Destiny Is with Me
"In the past three years, this ancient star has been revitalized!" The Great Sage Qinghuang descended and looked at the revitalized ancient star with great satisfaction.
Judging from the current situation, the human race's foundation has not weakened much. In just about a thousand years, this ancient star will likely recover to its peak.
In particular, the traces left by that great battle and the Heavenly Tribulation, after being harmonized by the Source Technique, will transform into the foundation of this ancient star, elevating it to a higher level.
"I have already laid out some incomplete Great Emperor Array Patterns on the entire ancient star, and I have also reorganized the earth's veins. This ancient star will not be so easily destroyed in the future." Zhou Tong roughly explained what he had done.
The Great Sage Qinghuang nodded, then waved his hand, and orange immortal light shot into the sky. A mysterious aura appeared around the two of them, almost putting Zhou Tong into a strange state.
"This is... Destiny Orange Gold?" Zhou Tong was very shocked. This was not the first time he had seen this Immortal Metal Planting Method, but the Destiny Orange Gold in front of him was different from the one he had found in the Amitabha Buddha Scripture Cave before. To be precise, the aura was different.
Within this piece of Destiny Orange Gold lies a unique life force, though faint and far less potent than that of his own artifact, which has already awakened the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning. Undoubtedly, this piece of Immortal Metal is gradually coming to life, and the profound mysteries of Immortal Metal are slowly awakening on their own.
It can be said that as long as one studies this piece of Immortal Metal, one can gradually comprehend the profound meaning of the Destiny Orange Gold.
"Indeed, this is the Destiny Orange Gold, the most mysterious and profound of all Immortal Metal." The Great Sage Qinghuang reached out and touched the piece of Immortal Metal, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "There are legends that when facing it, one can see one's future and destiny; there are also legends that when facing it, one can see the trajectory of one's past..."
"So, senior, what did you see?" Zhou Tong asked.
"I have seen the blood-stained starry sky, the silent universe, and the endless mournful songs of heroes."
The Great Sage Qinghuang murmured, tinged with sadness. He should have passed away five hundred years ago, but he had only awakened the last of his potential. Now, with his life nearing its end, he possessed a rare spiritual ability when facing the Destiny Orange Gold.
Zhou Tong's gaze towards the Great Sage Qinghuang was somewhat different now.
Did he see the Dark Turmoil, the collapse of the star field, and the great depression of the Myriad Heavens?
Does this Destiny Orange Gold really have such power?
"But I don't believe it! If this is the future revealed by the Destiny Orange Gold, then what have all my efforts over the years amounted to? When the Dark Turmoil comes, regardless of whether the Void the Great and the Hengyu the Great can be revived, I can at least revive the Sun Sacred Emperor, the Taiyin Holy Emperor, and the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body. I can at least prevent the emergence of the Hegemon Body Lineage!"
"In the future, with one less Dark Source but three more supreme beings, how could the starry sky still be stained with blood and the universe still be silent?"
Zhou Tong simply did not believe the future that Great Sage Qinghuang had seen, because based on what he knew and had prepared for, this future was not the real future at all.
"Destiny Orange Gold, it seems there's something wrong with your 'destiny'!" Zhou Tong thought to himself as he looked at Destiny Orange Gold.
The power of the Destiny Orange Gold is likely real, after all, it is the power of the Immortal Gold Profound Meaning; however, I possess something like the Reincarnation Mirror that transcends everything, which can definitely conceal all heavenly secrets, and even the Immortal Emperor would probably find it difficult to predict my own fate.
"The future revealed by the Destiny Orange Gold should be a future without me. But in this Lifetime, destiny is in my hands!" Zhou Tong waved his hand and accepted the Destiny Orange Gold.
He then looked at the Great Sage Qinghuang and said, "My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens. Why should we cultivators believe in fate? In this Lifetime, I am here!"
"Perhaps!" The Great Sage Qinghuang sat there cross-legged, neither happy nor sad, his face calm.
"Boom!"
He began to transform into a being, and could no longer sustain himself. It is a miracle that he has survived to this day; it is rare in ancient times for a Great Sage to live to be over eight thousand years old.
Zhou Tong suddenly stepped back a distance, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
That shouldn't be happening!
According to the original story, the Great Sage Qinghuang should have at least twenty more years of lifespan left, so how could he have passed away now?
"Could it be that he glimpsed a sliver of the future destiny through the Destiny Orange Gold, touched upon something incomprehensible, and thus his lifespan was exhausted prematurely, leading to his direct demise?" Zhou Tong was shocked.
At this moment, the Great Dao roared, and all the cultivators who remained under this ancient star were alarmed. They felt an extremely terrifying fluctuation, as if a thousand troops were charging, or as if countless living beings were wailing.
Ye Fan, who hadn't even set off yet, was naturally alerted and rushed towards Zhou Tong. Although he had only interacted with the Great Sage Qinghuang a few times, he greatly admired this elder who had dedicated his life to the human race.
"It really is Senior Qinghuang!!"
When Ye Fan arrived, he felt a deep sorrow. This was the first time he had ever seen someone who had reached the Dao Transformation stage, but he was powerless to do anything about it and could only watch helplessly, unable to change the outcome.
"Is this also destiny?" Zhou Tong murmured, looking at the Great Sage Qinghuang who had transformed into a Dao being.
"Life is short, I just want to see if there are immortals, if there is immortality, and what will happen when this golden age comes to an end. I just want to see..." The voice of the Great Sage Qinghuang came out.
The Great Sage Qinghuang was radiant, and showers of light rose up and fell in all directions. He felt neither joy nor excessive sorrow, only the unwavering determination of an old man with little life left.
It is a tragedy that someone could attain immortality and enlightenment over eight thousand years, yet in the end, he could not even be certain whether the "immortality" and "longevity" he sought truly existed.
Ye Fan was immediately moved and felt the same way. What was the purpose of cultivation? Even Great Emperor could not live forever. Even Great Emperor in Forbidden Zone were sealed and could not maintain their consciousness for long. They were merely prolonging their lives.
"May I ask if there are immortals in Heaven?"
Daoist Qinghuang persisted in his questioning, his gaze fixed on the heavens within the Dao Transformation Realm, seeking an answer.
"Senior, there's no need to ask the High Heaven. I'll tell you myself: there are immortals and immortals in this world!" Zhou Tong said, and at the same time, three streams of Immortal Qi appeared around him, like True Dragon coiling and circling his body, making him appear extraordinary and giving him an indescribable aura of immortality.
"You..." The Great Sage Qinghuang stared intently at Zhou Tong's three streams of Immortal Qi. He took a deep breath, and even his transformation into a Dao seemed to slow down considerably.
"Immortal Qi, it really is Immortal Qi... you..." The Great Sage Qinghuang was greatly shocked.
"This is the result of cultivating the Immortal Domain Technique." Zhou Tong didn't elaborate, casually mentioning, "Even I can achieve such results, so of course there are Immortal Domain, True Immortal Realm, and Immortal Life in this world!"
"Three strands of Immortal Qi ... two more than when I last met the Sun Sacred Emperor. His Immortal Domain techniques have improved again." Ye Fan had a deep impression of Zhou Tong's Immortal Qi. Back then, he was only able to withstand the Sun Sacred Emperor's pressure with the help of the Immortal Cauldron fragments, but Zhou Tong blocked it with just one strand of Immortal Qi.
The Great Sage Qinghuang's eyes shone brightly as she stared at Zhou Tong's three strands of Immortal Qi. As if she had obtained some answer, her expression was calm and satisfied. Finally, she completely transformed into light and dissipated in front of the two of them.
"Another senior has passed away..." Ye Fan sighed softly.
"Senior Qinghuang probably also wants to make one last contribution to the human race." Zhou Tong withdrew his three streams of Immortal Qi and bowed to the place where the Great Sage Qinghuang had transformed.
Wherever a sage transforms into a Dao realm, it becomes Blessed Lands; how much more so for a peak Great Sage like the Great Sage Qinghuang Great Sage. He is using his final transformation to further promote the revival of the Great Dao on this ancient star.
Ye Fan also bowed to the place where the Great Sage Qinghuang had transformed into a Daoist, and even built a cenotaph for him.