Chapter 95: Gu Xuan's Second Life Old Age, Undying Heavenly Emperor Attacks!

Time flows like a stream; in the blink of an eye, three thousand years have passed.

Over these many years, Gu Xuan has remained seated in meditation within the Holy Cliff Dao Chang, almost never manifesting in the world.

Some people in the world believed he had already passed away in meditation.

But there were still many who did not believe this.

Because no vast and desperate Dao Transformation wave had appeared in the universe.

But in fact.

Gu Xuan had indeed fallen into a great crisis.

Red Dust Immortal is far from that simple; every life's Nirvana requires gambling with one's life.

When he proved the Dao and became Emperor in this life, the time was already too late; not much lifespan remained.

Therefore, wanting to live out a Third Life by transforming a Chaos Body, there was already not enough time.

Thus he could only find another way, attempting other methods.

Over these years, he deeply studied the Fusang Undying Tree, White Tiger Divine Medicine, and so on, gaining no small harvest, but it was still not quite enough.

But the Chaos Green Lotus Seed gave him an unexpected surprise.

Since returning to the Dao Chang, he tried various methods, hoping to make this Immortal Seed undergo Nirvana.

For this, he employed great means, not hesitating to move Chaos Divine Soil into his own Ku Hai, opening up a small area within it, equivalent to an experimental field.

Afterwards, he also drew Life Divine Spring obtained from the Life Forbidden Zone to irrigate it.

He even did not hesitate to take out the previously picked Fusang Undying Tree Divine Liquid, White Tiger Undying Medicine Fruit, and so on, refine out a portion of Divine Nature Essence, and ferry it into the Chaos Divine Soil.

Finally, he even used the rare and incomparably precious Immortal Dao Essence within his own body, as well as Heavenly Emperor Grade Life Spring Divine Liquid, to nurture this Chaos Green Lotus Immortal Seed.

And in the end.

Three thousand years passed, and the Immortal Seed finally underwent a miraculous trace of change.

The originally dead-silent lotus seed gradually revealed a strand of life force, incomparably minute, yet so delightfully surprising.

The entire outer shell revealed a faint luster, and even vaguely a faint fragrance wafted out.

Gu Xuan's Divine Sense observed inwardly, unmoving, staring at the Green Lotus Immortal Seed watching.

Now his realm was so lofty; his Heavenly Emperor Grade Divine Sense was incomparably powerful, reaching straight to the origin of things; he carefully observed every detail of its process from birth to death, seeing through all the roots of its rebirth.

Undoubtedly, this experience held extremely great significance for Gu Xuan; it could be called profoundly far-reaching, difficult to estimate.

Having reached this realm of his, wanting to live out the next life is so difficult, because he is too powerful; even Heaven and Earth seem not to permit such a thing to happen.

In this universe, wanting longevity is originally defying heaven; it has made countless Emperors and Royals throughout history bow down.

And corresponding to that.

Undying Divine Medicines are harmless to humans and animals, possessing almost no offensive power, yet only they can live forever without aging.

Observing them go from withered to flourishing, reborn from a near dead-silent state, equals peering through a certain Peerless Great Secret of longevity.

Green buds dot by dot, breaking out of the shell from the Green Lotus Immortal Seed's hard shell.

Although extremely tiny, almost an existence that seems there yet not, in the end a touch of green appeared, emitting a certain incomparably strange Immortal Path Qi.

This is the symbol of life force, and also the beginning of Nirvana!

And at this moment.

Gu Xuan's hair was already white like snow, aged beyond measure.

This is also perfectly normal, because he is already twenty-four thousand years old; his lifespan is so long it makes even Forbidden Zone Supremes somewhat despairing.

But he has ultimately reached the Old Age of his Second Life; his youth is gone, day after day sitting in meditation in the Dao Chang deep within the Qingyun Holy Land.

In recent years.

Several Human Race Great Saints came on pilgrimage, were acknowledged, received an audience with the Holy Emperor, and were granted a great opportunity.

This is supreme glory, and also a world-rare great fortune; only an extremely few Human Race Great Saints with world-covering merit can obtain it.

Although every Great Saint, after coming out, kept their mouth shut, absolutely not revealing half a detail of the pilgrimage scene.

But after this, news still spread out.

The current Holy Emperor has ultimately still reached the Old Age of this life!

His hair is white, his body withered, just like countless cultivators whose lifespan is exhausted!

This news spread across the universe, instantly causing no small panic.

People deeply know that in the Old Age of Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, some bizarre and terrifying event may well occur.

And this generation's Holy Emperor is even more so.

Because he is special; in his era of suppressing the world he killed several Forbidden Zone Supremes, practically becoming enemies with all Forbidden Zones.

Could it be that the turmoil recorded in Ancient History will reappear at some moment in the near future?

But there are also those expressing different views.

"Perhaps, this is again the Holy Emperor's smoke screen!"

They have an inexplicable confidence in Gu Xuan, believing an Emperor of such Divine Majestic Crown Ancient Modern Future would not fall so easily.

This is also understandable.

Because over the past tens of thousands of years, Gu Xuan has done this not just once, shattering many powerful enemies!

Of course.

There are also those who think this is impossible.

All things have a beginning and an end; no one can avoid death, no one can forever maintain peak state; the Emperors and the Undying Heavenly Emperor of the past, how majestic they were, did they not also disappear into Ancient History?

Opinions are divided; throughout the entire universe, there is a restless atmosphere.

And on this day.

The Qingyun Holy Land watched by all under heaven finally had a movement.

The Holy Cliff Dao Chang where the Holy Emperor was in seclusion suddenly rose into the air and vanished into the Star Depths.

Along with the Ling Yuan of his red-faced confidante, old friend battle companions, and others, they departed together.

This movement alarmed the numerous Supreme Races and major powers within Yu Nei!

Why did the Holy Emperor act thus, abandoning the Sect he had guarded for tens of thousands of years?

Was it because Qingyun Holy Land did something displeasing or contemptible to him, provoking him to this?

But this speculation was quickly denied by people.

For these years, under the influence of Gu Xuan's aura, although Qingyun Holy Land flourished and prospered, it also strictly adhered to the duties and proper conduct of an Imperial Family, and could even be said to be the benchmark of the Hugu Aristocratic Families throughout the ages.

Moreover, the Holy Emperor did not leave early, nor late, but departed precisely in his old age; obviously there was another reason.

"The Holy Emperor had a premonition of something; perhaps a great battle will occur."

An old Sage put forth a saying that approached the truth of the matter and was accepted by the majority of the world.

Obviously.

Having reached the Holy Emperor's cultivation level, if an enemy attacked during his old age, the intensity of such a battle would be unimaginable to the world.

If there was no proper shielding for a time, let alone a single Qingyun Holy Land, even the entire Star Domain, or even several surrounding Star Domains, might be affected, even collapsing into ruin.

Time flowed on, and another thousand years passed.

Star Depths.

This is a desolate Star Domain.

At the very center, dozens of Da Yue stood side by side, their entire bodies pitch black like ink, bearing wisps of Chaos Qi, standing erect in the starry sky.

Imperial Dao Array Patterns densely covered the surroundings, emitting a dreadful Qi mechanism.

Holy Cliff Dao Chang!

And within countless light-years of its surroundings, all was empty and devoid of things; at most there were only some shattered meteorites.

On a magnificent Dao Platform, a figure sat cross-legged within.

His white hair like snow, aged beyond measure, even his back appeared somewhat hunched, old to the point of being unable to grow older.

And this was not even the most severe.

The most terrifying was that the aura on his body was flickering, faint and nearly gone, like a mortal on the verge of death!

It was precisely Gu Xuan, who had walked to the end of his Second Life.

Hard to imagine that the Holy Emperor of yesteryear, who horizontally pushed through the Nine Heavens Ten Earths with no rival, whose might shook the Cosmos, had already reached such a state of oil exhausted lamp dry!

Judging by the situation, he was simply weak to the extreme!

If someone were here, it would not be hard to suspect that the next moment he would soon sit in meditation and pass away.

For the fact was also thus; on Gu Xuan's body, a desperate Dao Transformation aura was already emanating.

Suddenly!

Right at this time.

"Chi!"

A five-color Heavenly Knife suddenly appeared from the void, exploding with incomparably brilliant five-color immortal light, tyrannical to the extreme!

The end of this knife was grasped by a palm warm and smooth like jade, manifesting from that void crack, launching a fatal strike!

The knife light was sharp for ten thousand ages, slicing through the eternal tranquility, like the Knife Dao King among immortals descending into the world, reappearing the true meaning of opening heaven and cleaving earth, nothing unbreakable, nothing indestructible!

Even the dense Imperial Dao Array Patterns around the Holy Cliff Dao Chang could not block it at all.

If the generations of Taigu Royals and Great Emperors since ancient times witnessed this here, they would also be shocked and tremble; it was too sharp and tyrannical, skill startling the Cosmos, difficult to contend with.

And Gu Xuan, at the life-and-death juncture where danger reached the extreme, erupted with his final potential.

He struggled to shift horizontally, in the instant allowing not a hair's breadth, flashing to several Star Domains away; it could be called speed reaching the extreme.

But even so.

He was also heavily injured, blood gushing like a spring, sprinkling the starry sky as if not wanting his life.

The five-color Heavenly Knife slashed past, nearly splitting him standing into two halves, missing by only a hair!

From the skull down, the entire body was split open, revealing the viscera and white bones within, only a bit of flesh and skin still connected, too miserable to behold!

Merely a single knife!

Almost killed the Holy Emperor who had roamed Yu Nei for over thirty thousand years, crowned peerless in the Cosmos.

However.

From the void crack, a light surprised and doubtful sound transmitted out.

"Eh?"

Obviously, the attacker perceived some anomaly.

And indeed.

The next moment.

A Chaos Square Vessel rushed skyward from Gu Xuan's shattered and ruined body.

And then, a Chaos Two Instruments Killing Array composed of two Lingbao Tianzun Killing Swords fell from within, locking down this heaven and earth.

Instantly, the entire starry sky seemed as if a blood curtain descended, crimson and dripping, a fierce and murderous aura slaying immortals and exterminating gods, surging skyward!

Although this killing array cannot completely trap the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

For he, with a body that never self-severed, has bathed in the blood of all Supremes for millions of years, transforming and undergoing Nirvana, and has already attained Heavenly Emperor Level Combat Power.

But this Great Array is also sufficient to bring him a certain degree of trouble.

And from Gu Xuan's blood-drenched, shattered body, a Heavenly Emperor Body with blood qi surging to the heavens and crystalline flesh stood up.

Like breaking out of a shell, and like Nirvana rebirth, standing erect on the vast sky!

His black hair like a waterfall, naturally draped over his shoulders, appearing powerful and peerlessly stunning.

A peerless prestige surpassing the emperors and sovereigns of past, present, and future naturally emanated, yet it was well controlled within a certain range by him, not startling the outside world.

"You... as expected, still so despicable!"

From the gloomy void crack came a clear, cold voice, somewhat gritting teeth, somewhat the relief of a speculation verified.

"Hmph!"

Gu Xuan let out a cold snort, and did not say anything.

Only upon reaching his current realm could one see through the layers of five-color immortal light the owner of that five-color Heavenly Knife within the void crack.

It was a tall, martial man, surrounded by Immortal Phoenix light, with not a trace of time left upon him; standing there, he looked to be in his twenties, his bearing peerless under heaven.

Undying Heavenly Emperor!

Just at this moment.

His martial face appeared somewhat iron-green; clearly Gu Xuan's state had exceeded his expectations.

Facing this upheaval, the Undying Heavenly Emperor stared fixedly at Gu Xuan, his gaze cold as frost, chill penetrating past and present, killing intent awe-inspiring.

But actually.

Before this, he had also speculated about this change.

Therefore, this time he also held back when acting, to ensure he had a certain way out.

The reason was none other than Gu Xuan's previous several schemes against the Forbidden Zone Supremes, known throughout the world.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor had long coveted Gu Xuan, and naturally knew this situation like the back of his hand, long guarding against Gu Xuan playing this trick again.

But even risking the danger of being ambushed by Gu Xuan, the Undying Heavenly Emperor also had sufficient reason to act.

First, Gu Xuan's lifespan had indeed reached its end; this was a very obvious fact, appearing true without falsehood.

Whether the Undying Heavenly Emperor or the Forbidden Zone Supremes, both could deduce this point with their Emperor Dao cultivation.

Second, a figure like Gu Xuan truly deserves to be called stunning through the ages, extremely special; the Heavenly Emperor Mark and longevity immortal essence within his body far surpass ordinary Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors.

Even in ancient times, the Taiyin Human Emperor, Taiyang Holy Emperor, and others devoured by him also fell short.

They also exceeded the other immemorial royal flesh and blood he had secretly ambushed and devoured.

If obtained, it would be enough to let the Undying Heavenly Emperor initiate an ultimate transformation far surpassing the past, advancing a great step on the Immortal Road.

These two points are why the Undying Heavenly Emperor, clearly knowing Gu Xuan was an expert of the same level as him, still had to risk acting.

However.

Precisely because of this, he was even more cautious and careful than those previous few times, having made sufficient backup plans.

The next moment.

The Chaos Square Vessel emitting nine-color immortal light descended from the heavens; in an instant, transcending the limitations of time and space, it suppressed and killed toward the crystalline white palm within the void crack.

Because the Undying Heavenly Emperor knew something was amiss, he had already rapidly retreated from the void crack.

His speed was incomparably swift, possessing Heavenly Emperor level mighty power; even that strengthened version of the Chaos Two Instruments Killing Array could at most delay for a moment, difficult to stop.

But Gu Xuan's current strength was also already not inferior to him, even surpassing him.

He activated the Chaos Square Vessel, unleashing the utmost mighty power; this star universe instantly lost color, boundless endless Chaos radiance shining through all ages past and present.

And the Undying Heavenly Emperor also understood everything, knowing that under this incomparably terrifying prestige, it was impossible to retreat unscathed.

Therefore, he also erupted with a peerless, unmatched Qi mechanism, rarely having an opponent through ancient and modern times.

In an instant, Chaos Qi and five-color immortal light simultaneously surged vast and mighty, as if Chaos gods and demons and Immortal Domain divine phoenixes were clashing, killing!

This is a collision of Dao and Law, a duel transcending time and space, a deadly battle between Heavenly Emperor and Holy Emperor!

Near the Immortal Dao, indescribable, incomprehensible.

Boom—!

When the immortal light dispersed, that gloomy dark void crack also finally closed.

A severed limb suffused with five-color radiance lay across this star universe, flowing with peculiar blood, five-colored and variegated, gorgeous and brilliant, appearing somewhat dreamlike.

This is an Immortal Phoenix remnant body!

And the outside world.

Even with the Chaos Two Instruments Killing Array's shielding, that terrifying Dao aftermath still swept out, like great ocean waves, unknown how many desolate stars were shattered.

The whole Great Universe trembled for it; people were panic-stricken, thinking a world-destroying great tribulation had erupted.

Even the numerous Ancient Venerables in the Forbidden Zones were startled awake, perceiving that vast fluctuation surpassing all ages past and present.

But Gu Xuan and the Undying Heavenly Emperor's battle occurred merely in an instant, truly too fast, too fierce.

Apart from the two great experts involved, no one in the outside world managed to react in time.

Only the Forbidden Zone Supremes could sense that peculiar Qi, some shock and doubt, filled with speculation.

(Chapter End)