Born with immortal seed

Chapter 891 Unfamiliar Gaze

The ascension of the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, or the appearance of the Heavenly Emperor after undergoing tribulation, are both major events that would shake the Immortal Realm.

The former has a special status; only those who control the Great Dao of Time can sit on it, representing the lineage of the Heavenly Emperor.

Every appearance of the latter causes fear and trepidation among all living beings in the Three Realms, which is very likely a sign that the Heavenly Emperor is about to return.

The vast majority of cultivators do not want an absolute, inviolable heaven above their heads.

After a long silence between them, Old Ghost Wu suddenly realized something and asked, "When do you want to use the Samsara Mirror?"

"Thirty years from now, I plan to send my people to a distant outer world. If they can be reunited, they will be able to return. Otherwise, it would be good if they could live and multiply peacefully in the outer world."

Lord Chilun breathed a sigh of relief; without the support of the Origin God's blood, his confidence was severely lacking.

"Okay, come find me then, and I'll keep the mirror for you."

Old Wu's mind was entirely focused on the Heavenly Emperor's tribulation; everything else was trivial.

The relationship between the Underworld and the Dao Court is neither good nor bad, but given the Heavenly Emperor's domineering nature, if he were to truly return, he would not tolerate any top-tier forces still operating outside the Dao Court.

In this era, there were no innate gods, ancient beasts, or countless primordial star beasts to attract the Heavenly Emperor's attention and slow down his conquests.

Those top-tier forces will likely be the first to suffer.

However, by changing direction, one can still have the opportunity to get close to a Mahayana immortal, and perhaps even receive guidance from the immortal.

Judging from the current trend, if this happens two or three more times, his reincarnated body probably won't even be able to reach the Fusion stage.

“A hundred years ago, a rogue cultivator who ascended from the lower realm came to seek refuge with a coffin that was said to be able to reincarnate and rebuild his cultivation. I happened to hear about this and took pity on his difficult journey, so I took him in as a disciple and erased all the memories of the people involved... I really don’t know how many underworld coffins you threw into the lower realm back then, and how many are still left uncollected.”

The Lord of Crimson Wheel City bowed in thanks, then stopped just before stepping out of the main hall, leaving these words behind before vanishing in a flash of light.

Old Wu was so shocked that he immediately stood up, struck by what he feared most.

'What did he know? Who told him, or did he guess it himself?'

When the Heavenly Emperor disappeared, the Dao Court split, and the Earthly Immortal Realm fell into unprecedented chaos.

Everyone harbored their own ulterior motives. Those loyal to the Heavenly Emperor tried their best to maintain order in the Nine Realms while resisting the counterattacks from the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Heavenly Monster Realm. However, internal divisions arose due to differing ideologies, leading to the split into two factions: the Dao Court and the Heavenly Palace.

This created space for other sects to rise, and some immortal realms directly broke away from the control of the Dao Court.

Later, due to a baseless rumor, the Three Realms wasted a huge amount of resources and sent a large number of cultivators to the Lesser Thousand Worlds.

During that period, spiritual objects related to the Great Dao of Space were almost controlled resources.

The underworld remained aloof, seemingly uninvolved, but in reality, Old Ghost Wu secretly deployed 1,072 underworld coffins to several minor worlds.

Not many people know about this, and even fewer can see through the underlying intentions.

So many millennia have passed, and the Underworld Coffin has brought no surprises; he is almost forgetting about it.

However, the presence of the Crimson Wheel City Lord and the appearance of the Heavenly Emperor's Tribulation Body instilled in Old Ghost Wu a fear he had never felt before.

He is merely a slightly more special, fully realized being; he is still a very, very long way from true immortality.

"If he returns, how could I possibly hide my feelings? I might even be able to go back to that point in time and see everything clearly... Could it be that I have no way to avoid this calamity after all?"

A chill spread through his body, and two balls of fire flickered rapidly in his eyes. Death had taken over, and he looked like a walking corpse.

"There is still hope, don't be so pessimistic... He may not be a being who has undergone tribulation, and even if he is, it doesn't mean he will definitely return."

Old Wu severed all thoughts, and the death aura dissipated, returning him from the state of the living dead to the singularity of life and death balance.

But his trembling voice revealed that he was far from calm.

Just one association caused the true meaning of the Great Dao to slip uncontrollably, almost completely sinking to the bottom.

At that time, there will be no more Lord of the Underworld; only one more mark will be added to the Path of Death.

"Doing something is always better than doing nothing..."

With heavy steps, Old Wu walked deeper into the darkness of the hall, and was soon completely enveloped by the darkness.

……

In the boundless darkness, a long river flows through the past and the future, rolling ever onward.

At the same time, there are countless branches that flow in and out at different nodes, separating and merging, forming countless possibilities.

A figure stood firm at the river's head, unmoved by the river's erosion.

The true meaning of time swirls, and even a tiny bit can wear down the lifespan of a cultivator at the peak of the Void Refinement stage, but to him it is like a spring breeze, and he doesn't even need to reach out to shield himself.

Looking ahead, the view beyond a few dozen feet becomes blurry and difficult to discern.

But looking back closely, each scene and every detail brings back memories of the past.

Regardless of whether it's in my memory or not, it's like examining things from an outsider's perspective again, discovering many details that I overlooked back then.

Even those who have had contact with you can, if you put your heart into it, extend your knowledge far into their past and learn about their experiences.

"A hundred years later, someone started a war and dragged the Qingfeng Sect into it... On the fifth day of the fifth month, heavenly lightning descended, turning the surrounding area into a lightning domain. The fifth-order colorful phoenix divine light was shattered and fled back to the Western Regions in a sorry state."

"Lightning pursued them relentlessly, causing the colorful phoenix to bleed and wail in agony, until another fifth-tier white ape appeared before they finally stopped and returned to the mountain."

The crystal opened, and the essence blood of the sacred beast came to Bai Zichen's side. This was the first time he had seen its true form in over a thousand years.

A drop of transparent, colorless blood hovered in the air, transforming into the shape of a dragon and radiating a terrifying pressure that caused the entire Shaohua Cave Heaven to tremble.

The mountains cracked open, the river overflowed, revealing patches of fragmented land.

The power of the sacred beast is beyond what ordinary heaven and earth can withstand.

Fortunately, Shaohua Cave Heaven had an extraordinary foundation, and even after the transparent true dragon rushed into its body, it did not collapse any further.

The true essence within the body boiled uncontrollably, and blood and energy surged through every limb, bone, and acupoint. The true meaning of the Great Dao continued to rise, almost causing one to lose oneself in this illusion.

Attempting to refine the essence blood of a sacred beast with a cultivation level at the late stage of the Void Refinement stage is obviously very risky. Normally, only those at the Integration stage are qualified to touch it, and even with the Great Dao of Time by their side, the limit can only be extended to the Perfection of the Void Refinement stage.

Bai Zichen has taken another step down, he's practically dancing on the edge of a knife.

One mistake, and there is no going back.

At the critical moment, he thought of the Holy Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun Technique from Gun Gun, a legacy from the Bai Ze lineage, which he used to purify the bloodline of the demon race.

Bai Zichen had no intention of changing his own bloodline, but he took the opportunity to use this technique to refine the drop of sacred beast blood essence, extracting only the true meaning of the Great Dao within it, without integrating the separated sacred beast bloodline into his body.

After countless days and months, it finally subdued the essence of the sacred beast and began to transform it into its own Great Dao.

"Senior Brother Ge is still as impressive as ever. After his transformation into a deity through communion with the Heavenly Venerable of Thunder, he formed the Holy Body of the Thunder Ancestor and was bestowed with the Ten Divine Thunders by Heaven. In addition, he received the gift of passing through the Jade Purity Brahma Chaos Tribulation. Before the late stage of the Deity Transformation, his path will be smooth."

Bai Zichen was overjoyed to see the future of his old friends in the lower realm. This was not a plot prediction, but a real scene he saw along the river of time under the blessing of the Azure Dragon's essence blood.

However, due to limitations in cultivation, a hundred years is already the limit.

It seems that the title of the Sword Lord of Time has only deterred cultivators from the Ten Provinces and Eight Seas for a hundred years. The fact that the Qingfeng Sect has monopolized the essence of the Hidden Dragon Realm has aroused too much dissatisfaction.

Otherwise, how could this colorful phoenix from the Western Regions have arrived at the gates of the Qingfeng Sect so quietly?

The riotous beast tide coincidentally only attacked the Lingshan Mine of the Qingfeng Sect, which must have been coordinated by a sect within the human race.

The scene then shifts to Xuanzhou, the eye of the North Sea.

Five flying swords floated in front of Song Ding, forming a unified whole. Their powerful sword intent affected the trajectory of the water eye.

Suddenly, he awoke from his meditation, stroked his sword and pondered, his aura suddenly reaching the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

"Not bad, this cultivation speed is quite impressive in the lower realm... As long as they don't compare themselves to me, there shouldn't be many people who can surpass them since the late ancient times."

Song Ding did not disappoint Bai Zichen's expectations. With this cultivation speed and the convenience of the Heavenly Gate left behind after his ascension, the chances of him ascending to the Upper Realm are very high.

"Perhaps at this time, he has already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and is collecting magical treasures to prepare for ascension."

Apart from these two, none of the other characters appearing in past scenes show how they have changed a century later.

This made Bai Zichen realize that, in addition to frequent contact with him and involvement in cause and effect, the Nascent Soul realm was the entry threshold.

His cultivation level is too low; he cannot find that person's mark in the current River of Time, so he naturally cannot see his future.

"That's enough..."

Bai Zichen stretched out his palm and passed through the two waves, shattering the scene piece by piece.

Seeing the changes in the deceased a hundred years later is just a side effect; the real purpose is to draw upon the Great Dao of Time from the Azure Dragon in the process.

Clearly, he succeeded.

A crystal is gathering in the palm of his hand, with thirty-six crystal faces. The moment it takes shape, it will signify the birth of a new Great Dao Divine Power.

Moreover, those original time-related divine abilities are also evolving rapidly, getting closer and closer to the essence of the Great Dao of Time.

This should have been a sight to be seen only when breaking through to a higher realm, because the Azure Dragon's essence blood actually achieved this without any change in cultivation level.

A stream of faint light fell into his fingertips. This crystal, which originally looked like it would take at least several years to form, was accelerated in the next moment and was completed in just a few days.

Just then, a cold gaze pierced through the unknown corner of the river of time, and no secret could be kept from Bai Zichen, sending chills down his spine.

Besides him, there were other living beings in this long river!

That gaze was high above, cold and ruthless, instantly reminding him of a towering figure he had seen in the long river of time.

The gaze came abruptly and disappeared just as quickly.

Before Bai Zichen could make any further move, those eyes seemed to close, and the sense of being watched disappeared.

It's as if what happened before was just an illusion.

Regardless of its malice, it at least proves one thing: the river of time is not as safe as imagined, and the unknown entities hidden within can definitely threaten us.

Ding!
Crystallized and radiant, it settles in the palm of your hand, and a new divine power of time is born.

(End of this chapter)