Chapter 305: Immortal Domain Graveyard, the Great Emperor Amitabha Knocks at the Door
The words of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body were a form of belittlement to the many people present; as figures at the level of Great Emperor and Ancient Emperor, every one of them was proud and considered themselves inferior to no one.
In the past, if anyone had dared to make such an evaluation, it would absolutely have been met with the most severe backlash.
But now, looking at that head, watching it fall into a state of confusion, and seeing those golden pupils staring at the soulless sky, everyone felt their own insignificance.
"Is this the realm and level above the Great Emperor?"
Qilin Ancient Emperor stared carefully, without his previous bitterness and deep hatred.
The moment the mist shrouded the Small World, he had actually already agreed to work with the many figures to pacify the Dark Turmoil.
He had even performed in that play with the many figures, dying directly in front of hundreds of millions of living beings to demonstrate the might and terror of the Immortal Domain.
This was something he had proposed himself; otherwise, the Immortal Domain would have appeared too calm, too easy.
Increasing the difficulty, on the contrary, made it easier to provoke the Ancient Emperors and Supremes within the Forbidden Zones to take action.
But now, he no longer had the mood for acting, and stared carefully at the head of this God King of God Kings, who was most loyal to this world.
The Great Accomplishment Saint Body did not need to ask to know what kind of thoughts were turning in his mind.
He shook his head directly and said: "No need to keep looking. Fellow Daoist Zhang has said that there is not much of value on this head of the God King of God Kings; his cultivation method is different from this world, and there is no meaning in you trying to learn from him."
Qilin Ancient Emperor still did not listen, staring carefully.
As an Ancient Emperor, he had his own pride and confidence, and would not casually follow the suggestions of others.
He stared at the head of the God King of God Kings, and only after watching for a long time did he speak: "Why say there is no reference value? Such a figure, even with only a head remaining, has traces of being eternal and indestructible; even heaven and earth would find it difficult to destroy it.
"Such a cultivation level and the power it possesses are truly vast and boundless, powerful to an incomprehensible degree.
"In the Cultivation World, the capable are teachers; with such a powerful cultivation level, shouldn't one learn from it?"
He asked very earnestly, and there was no intention of mockery.
The Great Accomplishment Saint Body watched for a while, but shook his head and said: "The secrets of the ancient era have long been laid open to us; many secrets are no longer secrets.
"However, you are not yet too familiar with us, so the relevant secrets will not be directly opened to you; if you want to look, you can study it carefully."
He did not explain too much in this regard, so Qilin Ancient Emperor just stubbornly kept his head there, observing this head of the God King of God Kings.
And then he saw a lot.
The one before him was no longer a complete entity, and had even been weakened many times over.
"A natural-born Holy Spirit, no, it should be said, a congenital divine being.
"But it was interrupted by someone before it was truly born, only gestating a complete head..."
If one had to make a comparison, this head of the God King of God Kings was more like a Holy Spirit in this world that had not yet fully gestated.
Then, the process was interrupted by someone prematurely, and thus it had no way to be perfected for its entire life.
Of course, the gap in strength between the two was very large, and the difference in status and position was also great.
The God King of God Kings before him was a true God King of God Kings; if gestated, it would very likely have been the master of a world, the most powerful existence between heaven and earth.
Even with only a head, and with the relevant laws and rules not yet gestated, just this little bit of a remnant body could bring endless damage and harm to heaven and earth.
That was an unimaginably powerful existence, and the world capable of gestating such a congenital divine being was also unimaginably powerful.
But upon careful observation, Qilin Ancient Emperor discovered that there was indeed not much to learn.
The other party was simply strong.
It was simply a congenital divine being, and it could combine the most powerful and terrifying rule-power to form invincible strength.
It was entirely the simplest pushing forward with force, without any technique.
This kind of answer made one scratch their head, yet one could not say any words of rebuttal, because this was simply being strong.
Vaguely, one could see the power of the most powerful Time Law from this existence, but it was only a prototype, not detailed.
Perhaps if its true gestation were completed, it could allow one to understand the most subtle operation of rules in this world.
But just looking at it now, this existence did not have many points worth referencing.
Qilin Ancient Emperor still looked twice, unwilling to give up, and found that it was indeed just so.
This made him sigh silently; the other party's simple and direct strength was both unconvincing and left one very speechless.
It used no means, just pure, overbearing strength.
"This kind of power is not even as good as that piece of finger bone and nine drops of fresh blood that confronted me earlier."
Qilin Ancient Emperor sighed silently.
He could not help but turn his head to look at the location of the original entrance to this world.
At that entrance, pure white leaves were still drifting down, and around the Shenmo Lingyuan, one ancient tree after another was growing.
Pure and white, most sacred; that was the little bit of power dissipated by the dead Immortal Gods being absorbed by the trees, and then falling back down.
A most divine and holy scene, yet it held the most terrifying truth.
"What is the situation with this part?"
Looking at that patch of graves, Qilin Ancient Emperor's face carried nostalgia and hope.
The aura carried by those corpses was ancient and vicissitudinous.
When they were alive, they had all lived through long years, and the aura and techniques remaining on them were very different from today; they were alternative methods.
Relatively speaking, the strength of their physical bodies did not reach the level of a Great Emperor, but in terms of Divine Sense, or rather the complexity of their primordial spirits, they were even superior.
Even though they had been dead for who knows how many years, their Divine Sense was still active between heaven and earth.
That special feeling and taste was kept in Qilin Ancient Emperor's heart.
Wanlong Emperor did not know when he had stood by his side, looking at the graves, and said in a low voice: "I have heard them talk about this part and have some understanding; this is also a gift sent by that friend from the Foreign Realm, similar to the head of the God King of God Kings.
"But relatively speaking, this batch of gifts has more reference value.
"They should be the 'ordinary people' in the Immortal Domain, and the cultivation techniques they practiced should also be the methods generally circulated in the Immortal Realm."
Wanlong Emperor introduced in a low voice; even though he did not seem very conspicuous in the current overall team, he was still living with relish, and even very much liked this state.
It was mainly because the current state was very special; from time to time, he could receive secrets that he could not have touched in all the ages past, with the secrets concerning the Immortal Realm placed casually before him.
Even if the other party did not provide a detailed introduction, he had his own eyes and ears to see and listen for himself.
Qilin Ancient Emperor also widened his eyes, looking carefully at this place.
He stared at one skeleton after another, though his main focus remained on the broken half-body of Shi Ganzhuang and the Great Dragon Blade.
After watching for a long time, he could not help but sigh: "Is this a true dragon from the Immortal Realm? I feel that at its peak, it should have surpassed the level of a Great Emperor."
"How could it have been beaten into this state? What kind of terrifying battle happened back then to cause so many Immortal Gods to perish?"
"And who shattered that ancient shield? This seems to have happened in the very distant past; I can feel the ancient and vicissitudinous aura upon them."
Qilin Ancient Emperor whispered softly, and Wanlong Emperor shook his head repeatedly.
"I do not know very much; this area was only recently opened to me, so it is hard to judge."
"But seeing so many corpses, that fellow Daoist Zhang did not show much sadness or frustration; on the contrary, he was very natural."
"He even mentioned that these ancient existences would all return one day, and that there is an existence with an incredible grasp of death who will bring them back from death into the real world..."
Wanlong Emperor did not know much about this either, and upon hearing this, Qilin Ancient Emperor's expression shifted in shock.
He could not help but think of the four large characters carved onto that ancient shield—Six Paths of Reincarnation.
"Is there truly a supreme figure in the Immortal Domain who masters the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a supreme existence similar to the Underworld? Will he make all these people truly return?"
He whispered softly, though this part was destined to have no one to answer.
On Mount Sumeru, Zhang Xuan heard this conversation and only smiled and shook his head.
There is no complete Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Shenmu World; the true Six Paths of Reincarnation were forged by the Demon Lord and Dugu Baitian themselves using the Taiji Diagram of Gods and Demons.
The Divine Sense of countless dead Gods and Demons and the strongest beings of the past were all collected within it, waiting for the moment of the true great war against the Heavenly Dao to resurrect them all.
From this perspective, there is indeed a peerless powerhouse similar to the Underworld who controls reincarnation.
Amidst his sighs, Qilin Ancient Emperor's spirit suddenly jolted again.
He saw the boundary of this Small World silently expanding outward again; amidst the rolling, boundless chaos, this world was becoming increasingly vast and wide.
"This?"
Qilin Ancient Emperor was stunned; in this world, every single area matched his stereotypical impression of the Immortal Domain.
If one had to say what made this world least like the Immortal Domain, it might be the size of the world.
Once he truly entered it and used his Divine Sense to perceive the world, he could feel how small this world was.
Although this world was as vast as several star regions and unimaginably large for the vast majority of people.
But for a true Ancient Emperor, such a distance could be traversed from south to north and north to south very quickly at his speed, just by moving a thought.
Regarding this, Qilin Ancient Emperor had his own guesses.
"Perhaps this is just a graveyard of the Immortal Domain, specifically used to bury a batch of dead Immortal Gods from the Immortal Domain."
Although the reputation might not sound very good, he did not care at all; after all, the extension of lifespan gained after entering this heaven and earth was real.
A pile of Ancient Emperors and Supremes could stay in a place as small as a Forbidden Zone for a million years just because it could extend their lifespan; now that the area had expanded to be so huge, what else did he have to be dissatisfied with?
At the very least, he was currently maintaining a state of Extreme Sublimation, having swallowed countless Immortal Substances, and his lifespan had been greatly extended, allowing him to maintain his peak state without any impact.
Just this feeling of being able to hold his head high made him feel refreshed from the bottom of his heart.
"If the Immortal Domain truly exists, then... when will that existence truly return to the Immortal Domain?"
Although he felt a bit greedy, after seeing this piece of heaven and earth, this ancient existence still could not help but ask.
He was very curious and also looked forward to the arrival of that day; after all, the Immortal Domain was the greatest wish of many people throughout the ages.
Wanlong Emperor only shook his head upon hearing this.
"I am not clear; I do not know."
This was a very blank answer; under normal circumstances, it would make people dissatisfied, but Qilin Ancient Emperor only fell silent after hearing it.
He had absolutely no qualification to offer opinions or ideas.
The existing situation and circumstances alone were already enough to satisfy him and shock him; even the fact that he could continue to live was due to the other party's mercy.
"But I have a small guess..."
Qilin Ancient Emperor suddenly raised his head.
"The other party should only go to the Immortal Domain after completely wiping out the Dark Turmoil..."
"Go to the Immortal Domain?"
Qilin Ancient Emperor asked in confusion, while Wanlong Emperor pointed to the surrounding graveyard and the head of the God King of God Kings as a matter of course: "Do you think these things were naturally here? When I first arrived at this place, there was only a graveyard; later, the bits and pieces of things became more and more numerous."
"That fellow Daoist Zhang's friend sent him one gift after another, completely unaffected by the world; looking at it this way, it would not be too difficult for that fellow Daoist Zhang to go to the Immortal Domain."
"The reason he does not go is simply that he is not willing to right now; he just does not want to."
This left Qilin Ancient Emperor speechless; the goal that many figures throughout history had most wanted to achieve was, in the eyes of others, just a trivial matter, as simple as eating when hungry or going home when it rains.
After a moment of pause, Qilin Ancient Emperor clenched his fists.
"Then why not be a little faster? If I had known, I would have left more information about the Immortal Domain in my Eternal Blue Gold Scepter; I was still being secretive before..."
He felt very regretful; as for sympathy for the Ancient Emperors and Supremes in the Forbidden Zone, forgive him, he did not have much.
Perhaps he might have had some in the earliest times, but after truly seeing the Ancient Emperors and Supremes incite the Dark Turmoil, no one with a conscience would think that those Ancient Emperors and Supremes were walking the same path as him.
He had not incited the Dark Turmoil to this day, and even in the current era, he was vaguely ostracized by the other party; therefore, after certain problems appeared in the Immortal Domain and many figures dared not be certain, he was the first one chosen to explore.
Under such circumstances, they were nominally of the same kind, but in reality, the differences between them were extremely vast.
Under such circumstances and intervals, Qilin Ancient Emperor even wished for the others to die sooner; he wanted to see the Immortal Domain sooner.
It was just as he was pondering that the gate of the Small World suddenly vibrated violently again, and another figure powerful to an incredible degree crossed the boundary to arrive.
Qilin Ancient Emperor instantly hid himself between heaven and earth, preparing to follow the example of the Saint Body and Gai Jiuyou to teach this newcomer a lesson; he had lost too much face just now, and now he wanted the newcomer to receive a lesson as well.
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