The Advent of Eternity
"Om!"
Zhou Tong stepped out of the Array Patterns and was greeted by a Small World.
It must have been a Small World casually created by the Azure Emperor, less than a hundred feet in circumference, and the layout was excessively simple, with a stone table lying across it and two stone stools placed there, nothing else.
"So this is the place?" A strange light flashed in Zhou Tong's eyes.
His gaze fell on the stone table, on which sat a jade gourd and a scroll of notes.
Zhou Tong picked up the scroll, which was a body-refining secret technique left behind by the Azure Emperor. It was extremely powerful, but the body-refining process was extremely cruel, even inhumane.
Zhou Tong already possessed the most powerful body-refining method—the "Immortal Sutra"—so naturally he didn't need such a thing.
However, the contents recorded at the back of this notebook are extraordinary. It records the Azure Emperor's understanding and evolution of the Dao, as well as some special commentaries on scriptures.
In particular, Zhou Tong benefited greatly from that section on the evolution of the Dao.
This evolution is entirely the process of the Chaotic Ancient Method evolving into the Sky Shrouding Method, and the things that the Azure Emperor deduced have a strange similarity to the Desolate Heaven Emperor's evolution that Zhou Tong had seen.
Of course, besides the similarities, there are also some differences, which are caused by the different understandings of the Dao by the Desolate Heaven Emperor and the Azure Emperor.
Using this evolutionary scripture to verify the content of the Desolate Heaven Emperor's method will further accelerate Zhou Tong's process of sorting out the Chaotic Ancient Method and the Sky Shrouding Method.
"This jade gourd is the Strongest Evolution Liquid left behind by the Azure Emperor... a sixth-stage evolution fluid that is sufficient for a saint to use. Keep it; you can use it after you become a saint." Zhou Tong accepted it without much thought.
The Strongest Evolution Liquid is a specialty of the Yongheng Star Domain.
The Yongheng Star Domain follows a path of technological cultivation, and the Strongest Evolution Liquid is their most precious treasure for cultivation and growth. As long as the Strongest Evolution Liquid can be extracted using resources, it can enable cultivators to grow their cultivation level at an extremely rapid pace.
To put it bluntly, this Strongest Evolution Liquid is actually a degraded version of the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir. The ninth-tier Strongest Evolution Liquid is similar to the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir Pill, but it requires the use of Immortal Divine Medicine to refine the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir Pill liquid. In the original novel, the Carefree Tianzun used something similar to this during his battle with Ye Fan.
As for other eighth-order and seventh-order evolution fluids, they are simply inferior products of the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir.
Evolution fluids below the fifth rank are generally used by those Dao-Slaying King. At the sixth rank, they are effective for saints. The seventh rank is effective for Saint King. The eighth rank is used for Great Sage. The ninth rank is effective for supreme beings.
"Is there nothing else besides these things?" Zhou Tong frowned, repeatedly scanning the Small World with his divine sense, but he still couldn't detect anything.
"Wrong!"
Suddenly, Zhou Tong seemed to realize something. His eyes flashed, and he took out the scroll of notes written by the Azure Emperor again.
He unfolded the scroll and took out the Chaos Green Lotus. Strands of green light fell from the Chaos Green Lotus onto the scroll, and the words on the scroll immediately changed slightly.
Countless runes transformed, eventually revealing a spacetime coordinate.
"I knew it! So that's why the Azure Emperor left this note here. The real purpose was this coordinate." Zhou Tong noted down the coordinate and suddenly understood.
Those who can enter here are either descendants or successors of the Azure Emperor Azure Emperor. If they are descendants or successors of the Azure Emperor, why would they need such body-refining methods? The "Azure Lotus Scripture" he himself passed down is powerful enough, and it also contains some body-refining methods that are far superior to this one.
The only real benefit was that short passage about the evolution of the Tao.
If that's the case, then why did the Azure Emperor leave behind such a scroll of notes?
The reason is self-evident: it's all for these coordinates!
This coordinate is the most important thing; it can only be seen by using something related to the Azure Emperor as a guide.
"The location shown by these coordinates is not in the Yongheng Star Domain, but in a small area of starfield outside the Eternal Starfield."
Zhou Tong secretly calculated and found that the coordinates were not too far from the Yongheng Star Domain. Using the Five-Colored Altar, he could probably reach the destination in just one teleportation.
"Did the Azure Emperor leave something in another place?" Zhou Tong wondered. The Azure Emperor actually left so many things in the Yongheng Star Domain.
"Never mind, let's go and see first!" Zhou Tong immediately made up his mind to go and see what the place the Azure Emperor was pointing to was.
He activated the portal to this Small World using the Azure Emperor's method. However, before leaving, Zhou Tong glanced at the note in his hand one last time, then casually tossed it back onto the stone table.
Since the secret has already been solved, this scroll of notes is no longer relevant. The body-refining methods recorded in the scroll are useless to me; I'll leave them to future generations!
Stepping out of the Small World's portal, one is greeted by a lake with Azure Lotus blossoms in its waters.
"This must be where the Azure Emperor secluded himself for cultivation in the Yongheng Star Domain." Zhou Tong looked around.
This is a tranquil lake located atop a magnificent mountain, surrounded by verdant pines and cypresses, with massive rocks scattered about, making this clear lake resemble a fairyland.
The Azure Lotus sway in the lake, each one shimmering with a green luster. The petals are dark green, as if carved from jade, and they exude a faint fragrance.
"This should be the Tengxian Pond from the original story." Zhou Tong quickly confirmed the origin of this place.
He then became too lazy to walk around and began to carefully deduce the coordinates of this location while still in place.
Once he fully understood the secret of this coordinate, he immediately took out the Chessboard Array Patterns and instantly left the Yongheng Main Star, appearing in the outer realm. Afterwards, he used the Chessboard Array Patterns to jump several times in succession, heading towards the location of the coordinate left behind by the Azure Emperor.
The pitch-black universe is dotted with Star Scripture, like diamonds set in a black cloth, drawing points of brilliance in the coldness.
Even knowing the coordinates, one cannot arrive in one step. The Chessboard Array Patterns set up by Zhou Tong is far inferior to the Array Patterns set up by the Void Great Emperor in the Undying Mountain. The distance of each teleportation is limited, and it is also inferior to the Five-Colored Altar. Therefore, one needs to traverse the universe multiple times before finally arriving at that coordinate location.
Moreover, Zhou Tong didn't travel in a straight line. This was the Yongheng Star Domain Yongheng Star Domain where technology and cultivation combined, and its fleets roamed everywhere beyond. Zhou Tong took a long detour, avoiding the Yongheng Star Domain's surveillance as he headed towards that unknown starfield.
Several days later, he successfully arrived at the star field indicated by the coordinates of the Azure Emperor.
Within this star system, there is only one desolate planet.
This is just a small asteroid with a diameter of only three thousand miles, not even as big as the Small World created by some sages, and there is no sign of life on or inside the planet.
"It should be right here, so why is this entire star field so desolate?" Zhou Tong stood on this barren asteroid, his divine sense constantly scanning the entire star field, but he still found nothing.
"Does it also require the Chaos Green Lotus to perceive the Azure Emperor's intentions?" Zhou Tong thought for a moment and then took out the Azure Emperor Weapon.
The Chaos Green Lotus emitted a faint blue light in the dark and cold universe, surrounded by wisps of Chaos Qi. However, when the blue light fell, there was no reaction.
Clearly, this place is different from what Zhou Tong had guessed.
"The Azure Emperor didn't make any arrangements here? Then what was the purpose of leaving those coordinates?" Zhou Tong frowned, completely puzzled.
"Could it just be a joke? The Azure Emperor wouldn't be so cruel as to play tricks on his descendants..." For some reason, Zhou Tong suddenly thought of the Big Black Dog and Fatty Duan.
If these two scoundrels were to play tricks on their descendants, it would be perfectly normal; but if it were the Azure Emperor, Zhou Tong was somewhat skeptical.