The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 119 The Emperor Appears (10K10K)

Nuwa's path to enlightenment went exceptionally smoothly this time, perhaps because all the supreme beings from forbidden zones who had previously lacked lifespans had emerged, or perhaps because she lacked confidence.

Nuwa did not intervene in the various forbidden zones of life on the ancient star of the Big Dipper during her enlightenment ceremony.

After attaining enlightenment, Nuwa remained very low-key. Instead of sitting on the ancient star of the Big Dipper like her brother, she secluded herself on the ancient star of the primordial world and hardly concerned herself with worldly affairs.

This left the human cultivators and ancient clans who wanted to pay homage to the Great Emperor empty-handed.

Although the ancient star of the primordial era was renowned, the Emperor had set up an unparalleled formation there, making it impossible for ordinary cultivators to find.

Although the Great Goddess Nuwa never appeared in the outside world and ruled over the nine heavens and ten earths, the power of the human race not only did not weaken in the slightest, but became even stronger.

Since the Taiyi Emperor attained enlightenment, the subsequent Fuxi Emperor and Nuwa Emperor were both of human origin.

Including the two ancient emperors, Taiyin and Taiyang, the human race now possesses the inherited power of four ancient emperors.

With the addition of Nuwa, the great emperor of the time, the prestige of the human race naturally rose accordingly.

However, because some people in this world have already attained enlightenment, the human realm is mostly peaceful with little conflict.

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Time flies. About 15,000 years after Nuwa attained enlightenment, the Heavenly Heart Mark in the Nine Heavens suddenly began to tremble, and all the myriad paths faintly groaned.

Compared to her elder brother, Nuwa's first incarnation lasted for a much shorter period.

After all, they were born at the same time, with little difference in their birth dates.

Fuxi attained enlightenment in his prime, so his time in the world was naturally longer.

Although Nuwa mostly sealed herself within the divine source after Fuxi attained enlightenment, she still expended a considerable amount of her lifespan.

When Nuwa attained enlightenment, she was already five or six thousand years old.

The fact that it has been able to remain in this world for so long is entirely due to the blessing of its immortal bloodline.

However, to outsiders who are unaware of this, the lifespan of the Great Goddess Nuwa was also extremely long, surpassing that of ordinary Dao-proving individuals.

However, although Nuwa seemed to be on the verge of death, she did not choose to emerge from the forbidden zone.

Most enlightened beings are able to find an elixir of immortality and live a second life.

They knew Nuwa's identity all too well, and she must possess the elixir of immortality.

Sure enough, soon after, a soaring power erupted from the ancient star, the Heavenly Heart Mark instantly stabilized, and all the myriad paths of heaven and earth resounded in celebration.

Clearly, this unassuming Empress Nuwa was given another life through the elixir of immortality.

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In the chaotic little world.

Chu Tianshu sat cross-legged atop the sacred mountain, where the supreme divine fire surged and roared, seemingly about to burn through the heavens and ignite the ancient history.

Within that imperial fire, a celestial egg with a five-colored halo floated, and one could vaguely see the figure of a celestial phoenix, as if it were about to be reborn from the ashes and return against the heavens.

Since the body of the Undying Emperor was transformed into a Phoenix Egg, Chu Tianshu discovered that even placing the Phoenix Egg atop the Divine Mountain did not yield ideal results.

It will still take a long time before it is born on its own.

After that, Chu Tianshu tried many methods, but most of them had little effect.

The gestation process only begins to accelerate when the Phoenix Egg is roasted with Imperial Fire.

At the same time, under the tempering of the Emperor's Fire, the true meaning of the Phoenix Egg's rebirth and return from the ashes gradually began to be revealed.

After that, Chu Tianshu kept burning the Immortal Phoenix Egg with the Emperor's Fire, hoping to comprehend the true meaning of the Immortal Phoenix's rebirth when the egg was reborn from the ashes.

Soon, Chu Tianshu understood the secret behind why the Celestial Phoenix race was able to achieve rebirth.

The source of all this is bloodline.

Deep within the bloodline of the Celestial Phoenix lies a unique and profound truth, and it is this truth that gives the Celestial Phoenix clan its reputation for rebirth and rebirth.

Generally speaking, if a cultivator's primordial spirit is destroyed, that person has actually perished completely, and their physical body will gradually lose its vitality.

Even if the physical body does not decay, there is no possibility of returning.

Even those supreme beings who practiced the methods of becoming immortals by transcending tribulations, and who communicated with spirits after death and proved their Dao through their corpses.

The primordial spirit reborn within the body is merely a new being.

However, the Celestial Phoenix Clan is different; even after their primordial spirit is destroyed, they still have a certain chance to return.

Deep within their blood lies a profound meaning of rebirth.

Once activated, under the influence of this true meaning, the shattered primordial spirit will gradually reassemble and return.

However, this probability is not 100%, and there is also a high probability that the person will perish completely.

However, the Undying Emperor can forget about it; his primordial spirit has been completely destroyed by Chu Tianshu.

At this moment, the primordial spirit that is reborn in the phoenix egg is a completely new being.

"Unfortunately, the Immortal Emperor's Nirvana was not complete, and he was unable to choose to continuously strengthen the true meaning of Nirvana deep within his bloodline."

A hint of regret appeared in Chu Tianshu's eyes. Although the Undying Emperor inherited this talent of rebirth, he was unable to develop it in depth.

Nirvana was merely stimulated by the essence and blood of the emperors, and was not a complete process.

If he had been willing to take a desperate gamble and choose to be reborn from the ashes, undergoing several complete transformations, his progress in strength wouldn't have been so slow.

Chu Tianshu's research revealed that the Phoenix's Nirvana talent was sufficient to support the Undying Emperor's continuous rebirth, unlike him, who could only use one transformation method at a time.

If you continue to use it next time, it will most likely cause big problems.

This situation is similar to that of the Undying Golden Body, both stemming from the fact that the source of their bloodline originates from an incredibly powerful individual.

They reached an extremely high level on the path to immortality, able to condense their Dao into talent, which was passed down through the bloodlines of their descendants. Even after countless years, this talent remained engraved in their blood, persisting despite its decline.

Even during Chu Tianshu's calcination, the bloodline within the Phoenix Egg became increasingly pure, seemingly undergoing a return to its ancestral state.

Chu Tianshu naturally wouldn't waste this opportunity. Although he didn't have the bloodline of the Immortal Phoenix, it was still possible for him to gain some insights by using the process of the Immortal Phoenix's rebirth.

Putting everything else aside, Chu Tianshu has no problem comprehending a method of transformation.

Time passed as Chu Tianshu continued to comprehend, and gradually, even he himself began to notice the passage of time.

Just then, a magnificent collision instantly woke Chu Tianshu up.

One of the paths was familiar to Chu Tianshu; it was the Heaven-Severing Great Dao of Lingbao Tianzun.

The other path is quite special, possessing an invincible aura that reigns supreme over all under heaven and earth.

This Great Dao seems to be very similar to the Great Dao left behind by the ancient God of the Primordial Star.

"Could it be that the Celestial Venerable Lingbao has returned against all odds and is now facing off against the Emperor?"

With a solemn expression, Chu Tianshu immediately stopped his comprehension of the Immortal Phoenix Egg. His Emperor Eyes opened and closed, piercing through endless time and space, and descending upon the mortal world.

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Heavenly Soldiers Ancient Star.

Since Chu Tianshu set up the Four Nine Dragon Mountain Formation here, Lingbao Tianzun's primordial spirit has been fully awakened and returned.

However, he was not in a hurry to be born at that time, after all, the lesson of his previous failed transformation was too painful, and he had been trapped for millions of years.

Lingbao Tianzun secluded himself for tens of thousands of years, and only after he felt confident that he could continue to live in reverse did he choose to reappear in the world. By then, he had already entered the second life of the Great Empress Nuwa.

After Lingbao Tianzun was born, he immediately chose to travel through the mortal world, wanting to see what the difference was between the present world and the mythical era.

However, while traveling through a certain star field, Lingbao Tianzun discovered that some array patterns seemed to have been artificially inscribed in the star field.

These array patterns are spread across every corner of the world, seemingly aiming to integrate the entire realm into one and forge it into an unparalleled immortal weapon.

This discovery immediately enraged Lingbao Tianzun.

He was a person who hated evil and could not tolerate any injustice.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have expended so much effort to end the corpse calamity that had plagued several Heavenly Venerables, slay the spirit-communicating immortal corpses, and quell the turmoil in the human realm.

Now, someone is actually trying to refine the entire world along with all living beings. How can Lingbao Tianzun tolerate this?

Soon, Lingbao Tianzun followed the clues and tracked down a figure in black deep in the universe.

"You scoundrel, prepare to die!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lingbao Tianzun unleashed four deadly swords, their overwhelming killing intent sweeping across the universe and shaking the eight wastelands.

Heaven and earth wept, and the entire human world trembled violently, nearly collapsing.

If you look closely, you can even see scenes of immortals shedding blood on these killing swords.

In the center of the four killing swords, there is also an extremely mysterious array diagram.

It linked the four killing swords together, instantly forming an unparalleled killing formation.

Four crimson beams of light pierced through the heavens and earth, instantly shattering the universe's tens of thousands of years of tranquility.

"The Four Swords of Zhuxian have reappeared in the world? Which lucky person found them?"

"Legend has it that in the mythological era, the Celestial Venerable Lingbao once slew an immortal with the Four Swords of Zhuxian. Is this true or not?"

"Why did the Four Swords of Zhuxian manifest in the world? Could it be that they discovered the traces of the Underworld Lord?"

At this moment, Lingbao Tianzun unleashed his full power, with four killing swords enveloping the heavens and earth. Anyone in the human realm could see four scarlet pillars of light emerging from the depths of the universe.

A fierce killing intent swept across the universe, awakening all the previously dormant supreme beings of the forbidden zones.

However, although they were amazed by the power of the Four Swords of Zhuxian, most of them simply mistakenly believed that someone had found the inheritance of Lingbao Tianzun.

Although such situations are rare, they have encountered them before over the years.

However, some supreme beings believe that the Four Swords of Zhuxian discovered the traces of the Underworld Lord and wanted to eliminate this source of the Corpse Calamity.

After all, the scourge of corpses in the mythical era was completely ended by Lingbao Tianzun. In fact, in order to deal with the possible return of the Underworld Lord, Lingbao Tianzun secretly made many arrangements.

They even developed the Lingbao Duren Jing, a scripture specifically designed to address the problem of corpses.

If the Four Swords of Zhuxian sensed the aura of the Netherworld Lord's rebirth, then it would be reasonable for them to cause such a commotion.

"This aura... it's Lingbao Tianzun!"

A shocked voice came from within the Immortal Tomb.

"That's right!"

"I have no doubt that this aura belongs to Lingbao Tianzun."

The Celestial Venerable of Longevity was shaken. As one of the nine Celestial Venerables of the mythological era, he was very clear about the Great Dao of the Celestial Venerable of Spiritual Treasure.

Even after he attained enlightenment, he personally went to the place where Lingbao Tianzun passed away to investigate, and in the end only found the Tianzun Immortal Platform, which had failed to transform.

He had tried to intervene, but without success, so he was very familiar with the Dao of Lingbao Tianzun.

It was thought that Lingbao Tianzun had passed away completely, but unexpectedly, after millions of years, he has returned against all odds.

"how is this possible?"

"An ancient celestial being who has been gone for millions of years has actually returned, and his cultivation has even advanced further?"

(End of this chapter)