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

He glanced at the group of souls who were still obediently carrying out their duties, then transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the sky.

Along the way, Yunhua easily surpassed countless souls, but several times, the souls of the strongest who had died still retained a certain amount of divine power even after going through the millstone, and suddenly reached out to try to pull him down.

Fortunately, Yunhua had keen senses and easily dodged it; otherwise, even if a major battle hadn't occurred, she would have been entangled with it.

Chapter 163 Reincarnation

Finally, Yunhua arrived at the end of the cycle of reincarnation without any major incident; it was a bottomless cliff.

Below the cliff, a rushing river flows, its pale yellow waters washing away the souls that float and sink within it. Even those with lingering consciousness are completely cleansed by the river's current. Whether weak or strong, whether their souls are incomplete or tainted by darkness, they all ultimately become a pure ray of soul light.

Yunhua was somewhat familiar with these rivers, as they were no different from the River of Three Crossings he had seen in the underworld of A Chinese Ghost Story. The only difference was that these rivers were of a higher quality, capable of purifying even dark souls.

The laws within this river are extremely valuable to Yunhua, but that is not the primary goal. At the end of the river lies a massive whirlpool.

The rich aura and laws of reincarnation caused the reincarnation secret realm within Yunhua's body to stir and rejoice. Although Yunhua sensed that this was an incomplete reincarnation, it was still more profound than the laws of the Six Paths of Reincarnation within his own body.

Yunhua sat cross-legged on the cliff, contemplating the Yellow Springs River and the cycle of reincarnation. All six of Yunhua's secret realms were glowing, and the sound of chanting came from the Reincarnation Secret Realm. This was a call that allowed people's souls to leave their bodies and return to the cycle of reincarnation, and it was also a sound of deliverance for the illusory image of reincarnation, sending people to their next life.

The Heaven-Covering Technique, using the body as a seed, fully embodies the profound mysteries of heaven and earth. Yunhua's Reincarnation Secret Realm Seed is constantly capturing the laws of reincarnation and perfecting itself.

The seed of reincarnation eventually sprouted, grew, and blossomed. Within the tightly closed bud, it nurtured an unparalleled Dao fruit. However, the incomplete laws of reincarnation here were insufficient for Yunhua's Reincarnation Secret Realm to bear a Dao fruit.

It's not because the laws of reincarnation here are simple, but because they are not comprehensive enough. The laws of reincarnation here are profound enough to surpass the true immortals and reach at least the level of immortal kings.

However, the seed of the Samsara Secret Realm within Yunhua's body, though incomplete and not profound enough, is still a seed of complete reincarnation.

Now, Yunhua has absorbed the laws of reincarnation here and has opened up his reincarnation secret realm to the limit of humanity.

It wasn't that Yunhua didn't want to continue comprehending, but the subsequent laws of reincarnation had already exceeded Yunhua's understanding. This was a sudden increase in difficulty, like jumping from junior high school math to advanced math.

Yunhua gave up on comprehending the Samsara Secret Realm, perhaps waiting until his realm is extremely high in the future, then he will gain even greater insights when he tries to comprehend it again.

Yunhua turned his head and began to comprehend the Yellow Springs Law of the Yellow Springs Water. This law cleanses the soul and has an ultimate soul purification ability. Yunhua had a premonition that it might be of great use.

On the path of reincarnation, there is no concept of time. Yunhua was simply meditating here without knowing the passage of time. Only when he had comprehended the laws of the Yellow Springs to their current limit was Yunhua able to get up.

Yunhua summoned the flowing waters of the Yellow Springs, which swirled around his body. Although it did not possess the same miraculous power as the waters of the Yellow Springs River, it still had considerable efficacy and strength.

Yunhua pointed at a dark spirit queuing nearby, and a ball of pale yellow Yellow Spring Water flew out, drenching the dark spirit and instantly cleansing and purifying the dark matter that had seeped into its soul. The spirit then transformed into a beam of soul light and flew into the cycle of reincarnation.

After countless years of comprehension, Yunhua's Sendai Secret Realm directly opened up twenty-four layers of heavens, reaching the ultimate level. The Chaos Dragon had completely penetrated the Sendai, and the six secret realms were connected together. Yunhua's strength was enough to suppress even a Heavenly Emperor like himself.

This is a miracle created by the Immortal Primordial Spirit, the Immortal Body, the laws of the Ultimate Dao level, and the six great secret realms. Yunhua estimated that he had the combat power of a Seventh-Life Mortal Immortal.

Yunhua turned her gaze directly to the opposite bank, where perhaps other wondrous manifestations might be appearing.

Despite his confidence in his strength and the Samsara Secret Realm, he still cautiously tested it out before attempting to leap over the cliff.

He was not disappointed; the light of the Samsara Realm allowed him to fly as usual and land safely on the other side.

At the end of the cycle of reincarnation, one crosses the endless abyss and reaches the other shore.

What appeared before my eyes was this bizarre scene.

Above the nine rough stone steps, a clay figure sits cross-legged in a shrine, unmoved for countless years and long since buried in dust.

Even without extending his divine sense to investigate, Yunhua could sense the aura that shook the heavens, as if an unparalleled immortal had descended to earth, tearing apart the myriad paths of the universe.

"You've come, but it's not the right time yet." The clay figure didn't open its mouth, nor did it show any divine power. It simply conveyed its voice to Yun Hua in a way that Yun Hua couldn't understand.

"What does this mean? Who is this senior?" This was the first time Yun Hua had felt a chill run down his spine. With his current strength, he would dare to contend with even a peak-level immortal. However, although there was no terrifying scene before him, it made Yun Hua break out in a cold sweat.

"It's not time yet. We've all been waiting for you for a long time, long enough for the grand festival to arrive. Fortunately, there's still time. We need to hurry!"

The mysterious voice rang out again, but it was still in the Riddler's style. If Yunhua hadn't been unable to defeat him, he would have shown you that the Riddler truly deserved to die.

"The Riddler? Heh, it's not time yet. Go back, the Great Sacrifice is coming soon, and darkness will once again overwhelm the heavens."

Yunhua ignored the clay figure's words and looked behind it at the hazy ancient cave, where celestial light flowed and chaos reigned, like a place of eternal rebirth.

"Senior, where does the ancient cave behind you lead?" Upon hearing this, the End of Reincarnation fell into silence.

Even though Yunhua waited patiently for a while longer, she did not receive any response from the clay figure.

Yunhua knew that even if she asked a thousand times, she would not get a response from the clay figure.

Fortunately, he had prepared himself mentally when he asked the question, so although he was disappointed, he wasn't too upset.

Suppressing her thoughts, Yunhua changed the subject and asked about something else, her expression becoming serious:

"Senior, you have long resided at the end of this cycle of reincarnation. Perhaps you are unaware that traces of strange creatures have appeared in the great universe where I reside! It seems they fell out of this cycle of reincarnation. Are you aware of this, senior?"

The moment the word "weird" was uttered, it was as if a switch had been flipped; the clay figure opposite trembled, and a strange fluctuation emanated from it.

"That Dark Immortal Corpse is a strange method used by a group of supreme beings. They paid a high price to bypass the protection and wanted to corrupt the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and shake Huang's mind."

Yunhua was overjoyed to finally receive a response, but her joy quickly turned to sadness.

"I see. It seems the struggle in the Land of the Gods is quite fierce."

"Leave now. The Cycle of Reincarnation has become a bridge for the invasion of all the heavens by strange forces. I will guard a section of the Cycle of Reincarnation here. That cycle of reincarnation is the lifeblood of the Reincarnation Immortal King, the last place of reincarnation for all living beings, and the last pure land of reincarnation."

It seemed that the appearance of some taboo words had triggered something, and a divine thunder suddenly roared in the void, while a black and blood-red gale swept across the world.

An invisible ripple of the Great Dao swept towards Yunhua and the clay figure.

Yunhua pushed his Dao Fruit and Immortal Artifact to their limits, unleashing boundless divine power. Yet, Yunhua still felt that the end of the world was approaching, and that his physical body and primordial spirit would shatter under this attack.

Chapter 164 Watching the Chess Game and the Rotten Axe Handle

Fortunately, the clay figure opposite glowed, absorbing all the backlash from the Great Dao.

"Kachcha"

On the seemingly unchanging clay figure, a huge crack appeared, running from top to bottom.

"senior!"

Yunhua called out anxiously, but there was no response for a long time.

Fortunately, although the crack looked terrifying, it wasn't deep and probably wouldn't damage the core. However, it will certainly take a long time for the clay sculpture to fully recover.

After a long while, just as Yunhua was feeling uneasy, the clay figure finally responded again.

This time, seemingly because no secret was involved, several slightly dim golden symbols appeared. "The timing is wrong, leave, close."

In just a few words, Yunhua instantly understood that the other party was urging him to leave and was about to close the door to this world.

"Farewell!"

Yunhua bowed respectfully and left the place, following the path of reincarnation she had come from, transforming into a golden light and disappearing.

The words of the clay figure must have involved deeper, fundamental laws governing the universe, which is why Heaven responded and sent down calamity.

This leads to another layer of meaning, which is also Yunhua's preferred guess.

That is, the strange immortal corpse does not belong to this era; someone used unparalleled magic to send it here!

It not only crossed the cosmic barrier, but also traveled against the flow of time.

Going back in time is an act that is most intolerable to the universe.

Even if it were performed by a supreme being, even if it were just a simple rewind of time or merely a passive observation, it would be extremely difficult, let alone the fact that the strange being clearly attempted to alter the course of ancient history.

In any case, it's clear that the strange creatures have grand schemes.

Although these are currently just his guesses based on what the clay figure said, they are probably not far off.

They were willing to pay the price of reversing the flow of time to send these bizarre creatures to this world; their goal was far from simple.

It is very likely that this was done to destroy the "great rear" left behind by the Desolate Emperor, and to clear away all obstacles in advance.

Yunhua, on the other hand, is clearly another anomaly. She also comes from another universe and, like the strange creatures, knows about the future development and ending.

In the end, Yunhua shook his head, suppressing his chaotic thoughts. Ultimately, he realized that he still had too little information.

All of the above are merely his speculations. The truth, I fear, remains unknown.

But there was one thing he was certain of.

That is, if the strange creature wants to harm those whom Yunhua values, or harm all living beings in this universe, he will never sit idly by!

After figuring this out, Yunhua suddenly understood.

There are endless years and a long journey ahead, so how can we give up here?

Thinking of this, Yunhua looked down at the many spirits and ghost soldiers who were silently marching towards reincarnation in a long line, and at the desolate land that resembled the Gobi Desert.

Things on the cycle of reincarnation, these are all precious treasures.

Having made up her mind, Yunhua's journey home naturally slowed down.

Along the way, he dug into the soil, collected black stone slabs, and even obtained some standard weapons from the ghost soldiers.

While these ideas may not be sophisticated, they might contain some interesting concepts.

Even though he was delayed quite a bit along the way, he eventually followed his intuition and re-entered the millstone tunnel.

Yunhua knew that this must be a back door that the clay figure had opened for him.

He is absolutely the first person to be able to reverse the cycle of reincarnation.

With this thought in mind, as he sped through the hole and returned to the City of Light, he was immediately overwhelmed by a murderous aura.

Yunhua didn't waste any more time. Instead, she left the place directly and returned to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths through the space-time rift.

Right after Yunhua left, the spacetime rift here completely disappeared, and all the dark matter vanished without a trace.

The moment Yunhua stepped out of the small world beneath Mount Tai, he sensed something was wrong. Before entering Mount Tai, even though the ancient star of the Primordial Era had been devoured by the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, it was still full of spiritual energy, enough for a Saint to cultivate.

At this time, the ancient star of the primordial world was not only far-reaching and obscure, but also extremely rare in terms of spiritual essence, at most enough to make one reach the third level of immortality and sever the Dao.

Yunhua connected with all the Daos and, after a brief deduction, learned that more than four thousand years had passed in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths during his time in the cycle of reincarnation.

More than two thousand years ago, there was a prodigy who once challenged the Great Dao that the Azure Emperor had not yet extinguished, wanting to prove himself as an emperor, but unfortunately he failed.

At this time, on the ancient star of the primordial world, it was during the reign of Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty, also known as King Zhou.

On Kunlun Mountain, which was sealed in the Mountain and Sea Realm, the Moral Celestial Venerable communicated with the spirit corpse of Emperor Taiqing, the Primordial Celestial Venerable communicated with the spirit corpse of Emperor Yuqing, and the spirit corpse of Emperor Lingbao Celestial Venerable in a certain incarnation transformed into Shangqing, collectively known as the Three Pure Ones. They occupied Kunlun Mountain and established the Taoist temples of the Human Sect, the Chan Sect, and the Jie Sect.

They recruited many disciples, and in this era where it was almost impossible to become a saint, every disciple they taught reached a level of sainthood or higher.

At this time, their disciples were assisting the Shang Dynasty or Ji Fa, and the two sides were staging an alternative war of deification, but not for the purpose of deification, but for the sake of their respective masters' face.

For some reason, Yuqing and Shangqing dislike each other. However, with Taiqing mediating, things are relatively peaceful. But since they started teaching disciples, the disciples of the two sects often fight each other because of their different doctrines.

Eventually, this conflict spread to the founders of the two sects. Through the mediation of Taiqing, the two sides agreed that their disciples would each side support one of the two forces, and whoever lost would have to leave Kunlun Mountain and establish a temple elsewhere.

Yunhua didn't care about the war among these juniors. He had important things to do at the moment. He needed to prove his Dao, but he didn't want to become the Great Emperor of the world and attract attention.

Yunhua suspected that the Emperor had been corrupted by darkness, otherwise he would have done these things, such as betraying the Emperor on the path to immortality. It was because his goal was not to become an immortal, but to disrupt the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

The crafting of the World Cauldron also looked like the work of a dark being. With this cunning old fox still alive, Yunhua wanted to remain behind the scenes.

However, Yunhua is not without options. With his current strength, he could easily break through the myriad paths to become an emperor, but that would cause too much of a commotion.

Therefore, Yunhua plans to forcibly condense the Heavenly Heart Imprint and use it to comprehend it for a period of time. This is an opportunity that every Great Emperor has, but Yunhua has never comprehended it before.

Fortunately, two immortal artifacts concealed the fluctuations, and Yunhua forcefully broke through the obstruction of the Azure Emperor's Great Dao, directly condensing all the myriad paths into the Heavenly Heart Imprint.

An eternal and indestructible light appeared in Yunhua's palm, accompanied by countless other paths. At its very core, the Great Dao of the Azure Emperor was imprinted, though it appeared to be disintegrating.

Chapter 165 Comprehending the Heavenly Heart Imprint

At the summit of Mount Tai, not far from the Five-Colored Altar, Yunhua cut a branch of the Jianmu tree, intending to plant it on the mountaintop. The laws of life and creation surged, determined to make it grow here. Even a branch from the World Tree sapling was miraculous enough to draw energy from chaos and nurture life-giving substances.

Even a single branch is so towering and majestic that even the height of Mount Tai cannot match the undulations of the Jianmu tree's roots. Therefore, a small world was created to support the Jianmu tree branch.

He carved out a cave dwelling in the Jianmu tree and casually set up an imperial array to prevent being disturbed. Yunhua sat down cross-legged in the cave dwelling, intending to comprehend the Heavenly Heart Imprint here.

To outsiders, this place appears no different from before. Only those with powerful cultivation or special divine eyes can discover the Jianmu tree, which resembles a divine tree reaching to the heavens, hidden within this small world.

This small world contains the chaotic energy refined from the Jianmu tree, so it is full of spiritual energy. Under the influence of the laws of life and creation, all kinds of precious medicines are everywhere in this desolate small world, and people and horses with sesame seeds run around everywhere.

The rich longevity substances make this small world like a celestial land. Even a single breath can extend the lifespan of an ordinary cultivator by a hundred years. The Jianmu tree rarely bears fruit, but it will bloom flowers, each one like a demigod medicine.

Yunhua didn't care about any of that. He was trying to comprehend the Heavenly Heart Mark. In the chaotic ancient era, this thing was called the Immortal King Foundation. Even in the current Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it could allow a newly enlightened Great Emperor to reach the peak of the Great Emperor within a few hundred years. If it weren't for the inability to trigger the Immortal Tribulation, the Heavenly Heart Mark could probably make someone a True Immortal.

The so-called Heavenly Imprint is the rule of heaven and earth, the trace of all paths, formed by the convergence of everything. Controlling it is equivalent to controlling this universe.

If one can fuse with this substance, one will have a foundation for attaining the Dao and becoming an Immortal King.