, Holy Master."

Then, Great Saint Huntu paused and asked: "Then when should this old man go to the Eternal Ancient Star?"

In recent years, Big Dipper had been too chaotic. The Immortal path already had signs of opening; the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land had immortal energy flowing from time to time, and saints from outside the domain were descending in batches. The local beings of the five regions of Big Dipper were also restless, with Emperor Weapons appearing at every turn and Supremes clashing from time to time. It was even more chaotic than the end of the Primordial Era.

Great Saint Huntu watched with fear and trepidation, feeling that he could not stay in Big Dipper; it was safer outside the domain.

"Three days from now. Eternal’s spaceships are very precise, and the materials are also complex. They need Daluo Silver Essence, Sheep-Fat Jade Iron, Nine Heavens Divine Domain, and also require very high spatial attainments."

"The Ji family and several Great Saints proficient in artifact refining are working overnight to decipher and replicate the flying saucers."

Lin Xian said, then pointed his finger, transmitting the coordinate star map of the Eternal Star Domain and the five-colored crystals to Great Saint Huntu, letting him install teleportation arrays on planets along the way that lacked five-colored altars, acting as the vanguard to open up a star path.

The universe is too big, the dark sky is vast and boundless, and the deepest parts are countless stars. Only Quasi-Emperors have the qualifications to cross the galaxy with their physical bodies, tear through space, and travel the universe.

Below the Quasi-Emperor level, saints can at most stroll around their own star domain, and Saint Kings have the risk of getting lost in star travel. But if one masters the coordinates and has five-colored altars, walking along the direction of the Starry Sky Ancient Road, it will be much safer.

The Great Saint demon gods like Daxia Longque who attacked Earth thousands of years ago came along the Starry Sky Ancient Road, with five-colored altars to transfer along the way.

"Altars, star gates, teleportation arrays—these are things that only appear in the great universe when Ancient Emperors are in power, making all clans come to worship. Is the Heavenly Court really going to rule the world?"

Great Saint Huntu’s heart trembled, then he agreed. Three days later, he took a team and set off along the ancient star path.

"Grandfather, you must return from the expedition!"

"We are waiting for you in Big Dipper."

Huntu was a small clan, with only a dozen people in one family. His children and grandchildren looked out from Big Dipper, their eyes full of tears, waving their arms to say goodbye.

"Fellow Daoist Huntu, collect more intelligence on Eternal..."

There were also Great Saints of the Ancient Emperor clans secretly transmitting messages. They were very active after learning that conquering Eternal was an order from the Ancient Emperors. Without the Heavenly Court urging them, they gathered troops and collected materials, preparing to set off at any time.

"Senior Huntu, help us pay attention to the ancestral stars on the Starry Sky Ancient Road."

Some Ancient clans who were on good terms with Great Saint Huntu requested. They also saw that Big Dipper was becoming harder and harder to mix in. Not only was the human race strong, but the saints from outside the domain were also tough characters—all cultivators from ancient star domains like Tongtian, Huosang, Amitabha, Feixian...

"Great Saint Huntu, have a safe journey!"

Others also waved goodbye and shouted, almost causing Huntu to fall. The Great Saint’s physical body hit a planet, and the planet exploded instantly.

Great Saint Huntu glared. Where did this god of bad luck come from, daring to curse him like this?

The Ancient clan member who spoke was hurriedly dragged away by his elders to be reprimanded, punished, and to apologize to Great Saint Huntu.

Great Saint Huntu was a good-natured person, and after his anger passed, he did not pursue it further.

Lin Xian, however, was shocked. He originally thought Great Saint Huntu was already invincible in the world, but he did not expect that there were always stronger people.

He looked over and saw that the Ancient clan member was not in human form, but was wearing a Daoist robe and a lotus crown.

After inquiring carefully, Lin Xian learned that this Ancient clan had origins with the Lingbao Heavenly Venerate. Their ancestor had listened to lectures under his sect and had always considered himself a member of the Daoist religion.

"Burial Emperor Star, hidden dragons and crouching tigers indeed." Lin Xian sighed with emotion, then represented the Heavenly Court to go up and offer condolences, seeing off Great Saint Huntu on his mission to the Eternal Ancient Star.

Seeing him off for thirty light-years, almost walking out of the Big Dipper star domain, Great Saint Huntu sacrificed the spaceship, waved his hand and said: "No need to see me off. This old man will go and return quickly. There will be a day to meet again."

"Respectfully send off the Great Saint, patrolling the heavens!"

Whether human or Ancient clan, at this moment, they all bowed together, expressing their respect.

"I was originally a loose person on the Big Dipper star..."

Great Saint Huntu hummed a little tune, driving the spaceship, driving further and further away, and finally, with a flicker, crossed the wormhole, tore through space, and fled in another direction.

Specialization in a trade—this is the unique aspect of Eternal technology. If it were physical strength, at least a Quasi-Emperor would have to master such a spatial Dao.

After sending off Great Saint Huntu, Lin Xian did not rush back to the Big Dipper star, but took a step across the starry sky and arrived above the Great Sun.

The Sun Star has an extremely high temperature, with raging fire, and the Yang energy is boiling. It is a forbidden land of life, rarely visited by people since ancient times; even saints have to be cautious.

However, Lin Xian had cultivated the Sun Sacred Power and held the branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, so he naturally did not fear this temperature, calmly stepping into the deepest part of the Sun Star.

At the end, there was a magnificent and ancient palace, engraved with various runes, with patterns of ancient ancestors worshipping the sun, and also imprints of three-legged divine birds, lifelike, as if it were a prehistoric relic, with a sense of vicissitudes and ancient meaning as if it had come from the Primordial Era, making people immersed in a special atmosphere.

"The work of the Sun Sacred Emperor, huh? Duan De chose this place; he really has dealt with the Human Emperor."

Lin Xian whispered, holding the Human Emperor Banner to guide the Sun Sacred Power, reflecting one after another ancient scriptures on the stone hall, all of which were about the cultivation of fire-type Dao arts.

Besides the main hall, there were many temples, and even one hall was bathed in solar fire essence, emitting the vicissitudes of eternity, with four characters written on it—Sun Ancient Temple!

From shallow to deep, from nothing to something, one could see the traces of the Sun Sacred Emperor’s early creation of the scriptures. This was the prototype of the Sun Immortal Scripture!

The Sun True Spirit inside the Human Emperor Banner was stirred, and under the blessing of faith, sighed softly: "A place where I once cultivated..."

The Human Emperor sighed. A million years of the Primordial Era, although hurried, he had already passed away, leaving only a wisp of obsession in the world.

"Is there really immortality?"

As the Sacred Emperor’s true spirit’s eyes turned, through the formation hall left by his previous life, he looked at the divine cocoon in the deepest part of the Sun Star and muttered: "Four reincarnation seals, he has succeeded for another life."

The formation at the core is extremely ancient, existing for at least millions of years, and is still running today, absorbing the fire essence of heaven and earth, merging the origin of all things.

Lin Xian was thoughtful: "Duan De comes here every life, repeating the past. Will he be touched and find back his former memories?"

"There will be sporadic instincts, but unless one becomes an Immortal, one cannot penetrate reincarnation."

The Sacred Emperor’s true spirit said indifferently and fell back into silence. The vast power of faith could only maintain his revival for a few seconds; it was impossible to stay in the world permanently. If a Sacred Emperor were to manifest, it would definitely be because the Dark Turmoil had arrived.

"Faith is still too little. Ziwei, Honghuang, Big Dipper—the power of faith from three life ancient stars is not enough. Only faith at the level of the great universe, gathering the power of all heavens and domains and all clans of the universe, can nourish the Emperor spirit."

"Eternal must be conquered, and other life sources cannot be exceptions."

Lin Xian sighed, put away the Human Emperor Banner, and then took out the branch of the Fusang Divine Tree, relying on the power of this Undying Medicine to walk on flat ground within the Sun Star, until he encountered a corner of an Emperor Array and stopped his steps.

With Duan De’s personality, how could he not leave a backup for himself? Besides a corner of an Emperor Array, there was also a Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar emitting wisps of black light, dripping thousands of chaotic auras, protecting Duan De’s nirvana body.

"Good fellow, this lair is truly solid. Even Great Saints can't break it. At least a Quasi-Emperor holding an Emperor Weapon must come."

Lin Xian circled the immortal cocoon for a long time, muttering and calling out: "Is Duan De there? Fatso, answer me. Underworld Emperor, Underworld Venerable, Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Venerate, Cao Cao Yusheng..."

Unfortunately, no matter how Lin Xian called, Duan De seemed to have slept to death, turning a deaf ear to the outside world, and even making a sweet snoring sound.

"Duan De is playing dead on the Black Emperor's day, huh."

Lin Xian gritted his teeth, but had no way. As a Source Heavenly Master who had learned formations from the Black Emperor for a few days, he knew very well that once Quasi-Emperor or even Supreme-level power forcibly broke the Emperor Array, the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Jar, as the core, would immediately take the immortal cocoon and leave through the air.

Helpless, Lin Xian sighed, pretending to turn and leave, shaking his head and saying: "It seems he is really asleep. What a pity. The Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill that the Heavenly Court is going to refine, you have no blessing to enjoy."

"Immortal Pill?"

"What Immortal Pill!"

Duan De was currently wrapped in the Qi of Supreme Yang, tempering his true body and purifying his flesh. He should have been in the stage of closing a life-and-death seclusion, but the desire for rare treasures made his spirit wander outside the heavens, and he actually struggled to wake up.

This was not the memory of the Primordial Spirit, but the instinct engraved in the flesh, in the deepest part of the genes!

"No Immortal Pill, you heard wrong."

Lin Xian smiled: "What the Heavenly Court is going to refine is the Eternal Star Domain’s evolutionary gene fluid."

"Evolution fluid, a semi-finished product of the Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill?"

Duan De was worthy of being an old antique. Even if he had lost 99% of his previous life’s memories, now that the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Scripture was about to be completed, in a trance, he still spat out a great secret.

The Ancient Heavenly Court mastered the complete pill formula. After the collapse at the end of the Mythological Era, it was divided into two: one part became the Ninth-Turn Golden Pill of the Eight Views Palace, and one part became the Ninth-Turn Immortal Fluid of the Eternal Star.

Neither of these refined things was the true Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill. Only by collecting great medicine, refining golden liquid, jade liquid returning to the pill, Yin extreme Yang birth, and going through the work of seven returns of the golden pill and nine returns of the immortal liquid, is it the true Ninth-Turn Immortal Pill.

Such secrets were only known to the Heavenly Venerates of the Mythological Era, such as Lingbao Heavenly Venerate and the Emperor, who had refined them personally. Later Ancient Emperors only had a half-understanding of this.

"Ninth-Turn Golden Liquid, that is good stuff. Which stage have you refined to!"

Duan De was very excited and shouted: "Quickly sprinkle some, pour it on my Dao cocoon."

Ninth-Turn Immortal Fluid contains heaven-defying divine minerals, imprints of the world’s essential law fragments, etc. It can not only help cultivators break through but also help people transform, which can be called a cure-all.

"Sprinkling some is fine, but you have to tell me the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Scripture, the complete version."

Lin Xian held a jade clean bottle, smiling, feeling like he was slaughtering a wealthy household.

Although Duan De had exchanged cultivation methods with the Heavenly Court, with his personality, it would definitely not be the complete version of the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Scripture; he would definitely hold back.

If it were other cultivation methods, it would be fine, at most for reference, but the incomplete version of the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Scripture was the most pit-falling.

The complete version of the Tribulation-Crossing Heavenly Scripture can cross ten thousand tribulations, even death tribulations, while the incomplete version is most afraid of thunder tribulations. They are two extremes, making people doubt if they are the same cultivation method.

"Damn it, you kid is robbing a burning house!"

Duan De gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "I have never passed on this Heavenly Scripture to outsiders; it contains my deepest mysteries."

"If you don't give it, forget it." Lin Xian sighed: "Another day I will let the Corpse Emperor come to take it personally."

"Corpse Emperor? Who is the Corpse Emperor?" Duan De was slightly stunned, always feeling that this name was very familiar.

"Your former war slave." Lin Xian said sonorously and righteously: "A warrior who suffered under the Underworld Emperor and is now fighting for freedom, an Underworld Supreme who has detached from low-level interests and sent out one hundred thousand underworld soldiers and generals to catch the Underworld Venerable... The Heavenly Court sympathizes with his encounter very much."

Duan De was completely numb, whispering weakly: "What does the evil done by the Underworld Emperor have to do with me, Duan De?"

"I recognize you, Duan De, but the Corpse Emperor doesn't."

Lin Xian smiled slightly: "Lord Underworld Emperor, you wouldn't want the Corpse Emperor to come to your door and have a heart-to-heart talk with you, would you?"

Duan De in the immortal cocoon shivered, a great fear swept through his heart, and he immediately gritted his teeth: "Come here, I will pass you the Sendai scroll."

A piece of scripture emerged, every word a pearl, pregnant with the great wisdom of the Heavenly Venerate.

You can say Duan De is bad, but you absolutely cannot say he is weak.

Although he is slightly weak among a group of Heavenly Emperors, he is only a little weaker than a few Red Dust Immortals.