The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 218 The Dream of the Golden Body Shattered
Since the Great Emperor of Mountains and Rivers, even cultivators of the Chu family with perfected Overlord Physique have become extremely rare, let alone those with the Overlord Immortal Physique.

While perfected Hegemon Bodies are rare, the Chu family has never ceased to produce Greatly Accomplished Hegemon Bodies. In almost every era of great contention, the Chu family has produced one Greatly Accomplished Hegemon Bodies, and in some special eras, even two.

Logically speaking, Mingxuan, as a Great Emperor of the human race, should have visited the Chu family on Tianji Ancient Star long ago. This is also the consensus of various Dao Prodigies over the past hundreds of thousands of years.

However, he was preoccupied with revenge and was waiting for the Celestial Venerable of Immortality on the ancient star of the Big Dipper, which is why he kept putting it off.

Having conceived the idea of ​​visiting the Chu family, Mingxuan was unwilling to delay. A magnificent golden road unfolded, its supreme power permeating the universe, announcing his movements to the world.

This scene was naturally witnessed by the world, and people began to bow in respect towards the golden road.

Before long, a golden road emerged from the depths of the universe and descended upon the ancient star Tianji. Mingxuan stepped onto the golden road, looked at the shimmering blue stars before him, and couldn't help but sigh in amazement.

"What a prosperous star! With so many human experts, it truly deserves to be called one of the ancestral stars of the human race."

Tianji Ancient Star is not just densely populated; there are also many cultivators who cultivate diligently there, and most of them have very high cultivation levels.

Besides, many other races also travel to and fro in this place. They come from different races and cross the sea of ​​stars to pay homage to the Heavenly Emperor.

However, one thing surprised Mingxuan: logically speaking, the Golden Body lineage and the Overlord Body lineage have a blood feud, and if they get close to each other, they will inevitably develop feelings of disgust.

Even in this life, when he encounters a descendant of the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star lineage, his blood boils uncontrollably, yearning to fight against the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star lineage.

However, when he approached the ancient star Tianji, his bloodline did not react.

"Is it the Heavenly Emperor's doing, or is it because the Chu family has not made an enemy of the Undying Golden Body?" Mingxuan wondered to himself.

As a descendant of the Undying Golden Body lineage, he naturally knew about the grudges between the Golden Body and the Overlord Body. Over millions of years, old and new grievances had accumulated, making it impossible to explain in just a few words.

Although the Chu family also possessed the Hegemon Body, they truly rose to prominence after the Heavenly Emperor attained enlightenment and never clashed with the Undying Golden Body.

"It must be the Heavenly Emperor's doing, since hatred stems from blood ties, not from a single family or surname."

Just as Mingxuan was pondering, a figure flew out from the ancient star Tianji and came to his front.

"Chu Xiong of the Chu family greets the Immortal Emperor!"

The man was about forty years old, with a refined and scholarly appearance. He didn't look like a cultivator; rather, he resembled a great Confucian scholar from the mortal realm.

"No need to be polite!"

Mingxuan slightly raised his hand, and a surge of imperial power appeared, helping the refined man in front of him to his feet.

The Chu family attached great importance to the visit of the Immortal Emperor, and the entire Tianji Ancient Star was decorated in a magnificent and extraordinarily grand manner.

Especially outside the Chu family's mountain gate, all the members of the Chu family gathered together to welcome this great emperor.

After all, this emperor attained enlightenment with an indestructible golden body that was said to be comparable to a hegemon's body, which was extraordinary and could not be compared to ordinary enlighteners.

In the void, a golden figure slowly descended upon the Chu family's mountain gate, radiating golden light and carrying an aura of holiness and peace, as if it could dispel all darkness in the world.

"Greetings to the Emperor!"

"Greetings to the Emperor!"

"..."

In an instant, the entire Tianji Ancient Star was filled with a thunderous roar of reverence, so powerful that it even stretched into the void.

Among the Chu family members, a dashing young man looked at everything before him, his chest surging with excitement, and a surge of boundless pride welled up within him. He couldn't help but blurt out.

"A man should be like this!"

The boy's words were naturally overheard by his companions, who all laughed at him.

"Hmph! With your half-hearted cultivation attitude, you think you can prove your Dao?"

"Isn't it still daytime? How can someone be dreaming in broad daylight?"

"Hmph! Just trying to attract attention."

Despite the jeers and ridicule from his peers, the young man remained unperturbed; instead, his gaze hardened. He gave the golden figure a long look before decisively turning and leaving.

Inside a temple belonging to the Chu family.

Four or five figures took their seats in the main hall. Apart from Mingxuan, they were all members of the Chu family who had achieved the Great Completion of the Overlord Body.

"The Chu family has a profound and unparalleled heritage, truly deserving of its title as the number one family in the human realm." Ming Xuan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the scene before him.

The five cultivators who had achieved the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Emperor Scripture were almost comparable to a forbidden zone of life, not to mention the self-proclaimed existences within their clan.

In addition, with the imperial weapons left behind by the Supreme Heavenly Emperor and the Great Emperor of Mountains and Rivers, even a true Daoist would be defeated and sunk to the ground here.

"Your Majesty flatters me. We are merely relying on the legacy of our predecessors and cannot compare to Your Majesty." Chu Xiong shook his head. These were his heartfelt words. As a member of the Overlord Body, he was well aware of the difficulty of attaining enlightenment with such a physique.

It is common knowledge that the Undying Emperor's physique is a golden body that is said to be comparable to the Overlord's Body, and the difficulty of proving the Dao is almost the same.

In the eyes of the Chu family cultivators, Ming Xuan, even if he was not as good as the Mountain and River Emperor, was not much worse, and some even wanted to befriend this emperor.

Therefore, the Chu family's higher-ups almost always gave clear answers to the emperor's questions.

"Fellow Daoists, I have heard that there is a special physique in the Chu family called the Overlord Immortal Physique. I wonder if you could explain it to me?"

After exchanging pleasantries, Mingxuan finally revealed the purpose of his visit.

The origins of the Overlord Immortal Body are unknown not only to outsiders, but even among the cultivators of the Chu family, not everyone knows.

People have made various speculations about it. Some say that the Overlord Immortal Body is even the offspring of the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, and that it contains the immortal blood of the Heavenly Emperor.

However, the appearances of the Mountain and River Emperor and the Supreme Heaven Emperor are quite different, and many people do not agree with this claim.

Some say that the Overlord Immortal Body is a result of accidentally consuming a divine herb, which leads to a further transformation based on the Overlord Body. Otherwise, why hasn't a new Overlord Immortal Body been born after hundreds of thousands of years?

"The Overlord Immortal Body is not born naturally; it is a transformation method. If a cultivator of my Chu family can cultivate the Overlord Body to perfection, he/she can try to use this method to transform into the Overlord Immortal Body and live a second life against the heavens."

"However, over hundreds of thousands of years, only three members of our Chu family have clearly cultivated the Overlord Immortal Body; the rest of the perfect Overlord Body have all failed to transform." When this matter was mentioned, the Overlords in the hall all sighed.

Outsiders may not know the power of the Overlord Immortal Body, but the Chu family knows it very well. Once one can successfully transform into the Overlord Immortal Body, one will possess almost half of the Heavenly Heart Mark, making their combat power even stronger than that of ordinary Dao Proving cultivators.

However, to transform into a Hegemon Immortal Body, one must undergo a reverse transformation, which is not much easier than proving one's Dao.

Throughout history, there have been many beings who have attained enlightenment, but very few have been able to transform themselves through their own efforts.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Mingxuan suddenly understood why the Chu family had not produced a new Overlord Immortal Body for hundreds of thousands of years.

It turns out that to cultivate the Overlord Immortal Body, one must first cultivate the Overlord Body to perfection, and then use a special method to reverse the transformation and become an Overlord Immortal Body.

"As expected of a legendary being capable of becoming an immortal, he has actually created a completely new top-tier physique."

"If someone could truly cultivate the Overlord Immortal Body, even if it weren't as good as the Chaos Body, it probably wouldn't be much worse!"

As someone who attained enlightenment through the indestructible golden body, Mingxuan naturally knew the terrifying nature of these two physiques. If one could elevate their physique further, it's hard to imagine how terrifying it would become.

However, this incident also gave Mingxuan an idea. He hurriedly bid farewell to the Chu family and rushed back to the ancient star of the Big Dipper.

He wanted to emulate the Supreme Heavenly Emperor, to elevate his indestructible golden body and create a completely new physique, so as to live out his third life.

As a prophet, Mingxuan also felt a sense of pride, believing that people today are not necessarily inferior to those of the ancients.

Unfortunately, he overestimated himself and underestimated the difficulty of sublimating his physique. Even in his twilight years in his second life, he hadn't even grasped the direction of sublimating his golden body.

"Alas! I overestimated myself. If I had honestly studied the method of transformation, perhaps I could have lived a third life."

Mingxuan sighed. Only now did he realize that his ability to attain Dao was not due to any extraordinary talent. If it weren't for the Nine Revolutions Golden Body granting him Imperial-level combat power, he wouldn't have been able to succeed in attaining Dao.

Unfortunately, after attaining enlightenment, he gradually lost himself. In his first life, he was completely immersed in revenge, wasting his entire life.

In his second life, he did have some awakening, but he set his goals too high, attempting to emulate the Supreme Heavenly Emperor and elevate his golden body. However, even as his life was nearing its end, he failed to succeed.

On his deathbed, Mingxuan had his deeds engraved on a golden stele, hoping to serve as a warning to future generations.

He then decisively chose to transform into the Dao, returning everything to the world. At the same time, the Heavenly Heart Mark above the Nine Heavens began to collapse, heralding the end of an era.

This first person in history to attain immortality and enlightenment only lived two lifetimes before passing away, failing to live a third life, far below the expectations of the world.

In the Immortal Mountain.

The King of Thailand was also aware of the passing of the immortal golden body, but he did not choose to intervene in the matter.

"What a pity. This Golden Emperor originally had the hope of embarking on the path of immortality in the mortal world. He shouldn't have been so ambitious."

As Chu Tianshu's patron saint, he naturally understood the difficulty of creating the Overlord Immortal Body. Long before attaining enlightenment, Chu Tianshu had been researching physiques. He even went so far as to study the works of his predecessors, analyzing various spiritual bodies and royal bodies.

After attaining enlightenment, he took advantage of the opportunity to analyze the myriad paths of heaven and earth, and glimpsed many profound mysteries of the Great Dao, causing his cultivation to surge.

Even so, it took him a full eight thousand years to create the method of the Overlord Immortal Body, which can be described as exhausting all hardships.

While Mingxuan's cultivation was decent, it was far inferior to that of the former Taiyi Heavenly Emperor. Moreover, he only focused on the indestructible golden body itself and did not study various physiques. He was simply working in isolation, so his failure was to be expected.

(End of this chapter)