He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

Besides his physical strength, his divine form, his use of secret techniques, his understanding of secret realms and the origin of law all surpassed the limits of a normal young emperor!

He is a Limit Breaker, not even counting his Great Dao of Destiny, which is practically the most forbidden of all forbidden Daos. Once he uses it, the battle becomes meaningless and will end immediately.

In terms of comprehending the Great Dao, at this stage of severing the Dao, all the great emperors and celestial beings of the past would have to bow down to him, and the difference would not be small at all, because this is his strongest advantage, without exception!

It wasn't until Zhou Qing had comprehended all the Dao and Dharma of the Undying Emperor during his Dao-Severing period that he unleashed his full power, even using the Pure Land of the Gods to directly cover this area and bring the Undying Phoenix into the domain he had completely mastered.

What followed was an unbelievable crushing defeat. If the details of this battle were known to the various races of the universe, especially those who once worshipped the Immortal Emperor, their faith would probably collapse.

A phoenix spread its wings and struck the sky, its vast expanse filled with phoenix flames that burned fiercely, seemingly capable of incinerating the heavens.

However, in Zhou Qing's Pure Land of Gods, the Yama's Calamity Water surged out of the void in an instant, extinguishing the endless Phoenix Flame. Furthermore, countless divine trees of light, boundless star fields, and rivers of divine light fell down, creating terrifying fluctuations everywhere in the world. Anyone who saw it would change color; it was impossible for it to remain unaffected.

Finally, with a single finger from the Shadow of the Gods, one after another, the Great Dao Gods rushed into the shattered body of the Undying Emperor.

All the great deities rushed into the Undying Emperor's origin, suppressing his original Dao principles and preventing him from ever using the Nirvana Rebirth Divine Art again. Finally, he turned into a bolt of lightning and dissipated.

Chapter 192 Three Essences

The immortal emperor's youthful form had vanished, but Zhou Qing's heart was in his throat.

This wasn't due to the Immortal Emperor, but rather because the next person to appear was somewhat unpredictable to him, mainly because he couldn't determine the strength of that next person.

He could naturally guess who the next person to appear would be—it would undoubtedly be the Emperor.

However, whether he was the young man he was when he was the last of the Nine Heavenly Venerables, or the young man he was when his second life began, the difference between the two is enormous.

If it were the young body of the first incarnation, that would be fine. Although the combat power would be very strong, for Zhou Qing, who had already defeated all the previous Great Emperors and Ancient Sovereigns, the young bodies of the Nine Heavenly Venerables would not make him worry even before he had seen them.

However, if this is the second incarnation of a young man, Zhou Qing felt that it should not be called the Young Celestial Venerable, but rather the Celestial Venerable Returning to His Youth!

Without the restrictions of the Eight Forbidden Rules, it is impossible to imagine how much combat power one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables could unleash if he returned to his youth.

Logically speaking, even if one were to live a second life, it would be impossible to leave two Dao images imprinted between heaven and earth, since in essence, they are clearly one person.

The problem is that when the Emperor lived his second life, he abandoned all divine arts, laws, and even cultivation, and appeared directly in the form of an infant.

He abandoned all the Dao Fruits from his first life, including things like sealing them within his body and fusing two Dao Fruits together!

In his second life, he did that precisely to surpass his first self, so naturally he wouldn't leave behind even the slightest trace of his Dao fruit.

It was precisely because he had cut down the Emperor so cleanly that Zhou Qing was unsure whether the Great Dao would treat the Emperor as another person.

Treat the young body of the second incarnation of the Emperor as a completely new person, and imprint the Dao image on him once again.

After all, the Great Dao has no self-awareness; it only operates according to the rules. According to the rules, the Emperor's second incarnation could indeed be regarded as a completely new person by the Great Dao.

As for Zhou Qing, if he were truly the young Emperor in his second life, then without a doubt, he would be an unimaginably terrifying enemy. He could not be considered a pure young Heavenly Venerable at all, because he would certainly not have lost his cultivation experience from his first life. If he returned to his youth, he would definitely push himself to the limit in every aspect.

"No matter which incarnation appears next, we must fight to find out who is stronger!" Zhou Qing's gaze was firm, without the slightest wavering.

He has embarked on what is arguably the most difficult path in history, so there is no way he can back down!

He is not the kind of person who would give up at the slightest setback, and such a person would never have gone down the path he did.

Enemy ahead, just cut them down!

From the moment he condensed the Dao Fruit under the Fusang Divine Tree, he knew that this tribulation would not be easy for him to overcome, because it had completely exceeded the limits of this realm.

If one lowers their Dao fruit level out of fear of heavenly tribulation, that is true cowardice, and they will never have hope of attaining the Dao in their lifetime!

For an entire year, he was in a state of profound enlightenment, and coupled with his already exceptionally high level of comprehension, he...

He unleashed three different Dao Fruits after their super transformations!

The different auras that the people of the Ancient Sun Cult felt in Tang Valley were none other than Zhou Qing condensing his ultimate Dao Fruit.

Sever the Dao! Sever the Dao!

Forge your own path, walk your own way, and achieve a unique and extraordinary result!

In Zhou Qing's view, it would be more accurate to say that he severed three essences rather than three Dao fruits.

Each of the three essences is uniquely connected to him, transcending the physical body, primordial spirit, mind, and many other aspects, truly confirming that he is himself and not someone else.

The first type is called the Origin and Flow of the Dao, which he transcended from the Dao Fruit of "all Daos as subjects, my Dao as emperor".

Nine months ago, all the Daoist thoughts he had generated through the "One Thought Blossoms" technique eventually returned to his body.

After that, the people of Tanggu felt a mythical, origin-like aura for three months. It was the aura that he unconsciously emitted during the process of condensing his Dao Fruit.

With just this one ultimate Dao Fruit, he swept past one ordinary Great Emperor or Ancient Emperor after another. Even though the Daos unleashed by those Great Emperors were equally powerful, and some even transcended the myriad Daos, the Dao Fruit that suppressed the myriad Daos was useless, as he had long since surpassed that level.

The second type is the Ancestor of Destiny, who transcended the Great Dao of Destiny. The reason why it became the second Dao Fruit and was not classified into the first type is because after it transcended the Great Dao of Destiny, it already had the flavor of another system.

This Dao Fruit has no connection with his Secret Realm Technique. Even if he cultivates his Secret Realm Technique to a higher level, his use of the power of destiny will not change. Instead, he will need to have other insights to continue cultivating this Dao Fruit.

On this ancient road steeped in the passage of time, he used only the first type of Dao Fruit for ordinary emperors and ancient kings, without using any others.

Because even the first type of Dao Fruit was enough to overpower ordinary Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors, the difference was so great that he could even control the situation of the battle until he had almost fully comprehended the Dao and Dharma of this Ancient Emperor. Then he would unleash the full power of the Dao Fruit to end the battle.

Only those with physiques far surpassing those of ordinary emperors, such as the Azure Emperor, the Beginningless One, and the Undying Emperor, are his best opponents, capable of fiercely battling him even when he is only using one Dao Fruit.

The only thing Zhou Qing regretted was that, in the midst of his excitement during the battle with Wushi, he even used his second Dao Fruit. This was a regret, because when he used the power of destiny, he directly ended the battle.

The merging of the two Dao Fruits directly negated the training effect for him, how could he not feel regret?

After all, no matter how strong he is, he still needs to hone his combat experience!

Therefore, after the beginningless period, he never used the power of the second Dao Fruit again. Even in the battle with the ruthless man, when he was tricked to the point of losing his physical body, he restrained his impulse.

Otherwise, once the Dao Fruit of the Ancestor of Destiny is revealed, he will be able to calculate the fate of the entire battle, past and future, clearly, and there will be no way to hone oneself.

As we all know, besides the orthodox method of the Secret Realm, there are two other independent systems in this world.

The first category is Celestial Masters. Cultivation in secret realm techniques is meaningful but not very significant to them because their celestial abilities are calculated using a different system.

Chapter 193 Besides the orthodox law, there are two other independent systems

However, Zhou Qing discovered that there was a big problem with this lineage!

When he was a child, he had met some novice fortune tellers in a city near the Zhou family's territory. He had even worked as a fortune teller and interpreter for a period of time himself.

During those months, he set up a stall in the same place as those old people. He became accustomed to their methods of interpreting divination slips and grew increasingly curious about the connection between the power of celestial secrets and the power of his destiny.

Later, he searched through many ancient books related to the Celestial Masters in his clan, and eventually he discovered that the Celestial Masters, when they reached the pinnacle of their cultivation, could truly touch the power of destiny!

However, no matter what, they can only use the power of fate to see the past and calculate the future, but they cannot use the power of fate to make any changes to it!

That's why Zhou Qing was interested in the methods used by hundreds of generations of celestial strategists in the Ziwei Divine Dynasty over the past tens of thousands of years to reverse cause and effect. He was curious whether they were using the power of fate or the power of cause and effect beneath it.

There seems to be a kind of limitation in the dark: people can glimpse fate and deduce all sorts of things through fate, but they are not allowed to use the power of fate to do other things.

Although he possessed many of the Great Emperors' scriptures, he discovered that even the Great Emperors seemed to be in the same situation. He could see that some of their scriptures touched upon the Great Dao of Destiny, but they could only use them to deduce things and could not use them to do anything else.

It seemed as if, in some mysterious way, only he was allowed to use the power of fate, but it was also different, because he did not feel any will that allowed or disallowed him. He simply saw the thread of fate, then fiddled with it slightly, and that was all, quite naturally.

His second Dao Fruit belongs to a system that transcends the lineage of the Heavenly Mystery Masters and can be vaguely described as another system that builds upon the power of destiny. However, Zhou Qing has not yet created any cultivation methods for it.

This was not easy, because Zhou Qing really had no reference materials at all before this.

Some powers and some substances have always existed in this world. They were not created by anyone, nor were they left for anyone. Whether one can obtain them depends entirely on oneself.

The fact that no one has figured out how to use the power of destiny over such a long period of time is enough to illustrate how arduous this path is.

Zhou Qing's only advantage is that, unknowingly, he seems to have already achieved a certain level of attainment in this system. Perhaps in the future, when his understanding is higher, he may be able to truly open up a path, but he is not qualified yet.

In the universe, besides the orthodox system of Secret Realm Techniques, there are two other independent systems: one is the Celestial Master, and the other is the Source Master.

For those in the Source Arts lineage, the cultivation of Secret Realm Techniques is also meaningful, but not very significant, because their Source Arts power also has another method of evolution.

Moreover, the power of this lineage is not restricted by the Eight Forbidden Rules. As long as the Source Technique realm is high enough, coupled with a good terrain, such as the Immortal Transformation Pool, even a Dragon Transformation realm cultivator can rely on Source Technique to fight against a peak Immortal Second Realm cultivator.

Even for those from true families specializing in Origin Arts, their family...

Within the clan, they have never referred to themselves by the cultivation level of the Secret Realm Technique, but rather by the cultivation system of the Source Technique.

Among them, the Source King, also known as the Source Earth Master, is equivalent to a Great Power in terms of combat strength. Even on ordinary lands in the Northern Region, without any special terrain, he can unleash the power of a Great Power.

As for their cultivation level in the Secret Realm Technique, they didn't care much, since they were on two different paths.

That's why Zhou Qing valued the Source Book so much when he entered Zishan. Moreover, he didn't value the source-exploring techniques within it, as those were minor techniques that he didn't even consider. What was truly important were the other Daoist methods within the Source Book.

In fact, the Book of Origin does not discuss cultivation methods at all. It emphasizes examining the terrain, the structure of the landform, and the changes in celestial phenomena. It involves Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and even the method of interaction between heaven and man. It is mysterious and difficult to understand.

If this system continues to evolve and its content is constantly added, and its scope extends from external objects to itself, it will become the Way of the Field, a system of equal status to the Secret Realm Law, which can lead to the highest heavens.

At first, Zhou Qing had considered whether he could evolve a Dao Fruit of the Dao of the Domain through the Origin Heaven Book, but unfortunately he did not succeed until he reached the Dao-Severing stage.

His talent in Source Arts is quite good; at least in this universe and this era, it should be considered top-tier talent. Becoming a Source Master step by step shouldn't be a problem. In fact, he is already a Source Earth Master.

The Origin Master... needs the approval of heaven and earth, and needs to collect the fragments of laws contained within tens of thousands of dragon veins.

After achieving great power, he frequently appeared in various parts of the Eastern Wilderness, fighting against all sorts of Saint Lord-level figures. This was not only to find the path to severing the Dao, but also to continuously collect fragments of the laws of the Dragon Vein. After several years of accumulation, he finally became a Source Master.

Before the age of twenty, he had already become a Source Master, making him a top-tier genius in the Source Arts lineage. If the Beidou Source King lineage knew this news, their beliefs would probably collapse in shock.

However, compared to his speed of cultivating the Secret Realm Technique, his progress in Source Technique was too slow, and his talent in Source Technique could not be considered truly at its peak. To be a supreme being in this universe was not a commendable talent.

That's why he couldn't evolve the Source Technique into the Domain Technique, nor could he condense the Dao Fruit of the Domain Technique; he truly lacked that talent.

Only that genius from later generations, whose field evolution speed was much faster than that of pollen road, whose field talent was unparalleled in the endless universe and countless eras, could achieve that. In any case, he could not condense a field Dao fruit.

Aside from the two independent systems besides the Secret Realm Technique, he only managed to condense the Dao Fruit of the Ancestor of Destiny, the Origin Technique lineage, which is somewhat regrettable.

However, Zhou Qing also revealed a third essence.

Yes, the third possibility is that the people of Tanggu thought nothing happened during the last three months, but in reality, it was just that they couldn't see or touch it.

This third essence is truly mysterious and powerful. Zhou Qing felt that this third essence was most connected to him, but after he unleashed it, even he himself didn't know what to call it.

Even after he slashed it, he himself didn't know how to use it.

It was cut, yet it seemed as if it hadn't been cut at all.

He felt that this third essence contained something too extraordinary. Once it truly erupted, even describing it as earth-shattering would be an understatement.

Moreover, He cannot be described with words like terrifying or horrible, because He is not a destructive force, but a mysterious force that is almost legendary and impossible to manifest in reality.

However, no matter how strong He is, if Zhou Qing doesn't know how to use Him, it's the same as having nothing at all.

Currently, he can only utilize the first two Dao Fruits, each of which stands at the pinnacle and is enough to propel him to an invincible position.

With this in mind, he calmed down again regarding the upcoming battle with the Emperor.