Shrouding the Heavens: The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor

On the nine-dragon coffin sat a white-haired man, with a peerless empress beside him holding a celestial sword, a demon-devouring jar on her head, and wearing a bronze ghost mask, guarding the left side.

Beneath their feet lay a blood-stained, brutal battlefield, where hundreds of supreme beings, exuding a dense aura of death, lay in pools of blood, endless mountains collapsed, and the heavens and earth shattered.

Laughter echoed, and countless scenes came to life: mortals living their lives, cultivators venturing out, and young supreme beings vying for supremacy.

Everything in the world is in the painting. Some people die and enter the cycle of reincarnation. An ancient stone bridge is in the middle of the painting, with countless illusory figures walking on it.

Beneath the stone bridge and the cycle of reincarnation lies another human world.

It's like a never-ending cycle!

Unfortunately, apart from the Great Emperor, no one else...

Even if the celestial painting has concealed all its power, once it is opened, it will unleash a terrifying killing intent that will permeate all eternity.

"Boom!"

Deep in the universe, a spectacular burst of lightning erupted, and nine bolts of lightning imbued with celestial light struck down, piercing through the celestial map.

Finally, the lightning disappeared, and the Immortal Diagram withdrew all its divine power, returning to Xu Changqing's dojo.

However, it did not truly become a celestial artifact because the celestial lightning was incomplete, consisting of only a few celestial tribulations. Even so, it still made the celestial diagram somewhat damaged.

Xu Changqing was pale, his white hair cascading over his shoulders. He held the scroll in his hand and said softly, "It's not a true immortal artifact yet, but it's a pseudo-immortal artifact."

The Empress's face was also somewhat pale. She nodded and said, "Refining this picture consumed too much energy. I hope it will be useful in the future."

Even with the combined efforts of the two Heavenly Emperors in refining the Immortal Diagram, it still took three thousand years.

"Let's call it the Immortal Map of the Mortal World," Xu Changqing said calmly.

There are two immortal artifacts in this world: the Desolate Tower and the Bronze Immortal Palace. There is also an artifact that transcends the level of immortals.

Kowloon pulls the coffin!

The Emperor's cauldron has not yet transcended the human realm, but it has already acquired the aura of the immortal realm. The Immortal Emperor's artifact has also acquired the aura of the immortal realm.

Nowadays, Xu Changqing's diagram can be considered a pseudo-immortal artifact.

"Now that everything is ready, I'll head back," the Empress said, her face somewhat pale, as her essence was still slightly lacking.

Xu Changqing nodded, hung the immortal diagram on the bone knife, and then went into seclusion to recover and research the third life.

In his third life, he planned to study the elixir of immortality that was undergoing nirvana.

After returning to the Cloud Broken Mountains, Tuntian packed up and left the dojo to find a new one.

Tens of thousands of years have passed in the world. The ancient Feathered Divine Dynasty was destroyed, and many dynasties were born.

The very center of the Big Dipper is known to the world as Zhongzhou.

The Empress traveled to the Eastern Wilderness and, by chance, found the Bronze Immortal Palace.

She used the Bronze Immortal Palace as her training ground in this life, intending to leave when she transforms into her third life.

After sensing that the earth-shattering calamity had passed, the supreme beings of the forbidden zone all fell silent.

That's nine immortal tribulations! Although it's much weaker and fewer than the tribulations that the Fighting Saint Emperor faced back then, it still has immortal laws to rely on.

They also learned that their own essence and blood had been drawn into pictures.

No wonder it became a Celestial Diagram. After all, it is a mixture of the blood of many supreme beings, and it also has the cultivation and origin of two contemporary emperors. It is not surprising that it could be refined into a Celestial Diagram.

I wonder what will happen if the Immortal Diagram is activated at full power.

It is definitely stronger than Lingbao Tianzun's Four Swords of Zhuxian and the array diagram.

Their supreme beings in the forbidden zone sensed that the Immortal Map contained not only their blood essence and the Great Dao of Supreme Being, but also countless formations.

Those formations were constructed using the Great Dao Laws of dozens or even hundreds of Supreme Beings. It can be said that each Immortal Diagram has at least ten Emperor Formations!

Moreover, the Immortal Chart was crafted from the body of an Emperor. When worn, it is so powerful that even a Supreme Being might not be able to break through or kill it.

"What's wrong with this generation? There are actually two figures who can rival the Emperor!" A Supreme Being from a forbidden zone recalled the fear of being dominated by the Emperor back then.

The Dual Emperors Calendar – 50,000 years.

It took Xu Changqing ten thousand years for the world to recover to its peak. He lived for thirty-seven thousand years in his first life, and he estimated that he could live for fifty to sixty thousand years in his second life.

He went to see the Empress and shared his thoughts with her.

Using special methods, one can lock away one's own path and try not to affect the myriad paths of the heavens.

"In the third life, begin to seal off your own Great Dao."

"I still need to find immortal gold to seal myself, you can use the immortal diagram to suppress your own Great Dao."

The Empress said that she had gone into seclusion in the Bronze Immortal Palace and found the Root of the Mother Qi of All Things.

In her third life, she plans to go into seclusion in the Immortal Palace. In this life, she has found a way to transform herself and is currently researching the secrets of the elixir of immortality.

In his third life, the chaotic body transformed into a mortal form, returning to its origin.

Xu Changqing, on the other hand, underwent a transformation through the insights gained from painting immortal paintings.

After all, the essence and blood of many supreme beings contained immense laws of the Great Dao. He understood them one by one and finally found some clues.

"There are still 200,000 years until the Golden Age, which should allow me to live to the fifth time."

P.S.: I haven't been writing well these past few days, but I'll use the time-manipulation technique to send a few chapters directly to the future.

Chapter 133 A bold idea

Inside the training ground, after Xu Changqing recovered to his peak condition, he did not immediately go into seclusion to conduct research, but instead chose to travel through the heavens.

Carrying the immortal map, he concealed all his aura and walked through the mortal world, absorbing the worldly energy here.

Sometimes, he would go to places of natural beauty, stand on the magnificent Ten Thousand Broken Mountains, and look down at the cycle of the sun and moon, and watch the changes in the landscape.

Human beings will also spontaneously imprint what they hear and see in the painting, replicating the 100,000 broken cliffs into the beautiful landscape of the world.

The bone knife felt very aggrieved. In the past, the emperor always took it with him when he went out, but now he took that picture instead.

No matter what, I've followed the Great Emperor for tens of thousands of years, from a mortal all the way to the Heavenly Emperor.

But there was nothing they could do; that scroll was created from the Emperor's previous incarnation's physical body.

Helpless, Bone Knife could only go to the Empress's dojo and silently discuss the Dao with the Empress's ring.

The Empress's ring transformed into a bronze sword, and the bone knife materialized into a deity who fled with the bronze sword.

Xu Changqing went into seclusion and entered a state of enlightenment. He silently observed all the heavens and myriad realms, watching the lightning-struck wood be reborn. He squatted next to the dead lightning-struck wood.

Upon careful study, it was discovered that a drop of true spirit and origin condensed into a single point, hiding within a law containing a trace of life.

Centuries later, the lightning-struck wood grew into a towering giant, and the charred bark peeled off, revealing a smooth, tender green trunk.

After fully analyzing these opportunities for nirvana, he left.

When the Heavenly Emperor travels, the laws of the Great Dao permeate the area, forcing those in forbidden zones to hide in the shadows, afraid to appear.

The laws of the Great Dao transformed into a golden continent, traversing one galaxy after another.

Countless creatures looked up and saw a white-haired man walking on a golden road. His face was not visible, but his imposing figure could be seen.

"God!"

Countless people roared with excitement; this was a legend, someone who had lived for a very, very long time.

It is said that he once joined forces with another Heavenly Emperor to venture into the path of immortality and even killed some immortals!

The two were so powerful that they deterred the forbidden zone from even appearing. The world knew about the forbidden zone, and it also knew about the dark turmoil.

Countless streams of faith surged forth from the starry sky and flowed into the Chaos Divine Mountain within Xu Changqing's dojo.

Seeing this, Xu Changqing waved his hand, and countless spiritual rains fell all over the world. A ripple containing the Great Dao shook all realms, and all the worlds and universes that were penetrated by the ripple...

All living beings entered a state of enlightenment.

In response to the Heavenly Emperor, all living beings knelt on the ground, calling out the words "Heavenly Emperor."

Countless emotional energies permeated the heavens. Xu Changqing opened his mouth and inhaled, and many of these emotional energies entered the Yin-Yang Disc.

"In my third life, I will follow the path of Nirvana, triggering the immortal tribulation lightning. I will use my body as a tree, and the tribulation lightning will contain the vitality of life," Xu Changqing thought to himself.

If people knew about this idea, they would probably go crazy.

However, Xu Changqing did not intend to transcend the tribulation and become an immortal. He simply allowed the immortal lightning tribulation to temper his physical body, died under the heavenly tribulation, and absorbed the life force contained within it.

However, just to be on the safe side, he still needed to make some preparations.

After all, taking such a path to Nirvana is very dangerous; one might die under the heavenly tribulation before even achieving Nirvana.

Throughout history, no one has ever dared to summon the divine lightning of immortality for Nirvana, especially not in their later years.

So domineering

If the world knew about his method of transformation, they would certainly not believe it and would think it was just bragging.

The ability to trigger a Celestial Tribulation already surpasses that of countless Great Emperors and Ancient Sovereigns. If one can successfully transform using a Celestial Tribulation, that would truly defy the heavens.

In the time that followed, he traveled through countless realms and obtained numerous scriptures, cultivation methods, and even supernatural powers related to Nirvana.

I have witnessed countless dead plants transform into new life, and I have also seen some corpses come to life in a second life.

Xu Changqing even stayed for thousands of years in order to witness the rebirth of certain things.

During this time, a Chaos Green Lotus approached Xu Changqing, wanting his protection and also asking for his help.

In the vast universe, Xu Changqing's white hair fluttered, his body stood tall like a pine tree, and he was incredibly composed. A chaotic blue lotus was spinning on his shoulder, and chaotic energy was overflowing.

"Great Emperor, do you think I can cultivate if I sever the essence of the Elixir of Immortality?" came the aged voice.

As the Chaos Green Lotus, it was old and preparing to slumber when it encountered Xu Changqing and decided to seek his advice.

Xu Changqing naturally saw the state of the Chaos Green Lotus; its intelligence was about to disappear, and it was about to enter Nirvana.

"Yes, but it's very difficult." He could tell at a glance that this was the Azure Emperor from later generations.

His cultivation and combat strength are second only to Ye Fan.

“There is a peerless treasure land in Zhongzhou called the Immortal Transformation Pool. You should be able to sever your immortal body there,” Xu Changqing said.

But the Chaos Green Lotus shook its head and said, "I was originally rooted there, but then I saw you and the Immortal Diagram. Although that green fragment could help me suppress the backlash, your diagram, which had passed through the Nine Thunders of the Immortal Path, was of greater help to me."

It originally took root in the Immortal Transformation Pool, and only came to find Xu Changqing now that it was about to undergo Nirvana.