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

“Ancient records state that fragments of imperial weapons sank into the pool during the Primordial Era. Many people agree with this claim, so it must be a true historical fact. There must be fragments of imperial weapons in the Immortal Transformation Pool, but I have searched for so long and still haven’t found them. Could it really be deep within the Immortal Transformation Pool?” Zhou Qing frowned.

The depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool are an absolutely terrifying place. Even if he possesses an ultimate imperial weapon, he might not be able to break into it and come out alive.

"What exactly is the origin of the Immortal Transformation Pool?" Zhou Qing thought of another place.

The origins of the Immortal Transformation Pool are mysterious and no one can explain them clearly, from the past...

To this day, no one knows what happened that led to the appearance of the Immortal Transformation Pool in the Qinling Mountains.

Gai Jiuyou knew a lot about the Immortal Transformation Pool. In the original timeline, he revealed many secrets about the Immortal Transformation Pool to Ye Fan.

The information revealed by Gai Jiuyou indicates that the fragments of the imperial weapon in the Immortal Transformation Pool also have an extraordinary origin. Perhaps they come from an unparalleled battle in ancient times, in which an unparalleled imperial weapon was shattered and fell into the Immortal Transformation Pool.

This forced Zhou Qing to connect it with the ancient Heavenly Court's fall, a battle that changed the entire era. It was this battle that ended the mythological era and ushered in the reign of the first ancient emperor, the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

The fragments of the imperial weapon in the Immortal Transformation Pool may have been the imperial weapon of one of the Heavenly Venerables that was shattered and fell into the Immortal Transformation Pool when the several Heavenly Venerables were besieging the Emperor Venerable.

At the same time, after the Immortal Ascension Cauldron shattered, some fragments fell into the Immortal Transformation Pool, which is why there are also green copper blocks in the Immortal Transformation Pool.

Gai Jiuyou also revealed a piece of information: the earliest record of the Immortal Transformation Pool was from the Primordial Era. The location of the Immortal Transformation Pool before the Primordial Era is unknown. In any case, the Immortal Transformation Pool in the Qinling Mountains first appeared in the Primordial Era, and at that time, a kind of immortal treasure, namely the green copper block, was submerged in it.

This made Zhou Qing think of the ancient celestial court buildings that flew around randomly after the ancient celestial court fell. They weren't just flying around on an ancient star, but all over the entire universe.

The main body of the ancient Heavenly Court was behind the nine Imperial Passes, but its Southern Heavenly Gate fell into the Divine Ruins. Half of the pavilions for alchemy and weapon forging flew to the outside of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, half of the Ten Thousand Demon Tower was broken and flew to an unknown ancient star, and half of the Dragon Transformation Pool collapsed and flew to an unknown ancient star.

Zhou Qing fell into thought. The location of the great battle in the ancient Heavenly Court was near the ancient Heavenly Court. Logically speaking, the shattered imperial weapon and the broken pieces of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron should have fallen into the buildings of the ancient Heavenly Court, but now they have appeared in the Immortal Ascension Pool.

He also knew that the buildings of the ancient Heavenly Court could fly around the universe and it wouldn't be surprising if they landed anywhere. Furthermore, he thought that the records of the Immortal Transformation Pool on the Big Dipper only began in the Primordial Era. So what kind of conclusion would he draw by connecting these things together?

"Could it be that the Immortal Transformation Pool was originally an immortal pool in the Heavenly Court of the Emperor?" Zhou Qing's mind raced.

He kept thinking about the special features of the Immortal Transformation Pool and pondering its abilities. Although the pool contained a lot of metal materials and weapon fragments, these did not grow on its own. The Immortal Transformation Pool's function was not to produce metal materials.

If we separate the Immortal Transformation Pool from all other things, it consists of two parts: a pool body and the immortal liquid contained within it. So what is such a pool most likely to be used for?

Speaking of this, Zhou Qing thought of the Azure Emperor again. If the Immortal Transformation Pool was indeed once an immortal pool in the Heavenly Court of the Emperor, then its purpose was undoubtedly to cultivate immortal divine medicines. Perhaps the humanoid divine medicine of the Emperor was planted in the Immortal Transformation Pool in the past.

This practice is not surprising; the same principle applies to Yaochi. The false peach tree in the Yaochi sacred land was planted within Yaochi itself, because Yaochi is a very special pool.

It is said that the water of Yaochi was no less than the divine spring in the ancient forbidden land.

Thinking about this, Zhou Qing had a reasonable guess about the origin of the Immortal Transformation Pool, and he believed that it was probably true.

As someone who is about to attain enlightenment, Gai Jiuyou must know a great deal about the secrets of the mythical era. The information he revealed to Ye Fan in the original timeline was crucial, but he also kept a lot of things to himself.

If Zhou Qing hadn't been so well-versed in the secrets of the Primordial Era and the Mythological Era, he might not have been able to extract these crucial connections from so much information.

"In that case, it seems even more difficult to guess what kind of great calamity is hidden in the Immortal Transformation Pool," Zhou Qing frowned.

There is no doubt that the Immortal Transformation Pool contains great calamity. In the original timeline, dozens of people who jumped into the depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool died tragically. Only one primordial spirit managed to escape, but it shattered before it could utter a single word.

It was that tragic scene that made Ye Fan and the others only dare to search in the shallow water area and dare not explore the depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool. The reason why Zhou Qing did not directly enter the deep water area is the same.

If we can anticipate the dangers deep within the Immortal Transformation Pool in advance, we can be prepared before entering it.

After seeing the Nine Heavens Crimson Jade King, which was spiritually connected, he thought about the special nature of the terrain of the Source of Life. He guessed that the great evil deep in the Immortal Transformation Pool might be a spiritually connected immortal metal that had taken human form. But now that he had guessed the origin of the Immortal Transformation Pool, he felt that the great evil in the Immortal Transformation Pool might be something else entirely.

"Did Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu ever enter the depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool?" Zhou Qing pondered.

He believes that there must have been a reason why Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu went to Huaxian Pool two thousand years ago, just as they also entered the Sacred Cliff and left their mark there.

The Sacred Cliff is no ordinary place. It contains the Investiture of the Gods by the Great Emperor Wushi, the existence of the Immortal Daoist, and the existence of the cursed Great Accomplished Sacred Body. There are too many schemes there.

So what about the Immortal Transformation Pool? When Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu visited this pool, what was there that they found worth seeing? Could it be related to the great calamity beneath the pool?

Since entering the Immortal Transformation Pool, Zhou Qing has not found any other traces of Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu, which makes him wonder what the two of them did in the Immortal Transformation Pool.

Now, Zhou Qing is 99% certain that the true purpose of Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu is the depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool. He wants to know the reason why those two evolved into the Immortal Transformation Pool, and all he needs to do is take a look at the depths of the Immortal Transformation Pool, where all the answers will be.

"What is this thing? Why does it look like this? Is another demon emperor about to be born?" Suddenly, the Zhou family patriarch on the other side exclaimed in shock.

Zhou Qing turned his head and saw that the Zhou family patriarch had fished out a piece of green copper from the water, which was covered with rust.

But to the astonishment of the Zhou family patriarch, a small blue lotus, over a foot tall, was rooted on it, its tough and translucent roots intertwined, the two growing together.

This sent chills down the spine of the Zhou family patriarch, causing his heart to churn violently. A small blue lotus was growing on the green copper block, which was too similar to the legend. This was how the Azure Emperor was born.

Zhou Qing's face lit up with surprise, his heart pounding. He took a step forward; the thing in the hands of the Zhou family patriarch was of utmost importance and he had to keep it.

That little green lotus is the killing intent of the Azure Emperor, rooted in the green copper, nourished by the immortal liquid of the Immortal Transformation Pool. As a result, even after ten thousand years, this killing intent remains at its peak, capable of crushing a near-perfect Holy Spirit wielding two Emperor Weapons with a single hand.

Zhou Qing was worried that the little green lotus would return to the Immortal Transformation Pool, so he quickly stepped forward and tried to hold it in his hand.

But to his surprise, when he got a little closer, the little green lotus trembled slightly and actually broke free from the Zhou family patriarch's palm, flying into his hand along with the green copper block.

Chapter 280 The Story of the Cai Family Ancestors and the Inspiration of Emperor Yuan

"Huh?" Zhou Qing stopped, looking puzzled.

He grabbed the fist-sized green copper block in his hand. A small blue lotus on it swayed gracefully, exuding no powerful aura, just like an ordinary blue lotus.

But Zhou Qing knew very well that the essence of this green lotus was already extremely powerful. He couldn't see it simply because his strength was insufficient.

Looking at Qinglian, his breath seemed to stop; his mind was in turmoil. It took him a long time to calm down before he cautiously called out beside Qinglian, "Qingdi?"

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the little blue lotus swayed a little faster the moment those words were spoken.

He dared not continue to test the waters. Although this was just a physical body and its life or death didn't matter, it was better not to court death if possible. Holding the Azure Emperor's killing intent in his hand was enough for now.

This killing intent was a thought that the Azure Emperor sent from the Eastern Wilderness to the Central Plains ten thousand years ago, with the aim of eliminating the Cai family ancestor who had caused considerable trouble for the Central Plains at that time.

The Cai family ancestor was the third generation of the Source Celestial Master 70,000 years ago. In order to resist the fate of the Source Celestial Master in his later years, he came from the Eastern Wilderness to the Central Plains, intending to bury himself in the ancient dragon's lair in the Qinling Mountains and escape the fate of the Source Celestial Master.

After the Cai family ancestor settled the ancient dragon's lair, he was left with only his last breath. Not long after, the Cai clan of the Eastern Wilderness also moved to the Central Plains to listen to the Cai family ancestor's arrangements for his funeral.

However, during the last six months of Cai's ancestor's life, Yuan Tianshi's old age still came upon him. During that time, the place where he lived was dark and gloomy all day long, with red whirlwinds blowing, eerie and terrifying, and inexplicable roars.

According to Zhou Qing's understanding, that meant that the Cai family ancestors resisted the red-haired mutation and resisted it valiantly for half a year.

During that period, the Cai family ancestor was sometimes himself, and sometimes an unknown red-haired monster. In those six months, many eerie and strange things happened in the Cai clan, and even two of the family disciples were scared to death.

He clearly had lost his life essence, yet he was difficult to kill. He frequently appeared in the Qinling Mountains, returning in the middle of the night, and none of the Cai clan dared to approach the Cai family ancestor.

Moreover, at that time, a Great Cheng King from Zhongzhou was very curious about the state of the Cai family's ancestors and came to visit the Cai clan. After all, it was already the post-ancient era, and this Great Cheng King, who had lived for four thousand years, was almost invincible.

But a strange thing happened: such a powerful and accomplished king was strangled to death by an old man whose life was depleted, whose cultivation was not strong, and who only knew how to find the source and stabilize the meridians.

Six months later, perhaps the Cai family ancestor could no longer resist and disappeared from the Cai family territory one night, leaving behind a letter that told his descendants that if they could not dissect his body, their descendants would suffer a great calamity.

Zhou Qing understood that the moment the Cai family ancestor left that letter, it meant his struggle had completely failed and he had no choice but to accept his fate.

When the Cai family ancestor arrived in Zhongzhou, he may not have been willing to submit and wanted to defy fate and fight in his old age. However, he left a letter in the end, telling his descendants that they must dissect his body and not leave him with a complete corpse. This means that the Cai family ancestor already knew that his mutation was completely unstoppable.

Subsequently, the Cai clan searched for decades in the Qinling Mountains but could not find the burial site of their ancestors.

There's nothing we can do about it. The Cai family's ancestors were able to stabilize the ancient dragon's lair, but the Cai clan members aren't the Source Celestial Masters, so how could they stabilize the ancient dragon's lair?

Therefore, the letter left by the ancestors of the Cai clan was just a pipe dream from the beginning. The people of the Cai clan knew this, but for their own safety, they could only try their best to find it.

Unfortunately, eight thousand years have passed, and the Cai clan has been unable to find the ancient dragon's lair. It was also eight thousand years later that the Cai clan's ancestor reappeared, but his body was now covered in red hair.

Overnight, half of the Cai tribe died, and the survivors also frequently experienced strange occurrences, losing their minds and wreaking havoc in the Qinling Mountains.

After that, every ten thousand years, when Huaxian Ridge spontaneously emerged, the ancestors of the Cai family would emerge from the ancient dragon's lair, causing the same thing to happen to the Cai clan again, and the consequences were more and more terrifying each time.

Because the Cai clan was becoming increasingly powerful, each time the Cai ancestors caused half of the Cai clan to die, the other half were also inexplicably affected, their minds clouded and causing havoc in the Qinling Mountains.

Ten thousand years ago, a red-haired humanoid creature emerged from the Qinling Mountains, causing countless deaths and injuries to living beings within a million miles of the Qinling Mountains. It was no longer limited to the Cai tribe, but began to spread to all living beings.

It was precisely because the ancestors of the Cai clan had become a source of chaos that the Azure Emperor issued a killing intent ten thousand years ago, targeting the ancestors of the Cai clan.

At the same time, almost all of the Cai clan were killed by the Azure Emperor. The half of the Cai clan that were still in their clan territory had survived but had become monsters. Without exception, they all died at the hands of the Azure Emperor.

Only a small number of Cai people who were not in their ancestral home at the time were unaffected and continued to multiply.

In a small Taoist temple near the Qishi Mansion in Zhongzhou, there lived an old Taoist priest, the same one Zhou Qing had visited when he was a child. He was a descendant of the Cai clan survivors and was at least eight thousand years old.

"Alas, I wonder if this senior is still alive," Zhou Qing sighed.

Thinking of that old man, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He was an old man who had seen through the mundane world and whose spiritual realm had long since transcended the heavens. The so-called life and death were really nothing in front of that old man. Perhaps even if an immortal elixir were placed in front of him, that old man would just smile and let it pass.

When he visited that old man years ago, he left a medicinal herb there, but he had no idea whether the old man would take it.

"After this trip to the Immortal Transformation Pool is over, I'll go take a look there, and also the Qin Clan in the Qinling Mountains. This should be a small sect established by the survivors of the Cai Clan in later generations after they went into hiding. If the experiment on the third-generation Source Master is successful, I must visit both of these places," Zhou Qing thought to himself.

The small green lotus in Zhou Qing's hand is the killing intent directed at the Cai clan's ancestor. It is specifically guarding the entrance to the Ancient Dragon's Lair, waiting for the Immortal Transformation Pool to successfully descend on its own in two years. Once the Cai clan's ancestor emerges from the Ancient Dragon's Lair, this Azure Emperor's killing intent will immediately strike.

Now that he had the Little Green Lotus in his hand, Zhou Qing felt much more at ease. With the Little Green Lotus in his hand, he could freely roam the Immortal Transformation Pool and the Ancient Dragon's Lair. Anyone who dared to make a move would die under the killing intent of the Azure Emperor.

The Holy Spirit who was about to reach Great Perfection in the ancient dragon's lair in the original timeline was because...

He was sensible and was easily killed by the Azure Emperor's murderous intent.

"Now, if we venture deeper into the Immortal Transformation Pool, regardless of whether we gain anything, at least this Dao body will not easily dissipate."

At this moment, the Zhou family patriarch was still trying to salvage something, but he couldn't salvage anything anymore. Five spiritually connected Saint-level divine jades and six medicinal kings with nascent consciousness were Zhou Qing and the Zhou family patriarch's main gains in the shallow water area.

Those broken fragments of the sacred artifacts were of little use to them, so they were not included in the statistics.

"Ancestor, shall we take a look at the depths of the Evolution Immortal Pool?" Zhou Qing smiled.

“This is exactly what I wanted. If even the Dao Body is too timid to take risks, then I won’t need to walk the path of a Quasi-Emperor,” the Zhou family patriarch said with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhou Qing handed over the Chaotic Ancient Sword and the Chaotic Ancient Chariot to the Zhou family patriarch, while he himself only held the Little Green Lotus in his hand.

"boom!"

Golden light blotted out the sun, and thirty-six immortal spirits appeared beside the chariot. Clouds and mist filled the air. The Zhou family patriarch held a crimson-gold divine sword, and his power, as vast as the ocean, surged in all directions. Above his head floated a furnace the size of a fist, and wisps of imperial might spread outwards.

"Let's go down." With three special quasi-emperor weapons in hand, the Zhou family patriarch immediately gained boundless confidence.

Especially that Chaotic Ancient War Chariot, a phantom of an ancient emperor materialized, radiating unparalleled imperial might, far more terrifying than when Zhou Qing activated it.

At the center of the Immortal Transformation Pool, shimmering light and auspicious vapors rise, creating a dazzling spectacle. The sound of surging tides faintly echoes, as if heaven and earth are reciting ancient scriptures.

The Zhou family patriarch led Zhou Qing inside. As soon as they entered, Zhou Qing saw fine and intricate patterns in the void, interwoven into a star-like trajectory, covering every corner of the Immortal Transformation Pool.

"This is... the Origin Heaven Pattern!" Zhou Qing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "How could this be? What kind of Origin Heaven Pattern is this? It contains mountains and rivers, the sun, moon and stars, heaven and earth, the operation of yin and yang, and the changes of time and space. It has almost condensed all the great forces of heaven and earth!"

"What did you discover?" the Zhou family patriarch asked with a solemn expression.

Full of confidence, he was surprised by the ubiquitous patterns in the Immortal Transformation Pool after entering the water. He was also familiar with these patterns, which were the Origin Heaven Patterns that only those who cultivated Origin Techniques could lay out.

Although he did not cultivate Origin Techniques, he had read the Origin Heaven Book several times and had some understanding of it. He had also seen Zhou Qing use Origin Techniques many times, so he recognized the star-like patterns at a glance.

“Emperor Yuan, this must be a method only Emperor Yuan could possess. So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is. I understand now. So that’s how the three major terrain features of the Immortal Transformation Pool came about.” Zhou Qing muttered to himself.