The Human Emperor Descends upon Big Dipper, Settling Karmic Debts

The Human Emperor Descends upon Big Dipper, Settling Karmic Debts

Since Ancient Times, there had been exceedingly few Emperors and Sovereigns capable of living a Third Life.

Living a Third Life meant the beginning of the path toward becoming a Mortal World Immortal.

The Transformation into Holy Spirit Method used by the Feathered Emperor of the Desolate Ancient Era to live a Third Life had most likely originated from Emperor Lord.

Emperor Lord might also have used a method similar to the Saintly Spirit Transformation Method for his Third Life.

However, Emperor Lord's method of transforming into a Saintly Spirit might have been improved, and he had not truly become a Saintly Spirit.

Instead, like a Saintly Spirit, he had been nurtured by heaven and earth, severed his Dao and Law, and transformed into new life.

Within the Great Universe, Saintly Spirits were a special kind of existence. Unlike other living beings, Saintly Spirits were not born with bodies of flesh and blood.

They were nourished by the essence of heaven and earth, developing spiritual awareness before being gestated into existence.

For instance, Stone Saintly Spirits were formed from special immortal stones nourished by the spiritual essence of heaven and earth over an extremely long period, such as the Stone Emperor of the Undying Mountain Forbidden Zone in later generations.

There were also Saintly Spirits born from Immortal Gold gaining sentience, such as the Immortal Tears Green Gold of Undying Mountain, as well as Saintly Spirits formed from the spiritual essence of heaven and earth.

Saintly Spirits required an extremely long time to grow, often needing millions of years of gestation before they could achieve their Dao bodies.

During this lengthy process, most Saintly Spirits encountered various unforeseen disturbances and failed to be born perfectly. Thus, the Saintly Spirit Race was exceedingly rare.

Every Saintly Spirit was a child of the Firmament, protected by the Firmament. Only Emperors and Sovereigns dared to kill Saintly Spirits.

"The Transformation into Saintly Spirit Method is feasible, but if I have to be gestated for a million years like the Feathered Emperor before emerging into the world, the daylilies will have long since gone cold."

Although the Transformation into Saintly Spirit Method could succeed, its drawbacks were simply too great.

First, its limitations were far too severe. It took hundreds of millions or even tens of millions of years at every turn.

By the time I woke up, it might already be the Post-Desolate Ancient Era, after Ye Fan had become a Mortal World Immortal and led his entire sect in ascension.

Moreover, during the transformation into a Saintly Spirit, one would have no ability to protect oneself and could be destroyed with ease. Then all prior effort would be wasted.

If the Undying Heavenly Emperor learned that he intended to transform into a Saintly Spirit, he would probably be overjoyed and lie in wait.

The vast universe, the boundless starry sky.

An ancient saying went: "Time is that which spans Since Ancient Times to the present; space is that which encompasses the four directions and above and below."

The universe was simply too vast and boundless. Within its incomparably dark and desolate expanse, an ordinary Cultivator could spend his entire life without crossing a single starfield.

Even ancient saints required the power of the Five-Colored Altar to traverse the universe.

Only Emperors and Sovereigns could roam the universe without restraint.

Within the deathly still universe, a Golden Path paved with Auspicious Light and Divine Radiance stretched across the void, breaking the universe's eternal darkness.

Terrifying phenomena emerged around the Golden Path, with the Four Spirits standing guard on all sides.

Chen Zhao stood atop the Golden Path, recovering from his thoughts about Emperor Lord.

After inspecting the way, he discovered Emperor Lord's runes scattered throughout every part of the universe.

These runes had melded into heaven and earth, becoming one with this universe and impossible to detect.

Chen Zhao already had a solution for these runes.

Now was not the time to deal with them. Raising his head, he saw a magnificent cluster of celestial bodies before him.

A Life Star lay close at hand, brimming with an ancient aura, vast and majestic beyond measure.

Big Dipper!

Chen Zhao sensed a faint feeling of favor from it. An indistinct aura from Big Dipper Star stirred his Chaos Great Dao.

Big Dipper Star was an ancient Life Star within the universe, and also the place where the Path to Immortality opened.

Many Ancient Emperors and Heavenly Lords had made arrangements there.

The Heavenly Lords of the Mythological Era, the Sovereigns of the Ancient Era, and all those Saintly Spirits had been buried there. Thus, Big Dipper was also known as the Burial Emperor Star.

At present, it was the Ancient Era. Without the bloody struggles of the Desolate Ancient Great Emperors in later generations, the Life Forbidden Zones contained enormous numbers of Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Imperial Dao Pressure swept across all of Big Dipper Star. Every living being who felt it had the urge to kneel in worship.

The Big Dipper Human Race in particular wept with joy. During the Ancient Era, none had suffered more miserably than the Big Dipper Human Race.

Because the Ancient Races had taken root across Big Dipper, the Human Race had even once been reduced to food.

Although the Human Race on other Life Stars was at a disadvantage when facing the Ancient Races, they had not suffered as miserably as the Big Dipper Human Race.

For the Human Race of Big Dipper to change this situation, they would have to wait for the great changes in heaven and earth, when the Ancient Races sealed themselves within Divine Source.

Only after the Desolate Ancient Era arrived and Human Great Emperors emerged one after another would the situation of the Big Dipper Human Race improve.

However, because the Human Race had produced three Sovereigns in succession, especially after the Human Emperor's Great Dao had suppressed the Ancient Emperor Weapons of the Ancient Races some time ago,

the arrogance of the Ancient Races had diminished considerably.

Now that the Human Emperor had descended upon Big Dipper and his aura swept through it, those Ancient Races that had once pursued the Human Emperor fell into panic.

Back then, in order to eliminate the Human Emperor and prevent the Human Race from producing a third Sovereign,

the Ancient Races had even reached an agreement to join forces and kill him.

They had even deployed Ancient Emperor Weapons at the time, yet the Human Emperor had still proven his Dao.

These Ancient Races were all afraid—afraid that the Human Emperor would settle karmic debts with them.

"The Human Emperor has come to Big Dipper. Does he intend to pacify us?"

"His aura has grown ever more terrifying. It seems he has broken through the limits of ordinary Dao Provers."

"I see Emperor Lord's shadow in him. He is just as domineering. A Chaos Body proving the Dao is truly terrifying."

"When he was proving his Dao, we should have acted to kill him. We never expected him to become such a hidden danger in the end."

The Human Emperor appeared beyond Big Dipper Star, and many Forbidden Zone Supremes awoke from their slumber, fearing that the Human Emperor had lost his mind and intended to pacify the forbidden zones.

The purpose of the Forbidden Zone Supremes was to await the opening of the Path to Immortality. Opposing the Human Emperor did not serve their interests.

Chen Zhao arrived outside the Sea of Reincarnation. Looking through Layers of Space, he gazed upon the surging silver waves of the Sea of Reincarnation Forbidden Zone.

"Everyone, do you not intend to give me an explanation?" Chen Zhao asked in a cold, heavy voice.

The temperature throughout Big Dipper plummeted, and it instantly entered the bitter chill of midwinter.

Snowflakes began drifting through the sky, falling upon the earth.

"With every word and gesture affecting the celestial phenomena, has the Human Emperor's cultivation already reached such a level?" an ancient sage sighed.

His every word and action affected Big Dipper's celestial phenomena and the cycle of seasons. The Human Emperor's cultivation had likely reached a realm capable of rivaling creation itself.

Settling karmic debts.

The Forbidden Zone Supremes immediately understood the Human Emperor's purpose.

The Carefree Heavenly Lord of old had come from the Sea of Reincarnation Forbidden Zone.

Then the Lord of Reincarnation of the Reincarnation Forbidden Zone had even crossed the void to clash in Dao arts with the Human Emperor.

At this moment, the Human Emperor's purpose was obvious: he had come to settle karmic debts.

The enmity of obstructing one's Dao was irreconcilable.

When the Human Emperor had proven his Dao, the Carefree Heavenly Lord from the Sea of Reincarnation Forbidden Zone had attacked him.

Now that the Human Emperor had personally descended upon Big Dipper, he had come to settle the karmic debt from his former Dao proving.

"What explanation do you want? Do you truly think we fear you?"

"If not for seeking immortality, how could you be allowed to act so arrogantly?"

"If we strike, it will inevitably bring Suffering of Living Beings and Universe Collapse." A disdainful voice sounded from within the forbidden zone.

"Whether you can bear such karma depends on you."