In the desolate universe, the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin continued to move slowly onward, traveling for several years at a stretch.
Over those years, under Li Ping's guidance, Ye Fan cultivated both Taiyin and Taiyang, advancing by leaps and bounds every day.
On this day, Ye Fan finally attained great enlightenment, initially allowing Taiyin and Taiyang to coexist. As a result, he reached the moment of breakthrough.
"Rumble!"
As the heavenly tribulation descended, Ye Fan successfully passed through it and took another step forward, entering the Second Heaven of the Immortal Platform.
In the current Big Dipper Star Domain, the Second Heaven of the Immortal Platform already placed one among the powerful elders. Among the younger generation, such people were absolutely few and far between.
"Master, haven't we reached our destination yet?" Ye Fan asked after completing his tribulation.
This was not the first time he had asked that question, but his master had always merely smiled without answering.
Just then, the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin suddenly shook as it suffered a violent collision.
"We've arrived at the second stop!" Li Ping said with a smile.
Why had he not answered Ye Fan? Because the starry universe was filled with the unknown and danger, and even he did not know where the path led.
The only one he could trust was the Ruthless Emperor. Since the Ruthless Emperor had personally acted, he would eventually reach his destination.
The facts proved that he had not been wrong. After a long journey, the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin finally arrived at an ancient star.
After leaving the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin, he led Ye Fan and the others onward. Before long, they saw a grove of golden trees.
Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief. This was the ancient star he had been looking for.
"Master, where is this place? Am I going to train here?" Ye Fan asked curiously.
Along the way, it was easy to see that this was a desolate ancient star. The air was full of deadly poison, making it utterly unsuitable for living beings.
Li Ping did not answer and simply continued onward. Before long, they saw an enormous mountain.
At the summit stood an old man, stacking Five-Colored Crystal Stones one after another and building them into a small altar.
"Found it!" Li Ping said.
They climbed the mountain and approached the old man. Looking closely, they saw that he wore green robes and had only one arm.
"Return to my homeland, not be buried in a foreign land..."
The low murmur was like a curse, crossing through the ages and endlessly echoing atop the great mountain.
"Is this a Divine Thought?" Black Emperor widened his dog eyes in disbelief.
Ye Fan and Dragon Horse immediately retreated several steps, their faces filled with terror. They too sensed an unusual aura.
Only Li Ping remained motionless. Looking at the one-armed old man before him, his face was full of emotion.
"That's right! This is a Divine Thought, but it has already merged with the Dao, leaving behind only a wisp of obsession!" Li Ping said.
After several million years, even a Divine Thought could not endure and had nearly dissipated between heaven and earth.
Yet even so, that wisp of obsession remained undying, constructing a Five-Colored Altar upon this desolate ancient star.
Just as the one-armed old man kept muttering, returning to his homeland was his sole persistence.
Even after millions of years had passed, his obsession remained unextinguished, all so he would not be buried in a foreign land.
"Master, which Ancient Sovereign or Great Emperor is this?" Ye Fan asked.
The Divine Thought had already merged with the Dao, making its origins impossible to discern, but he felt certain that his master knew.
In truth, ever since they had boarded the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin, his master had seemed to know everything.
That Purple Gold Warship, this ancient star, and the Divine Thought before them—his master seemed capable of foreseeing the future.
No matter how foolish he was, he knew that this was far from normal. His master must be hiding an unimaginable secret.
However, he did not dwell on it too much. The person before him was his master, and that would never change.
Along his path of cultivation, his master had helped him far too much. He had always remembered how his master had treated him.
His master would tell him what he should know. As for what he should not know, there had to be a reason he could not know it.
"It is the Divine Thought of the Sun Ancient Emperor. This ancient star is the burial place of the Sun Sacred Emperor!" Li Ping said.
If he had wished, he could have asked the Ruthless Emperor to act and construct a Great Emperor Formation Pattern, allowing them to quickly reach the Ziwei Ancient Star.
Yet he had deliberately boarded the Nine Dragon Pulling Coffin and sailed through the desolate universe precisely to find this ancient star.
The burial place of the Sun Sacred Emperor—there was nowhere more suitable than this to revive the Sun Sacred Emperor!
That was right! After accumulating enough Shock Value, the second Human Great Emperor he wanted to revive was the Sun Sacred Emperor!
The Sun Sacred Emperor was an ancient ancestor of the human race. He had fought for humanity throughout his life, and it was because of his existence that humanity gained a foothold during the Primordial Era.
The Sun Sacred Emperor's merits overshadowed the ages, yet his descendants were massacred and nearly exterminated. It was truly tragic and lamentable!
Even more sigh-inducing was that although humanity had betrayed the lineage of the Sun Sacred Emperor, the Sun Sacred Emperor had never betrayed humanity!
When the Dark Turmoil arrived, even with only a sheet of human skin remaining, the Sun Sacred Emperor still fought for humanity and shed his last drop of blood.
Such a Human Sacred Emperor should not fade away in obscurity. He should have had a far more brilliant future.
"System! Revive the Sun Sacred Emperor!"
Without any hesitation, Li Ping immediately began reviving the Sun Sacred Emperor.
"Ding! Deducting Shock Value! One billion Shock Value has been deducted!"
After one billion Shock Value was deducted, he became penniless once more, but he did not regret it.
Compared to reviving the Sun Sacred Emperor, one billion Shock Value was nothing at all.
Moreover, with the precedent of reviving the Void Emperor, he believed he would soon earn back one billion Shock Value.
"Ding! Beginning detection!"
"Spacetime passage activated. Primordial Era locked."
All of a sudden, an image appeared in Li Ping's mind!
It showed a man of heroic bearing, his hair flowing loose around him and his entire body carrying an aura of compassion for all living beings.
Above his head floated a stone tower, radiating hundreds of millions of strands of immortal light that illuminated eternity.
"Sun Sacred Emperor revival in progress."
"Ding! Sun Sacred Emperor has been revived!"
A figure suddenly appeared before Li Ping. It was precisely the heroic man he had just seen.
The Sun Sacred Emperor slowly opened his eyes, and an indescribable aura soared from his body toward the heavens.
Wisp after wisp, strand after strand, it pierced through past, present, and future, suppressed the three thousand great worlds, and reversed the six paths of reincarnation!
Li Ping secretly wiped away a cold sweat. Fortunately, they were inside the system space, or he would not even have been able to stand.
However, once the Sun Sacred Emperor's supreme Ancient Sovereign might shook the universe and the eight directions, those supreme beings would surely be dumbfounded again!
"Where is this? Wasn't I dead?" the Sun Sacred Emperor murmured.
Like the Void Emperor before him, he was still somewhat confused about his own state after being revived.
His final memory was of attempting transformation, ultimately failing, and being buried in a foreign land.
Yet now, he was alive again!
Who could possess such an inconceivable ability, bringing back someone who had already passed away?
Thinking of this, he could not help looking at the person before him. In this strange space, aside from himself, there was only this person.
He had not been alarmed before looking, but once he did, he was shocked. The person before him was shrouded in mist, his aura as unfathomable as an abyss. He could not see through him at all?
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