A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

Lin Xiu signaled to Princess Wanlong not to defend.

Princess Wanlong frowned, relaxed her body, and faced the phantom of the true dragon. She and Lin Xiu were quickly enveloped by the phantom of the true dragon.

........

As the phantom of the true dragon swept over them, the scene before their eyes instantly changed.

Countless fragmented images surged in from all directions, like a broken river of time, completely engulfing the two.

Those are... fragments of the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality's memory.

That's right!

Lin Xiu successfully recreated the memory fragments of the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality by utilizing the terrifying properties of the Primordial Ancient Characters!

Immortal Kings are beings that are difficult to completely annihilate. Even if they lose consciousness and become elixirs of immortality, they still retain some basic life characteristics.

If one uses extraordinary means, even the elixir of immortality could potentially bring someone back to life.

Of course, that's still too far removed from Lin Xiu's current situation.

All Lin Xiu can do now is to retrieve the soul fragments lost from the True Dragon Immortal Elixir, and take the opportunity to comprehend the Great Dao before the Chaotic Ancient Era, in order to aid his own enlightenment.

Moreover... it is only applicable to the True Dragon Immortality Elixir.

Lin Xiu had tried other elixirs of immortality, such as the Chaos Immortal Gourd, but the memory fragments he obtained were far too few to piece together any real images.

[Sigh~ If it weren't for the deep connection between the ancient dragon-character symbol and the True Dragon Immortal Elixir, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to glimpse the fragments of the True Dragon Immortal Elixir's memories.]

Lin Xiu sighed and controlled the primordial ancient characters to present the most complete fragments of memory.

.......

Before the Princess of Ten Thousand Dragons could explore further, she had already entered one of the larger fragments.

The first memory fragment is the scene of the Immortal King undergoing his tribulation.

Beneath the starry sky, an invincible figure, unmatched throughout history, stands between heaven and earth. His vital energy is unparalleled, and his physical body is truly peerless.

Under the Celestial King Tribulation, that invincible figure rose and fell repeatedly, eventually breaking through the barrier to become a king and ascending to the Celestial Realm.

The second fragment depicts the scene of a celestial king from another realm knocking on the gate.

Beyond the formidable pass, in the boundless abyss, a Dark Immortal King knocked on the gate, his enormous body blotting out the sky. With a single palm strike, he shattered a world.

During this time, supreme beings were born, slaying stars like rain; true immortals waged war, their sword light piercing the nine heavens; and even more so, immortal kings descended to earth, sweeping away the chaos of the heavens.

The battle between the Immortal Kings of the Immortal Realm and the Immortal Kings of the Other Realm was incredibly fierce, with fragments of the world falling like snowflakes and even the Great Dao withering away!

Princess Wanlong was mesmerized. She had never seen such a magnificent sight before. The mere aura released by those powerful figures who could tear apart the starry sky with a wave of their hand was enough to make her tremble.

Because each of them far surpasses her father, the emperor!

However, what terrified her even more was what followed: the third fragment depicted the scene of the Immortal King's fall.

In the Boundary Sea, countless corpses lay scattered, some belonging to creatures from other realms, and others to cultivators from the Immortal Realm.

During this time, shrouds flew through the sky, carrying away the spirits of the heavens. War drums filled the air, mingling with the celestial king's horns to herald war.

In a vast universe shattered on one of the battlefields of the main front.

The shattered fragments of the world floated in the void, a testament to the devastation of the occupation.

The blood of the Immortal King stretched across the heavens and earth like a galaxy, some golden, some red, some black. Each drop was as heavy as a small world, causing the surrounding space to crack continuously.

Several colossal figures, each radiating an overwhelming aura capable of crushing the universe, were scattered around the area. Some wielded ancient swords, others held spears, and still others formed hand seals, tightly surrounding a golden figure in the center.

That golden figure... was a golden divine dragon who had cultivated to the Immortal King realm.

He was incredibly powerful, invincible for an entire era, and had personally slain several immortal kings from other realms in past battles.

It was precisely because of his terrifying and unparalleled combat power that he was targeted and besieged by the Immortal King of another realm.

After a fierce battle, he suffered extremely serious injuries.

Even so, he inflicted heavy losses on his enemies. At this moment, half a head was hanging from his dragon claw—the head of an immortal king, whom he had just killed in the encirclement.

The True Dragon Immortal King held its head high, golden arcs of electricity crackling around its horns, each flash causing the Boundary Sea to tremble, clearly displaying a desperate stance.

Because... there were five immortal kings standing opposite him.

Faced with this situation, he was already prepared to die!

"Ang ang ang!~"

After a dragon's roar, the True Dragon Immortal King transformed into a golden bolt of lightning and pounced on the nearest alien Immortal King.

The alien immortal king who was locked on changed his expression drastically and hastily summoned his ancient sword to block. However, the True Dragon Immortal King directly crushed the sword's light, tearing half of his body apart along with it.

"Ah!~"

With a shrill scream, the immortal body of that alien immortal king exploded, and its remains fell into the Boundary Sea.

"presumptuous!"

A three-headed, six-armed celestial king from another realm flew into a rage, unleashing six celestial weapons at once. The True Dragon Celestial King, with his tattered dragon body, managed to withstand three of them, but the other three pierced his chest, causing golden celestial blood to rain down.

Finally, under the siege of several Immortal King giants and supreme Immortal Kings, the True Dragon Immortal King came to his end.

"Boom!~"

The dragon's horn shattered, releasing boundless celestial light.

That light was more dazzling than a thousand suns, and more terrifying than the tribulation of a Celestial King.

Wherever the celestial light passed, the void was burned to nothingness, and the Great Dao and weapons of the immortal kings of the alien realms scattered. The two immortal kings of the alien realms, trapped by the True Dragon Trapping Heaven Technique, did not even have time to scream before they were completely swallowed by the celestial light.

Two more immortal kings from other realms have fallen!

The remaining immortal kings from other realms went completely mad. Amidst the embers of immortal light, and surrounded and attacked by the furious attacks of several other immortal kings, the True Dragon Immortal King perished.

.........

Seeing her kin perish, Princess Wanlong was deeply grieved, and a wave of sorrow washed over her.

However, before there was even time to grieve, the fourth fragment arrived in quick succession.

The fourth fragment... depicts the scene of Heaven's Will descending with a single strike.

The sky cracked open, and an invisible blade of divine will fell, as if it were a sigh from heaven and earth.

Wherever the sword light passed, the laws of immortality crumbled inch by inch. Some supreme beings roared to the sky in an attempt to resist, but the moment they touched the sword light, countless years of their lifespan were cut off, and they perished directly due to the end of their lifespan.

Some immortal beings refused to submit, but their foundation for immortality was severed, resulting in a significant decrease in both their lifespan and combat power.

With a single stroke of Heaven's Will, all those below the level of Immortal King suffered severe consequences.

Many Celestial Kings have left this vast universe, while many others, in special circumstances and without even the ability to leave, have been transformed under the blade of Heaven's Will. Some have become ancient pines, some have condensed into divine lotuses, and some have become sacred trees, living up to their former glory.

From then on, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, or rather, in the vast universe of Shrouding the Heavens, immortality became extremely rare, the path of immortality became difficult to maintain, and it became very difficult for any immortal kings to be born again.

........

Princess Wanlong's pupils constricted sharply. Why did she feel that this scene was somewhat similar to Weiwei's "Path to Immortality"? It was just that the power was many times stronger.

Of course, what the Princess of Ten Thousand Dragons cared about most was the situation regarding the True Dragon Immortality Elixir.

After his fall, his memories of the True Dragon Elixir of Immortality became quite vague; he could only vaguely recall it.

However, correspondingly, the continuity of memory is much stronger than before.

The True Dragon Immortal Elixir felt its existence being reshaped, gradually transforming into a small golden dragon-shaped tree.

Over the long years that followed, the dragon-shaped sapling wandered and followed several beings who could protect it.

Ultimately, the True Dragon Elixir took root deep within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, beside the coffin of the most powerful empress.

Nourished by the dragon's energy, the True Dragon Immortal Elixir felt stronger than ever before, but... it was no longer the Immortal King it once was.

Time passed, and the True Dragon Immortal Medicine lived a muddled life with the intelligence of a child. Even when it was attracted by Lin Xiu's ancient will of the Supreme Emperor, it didn't think much of it... It was just about following another young cultivator with supreme potential. As long as it was provided with food and lodging, that was fine.

However........

It still underestimated the changes this choice would bring.

Having only lived there for a few days... the boy walked up to it with a grin and injected four strange things into its body.

Then, it obtained some fragments of past memories from the miraculous liquid that was essentially its own blood.

Because of its low intelligence, the True Dragon Immortal Elixir did not know what this meant, and was simply instinctively tracing back to its past.

The more they traced back to the past, the more they realized Lin Xiu's importance.

While those ancient emperors and great rulers were indeed powerful, they were still far inferior to Lin Xiu in terms of being "unique".

Therefore, the True Dragon Immortal Medicine has made up its mind that as long as Lin Xiu does not die, it will stick with Lin Xiu, eat Lin Xiu's food, live in Lin Xiu's place, get along well with Lin Xiu, and even let Lin Xiu eat its fruit.

As long as... Lin Xiu can continue to help it awaken more memory fragments!

.......

Princess Wanlong was unable to glean any information about the True Dragon Elixir's feelings for Lin Xiu from the fragmented memories; she only knew that the True Dragon Elixir valued Lin Xiu highly.

Before long, this fantastical journey came to an end, and Princess Wanlong opened her eyes again.

"So that's what they call 'immortals'?"

Princess Wanlong's eyes were filled with emotion.

She finally understood that the so-called immortal was both a powerful realm and a state of longevity. And even such a powerful immortal could perish!

Of course, the most important thing... is that we have a clear path forward.

Princess Wanlong could finally tell herself definitively that the immortality sought by the world was not an illusion! As long as one could keep climbing upwards, one could become an immortal!

"The princess seems to have realized something?"

Beside Princess Wanlong, Lin Xiu asked with a smile.

He didn't feel much about it, because he had already seen it many times before bringing Princess Wanlong in, and even comprehended the Dao through it.

"Yes, thanks to Brother Tuolin, I have indeed gained some insights." Princess Wanlong pursed her red lips and nodded deeply.

"I realized that I was too narrow-minded before."

"Becoming an emperor is important, but... becoming an emperor is not the end for cultivators, and even becoming an immortal is not."

"It was ridiculous of me to be so attached to such illusory things in the past."