Chapter 199: Wanlong Nest, Peak of Zhandao, The Number One Person Below the Saint

"The Fighting Sacred Ape has appeared?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He was not unfamiliar with the Fighting Sacred Ape; he knew this was a descendant of the Douzhansheng Huang from the Taigu era.

That monkey left a deep impression in the Zhetian World. He walked the world alone, and without much help from his elders, he walked all the way to the very peak.

This formed a very obvious contrast with that Tianhuangzi, who lived a life of luxury.

In terms of talent and bloodline potential, Tianhuangzi could be called the number one in the Zhetian World.

Of course, the number one in the early stages.

If one were to add the Chaos Body and the Innate Sacred Body Dao Fetus in the later stages, as well as that youngest son in whom the Undying Emperor placed high hopes, then Tianhuangzi could not be called the number one.

But in the early stages, having absorbed a Creation Spring Eye and possessing the bloodline of the Undying Emperor, Tianhuangzi could truly be considered number one in terms of bloodline potential.

It was just that his ending was not very good; he was beaten to death alive by Ye Fan and Sheng Huangzi. He was only in the Zhandao Realm and had not gone much further, wasting a very special and powerful bloodline for a lifetime.

Zhang Xuan was not very interested in Sheng Huangzi.

But thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of that Tianhuangzi.

"If I were to take this Tianhuangzi out, refine him into an external avatar, and enlighten him into a 'me' of another self, that would truly be an incredible thing."

With a flicker of thought, Zhang Xuan recalled the whereabouts of Tianhuangzi.

Tianhuangzi was originally sealed in Purple Mountain along with the Eight Legions left behind by the Undying Emperor, waiting for the right time and opportunity to appear in the world.

But in the long years and time, a change occurred. The Fifth Generation Source Heaven Master went deep into the interior of Purple Mountain, brought out Tianhuangzi who was still sealed in a Source Stone, and gave him to Yaochi.

"If I remember correctly, at this stage, the seal of Yaochi is about to fail. Tianhuangzi's bloodline and aura are about to leak out. Yaochi is looking everywhere for top-tier Source Technique masters, wanting to seal the strange stone once again."

With this thought, Zhang Xuan felt like taking a trip to Yaochi.

Zhang Xuan was very interested in the number one bloodline potential of the early Zhetian period.

"However, Yaochi is not so easy to enter. The Western Emperor Tower is still suppressing the area above Yaochi. If I want to go, I have to consider it from many sides."

Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows.

He gazed at Shencheng. Inside Shencheng, golden light soared into the sky, especially where the Stone Workshop of the Yaochi Sacred Land was located, where two golden pillars of light shot up into the sky.

"Fighting Sacred Ape..."

Zhang Xuan muttered a sentence and did not linger too long.

The Fighting Sacred Ape performed quite well overall; he could be considered a fairly good friend of Ye Fan, and his personality and temper were both very good.

The most critical thing was that this monkey had an extraordinary relationship with the Heavenly Remnant Ridge among the Ancient Myriad Tribes, and he also had an uncle who was currently at the peak of the Great Saint Realm, also a Fighting Sacred Ape.

His status and background were quite terrifying.

If he were to just eat the Fighting Sacred Ape, the trouble would likely be quite significant.

"Forget it. This existence is similar to Sun Wukong; I never intended to use him for cultivation anyway. Moreover, his current strength and realm are not very strong, so I fear it wouldn't have a very strong effect on me."

Zhang Xuan shook his head. He had already walked very far in the Zhandao Realm.

In this current world, his strength and realm could be considered the absolute peak, and there were no figures who could compare to him.

Among the younger generation, no one could contend with him. The turmoil in Shencheng was still ongoing and would continue to go on.

The uniqueness of the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid made countless people go crazy for it, and according to the news subsequently released by Jiang Taixu and others, there would be fourth-turn Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid flowing out.

This was effective even for figures in the Zhandao Realm, and it was very likely to help old monsters or figures of the younger generation step into the Zhandao Realm, thereby taking the lead over everyone in one fell swoop.

Zhang Xuan had already taken the lead over everyone. He did not linger too long in the deep layers but walked toward the outside world. Of course, Zhang Xuan was not walking aimlessly but had a clear destination.

The place he was going to was the location of the Wanlong Nest, which was the location of the Underworld God Palace seventy or eighty thousand years ago.

Of course, the super-large sect Ice and Snow Palace was also in this place. That was a boundless ice field, and this was Zhang Xuan's destination.

The tomb of the Ruthless Great Emperor was right here, burying the Ruthless Great Emperor's four red wood coffins.

Among them was also the supreme treasure left by the Ruthless Great Emperor, the Immortal Treasure Map.

One of Zhang Xuan's main goals was this Immortal Treasure Map, because that map recorded the area within the Kunlun mountain range leading to the ninety-nine Dragon Veins, which was the location leading to the Immortal Path.

The Immortal Cauldron was nurtured within it, and more than one-third had already been gathered.

Of course, Zhang Xuan did not have much interest in the Immortal Cauldron. What he was truly interested in was the Divine Mark Purple Gold left on that path, which was the treasure capable of forging a supreme Great Emperor weapon.

Zhang Xuan had not forgotten his initial purpose for coming to Beidou. When he first came to Beidou, he only wanted to obtain the most top-tier divine materials to forge an invincible weapon.

As a result, through a series of twists and turns, he did not obtain the weapon, but instead, he left everyone far behind on the path of cultivation, walking very far.

The ice field was vast and boundless, with no end in sight. Seventy or eighty thousand years ago, a terrifying large sect existed here, which caused today's turmoil and made many Holy Lands and families join forces.

A Desolate Ancient Family even had a God King who carried an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon and wiped this place out by force.

At that time, there were endless mountain ranges stretching here, but after being swept by the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, this place completely became a plain with no end in sight.

Zhang Xuan had a clear goal. He opened a Domain Gate, and after just a few traversals, he arrived in this area. Then, walking between the mountains and rivers, he soon felt the countless dragon auras hidden beneath the earth.

Even when Zhang Xuan determined the source of the dragon aura and tore open the earth to go deep into it, he saw billions of dragon auras gushing out and saw the real Wanlong Nest.

However, having only reached this step, Zhang Xuan did not go any deeper. Instead, after observing for a period of time, he chose to turn and leave.

With his most keen divine sense, when going deep into this land, he could feel countless dangers, as if he could die at any time and place.

Zhang Xuan, of course, knew why this was.

The Wanlong Nest was the most special place of creation in the world and the most sacred place. Even an Ancient Great Emperor had to bury his body within it; it was a supreme divine land not inferior to Purple Mountain at all.

Therefore, within it, there was not only the body of the Ruthless Great Emperor but also the Ancient Race, and this race was a powerful existence that had once produced an Ancient Emperor, and there was an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon inside.

Zhang Xuan understood the situation inside and had no intention of taking risks. After all, according to known information, there were more than two living Great Saints in the Wanlong Nest.

Back in the Taigu era, a human who cultivated both the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture went into a cultivation deviation and reached the Great Saint Realm; he was unimaginably powerful.

He ate the Ancient Race as his daily diet and was suppressed by the joint efforts of two Great Saints from this race.

Not to mention Great Saints, even figures at the Ancestor King level were quite numerous in this Wanlong Nest.

Inside, there were many treasures, including the True Dragon Undying Divine Medicine, countless Divine Sources, and Shen Zang, but Zhang Xuan was not moved at all.

"I am not Ye Fan; I must have a warning line in my heart at all times."

Ye Fan could go deep into the Wanlong Nest and not die because he had the Black Emperor, Sheng Huangzi, and also huge luck. Zhang Xuan did not think he would have that kind of luck.

"The Immortal Treasure Map is right inside Wanlong Nest, within the coffin of the Ruthless Great Emperor, but I cannot take it; I can only wait for Ye Fan to arrive."

After carefully observing this area, Zhang Xuan did not linger too long in the depths of this land. Wanlong Nest was unimaginably dangerous.

He had absolutely no desire to have too much interaction or collision with others in this area.

"The overall fate line and the plot have already been disrupted by me quite a bit. Ye Fan might not necessarily come. I can wait here for a period of time, but there is no need to wait until death."

"If it really doesn't work out, after waiting for a period of years, I will leave this area and search for the most top-tier divine materials from other regions."

Zhang Xuan had a clear understanding of this.

He did not blindly believe in the plot of the entire world, but psychologically, he felt that Ye Fan should come to Wanlong Nest for a trip.

After all, Ye Fan and the Ruthless Great Emperor had a great deal of karma, and the body of the Ruthless Great Emperor was buried inside Wanlong Nest; Ye Fan was very likely to come here and take away the Immortal Treasure Map.

If that were truly the case, Zhang Xuan could borrow Ye Fan's Immortal Treasure Map to use at that time.

"I helped Ye Fan look after his parents, so he owes me quite a bit. It shouldn't be a big problem for me to borrow the Immortal Treasure Map here."

Zhang Xuan spoke to himself, feeling that this arrangement did not have any major issues, so he quieted down.

Of course, the process of waiting could not possibly be just waiting in vain here. The first thing Zhang Xuan did was to find a sufficiently vast and uninhabited area, and then consume the Strongest Five-Turn Bloodline Evolution Fluid.

Not long after consuming it, endless thunder light descended from above the Heavenly Realm, covering that area.

Zhang Xuan himself had already stepped onto the fourth step of Zhandao, and the Strongest Five-Turn Bloodline Evolution Fluid was useful even for Saints; for the current Zhang Xuan, it was an supreme divine object. In just a very short time, Zhang Xuan felt his body and mind become ethereal and in harmony with heaven and earth.

In the Immortal Embryo Realm, for others to cultivate and break through a realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven, requiring a long period of time.

It might be calculated in decades or centuries, but Zhang Xuan crossed several steps in just a moment.

Without spending much energy, Zhang Xuan felt he was advancing by leaps and bounds, reaching the eighth step of the Immortal Three Zhandao Realm. This was still with Zhang Xuan doing his utmost to suppress it, to avoid his foundation becoming unstable or having problems.

If he were willing, he could easily reach the very peak of the Immortal Three Zhandao Realm, reaching the ninth level.

However, Zhang Xuan actively suppressed it and did not proceed immediately. Instead, after tempering himself here for half a year, he relied on his own efforts to cross to the ninth step of the Immortal Three Zhandao.

By this time, Zhang Xuan had been in the Zhetian World for a little over a year.

"Only now can I barely be considered to have a little bit of self-preservation ability."

Zhang Xuan sighed softly. To celebrate, he absorbed another wisp of the Origin of that deceased Heavenly Court Lord from Sheng Ya.

Compared to the last time when he succeeded in Zhandao and absorbed a wisp of Origin, jumping three levels and almost being blown apart, this time he was much more calm and composed.

That powerful Origin flowed through his body, and his powerful body underwent another round of transformation on the existing foundation. Bones, blood, and flesh all disintegrated in this violent change, and then a brand-new body stepped out from the old one.

A pile of broken bones, along with shattered skin and flesh, remained on the spot.

Zhang Xuan casually spat out a wisp of Dao fire, burning these broken bones and flesh completely clean.

"Compared to the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, for a postnatal mortal body like mine to grow strong enough, it really does require breaking and then establishing itself time and time again from the roots."

Zhang Xuan sighed, but he was not discouraged; on the contrary, he became even more invigorated.

"Only at this step can I be considered to have truly stepped onto the stage of the great era. The great changes in heaven and earth are about to proceed next."

Zhang Xuan exclaimed, and then absorbed another wisp of Origin. He only felt his body continuously expanding and disintegrating in this process, and then his foundation was forged solid once again.

Breaking through five minor realms within half a year is an earth-shattering matter for anyone. Even with the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid, Zhang Xuan felt his own foundation was somewhat floating.

Therefore, after stabilizing, he continuously extracted multiple wisps of the Great Saint's Origin, allowing his body to stabilize time and time again.

In this uninhabited place, he underwent nine transformations at the very peak of the Zhandao Realm, and his foundation was truly as solid as it could possibly be.

After the ninth time, Zhang Xuan even felt that in a hazy state, he had once again stepped into the God-forbidden domain. While in the God-forbidden domain, he involuntarily operated the Jie Zi Mi, and then felt his mind and spirit elevated infinitely.

At this moment, he even broke through that unimaginably thick barrier, and for a short time, an aura of the Saint level emerged from his body.

But this time it did not last long. Zhang Xuan did not even have time to experience it in detail before falling out of that domain.

The barrier of the Saint Realm is unimaginably thick; even with the God-forbidden domain combined with the Jie Zi Mi, one can only enter it briefly and cannot stay for long.

However, with this very special realization, Zhang Xuan's entire body and mind had a sense of transparency.

For him, this barrier was no longer unimaginably thick. He could already attempt to break through it in the later process; the Saint barrier was no longer an indestructible wall for him.

If it were during a period of large-scale recovery of the heaven and earth environment, such an achievement would not be considered very magnificent, but when the Heaven and Earth Essence had not yet fully recovered, being able to possess such an achievement could truly be considered earth-shattering.

"No, the barriers and Essence between heaven and earth seem to be thicker than before."

After exiting that domain, Zhang Xuan carefully realized and discovered that the entire world was more relaxed than before, without that mountain-like pressure.

"It is Gai Jiuyou who made a move. He is truly pushing for the recovery of the Essence of this world."

Zhang Xuan's heart was shaken. At this moment, he suddenly turned his head to look at an area. In that direction, the formation he had left behind was triggered, and a Domain Gate was opened.

Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and his powerful physical body directly tore through space, then took the entire scene of that area into his eyes.

The next moment, a look of surprise could not help but appear on Zhang Xuan's face.

"Finally here!"

(End of chapter)