Within Tanggu Valley, the yin and yang qi rose separately from the Sun God Temple and the Lunar Temple. They remained clearly distinct, each occupying half the territory.
At the point where the yin and yang qi converged, a figure sat cross-legged. The yin and yang qi met within his body.
The Yin Yang Taiji Diagram centered on this figure's body, covering all of Tanggu Valley and extending across the entire Ziwei Star Domain.
"Truly astonishing. Just how far has Haotian the Great Emperor progressed?"
Laozi gazed from afar, growing more astonished the longer he looked. Haotian the Great Emperor had changed.
It was common knowledge that Haotian the Great Emperor possessed the Sun God Physique. After forcibly proving the Dao, this physique had become even more terrifying.
Whenever Haotian the Great Emperor attacked, he was like the blazing sun hanging in the sky. Even Supreme Beings could not withstand his domineering flames.
But what was he seeing now?
The yin and yang qi intertwined within Haotian the Great Emperor's body, resonating with him and transforming into a Taiji Diagram.
The Sun God Physique controlled the ultimate essence of the sun. When had Haotian the Great Emperor begun cultivating both yin and yang?
Physique transformations were not unheard of. For example, some had once speculated that Haotian the Great Emperor had completed a transformation of his physique.
However, such transformations were generally completed on the original foundation. For example, Haotian the Great Emperor's Sun God Physique might advance another step.
Haotian the Great Emperor's current situation was clearly not like that. With the Sun God Physique, it was fundamentally impossible to control yin and yang simultaneously.
In other words, Haotian the Great Emperor was no longer merely the Sun God Physique. He had transformed into an unparalleled physique capable of containing both yin and yang at once.
Could it be that everyone had guessed wrong?
Had the Great Emperor Haotian not taken Immortal Medicine to live a second life, but instead transformed through his own power and defied heaven to live a second life?
If that was truly the case, everything could be explained reasonably. But was it really possible?
At the thought of this astonishing possibility, he could not help trembling all over, because it implied far too many things.
Whether it was truly as he had guessed, he might be able to wait and see in the years to come.
Laozi's guess was actually correct. After living out a second lifetime, Ying Hao's physique had already changed.
The Sacred Sun Physique represented the ultimate of yang. Even accommodating a trace of lunar power was an exceedingly difficult task.
When his first lifetime came to an end and his life approached its final point, yin flourished while yang declined, and he finally completed an inconceivable transformation.
The Black Tortoise Bloodline and Golden Crow Bloodline reached a balance. He simultaneously accommodated lunar and solar power, transforming the Sacred Sun Physique into the Yin Yang Sacred Body.
When yin and yang complemented each other, the world hailed him as Emperor!
From that moment onward, his strength advanced another step, reaching the level of a Heavenly Emperor.
Now, he sat cross-legged within Tanggu Valley, continuously tempering the Heavenly Dao Record with the yin and yang qi.
Within the Heavenly Dao Record, yin and yang intertwined inside the Great Desolation World, and scenes of the creation of heaven and earth continuously unfolded.
Although he had already evolved the Great Desolation World within the Heavenly Dao Record, neither its scope nor its level was remotely sufficient.
Now, using the Heaven-Opening Mark as the basis for his insights and his own Dao as the power to open heaven, he was causing the Great Desolation World to expand ceaselessly.
Although it still could not compare with the true Great Desolation World, as the Great Desolation World continued expanding, the level of the Heavenly Dao Record also continued rising.
Whether it was Cao Yusheng's Heaven-Piercing Underworld Treasure or the Emperor's Immortal Ascension Cauldron, both had undergone this kind of transformation.
The level of an Ultimate Emperor Weapon continued to rise until it finally broke through its limits and transformed into a true Immortal Artifact.
The most crucial factor in this was undoubtedly a Heavenly Emperor-level Great Dao!
The Great Dao of Yin and Yang was engraved into the Heavenly Dao Record. Interweaving with the Primordial Violet Qi, it transformed into the core of the Heavenly Dao Record.
"Rumble!"
As an enormous roar rang out, boundless tribulation lightning descended. Terrifying thunderbolts continuously struck the Heavenly Dao Record.
The Heavenly Dao Record surged skyward and crashed into the endless sea of lightning. A vast world immediately emerged.
At first, this world was still extremely indistinct, but it gradually became clear. Suppressing the cosmos, it was actually even larger than the endless sea of lightning.
As time passed, the Heavenly Tribulation grew increasingly terrifying. The Heavenly Dao Record shook unceasingly under the thunderbolts, and wounds even began to appear across it.
Starting from the Ziwei Star Domain, every living being in the entire universe sensed the terrifying aura. They were all chilled to the bone.
"What exactly is happening? Is someone undergoing the Great Emperor Tribulation?"
"Impossible! Haotian the Great Emperor is still here! Who could prove the Dao and become Emperor at a time like this?"
"Look! There's a divine diagram within the endless tribulation lightning. Is that Haotian the Great Emperor's Emperor Weapon?"
No one knew exactly what was happening, but the terrifying aura emanating from the endless sea of lightning was undeniably real.
Some speculated that Haotian the Great Emperor had accumulated power for so long that he was finally about to begin conquering the Immortal Ascension Path and ascend into the Immortal Domain.
Others speculated that Haotian the Great Emperor was about to advance another step and had become intolerable to heaven and earth, which was why he had triggered such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation.
"He's refining an Immortal Artifact!"
Laozi's eyes were filled with shock. Others did not know what was happening, but he saw it with perfect clarity.
Haotian the Great Emperor had sat cross-legged in Tanggu Valley for many years, continuously condensing yin and yang qi to refine his Ultimate Emperor Weapon.
He had originally found it strange. An Ultimate Emperor Weapon was already the strongest weapon in the world, so what use could further refinement possibly have?
It was only when the terrifying Heavenly Tribulation descended that he suddenly realized it. Haotian the Great Emperor was refining an Immortal Artifact!
In this universe, it was not as if Immortal Artifacts did not exist. The legendary Desolate Pagoda and Immortal Bell, for example, were peerless Immortal Artifacts.
However, these Immortal Artifacts were said to have been left behind by immortals. He had never heard of anyone refining an Immortal Artifact.
Now he had witnessed it. Haotian the Great Emperor could actually refine an Immortal Artifact?
Although the Immortal Artifact had not yet been completed, the fact that it could cause heaven and earth to unleash such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation already explained many things.
As long as it successfully overcame the Heavenly Tribulation, a new Immortal Artifact would appear in the world!
What shocked him most, however, was just how powerful Haotian the Great Emperor truly was. He could actually refine an Immortal Artifact?
Could it be that Haotian the Great Emperor had already become an immortal, and that was why he could refine an Immortal Artifact?
Within the endless sea of lightning, Ying Hao did not attack to resist the Heavenly Tribulation. Instead, he allowed the Heavenly Dao Record to endure the continuous bombardment of the thunderbolts.
This was an unavoidable step in transforming into an Immortal Artifact. Only after undergoing the tempering of heaven and earth could it engrave the highest imprint.
No one knew how much time had passed when the Heavenly Dao Record suddenly trembled. Its brilliant Immortal Light surged several times over, and the enormous world became incomparably real.
It was complete!
A faint smile appeared on Ying Hao's face. After enduring the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, the Heavenly Dao Record had finally completed its final transformation.
Within the Heavenly Dao Record, the Great Desolation World was extremely primitive. Heaven and earth were undivided, with no up or down, east or west—only a chaos of yin and yang.
But at this moment, the world trembled. The yang qi rose, and thus there was heaven. The yin qi sank, and thus there was earth.
Heaven and earth had first appeared. Although the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers had yet to emerge, their rudimentary forms already existed, and faint outlines could be seen.
Without a doubt, this was a crucial step on the path of transformation, a sign that the Great Desolation World was truly taking shape.
In the next moment, the Heavenly Dao Record shot into the sky. Like an ox drinking water, it swallowed the endless sea of lightning, and the Heavenly Tribulation instantly dissipated.
The transformation was complete. From then on, the Heavenly Dao Record was no longer an Ultimate Emperor Weapon, but an Immortal Artifact!
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