Covering the sky: Traveling through the holy body, suppressing the dark turmoil

Chapter 79 Flying Immortal Star

After listening to Li Xuan's analysis, Lingbao Tianzun and Mingzun found it hard to believe, and their shocked expressions lingered for a long time.

The Underworld Lord's voice trembled: "How could my good disciple possibly have any improper thoughts about that immortal corpse?"

In an instant, something occurred to him, and a look of sadness flashed across his face.

"That immortal corpse contained a drop of true immortal essence blood!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan and Lingbao Tianzun were both extremely shocked.

Then, the Underworld Lord slowly explained the reason.

At that time, he was in his later years and had no energy to attend to other matters. After sealing that immortal corpse, he still had a backup plan.

Since ancient times, the natural order of heaven and earth has had a unique effect on the nurturing of corpses, and the same applies to that immortal corpse.

The Underworld Lord wanted to use the power of heaven and earth to purify the dark matter inside the immortal corpse, and use that immortal corpse as the foundation of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

That drop of immortal blood essence was already stained with dark matter. If it could be purified, it would be of immense help to human cultivators.

The Underworld Lord remembered that before his reincarnation, there was still a lot of dark matter left in that drop of blood essence after it was worn away by the great forces of heaven and earth.

He also inscribed a kind of array pattern on it, transferring the dark matter in the essence blood into the origin of immortality.

In his eyes, apart from that drop of essence blood, the rest of that immortal corpse was nothing but trash.

Surely no one would be foolish enough to devour the immortal essence that has already been largely eroded.

Upon hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun's expression immediately turned extremely ugly. Then, a bright red immortal sword shot out and shattered Mingzun's physical body into pieces once again.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kill you right now!" Lingbao Tianzun said menacingly.

He now understands that the reason his fourth incarnation was so difficult was entirely caused by the Underworld Lord.

The Immortal Execution Sword repeatedly blasted the Underworld Lord into pieces before the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable finally calmed down.

Li Xuan already had a guess in his mind at this moment.

Not long after the Underworld Lord left, the Emperor, who had obtained all of the Underworld Lord's inheritance, already considered that drop of immortal blood as his own.

Over tens of thousands of years, the overwhelming forces of heaven and earth have obliterated most of the dark matter in the immortal blood essence.

By then, the Emperor had already reached his twilight years and had already made predictions about the Dharma in his next life.

He secretly instructed the supreme beings within the forbidden zone to activate the Samsara Seal technique, but he never expected it to evolve into the Dao.

The Supreme Beings verified that the method of reincarnation seal was not feasible for him. In the end, the Emperor chose that drop of immortal blood essence to sever the past and begin a new life.

Perhaps out of guilt towards Lingbao Tianzun, he left a special array pattern on Tianbing Star to maintain the immortality of the Immortal Platform.

What the Emperor did not expect was that the dark matter in that drop of immortal blood essence was not completely eradicated. In the years that followed, he suppressed the dark matter with his supreme cultivation.

But all of this finally erupted at the passage between the two realms. The Emperor devoted most of his power to suppressing the darkness within his body, leaving him with little power to deal with the Supreme Beings who were besieging him.

Thus, all the secrets surrounding the Emperor were finally revealed.

Li Xuan sighed, his heart filled with countless emotions. A great man of his generation had been defeated by an unknown soldier from the Immortal Realm who had perished in that battle.

Only Immortal Kings could truly establish themselves in that battle, and only Quasi-Immortal Emperors were qualified to truly influence the course of the war.

Thinking about this, my desire for power grew even stronger.

Seven days passed, and the Lord of the Underworld's expression was one of utter desolation; the truth is often more painful.

"I'll leave everything to time; I no longer wish to concern myself with it," the Underworld Lord said somberly.

The time it takes for the Underworld Lord to recover his memories cannot be too long, and there is not much time left now.

"Fellow Daoist, I hope to meet you again in the Immortal Realm!" The Underworld Lord bid farewell and continued his cycle of reincarnation.

Li Xuan and Lingbao Tianzun bowed to him in farewell.

A streak of light flew out and fell back into the memory crystal, as if nothing had ever happened.

After a while, the fat Taoist appeared in a mountain range in the Eastern Wilderness, with no recollection of what had happened before.

Then, a scream echoed through the mountains, and the fat Taoist priest discovered that he had nothing left but his underwear, and was back to square one.

"Damn it, how could I have suffered such a calamity!"

The fat Taoist priest composed himself and resumed his archaeological journey.

Beyond the Big Dipper Domain, Li Xuan and Lingbao Tianzun walked along the golden road, heading towards a chaotic land.

After killing the immortal corpse, Lingbao Tianzun sealed its remains tightly and laid out a complete secret of character formation there to obliterate the immortal corpse.

The place the two went to was the very spot where Lingbao Tianzun had buried the immortal corpse.

After realizing the scourge of the immortal corpses, the two decided to resolve the issue completely to prevent future generations from being affected.

Hundreds of thousands of years have passed, and most of the secret characters left by Lingbao Tianzun have been erased. The immortal corpse is also in bad shape, with most of its power damaged.

"Once I am freed, I will devour all living beings in this realm!" the immortal corpse whispered.

As time passed, the dark matter developed a faint consciousness, which led it to devour everything in the outside world and repair itself.

The incomplete character formation secrets unleashed boundless power, obliterating the immortal corpse.

A moment later, the two arrived at the place where the immortal corpse had been destroyed.

Lingbao Tianzun noticed the anomaly with just a glance.

"I never imagined that even after exhausting its source, this immortal corpse could still pose a threat to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

Beings at the level of immortals are indeed extraordinary.

Lingbao Tianzun reached out and made a gesture, revealing a crack.

Li Xuan intended to intervene, but Lingbao Tianzun acted first.

The four swords of Zhuxian flew out, drawing four dazzling sword marks, dragging the myriad paths of the universe, and unleashing astonishing power.

The swords rang out, and powerful energy erupted from his body.

This world was unable to withstand the power of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao and began to gradually crumble.

The immortal corpse instinctively wanted to escape, but it was firmly trapped and could only watch helplessly as four swords pierced its body.

"boom!"

Four terrifying auras emerged from the sword, destroying every inch of the immortal corpse's body.

The Immortal Slaughtering Formation trembled, unleashing billions of laws' power to destroy everything.

The immortal corpse roared in resentment, but the outcome remained unchanged.

The power of the laws rose and fell upon the immortal corpse, obliterating its power.

Before long, the immortal corpse vanished into the world.

“Senior Lingbao’s strength is even more terrifying than it was tens of thousands of years ago,” Li Xuan said. Lingbao Tianzun looked at the young man before him, his expression slightly shifting. The terrifying power within the other party was in no way inferior to his own.

"Most of the power within the immortal corpse has been obliterated; now we are merely dealing with the remnants," said Lingbao Tianzun calmly.

"Do you think that realm has already been occupied by this substance?" Lingbao Tianzun asked out of the blue.

Li Xuan's eyes flickered; he didn't want to tell the other person this cruel truth.

The Immortal Realm had many problems. Shortly after Ye Fan and others entered that realm, they encountered a terrifying calamity.

The four immortals of the mortal world entered that realm, only to be met with a bizarre hunt, and were utterly powerless to resist.

Ye Fan and the others later broke through to the Immortal King level, but it was still not enough. They wanted to find the Desolate Heavenly Emperor and get his help to fight against the strange phenomena, but by then the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had finished reflecting the great world of the heavens and had long since fallen into a deep sleep.

This is why Ye Fan and the others, when they traveled back in time and met the young Desolate Emperor, said he wasn't the person they were looking for.

“Senior, based on current analysis, that realm should not have been completely conquered yet; otherwise, the eternal path to immortality would be a joke,” Li Xuan said.

Lingbao Tianzun laughed it off. As long as one is powerful enough, even if the road ahead is full of darkness, he can break through it with a single sword.

"Flying Immortal Star, since the immortal corpse fell into this realm from there, I think there must be some other secrets there, and the Emperor may have other plans there as well," Lingbao Heavenly Venerable said after thinking.

In the age of mythology, there were countless legends about that place, the most famous being that immortals had appeared there. But as time passed, the place gradually became ordinary, and people were about to forget it.

Since the Emperor has obtained all of the Underworld Lord's secrets, he must have some plans for that place.

Lingbao Tianzun did not believe that one could become an immortal simply by following a certain path, or that crossing a single path could lead to a leap in one's level of life. He thought there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Even the method of reincarnation seal left to him by his master required the help of the Supreme Beings to verify. Given his cautious nature, it's impossible that he wouldn't have left a backup plan.

Li Xuan agreed, and the Emperor buried Tengshe, Jimie Tianzun, and others there. A special array was also set up there to gather the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.

In later generations, when Ye Fan fought the Great Battle on Flying Immortal Star, the Immortal Ascension Cauldron had already shattered. The Emperor's Array Pattern left there was activated, and the shattered Immortal Ascension Cauldron was reassembled. Even the deities and divine children of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron were summoned there.

The snake said that the Emperor was ruthless, using their lives to restore himself, but in the end, it was not the Emperor who returned, but the complete Immortal Cauldron.

Li Xuan deduced that the array patterns there were never intended to restore the Emperor. How could someone like the Emperor entrust his life to something so ethereal? The array platform there was meant to gather the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and fight on the Immortal Ascension Path again.

However, the Emperor was trapped in a strange world at that time and could not return, which made all his plans an aid to the Supreme One's ascension to the Immortal Path.

Li Xuan agreed to Lingbao Tianzun's suggestion and went to Feixian Star.

The golden road burst forth, traversing billions of miles, and in no time at all, the two arrived at Flying Immortal Star.

This is the land of demons from the mythical era, and the entire planet exudes a unique aura, ancient and weathered.

Despite the passage of countless years, this place remains unchanged, as if time has forgotten it.

"This place is exactly the same as the myth!" Lingbao Tianzun exclaimed.

Li Xuan scanned the area with his divine sense and discovered that deep within this ancient land, there were runes with the same aura as those used by the Emperor to refine the World Cauldron of Shrouding the Heavens.

Without the slightest hesitation, he threw a punch, the powerful force tearing the earth apart and breaking the seal left here.

The aura of immortals danced in the air, and endless celestial light surged forth, instantly attracting the attention of the entire universe.

"This is the aura of immortals. Are the two human emperors about to forge their way to immortality?"

"Wrong time, wrong place, yet the two emperors succeeded!"

People discussed it animatedly, eager to find out what was going on, but the powerful force emanating from there stopped them in their tracks.

The densely packed stone tablets are exposed, and the ancient runes on them tell of the antiquity of this place.

The unique aura emanating from here evokes a sense of ascending to heaven in broad daylight, an incredibly strange phenomenon.

Two divine sources stood here, and a powerful aura emanated from their bodies. Their ancient clothing told the world that they were not people of this era.

"Humph!"

Lingbao Tianzun let out a cold snort, and the divine source broke open, allowing the beings within to reappear in the world.

"Haha, I'm back!" the snake-like creature shouted excitedly.

The imperial aura erupted, sweeping across the heavens and the earth, venting its excitement.

"Who are you two, and why are you here?" Hua She asked.

The disdain in Li Xuan and Lingbao Tianzun's eyes made it feel insulted.

"Die!"

The serpent unleashed a powerful attack, its immense power erupting from its body and shattering the endless void.

Before the terrifying force could even reach them, a huge fist appeared in front of their faces.

In an instant, the snake transformed into a blood mist.

“If you weren’t still somewhat useful, you would already be dead,” Li Xuan said coldly.

In the distance, the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana watched all this, cold sweat pouring down his face. He hadn't expected the person before him to be so terrifying, and he was glad that he hadn't followed that beast's example and attacked directly.

"May I ask what brings you two seniors here?" asked the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana respectfully.

In the face of absolute power, dignity is worthless.

Li Xuan did not reply, but instead deduced the secrets of the heavens here.

These two supreme beings are not all the beings here. There are others below, but they were not left behind by the Emperor, but by the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

At that time, the Desolate Emperor was besieged and killed by the Immortal Kings when he broke through to the Immortal King realm. He failed to break through and was buried in the burial ground. After countless years, he returned, but he did not regain his memories. His obsession led him to find his way to the Immortal Realm.

Some beings took advantage of his lack of memory and followed him. Once they found the Immortal Realm, they took his place and went there.

Although the Desolate Emperor had lost his memory, he was not someone anyone could bully. In the end, he suppressed those beings who wanted to reap the benefits of the situation outside the path to immortality, leaving them just one step away from it, but with no hope of ever entering that realm.

The creatures buried here were the very creatures that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor suppressed outside the Path to Immortality.

……

"Senior, this little snake was presumptuous." The snake-transformed creature stood respectfully like a junior.

Li Xuan didn't look at the two of them, but turned to look at Lingbao Tianzun.

"The timing is wrong; the roads here haven't been opened yet."

“Let’s take a closer look and see what the Emperor left behind,” said Lingbao Tianzun.

Then, the four swords of Zhuxian flew out, their powerful force tearing through the space and revealing the world deep within.

When the Celestial Venerable of Nirvana and the Serpent saw this scene, their mood plummeted to rock bottom.

Li Xuan told the two to follow. The Emperor had left behind array patterns here to restore the Immortal Cauldron, which required everything from the two of them to ignite the Dao Fire. That was why he didn't kill them immediately.

The four ventured deeper into the void, where ancient runes were etched, their aura of antiquity lingering for a long time.

(End of this chapter)