The Desire to Create a Technique

Lu Zhou did not sign in immediately. He thought of how he had signed in for the Wushi Scripture at Purple Mountain.

He wanted to wait until he had gone deeper into the Ancient Sacred Pool Land. Perhaps he might even sign in and obtain the entire Xi Huang Scripture.

He looked forward to it.

Lu Zhou rode a rainbow into the sky and surveyed his surroundings. In the distance, he saw clusters of Palaces, some collapsed and some still standing. He flew in that direction.

Once he drew near, Lu Zhou did not stop and continued onward in that direction.

Before long, he spotted, from a great distance away, cascading waterfalls pouring down from a beautiful cliff.

The sight was incomparably magnificent, truly fitting the line: three thousand feet the waterfall plunged, like the Milky Way falling from the nine heavens!

Palaces stood everywhere here, while exotic flowers and spiritual herbs spread in great swathes. Amid the hazy spiritual energy, auspicious radiance flowed.

At the heart of the area lay a lake—the Yaochi Immortal Pool. All these elements combined to make the place seem like a painted realm.

Yet Lu Zhou did not head toward that area. As though avoiding a plague god, he chose to take a wide detour.

In the end, he arrived in a region filled with rocky mountains.

Lu Zhou saw many carvings here. He swiftly weaved among the stone mountains before finally stopping before a stone cliff engraved with a blurred sun.

He took out the Bodhi Leaf, stared at that sun, silently circulated the Xi Huang Scripture's opening method, and began to study it closely.

Before long, boundless radiance shot into the heavens. The stone cliff raised a scorching sun that engulfed Lu Zhou.

The red sun hung high overhead, turning the entire rocky mountain crimson. Blazing flames surged, setting half the sky ablaze.

Lu Zhou sat cross-legged at the heart of the sun, completely immersed in a Dao Realm.

In the end, Lu Zhou did not obtain any specific scripture. Instead, within that Dao Realm, he experienced the various transformations and artistic conceptions Empress Xi had undergone while deducing and creating the Heart Divine Treasury chapter of the Xi Huang Scripture.

This was even more precious than directly receiving the Heart Divine Treasury chapter of the Xi Huang Scripture.

It could serve as a reserve of insight for Lu Zhou when he created his own scriptures in the future.

Next, at a stone mountain engraved with a palm-sized mark of golden essence, Lu Zhou obtained the Dao Rhyme of Empress Xi's creation and evolution of the Lung Divine Treasury chapter.

At a stone mountain engraved with an ancient tree, he obtained the Dao Rhyme of Empress Xi's creation of the Liver Divine Treasury chapter.

The remaining Spleen Divine Treasury and Kidney Divine Treasury gave Lu Zhou quite a headache.

The original novel had not indicated the specific locations of these two Divine Treasuries at all.

It took Lu Zhou a great deal of effort before he successfully obtained them.

At this point, the Dao Palace Scroll of the Xi Huang Scripture had completely fallen into his hands.

Only then did Lu Zhou silently recite, "Sign in."

Ding! The host has signed in at the Ancient Sacred Pool Land of Northern Region's Yaochi. The host has obtained the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, which has been stored in the host's Qiankun Pearl!

Lu Zhou was surprised. He had not expected to sign in and obtain this fist technique related to the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

"Being able to sign in for the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist here should mostly be related to that Great Accomplishment Sacred Body!"

This was the first thought that sprang into Lu Zhou's mind.

He guessed that the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body now sleeping in the Yaochi Immortal Pool, which had already undergone a bizarre corpse transformation, had most likely once practiced the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist in this Ancient Sacred Pool Land.

Lu Zhou did not dare remain here any longer. After signing in, he did not even dare waste time taking a look at the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist. He hurriedly returned along the path he had taken here.

In the end, his luck was good. Nothing unexpected happened throughout the journey, and he safely left the Ancient Sacred Pool Land.

After leaving the Ancient Sacred Pool Land, Lu Zhou did not immediately return to Stone Village.

He found a desolate mountain range and casually carved out a stone cave.

There was not a trace of human habitation within a thousand miles of this place.

Such barren regions were scattered all across the lands of the Northern Region.

Inside the stone cave, Lu Zhou held the Bodhi Leaf and carefully comprehended the various deduction processes and Dao Rhymes behind Empress Xi's creation of the Dao Palace Chapter of the Xi Huang Scripture.

Without realizing it, the five Dao Palace deities within his body became increasingly sacred.

He did not cultivate the Dao Palace Chapter of the Xi Huang Scripture.

He believed that Ye Fan's path of cultivating the strongest scripture in every Secret Realm was not suited for him.

He was not sure whether his current physical strength could surpass Ye Fan's at the same realm.

He remembered that when Ye Fan reached the Immortal Three Stages of Dao Severing, he had also come within a hair's breadth of death. Only under immense pressure had he narrowly managed to forcibly connect the scriptures cultivated in his several great Secret Realms.

Lu Zhou knew very well that there were many reasons why Ye Fan cultivated the strongest scripture for each Secret Realm.

One point that had to be mentioned was that Ye Fan had merely been an independent cultivator back then. Before severing his Dao, he had never obtained any complete inheritance of an Emperor Scripture.

Lu Zhou believed this was also one of the reasons Ye Fan had no choice but to cultivate different Emperor Scriptures in every Secret Realm.

In contrast to Ye Fan, Lu Zhou now possessed the complete Dao Sutra, the complete Wushi Scripture, and the complete Heaven Swallowing Demonic Art.

He believed that he would obtain even more complete Emperor Scriptures in the future.

Under such circumstances, Lu Zhou believed he should be able to take a steadier path.

"More or less, the time has come!"

"I have already reached the great perfection of the Dao Palace and can enter the Four Extremities Secret Realm at any time!"

"And the Four Extremities Secret Realm is a dividing line in the Covering the Heavens cultivation system."

"I still have one chance to use Great Emperor-level comprehension. I possess three complete Emperor Scriptures, and I have now obtained the deduction process and Dao Rhymes from Empress Xi's creation of the Dao Palace Chapter of the Xi Huang Scripture!"

"In the future, I will most likely be able to keep signing in for more chances to use Great Emperor-level comprehension!"

"Perhaps I do not need to wait until I enter the Immortal Platform. Even now, I may be able to create the Wheel Sea Scroll and Dao Palace Scroll scriptures most suited to my cultivation!"

Lu Zhou was not absolutely certain of this, but he was willing to use that one chance at Great Emperor-level comprehension to try it.

He believed in the saying, Those who learn from me live; those who imitate me die!

Since ancient times, every Great Emperor had walked their own path, creating scriptures and Emperor arts that belonged solely to themselves, suited them best, and could bring their combat strength to its utmost limit.

In the entire world of Covering the Heavens, not a single Great Emperor had attained the status of Great Emperor by walking the paths of predecessors and cultivating their methods.

The saying that one Dao suppressed ten thousand Daos, and the so-called Extreme Dao, had long since explained everything.

Continuing down someone else's path would only block one's own.

The deeper one walked along another's path, the harder it became to break free from it.

Saint Son Yaoguang had proven this saying with his entire life.

At this moment, whether one said Lu Zhou's ambitions were higher than the heavens or called him overambitious and ignorant of his own limits, he would only respond: A summer insect cannot be told of ice!

Now, he had the capital to make mistakes.

Even if he failed to create a technique this time, at most he would only waste one chance to use Great Emperor-level comprehension.

Even if something went wrong with his cultivation, he still had divine source, sacred spring water, medicine kings, and even five drops of Undying Divine Phoenix Medicine liquid.

These were more than enough to ensure his safety and allow him to disperse his cultivation and start anew.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if he failed, the experience of this failure could still become a foundation for him to continue creating his own scriptures.

He possessed an invincible heart. He was confident that he would not always fail. One day, he would certainly create perfect scriptures and great arts most suited to his cultivation!

He knew deeply that only what suited him best could allow him to walk more steadily and farther, crush opponents in the same realm, challenge those above his realm, and ultimately use one Dao to suppress ten thousand Daos as he forcefully ascended to the realm of Great Emperor!

Only then would he be qualified to advance toward becoming a Red Dust Immortal!

Inside the stone cave, Lu Zhou shook his head and dispelled all distracting thoughts. He used his final remaining chance at Great Emperor-level comprehension.

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