In the heavens, people become emperors by being bad.

Chapter 588 [Blood Sacrifice to the Holy Body, the Emperor's Dark Hand]

In the Kunlun Mountains, there is a blood-stained garment, protected by chaotic energy. It is the work of the Empress and remains immortal even after more than two hundred thousand years. Beside it stands a gleaming stele.

The stone tablet was forged from a star, shimmering with silver light, shining since ancient times. It is engraved with the Dao traces of a ruthless person, swirling in the vast chaos, protecting everything here. It is equivalent to a forbidden artifact of a great emperor, yet no one dares to touch it.

"I'm going to die... but what about my sister?"

Despair, desolation, and helplessness resounded, blood-stained clothes fluttered, like a painting unfolding, like a replay of history, brought back to life by the Empress's great power.

Past events resurfaced: divine blood, demon blood, Buddha blood... poured into the immortal cauldron in turn, finally reaching the holy blood.

Feathered Fossil Embryo sensed something and traced back to the truth of that year, pondering, "Blood sacrifice, such a lowly method, truly passed down through generations, unchanged from mythology to the present."

"Fellow Daoist Yuhua, this blood sacrifice method was not passed down by you?" The Venerables were somewhat surprised. They had always thought that even if Emperor Yuhua had not been involved in the matter of the Immortal Cauldron, he had at least passed down the Dao and become entangled in karma, which was why they were wary of the Empress's purge.

Helpless, Emperor Yuhua reiterated that he did not create the Yuhua Divine Dynasty. Although he held the title of Emperor Yuhua, he was not its founder.

The Feathered Divine Dynasty has its own supreme lineage, being descendants of the ancient Heavenly Court, and possesses imperial scriptures. The lineage of the Feathered Emperor is just one of them.

“My Dao resides within the dragon veins, accompanied by the Holy Spirits. I am born of stone with nine orifices, naturally nurtured by heaven and earth, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth and the spiritual energy of the sun and moon. Why would I need human sacrifices? This is the lineage of the ancient Heavenly Court Emperor.”

The Feathered Stone Embryo said indifferently, "In the mythical era, when the Dao was first born and civilization was in its infancy, there were ancient customs, and blood sacrifices were often performed to intimidate all the heavens and myriad realms."

He was wary of the Ruthless Emperor because of the events at the Heavenly Broken Mountains. In order to study the Holy Spirit Law, he had made many deals with the Imperial Fire Spirit back then.

Later, when the Empress killed the Imperial Fire Spirit, the Feathered Emperor thought she was going to settle the karma of the Holy Spirit. Although he hadn't done anything for many years, he was always uneasy and restless.

"Blood sacrifice is the lineage of the Emperor?" Ye Fan suddenly felt a chill, instinctively sensing that something was wrong. The Emperor of the Ancient Heavenly Court was always a glorious and majestic figure, so how could he do something like blood sacrifice?

"Well done, Emperor Ye. As expected of the greatest mastermind throughout the ages, he has finally revealed his true colors today."

Lin Xian's voice suddenly rang out. He had come from the starry sky and stepped into Kunlun. He said in a low voice, "There is a legend from the end of the mythology era that the Emperor wanted to sacrifice the ancient Heavenly Court's immortals to a blood sacrifice. Once he successfully entered the Immortal Realm, he would kill everyone and destroy this universe."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned. They had all heard similar legends to some extent, but at first they thought it was just the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone slandering the Ancient Heavenly Court and smearing the Emperor, and they didn't take it seriously.

Now that the Feathered Emperor has personally admitted that the Blood Sacrifice lineage is not on his side, people can't help but speculate. There's no smoke without fire!

If this comes true, then the battle in the ancient Heavenly Court would not have been caused by the evil supreme being ambushing the emperor, leading to the failure of the entire sect's ascension to immortality.

Instead, the supreme beings of the forbidden zones united and joined forces with their allies in the Immortal Realm to fight against the inherently evil Emperor and protect the universe.

"The Emperor's blood sacrifice has been imitated by his disciples and followers, which shows that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked as well."

Lin Xian said with great distress, "Emperor Ye, the evidence is now irrefutable. What else do you have to say?"

"So am I the reincarnation of a Holy Body or the reincarnation of an Emperor?" Ye Fan said expressionlessly, "It can't be that I sacrificed myself with my blood, can it?"

Lin Xian spoke nonsense with a straight face: "Why can't it be a multiple-choice question? Since there is reincarnation in the human world, then there is more than one reincarnation."

"I don't believe in reincarnation. Even if there is reincarnation, how can the past life and this life be compared? They are just similar flowers." Ye Fan said firmly, "I have my own life. I am Ye Fan, the Holy Lord of Tianxuan, Ye Fan of Earth. I am not moved by the former Emperor. I have never been a different person."

"Just as the Feathered Emperor said, there are no more emperors in the mortal world, and the ancient Heavenly Court has passed away."

"Holy Lord, stop making trouble. Live in the present and establish a new Heavenly Court." Dwelling on the past is meaningless. All the Venerables are here for their own benefit and to become immortals.

The Emperor's status frightened others, but it couldn't intimidate the Supreme Being. Just look at how the Feathered Emperor didn't show much respect to the Emperor, treating him merely as an equal.

"Good, good, good, well said." Lin Xian clapped his hands and laughed, agreeing wholeheartedly, and then said meaningfully, "Our Buddhist sect recognizes the reincarnation of the spirit. When the primordial spirit is reincarnated, a similar flower will bloom."

"Since you don't acknowledge the primordial spirit, then I ask you, where is the physical body? Where is the Emperor's physical body!"

"Even if we don't acknowledge the reincarnation of the primordial spirit, we must at least acknowledge the spiritual connection of the Emperor's corpse. The Underworld Emperor is here, the Flame Emperor is here, the Reincarnation Seal is here, there must be reincarnation!"

His words, like a bolt from the blue, opened up a completely new direction for the chaotic clues.

All the Venerables became serious, realizing Lin Xian's true intention: slandering Ye Fan was just a convenient tactic, the real target was the Emperor.

"The ancient star was a place for raising corpses."

Emperor Yan Shennong said solemnly, "If the Emperor was buried, millions of years have passed since the end of the mythological era. His body should have become sentient by now. Why is there no trace of him? This is a very important question."

Ancient planets, or perhaps Earth, are places that nurture spirits. If a being in the void and the universe has only been dead for a few hundred thousand years, it can rise from the dead. There is no reason why an emperor has been dead for millions of years without making a sound.

"Senior Yu Hua, when the Divine Dynasty occupied Kunlun Immortal Mountain, did you ever see the corpse of the Emperor?"

Lin Xianyan turned around and looked at the Feathered Fossil Embryo, asking very seriously, "The Emperor and the Underworld Emperor are both teacher and friend, so he should know the Reincarnation Seal, right?"

"Never seen it before."

The voice of the Feathered Emperor gradually became solemn. Recalling the past, he said in a deep voice, "I have never seen the Emperor Venerable's corpse in Kunlun or the Primordial World. Where did it go?"

Where has the Emperor gone?!
A group of descendants of the ancient Heavenly Court, including the Feathered Emperor, were all unaware that they couldn't even find the corpse of the Heavenly Court's ancestor. The old Golden Crow initially wanted to laugh, but gradually he couldn't laugh anymore.

Di Jun realized a problem, and said with a tremor in his voice, "The Emperor's spiritual connection was most likely revived in the Primordial Era, but there was no emperor in the Primordial Era who corresponded to him."

"How could a dignified emperor remain unknown?"

The thought of a Heavenly Emperor-level corpse disappearing without a trace sent chills down the spines of all the Venerables. It was truly unbelievable; even the Underworld Emperor wasn't this sinister.

For a moment, whether Ye Fan was the reincarnation of an Emperor or a Saint Body seemed unimportant.

What reincarnation, what reincarnation, what a similar flower—none of them compare to the original Emperor Corpse.

"It could be that the Emperor's remains crawled out of the tomb and wandered the world... or perhaps, he simply didn't die at all."

Gai Jiuyou swallowed hard, staring intently at Ye Fan as if telling a ghost story, as if afraid that someone with a similar appearance would jump out from behind him.

"Ancestor, he's not dead?! He's come back to life!"

Even the Feathered Fossil Embryo was shocked. If the Emperor was on the verge of death but not quite, was the plan to repair the Immortal Cauldron orchestrated by the Feathered Divine Dynasty, or was there a mastermind behind it all?

(End of this chapter)