Chapter 215: Is Zhang Xuan the Emperor?

"Is the physical body's Qi and blood insufficient?"

Upon hearing this, the Cai Family Great Saint could not help but frown. He had consumed the "Nine-Turn Immortal Pill" remnant pill given to him by Zhang Xuan and felt that his lifespan had extended by a thousand years; in his current state, living to nine thousand years old would be no problem.

However, making a breakthrough on this foundation to become a Quasi-Emperor would indeed encounter certain problems.

After all, a Quasi-Emperor is different from previous realms; carrying the word "Emperor" makes it vastly different from before. Whether it is the physical body, the primordial spirit, or the Dao cultivation, any deficiency in any aspect will lead to total destruction.

Regarding his own Dao cultivation, the Cai Family Great Saint had sufficient confidence; he felt he could step into the Quasi-Emperor realm.

But relying solely on his physical body, he indeed still had some concerns in his heart.

His physical state had roughly returned to how it was when he had lived for seven thousand years. For someone in his elderly state, this was of course quite young, but if he were to compare himself to a practitioner in their prime, there were quite a few deficiencies.

The peak lifespan of a Great Saint is only about eight thousand years. Having lived for seven thousand, no matter how you calculate it, he had entered an elderly state, and his Qi and blood were on a downward slope.

This is an inevitable law, unavoidable.

The Cai Family Great Saint also knew this, so he felt no anger at being evaluated this way by Gai Jiuyou; instead, he nodded in approval: "Since that is the case, it would be better to give this opportunity to someone else, and look to see if there are any other figures in this world who have reached the peak of the Great Saint realm."

His mindset was actually very peaceful, not at all impatient.

Zhang Xuan, hearing this, was quite relaxed and turned to ask Gai Jiuyou: "I wonder what age you think the Cai Family Great Saint's physical state needs to be maintained at, Fellow Daoist Gai, to have a great chance of achieving the Quasi-Emperor realm?"

Gai Jiuyou pondered for a moment and said: "I understand Fellow Daoist Cai's Dao cultivation; it is already very profound. If his physical state could be restored to that of a six-thousand-five-hundred-year-old, there would basically be no major problem in achieving the Quasi-Emperor realm. If he were to undergo the tribulation in his current state, his physical body would become a flaw."

"However, if he continues to polish it, he can also make up for this problem."

"Then let's set six thousand years as the standard!"

Zhang Xuan smiled. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he chuckled: "Let's wait until the Undying Divine Medicine is in place. By then, I should have a way."

Zhang Xuan did not directly take out more Nine-Turn Immortal Pill remnant pills from his bosom; he was afraid of scaring the few people present.

He could wait until Ye Fan truly returned and take some fruits of the Nine Wonders Undying Divine Medicine from him.

In any case, after the Nine Wonders Undying Divine Medicine was split into nine by the Ruthless Great Emperor, the fruits it bore were not just one, but very many.

Although the scattered fruits are not as good as the complete Undying Divine Medicine, eating a few more to extend his lifespan by a thousand years would not be too difficult.

At that time, he could just take two more fruits from Ye Fan.

"You are truly surprising!"

Gai Jiuyou shook his head, but did not say anything more about this.

He simply silently took over the task of refining the Eight-Turn Strongest Bloodline Evolution Liquid, actively letting the Cai Family Great Saint step aside.

"I have already deduced the process for refining the Strongest Nine-Turn Bloodline Evolution Liquid, but I still need to practice it; I will refine it first."

Seeing that the Cai Family Great Saint had not yet stepped back, Gai Jiuyou continued: "At the same time, you should use this period of time to polish your condition, adjust your state, and prepare to attempt the breakthrough in the near future."

"Given Fellow Daoist Zhang's style of not fighting unprepared battles, I imagine it won't be long before a fruit from an Undying Divine Medicine matures and arrives here, and at the same time, a way to help you extend your lifespan by another thousand years will be found."

Having said this, the Cai Family Great Saint did not argue and silently stepped aside.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing more.

After he arrived at Beidou, he indeed put the word "stable" first, pursuing stability in all things.

And in the current situation, everything about him was indeed very stable.

With Gai Jiuyou by his side, and the Cai Family Great Saint and God King Jiang Taixu, in this era, one could run rampant throughout the entire Beidou.

"Sigh, if it weren't for the Seven Forbidden Zones in Beidou, the Beidou of this moment would simply be the most livable place in the entire Universe."

Zhang Xuan sighed leisurely.

Then he took a little of the Six-Turn Strongest Bloodline Evolution Liquid from this place and walked out leisurely.

"I am under so much pressure staying with you group of people above the Saint King Realm every day; I'm going to try to break through and see if I can break through this barrier!"

The words were very light, but they made God King Jiang Taixu's face twitch and the Cai Family Great Saint's eyebrows jump twice; only Gai Jiuyou smiled without a word.

Back then, when the God King broke through to the Saint realm, he was tortured in Purple Mountain for quite a number of years, in agonizing pain.

The Cai Family Great Saint's reputation was not very prominent, but he was also one of the most prominent figures in the world back then; yet, it took him quite a long time to cross the step of the Saint Sage realm, and he encountered many difficulties.

Unlike Zhang Xuan, whose breakthroughs seemed as easy as eating and drinking.

Even Jizi looked on with a complex expression; his presence was not high, and since he hadn't spoken just now, Zhang Xuan had ignored him directly.

But Jizi had seen everything regarding the matters discussed just now and what Zhang Xuan had said.

He was a descendant of a Great Emperor, known for having the top bloodline potential in the world, yet in terms of cultivation speed and realm strength, he had no way to be like Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan walked out of this space just like that, lightly using the Secret of 'Xing'.

After he walked out, this place fell into a strange silence. After a long time, Jiang Taixu sighed heavily.

"The gap between people is truly too great. I even suspect that he is an Ancient Great Emperor reborn; such cultivation talent and speed are unprecedented in history!"

The Cai Family Great Saint nodded in deep agreement: "No wonder he could sit and discuss the Dao with Qingdi. The influence of the heavens and earth seems to be close to nothing on him. Back then, Qingdi also went against the heavens in the most impossible era and under the most adverse conditions."

Gai Jiuyou, upon hearing this, shook his head slightly. He was closest to the era of Qingdi and understood the most about Qingdi's experiences back then.

His shaking of the head made the Cai Family Great Saint and Jiang Taixu look toward him.

"Could it be that Qingdi's talent was even more exaggerated than the legends?"

"No, even Qingdi's cultivation speed back then was not as exaggerated as his. Looking at the traces of cultivation on his body, it has only been about a year until now."

Gai Jiuyou shook his head, and the words he spoke caused the hearts of those present to tremble wildly.

"Even the most outstanding geniuses in the history of cultivation have not reached his level. To enter the Saint Sage realm after one year of cultivation, even with the blessing of techniques and the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Liquid, is very astonishing."

"Moreover, his cultivation realm is not at all flimsy; it is not inferior to an Ancient Great Emperor of the same realm. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."

The evaluation given by Gai Jiuyou was very high and very moving; even his gaze carried a hint of doubt.

"Perhaps he really is some peerless figure who sealed himself until now, and then cut everything away cleanly and started cultivating again!"

In the end, Gai Jiuyou could only guess this way, and God King Jiang Taixu could only think so as well.

"It must be so. It's just that I don't know who he was at his peak? Being able to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill at his peak, he must be a figure like an Ancient Great Emperor."

The Cai Family Great Saint also scratched his head and guessed: "In the entire ancient history of cultivation, apart from the Mythological Era when the Emperor had refined a furnace of Nine-Turn Immortal Pills, there has never been a record of anyone else refining them. Could it be..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire world fell silent.

The eyes of everyone present lit up.

The era of the Emperor is millions of years in the past, a time so distant it is nearly lost within the Time River.

Even an Ancient Great Emperor can only live for ten thousand years, or twenty thousand with the help of Undying Divine Medicine; it has never been heard of for anyone to live for millions of years—that would simply be spanning an entire ancient history.

"This is impossible. Living for millions of years is unrealistic; I have never seen it!"

Jiang Taixu shook his head, but his gaze flickered, lacking confidence.

"But a person like Fellow Daoist Zhang has also never been seen before. Who else could possess such great boldness as Fellow Daoist Zhang? Giving away a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill so easily, without a care—is this not the spirit of even an Ancient Great Emperor?"

The Cai Family Great Saint spoke up.

"But if it truly is the Emperor who has survived to this day through some means, his own cultivation base is far too low."

Jizi also spoke.

"Perhaps it is precisely this special method that allows him to avoid sealing himself within a Forbidden Zone and becoming a source of the terrifying Dark Turmoil.

"To sever everything from the past completely, discarding even his cultivation and Daoist practice, then stepping onto the path of cultivation once more, calculating the time, and striking at the Immortal Path at the right time, in the right place, and along the right path."

As soon as the Cai Family Great Saint finished this sentence, the scene fell into a strange silence, for no one could refute it.

In a few hundred years, the Immortal Path will open; this is no longer a secret, as Zhang Xuan mentions it in his daily conversation, speaking of it often.

If Zhang Xuan chose to emerge in this life for the opening of the Immortal Path, cultivating rapidly to reach his absolute peak state, in order to defy the heavens and become a Great Emperor in this era before charging into the Immortal Path to become an Immortal, then it is indeed plausible.

Even Gai Jiuyou was moved at this moment: "In the Mythological Era, many Emperors stood together, and all of this was initiated by the Emperor. The Emperor presided over the Heavenly Court and commanded the world.

"Perhaps only this most unique figure in history has such ability and vision, as well as such grand ambition, to emerge in this current era and rise against the heavens in a few hundred years to suppress everything."

Such words made the place quiet once again.

But soon, Gai Jiuyou shook his head and smiled: "However, who will ultimately win and who will lose is still unknown.

"I have already completely purged the imprint Qingdi left upon me, and the injuries from those years have fully recovered. In these times, if I wish to attain the Dao, no one can compare to me."

When Gai Jiuyou said this, the light in his eyes was brighter than anyone else's.

"I might just break the history of the oldest Enlightened One ever."

The oldest figure to attain the Dao since records began did so after living for five thousand years, which is truly astonishing.

After all, the talent and aptitude of Ancient Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors usually allow them to surpass their peers; they suppress everyone in their youth and usually do not need to wait five thousand years, often reigning over the world and suppressing everything within five thousand years.

Gai Jiuyou did not take more than five thousand years to reach the realm of Alternative Enlightenment; had the Dao of Qingdi not still been present during that period, he would have truly attained the Dao.

And now that Qingdi has been gone for ten thousand years and the influence of Qingdi's Dao has completely vanished, if Gai Jiuyou wishes to attain the Dao, there is no one to stand in his way.

He was able to defy the heavens and attempt to attain the Dao under the Dao of Qingdi back then, and nearly succeeded; now, there is even less to stop him.

When these words were spoken, even Jiang Taixu felt somewhat despondent; after all, every practitioner aims to attain the Dao, and the more gifted and talented one is, the more one wants to compete for it.

Jiang Taixu, being able to walk so far in such an era, is himself a person of high ambition.

If he could continue smoothly, it would truly be possible for him to attain the Dao.

However, with a mountain like Gai Jiuyou blocking his path, even he has no way forward; the gap in years is too great.

Gai Jiuyou began his cultivation more than five thousand years before him; this is a gap that no amount of talent can bridge.

As top-tier prodigies, if another has cultivated five thousand years longer than you, there is nothing to be done; under the suppression of realms, everything else is hollow.

But Jiang Taixu was only dejected for a moment before returning to normal.

"In these times, the appearance of a Great Emperor might be for the best. If there is no living Great Emperor during the Dark Turmoil, I fear no one in the world can suppress it, and the most terrifying crisis will erupt.

"Attaining the status of Great Emperor in this period is likely not an honor, but a sign of endless risk."

Having spent quite some time with Gai Jiuyou, Jiang Taixu already knows his character; with such a personality, Gai Jiuyou would absolutely never collude with the Forbidden Zones, and I fear the tragedy of the Void Great Emperor will repeat itself.

During the era of the Void Great Emperor, all seven Forbidden Lands in the Eastern Region fluctuated; that was also the most terrifying of eras.

And this current era may be even more difficult and terrifying than the stage of the Void Great Emperor, because the Immortal Path is about to open.

Without a doubt, the Forbidden Zones will all riot, and more than one Supreme will emerge.

Attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor in this period will likely result in the most terrifying upheaval in history: a contemporary Great Emperor being swallowed alive by the Dark Turmoil.

Gai Jiuyou clearly knows this, yet he feels no fear.

"To be able to become an Emperor in such an era, and to face multiple Supremes alone, I will likely become a Great Emperor who can never be overlooked in the history of cultivation, becoming a legend throughout the entire history of cultivation."

Gai Jiuyou smiled very easily, yet the few people present all felt heavy-hearted and unable to speak.

After a long while, it was the Cai Family Great Saint who broke the silence.

"With Fellow Daoist Zhang here, perhaps everything will usher in a new turning point. We may all become legendary figures in this indelible history, perhaps even rivaling the Mythological Era."

(End of chapter)