This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

The scroll has been turned over and over, and hundreds of thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Daoxuan saw the wilderness again.

However, Huang's condition was not good this time.

He seemed to be drawn by some force, forced to leave the Xuanhuang Great World and head to the depths of the starry sky, eventually arriving at the origin of the Xuanhuang Great World.

That is, on the Xuanhuang Ancient Road where Li Daoxuan is now.

However, Huang did not seem to resist.

He followed the guidance of the will of Heaven and arrived at the Xuanhuang Ancient Road.

Then, they entered the source land without any hindrance.

With just one glance, he saw through all the causes and effects.

Huang's expression was complex, showing anger, resentment, and helplessness.

Looking back on his life, he always believed that his achievements were largely due to his own hard work, apart from the guidance of his teachers.

But now it seems that it was just that this Heavenly Emperor needed someone like him.

That's why he came into being.

He was chosen by heaven and earth from birth, blessed with good fortune, and his talent, comprehension, and temperament were unparalleled in the world.

Therefore, under the guidance of his teacher, he was able to create martial arts and establish the martial arts civilization that shines for generations to come.

The reason why the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao created him was for this day—to help the Xuanhuang Universe correct its deviated trajectory.

But to achieve this, he must undergo a complete transformation, transcending the level of an emperor.

With his unparalleled cultivation and power, he could reverse the trajectory of the Xuanhuang universe.

This will buy the universe tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of safety.

But the cost of doing so is equally enormous.

To reverse the trajectory of the Xuanhuang Universe, he needs to merge with the origin of the Xuanhuang Great World.

They merged into one, becoming part of the Xuanhuang Heavenly Dao.

In other words, although Huang's will still exist after this action, he no longer has a self, but is a part of the Heavenly Dao, endlessly and eternally maintaining the operation of the Xuanhuang Universe.

Huang saw through this cause and effect, and understood his own destiny.

Although he was unwilling, he also knew that if he did not do this, the outcome would be that the Xuanhuang Universe and another universe would perish together, completely annihilated and returning to chaos.

Even though he possessed the ultimate cultivation level of an emperor, his foundation in the Great Dao still relied on the Xuanhuang Great World.

When the Xuan Universe is destroyed, he too will cease to exist.

Huang didn't hesitate for long.

He simply returned to the unfinished Immortal Realm and sat quietly on the supreme throne of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, gazing upon the entire Xuanhuang Great World, as if bidding a final farewell.

Then Huang disappeared silently from the imperial palace.

No one knows where he went, no one knows why he disappeared.

No living being in the Xuanhuang Great World could witness the calamity that was about to destroy two great worlds and universes, and everyone's life continued as usual.

However, the disappearance of Huang caused considerable turmoil in the Immortal Realm.

In the end, however, it was the descendants of Huang who took the lead and seized control of the Immortal Realm.

From then on, the wilderness became a legend, a myth.

The era in which Huang rose to power is also known as the Ancient Era. Huang was the unique supreme ruler of that era, historically known as the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.

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Countless millennia have passed, times have changed, and the world has transformed.

Another person of extraordinary talent emerged out of nowhere and fought his way to the highest peak among billions of living beings.

He became the second person after Huang to be called an emperor.

Li Daoxuan saw his name in that scroll of time, a name that was not recorded in later history.

His name was the Great Emperor of War.

The Great Emperor of War followed the path of proving his Dao through battle, spending his entire life in combat.

They even attacked the Heavenly Realm, nearly destroying the entire Heavenly Court.

In the end, he was forced back by the Great Dao Emperor Weapon, the Mirror of All Living Beings, left behind by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.

After becoming a Great Emperor, the War God Emperor gradually curbed his warlike nature and began to wander through various corners of the Xuanhuang Great World, trying to find clues about the sudden disappearance of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor.

But in the end, he was disappointed.

After traversing the world for over 70,000 years, the War God Emperor, like the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, also sensed the karmic calamity of the impending collision between the two universes.

It bought the Xuanhuang Great World an endless amount of time for ordinary beings.

Over the next millions of years, one great emperor after another emerged.

Holy Spirit Emperor, Primordial Emperor, Annihilation Emperor, Primordial Emperor, Sword Emperor, Divine Firmament Emperor, Heavenly Feather Emperor, Primordial Beginning Emperor, Boundless Emperor, and Great Universe Emperor.

Including the Ancient Heavenly Emperor and the War Heavenly Emperor, there are a total of twelve emperors, twelve truly invincible beings who dominated the world for tens of thousands of years.

If it weren't for that cataclysmic calamity, they might have truly embarked on the path of transcendence, becoming beings beyond the Great Emperor, transcending all the heavens and universes, and becoming eternally indestructible.

But every emperor in the end resolutely embarked on that path of no return.

Similarly, in another vast universe, there will be an unparalleled powerhouse who reaches the pinnacle of power and sacrifices himself.

However, a major upheaval occurred in the Xuanhuang Great World during the medieval period, about a million years ago. One of the emperors of that era did not want to follow this path.

He used forbidden methods to conceal the secrets of heaven, attempting to escape this fate.

However, he was ultimately punished by the heavens of the Xuanhuang Great World and perished within it.

Emperor Li Daoxuan had heard of this man before; he was the Void Soul Emperor who left behind a forbidden area in the Soul Sea.

But at this moment, Li Daoxuan's gaze was turned to the universe that intersected with the trajectory of the Xuanhuang Great World.

He finally understood why he felt a deep, soul-deep affinity when he looked at this world.

It turns out that this world, which is interdependent with the Xuanhuang Great World, is actually the Earth-based cosmic civilization he came from before he transmigrated here.

Earth is the core origin of the universe.

But in that mythical era, Earth was not just a tiny planet.

Rather, it is a vast world comparable to the complete Xuanhuang Great World.

In the course of repeated transformations and the interweaving of two universes, Earth and the universe have been greatly shaken, which has long since damaged the very origin of the world.

That vast and boundless world shattered completely, transforming into the Milky Way galaxy, spanning countless light-years.

That was an event that occurred during the last time Earth's cosmic civilization corrected its trajectory.

This is precisely why the spiritual energy and inspiration of the Earth and the universe have been completely severed.

No more extraordinary powerhouses above the Earth Immortal level will be born, let alone true immortals who can unite with the Dao.

When Li Daoxuan saw this cause and effect clearly, it was as if a thunderbolt from the heavens suddenly exploded in his mind.

My entire mind went blank.

He finally understood why he had traveled to this place.

I now understand why he has this system that helps him grow.

It turns out that all of this was the last attempt by the crumbling origin of the universe to save itself.