Shrouding the Heavens: The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor

P.S.: Sorry, it's late.

I went shopping with my girlfriend and went to sleep, but I ended up sleeping until 10 a.m., which made me feel weak.

Chapter 166 Alive

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor remained silent for a long time, sitting there motionless, thinking to himself, if the two emperors really could not survive, should he launch a dark upheaval?

Xu Changqing looked intently at the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, as if he had read his mind, and said calmly, "We are not like those supreme beings of forbidden zones, who can simply invade the Immortal Realm if they really can't survive."

His words were simple, yet brimming with confidence.

In his fourth life, he will have a lifespan of at least 150,000 years; the fifth and sixth lives have already been calculated.

They weren't worried at all about their combat strength being insufficient.

Even if I can't break into the Immortal Realm, with my current combat strength and physical body, I'm sure I can transcend the tribulation and become an immortal.

The Chaotic Emperor understood, and then asked a few more questions.

How many lifetimes did the two emperors live?

"Four generations."

Having lived four lifetimes, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor was startled. In his third lifetime, he knew only one person in history: the Taiyin Human Emperor.

Now, these two have lived their fourth life.

He saw that both Heavenly Emperors possessed artifacts that suppressed their own Dao, and in an instant he understood why he was able to become an emperor. It turned out that he had used forbidden methods to suppress his own Dao, allowing him to break away from the Great Dao of the Heavens and stand alone at the pinnacle.

Are there immortals in this world?

This is a question that countless cultivators want to ask. They don't know if it exists; they only know that the Great Emperor is the end of all cultivation.

Even the Great Emperor of Chaos was unsure if immortals existed, because there was only one recorded instance of an immortal in the world, namely the Desolate Emperor.

Whether the Desolate Heavenly Emperor exists or not, apart from a few individuals, no one dares to be certain.

"Yes," the Empress calmly stated the truth.

The fog in the mind of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor dissipated instantly. There are immortals in the world, but unfortunately, he certainly cannot become one.

He asked one last question.

Is there a way to resurrect the deceased?

The Empress remained silent on this matter.

She didn't know if she had it or not.

But Xu Changqing said calmly, "Yes, provided you are strong enough to reverse time."

Once you reach the Immortal King realm, you can step into the river of time and witness the traces of your own growth.

Quasi-Immortal Emperors can influence the course of unimportant ancient history.

The Celestial Emperor can reflect an era, resurrect the dead, influence ancient history, and change the course of history.

But reaching this level is incredibly difficult, extremely difficult.

Throughout countless eras, this world has only had two Immortal Emperors: Emperor Bone and Desolate Heaven Emperor.

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor was deeply shaken. It was as if a fire had been ignited in his sea of ​​consciousness, like a celestial lamp illuminating the path ahead, dispelling the fog, and making his gaze firm.

He originally didn't want to live anymore, but when he heard that if he became powerful enough, he could resurrect his former lover, family, and brothers, he suddenly had a goal in his heart.

He did not disbelieve the words that originated from the ruthless Heavenly Emperor.

He rose and bowed deeply. A few questions were all it took for him to be more valuable than reading a blank imperial scripture!

"Buzz!"

Xu Changqing stretched out his palm, and a small universe appeared in his hand, containing the corpses of many living beings. Then, his Great Dao of Reincarnation evolved, giving life to those weak corpses and bringing together the primordial spirits and memory fragments hidden within their bodies.

Then it was reborn, that new life...

The primordial spirit directly entered a huge black hole, crossed an ancient bridge, and began the cycle of reincarnation.

Finally, a new life emerges, and the memories are buried deep within the primordial spirit. It may awaken the memories of the past life, or it may not.

But when his primordial spirit and memories merge, he is still himself, yet he is not himself either.

Next, under the shocked gaze of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, Xu Changqing resurrected a person who should have died.

It was a girl dressed in a yellow dress. The girl had her eyes closed and her body was very ethereal. She lay quietly next to the Chaotic Ancient Emperor. Although she was ethereal, one could sense that she was about to be resurrected.

"Yan'er!" The ancient Emperor's unchanging Dao heart fluctuated, even violently, and his whole body trembled.

This was his lover, whom he witnessed being killed by his enemies years ago.

But now, he appears beside him in a phantom form. He has reversed time many times at the place where his lover fell, just to see her one last time.

"As you can see, once you become powerful enough, you can reflect a certain person from the long river of time," Xu Changqing said calmly.

At this moment, he was surrounded by countless Great Daos of Time, as if he were about to detach himself from the entire ancient history. At this moment, he was like a supreme immortal emperor, controlling all the heavens and surrounded by the Great Daos of Time.

He and the Empress had been observing the growth of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor, so they knew about his relatives and friends.

He and the Empress merely used the cultivation of a fourth-generation Heavenly Emperor to allow a mortal, who was not important to ancient history, to appear here briefly.

If it were the Empress's brother, even if Xu Changqing and she joined forces, they wouldn't be able to project a phantom image, because it's a two-way street.

The Empress is too important to ancient history. Her brother is destined to be unable to be resurrected unless he reaches the Immortal Emperor realm and opens up the heavens within his body, allowing her brother to be resurrected in her inner world.

Five seconds later, Xu Changqing could no longer hold on. With a loud bang, the terrifying laws of time went mad, and the illusory girl exploded in an instant, turning into fragments of time that scattered all around and disappeared as light.

The entire desolate forbidden land was engulfed in a time storm. The Great Accomplished Holy Body instantly hid far away, fearing that the power of time would affect him and cause his hard-earned lifespan to disappear.

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor's expression also changed drastically; he simply couldn't withstand this terrifying Great Dao of Time.

"Buzz!"

The Empress took action, absorbing the supreme laws of time into her body, and the area calmed down.

In one of her past lives, she cultivated the Great Dao of Time, so she and Xu Changqing worked together to briefly reflect the lover of the Chaotic Ancient Emperor.

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor was utterly shocked. Such terrifying methods were no less than those of an immortal!

His face was resolute and unwavering as he declared, "I want to live, I want to become stronger!"

He originally had no goal in mind, because all his relatives and friends had died. If he hadn't consulted the two Heavenly Emperors, he wouldn't have wanted to live a second life.

Now that we know our loved ones can be resurrected, we can't waste the time we have left.

Having already seen the precedent set by Xu Changqing, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor began to consider his own lifespan.

Becoming an immortal? That's so far away.

But how will you know if you can succeed if you don't try?

He suffered countless defeats, transformed into a demonic embryo, and became an emperor in an unbelievable way.

This was a feat that was unique in all of history.

Soon, the desolate forbidden land fell silent.

The Chaotic Ancient Emperor began asking about the path to immortality again, but Xu Changqing and the Empress only said that they should explore it on their own, and that there was information about strange worlds that could weaken the passage of life.

He understood, and finally bowed deeply to the two Heavenly Emperors, who could be considered his masters.

He left the desolate forbidden land and used the remaining time to collect various Taoist techniques and formations, traversing one dangerous place after another.

He began preparing to live a second life. The elixir of immortality was found in the ancient forbidden land, but he had no intention of taking it. If he couldn't live a second life, then he would just die.

Since Xu Changqing and the Empress had already helped him so much, he was too embarrassed to ask for the elixir of immortality.

"I want to live on and on, life after life. Even if I can't survive, I will try to break down the barriers between worlds!"

"Enter the wondrous world described by the two Heavenly Emperors!"

P.S.: The term "Red Dust Immortal" refers to someone who attained immortality in an era when it was impossible to become an immortal, hence the name.

However, although the Chaotic Ancient Emperor possessed great perseverance and talent, he could not live on like the protagonist and the Empress, life after life.

The only option is for him to navigate the strange world on his own.

Chapter 167 The Second Life

Having found a reason to live, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor naturally decided to use any means necessary to live out his second life.

In his first incarnation, he cannot yet sense the existence of the world barrier, but he should be able to in his second incarnation.

Whether he can live to be reborn a third time is still unknown.

In the time that followed, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor began to study various scriptures and used his remaining time to observe the divine origins of the world's most outstanding talents.

In the desolate forbidden land, he obtained the Undying Heavenly Art, a technique specifically designed to counter the Devouring Heaven Demon Art, belonging to the second incarnation of the Empress.

This is the technique by which the Empress transformed from an acquired chaotic body to an innate chaotic body; even her killing techniques are terrifyingly powerful.

"I used the techniques of the three Great Emperors to transform into a demonic embryo. Could I then comprehend how to transform from the demonic embryo into a divine body, or perhaps another physique, to live out my next life?" Emperor Chaos wondered.

The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor, in his mortal form, created the Supreme Ruthless Body, possessing absolute suppressive power and absolute crushing pressure. It is unknown what kind of physique he had in his second and third incarnations.

But the fourth incarnation is a chaotic entity.

"The Empress had two incarnations with chaotic bodies. She didn't know about her third incarnation. In her fourth incarnation, without the symbol of her special physique, she severed her chaotic body, transformed into a mortal body, and lived out her fourth incarnation?"

While studying countless scriptures, the Chaotic Ancient Emperor pondered the path of transformation for the two Heavenly Emperors.

Although the two Heavenly Emperors didn't say it, after a period of observation and consultation, and even the scene of the three discussing the Dao, he had already vaguely deduced it.

He himself transformed from a mortal body into a demonic embryo, so the path to immortality through physical transformation is very suitable for him!

"Could I combine my demonic fetus with my divine fetus to create a divine-demonic body, becoming a unique physique in the world?"

The Chaotic Emperor thought this way, and the more he thought about it, the more promising it seemed.

However, without practical experience, having only theory is unlikely to be effective. But how will you know if you can do it if you don't try?

"If I can think this way, then countless ancient emperors throughout the ages have probably thought of this as well." Soon, he came to terms with reality.

But none of the ancient emperors and kings could do it.

He didn't think he was any stronger, nor could he be sure that those ancient emperors and great emperors were fools. If he could think of it, why couldn't others?