The Mysteries of Chaos, Emperor Lord's Scheme

Chapter 18: The Mysteries of Chaos, Emperor Lord's Scheme

Within the Chaos Bitter Sea, all things evolved. Yin and yang converged, and a Divine Bridge woven from Myriad Daos led straight to the Other Shore.

A six-zhang-tall Fusang Divine Tree descended into the Bitter Sea. Yang Saintly Power circulated through its resplendent golden leaves.

The Fusang Divine Tree settled into the Bitter Sea, where dense Chaos Qi swirled around it. The two complemented one another, forming a unique cycle.

"Could the Bitter Sea of a Chaos Body transform into a Great Universe?"

This was an idea Chen Zhao had held for a long time.

After becoming an emperor, he discovered that it could be done.

The Chaos Body was a miraculous physique of the Great Universe, naturally accompanied by Myriad Daos. Even if an emperor reigned in the current age, it could still merge with the Dao and become an emperor.

Even the corpse of Wang Bo, a Chaos Body who had failed to attain the Dao during the Mythological Era, had been refined into the Big Dipper Star after his death.

After becoming an emperor, Chen Zhao had constantly been pondering the matter of a Chaos Body evolving heaven and earth.

It might be impossible to evolve an Immortal Domain, but opening up a world within his body was achievable.

That was also why Chen Zhao had always wanted to find the Chaos Green Lotus.

Chaos Planting Azure Lotus.

The Chaos Green Lotus was the Undying Medicine best suited to him, and the Azure Emperor's ideas were somewhat similar to Chen Zhao's.

However, Chen Zhao wanted to replace the will of heaven with his own. I am heaven and earth.

He wanted to open up a universe within his body and free himself from dependence on the external world.

If the universe within his body could continue to grow, eventually rivaling the Immortal Domain, standing alongside All Heavens, and surpassing the heavens above—

Then it would be a glorious path. Yet this path was merely one of Chen Zhao's ideas; whether it could be realized remained unknown.

The Azure Emperor, meanwhile, wished to evolve an Immortal Domain within the Desolate Tower. The idea was actually feasible, but accomplishing it would be harder than ascending to heaven.

The Immortal Domain's origins were immensely ancient. A group of Immortal Kings had driven the primordial Immortal Domain to devour countless universes.

Only then did the Immortal Ancient Era come into being—the Immortal Domain where Ten Thousand Immortals Pay Homage, known as the homeland of immortals.

However, this was merely Chen Zhao's idea. For now, he had no plans to put it into practice.

He was still within the Human Dao Domain. This path could be explored gradually.

To advance to Quasi Immortal Emperor, one had to forge one's own path and possess one's own law.

The group of Immortal Kings from the Ancient Immortal Domain had opened up and perfected the Immortal Domain system, faintly touching the threshold of Quasi Immortal Emperor.

Unfortunately, they had ultimately failed.

After drawing the Fusang Divine Tree into his Bitter Sea, Chen Zhao discovered that a special resonance had formed between his Chaos Bitter Sea and the Fusang Divine Tree.

Under the effect of this resonance, Chen Zhao's comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao deepened further.

Chen Zhao surveyed the Valley of Tang. Although this place contained many precious herbs,

at his level, ordinary precious herbs could no longer catch his eye, aside from Undying Medicines.

He then sent Li Jing the location of the Valley of Tang by message.

Though these resources were useless to him, they could still strengthen Intercepting Heaven Dao.

Chen Zhao rose and headed toward the Big Dipper Star.

A Golden Path extended from Ziwei, crossing the vast distance of space before descending upon the Big Dipper Star!

A Golden Path paving the way—the standard display for a Heavenly Lord or Ancient Emperor traveling.

When forces throughout the many universes saw the Golden Path spanning the cosmos, they all knew that the Human Emperor was traveling.

As he traversed the universe, Chen Zhao discovered unusual runes.

These runes were extraordinarily special, containing a peculiar Dao rhythm and hidden extremely deeply, fused as one with the universe.

They appeared to be part of heaven and earth itself. Even Heavenly Lords and Ancient Emperors merged with the will of heaven would be unable to detect them.

"As expected of Emperor Lord."

If not for his knowledge of the plot, coupled with having become an emperor through a Chaos Body,

Chen Zhao would not have been able to discover what was special about these runes either.

Emperor Lord had secretly inscribed countless runes throughout the Great Universe, laying down immeasurable contingencies. He intended to refine the Human World and the Strange World into a cauldron and forge a supreme Immortal Artifact.

In the Later Generations, the Beginningless Great Emperor had noticed the runes Emperor Lord had inscribed throughout the Great Universe.

He used the God-Sealing List to record the ripple patterns of the Great Universe, thereby interfering with the formation of the World Cauldron.

"The Forbidden Zone Supremes merely want to devour All Spirits and harvest Life Essence. Emperor Lord wants to sacrifice the entire Great Universe."

As Chen Zhao sensed the mysterious runes inscribed throughout the universe, he recalled the final plot of Covering the Sky.

Emperor Lord, who had been believed to have perished on the Path to Immortality, suddenly appeared as though he were coming to his death. Emperor Lord.

In the early stages, he had always been portrayed as a formidable hero. He founded the Heavenly Court and suppressed the Universe, using the Honored One of the Human Path to refine the Becoming Immortal Cauldron.

He had even refined Nine Revolutions Immortal Pills and invited the Forbidden Zone Supremes to emerge, plotting Ascension of the Entire Sect together.

Yet when they attacked the Path to Immortality, Emperor Lord inexplicably wanted to sacrifice the other Heavenly Lords. That was the most abnormal part.

After faking his death for so many years, he suddenly emerged at the end and confronted them head-on, as if he had come willingly to die.

In Chen Zhao's view, at the end of the plot,

after Ye Fan and the others dealt with the Undying Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Lord suddenly appeared and was killed shortly afterward. It seemed deeply unreasonable.

He had deliberately sought death.

Emperor Lord had been extremely abnormal at that time, as though he were seeking his own demise.

Otherwise, if Emperor Lord had truly wanted to oppose Ye Fan and the others, he could have simply joined forces with the Undying Heavenly Emperor and that insignificant Mortal World Immortal from the Strange World.

There was no need to take on so many Mortal World Immortals alone after the Undying Heavenly Emperor's death.

Chen Zhao had some guesses about Emperor Lord's purpose in deliberately seeking death.

Perhaps Emperor Lord's unusual state was connected to darkness, but there was no basis for speculation at present, and the truth could not be known.

However, one thing was certain: Emperor Lord was in terrible condition.

From the end of the Mythological Era until the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, there had been no trace of Emperor Lord.

Only in the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, after Ye Fan became a Mortal World Immortal, did Emperor Lord suddenly emerge to seek death.

For the time being, Chen Zhao had no intention of dealing with these Emperor Runes arranged by Emperor Lord.

If he rashly tampered with these Emperor Lord Runes, he would alert the enemy.

Chen Zhao also came up with a way to deal with Emperor Lord's runes.

According to legend, Emperor Lord's previous incarnation had been some Heavenly Lord from the Mythological Era.

Later, he was reborn as a naturally nurtured infant, devouring the essence of all things in the universe and rising to supreme heights, peerless and unprecedented throughout the ages.

After abandoning the Dao and law of his First Life, Emperor Lord proved the Dao anew and took the title Emperor Lord.

Emperor Lord was exceptionally unusual. He was the only figure in history to prove the Dao twice.

At the end of the Mythological Era, after Emperor Lord abandoned all his Dao and law and proved the Dao anew, he should have been in his Third Life.

His First Life had been as a certain Heavenly Lord of the Mythological Era. He had likely relied on an Undying Medicine to live a Second Life.

Later, he severed his Dao and law, transformed into a naturally nurtured infant, appeared once more, proved the Dao again, and lived a Third Life.

This was somewhat similar to the Saintly Spirit Transformation Method.

In the Desolate Ancient Era of the Later Generations, the Feathered Emperor appeared, possessing the Heavenly Court's inheritance.

The Feathered Emperor transformed himself into a Saintly Spirit, thereby living a Third Life.

Yet his descendants had been utterly useless. Even though the Feathered Emperor transformed into a Saintly Spirit and lived a Third Life, he still died in frustration.