Chapter 222: The Secret of Living a Second Life

"This is..."

Inside the Dragon Transformation Pool, both Jiang Taixu and that Cai Family Great Saint revealed expressions of astonishment as they looked at that Divine Source, which was taller than a person.

That Divine Source was taller than a person, and sealed within it was a withered, thin old man.

The old man's eyes were tightly shut, without a trace of life, his upper body was bare, his lower body was simply draped in a circle of animal hide, and he held a Bone Club in his hand, filled with a primitive and wild feeling.

His hair was also messy, like a bird's nest, his eyes were deeply sunken, and he did not look special at all, appearing just like a dying old man.

From head to toe, the only special thing was the crimson chain that bound his entire body; that chain had clearly existed for countless years, yet it still had crimson brilliance flowing through it, obviously made of top-tier material, and it was bound very tightly around the old man, basically digging into his flesh.

If it were only this, it would be fine, but the people present were at the very least Saints.

They could feel the power within his body, which was like a vast ocean, a power that was endless and terrifyingly boundless.

"This is... a Human Race Great Saint?"

Even Jiang Taixu was horrified by this; when he sensed this powerful existence sealed within the Divine Source, he felt his scalp tingle—that was his divine sense warning him, informing him of a terrifying risk.

The Cai Family Great Saint stared carefully at the figure inside the Divine Source, and after a long while, he nodded: "Very strong, he can be considered an extremely peak existence within the Great Saint Realm; if he polishes himself for a few more years, he has a chance to step into a higher level."

This evaluation was also quite astonishing.

Another supreme figure with the ability to step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Throughout history, how many people have been able to receive such an evaluation? Aside from special physiques like the Tyrant Body and Saint Body, only the offspring of an Ancient Great Emperor or Ancient Emperor can basically be firmly determined to be able to step into the Quasi-Emperor or Quasi-Imperial realm, provided they do not die and continue to cultivate normally.

Those who can be called having the chance to step into the Quasi-Imperial or Quasi-Emperor realm are all the most supreme figures in the world.

And after the Cai Family Great Saint observed for a while, his brows furrowed again.

"His state is very wrong; his primordial spirit is trapped in chaos, and I fear the problem is not small."

Having said this, the Cai Family Great Saint paused: "The aura on his body is very peculiar; he simultaneously possesses the most sacred and brilliant Sun Power, and the most gentle and cold Taiyin Saint Power, with yin and yang circling and combining, as if he has simultaneously cultivated the two most ancient scriptures of the Human Race: the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture."

As soon as these words were spoken, even Jiang Taixu was greatly shocked.

If one were to discuss which Ancient Great Emperor was the strongest recorded in the history of the Human Race, there would be too many debates, and no one could say clearly.

But if one were to say which two scriptures count as the most primitive scriptures of Human Race cultivation, it is publicly acknowledged in the world that the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture are the two most primitive scriptures of the Human Race Cultivation World.

Primitive does not mean rough or incomplete; as the peerless figures who were the first to achieve the status of Great Emperor, these two scriptures are quite classic.

The Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors of successive generations all borrowed from and referenced them during their cultivation; the Taiyin and Sun True Scriptures have a very special significance among the Human Race and are called the Mother Scriptures of the Human Race.

Even to this day, there is still a widely circulated saying.

Taiyin and Sun, which is strong and which is weak? When Yin and Yang assist each other, they are supreme in the world.

The ancient Cultivation World has always had such sayings circulating; if one cultivates both the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture, one could be invincible in the world if successful.

That is true, genuine invincibility, and only an Ancient Great Emperor can be invincible in the world.

It is a pity that one is extremely yang and sacred, while the other is extremely yin and gentle; the two simply cannot be balanced, and throughout history, countless people with excellent talent have walked this path.

But basically, none of them made it through; they died completely on this path.

There have always been such rumors, and people know this is a path, but in the records, no one has ever succeeded.

They never expected that today they would be able to see a supreme figure who has cultivated both the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture, and has reached the Great Saint Realm, about to step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

"He is very dangerous; within his Immortal Platform, the extremely yin Taiyin Saint Power and the extremely yang and rigid Sun Power are clashing, causing his wisdom to be affected and his temperament to undergo very strange changes."

The Cai Family Great Saint was very cautious, then first looked at Zhang Xuan, waiting for Zhang Xuan's decision; it was Zhang Xuan who had previously pulled this powerful figure out from Ye Fan.

"This is an indispensable top-tier combat force; having one more Quasi-Emperor means one more preparation and one more trump card, doesn't it?"

Zhang Xuan was very calm.

The stage before the Immortal Path opens can be considered the true beginning of the Golden Great Age; during this stage, the Forbidden Zones are quite quiet and have not made any moves.

In this process, if someone were to directly charge at the Great Emperor Realm, it might draw people out, but if one charges at the Quasi-Emperor Realm and breaks through silently, it will not attract too much attention.

"His state is very poor; I fear it will cause a great upheaval."

Even the Cai Family Great Saint frowned; his own blood and energy were quite flourishing now, yet he still felt it was tricky to suppress this Great Saint.

This is a truly peerless figure in the world.

"It's fine, the current era is different from the past; I will first go to the Demon Race to borrow an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, and then go to the Ji Family to invite the Void Mirror over."

"Then I will try to open him up; in half a year's time, I think with two Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons, plus you, it shouldn't be a big problem."

The Cai Family Great Saint nodded.

"Under normal circumstances, let him help refine the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid; once there is an abnormality, use the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons to suppress him, and wait until he returns to normal before letting him out."

Zhang Xuan looked at this existence who would shine brilliantly in the later stages, killing Saints like killing chickens, and even killing Great Saints very easily, effortlessly killing the Crocodile Ancestor; as he watched, the corners of Zhang Xuan's mouth could not help but curve slightly.

This Great Saint has cultivated both the Taiyin True Scripture and the Sun True Scripture; sitting and discussing the Dao with everyone present will also bring great inspiration to the many figures here.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang really always brings us great shocks!"

God King Jiang Taixu no longer had excessive words or adjectives.

At the very beginning, he thought that the appearance of the Ancient Race meant there was no way to resist, that they were unimaginably strong, and that perhaps the entire Human Race would experience a catastrophe.

Looking at it now, the Ancient Creatures have to pray for their own luck; if something goes wrong, they might just die directly.

All of this is because of the appearance of Zhang Xuan; he is always able to gather figures standing in various places together and unite them into one body.

"You don't need to be so polite; Great Saint, you should first consume the Saint Fruit to adjust your blood and energy to the peak; there isn't much time, and every moment needs to be cherished."

The Cai Family Great Saint nodded, carefully took out three Saint Fruits, and then, combined with many medicinal herbs, kneaded them into a pill using a special alchemy technique.

The whole process was relaxed and natural, without any hesitation, yet it revealed a unique aesthetic; within it, the rules of the Dao were constantly flickering, showing that this Great Saint had used quite powerful strength and rules, and then he swallowed it in one gulp.

"Done?"

Zhang Xuan was slightly surprised, and the Great Saint smiled and shrugged, spreading his hands: "If not like this, what else should I do? You take the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill easily, I eat two Saint Fruits simply, there's no problem, right?"

Although it was a joke, the Great Saint still explained it in detail afterward.

"The Immortal Substance and Divine Substance within the Saint Fruit have been preserved to the greatest extent after this simple refining; after swallowing them into my body, they will slowly disperse, bit by bit adjusting my state to the peak; it will probably be refined in three to seven days."

"My actions just now were simple, but they contain the most profound Longevity Health Preservation Technique of the Daoist school; I was already being very serious. After all, I am a figure who has lived for eight thousand years, so I have some things hidden up my sleeve."

Zhang Xuan nodded; Jizi was elusive and had gone to the Ji Family to get the Void Mirror, and the person notifying the Demon Race was also on the way.

The previously busy atmosphere suddenly became idle, and Zhang Xuan, feeling bored, formed a Great Dao Treasure Bottle Seal above his head.

Right in front of God King Jiang Taixu and the Cai Family Great Saint, he swallowed the two Ancestor Kings previously shattered by Old Madman, as well as the one Zhang Xuan himself had killed, into the interior.

Wisps of the Ancestor Kings' Origin were extracted and then integrated into Zhang Xuan's own body.

Having just stepped into the Saint Realm, Zhang Xuan had ascended three heavenly layers at once; now, by absorbing the Origin of the Ancestor Kings, his cultivation realm and accumulation rose with the tide, surging to the peak of this level.

The corners of God King Jiang Taixu's mouth twitched as he watched; he had never seen a person as outrageous as Zhang Xuan.

Historically, those who practiced the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art were reviled by everyone in the Eastern Wasteland and on Beidou.

Yet Zhang Xuan practiced it right in front of them, and even swallowed Saint-level Ancestor Kings into his belly before their eyes.

And yet, God King Jiang Taixu couldn't say anything; indeed, there was truly nothing to say.

"At your speed of cultivation, within a hundred years, you might truly be able to charge into the Quasi-Emperor Realm."

Divine light flickered in the eyes of the Cai Family Great Saint, who felt that Zhang Xuan's state was very special and that his cultivation was truly unimaginably fast.

Any realm or threshold seemed to be no problem at all in front of Zhang Xuan.

Even the Saint threshold that had blocked countless heaven-gifted talents was easily broken through by him.

Following this state, becoming a Quasi-Emperor in a hundred years was truly possible, and he would break the cultivation records of this world.

"Perhaps it will be even more astonishing than you imagine."

Zhang Xuan wore a mysterious smile; he had the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, the Indestructible Heavenly Art, and the most abundant Origin.

He already possessed the capital to soar into the sky in the shortest possible time, and at the same time, there was a Nine-Orifice Stone Man in the Shenmu World that would truly reach Great Completion in twenty years.

If he reclaimed the main body in twenty years, he might directly charge into the level of Alternative Enlightenment.

Even twenty years from now, if Zhang Xuan's own strength and realm were also very high, it was even possible for him to charge into the Great Emperor Realm in that very instant.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan was very confident, and the Cai Family Great Saint couldn't help but be stunned when he saw such a confident expression on Zhang Xuan.

Moved by Zhang Xuan's confidence, he felt more and more that Zhang Xuan was unfathomable and must have more and deeper trump cards, giving him more confidence in suppressing the most terrifying Dark Turmoil in the future.

After finishing his cultivation, Zhang Xuan felt that his cultivation progress had been too rapid during this period.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xuan took the initiative to sit down, picked up a piece of Taichu Life Stone, processed it using the method for refining the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid, and placed it into an array to let it slowly permeate with Divine Substance.

After doing all this, Zhang Xuan said: "I have had many insights from my recent cultivation; why don't we discuss the Dao together?"

Without waiting for the two to refuse, Zhang Xuan took the initiative to slowly explain his experience in practicing the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, which also included many of Qingdi's critiques regarding the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art.

"The Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art can indeed be considered a peerless demonic art; it swallows the Origin of others to strengthen oneself and is full of demonic nature, but it cannot be denied that it is a monument in the entire Cultivation World that cannot be bypassed."

"The Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art's understanding of the Origin of different physiques is second to none in the world, and its understanding of one's own Origin is also extremely outstanding, having gone very far on the path of Chang Sheng."

"If one can study the understanding of self-Origin within the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art clearly, it will be of considerable help in living out a second life when one's lifespan reaches its end in the future."

Zhang Xuan did not just speak; after thinking for a moment, he used the video playback function of the Chat Group to display the process of that Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine he had once recorded, from its roots and feet to its revival and growth.

"From life to death, and then from death to life—this is the most important part of the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art; one should not be prejudiced against it because of the demonic nature of the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art..."

Zhang Xuan said this, of course, because he had a very profound understanding of it, and also because a small part of it was because he himself practiced the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art; he wanted to avoid God King Jiang Taixu and the Cai Family Great Saint having prejudices against him.

Even if this possibility was very small, he still had to avoid it as much as possible by persuading the two of them through actions and theories, and at the same time persuade more people.

Seeing that the Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine was left with only its roots, Jiang Taixu and the Cai Family Great Saint were both very astonished and regretful.

"The Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine that is rumored to have followed the Emperor is said to have quite a lot of efficacy and peculiar abilities; I did not expect it to have fallen to such a state?"

The Cai Family Great Saint exclaimed, and then when he saw the roots of the Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine being planted by Zhang Xuan in a piece of Earth Deity, and then the corresponding Divine Substance and Immortal Material condensing to revive it, his eyes widened in shock.

"To be able to revive it even to this extent, from death to life..."

He became mesmerized as he watched.

Because not long ago, he himself had reached the end of his life just like this Undying Divine Medicine, and he had the most profound understanding of that most fragile period.

Watching the process of this Humanoid Undying Divine Medicine going from death to life made him exclaim repeatedly, and endless insights arose in his heart.

Combined with the parts Zhang Xuan had mentioned earlier, the essence of the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, he suddenly felt as if he were immersed in Dao enlightenment; he felt that he had gained a certain grasp and understanding of living out a second life.

Of course, he still couldn't quite grasp it yet.

(End of this chapter)