Chapter 130

Hmm.

Upon hearing the old man's words, Nüwa merely nodded lightly and then said: 'The Yin and Yang Emperor's Classics indeed contain the primordial holy power of Yin and Yang from the Great Dao; if one could truly fuse them into one, perhaps they could achieve a true Chaos body. However, the Great Dao principles of the two scriptures are opposite, and truly merging them into one is not that easy. Your current condition is merely a temporary relief; if you continue cultivating, you may still experience Yin-Yang clash and backlash upon yourself, unless you abandon one of the scriptures and focus solely on Yin or Yang.'

Thank you for the reminder, Great Emperor!

After performing a respectful salute, Dongfang Taiyi spoke with determined eyes: 'However, this is my Dao; even if I die ten thousand times, I have no regrets!'

Upon hearing his words and feeling his resolute will, Nüwa did not say anything more.

She merely gave a casual reminder; as for her, aside from her own brother, she didn't care much about others' affairs.

Dongfang Taiyi performed another salute, then turned his gaze to the others; the more he looked, the more astonished he became.

Apart from that Great Emperor, the surrounding few people also left him somewhat unable to see through them, especially the figure in the black robe.

Although the other's aura was only at the peak of the Sage King realm, the faint aura it emitted gave this Great Sage a feeling of indescribable oppression.

Moreover, more importantly, Dongfang Taiyi faintly sensed that the other's qi contained a Dao resonance that made his heart and soul tremble instinctively; it was the true essence of the Great Dao of Yin and Yang harmonized.

'This is a true human powerhouse who has truly achieved Yin-Yang harmony and evolved into Chaos!'

This unbelievable thought arose in his mind, and Dongfang Taiyi's eyes involuntarily flashed with uncontrollable shock.

Thinking of how Dongfang Taiyi himself is a rare talent in the world, only someone with lofty ambitions would choose to cultivate both the Yin and Yang Emperor's Classics of humanity, hoping to surpass the ancients and achieve the goal of Yin-Yang harmony.

But now he has reached the Great Sage level, yet he still has not achieved Yin-Yang harmony, and even suffers backlash, often plunging him into madness, unable to control himself.

Yet this fellow Daoist before him, merely at the Sage King realm, has already merged Yin and Yang, his aura smooth and harmonious without a single flaw—how could he not be astonished.

'Talents in this world are truly as rare as fish crossing the river!'

Having this thought arise in his mind, Dongfang Taiyi's spirit instantly lifted.

Since this fellow Daoist before him can achieve Yin-Yang harmony, proving this path is indeed viable, he naturally can as well.

Thinking this, Dongfang Taiyi clasped his hands and said: 'Thank you, fellow Daoist, for releasing me from the divine source.'

'Dongfang Fellow Daoist, no need for courtesy!'

Suppressing his inner unease about the name Taiyi, Fengyi spoke calmly: 'As fellow humans, this is what I ought to do; it's not worth mentioning.'

After performing another salute to express his gratitude for the rescue, Dongfang Taiyi finally turned his gaze to Ye Fan.

Even though this youth possessed an extremely weak aura, he still felt somewhat strange about him.

After observing him carefully for a moment, Dongfang Taiyi's expression grew even more astonished, and he involuntarily said: 'Indestructible Golden Body, as well as the Dao resonance of Yin and Yang harmonized.'

At this moment, Ye Fan seemed to have entered a special state, with the chanting of scriptures in his Dao Palace continually echoing, as if shadows of past and future flickered, influencing the changes in his internal qi.

Moreover, within his Sea of Wheels appeared an illusory Taiji diagram, the Bitter Sea and the Sea of Life evolving into the Yin and Yang poles, continually undergoing special transformations.

However, Ye Fan's body seemed to be lacking something, preventing him from completing the final transformation.

Seeing this, Dongfang Taiyi was about to say something when his heart suddenly twitched; he glanced at the black-robed figure before him and nodded.

Then Dongfang Taiyi pointed a finger, and two beams of divine light containing countless Great Dao runes appeared, emitting completely opposite Dao resonances, which directly merged into Ye Fan's glabella.

Fengyi did not stop this; it was precisely his intention.

After all, the True Dragon Immortal Medicine has deep karmic ties with the Ruthless Person; since I have obtained it, I cannot but show some respect.

And for an existence at the level of the Ruthless Person, the Immortal Divine Medicine is no different from an ordinary spiritual herb, its value not great; rather, Ye Fan's elder brother is what she cares about most, and repaying these karmic ties to Ye Fan would be more effective.

Hum

At the moment Fengyi's thoughts turned, Ye Fan's body seemed to have been filled with the final missing piece, and his entire aura underwent a heaven‑shaking, earth‑changing change.

Boom—

Heaven's might faintly appeared, and faintly even the sound of thunder rang out.

Seeing this, Fengyi's heart stirred slightly, and the dragon stele within him emitted an illusory Bagua diagram, instantly masking Ye Fan's qi so that it would not connect with the external great universe.

The Myriad Dragon Nest is not a good place to undergo tribulation; here not only are numerous ancient royal clans sealed, but also imperial formations and imperial weapons exist, and even the Ruthless Person's imperial corpse.

Once implicated, the heavenly tribulation drawn could blast the entire Eastern Wasteland, even the Northern Dipper, to smithereens.

After a long while, Ye Fan slowly opened his eyes—one eye like the sun, the other like the moon—somewhat resembling the earlier Dongfang Taiyi.

But the next moment, sun and moon fused, forming a Yin-Yang Taiji diagram, bringing his aura to a state of perfect harmony.

Seeing this, Dongfang Taiyi's expression involuntarily froze.

Have I, after all these years of seclusion, fallen behind the times?

How does achieving Yin-Yang harmony feel so easy now, as if anyone could accomplish it?

At this moment, even this once‑ambitious primeval demonic human feels somewhat doubtful of life!

Meanwhile, Ye Fan's heart and mind returned, sensing his own change, and a hint of joy involuntarily appeared in his eyes.

He not only obtained the two Emperor's Classics, but also preliminarily completed the perfected path of his Sea of Wheels secret realm.

Although Ye Fan now appears merely at the Dragon‑Transformation realm, in reality he is already akin to the ancient masters who solely cultivated the Sea of Wheels secret realm; even when facing an existence at the Holy Lord level, he feels no fear whatsoever.

And all of this stems from the vague future he once saw!

Thinking this, Ye Fan hastily bowed to Fengyi and said: 'Human Ancestor, I.'

'No need for many thanks.'

Fengyi seemed to understand what Ye Fan wanted to say, lightly waved his hand, stopped his motion, and smiled: 'Everything is merely due to cause and effect!'

'Cause and effect.'

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan's heart gave rise to a somewhat different insight, and he did not say anything more.

Meanwhile, after learning about Ye Fan's current condition, Fengyi's eyes flowed with countless streams of information.

Now Ye Fan is not merely a simple Holy Body; he also possesses a trace of the Chaos Body's Dao resonance flowing within.

Thinking of the future Ye Fan's nine mortal‑world transformations in the original work, in one lifetime he had already become a Chaos Body; now, in his body, past and future seem to have formed some connection, influencing each other.

Thinking of this, Fengyi's heart gave rise to an inexplicable insight, and suddenly he had a somewhat different grasp of fate and time.

'Passing me, Dao me, past future'

After a good while, Feng Yi suppressed the thoughts in their heart, placing all insights in the heart, making them part of their own accumulation.

Afterwards, they continued toward the depths of the Myriad Dragon Nest.

Along the way, they successively discovered three ancient coffins emanating terrifying auras, and finally arrived before a massive dragon nest.

It was a dragon nest constructed from countless black dragonwood, inside which endless Chaos qi surged, as if a primordial Chaos world.

Amidst the endless Chaos qi floated a huge coffin, as if nurtured by the entire Chaos world.

"What is that?"

Dongfang Taiyi's eyes flashed with a hint of shock, and at the same time a strong yearning arose, as if he had seen the ultimate path of his own future.

Even Ye Fan and the Hei Huang stared with some trepidation at the heavy coffin drifting in the Chaos Dragon Nest before them, their eyes filled with intense curiosity.

However, unlike the others, Xiao Nannan gazed at the coffin in a daze, momentarily lost in thought.

"Just like the previous three coffins, this is also a lifetime incarnation of the Ruthless Emperor!"

Glancing at everyone, Feng Yi explained softly: 'The Ruthless Emperor's first lifetime was as the Heaven-Swallowing Emperor; in his later years he did not take the immortality medicine, but instead created the Indestructible Heaven Skill, like a silkworm becoming a butterfly, breaking out of his old body, transforming into a divine fetus, living a second lifetime, and forging his first imperial body into the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Pot, an extreme Dao imperial weapon.'

"In his second lifetime's later years, the Ruthless Emperor took the True Dragon Immortality Medicine, gaining another lifetime of lifespan."

"And in his third lifetime, the Ruthless Emperor truly discovered his own Red Dust Immortal Path, defying heaven to live a fourth lifetime."

Having said that, Feng Yi stopped speaking, but Dongfang Taiyi, Ye Fan, and the others were directly captivated by a word that appeared in his speech.

"The Red Dust Immortal Path."

"Human Ancestor, do immortals truly exist in this world?"

"Naturally."

Feng Yi nodded, his tone leisurely as he said: 'Otherwise, an emperor's lifetime is only about ten thousand years; without self-sealing or self-beheading, how could figures like the Undying Heavenly Emperor, Wushi, and the Ruthless Emperor still be present in the current age?'

The so-called Red Dust Immortal Path is merely a general term; its fundamental purpose is to allow one to achieve true immortality without relying on longevity substances.

Depending on one's individual path, there are also different Red Dust Immortal Paths.

The Ruthless Emperor's Red Dust Immortal Path drew inspiration from the Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, the Nine Marvelous Immortality Medicines, etc., and follows the Nine Lifetime Unification Red Dust Immortal Path.

In the original work, Ye Fan was most influenced by the Ruthless Emperor, and having comprehended the Dao of human-form immortality medicines and other divine elixirs, he walks the Nine Lifetime Transformation Path, undergoing repeated transformations to ultimately attain true immortality.

And the others, such as the Emperor Sovereign, the Undying, and Wushi, each have their own distinct Red Dust Immortal Paths.

"Immortal."

Although he had previously speculated, Ye Fan's eyes still showed a hint of bewilderment, and his heart gave rise to boundless yearning.

Upon hearing that his own emperor had already embarked on the so-called Red Dust Immortal Path, and might even have become an immortal, the Black Emperor's doggy face almost burst into laughter.

However, compared to the one person and one dog who already had a vague understanding of Wushi the Great Emperor and the Undying Heavenly Emperor, Dongfang Taiyi, this old antique sealed for countless ages, wore a look of astonishment.

What had he just heard?

"There truly are immortals in this world, and not just one!"

"This completely overturned his worldview."

"Could it be that he really had been sealed for too long, completely out of touch with this world?"

"How could he, just having emerged, encounter such an explosive secret?"

As this thought rose in his mind, Dongfang Taiyi felt somewhat dazed, wondering if he had been sealed too long and was experiencing hallucinations.

Boom

At that moment, Ye Fan's heart stirred, and an ancient, simple great cauldron appeared above his head, emanating a heavy aura capable of crushing heaven and earth—the Xuanhuang Mother Qi Cauldron forged from the source root of the Mother Qi of all things.

Splash

The next moment, the coffin drifting in the Chaos suddenly trembled, its lid opened, and a hazy divine light emerged from within.

"Immortal Treasure Diagram!"

Seeing that divine light, Feng Yi's eyes flickered with a pale gold hue, reflecting the shape within the radiance.

It was an ancient scroll, seemingly forged from the essence of sun and moon, crystal clear and sparkling, containing profound Dao rhymes.

(End of chapter)