The peerless black hand that covers the sky

Chapter 1141 Since developing a mental illness...

For once, Chu Feng saw seriousness and solemnity, even... tension, on the face of Longma, this rascal horse!
"like what?"

Chu Feng spoke, and the Time Furnace rose and fell, its flames dazzling, igniting the ancient universe and the vast sky, as if it could destroy the entire world.

It all started with a light blue star, which was also his hometown.

While questioning Longma, he also used his supernatural powers to deduce and divine.

However, nothing was calculated; it was just an ordinary, unremarkable star.

The most powerful cultivator among them had only just reached the peak of the human realm, still far from the immortal realm.

Such an achievement would be remarkable in other eras, but in this age where the supreme god shines upon all worlds, it is nothing special.

“There is only one Emperor in the Human Realm who can be destroyed with a flick of the finger…” Chu Feng murmured, looking at the dragon horse, only to see the rogue horse swallowing hard, its voice strained, “Indeed, the strongest living person is no more than a Mortal Emperor… but what about the dead?”

"The terrain here... is very wrong, absolutely wrong!"

“You focus on pollen-related topics, but your knowledge is limited. You only dabble in other areas, so I can’t see the problems… But I’m different.”

Longma murmured, "In the past, I had a good friend who specialized in the art of tomb burial. His cultivation was earth-shattering, and he inherited the mantle of an ancient overlord."

"I don't know much about the ultimate achievement of that overlord, but when the Dao Lords were still active and hadn't run into any problems, I overheard snippets of their conversations. Most of them were at the same level as Emperor Ye, with only a slight difference in combat power, but that was enough to make the beings who worshipped the Dao retreat."

Chu Feng was moved, and Long Ma dropped another bombshell.

The beings of this world revere the Heavenly Emperor and regard him as the supreme and invincible being.

However, in the eyes of those who knew about it in prehistoric times, although the Heavenly Emperor was strong and his combat power could be considered heaven-defying, there were still other beings who could rival him!

These unparalleled beings may not be able to defeat Emperor Ye, but... overturning this era and destroying all worlds in the human realm is by no means a difficult task!
"What is the name of that overlord?" Chu Feng asked in a low voice.

"Dao... Venerable!" Longma exclaimed in awe, "A figure who sits second among the overlords and aspires to be number one!"

"Such a figure isn't even the best?" Chu Feng was surprised, now having a better understanding of how deep the waters of the prehistoric era were.

According to this calculation, at least two ancient overlords stood at the same level as the Heavenly Emperor who ushered in the era of the main gods!

If they unite as one, can Emperor Ye still firmly rule this era?

“Indeed… Dao Zun is strong, but another overlord is equally remarkable.” Longma said in a low voice, “There is an evolutionary path that is closely related to it. It is widely circulated in this era and has never fallen out of the top three in terms of popularity. It has even been number one for a long time!”

"Bloodline Technique!" Longma said, enunciating each word clearly.

"It's actually this evolutionary path?!" Chu Feng was shocked.

Although he specialized in cultivating pollen paths, he did not, like most cultivators of this era, juggle multiple careers at the same time.

However, he has a considerable understanding of bloodline techniques, as he has fought against cultivators who practice this technique more than once!
Almost every time, it was a brutal and bloody battle, with mutual destruction being the norm.

The most revered methods in the human world each have their own characteristics. The secret realm method excels in combat; the more one is put in a life-or-death situation, the more one can unleash their full potential, sublimating and transforming on the edge of life and death.

The Golden Core Law is too difficult to kill—those who cannot kill me will only make me stronger… They are all like cockroaches that never die. It is hard to imagine what the creators of this evolutionary path have gone through.

Comparing these different paths of evolution, Chu Feng's feeling about bloodline techniques was—demonic!
The cultivators on this path of evolution are the most abstract; if they were to come together, they could practically create a grand performance art piece.

"I cannot lose, even at the cost of the glory of our ancestors! Ancestors, intensify your prayers! This enemy is worth fighting. If I win, I will not dig up your graves..."

"I have faith in the wisdom of future generations. Countless descendants, it is time for you to repay my kindness and lend me a helping hand!"

"..."

Just as Chu Feng could hardly imagine how fierce the battles the Dao Ancestor who created the Secret Realm Method had experienced, he could not imagine how many times the creator of the Golden Core Method had to teeter on the brink of life and death.

He also found it difficult to comprehend just how abstract the Dao Ancestor of the Bloodline Method must have been to open up such an evolutionary path that carried his spirit, thoughts, and ideas.

However, on the other hand,

Perhaps it's a case of two negatives making a positive?
Chu Feng felt that cultivators who practiced bloodline techniques, though abstract in nature, seemed to have a much more stable mental self than other cultivators who also received memory infusions.

This is speechless.

what is this?
—Since being diagnosed with mental illness, has your mental condition improved significantly?
Chu Feng guessed that it might be because the Bloodline Method deeply explored the life imprints passed down from predecessors and believed in the wisdom of later generations. It had always been "dealing" with people. It was an individual, but also a collective. The spiritual "pollution" contained in external memories was not easy to affect it.

A single drop of ink can pollute a bowl of clear, clean water, staining it with its own color.

But what if it's a cesspool in itself?
It's still uncertain who will pollute whom!

—As long as I'm crazy enough, everyone else is a normal person in my eyes!
Therefore, cultivators who practice bloodline techniques have the strongest resistance to memory infusion.

That's all.

The higher you go, the more underhanded the tactics become. Even though bloodline techniques offer high resistance, they are still difficult to withstand the methods of an Immortal Emperor.

It's not that the bloodline method is ineffective, but rather that the person is ineffective, and there's nothing that can be done about that.

Moreover, the bloodline method has its own tribulations to overcome.

If we're not bullied by outsiders, then... will we be bullied by our own people?

If there is an unparalleled old god upstream in one's bloodline, one should trust the wisdom of future generations, go downstream, and use the bloodline to influence and interfere. Although one will not be refined into an incarnation by the old god, one's perspectives and wisdom will be imprinted and eroded, turning one into nothing more than a beast of burden.

Every family has its cupboard.

When Chu Feng fought a bloody battle with a cultivator who practiced the Bloodline Method, they attacked each other's minds. One mocked the other for clinging to the old ways and treating a second-rate evolutionary path as a treasure, saying that he was out of touch with the times. The other raged that the opponent was nothing more than a puppet controlled by predecessors, and what was there to be proud of in a mere laborer?
As a result, the beating became even more intense; not only were their bodies bleeding, but their hearts were bleeding too.

Lies don't hurt people; the truth is the sharpest knife.

"The Bloodline Technique..."

Chu Feng sighed softly, "Those who are closely related to this path must have achieved unparalleled success, and are also members of the overlords... No wonder you previously ranked the overlords on the same level as the Heavenly Emperor, even though Emperor Ye is also a member of the Heavenly Emperors."

"This is not an exaggeration, but a fact. Even if there are differences in peak combat power, are we still standing at the same level?"

"I understand... So, those Dao Lords and Ancestors probably also have peerless figures among them, even more terrifying than the Dao Sacrificers. Shouldn't Emperor Ye take them seriously?"

He drew inferences from this example and made this guess.

“Not bad,” Longma murmured, “but not as many as you imagine.” “Some figures have overlapping relationships… Some are both the Heavenly Emperor and the Dao Lord, while others are both the Dao Lord and the Ancestor.”

"Of course, there are also those who are both overlords and Dao masters."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng's eyelids twitched, unsure of what to say.

That's really fancy!

Longma saw through Chu Feng's thoughts, "Cultivation is nothing to be ashamed of."

"We junior cultivators are eager to improve, but don't those great figures also want to improve?"

"Compared to us, who can only go with the flow, they are pioneers. It's just routine for them to take on the role of a founder in the new version."

“...That’s true.” Chu Feng could only nod.

Although it's a bit mind-blowing.

But once you think about it, even Emperor Ye has the identity of "Evil Ancestor", it doesn't seem so incomprehensible.

For ordinary cultivators, the circles drawn by factions are places they can never escape in their entire lives.

But for those at the pinnacle, it might just be a matter of transferring power from one hand to the other.

Everything is for progress; progress is everything.

"If even pollen sacrifices can be linked to eerie and ominous enemies, then nothing is impossible..."

The wind whispers softly.

“Yes!” Ryoma said, “For the sake of cultivation, one can try anything.”

"Like playing with life and death, touching the cycle of reincarnation... My friend who walks in the tombs, the mantle he inherited is precisely this realm."

"In fact, Ye Tiandi was not the only one who created the path on the road of reincarnation; there were already powerful figures on this path in much more ancient times."

"Of course, without a doubt, in the realm of reincarnation, Emperor Ye has surpassed that overlord."

"However, what that overlord cultivated and practiced was not simply reincarnation; it also involved a strange and ominous aspect."

"If Ye Tiandi's method of reincarnation is to achieve self-realization through reincarnation, to create an indestructible golden body, to experience death and tribulation, yet never perish."

"Then the reincarnation method of that overlord is to enter the cycle of reincarnation, deceive the heavens and the sea, transform oneself, and imprint the mystery of the great cycle on oneself."

"He treated the cycle of the universe as a path of evolution and explored it. Although he was not the founder, he pretended to be a pathfinder!"

"Through this resonance and connection, one can subtly transform oneself, much like how one becomes influenced by one's surroundings..."

Longma thought for a moment, "If we understand it from the perspective of this era, then it's like a special kind of 'enlightenment'."

"The initiation in this era has both advantages and disadvantages. It can be achieved quickly, but it can also be subtly influenced and changed by external personalities."

"The law of that overlord contains the rudiments of this concept, which uses the omnipresent cycle of reincarnation in the human world to permeate the human body and eventually solidify into the Seal of Reincarnation!"

"Of course, this method is no longer popular in this era and has been crushed by other evolutionary paths. Although the final achievement is not bad, the growth rate is slow and the margin for error is low."

“If it is interrupted in the middle, all previous efforts will be wasted. The sunk costs are too high, unlike other methods.”

"Unless you are really patient and have a powerful enough backer to protect you, then you can take this path... After all, this path requires less talent than other methods, and it is one of the few paths where you can achieve great success through perseverance and hard work."

“You can even grind someone to the level of an Immortal Emperor!” Longma said.

"That's so exaggerated?" Chu Feng was genuinely surprised.

No matter the era, the Immortal Emperor is the pinnacle of life. Reaching this point means having no regrets in life!
“That’s normal… because this path has a reference point and a clear upper limit, which is the great cycle of heaven and earth!” Longma said. “That is the path walked by an unparalleled being, the manifestation of his will. Even if one can only see a part of it, it is only natural for him to become an Immortal Emperor.”

"My friend embarked on this path, succeeded in it, and inherited the mantle of that overlord..."

"His mastery of terrain and geography is astounding, and this is the foundation of the path of reincarnation."

"After all, although the influence of the great cycle of heaven and earth is everywhere, it is also too far away and cannot be touched by ordinary people."

"Even the Celestial King cannot accurately sense or explore it... Therefore, in prehistoric times, there were many myths and legends about reincarnation, and many controversies. Some cultivators firmly believed that reincarnation did not exist, that there was no past life or present life, and that only this life was respected."

"It is evident that this path is extraordinary... It is a transcendent existence even more so than the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth in the ordinary universe, and the conditions for entering it are extremely difficult."

"However, these amazing individuals still found a way to touch upon and get started through indirect means."

"Since reincarnation profoundly affects the entire world, even if it cannot be detected through perception, it truly governs all things... and in special terrains, this influence will be clearly manifested!"

"Thus, a branching path evolved, which is... Origin Arts!"

"Burial in the land of creation, the body is cleansed by the influence of the cycle of reincarnation revealed by the terrain. A trace of true spirit wanders in the cycle of reincarnation, resonating with and attracting the 'lighthouse' that the body gradually evolves into during the baptism of reincarnation. In the process of spiritual communication, it is 'reborn' into the past, becoming a new soul, which is also the old spirit!"

"Plus, the remnants of past life memories within the corpse... a lawless madman in a cycle of reincarnation gradually comes to be!"

Longma sighed.

“And here…” Longma’s eyes flashed as he looked at the light blue star, “that special tomb layout, many of the layouts I had learned about from my friend, are actually present!”

"and……"

"It seems even more sophisticated, with a kind of mysterious charm that I can't understand... This is the ultimate burial layout, who knows what earth-shattering things are buried here!"

“And…” Ryoma murmured, “It’s just like it! It really looks like it!”

"It's like an ancient star, like my hometown, similar in shape, and it even has that kind of aura..."

"For a moment, I almost felt like I was home..."

Ancient star!

This is the place where Longma once emerged, and more than one Heavenly Emperor has come from here!
The aura of the Heavenly Emperor still lingers in the primordial world. On that ancient star resides the Heavenly Emperor's Great Dao and his descendants, protecting it through countless eons.

And here, even this aura is present, as if they were carved from the same mold. How could this not frighten Longma?

(End of this chapter)