Chapter 103

Beside the Broken Cliff.

As if invisibly influenced by some Qi mechanism of that female Emperor.

In the dark, Luan Gu seemed to see light and shadow of another corner of the future.

Of course.

Perhaps it was also mainly the natural evolution of Luan Gu's own state of mind.

For as a Current Era Great Emperor, even though the female Emperor was unrivaled in power, the Seal she left behind could not so easily affect him.

But regardless.

In a trance, Luan Gu saw that in that trajectory, no one helped him.

All his closest kin, lovers, sect, old friends, and so on, were all brutally harmed by others, not a single one spared.

That was a vast blood-colored, incomparably bleak reality!

Even though he obtained a great opportunity and his Magic Embryo reached Perfection, defeated all enemies, proved the Dao and became Emperor, he still could not change that tragic outcome!

What did it matter if he was invincible across the Nine Heavens Ten Earths?

Those closest people, who loved and pitied him, would never appear again, forever vanished from this world, no one to share his sorrow, his joy...

The world vast and boundless, the Heavens and Worlds, thousands of autumns myriad generations, never to see them again!

With his Emperor-level cultivation, he struck up to the Nine Heavens, probed down to the Ten Earths, wishing to vie with Heaven for height, yet could not resurrect those bones dead for many years.

This is a kind of great tragic sorrow!

Perhaps precisely because of this, in his twilight years, he did not have much thought of contemplating transformation into the next life, but sat in meditation and passed away; of course this may only be one of the reasons.

And this is also only a corner of a possible future, not at all clear, many details unknowable.

But undoubtedly, the general outline will not have too much error.

This is his strongest spiritual awareness as a Great Emperor.

Finally.

Gu Xuan and the other two walked past that Broken Cliff left by the female Emperor, and did not go disturb her.

Immortal Ground.

This place still had Immortal Qi swirling, rosy light ten million strands, brilliant to the extreme.

This is an unparalleled Peerless Immortal Nurturing Land; search the whole Great Universe, and almost no place can compare to this!

For the Ancient Heavenly Court in the mythological years was so prosperous, it expended immeasurable resources, absorbed and exhausted the Essence Qi of countless Life Source Stars, finally gathering it all into this Honghuang Ancient Star, this Peerless Treasure Ground, only then forming all this.

Gu Xuan even speculated that in ancient times, perhaps other Emperor-level experts also discovered this place, even attempted Nirvana here.

For instance the Divine Silkworm Ancient Emperor, and so on...

As for the reason no Dao Marks were left behind, Gu Xuan guessed it might be related to the Ruthless Great Emperor shattering the Ten Thousand Daos Dragon Head Peak of the Immortal Ground with a single palm back then.

Seeing this magnificent scene.

After all it was his first time arriving, Luan Gu naturally had profound eyes, sighing in admiration endlessly.

While Gu Xuan and Void were slightly better.

However, the three quickly turned their attention to that dilapidated Emperor Dao Great Array.

This Great Array was jointly set up by Gu Xuan and Void in the past, drawing on Lingbao Tianzun's Group Character Secret, as well as the two's tens of thousands of years of Array Dao insights.

It can be said, not to speak of ancient times' number one defense, this Great Array is not far off.

But under Di Zun's mere single strike, it fell apart, array patterns in chaos, nearing collapse.

From this one can see how terrifying his strength!

But the Great Array also did not fail to act; after all it still blocked Di Zun for a short time.

This gave Gu Xuan and the others the chance to join forces and repel him, and heavily wound the opponent.

And with precautions in place, Di Zun wanting to act again through the Universe Crack is even less likely to succeed easily.

Otherwise, Gu Xuan and the others would absolutely not rest assured letting Void continue recuperating in the Cheng Immortal Pond.

The three did not delay.

For the longer they dragged, the greater the impact on Void's Dao Injury, and the more it would affect his future Road.

Soon, Void slowly descended, immersing his body into that Immortal Light brilliant Cheng Immortal Pond.

This is a helpless choice.

Just barely Nirvana'd out a Third Life, yet once again forced to return to square one, not even returning to the Eastern Desolation Ji Family.

But there was no way.

At that time, if Void had not forcibly appeared, Gu Xuan fighting Di Zun alone would indeed have had no small risk.

Even with that female Emperor acting remotely, her help would probably not be that great, for she obviously was not in a stable state either.

Gu Xuan's heart was like a clear mirror; he knew Void was worried he would be injured, so he disregarded everything to come to this point.

His gaze dimmed somewhat, he could not help but sigh lightly.

"Looks like I can steal some laziness again; the world's troubles, I'll trouble you two." Void smiled faintly, speaking to Gu Xuan and Luan Gu.

Obviously.

He perceived Gu Xuan's certain strange emotion, deliberately doing so to comfort him.

Seeing this scene, Gu Xuan could endure no longer, sending out some Immortal Dao Essence, even Heavenly Emperor Blood, to help Void better recover his realm.

This is Supreme Treasure Medicine, rare in the world!

If a Forbidden Zone Supreme were here, they would absolutely covet it; it can greatly repair Immortal Platform cracks, even increase lifespan or combat power considerably.

And Void's face stiffened, originally wanting to refuse, but in the end still accepted.

These substances indeed have great help for him, especially for recovering Dao Injury have no small effect, can shorten recuperation time, strengthen Origin Foundation.

And then.

Gu Xuan finished repairing the Great Array of the Immortal Ground, and took out various divine materials newly collected over nearly ten thousand years from the Chaos Square Vessel, making it even more firm and undying.

Even more crucially, he left behind a Heavenly Emperor Mark, causing the array's power to rise slightly higher!

This could be said to have granted this array a true array spirit, equivalent to him personally presiding here.

As long as he has not passed away, or left this universe, unless one can defeat him, the Great Array fundamentally cannot be broken open.

And Luan Gu also requested to add a strand of his mark.

If in the future there comes a day when the Di Zun truly breaks open the Universe Barrier and attacks again, Luan Gu can also know at the first moment and come to provide support.

Even though he already knew his combat power was inferior to the Di Zun, he still wanted to lend a hand.

Therefore, the current Luan Gu already regarded Gu Xuan and Void as Senior Experts, and also as Close Comrades on the same side.

They did not go through thousands upon thousands of years of interaction, or long periods of discussing scriptures and the Dao; it was merely a brief moment after proving the Dao, yet they knew each other's character.

Gu Xuan also did not refuse; otherwise it would have become a kind of slight.

A Current Era Great Emperor's combat power would be slighted?

If this spread to the Outside World, it would absolutely be inconceivable, yet it is fact.

Not reaching the Imperial Realm, one fundamentally would not believe that above this, there is still higher!

……

Matters here are temporarily concluded.

Luan Gu mentioned to Gu Xuan that he wished to visit his Holy Cliff Dao Chang.

This is also understandable.

The Holy Emperor's might shook the Cosmos for over forty thousand years; his legend has long spread throughout the universe, and the Holy Cliff Dao Chang is even more a Pilgrimage Ground in the hearts of many cultivators.

Over tens of thousands of years, who knows how many Human Race Great Saints went to pay respects and obtained great opportunities; of course there were also some Alien Cultivators on good terms with the Human Race.

Luan Gu was naturally no exception; since cultivating the Dao, he grew up listening to Gu Xuan's legends.

Regarding this, Gu Xuan naturally had no reason to refuse.

In the starry sky outside the Honghuang Ancient Star.

Without waiting for Gu Xuan to give any indication, Luan Gu thought of something.

He opened his Heavenly Eye, fully operating the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, wanting to see clearly certain things.

The Great Dao of the world has three thousand; as for Heavenly Eyes, it can be said the types are numerous.

There is the Source Heaven Divine Eye, obtained through cultivating the "Source Heaven Book"; reaching the ultimate realm, it can see through falsehoods of various source stones, cultivator incarnations, and so on.

There is also the Immortal Spirit Eye; generally speaking it is innate, and throughout the myriad ages there have been only an extremely few examples; it can point directly to the Origin.

There are also the Dou Zhan Holy Ape Clan's Breaking Illusion Golden Pupils, and the Golden Ancient Clan's Golden Pupils, but all require that clan's special Bloodline.

And the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye Luan Gu cultivates is even more marvelous; not only can it see through falsehoods, the reality and emptiness of desperate grounds can all be seen through.

Moreover, during the Great Battle process, the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye can also capture every flaw; it is the most terrifying.

And not only that, it can also see through the reality and emptiness of Great Arrays, various Array Dao patterns and veins, etc.; among all types of Heavenly Eyes it can also be called unparalleled!

This Moment.

Luan Gu exerted to the utmost this Forbidden Chapter ultimate Secret Technique of his own body.

Finally, in the hazy interval, he saw those faint, strand-like strange lights and shadows in the starry sky, extremely minute.

Those are some special Great Dao Runes!

These runes are extremely special; they contain a unique Dao Rhyme, and are extremely concealed; it can be said they are fused as one with the universe.

Therefore, since the Mythological Era, even generation after generation of Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors who embodied the Heaven's Heart found them difficult to perceive.

Because these runes are almost the constituent parts of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.

If not for Luan Gu having heard Gu Xuan mention this matter during the previous Three Emperors Discussing the Dao, and having created this special Forbidden Secret Technique — the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye — he probably would not have made this discovery.

And even so.

What Luan Gu could see was also extremely blurry, even to the point of being barely discernible.

In fact.

Even Gu Xuan, if not for him being a Transmigrator and having already achieved a Heavenly Emperor Level Expert, would probably also find it difficult to perceive these special runes.

But finally.

Luan Gu still discovered this anomaly.

Especially among the Di Zun's runes outside the Honghuang Ancient Star, a small portion had been erased, some not forming a system.

As for the universe's various places, they also similarly exist, extremely concealed.

In the past.

After Gu Xuan broke open the Ten Thousand Daos and achieved the Heavenly Emperor Level fruit position, when he returned to the Immortal Ground, he only then discovered the Di Zun's runes seemed to be secretly influencing the Great Array of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Head Peaks.

For this, he secretly erased an extremely small portion of the runes.

As for the others in various places of the universe, he did not rashly move them, precisely to avoid startling the snake.

But unexpectedly, even so, it ultimately still drew the Di Zun's retaliation.

"So these are the runes the Di Zun secretly carved?"

After confirming with Gu Xuan, Luan Gu received an affirmative reply.

This Master of the Mythological Ancient Heavenly Court, after the Teach Ascend Immortal Fail, faked death and hid, laid down Countless Backhands, wanting to refine this Great Universe to achieve him alone.

"This……"

Towards the Di Zun's this kind of behavior, it left Luan Gu momentarily not knowing what to say, only able to sigh with emotion.

In the Beidou's Several Great Life Forbidden Zones, those Supremes merely harvest the life Essence Qi of all beings.

While the Di Zun plans to refine the entire Great Universe.

And through this discovery, Luan Gu further understood the situation in the universe.

Even though he himself had already become a Great Emperor, he dared not say he was free of worries!

Ahead were dozens of Ancient Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones, behind were the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Di Zun...

Every single one was no easy lamp; if careless for a moment, a Great Calamity might explode!

Of course.

If it truly came to that moment, Luan Gu, as a Current Era Great Emperor, if he stood aside, self-preservation should be more than enough.

And, preserving his own clan, even several star domains, was also possible.

But if he were that kind of person, he most likely would not have become a Current Era Great Emperor in the first place.

Holy Cliff Dao Chang.

On the grand Dao Platform in the center, Chaos Qi coiled, the supreme Emperor's Way Qi permeated.

Two figures sat on futons transformed from Dao Qi, facing each other.

Precisely Holy Emperor Gu Xuan and Great Emperor Luan Gu!

Between the two, the Nine Heavens Divine Jade, a Supreme Treasure, served as cups; the cups held Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaves, brewed with Life Divine Spring, fragrant aroma assaulting the nose, a profound and mysterious Enlightenment Qi steaming.

Immortal Tea brewed this way, for Emperor-level Experts, could be considered not bad, able to promote discussing scriptures and the Dao.

In fact.

For Luan Gu, the Immortal Tea was actually secondary.

And right now this opportunity to discuss the Dao with the Holy Emperor was far more precious!

Since ancient times, across the Heavens and Worlds, how many could have this Peerless Opportunity, to discuss the Law at close range with a Heavenly Emperor-level powerhouse?

Their every word could clarify the various Emperor Dao Truths existing between Heaven and Earth, even involving many profound principles above the Great Emperor Realm, and even that ethereal Immortal Dao!

Luan Gu had after all just proven the Dao and become Emperor not long ago, there were many things he wanted to discuss.

But he also knew greed leads to no gain, he could only proceed gradually.

And having reached his current realm, he naturally also understood, many things still had to be self-comprehended, self-discovered; outsiders and external objects ultimately were not the root.

Therefore.

He only discussed a small part, belonging to those secret news that even Great Emperors in the Great Universe found hard to understand.

Of course, he also spoke of some insights on his own cultivation, even demonstrated the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, this Forbidden Secret Technique.

A Heavenly Eye Secret Technique of this level, Gu Xuan naturally also had, and its power was even stronger, only the name and such differed.

But a stone from another mountain can attack jade.

Luan Gu's unique Heavenly Eye Dao Art was also a beneficial inspiration for Gu Xuan, able to help him advance slightly higher.

Unknown how much time passed.

Luan Gu stood up, going to sense this entire Holy Cliff Dao Chang.

Those dense Heavenly Emperor Level Array Patterns, their terrifying Great Dao laws, even he, this Current Era Great Emperor, felt his heart tremble slightly.

And this still wasn't the most important.

He sensed, being within the entire Dao Chang, it seemed there was a strange effect of time itself flowing slowly.

The Holy Emperor has reached this realm now, involving the Time Dao?!

It seems I really still have a very long road to walk.

This moment, Luan Gu felt the gap even more deeply.

And then.

He saw those graves, the Ling Yuan of the Holy Emperor's confidantes, two blood-related children, old friends and battle companions, etc.

Because the Holy Emperor did not deliberately use Chaos to conceal anything.

Therefore, Luan Gu opened his Heavenly Eye, through that Chaos Qi, could see the words on those tombstones.

This moment.

His heart trembled, those legends, truly were real!

The world rumors, the Holy Emperor's First Life, when he was still a Saint Body Great Perfection, encountered a desperate Dark Turmoil.

That year, an ancient Great Perfection Holy Spirit appeared to harvest all living beings, terrifying beyond compare, even without the Ultimate Leap to become Emperor, it was almost the same.

Although not from those several Life Forbidden Zones, it was almost as strong as the Ancient Supremes among them; some said he was a survivor of the Heaven Severing Mountain Range from the past.

And the Holy Emperor at that time, had just achieved Saint Body Great Perfection not long ago, realm not yet stable, combat power could not be called peak either.

Therefore, he encountered a cruel Blood Battle, incomparably difficult.

It was in that battle that several of his old friends died in battle, even his two blood-related children blood sacrificed themselves to help their own father replenish Blood Qi, only then barely defeating that Holy Spirit.

And soon after, his confidante also perished in the years...

In the Holy Cliff Dao Chang, Luan Gu sighed.

He had experienced these, therefore understood this bitter state of mind even more clearly.

(Chapter End)