Chapter 152: A Supreme Who Has Attained the Dao?

Boom!

The heaven and earth seemed to be trembling, and in the Eastern Wasteland, countless people knelt to the ground at this moment, trembling with fear.

"Heavens, what has happened? Has someone attained the Dao?"

Figures from the older generation broke through their seclusion, sensing this peculiar celestial phenomenon and the powerful pressure permeating between heaven and earth, and could not help but speak with trembling voices.

"In an era like this, how is it possible?"

Peerless powerhouses looked up at the firmament, their eyes revealing expressions of disbelief.

In the current era, it is difficult even for an Immortal Three King to appear; it takes many years for one to emerge, and once one does, they can lead an era and become a top-tier powerhouse.

Yet in such an era, someone is actually able to defy the heavens and attain the Dao?

The more powerful the individual, the less they dare to believe in this situation.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. It shouldn't be a person of the current generation; perhaps an Ancient Supreme from the Forbidden Zone has awakened!"

A powerful figure from a Desolate Ancient Family who knew the inside story whispered.

No one believed that anyone could defy the heavens and attain the Dao to become a Great Emperor in such an era.

But as time passed, that terrifying, ocean-like blood energy boiled and surged even more, covering half the firmament.

Most of Beidou could clearly see that ocean-like blood energy, and even looking up from the starry sky beyond the realm, one could feel that inviolable, powerful aura.

The stars of the heavens were all trembling, and countless stars in the outer starry sky spewed starlight, transforming into one brilliant pillar of light after another, merging into the body of that figure.

"Heavens, what kind of person is this?"

In Beidou, countless people shivered under this terrifying pressure, and countless knelt on the ground; that was the majesty of an Ancient Great Emperor. Wherever that aura flowed, one had to kneel regardless of their state; even an Ancient Saint could hardly stand firm under such boundless, terrifying pressure.

At this moment, countless people turned their gaze to Beidou, to the Eastern Wasteland, and to the region not far from the Taichu Ancient Mine, everyone trembling from the bottom of their hearts.

"That region is the Taichu Ancient Mine. Could it really be as we guessed, that a Supreme from the Taichu Ancient Mine has emerged?"

Figures within the Desolate Ancient Families changed color, unable to accept such a fact.

"It shouldn't be. It clearly hasn't reached the time estimated by our ancestors, nor the correct location; how could a Supreme have awakened?"

A group of people in the Desolate Ancient Family could not believe it, and some even shouted in panic: "Quick, quickly go and bring out the foundations from those years."

The Jiang Family and the Ji Family of the Desolate Ancient Families were both somewhat panicked. As families, they were the most transcendent in the world; after all, their families possessed Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons, invincible in heaven and earth.

But when the Dark Turmoil broke out, they were also the most panicked; after all, their ancestors from those years had a blood feud with the Supremes in the Forbidden Zone that simply could not be resolved.

The Undying Mountain and the Ji Family of the Desolate Ancient era had endless hatred; once the Dark Turmoil broke out, the Undying Mountain would immediately fix its gaze on the Ji Family, and even the God Ruins or the Taichu Ancient Mine would be willing to strike a blow from the shadows.

After all, the era in which the Void Great Emperor lived was the most difficult, with turmoil in multiple Forbidden Zones.

And the Jiang Family of the Desolate Ancient era would not be much better off; the ancestor of the Jiang Family, the Hengyu Great Emperor, once killed a Supreme on the outskirts of the Taichu Ancient Mine. As for whether he had done such things in other regions, the Jiang Family could not be certain. Once an Ancient Emperor emerged, they would prioritize targeting them.

"It is useless. Once a true Supreme emerges, even if we bring out the strongest foundations, we cannot resist."

At the moment of panic, an old figure from the Desolate Ancient Family stood up.

He took the initiative to arrange the relevant matters.

"Do not be overly panicked yet. Send people to inquire about the situation, move important figures of the family into a Small World, and then hide according to the arrangements of our ancestors..."

"Partially awaken the Void Mirror!"

If the knowledgeable Desolate Ancient Families still had some anticipation and control over this matter, other regions were in complete chaos.

No one expected that in such an era, an unprecedented figure would suddenly awaken.

The entire heaven and earth were shaking, and at this very moment, the aura in that region not only did not decline, but became even more vigorous.

Brilliant light submerged that region, and the Essence falling from the nine heavens formed a huge pillar of light, visible throughout the entire Universe; this star field, with Beidou at the lead, was illuminated.

Zhang Xuan saw such a scene, and his heart was somewhat shaken.

His previous plan was complete and ample, and all processes had been considered, but he had never thought that a person of Alternative Enlightenment would be powerful to such a degree, nor had he expected such earth-shattering movements when Gai Jiuyou awakened.

He had made some estimates before; although he was a bit unable to react to this change, he was generally still in control. The old man of the Demon Race beside him had his eyes wide open, full of disbelief.

At this moment, the boundlessly spreading aura had already been somewhat restrained around them; that was Gai Jiuyou's intentional control, but they still felt their soul Origin trembling, unable to help but want to kneel to the ground.

Zhang Xuan was generally fine; he had swallowed an unknown amount of powerful Origin, especially the powerful Origin from the Chang Sheng Jie—that was an Origin that could grow to the level of an Ancestor Dragon in the future under disease-free and disaster-free conditions, and he had swallowed several.

If any Ancestor Dragon were compared horizontally, it should not be inferior to a Great Emperor in the Zhetian Universe.

Of course, this is in an ideal state. If one were to compare like this, any Prince and Saint Body in the Zhetian World could potentially grow to a state not inferior to a Great Emperor; potential is potential, and strength is strength.

Dragon Kings all have the potential to become Ancestor Dragons, but without reaching the final step, one cannot say who is the king.

However, several top-tier figures still laid a solid foundation for Zhang Xuan. With a vigorous physique and the remains of a Desolate Ancient Sacred Body from the Zhetian World, under such conditions, and with Gai Jiuyou doing his best to restrain his own aura, Zhang Xuan could still barely hold on.

However, he also felt extremely oppressed; the stars in the sky seemed to be pressing down, and the heaven and earth where Gai Jiuyou was located seemed to have become a black hole.

Endless Heaven and Earth Essence merged into his body.

The original Gai Jiuyou did not show his true colors, and the whole person was sickly, like a dying old man.

That was because his lifespan was running out, and the vast, ocean-like power within his body could not be exerted; he had even fallen from the Quasi-Emperor Realm and could only maintain the Great Saint realm.

Now his blood energy had returned, and his own state was climbing step by step.

The gray-white hair fell out root by root, and thick, waterfall-like black hair grew on top of his head.

A pair of eyes no longer bore the previous turbidity, but were clear and transparent, with distinct black and white.

The wrinkles on his face seemed to have been smoothed by a pair of powerful hands, revealing the appearance of his youth.

That was a young man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, high-spirited, possessing a soul-stirring spirit.

Endless power poured down from above the firmament and merged into his body; that state was truly like a Supreme from the Forbidden Zone awakening.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan deeply realized the gap; that gap was terrifyingly large.

A drop of blood from a Saint could kill a Great Power, while a drop of blood from a person at the level of Alternative Enlightenment could easily crush an Ancient Saint into slag.

The gap in strength and realm between the two cannot be measured by reason.

Facing Zhang Xuan's gaze, Gai Jiuyou responded calmly: "I will suppress the Dark Turmoil."

At this moment, his aura was very compelling; after his blood energy returned to its peak, he first looked at the Taichu Ancient Mine from afar, then looked at the Undying Mountain, his whole person extremely serious.

When he returned to the peak realm, he seemed to sense something as well, and he couldn't help but cast his gaze toward the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. A moment later, that brilliant gaze gradually calmed down, and he whispered, "The Immortal Path!"

The voice was not loud, but in this place, it was like thunder, causing the firmament to tremble.

At the same time, he lowered his gaze toward Zhang Xuan, and after staring for a moment, he seemed to have sensed something, a look of astonishment appearing in his eyes.

"You have already walked a different path in the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art..."

He only spoke this much before stopping, not continuing to describe it.

The situation within Zhang Xuan's body caused Gai Jiuyou's heart to tremble as well. Even with such rapid cultivation, the foundation and bloodline potential that Zhang Xuan had laid down were not inferior to any figure under heaven, and were not inferior to the descendants of Ancient Emperor's Sons and Great Emperors.

He was a true heaven-gifted prodigy, the pinnacle among pinnacle figures.

After a moment of silence, Gai Jiuyou said in a deep voice, "Previously, my Qi and blood had decayed, and I had entered my final years, struggling to even maintain the corresponding realm. Now that I have returned to the peak, I need a period of time to recover. In half a month, I will head to Sheng Ya to bring back the body of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body for you. You can wait in Shencheng."

Zhang Xuan nodded, his expression not changing much, but as he prepared to leave, he paused for a moment and added, "Saint Bodies have a sense for one another. After taking down the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, you can find the Saint Body in the Eastern Wasteland who is able to cultivate, and let him obtain the corresponding cultivation method from the body of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body. Without such a method, a Saint Body cannot truly reach Great Accomplishment and walk the path of being invincible across the heavens and earth."

Gai Jiuyou was silent for a moment, then nodded, his opinion of Zhang Xuan improving by another notch.

Even he, as he was now, did not know that a successor to the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body had reappeared, yet Zhang Xuan knew it clearly. If Zhang Xuan had any designs on the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, he could easily swallow the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body right now.

It would be completely silent, and no one would be able to know.

Furthermore, in his current state, Zhang Xuan still wanted to nurture the younger generation of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body. It was clear that Zhang Xuan had no other malicious intentions; his cultivation of the Indestructible Heavenly Art and the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art was likely for the sake of rising in the shortest time possible to resist the terrifying Dark Turmoil.

"It is not just that; in the area where the Great Accomplishment Saint Body is located, there is also the Secret of 'Row', and at the same time, the Scepter left behind by the Heavenly Court, which can be taken together."

"The Nine Secrets..."

A look of astonishment appeared in Gai Jiuyou's eyes. Even having reached the level of Alternative Enlightenment, he was still moved by the legendary Nine Secrets.

After all, those were the supreme divine abilities passed down from the Mythological Era, as per the legend.

Any single secret technique was not inferior to the Forbidden Chapters left behind by Ancient Great Emperors and Emperors; they were truly supreme secret techniques.

That Zhang Xuan could know such secrets was indeed astonishing, but at the same time, it made one feel that what he said was indeed close to the truth. It was truly possible that he was in the same era as Qingdi back then.

And in that era, he must have been a peerless figure; otherwise, he would not have understood such profound secrets.

"Are you a backup plan left behind by Qingdi to suppress the Dark Turmoil?"

Gai Jiuyou was somewhat curious, but Zhang Xuan only smiled without answering.

"You have a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill in your hand, so why didn't Qingdi use a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill to extend his life? Logically speaking, if he had a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, he could have lived for a much longer time."

Zhang Xuan shook his head. Of course, Qingdi did not have a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill in his hand, and in fact, Qingdi could not have asked for a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, because Qingdi was still alive to this day.

However, there was no need for Zhang Xuan to tell Gai Jiuyou this secret directly.

He only chuckled and said, "There are many things and many secrets you are not yet aware of; there is no need to know them right now."

After saying this, without waiting for Gai Jiuyou to continue questioning, Zhang Xuan drifted away with that elderly man of the Demon Race.

Returning to Shencheng, Zhang Xuan remained very calm, but the entire Shencheng was already in an uproar.

Everywhere, people were discussing the suspected Enlightened One who was not too far from Shencheng.

It was said that there were Desolate Ancient Holy Lands and top-tier clans carrying Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons toward that area, wanting to know what kind of figure had attained enlightenment in this era.

They seriously suspected whether it was an ancient supreme being from a Forbidden Zone who had awakened in this era, unable to suppress themselves, and had rushed out of the Forbidden Land, wanting to stir up Dark Turmoil at such a moment.

Some said it was a peerless figure who had sealed themselves from the Mythological Era until now, wanting to defy the heavens and attain the Dao to become an Emperor in this era after shaking off the influence of Qingdi.

Others said it was Gu Xin'ao, the only person who could contend with Qingdi during Qingdi's era, who had returned from death and wanted to defy the heavens and attain the Dao at this time to make up for the regrets of a lifetime.

Others said it might be a Great Accomplishment Saint Spirit that had been dug out from the Taichu Ancient Mine, now sensing the heavens and earth and wanting to attain the Dao at this moment, because that figure did not have any ancient aura, and their Qi and blood were like an abyss or a sea, with no end in sight.

It was clearly a peerless figure in their youth.

It was not just Shencheng that was discussing this; even the Taichu Ancient Mine not far from here had some unusual movements.

At one moment, the Taichu Ancient Mine instantly transformed into a terrifying black hole, and a horrific consciousness awakened within it. Some saw figures in the Taichu Ancient Mine wearing the attire of the Mythological Era standing there, gazing in the direction of that Enlightened One.

Those who saw this scene felt a chill from head to toe in an instant, with cold air seeping from their very bones.

(End of chapter)