In the heavens, people become emperors by being bad.

Chapter 525 [The Desolate Heavenly Emperor, Great Sage Lin]

One stone stirs up a thousand waves. Throughout the ages, how many people have been called Heavenly Emperors? As for the title of Dao Ancestor, it is even rarer, referring to the great merit of spreading the Dao to all living beings.

The only one who seems to fit this title is the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation Crossing, who in the early days of mythology sorted out the five great secret realms and guided the cultivation path for all beings in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

"The Dao Ancestor beside the Heavenly Emperor."

Ye Fan's eyes showed a strange look, and with a somewhat uncertain tone, he tentatively asked, "Holy Lord, are you the Underworld Emperor?"

“Your whole family are the Underworld Emperors.” Lin Xian rolled her eyes and sneered, “I have neither the flawless Tribulation Transcending Heavenly Technique nor the Reincarnation Seal in my body.”

"Is there really no such thing?" Zhang Bairen's gaze was deep and unfathomable as he activated his divine eyes, staring at Lin Xian as if trying to see through her.

He felt something was very wrong. The person who used to be by the Heavenly Emperor's side was extremely powerful. He led an era at the end of the chaotic ancient times. Even if he hadn't ascended to immortality, he should at least have reigned over the nine heavens and ten earths. How could he just be a Great Sage?

If he hadn't sealed his divine source himself, then it's highly likely he would have severed himself and been reborn.

The method of Nirvana was incredibly difficult for later emperors, but it was not necessarily a dead end for the Dao Ancestor, after all, he was guided by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, a mortal immortal.

Lin Xian felt a tightness in her heart, as if her very essence had been spied upon and her clothes had been stripped off. She immediately activated the Word Movement Secret and the Great Void Technique to avoid Zhang Bairen's gaze and to protect Ye Fan in front of her.

"I apologize for the offense." Zhang Bairen withdrew his Immortal Eyes, then looked at Ye Fan, feeling that the face was somewhat familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

However, he was completely focused on Lin Xian and didn't think much of it.

After all, Ye Fan was only somewhat familiar with her, but Lin Xian looked exactly like the person in the portrait!
Although no reincarnation mark was found on Lin Xian, Zhang Bairen still felt that Lin Xian was an ancient person.

Not only him, but Ye Fan also felt that Lin Xian was an ancient freak, and today was a good opportunity to use Zhang Bairen's hand to test the bottom line of the Holy Master Lin.

"You're all talking nonsense. I'm just an ordinary Great Sage, a complete newbie." Lin Xian said in a serious tone, "What Dao Ancestor? I've never even seen one. Alas, the Heavenly Tribulation is coming soon. This Great Sage is going to undergo the tribulation first."

Zhang Bairen and Ye Fan both sneered. How could a Great Sage who was less than a hundred years old be associated with being ordinary?!

Lin Xian definitely has a big problem.

"Wait, you can't leave." Ye Fan turned around and shielded Lin Xian in front of him, blocking Lin Shengzhu's retreat with Zhang Bairen in front and behind.

We must get to the bottom of this today.

“You are very similar to the person beside the Desolate Emperor.” Zhang Bairen said calmly, but with an extremely firm tone, “How do you explain that?”

"The Desolate Heavenly Emperor!" Ye Fan narrowed his eyes, feeling relieved. He finally understood Zhang Bairen's era and couldn't help but sigh, "That ancient immortal dynasty actually existed."

Only the Celestial Venerable of Mythology knew about that period of time; even as the heir to the God Organization, Ye Fan only had a vague understanding of it.

I never imagined I would encounter such a remarkable person from the chaotic ancient era.

“The Desolate Tower is the greatest proof. I once acted as the acting head of that lineage’s government.” Zhang Bairen said solemnly, with an unwavering certainty, “The Desolate Tower truly exists.”

Between the end of the Chaotic Era and the beginning of the Mythological Era, there was a long transitional period, or the Chaotic Era, which lasted longer than anyone imagined, confusing the past and present and connecting all eras.

The Desolate Emperor revived in the shattered universe, returned from annihilation, rebuilt the Heavenly Court, created the immortal artifact Desolate Tower, and broke through one path to immortality after another, attempting to cross the Immortal Realm. In the end, he succeeded and entered the Immortal Realm as an Immortal King.

However, it also dug one huge pitfall after another for future supreme beings. It is not that one can become an immortal by breaking through the path to immortality, but rather that one can only break through the path to immortality after becoming an immortal.

It can be said that Huang is the origin of the system based on his own body. Whether it is the Secret Realm Method or the Path to Immortality, they all originate from him.

"So, Lord Lin is from the Desolate Tower Immortal Dynasty?"

Ye Fan seemed to be deep in thought. Every Heavenly Emperor would have a Dao Ancestor accompanying him, like the Underworld Emperor to the Emperor Venerable, guiding the way forward, acting as both teacher and friend.

“That’s not the case.” Zhang Bairen shook his head and said, “The Heavenly Emperor only left behind the portrait of the Dao Ancestor as an offering. When I first met the Heavenly Emperor, he had already achieved great success. Later, when he joined the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Emperor had already crafted the immortal artifact, the Desolate Tower, and began to try to break through the path to immortality.”

Zhang Bairen recounted the Chaotic Ancient Era to Ye Fan. It was incredibly long and different from the present. He met the Heavenly Emperor at the end of the Chaotic Ancient Era. The origin of the Dao Ancestor was mysterious, and even the Heavenly Emperor kept it a secret. He might have been a person from the Immortal Ancient Era, which was above the Chaotic Ancient Era.

In the Immortal Ancient Era, living beings could become immortals, but something went wrong and everything was destroyed, except for the Desolate Heavenly Emperor who became an immortal.

"Could Master Lin be a true immortal from the ancient era?"

Ye Fan was somewhat taken aback. He turned to look at Lin Xian, the Nine Heavens True Immortal. Just like that, he had truly defiled the Immortal Path and shattered the dreams of countless supreme beings in the forbidden zone.

If Lord Lin can become an immortal, then wouldn't the Black Emperor also be able to ascend to immortality?

Can this universe ever recover?

Lin Xian raised an eyebrow, looked at Zhang Bairen with a smile, and said, "So you haven't seen my past self."

That would be easy.

Lin Xian coughed lightly and said, "The matter of reincarnation is something that exists if you believe in it, and doesn't exist if you don't. A similar flower bloomed in a later life, so why think about it too much?"

"But aren't they a bit too similar?" Zhang Bairen shook his head. He had seen similar flowers before, but they were ultimately just similar.

The portraits left by Lin Xian and the Heavenly Emperor are one-to-one replicas. In this case, even saying that they are reincarnations would be perfunctory. It is highly likely that the same person was reborn from the ashes.

"It's just a similar face, nothing to worry about." Lin Xian smiled and pointed at Ye Fan, saying, "Don't you think this face looks familiar? It looks a lot like the Desolate Emperor."

“How is that possible…” Zhang Bairen retorted subconsciously. The Desolate Emperor was the only immortal to become an immortal during the chaotic ancient era and successfully entered the Immortal Realm. How could he possibly be reincarnated in the mortal world?

But the next second, Zhang Bairen froze. He looked at Ye Fan, took a deep breath, and frowned deeply.

“Fellow Daoist, look at his face, can he really be the Heavenly Emperor?” Lin Xian said meaningfully.

The resemblance between Ye Fan and Shi Hao is not a coincidence, but rather an influence from the information of the three generations of bronze coffin masters, representing a transformation from a lower to a higher level, gradually approaching the essence.

This is similar to the path of dragon transformation. Regardless of whether the original form is a snow rabbit, a golden carp, or a dragon before the transformation, after the successful transformation, it is a five-clawed true dragon.

"No, no, ah, yes, yes, yes..."

Zhang Bairen gasped, completely stunned, unable to tell who Ye Fan really was.

The Desolate Emperor has already become an immortal; how could Ye Fan be his reincarnation?

But if Ye Fan isn't the reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, how do you explain this face, and how do you explain Lin Xian's existence?

The Dao Ancestor is a passionate duo connected to the Heavenly Emperor!
"I believe you."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan's face darkened, and he clenched his holy fist tightly. He had just gotten rid of the title of Emperor, but then Holy Master Lin put the title of Heavenly Emperor Reincarnation on him.

So, the mythical Heavenly Court isn't the ancient Heavenly Court; there's also the most ancient king, right?
"Reincarnation, accept reality, Emperor Ye!" Lin Xian said passionately, waving his fist with boundless enthusiasm.

Does he dare to admit that he is the Lin Daozu of the Chaotic Ancient Era? Does Ye Fan dare to admit that he is the Huangtian Emperor of the Chaotic Ancient Era?

Absolutely impossible!
This is a denial of Ye Fan's Dao heart. He is self-reliant and will not become a vassal of anyone. He only recognizes this life.

"Damn it..." Ye Fan gasped, finally understanding what Lin Xian was planning. He was seeking revenge for the emperor's investiture.

A magical attack, turned the tables once again!
Lord Lin is exceptionally petty.

In an instant, Zhang Bairen's gaze changed. His thoughts were led astray by Lin Xian. He stopped entangled with Lin Shengzhu and instead began to scrutinize Ye Fan.

Even a sage dared to challenge a great sage; even if he didn't win, such combat power was simply terrifying.

Even if an ancient emperor were reborn or a great emperor were reincarnated, they could not do this.

This is not just crossing one major realm, but spanning two major realms!

Such a record is so impressive that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a reincarnated immortal or a celestial being descended to earth.

“When I first met the Desolate Emperor, he seemed to have lost his memory and was searching for something…” Zhang Bairen’s eyes shone brighter as he murmured to himself, “Not only people are reincarnated, but eras are also reincarnated, and things are also reincarnated.”

In an instant, the more you try to explain, the worse things get.

“Fellow Daoist Zhang, Jade Emperor.” Ye Fan took a deep breath and explained, “I am the Ancient Sacred Body of the Primordial Star, and I have absolutely no connection with the legendary Desolate Heavenly Emperor.”

"Ancient star of antiquity?"

Zhang Bairen's expression immediately turned strange, and he said in a low voice, "This planet was created by the Desolate Emperor himself, and his homeland is on it."

The Chaotic Ancient Era was an era of great upheaval, a most terrifying era, marked by the purge of immortal kings, the great war between true immortals, the collapse of all heavens, and a dramatic change in the cosmic order.

The universe of Shrouding the Heavens has never been small. Its predecessor was the Primordial Ancient Realm. Although it could not compare to the Immortal Realm, which had merged with hundreds of large universes, it was at least the size of dozens of universes and could be considered a small Immortal Realm. Otherwise, it would not have been able to support so many Immortal Kings and True Immortals.

Later, due to the invasion of other realms, the original ancient world was divided into nine heavens and ten lands, further shrinking to nineteen major realms.

In the final years of the chaotic era, a great war was waged once again, shattering the heavens and earth once more. Countless fragments and remnants were refined into ancient life-bearing planets, and various divine mountains and immortal lands were moved to these life-bearing planets, forming the vast universe we know today.

"Fuck!"

Ye Fan was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that such a small ancient star could give birth to the Crouching Dragon and the Phoenix Chick, with the two Heavenly Emperors originating from an ancient star.

The Ziwei Emperor Star can only be considered a star of great emperors.

Earth, however, is the true cradle of the Heavenly Emperor!

"I was originally a carefree man on the Great Wilderness Hill, relying on Yin and Yang to stabilize the universe..." Lin Xian smiled calmly, took the opportunity to dehydrate, and went to the outer starry sky to undergo his Great Saint Tribulation.

Saints can pluck stars from the sky and manipulate the moon, and slay powerful beings with a single hair, just like the legendary gods. Saint Kings are like fixed stars, shining as brightly as the sun, their power pressing down on the starry sky for billions of miles, dominating a region of stars.

The Great Sage can shatter an entire star field with a single slap. The battles between the Great Sages of the human race and the Great Sages of other races must take place in the deepest part of the galaxy to avoid destroying the land of life.

If we stay here, this star field will be destroyed, and the tenth level of the human race will cease to exist.

This is the true value of a Great Sage; even ancient life-bearing stars can only produce a handful.

"Boom!"

One after another, bolts of lightning, like divine mountains, crashed down, but this was merely an appetizer. What followed was an endless ocean of lightning that shook the world, falling from the sky, with chaotic energy rippling through it.

That vast and majestic aura could be sensed even across star fields, making even saints tremble with fear; to be tainted by even a trace of it would turn them into ashes.

"A Great Sage is rising!"

"The beginning of true strength."

"Lin Dasheng, a Great Sage who is not even a hundred years old, has broken the mythological record and is the number one in the entire universe!"

People marveled, some admired, and some were horrified. In any case, Lin Xian had transformed his potential into real strength.

Even in the Golden Age, a Great Sage wouldn't be considered beneath him, let alone someone so young.

Whether he can break through to the Quasi-Emperor level is hard to say, but he can definitely reach the peak of the Ninth Heaven.

The heavenly calamity was vast, and all sorts of things, such as purple aura coming from the east, the four sacred beasts paying homage, and ten suns appearing across the sky, were manifested.

Lin Xian fought his way through the heavenly tribulation for three days and three nights, battling fiercely. He drew in all the essence and power of the universe and starry sky, devoured it, and transformed it into his own source, directly draining a section of the starry sky.

In the following period, he constantly shifted battlefields to adapt to the intensity of the heavenly tribulation. From being flustered at the beginning, he eventually used the heavenly lightning to temper his primordial spirit and forge a genuine and flawless Great Sage Dao Fruit.

"Is this the end?"

Lin Xian gazed at the sea of ​​lightning and sighed. The tribulation was too weak; there wasn't even a wisp of an emperor's shadow, proving that his potential had been exhausted.

Achieving the status of a Great Sage before the age of one hundred was not without its price; he excessively consumed the blood of the Azure Emperor to build his foundation, as well as the essence of the sacred medicine and the medicinal properties of the great medicine.

Standing at the Seven Forbidden Realms is at the normal level of a Great Sage. It's enough to become a Venerable One in the mortal world, but far from sufficient to contend for supremacy on the Emperor's Path.

Each minor realm has one restriction; the Sea of ​​Wheels has four minor realms, the Dao Palace has five minor realms, and the Four Extremes have four minor realms. Therefore, in the first three secret realms, the potential of the geniuses is not apparent, and the holy sons and daughters of the major holy lands and sects all seem to be at the level of the fourth or fifth restriction.

The Five Prohibitions represent the level of a sage.
Occasionally, one can break through one of the six restrictions and become a supreme being in a region. This is the Dao Fruit of the Saint King, and also the upper limit of various king bodies, such as the God King Body, the Light King Body, the Feathered King Body, and the Azure King Body.

The Seven Forbidden Great Sage is invincible on an ancient star. To advance to the Quasi-Emperor level, one must possess the Eight Forbidden Domain.

As for divine prohibitions, those are the basic qualities of an emperor.

"Without using the secret of the word 'all,' it would be difficult for me to touch the Eight Forbidden Zones. If I want to achieve this on my own, I can only rely on the secret method of the Holy Rejuvenation."

Lin Xian pondered for a moment before proceeding. He needed to quickly reach the Ninth Heaven of the Great Sage and begin his first period of cultivation.

The Primordial Dao Diagram churned, swallowing the entire sea of ​​thunder, condensing a thunder Dao Pattern, and transforming into a Great Sacred Artifact, symbolizing the imminent end of this Heavenly Tribulation.

Just when Lin Xian thought she would get through this safely.

The heavenly tribulation roared uncontrollably, and a majestic imperial figure emerged from the darkness, declaring, "You've undergone countless tribulations already, one more won't make a difference."

"Whose Heavenly Tribulation Lightning can talk?!" Lin Xian gritted his teeth.
(End of this chapter)