Chapter 244: Preparation

"This is an egg I picked up while taking a walk outside. It is rumored to be a direct descendant of the Undying Emperor. Within its primordial spirit are the cultivation scriptures left behind by the Undying Emperor, and it even records parts of the events from the era of the Undying Emperor back then..."

There was no need for Zhang Xuan to give a detailed introduction; the moment this egg was brought out, Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Saint Body stared at this stone egg unblinkingly, causing the ocean-like life force inside the egg to tremble, as if it were a faint candle flame in a gale.

"This egg..."

In the eyes of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, it was as if two heavenly swords were clashing, and a sound like metal striking metal rang out.

Gai Jiuyou's eyes likewise became deep and obscure, both of them staring at this stone egg that had not yet fully hatched.

"A natural-born Saint Spirit, supreme and holy—no, it has certain defects; it is not a true pure-blooded immortal bird..."

When saying this, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's words were full of regret.

And Gai Jiuyou replied from the side: "Although not perfect, it is close to a truly pure-blooded one. To think that such a divine creature can still exist in this world; one of its parents must definitely be a legendary pure immortal bird."

"To think there really is a phoenix between heaven and earth, a pure-blooded phoenix..."

Tianhuangzi had not yet been born, but whether it was Gai Jiuyou or the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, both could see the essence through the surface, discerning that this powerful creature was a phoenix nearing pure-blooded status.

This is a creature that theoretically should not exist between heaven and earth, because the current world is not strong enough, not perfect enough, and has no way to give birth to a true Immortal, nor can it produce a true immortal bird.

Yet, before them now, there was indeed an immortal bird incomparably close to an Immortal.

"This..."

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body looked at Zhang Xuan, hesitating to speak, and Zhang Xuan nodded directly: "That's right, this is one of the Undying Emperor's offspring, it can be considered his direct bloodline, but this is a descendant left behind before the Undying Emperor achieved the Dao, so it is not a truly flawless existence."

"It is already special enough; in terms of bloodline potential, it is even stronger than a natural-born Great Accomplishment Saint Body."

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body in the Forbidden Zone circled this stone egg, occasionally touching it with his hand to sense it carefully, his gaze revealing a look of astonishment.

Not to mention things too far off, the stone egg before them now was already enough to make one astonished; in terms of bloodline potential, it was even stronger than a Saint Body.

And after a Saint Body reaches Great Accomplishment, it can challenge a Great Emperor; it can be said that if this stone egg before them embarks on the path of cultivation and does not fall halfway, it can basically achieve the status of a Great Emperor in reality.

In terms of bloodline potential, perhaps only a Chaos Body could suppress it.

This is truly the most formidable bloodline between heaven and earth.

"It must have also consumed the Creation Spring Eye after birth; its potential is boundless, and it can break through cultivation realms rapidly without any sequelae. It truly plunders the Creation of heaven and earth; such legendary substances actually exist in the world."

Even Gai Jiuyou sighed, feeling shaken.

In terms of potential on paper, Tianhuangzi can be considered the first among the many current heaven-gifted talents and heroes.

It can even be said that as long as he is born and walks his path, he will basically be stronger than Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Saint Body at the same realm in the early stages.

Of course, whether he can have the last laugh remains to be seen, but even so, it is enough to shock the world.

"To think there really is a figure like the Undying Emperor in the world, and that he actually has descendants existing between heaven and earth."

Both of them sighed repeatedly, sighing so much that Zhang Xuan became a bit impatient and couldn't help but interrupt: "Stop talking about these irrelevant things. Just tell me, with information related to the Undying Emperor, can we lure out one or two Supremes before the Immortal Path opens?"

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body thought for a long time before saying: "As it stands now, it is very likely."

"There is a high probability; if there is more news, we can basically confirm that we will definitely be able to draw people out from the Forbidden Zone."

Gai Jiuyou also nodded in agreement.

And Zhang Xuan waved his fist without hesitation: "Then there's no problem. Now, it's not the Forbidden Zone Supremes we should be worried about; it's us we should be worried about."

"I have remembered many more things, including information involving the Undying Emperor living from the Mythological Era to the present. He did not Slash One's Own Blade and is still in a peak state."

"What?"

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body and Gai Jiuyou were both shaken at the same time.

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body received the most and most intense shock.

After all, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body had personally clashed head-on with the terrifying existences in the Forbidden Zone, and he himself had entered the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.

He had a profound understanding of the terrifying existences in the Forbidden Zone, and he clearly knew how terrifying it was to live for millions of years without Slashing One's Own Blade; even the Ruthless Great Emperor, who allowed him to exist alongside the world, had once suffered a tragic failure on this path.

And the Ruthless Great Emperor was already the most brilliant and stunningly terrifying figure he had seen in these hundreds of thousands of years, having existed alongside the world for over twenty years.

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body found it hard to imagine that someone could exist alongside the world for millions of years in this heaven and earth; with millions of years of time, even a pig would probably become an Immortal.

Facing such a figure, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body instantly felt infinite pressure in his heart.

"Can he really live from the Mythological Era to the present? And without Slashing One's Own Blade? But why is there no information about him between heaven and earth?"

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body was not quite able to believe it; he did not yet have such high trust in Zhang Xuan, and at the same time, it was because this matter was too shocking and too hard to believe. The more a person understood this situation, the more they felt this matter was terrifying.

And Gai Jiuyou's expression sank, likewise feeling pressure like a mountain.

His greatest goal in life was to fight a true Ancient Emperor or Great Emperor. Now, his obsession was not as strong, because his vitality had returned to his youth, and if he wanted to achieve the Dao, he could do so at any time.

But in his heart, there would often be strange thoughts of wanting to have a battle with an ancient Supreme to decide who was superior.

Yet even with such a mindset and condition, thinking about having a head-on battle with a terrifying figure who had lived for millions of years and had not sealed himself in a Forbidden Zone, he still felt infinite pressure arise.

Zhang Xuan did not say much; it was an extremely simple sentence that pierced through the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's doubts.

"The method for the Feathered Great Emperor to transform into a Saint Spirit that Fellow Daoist Gai obtained from the Central Plains is not false; it can allow a true peak Great Emperor to revive and return after hundreds of years."

"Isn't this a real, visible thing?"

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body didn't actually disbelieve it, but rather was a bit unwilling to face it. Now that he had finally seen a glimmer of hope to suppress the Dark Turmoil, he learned of such terrifying information. He could believe it rationally, but in his heart, he didn't really want to believe it.

Seeing the Great Accomplishment Saint Body silent, Zhang Xuan said another sentence lightly, completely breaking through the defenses in the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's heart.

"Besides, is there really no such figure between heaven and earth? Isn't there one existing in the Forbidden Zone right now? One who can still exist alongside the world without having sealed himself."

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Xuan: "You really do know many secrets and have an extraordinary background."

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body's gaze flickered, and he did not chat further on this topic; he turned his head to look at the infinitely distant region.

In his gaze, the Old Madman and Wei Yi were walking over with smiles on their faces, and Wei Yi was holding an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon in his hands.

That was the Hengyu Furnace refined by the Hengyu Great Emperor, and inside the Hengyu Furnace was the Nine-Turn Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid.

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body looked again at Gai Jiuyou, who was equally powerful and had already walked a long distance in the realm of Alternative Enlightenment, not inferior to him.

At this moment, Gai Jiuyou seemed to have made a decision; he seemed to have sensed the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's vigilance and stood in front of Zhang Xuan, whether intentionally or not.

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body sighed leisurely.

"Perhaps I should be glad that you are on our side, firmly wanting to fight these terrifying figures."

Zhang Xuan smiled: "This is the best era, even more brilliant and peculiar than the Mythological Era. To miss such an era would be simply the most heartbreaking and regrettable thing."

"Fine, you have successfully convinced me. What are your plans next?"

The Great Completion Saint Body took a step back on his own initiative, acknowledging Zhang Xuan's uniqueness and strength, and even accepted Zhang Xuan's leadership, despite Zhang Xuan being only at the Saint Realm.

Zhang Xuan did not hesitate and stated his plan directly.

"Priority is to find the Four Immortal Swords left behind by Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, as well as his Array Diagram. With these, we will at least have more preparations, and we will be able to face the coming turmoil more calmly. Even if we fish for too many, at least we have a fallback."

The Great Completion Saint Body nodded, then shook his head.

"Having these Four Immortal Swords and the Array Diagram can certainly be called supreme, but if more than two appear while fishing and they perform Extreme Sublimation, even with our abilities and that Array Diagram, we won't be able to defeat them."

"On the front line, there must be someone who can drag them out and trick them into the array. Only by relying on me and Gai Jiuyou is it possible to achieve this, and that is if we possess the Array Diagram and the Four Immortal Swords, and even then, the current people are not enough."

Even though Wei Yi and Old Madman were already on their way and both were Great Saints, and even though he had already been told that one person was about to step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm and Dongfang Taiyi was in the same situation, the Great Completion Saint Body still shook his head.

"The further one goes in cultivation, the greater the gap between each other becomes."

"In the early stages, one can still kill across a major realm. Once in the Saint Realm, being invincible within the same realm can be called a supreme genius."

"But once in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, bloodline no longer has much effect. At the level of a Quasi-Emperor, the Eight Prohibitions domain is basically a common occurrence; everyone has it."

"Strong Quasi-Emperors can even create their own Forbidden Chapters, and some individuals can even step into the God Forbidden domain. At such a level, being able to fight and win against someone in the same realm is considered outstanding."

Having said this, the Great Completion Saint Body paused and cast his gaze toward the Forbidden Zone, his words appearing somewhat silent.

"And any one of the figures in the Forbidden Zone stepping into the God Forbidden domain is like a common occurrence."

"Even for a figure at the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, if they do not have a special physique, they are not qualified to be their opponent in front of them, and the outcome might be decided within a few moves."

"To fight them to the death, even for a Saint Body, one needs to reach the level of Alternative Enlightenment. From the ancient times to the present, there have been more than just nine Great Completion Saint Bodies..."

The meaning behind these words was very clear: from the Taigu years to the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, there had been many Saint Bodies, and several Great Completion Saint Bodies, but only nine were invincible across heaven and earth and recorded in history.

"I do have candidates in reserve for this, but I need to search for them in the universe. Those few have walked a very long distance in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, and their own physiques and bodies are also very special, similar to a Great Completion Saint Body."

What Zhang Xuan was talking about were Laozi, Shijiamouni, Huangdi, and Yandi. They all basically had a very close connection with an Ancient Great Emperor, and in terms of their physical bodies, they all had bodies roughly at the Great Emperor level.

In this sense, each of them was similar to a Great Completion Saint Body, though they had not truly reached Great Completion yet.

One-on-one, or even four-on-one, they could not beat a Supreme.

But at least they had the potential and strength, and they had already walked a long way in the Quasi-Emperor Realm. If they could obtain the Four Immortal Swords and Array Diagram of Heavenly Venerable Lingbao, it would be possible to briefly suppress one or two Ancient Supremes.

"You really remember a lot of things," the Great Completion Saint Body could not help but say.

Zhang Xuan smiled without answering, and Gai Jiuyou said directly: "I have never been to the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, so I don't know its specific location."

"I once traveled through the universe and stars, and even went to pay respects to Heavenly Venerable Lingbao. I have a certain impression of the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, so I can make a trip there."

The Great Completion Saint Body did have a concept and an impression.

"Then let's go there together."

Zhang Xuan did not stand on ceremony.

"If I remember correctly, there are quite a few backup plans there, and a large portion of them are powerful figures that would allow me to practice the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art."

"For living people, I can't bear to go and kill them to swallow them, but for bodies that have been dead for eons, I don't have any psychological barriers to swallowing them."

The Great Completion Saint Body glanced at Zhang Xuan but did not say anything more on this point.

Others might be qualified to criticize Zhang Xuan for practicing the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, but the Great Completion Saint Body could not say it, because he was only alive because of the Ruthless Great Emperor.

If it weren't for the protection of the Ruthless Great Emperor's technique, which is similar to the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, he would have passed away many years ago.

"Then let's go together. If it is useful for your cultivation, there is no need to be stingy. In the future, if I die in battle, take my body as resources for your cultivation, and walk out a Divine Fetus to suppress a part of the turmoil for me."

The Great Completion Saint Body looked upright and unyielding, but his mindset was quite tolerant.

And he was not afraid of death, which surprised Zhang Xuan quite a bit.

"It won't come to that. After all, our current strength is not bad, and it is even increasing step by step. The enemy is in the light and we are in the dark, so there are still many opportunities."

(End of this chapter)