A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

As he flew, sensing the mysterious spatial tides around him and comprehending the spatial principles of this world, he gradually ventured deeper into the dark sea.

Just one month after Yunhua entered the Dark Sea, he finally encountered a living being—"Ah!!"

A piercing shriek rang in Yunhua's ears instantly.

Suddenly, a strange creature, entirely black and resembling a bat, materialized out of thin air from the spatial waves. As soon as it appeared, it brandished its sharp claws and lunged at Yunhua.

"A strange bat?" Yun Hua's eyes shifted, and the space around him immediately began to stir.

Almost instantly, the jet-black, bat-like creature silently disintegrated into the void waves.

"Ah!", "Ah!", "Ah!"...

Bats are naturally social creatures. After the first strange bat was dealt with, more strange bats appeared in the void, charging towards Yunhua fearlessly.

With a wave of Yunhua's hand, a ball of scorching flame flew out, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of strange bats were burned to ashes. Even their claws and tails, which were comparable to divine weapons of the Dao, disappeared in the flames.

The Strange Bats are special creatures born from the unique environment of the Dark Sea. They are of low intelligence, almost like wild beasts in the mortal world, and have a very short lifespan.

Even if they possess the strength of the World Realm, they cannot live for more than three hundred years. Once their lifespan is over, they will naturally turn to ashes.

There is only one possibility to increase lifespan: a leap in the level of life.

The lowest-ranking black strange bats can only live for three hundred years, while the higher-ranking silver strange bats can live for a Chaos Era, and the highest-ranking golden strange bats can live forever.

Of course, the golden bat is extremely rare, and its entire body is a treasure. It is often killed quickly by other Dao Lords of Life and Death after it appears, and its skin and bones are sold for money.

"These strange bats are quite interesting creatures, but I wonder if I'll ever encounter a golden one."

"However, I've almost fully grasped the principles of space here. I'll slowly work through the rest in the flying boat!" Yunhua said finally, then took out a flying boat.

This was also an eternal divine weapon-level flying boat that he had obtained while exploring ruins over the previous century.

These flying boats maintain a speed five times the limit of the Heavenly Dao, and it only takes a little over two hundred years to cross this dark sea.

"You can take turns controlling the flying boat!" Yun Hua waved his hand casually, and more than a dozen male and female World Realm cultivators flew out of his cave.

Having roamed the vast and chaotic universe for so long, traversing countless places and demonstrating his strength on numerous occasions, it's no wonder that some people are willing to follow him.

Yunhua sometimes needs some subordinates to handle troublesome matters, such as gathering intelligence, collecting information, or even acting as "drivers" to control the flying boat when traveling.

He had more than a dozen World Realm followers in his cave, and now he could release them all.

"Yes, Master!" The leader immediately took control of the flying boat and steered it forward in the dark sea.

"Boom!!" The flying boat soared through the dark sea at an overwhelming speed. It quickly broke through the Heavenly Dao's speed limit and continued to increase its speed. It finally stabilized when it reached five times the Heavenly Dao's limit and began to maintain this speed.

Yunhua quietly took out some wine and sat down beside the gunwale of the flying boat, savoring the wine while carefully sensing the space and sea outside.

Time passes slowly.

In this dark sea, the most common creatures are strange bats. On average, you can encounter a large-scale attack by strange bats every three to five days, and even every two or three years, you can see silver strange bats.

This silver bat was no less powerful than any peak World Realm expert, and even slightly stronger than a typical peak World Realm expert; however, such power was no match for Yun Hua. With a casual area-of-effect attack, he crushed the silver bat and the black bats it commanded together.

Time flies, and two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The journey was peaceful, without any particular danger. The most common creatures encountered were the silver bats, and there were some less common creatures, but they were not as dangerous as the silver bats.

For two hundred years, Yunhua's dozen or so followers took turns being his drivers, which is why the flying boat was able to maintain a high speed.

However, Yunhua often gave them pointers and even passed down some of the techniques and inheritances he had obtained as rewards for them.

Of course, this was what they looked forward to most, because their pursuit of the strong was essentially about benefiting from their status. Over the course of two hundred years, the strength of these followers had all increased to varying degrees.

However, Yunhua's cultivation level increased the fastest.

Basically, every few years, his followers could sense that Yunhua's aura was becoming more and more unfathomable, and they couldn't even imagine what level Yunhua's cultivation had reached.

Yunhua himself had already confirmed that he could break through to the level of a third-step Dao Lord at any time; however, because he was currently in the perilous Dark Sea, he had not broken through directly.

On this very day, the flying boat suddenly trembled, and Yunhua, who was immersed in cultivation, opened her eyes.

"Having crossed the Sea of ​​Darkness, I can now break through to the Third Step Dao Lord realm!" Yun Hua gave the order, then immediately entered the cave to begin his breakthrough. Zhehu Star was the closest spacetime teleportation array to the Heavenly Azure Palace.

Chapter 1084 Arrival at the Heavenly Palace

On that very day, the light from the space-time teleportation array shone, and then Yunhua's figure appeared within it.

As soon as he appeared, the aura of a Dao Lord instantly spread out, frightening the surrounding Ancestral Gods and Immortals into silence.

"Now that we're here, we're closer to the Heavenly Azure Palace!" Yun Hua waved his hand, and a flying boat appeared.

He immediately entered the flying boat, and then the flying boat soared into the sky.

Now, all it takes is a few days to fly in the airship, then through a natural spatial vortex to reach the area where the Heavenly Palace is located. After that, another month's journey by airship will take you to your destination.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and soon Yunhua arrived at the Tiancang Great World.

Standing in the vast world of Tiancang, Yunhua could see the continuous palace complex on the mountain peaks, appearing and disappearing in the clouds and mist. He knew in his heart that this was Tiancang Palace.

"Whoosh!" Yunhua flew directly towards Tiancang Palace.

The Heavenly Azure World does not prohibit air travel, so flying is possible; however, even though this Eternal Realm prohibits air travel, Yunhua's current strength is sufficient to contend with it.

Soon, when Yunhua arrived near the main gate of Tiancang Palace, he found that some figures had already gathered there, and standing at the front were three cultivators exuding the aura of Dao Lords.

The leader was an old man dressed in tattered robes, but Yunhua could tell at a glance that this was not his true self, but merely one of his avatars.

"This... fellow Daoist, do you possess a summoning token from my Heavenly Azure Palace?" The elderly man at the head, dressed in tattered robes, asked with some surprise and uncertainty.

This is a powerful Dao Lord in front of me, and judging from his aura, he is close to the edge of the Dao Integration stage. Who issued the guiding order to this kind of cultivator?

The Heavenly Azure Palace only issues one Guiding Token per member in their lifetime. These tokens are mostly used to guide friends, relatives, or disciples. Who would be foolish enough to guide a Dao Lord on the verge of Dao Integration? Wouldn't that be a waste?

The invitation doesn't guarantee that the other party will join the Heavenly Palace; there's still room for refusal.

Yunhua nodded, casually took out the guiding token from the Northern Xiu World God, and said, "Where is the guide? The Northern Xiu World God asked me to tell you that he was killed by the three divine beasts, the Black Dragon."

"What?! The three divine beasts, Wu Jiao, how dare they!!"

"Damn those three Black Dragon Divine Beasts! Do they think my Heavenly Azure Palace has no one to rely on? I, Siming, will go and wipe them out right now!"

"Those three bastards, how dare they scheme against our brothers from the Heavenly Azure Palace! They're courting death!!"

In an instant, the crowd was filled with righteous indignation. The cultivators of the World Realm from Tiancang Palace became excited and clamored to destroy the three divine beasts, Wujiao.

However, the old man at the head of the group and a white-robed, blue-haired man beside him exchanged a glance. The blue-haired man nodded and said, "It is indeed Bei Xiu's summons."

Immediately, the old man instructed the several World Realm experts beside him: "Siming, Liandao, Xuliang, Yunyu, Fuyue, and Tiangang, the six of you who were closest to Beixiu back then, you shall go and destroy the three divine beasts, Wujiao!"

"Yes, Brother Tianyi!" Soon, the six World Gods behind him immediately came out and flew away into the distance.

"Please excuse my rudeness, fellow Daoist. Please come inside!" The elderly man at the head of the group, named "Tianyi," smiled and invited Yunhua into the Tiancang Palace as a guest.

"Brother Dao, you have traveled a long way to deliver a message for my brothers in the Heavenly Azure Palace. Your actions are truly noble," said the white-robed, blue-haired man beside him. "But why is Bei Xiu's guiding token in your hands?"

Upon hearing this, all the other world gods, as well as the Heavenly Dao Lord, turned to look at Yun Hua.

They also wanted to know why the other party had the guide order from the Northern Rest World God. Logically speaking, the Northern Rest World God would not have given such a thing to such a terrifying Dao Lord.

Yunhua said leisurely, "Back then, the God of the Northern World died near my hometown. Before he died, he left behind a ruin."

"Back when my cultivation was still weak, I received a benefit from the Northern Rest World God within those ruins, and this guiding token came from that."

"What!? You...you're not even old enough for a single Chaos Era?" The white-robed, blue-haired Daoist exclaimed in surprise.

They had already confirmed the time of death of the Northern World God, and by working backward, they could easily find out Yunhua's approximate age.

"You're from the Great Mo Domain, right? I remember now, I've heard Great Mo mention you. You're the Calamity Fire?" Just then, Tianyi spoke up from the side.

Back then, Daoist Tianyi once sought help from Daoist Damo. At that time, he took one of Daoist Damo's avatars into an extremely dangerous place; and it was during that time that Yunhua met Daoist Damo's true form.

The true form and the Dharma body are connected, and Da Mo naturally told Tianyi Daojun about Yunhua's affairs, so he knew about these things.

“Yes, it’s me!” Yunhua nodded.

“It’s unbelievable. When Da Mo told me about it, he said you were only at the World Realm. It’s only been a little over three hundred years, and you have already…” Tianyi Daojun became more and more shocked as he spoke.

"However, by chance, I gained something!" Yunhua said softly.

"Impressive, truly impressive!" Heavenly Dao Lord exclaimed in amazement.

He knew that Yunhua followed the path of fire, a path that was not very defensive, but whose attack power and explosive force were truly terrifying.

Although we don't know Yunhua's exact strength, his aura alone is no less than that of his true self.

If we really look at it, there's probably no one in the Eternal Realm of the Azure Sky who can rival him.

"So, besides telling us about Bei Xiu, what else did you come here for? Brother Dao, now that you have the invitation token of our Tiancang Palace, would you be willing to join our Tiancang Palace?"

Just then, the white-robed, blue-haired man spoke again.

This question once again struck a chord with many people.

The guiding token in Yunhua's hand is the only opportunity for the Northern Xiu World God to be guided. If the other party is unwilling to join, it is equivalent to wasting the Northern Xiu World God's only "opportunity".

But what organization wouldn't welcome someone who's almost at the pinnacle of Dao Lord status? Does he really need to join the Heavenly Azure Palace?

Yunhua nodded and said, "Join us!"

He didn't have any ill feelings towards the Heavenly Palace, because the Heavenly Palace didn't have any hierarchical titles, and its members were very loyal.

Most importantly, during his journey to Tiancang Palace, Yunhua had taken action on several occasions in the name of Tiancang Palace. In addition, since he had not joined any other forces, it would be good for him to join as well.

"Haha, welcome, Brother Jie Huo!!"

After deciding to join Tiancang Palace, the Tiancang Palace already considered Yunhua as one of their own.

Next came the welcoming banquet. Apart from those cultivators who were out adventuring or in seclusion and unable to come out, almost everyone from Tiancang Palace gathered there.

Everyone chatted freely. In the Heavenly Cang Palace, there was no distinction of rank; everyone addressed each other as brothers. Even a Dao Lord was simply called "Big Brother." The atmosphere here was very relaxed, far more relaxed than what Yun Hua had witnessed at the Great Mo Academy.

Chapter 1085 Shallow Foundation

During the banquet, Yunhua got to know most of the cultivators in Tiancang Palace, including the three current Dao Lords of Tiancang Palace—Tianyi, Yudou, and Yucan.

"Brother Jiehuo, my Heavenly Azure Palace is vast, and many of our cave dwellings are currently uninhabited. Please choose any one you like. All these cave dwellings are the same size, and you can modify the interior as you wish after you've made your selection!" After the banquet, the Heavenly Dao Lord's avatar directly led Yunhua to choose a cave dwelling.

"This one!" Yunhua didn't think much of it and randomly chose a cave dwelling.

"There's an initiation ceremony for joining our Heavenly Azure Palace. When do you plan to hold it?" Heavenly Dao Lord continued to ask.

"No need to waste so much time, let's do it in three days!" Yunhua replied.

"Okay! I'll pass the word on right away!" Tianyi nodded.

"There is one thing I would like to see all the supernatural texts and inheritances of Tiancang Palace. I wonder what price I will have to pay?" Yunhua suddenly asked.

“Divine abilities are very valuable in the outside world, and our Heavenly Azure Palace has naturally collected a lot of them,” said Heavenly Dao Lord with a smile.

"The entire Tiancang Domain has been under the management of our Tiancang Palace for countless years. We are the holy land of the entire Tiancang Domain, with abundant supernatural powers and secret techniques."

"Just the methods and inheritances below the Dao Lord level alone would cost at least 60 million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid to buy them all at market price."

The more Tianyi Daojun spoke, the more smug he became, "However, my brothers within the Tiancang Palace only need three million cubic meters of Chaos Spirit Liquid."

"What about the Dao Lord's legacy?" Yunhua asked.

When the topic of Dao Lord's inheritance came up, Tianyi Dao Lord became somewhat embarrassed: "We have far fewer Dao Lord's inheritance here, less than ten portions, and some of them were left by me and some of my brothers from history."

"After all, the foundation of Tiancang Palace is still far inferior to that of Dao Alliance or Ji Ning's Mangya Kingdom in the original work..." Yun Hua had already gained some understanding of this. Tiancang Palace's foundation was considered quite profound among many realms because it had been established for a very long time.

However, compared to super powers like the Dao Alliance or Mangya Kingdom, which have a ruler in charge, the gap is far too large.

“Brother Jiehuo, we in Tiancang Palace are incredibly kind to our brothers. However, there are conditions for browsing the inheritance of a Dao Lord level cultivator,” Tianyi Dao Lord continued.

"What are the conditions?" Yunhua asked.

Tianyi Daojun said, "If it is a world realm below Daojun, we will examine whether his path conforms to the inheritance; but if it is a brother who is also a Daojun who wants to watch, then he must bring out an inheritance of the same Daojun level."

"Brother Jiehuo, after the initiation ceremony, as long as you present a Dao Lord-level inheritance, you can view all the divine abilities and techniques of our Tiancang Palace!"

Finally, Tianyi Daojun said, "Moreover, the inheritance you presented can be viewed by me and Yu Dou, and even by other brothers of Tiancang Palace in the future after they reach the required level."

“I understand!” Yunhua nodded.

He possesses over a dozen Dao Lord-level inheritances, including those of the Myriad Gods Dao Lord and the "Fire Source Chapter," which is infinitely close to the ultimate Dao.

Furthermore, along the way, they found various inheritances and even obtained spoils from killing other Dao Lords.

The number of Dao Lord-level inheritances he possesses far exceeds the number of inheritances that can be freely sold within the Heavenly Azure Palace; of course, the number of inheritances below the Dao Lord level also far exceeds the number of inheritances within the Heavenly Azure Palace.

Of course, Yunhua also understood the reason why he possessed so many things. It was because he was arguably the only person in the entire universe not bound by a life oath, allowing him to freely pass on the inheritance he received.