Chapter 328: 335. Chapter 325: Reversing Time and the Future, the Return of the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors
335. Chapter 325: Reversing Time and the Future, the Return of the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors
The entire Universe, after the initial bottleneck, plunged into madness at the fastest possible speed.
This is destined to be the most glorious era, a Golden Great Age, one that even the Mythological Era cannot compare to.
Even Great Saints capable of dominating a region are forced to exit the stage in such an era, lamenting their own inadequacy.
Because the true heaven-proud talents make everyone despair, and the records of the Cultivation World are being broken one after another.
Ancient Emperor's Sons, Emperor Sons, and those with the strongest physiques emerge one after another, and their cultivation speed is terrifyingly fast.
There even appeared a Chaos Body who clashed head-on with an Ancient Emperor's Son, and even the Ancient Emperor's Son was defeated and forced to retreat, shaking the Heavens and the Earth.
Every one to two years, or even every few months, someone undergoes a tribulation; breaking through is as easy as eating and drinking.
Many figures do not stay in the Saint Realm for long, quickly stepping into the Saint King, or even the Great Saint Realm.
The Heavens and the Earth are shocked by this.
Originally, there were peerless figures who worried that such supreme talents were breaking through too quickly, which would lead to unstable foundations and insufficient time for tempering.
Then they discovered it was all a delusion.
In that Shencheng where the supreme Heavenly Emperor first rose, there is the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid for every stage, from the first turn to the ninth turn.
Many top-tier heaven-proud talents can obtain it there.
There is no need for verification; as long as that peerless and invincible figure walks in, they can obtain a portion of the Strongest Bloodline Evolution Fluid that matches their own realm.
These most peerless figures actually did not reject it.
They all obtained it from there, and truly soared into the sky in the shortest amount of time.
There were absolutely no problems caused by insufficient tempering.
Every figure who walked in there unleashed Forbidden Chapter ultimate arts during same-realm duels, shaking the Heavens and the Earth.
There have already appeared dozens, or even hundreds, of figures recognized as being no less than the Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors in their youth.
This is not praise but a plain statement, a very objective evaluation; they are even more outstanding and terrifying than the Ancient Great Emperors were in their youth.
Because under the same realm, they are younger than the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, their physical bodies are stronger, and they unleashed Forbidden ultimate arts and entered the God-forbidden realm earlier.
The Heavens and the Earth have fallen into a frenzy, a state of quiet and silence.
The Mythical Ancient Battlefield has not been peaceful for a single day, with the most terrifying figures contending within it.
There are even multiple figures who have reached the Otherworldly Realm, shocking the Heavens and the Earth.
The Heavenly Court First Divine General Chuan Yin, the Divine Court First Divine General Ning Fei, the Golden Crow who lived out a second life, and then the Huangdi, Yandi, and Laozi, whose Great Emperor physical bodies gained sentience and re-cultivated to the absolute peak.
Shijiamouni, who walked out from the demonic fetus of the Amitabha Great Emperor...
Many figures have a very tacit understanding; they all fight against enemies of the same realm and would absolutely not contend in an overly excessive manner.
None of them would seek out the invincible figures among the younger generation to engage in battle.
And the younger brother of the Dou Zhan Sheng Huang, Dou Zhan Sheng Fo, also encountered Di Que in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, the two continuing their contention from the end of the Taigu era, fighting until the sky collapsed and the earth cracked.
The battle between the two was like a replica of the end of the Taigu era.
The entire world is in a state of shock.
And the Saint Body Ye Fan is considered to have dim radiance during this process.
The only time his radiance shone was when he clashed with the Chaos Body Wang Bo.
The two fought until the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and under the same realm, they actually did not determine a winner, shocking the entire Beidou.
And after that most brilliant battle, the Saint Body Ye Fan actually found the Demon Race, and then inexplicably saved a fox demon.
At the same time, not long after, he found the Miaoyu Nunnery and took away An Miaoyi, the most outstanding successor of the contemporary Miaoyu Nunnery, naturally intending to protect her path.
Therefore, such a Saint Body is considered too flirtatious, and among the many battles that were like a frenzy, it can be considered an extra peculiar piece of gossip.
Zhang Xuan stands above the Heavenly Court, overlooking the entire Great Universe.
Standing above the World Tree, in the heavenly palace before him, there are already eight Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors at this very moment, but he is still not satisfied.
He casts his gaze toward the infinitely distant place.
Then his lips move slightly, revealing a smile.
Currently, the number of people and experts is not enough; the top experts between this Heaven and Earth still need some time to cultivate.
After growing up, they can be considered invincible combat power, but Zhang Xuan is still not satisfied.
Other figures might only be able to wait, allowing many figures to grow to a sufficiently profound level.
"But I have already achieved the Other Shore and possess a portion of the abilities of an Immortal Emperor, although it is not like an Immortal Emperor reflecting upon a region of Heaven and Earth, resurrecting an entire era.
"But I can also proceed from other directions, silently changing some small details of history, changing the life and death of a portion of figures."
Zhang Xuan cannot yet change the years and history of the Luan Gu Era, but for the period from the Mythological Era to the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, Zhang Xuan can perform silent fine-tuning.
Zhang Xuan does not want to change the entire grand historical context; he only needs to silently change history, allowing some figures who were destined to die to survive, and then appear in the present.
Silently, at the end of the Taigu era, in that stretch of time and years, countless figures were exclaiming.
"The Holy Emperor has passed away!"
"The Holy Emperor was too tyrannical; he wanted to transform into a War Immortal with the body of one life, but he failed!"
Amidst the wailing of countless people, a water-like body manifested, passing through that stretch of time and years, a point of fluorescent light flowing into the Heaven and Earth, preserving a wisp of the Dou Zhan Sheng Huang's primordial spirit.
That primordial spirit submerged into the ground, falling into a deep sleep, and was then fused by Zhang Xuan with supreme means into the deep depths of the ground, and by a stroke of luck, sealed into a supreme Holy Spirit Creation Land, condensing into a stone fetus.
Buried in a nameless place, historically no one dared to respond, and no one knew.
And in the real world, Zhang Xuan reached out and scooped from the Universe, and a monkey-shaped stone fetus landed before the heavenly palace, standing in line with the eight Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors.
Silently, the stone fetus shattered, revealing the complete body of the Dou Zhan Sheng Huang.
His physical body and primordial spirit had recovered to their peak during the long years; only then did he wake up, and just by observing, he immediately understood everything that had happened.
He bowed to Zhang Xuan and likewise sat before the heavenly palace.
During the era of the Ancient Emperors, a weak snow rabbit set foot on the path of cultivation, transforming step by step until it finally became a silver true dragon, invincible across the heavens and the earth.
It even bravely charged along the Immortal Path, but unfortunately, it was already in the twilight of its life during that period; though it was the correct path and the correct time, it was not the correct person.
In the end, it sighed in regret, buried its broken weapon, and sought a place for Nirvana.
Then Zhang Xuan flashed before it, and with a flick of his finger, he shaved away most of its physical body, letting it dissolve between heaven and earth.
Only the purest primordial spirit remained, falling into a deep slumber beneath the earth, relying on the long passage of time to recover.
In the past, especially when the world had not yet changed, even Zhang Xuan could not seal an Ancient Emperor who had not performed the 'Slash One's Own Blade' for countless years to preserve them until now, but he could use other methods to keep them.
He waited, tending to them throughout time, allowing these sleeping figures to recover to perfection bit by bit with the support of the world.
The moment of their full recovery happened to be the time where Zhang Xuan was currently located.
Then Zhang Xuan reached out, and a tenth figure appeared before the Heavenly Palace; appearing along with them was a young girl sealed within Divine Source, and beside the girl was a withered flower.
The awakened Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing raised his head, first looking at this world, then lowering his gaze to the young girl sealed in the Divine Source beside him.
That girl was more attractive to him than the five supreme Immortal Scriptures before him.
He looked at her infatuatedly, even reaching out to stroke her, while Zhang Xuan remained silent, not interfering.
That was the young girl he had saved in the past for the Demon Emperor, the one he loved most who had suffered a cultivation deviation.
He did not need to change the grand history; he could save certain figures silently.
The entire historical thread remained unchanged—at least the past remained the same—but the future was already completely different; this was the handiwork of one who had reached the Other Shore.
As long as he wished, he could silently resurrect everyone who had died in the past.
Zhang Xuan had more to do; silently, within the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, that peerless woman stood up, her gaze fixed on the Heavenly Court.
Then, amidst the shocked gazes of many, she ascended to the sky step by step; during this process, the five coffins of Wanlong Nest shattered one by one, and five strands of the purest Origin Essence merged into her body.
Under the shocked gazes of hundreds of millions, the Ruthless Great Emperor also walked to the World Tree and stood before the fifth Stone Tablet, which was Zhang Xuan's Stone Tablet.
Even Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment; he had actually been agonizing over whether to protect the Ruthless Great Emperor's brother, to keep him from reincarnating countless times between heaven and earth, only for a similar flower to condense again after two hundred thousand years.
But the Ruthless Great Emperor's posture and actions gave him an answer directly.
He did not need to reverse the Time River, nor did he need to change anything; the Ruthless Great Emperor would naturally accomplish this by her own power.
Zhang Xuan said nothing more, merely carving the Eight-Nine Profound Art beneath his own Stone Tablet.
The Ruthless Great Emperor looked directly at the Eight-Nine Profound Art at the very bottom of Zhang Xuan's Stone Tablet.
At Zhang Xuan's level of realm and strength.
He no longer needed to hide his past or the techniques and foundations he stood upon, because he had already walked a path that had never existed before.
"Those who learn from me live, those who resemble me die"—by now, he was qualified to say such words.
Even if later generations copied his techniques and heritage, they might not succeed in reaching this step.
That required opening up a path that belonged to themselves.
Just like what Zhang Xuan was currently cultivating; it was neither the Eight-Nine Profound Art nor the Tathagata Golden Body, nor was it purely the Ruthless Great Emperor's heritage, the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art.
He had walked his own path and, on that foundation, had undergone multiple rounds of sublimation; it would be very difficult for others to be like Zhang Xuan, or rather, it would be hard to walk such a path to the end.
Standing between the entire world, Zhang Xuan remained calm.
The Ruthless Great Emperor had shown her stance and actions, so Zhang Xuan did not interfere or intervene.
At this stage, Zhang Xuan wanted to wage war on the Strange World, and even wage war on the Immortal Domain.
He even wanted to wage war on Ascension After, wage war on the Divine Tomb, and wage war on the Chang Sheng Jie.
He needed the most top-tier powerhouses, but he did not want the kind of Great Emperors from the Forbidden Zones who had performed the 'Slash One's Own Blade'; with the power of one who had reached the Other Shore, the number of peerless powerhouses from the Mythological Era to the Post-Desolate Ancient Era was simply too vast.
As his thoughts stirred, within this world, the body of Yan Ruyu, the descendant of Qingdi who had once communicated with Zhang Xuan in her early years, trembled.
On her body, the pure Demon Emperor's heart flashed with endless light, and then, from Earth, the skull of the God King of God Kings surged with endless Essence, merging into this heart.
In the blink of an eye, the heart shattered again, turning into a cyan-green seed, as if a lotus seed in a lotus pond had grown to maturity; in a flash, it turned black, then took root and sprouted.
Under the shocked gazes of many, it grew into a lush, dripping-green lotus, like that Undying Divine Medicine from back then.
Endless Essence and energy surged into it from between heaven and earth, and then the green lotus vibrated leisurely; beneath the land of Beidou, there was a similar response.
Endless Dao laws were reviving, and a primordial spirit, so vigorous that even Great Emperors would feel ashamed, rose from beneath the Great Emperor level, reviving.
It vibrated between heaven and earth, seemingly waking from an extremely deep state of slumber.
When it truly woke up and understood the changes in the entire world, its body trembled.
At the same time, that green lotus flashing with endless brilliance also merged into its body, allowing it to derive a true flesh-and-blood body.
"So my path did not go astray, it was just that I did not walk it to the end, while you have!"
Standing between heaven and earth, even Qingdi was stunned for a moment, then looked up and laughed loudly a moment later.
Seeing the World Tree standing there, and the five Stone Tablets before the World Tree, even Qingdi nodded in admiration.
"What great spirit!"
Amidst the praise, he also had no intention of being surprised.
After lowering his head and pondering for a moment, he slapped the Desolate Tower he had occupied in his early years, and immediately, a Small World he had created jumped out from within it.
That Small World, having lost the maintenance of the Immortal Artifact, trembled slightly after falling into this world, then turned into endless rules and pure Origin Essence, merging into the world and making the power of this world even stronger.
And Qingdi, amidst loud laughter, took a step forward, and the world shook.
Under the shocked gazes of countless people, he also stood between heaven and earth, and then, under the shocked gazes of countless people, he looked at the twelve supreme figures standing before the Heavenly Palace where the Heavenly Emperor resided.
Even Chuan Ying, the Heavenly Court First Divine General of the Mythological Era, was convinced upon seeing such a scene.
Even in the era of Di Zun, Di Zun did not have such grandeur.
The most top-tier heritage techniques were just standing there before the door, and everyone could watch and contemplate them.
And it was able to allow so many supreme figures to contemplate them simultaneously: the Ruthless Great Emperor who had lived for over two hundred thousand years, and Qingdi, who had lived for who knows how long and had walked extremely far on the path of the Red Dust Immortal.
This was too terrifying.
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