Chapter 94: with translation of chapter title

Qingdi.

Through myriad ages, the blue sky holds a single lotus.

From the Undying Divine Medicine and Chaos Azure Lotus taking form, he became a true sentient being, then step by step swept across the stars, traversed the universe, and proved the existence of the Great Emperor's fruition, being the nearest Great Emperor to the present age and the only Great Emperor who proved the Dao in the Desolate Ancient era.

As an heaven-defying existence formed from the Undying Divine Medicine, his battle power likely reached the level of a Heavenly Emperor, making him the child of destiny of the previous era.

Originally, as the Chaos Azure Lotus taking form, his path perfectly matched that of the Undying Divine Medicine; the best immortal method should be to study the Dao fragments contained within the Chaos Azure Lotus, and by delving deep he might, like the Ruthless One, forge his own unique red-dust immortal path.

Even the future immortal path opening in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone, which only the right person can enter, might originally have belonged to Qingdi, the present Great Emperor.

After all, as an entity formed from the Undying Divine Medicine with battle power at Heavenly Emperor level, even if his lifespan does not match that of Ye Fan after becoming emperor, it surely exceeds ten thousand years.

Furthermore, with the Undying Divine Medicine refreshing his state, he could live another lifetime; when the immortal path in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Zone opens, he will be in his prime, and as the present Great Emperor, who could rival him? Naturally he could easily enter the immortal path.

However, it's a pity that this emperor neither took those paths; instead, he obstinately tried to derive an immortal domain from his own primordial spirit within the Desolate Pagoda.

If in his previous life, as an Immortal King, the harmony between the Chaos Azure Lotus and the true intent of world creation were high, deriving a great world might still have been possible.

Of course, it would be an ordinary great world, not a super great world like the immortal domain and foreign realm at the time of perfection.

But this lifetime's Qingdi has not even stepped onto the immortal path; attempting to derive an immortal domain with his human-domain cultivation is pure fantasy, and the outcome is predictable.

Thinking this, Feng Yi lightly shook his head, unable to lament that this emperor's luck was truly terrible, choosing the hardest and most impossible of the three paths.

"Chaos Azure Lotus. Deriving Immortal Domain"

With thoughts turning, Feng Yi's spiritual sense twitched slightly, and suddenly some other insights arose in his mind: "Perhaps Qingdi's idea of deriving an immortal domain from the Desolate Pagoda was also influenced by the Chaos Azure Lotus, after all its true intent is extremely suited to opening and deriving worlds; it's just that his current strength is insufficient, so he unfortunately trapped himself!"

Thinking this, Feng Yi instantly came to his senses; countless streams of information flowed in his eyes, and he couldn't help feeling regret for Qingdi, the sole Great Emperor who proved the Dao in the Desolate Ancient era.

"Actually, Qingdi's approach isn't really wrong; after all, once this world reaches the Great Emperor stage, there are no set paths left, and the later roads must be explored and tried by themselves—making mistakes is normal, since before truly walking it, no one knows whether the road is correct!"

Shi Hao's perfected "body as seed" system originally was not limited to the peak of the human path; there is also a sixth secret realm afterward.

However, Shi Hao, in order to let later generations free themselves from the constraints of his path, not be bound by his shackles, and walk their own unique Dao, did not leave behind the path of the sixth secret realm.

Therefore, every supreme existence reaching Great Emperor level in this universe must re‑explore their own unique immortal path.

This is a hard road, and also a supreme road.

As the Ruthless One said to Ye Fan, the roads explored and walked out by generation after generation of cultivators seeking immortality are precisely the immortal path.

It is also precisely the exploration of these generations of cultivators, leaving behind experience and lessons, that this universe has seen in succession beings like Wu Shi, the Ruthless One, and Ye Fan who have walked out their own unique red‑dust immortal paths.

"Perhaps this is also what Shi Hao hopes to see, after all he needs comrades who can truly fight shoulder‑to‑shoulder with him!"

With thoughts turning, Feng Yi seemed to gain some new insights into the "body as seed" system, and also gained a new understanding of the hundreds of ancient characters for constructing an immortal domain imprinted in his mind and spirit by Shi Hao.

Hum

As his understanding of those ancient characters deepened, Feng Yi's Sea of Wheels world continually underwent minute adjustments; the illusory azure lotus at its center swayed lightly, scattering specks of spiritual light.

Sensing his own change, Feng Yi subconsciously turned his mind inward and looked toward that somewhat illusory azure lotus at the center of his Sea of Wheels.

"Chaos Azure Lotus."

"Pangu."

"Eh, Qingdi. This item is fated with me."

This thought arising in his mind, Feng Yi couldn't help recalling the emperor's heart left by Qingdi and his true body transformed into the Ultimate Dao Imperial Armament, the Chaos Azure Lotus.

Of course, he certainly had no thought of seizing that imperial armament.

In this realm, the Ultimate Dao Imperial Armament, as a continuation of the Great Emperor's Dao, can be said to be half of their being; once fully revived, its power would be such that even a Quasi‑Emperor level existence would likely be finished.

Feng Yi certainly had no thought of blocking the imperial armament with his body, and he does not need a complete armament.

However, since he cannot seize the armament, he can trade with its owner.

Anyway, under normal circumstances the Ultimate Dao Imperial Armament does not revive on its own.

On the trip to Kunlun's Immortal Land, Feng Yi possesses many good things; casually taking out any one of them could drive ordinary cultivators mad, and exchanging for what he needs leaves plenty to spare.

"Alas, it's a pity that Fuxi's Ultimate Dao Imperial Armament is broken; in this world, lacking such an armament for protection always feels a bit unsafe!"

This thought arising in his mind, Feng Yi's innate spiritual light quivered slightly; the Fuxi seal resonated with his mind and spirit, prompting him subconsciously to gaze toward the distance.

"That is."

Countless streams of information flowed in Feng Yi's pupils as he softly said, "Fuxi Dragon Stele. Fragment"

After a good while, he came to his senses; the illusory eight trigrams in his eyes faded, and he faintly understood something, silently thinking: "Could it be the Wind Clan?"

"I never expected to find no fragment of the Fuxi Dragon Stele on Earth, yet I encountered one on Beidou!"

Thinking this, Feng Yi looked toward the distant heavens and earth and said softly, "Even if it's only a fragment, it is still an Ultimate Dao Imperial Armament and matches me well; I cannot just discard it—it seems I will have to go to the Wind Clan in the Central Region later. Huh."

Before his words faded, his expression shifted slightly, and the illusory eight trigrams reappeared in his eyes, with countless images flowing within.

The next moment, the illusory eight trigrams vanished; Feng Yi's face showed a hint of a strange expression, and after a while he murmured, "Looks like I don't need to go myself, but does the Wind Clan still have any divination experts? And why do I feel a deep connection with them? Strange!"

After pondering for a moment, Feng Yi lightly shook his head to dispel the thought.

Since we can't deduce it, we'll wait until we meet the Wind Clan people and see the Fuxi Dragon Stele fragment; then everything will naturally become clear.

Moreover, on the ancient Beidou star where the Great Dao suppresses and the Immortal Three's Dao‑cutting is hard to manifest, even if something truly changes, having the Tongtian Jiaozhu and Amitabha Buddha from the River Chart—two powerful beings akin to deities of this world—protecting him gives Feng Yi the ability to preserve himself.

Thinking this, he temporarily suppressed that thought, stopped pondering those matters, and instead turned his gaze to the fruit in his hand, continuing to contemplate the mysteries of the Nine Wonders Undying Tree's fruit, grasping the remaining law fragments and Dao imprints within.

At the same time, the Primordial Dragon's Qi fused into his innate spiritual light transformed into a certain special concept, continually imprinting upon his Spine Great Dragon, slowly and firmly tempering and elevating his Spine Great Dragon.

In a hazy moment, Feng Yi's mind and spirit seemed to manifest an indescribably vast Primordial Dragon wandering the boundless star rivers, its body entwined by the star‑streams, faintly visible.

Dragon roars echoed from that Primordial Dragon's mouth, reverberating in Feng Yi's spirit, as if expounding the Way of the Primordial Dragon to him.

His mind and spirit sank into emptiness; countless insights about the Primordial Dragon's metamorphosis combined with the information he gleaned from contemplating the Nine Wonders Undying Medicine in his hand, simultaneously merging into the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm's cultivation system, granting him a new understanding of the sublimation and metamorphosis of his own dragon‑transformation path.

As he walked, his breath continually underwent minute changes; his Spine Great Dragon emitted crackling crisp sounds, as if constantly rising and soaring, radiating brilliant golden light like a soaring golden dragon bearing the will to break through everything.

Boom—

After an unknown span of time, a heaven‑shaking roar rang out; the sky suddenly thundered and flashed, fierce winds rose, and boundless dark clouds gathered.

Vast heavenly might swept over, as if the whole heaven and earth were enraged, instantly plunging the entire mountain range into silence.

Thunder, boundless thunder flooded the entire azure firmament like a sea of thunder, causing the heavens and earth of the whole mountain range to darken.

At this moment, in the entire mountain range, whether ferocious birds or fierce beasts, all prostrated on the ground, not daring to move in the slightest.

The thunderclap woke Feng Yi, causing him to instinctively look toward the boundless sea of lightning above the high heavens.

However, looking at the boundless sea of lightning in the sky that seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, Feng Yi's expression did not change much.

It's merely a lightning tribulation, not a big deal; he had already grown accustomed to being struck when he previously broke through his realm.

Now, breaking through the second transformation of the dragon metamorphosis, encountering a lightning tribulation is also quite normal.

In this universe, any heaven-chosen prodigy who has not been struck by lightning when breaking through their realm has no face to call themselves a heaven-chosen prodigy.

Like Ye Fan, whose powerful ancient holy body, taking a bath and forging weapons in the lightning tribulation are routine, not regarding the tribulation at all.

And when encountering a ruthless person like Shi Hao, they even directly seize the lightning pool during the tribulation and forge it into their own Dao-proving artifact.

It can be said that, for most cultivators in this universe, the lightning tribulation can be called a big gift pack without exaggeration.

Now Feng Yi bears the Fuxi seal, which can be called a rebirth of the Great Emperor, naturally also inseparable from the care of the lightning tribulation.

Just as Feng Yi's thoughts turned, a heaven-shaking thunderclap rang out, the boundless lightning poured down like a sheet of lightning ocean, directly submerging the entire mountain range and also his figure.

(End of chapter)