He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

A mournful cry, like the wailing of a vengeful ghost, rang out, and in no time, they were reduced to ashes.

He turned to look at the road ahead, where there was no mist, only majestic mountains and open valleys. The dragon's aura was truly manifest, swirling around the mountains, creating a magnificent spectacle.

The sunset there was like blood, with a faint golden glow in the red sky, making it look very sacred.

“This is the true appearance of this place. It is indeed extraordinary. Let’s continue on our way,” Zhou Qing said.

The Zhou family patriarch nodded, and Zhou Qing continued to walk in front.

Such terrain as the Ascension Land is rare, and Zhou Qing naturally did not let the opportunity to study it slip by.

On the way, they encountered more than a dozen silver-winged yakshas, ​​which were more evolved spiritual corpses that followed the path of proving their Dao through corpses. However, they were no match for Zhou Qing and were all reduced to ashes by him.

There were also corpses covered in red hair jumping out of coffins underground. These were either source masters from the Eastern Wilderness or dragon seekers from the Central Plains. Unfortunately, they also underwent a mutation and were annihilated by Zhou Qing with a flick of his finger.

The path to immortality is ninety miles long, and crossing the chasm is ten miles long. The last ten miles are said to be impassable even for immortals, while the first ninety miles are fine, and Zhou Qing can easily cross them with his abilities.

Soon after, Zhou Qing finally completed the first ninety miles, gaining a great deal of knowledge and inspiration for his Origin Techniques.

The Source Master is not the end of Source Arts. Although the Source Book is no longer of much use to him after he has reached this point, he knows that there is still a path ahead. However, he has to forge his own way and walk it on his own.

However, he came to the Immortal Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon Cave with many purposes, including some research he had done in the year since he became a saint, which he wanted to test with the third-generation Source Master.

If the experiment succeeds, perhaps he won't be alone on the path of source magic in the future, and someone will pave this path with him.

At this moment, Zhou Qing and the Zhou family patriarch only had ten miles left to travel, and they could already see the Dragon Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon Cave in the distance.

"We've finally arrived!" The Zhou family patriarch couldn't hide his excitement.

A giant mountain lies across

Ahead, at its top, is a pool of water, shimmering and flowing with a dreamlike radiance under the setting sun.

Beside it stands a great mountain, upon which lies an ancient cave that exhales and exhales dragon energy, captivating the mind. Two banana trees, whose age is unknown, shimmer with green light, growing on either side of the ancient cave.

"This terrain is truly terrifying. It is a naturally formed divine land of yin and yang. Either one of these elements alone would be a marvel of nature, but these two elements have come together and nourish each other, creating an effect greater than the sum of its parts." Zhou Qing's expression was moved, and he was secretly astonished.

The Immortal Transformation Pool is located atop a giant mountain. It is a very open place with visible water, shimmering with light and bursting with rosy glow. The yang energy is extremely strong and rushes towards you like heavenly fire.

On the other side, at the foot of that great mountain, an ancient cave exhales dragon energy. Although it is sacred, it also has a flow of Yin energy.

Zhou Qing circled the area for ten miles, then took out a piece of flesh and blood from the Saint King, the one that had been hunted down in the starry sky, and threw it into the Immortal Transformation Pool at the mountain peak.

While still in mid-air, the flesh evaporated completely without leaving a trace, causing Zhou Qing to frown.

Then he threw in a piece of Da Luo Silver Essence the size of a fingernail, which soon sizzled and was destroyed in this terrain where even immortals could not cross.

The terrain is terrifying, but it was within Zhou Qing's expectations.

After all, they broke into the Ascension Land far too early. The Ascension Land had only just begun to come into contact with the outside world. Although the killing intent had weakened somewhat, it hadn't weakened much.

“Ancestor, it’s time for you to take action,” Zhou Qing said.

Zhou Qing then revealed the eight locations he had just identified. These were the eight paths to survival that would appear once the Immortal Transformation Pool truly descended. Even now, those eight paths were far less dangerous than those in other areas.

The Zhou family patriarch took a step forward, opened his mouth and spat out a divine furnace, which was only the size of an infant's fist and was quite tiny.

In the next instant, the miniature furnace emitted a dazzling celestial light, and strands of imperial might spread out, as vast as mountains and as boundless as the sea. The beams of light were astonishing, as if a great emperor had been born, suppressing the vast heavens.

In the hands of the Zhou family patriarch, the small furnace forged by Emperor Hengyu truly unleashed awe-inspiring power!

"buzz"

The small furnace trembled, and countless symbols of the Great Dao descended, engulfing them. Then, the Zhou family patriarch led Zhou Qing directly into it.

As soon as they entered, a terrifying force pressed down on them from all directions. It could be said that even a Great Sage would perish tragically in this ten-mile-long chasm if there were no protection at the current Ascension Land.

But now that the Zhou family patriarch has activated this small furnace, he is practically a true quasi-emperor here. A terrifying aura and powerful energy fluctuations spread around them.

Ignoring the dangerous aura within the chasm, the Zhou family patriarch led Zhou Qing and charged recklessly.

On the way, they encountered a terrifying, spirit-infused corpse. It was a super old emperor of the Nine Li Divine Dynasty who had reached the Great Completion King realm in his lifetime. However, before they could even get close, it was directly crushed into a pool of bloody mud by the powerful aura.

Two thousand years ago, when Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu ventured into the Immortal Transformation Pool, this ten-mile-long Heavenly Barrier was definitely far more terrifying than it is now; perhaps it was even more terrifying back then.

Even true quasi-emperors would find it difficult to break in; only those who have attained enlightenment could possibly force their way in.

But now, even facing this weakened Ten-Mile Heavenly Gate, the Zhou family patriarch can force his way in without having to wait for its autonomous descent two years later.

The Immortal Transformation Pool is located atop a giant mountain. It is a place of dazzling light and shimmering mist, a truly dreamlike place. The water is as smooth as jade, and the spiritual energy surges down, submerging the entire mountain.

There is a special force here that suppresses a cultivator's ability to fly, forcing people to climb the mountain on foot.

Meanwhile, the Zhou family patriarch, along with Zhou Qing, braved the force and flew up, landing beside the Immortal Transformation Pool.

There's no rush with the Ancient Dragon's Lair on the other side. Zhou Qing needs to first break into the Immortal Transformation Pool, dig out the Azure Emperor's Killing Intent from it, and obtain this powerful weapon. Only then can he consider entering the Ancient Dragon's Lair.

"We've arrived," said the Zhou family patriarch.

Before me lies the Immortal Transformation Pool, its waters clear and bright, like a pool of fine wine, overflowing with auspicious hues, with rising mist and clouds, swirling and shimmering, a kaleidoscope of colors, a crystal-clear expanse.

The Immortal Transformation Pool is located atop a giant mountain. Although it is not very large, it gives people the illusion of a world unto itself.

Yes, it doesn't resemble a pool of water, but rather a vibrant and beautiful little world, where the secrets of the origin of life seem to lie.

"As expected of the Immortal Transformation Pool, it gathers the three major terrains of extreme reversal, the Ascension Land, and the Source of Life. It is undoubtedly the legendary Immortal Pool, but there are also great dangers within it, which can be described as unsolvable in the world," Zhou Qing sighed.

A pool of jade-like liquid connects to the eternal blue sky, emitting a surging sound, as if someone is sitting cross-legged in the void, recounting the great Dao of creation.

The celestial pool shimmered with light, its surface shimmering with flowing mist and clouds, displaying a myriad of colors. The water droplets were not particularly turbulent, but rather gentle, and one could faintly hear the heavens and earth reciting ancient scriptures.

This is the Immortal Transformation Pool. From ancient times to the present, this lake has held too many secrets. There are countless precious materials like green copper blocks. When the Azure Emperor was still the elixir of immortality, he also stayed here for a long time.

Countless celestial treasures have sunk into it. Legend has it that fragments of imperial weapons sank into it in ancient times. It's hard to imagine how many divine objects are inside today.

Zhou Qing took out a bottle made of mutton-fat white jade, which was cast from mutton-fat white jade divine iron. It was also a sacred artifact, but at this time Zhou Qing only used it to hold the immortal liquid from the Immortal Transformation Pool.

This pool of water is definitely among the top immortal liquids in the universe. It contains countless essences of the Great Dao. Although it does not have the healing effect of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh and bones, it can be used to nourish the immortal medicine.

The Azure Emperor must have a lot to say about this. Zhou Qing guessed that the reason why the Azure Emperor stayed here for so long before he took human form was not just because of the Green Copper Block. After all, with the power of the Immortal Elixir, it wasn't impossible for him to fly away with the Green Copper Block.

Here, things reach their extremes and then reverse. The three major terrains of the Flying Immortal Land, the Source of Life, and the Immortal Land are combined into one, which can almost seize the creation of heaven and earth and reverse the original form of life. The nourishment of the Immortal Transformation Pool should also be one of the indispensable conditions for the Azure Emperor to successfully transform.

Now Zhou Qing plans to take some immortal liquid back to nourish the three immortal divine medicines of the Zhou family, besides the Fusang Divine Tree.

The Qilin seed, the root of the humanoid divine medicine, and the Bodhi seed—these three immortal divine medicines are all growing slowly due to a lack of sufficient top-grade nourishing substances. Taking some immortal liquid from the Immortal Transformation Pool back here will greatly accelerate the germination time of these three immortal divine medicines.

The white jade bottle contained powerful spatial runes, capable of holding hundreds or even thousands of mountains, but when Zhou Qing filled it with the immortal liquid, it was full after only a few hundred catties.

This is not a forbidden ancient land, and the white jade bottle has not been reduced to an ordinary item. It's simply that the quality of this immortal liquid is too high, affecting the operation of the spatial laws.

However, Zhou Qing was quite satisfied. The immortal liquid was enough. Next, he needed to find the Azure Emperor's killing intent, which should be in the shallow water area.

“The Immortal Transformation Pool combines three super terrains, and there must be an inescapable great calamity in the lake. Let’s search the shallow waters first, and then wait for an opportunity to see if we should dive into the depths,” Zhou Qing said, and the Zhou family patriarch agreed with this.

Chapter 279 The Origin of the Immortal Transformation Pool

The legend that one could obtain either the Immortal Transformation Pool or the Ancient Dragon's Lair offered a glimmer of hope for attaining enlightenment was widely circulated, and no one could remain unmoved when faced with the Immortal Transformation Pool.

Zhou Qing then entered the shallow waters of the lake. He stopped when the water was just above his knees and began searching in the shallow water.

Not long after, he pulled a fragment of a weapon from the water. It shone brightly and was as holy as the stars and moon in the sky.

"A fragment of a sacred weapon?" Zhou Qing picked up the weapon fragment in his hand and looked at it. It looked like a broken piece of a sword.

This should be made from the Silver Moon Jade from the Nine Heavens Divine Jade series. It is very beautiful. Although he doesn't need it, it would be good to put it in the treasure vault for other members of the Zhou family to use.

"crash"

On the other side, the Zhou family patriarch also retrieved a piece of red jade from the water. It was as big as a human head, its entire body a vibrant red, radiating endless rosy light.

"Nine Heavens Crimson Jade King?" The Zhou family patriarch was somewhat surprised. This was also one of the Nine Heavens Divine Jade series, which could be forged into a legendary holy weapon.

Many saints pass away without leaving behind their own sacred weapons, because such divine jade is too difficult to find. But now, he and Zhou Qing casually scooped up two kinds of sacred artifact materials from the shallow water.

"Is this the Immortal Transformation Pool? This is only the shallow area and so many materials have already sunk in. I really don't know what lies deep within the Immortal Transformation Pool," the Zhou family patriarch remarked with some emotion.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, the head-sized Nine Heavens Crimson Jade King transformed into a crimson rainbow and was about to break free from the Zhou family patriarch's palm.

"It's actually sentient!" the Zhou family patriarch exclaimed in shock, quickly suppressing the Nine Heavens Crimson Jade King, his eyes gleaming.

If a piece of metal were to become sentient and develop its own spirit, that would be quite frightening. It would mean that if given more time, the metal might even develop intelligence and become a living being.

In the Qinling Mountains, there was a piece of purple jade king that gained sentience, took human form, and embarked on the path of cultivation. The piece of red jade king in the hands of the Zhou family patriarch also showed a similar trend.

“This is, after all, the source of life. This terrain is extremely terrifying. No matter what kind of metal it is, even a piece of immortal gold, if it soaks in the Immortal Transformation Pool for a long time, it may become spiritual. I highly suspect that there may be a highly cultivated, spiritual immortal gold deep in the Immortal Transformation Pool,” Zhou Qing replied from the other side.

It's not uncommon for metals to become sentient. Besides this Crimson Jade King, there's the Purple Jade King from Qinling. In the original timeline, Ye Fan also encountered a Dao-Slaying King who became sentient from a diamond. All of these were metals that developed intelligence and embarked on the path of cultivation.

All things in the world have a spirit. Plants can develop intelligence, and metals can naturally develop intelligence as well. If the Nine Heavens Crimson Jade King of the Zhou family ancestor is forged into a weapon, it will be much stronger than weapons forged from ordinary Crimson Jade Kings.

The Zhou family patriarch moved swiftly in the shallow water, collecting a considerable amount of materials. He also pulled out two or three crystal-clear, intoxicatingly fragrant ancient herbs, all of which were eighty or ninety thousand years old. These three herb kings were also extraordinary, having even become sentient and attempting to fly away from the Zhou family patriarch's hands. Their nascent consciousness was comparable to that of immortal divine medicines.

"Terrifying! Is this Immortal Transformation Pool really an immortal pool? It actually has such powerful abilities that even these Medicine Kings have developed a bewildered consciousness."

"The Zhou family patriarch sighed."

Ordinary Medicine Kings do not have consciousness unless they evolve to become demigod medicines, at which point they will have a vague consciousness. However, the Medicine Kings in this Immortal Transformation Pool are beyond the norm and have developed a vague consciousness.

Seeing the three medicinal kings in the hands of the Zhou family patriarch, Zhou Qing became even more certain that the Azure Emperor's millions of years of soaking in the Immortal Transformation Pool were not just for the green copper block. The Immortal Transformation Pool was definitely one of the important factors for the successful transformation of the immortal medicine.

In fact, the green copper block left Qingdi before he took human form. Although Qingdi gained some benefits from the green copper, he did not use it when he took human form. This also proves that the green copper block was not the only reason for the successful transformation of the immortal medicine.

The Immortal Transformation Pool encompasses three major terrain types: the Reversal of Extremes, the Ascension to Immortality, and the Source of Life. Any one of these three terrain types alone would be unsolvable in the world, but the fact that all three converge in one Immortal Pool makes it hard to imagine the immense fortune this Immortal Pool will possess.

The terrain of the Source of Life, according to the speculations of previous generations of Source Masters, possesses a certain ability, which can be simply summarized as the ability to give life to all things.

Even a medicinal herb that shouldn't have any consciousness can be made to develop some intelligence by its source of life, which is beyond the realm of common sense. How much more so an immortal herb that already possesses considerable intelligence? Perhaps its intelligence can be restored to the level it had when it was an immortal herb during the chaotic ancient times!

"I really want to try planting the Fusang Divine Tree here!" Zhou Qing thought to himself, deeply moved.

If we could thoroughly study all the elements that enabled the Azure Emperor to successfully transform into human form, perhaps we could replicate this success and give other immortal medicines the opportunity to transform into human form. What a sight that would be!

Unfortunately, he can't do it now. The Immortal Transformation Pool appears only once every ten thousand years, and after its brief appearance, it will soon return to the void.

If he really planted the Fusang Divine Tree here, he would suffer a huge loss after the Immortal Transformation Pool disappears. Unless he has the strength of Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu in the future, he simply cannot force his way in outside the time when the Immortal Transformation Pool descends.

In the original timeline, after Ye Fan and the others left the Immortal Transformation Pool, the six supreme imperial weapons were activated simultaneously, attempting to dissect the Immortal Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon's Lair. But what was the final result? The six supreme imperial weapons were powerless against these two terrains, and could only watch helplessly as the Immortal Transformation Pool disappeared and the Ancient Dragon's Lair sank into the earth.

Zhou Qing could hardly conduct research related to the Immortal Transformation Pool unless he reached the strength of a cultivator about to attain enlightenment, which he greatly regretted.

"I'll try it again when my cultivation level is higher," Zhou Qing could only think.

He then continued exploring the shallow waters of the Immortal Transformation Pool, retrieving various remarkable materials and a large number of fragments of sacred artifacts.