Shrouding the Heavens: The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor

Although the damage was not significant, it was extremely insulting.

Three thousand years later, Xu Changqing and the Empress still showed no signs of aging, but their blood and energy began to weaken and their primordial spirits began to decay.

Upon closer inspection, their faces began to change towards middle age.

Xu Changqing also began to grow a beard, and his flesh became somewhat loose.

"I'm getting old," Xu Changqing sighed. He had lived for 23,000 years, much longer than Ye Fan in later generations.

In her later years, the Empress began to travel the universe, finding many rare treasures. She even went to the Divine Ruins and obtained the Immortal Peach Tree, which she planted directly in her own Daoist temple.

Afterwards, she went to Purple Mountain and saw the Immortal Empress and the divine generals there. They all woke up in shock and were covered in cold sweat.

But the Empress ignored them and went straight into the depths of Purple Mountain, breaking through the Immortal Emperor's formation and restrictions, and obtaining the Divine Phoenix Elixir of Immortality.

Then he went to Shenhuang Mountain, found the Nine-Miracle Elixir of Immortality, and forcibly took it away.

Xu Changqing also arrived at the Fire Kirin Cave, ignoring countless ancient races and creatures, and seized the Kirin Elixir of Immortality.

The Qilin Elixir of Immortality has not yet been reborn.

He had discussed with the Empress that they would live a more extravagant life in their later years, seizing all the elixirs of immortality in the world and then refining most of their bodies.

Countless supreme beings from forbidden zones fell silent again. Some of them had never even seen the elixir of immortality, but the two great emperors of the era each held three or four beads.

Finally, Xu Changqing went to Kunlun Mountain, cut off most of the body of He Shou Wu, and finally used the Emperor's Blood to restore it.

They found the ginseng fruit, the elixir of immortality, examined its entire body, and finally used a secret method to preserve its vitality, planting it in the land of immortality to undergo nirvana.

Xu Changqing also captured the ancient Bodhi tree on Mars and plucked all its green leaves.

It's true that all the elixirs of immortality in the myriad realms cannot escape their grasp.

The ancient tree of enlightenment on Immortal Mountain also suffered a terrible fate, with two branches broken off. Even after pleading with Xu Changqing, it was not spared.

Apart from the elixir of immortality for humanoids, Xu Changqing and the Empress obtained everything.

There's no way around it; if you have power, you can do whatever you want.

Inside the Kunlun Mountains, Xu Changqing and the Empress joined forces to refine a medicinal cauldron. Using the Immortal Pool, the Dao Fire of the two peerless emperors ignited the Immortal Pool.

At this moment, immortal matter actually burned out within the Immortal Pool, transforming into dazzling flames that continuously refined the essence of numerous elixirs of immortality and fruits.

This alchemy process took two thousand years to reach its perfect state.

At 25,000 years old, Xu Changqing and the Empress had also entered their twilight years.

After each person received a peerless elixir, they returned to their own dojo and began to wait for their lifespan to end before consuming the elixir.

Xu Changqing began to plan the visual design for the divine image.

Let's call it the Mortal World. The scene inside is the Supreme Being lying on the corpse, sitting cross-legged on a coffin pulled by nine dragons, with the corpses of all the Supreme Beings of the forbidden zones at his feet.

All beings in the heavens and myriad realms knelt and cried out to the Heavenly Emperor.

Behind him, the immortal gate opened wide, and immortal corpses floated in the chaos.

Beside him, the Empress held a celestial sword, with the Devouring Demon Jar atop her head.

Once this painting is completed, it will surely be earth-shattering.

Surpassing any ultimate weapon in ancient history!

P.S.: Thank you to all the generous donors.

This is the first update; I'll see if I have time to write more tonight.

Chapter 129 Forgot to Take the Elixir

Xu Changqing and the Empress did not immediately consume the elixir, but waited until their life force was extinguished before absorbing it.

Originally, they did not want to use the elixir of immortality to live a second life, because they had their own way of living a second life.

For 25,000 years, they have been researching various techniques for transformation, and even more so, techniques for dealing with lightning-struck wood that dies and is reborn.

However, Xu Changqing felt that since he could use the elixir to live a second life, there was no need to go through the trouble of transformation; the method of transformation could be saved for the third life.

Moreover, if he remembered correctly, the ninth incarnation was a mortal immortal, while the tenth incarnation was a peerless immortal.

The Chu Feng of later generations underwent ten transformations.

Reaching the pinnacle of immortality in the mortal world, one can kill even a powerful Immortal King and annihilate a group of True Immortals with a mere wave of the hand.

Xu Changqing returned to his temple and sat cross-legged in the waterfall.

Looking at the immortal pill the size of a longan in his palm, he saw that immortal substances were boiling inside the pill.

Furthermore, it extends the laws of immortality, possessing an aura that truly transcends the laws of humanity!

It took two supreme emperors two thousand years to refine this elixir.

Without a doubt, even a supreme being could be given a second chance at life if they consumed it.

Xu Changqing was not in a hurry to take the medicine. Instead, he casually created a small world and planted many inanimate objects and lightning-struck wood in it.

On his palm, a star field appeared, containing a towering divine tree and various small worlds.

The Great Dao extended from Xu Changqing's body, and the next moment, his Dao Palace hummed, and six black holes entered the small world.

He began to capture some recently deceased beings from the outside world and send them into the small world for reincarnation.

Then, he sent many profound mysteries of reincarnation into the small world, as well as various laws of nirvana.

With a thought, the divine sense covered all the heavens, its vast power startling all paths, like a raging storm, searching for the corpses of powerful beings throughout the myriad realms.

For example, Xu Changqing found the corpses of powerful figures such as Quasi-Emperors, Great Saints, and Saint Kings who died in the great battle.

Then he sent all these corpses into his own little world.

Duan De has already been released by Xu Changqing. There was nothing he could do. Xu Changqing had studied Duan De for nearly ten thousand years, and Duan De was now in his old age and preparing to die.

So after his death, Xu Changqing and the Empress watched over him until they saw Duan De's life force disappear and his inner essence transform into the Dao Fruit and the Reincarnation Seal.

After figuring out some of the principles, Xu Changqing buried Duan De on a dead star.

As time passed, the powerful beings of all the heavens and myriad realms wondered why the two emperors had not yet perished.

The Dual Emperors Calendar – 33,000 years.

On this day, the heavens trembled, various strange phenomena appeared, countless powerful beings were terrified, the Great Dao cried out in anguish, and the Heavenly Heart Mark shook.

A terrifying imperial law erupted, and the two powerful auras were weakening.

"The flames of life of the two supreme emperors are about to be extinguished!"

"But it's incredible that they've lived for over 30,000 years!"

"He lived for over 30,000 years in his first life!"

"They've collected many miraculous medicines, so they should be able to live a second life. But how long will they live in their second life?"

Not to mention the powerful beings of all the heavens and myriad realms, even the supreme beings of the forbidden zones were dumbfounded.

Living that long? Almost as long as that God Emperor.

Inside the dojo, Xu Changqing was already very old, but still...

Looking at the world in his hand, he saw that the quasi-emperor inside had broken free, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.

The quasi-emperor had been dead for many years, but unexpectedly, he was able to live another life.

"I'm not dead? That's impossible!" The quasi-emperor stood in the universe, stunned.

But the voice he spoke was very childish, like that of a teenager, which surprised him.

Looking back, he saw that his blood-stained body had been torn apart, and the blood had lost its divinity, making him look like a mortal corpse.

"I didn't die, but my strength dropped from Quasi-Emperor to Dao Severing." The Quasi-Emperor was shocked and then overjoyed, his emotions incredibly excited.

What could be more joyful than dying and coming back to life?

He sensed the Great Dao, but frowned. Why did the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth feel different?

He looked up at the high heavens, his gaze piercing through the avenue, and saw a pair of cold, deep eyes that looked extremely old.

Those eyes were enormous, larger than a star field. They had no imposing presence whatsoever, yet they made this powerful man's legs go weak and cold sweat pour down his face.

"This"

He didn't know what to say. What kind of eyes were these? They were like a cold, merciless road, exuding an aura of decay.

Xu Changqing noticed that his life force was beginning to wane, so he casually put the world in his hands aside and closed his eyes.

He still did not take the elixir of immortality because he had some insights and wanted to go into seclusion.

Within his body, a white flame was weakening, like a candle flame in a storm, which could be extinguished at any moment.

"boom!"

The next moment, from the Cloud Break Mountains, a vast expanse of blood energy surged forth, engulfing all the heavens and myriad realms, and chaotic energy engulfed the heavens.

The Empress was the first to live out her second life, but she did not take any elixir of immortality.

Her idea was to take the elixir when she was unlikely to live to a third life.

Or, it's not too late to take the elixir after problems arise during the transformation.

When she lived her second life, she brought her transformed corpse to the Ten Thousand Mountains of Nanling and entered Xu Changqing's Taoist temple.

She wanted to join forces with Xu Changqing to refine her corpse from her previous life into a Devouring Demon Jar.

At this moment, she is a naturally perfect chaotic body, while her first life was an acquired chaotic body, which is somewhat different.

The Empress also saw Xu Changqing's condition and noticed the myriad worlds within the lake, which were filled with corpses but undergoing some kind of transformation.

At this moment, Xu Changqing's hair was dry and yellow, all his teeth had fallen out, his face was covered with wrinkles, he was as thin as a rake, and he still had a faint breath left.

The Empress was somewhat surprised; this guy hadn't died of old age yet.

She lived for 33,700 years in her first life. Starting from 33,000 years ago, their auras began to weaken, but they still did not die.

The Empress placed her previous life's corpse aside, walked to the foot of the Faith Waterfall, and gazed into the small world that Xu Changqing had casually created, falling into deep thought.

This small world contains reincarnation, though not true reincarnation, but it can revive quasi-emperors and allow powerful beings who have been dead for countless years to be reincarnated.

"Their corpses all contained fragments of their divinity and memories from their lives, condensed into a single point by their own bloodline and divine memories, which finally broke through their physical bodies and lived out what seemed to be themselves, no longer themselves."