Taiji Diagram

Taiji Diagram

To ordinary people, the Kunlun Immortal Vein, a place of extreme danger, posed no danger whatsoever before Chen Zhao.

A complete supreme killing array covered the surroundings of the Path to Immortality Land. Even a quasi-emperor who came here would have only one path: death.

In Later Generations, a quasi-emperor carrying the Divine Mark Purple Gold Tower had come here, only to die beneath the killing array of the Path to Immortality Land.

Yet before a Current Emperor, such a grand array had no effect at all.

Back then, the Heavenly Court had controlled the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains and drained the essence of countless Life Stars, all to nurture the Becoming Immortal Cauldron.

Even though the Becoming Immortal Cauldron had been taken away, the Path to Immortality Land within the Kunlun Immortal Vein remained an unrivaled sacred land in the universe.

After putting away the Ginseng Fruit Tree, Chen Zhao headed deeper inside.

He encountered no obstacles along the way, moving as though through uninhabited territory.

Soon, Chen Zhao arrived at the deepest part, and a magnificent sight unfolded before his eyes.

Though he had seen many divine mountains and sacred lands, few could compare to this place.

This was the land that had once nurtured immortality, created when the Heavenly Court drained the essence of countless Life Stars.

The scene ahead was magnificent beyond all reason.

More than ten thousand Dragon Head Mountain Peaks surrounded one another, forming a valley at the center.

The mountains resembled dragon heads, continuously spewing essence into the valley. Immortal Spiritual Energy billowed upward, creating a land of immortal fortune.

As expected of the Path to Immortality Land nurtured after so many Life Ancient Stars had withered away.

Chen Zhao entered the Path to Immortality Land. The dragon heads atop the surrounding mountains looked lifelike and radiated faint dragon might, as if they might undergo tribulation and ascend at any moment.

Along the way, Chen Zhao discovered quite a few corpses.

These people had died horribly. Without sufficient strength, seeking immortal opportunities was nothing more than seeking death.

Dense immortal radiance and essence poured down from the surrounding dragon heads, gathering in the center of the valley to form an Immortal Pool roughly ten feet across.

Immortal Spiritual Energy rose from it, while hundreds of millions of strands of Divine Rosy Clouds shone brilliantly, flooding the entire valley.

Precious herbs carpeted the Path to Immortality Land, enough to drive anyone mad.

Chen Zhao stood within the Immortal Ascension Pool. Hundreds of millions of strands of divine light danced inside it, dazzling and magnificent.

Array patterns stretched through the void. Complex patterns covered the entire Path to Immortality Land, their array markings interwoven into a terrifying killing array.

After evolving over endless Years, this killing array had long developed a will of its own.

Upon sensing Chen Zhao's arrival, the Killing Array Spirit did not dare make the slightest movement.

The Immortal Pool before him was only about ten feet long and five feet wide. He had no idea what immortal material it had been forged from.

Within the pool, the essence of heaven and earth had condensed into liquid, radiating dazzling rosy light.

"This is—"

Chen Zhao's gaze narrowed. At his level, ordinary things could no longer stir his emotions.

Yet when he saw what lay within this Path to Immortality Land, he could not help but feel surprised.

That was because an Ancient Coffin lay within the Path to Immortality Land.

The Ancient Coffin was only the size of an ordinary coffin. Its material could not be identified, but it emanated a dense Dao aura.

Whose was it? Emperor Lord's, or the Undying Heavenly Emperor's? Chen Zhao fell into thought, then dismissed the possibility.

Upon closer inspection, the Ancient Coffin was covered in supreme patterns. It had clearly been left behind by a supreme figure.

Chen Zhao did not rashly touch the coffin. The Tai Emperor of Later Generations was a cautionary example.

Although seeing a coffin here stirred his heart, as a Current Emperor, his present combat strength defied the heavens.

There were only a few people in the entire universe who could make him wary.

The ripples in his heart quickly subsided.

"Who exactly is it?"

Chen Zhao was curious. The Path to Immortality Land was extraordinary. Anyone capable of burying themselves here could not possibly be an unknown figure.

With curiosity in his heart, Chen Zhao stood by the pool and carefully observed beneath the Immortal Pool.

He saw threadlike webs within the walls of the Immortal Pool.

The webs flowed with immortal light and were crystalline and translucent. They resembled blood vessels, and Chen Zhao could even sense vitality from them.

These blood vessels connected more than ten thousand Dragon Head Peaks, injecting all the life essence of the Path to Immortality Land into the coffin and nurturing a supreme Immortal Fetus.

If the entire Path to Immortality Land was a placenta, then what was being nurtured within the stone coffin was an Immortal Fetus.

Could someone be using this method to reverse their life? Chen Zhao examined it carefully and indeed discovered something unusual.

A faint trace of life force came from within the coffin. It was exceedingly weak, like a dying candle in the wind, as though it could dissipate at any moment.

Someone was using the fortune and life force of the Path to Immortality Land to transform into an Immortal Fetus, attempting to live another life.

In Later Generations, Ye Fan had used the Path to Immortality Land to undergo Nirvana and reverse his life, successfully living out his Third Life.

So a similar method had already been used by someone during the Ancient Era.

"You've hidden for so long. Are you still not planning to come out and meet me?" Chen Zhao's voice turned cold as he stared at a corner of the void, ready to strike at any moment.

A Taiji Diagram the size of a painting emerged from the void. Black and white, it displayed the image of the boundless Great Dao.

Rosy light permeated the surroundings of the Taiji Diagram, with countless strands of Auspicious Light. Great Dao Prophecies circled outside the diagram, while Heavenly Dao Runes flickered in and out of sight within it.

Five-Colored Light illuminated the Path to Immortality Land, and Auspicious Qi awed All Heavens and Realms.

A Deity appeared from the Taiji Diagram. He was an Old Daoist who looked immortal and refined, with white hair and a youthful face, emanating the aura of the Dao following nature.

This was the Deity of a Supreme Dao Weapon! The Deity bowed to Chen Zhao and said, "Greetings, Current Human Emperor."

"Daoist Heavenly Lord's Taiji Diagram?"

Chen Zhao narrowed his eyes, and the answer emerged in his heart.

He then looked toward the Ancient Coffin within the Immortal Ascension Pool. "Then the one below is Daoist Heavenly Lord."

"Yes. Heavenly Lord is undergoing transformation within the Immortal Ascension Pool."

The Taiji Diagram's Deity knew that before the Current Human Emperor, he had no chance to lie, so he answered truthfully.

After receiving a clear answer, waves rose in Chen Zhao's heart.

The Daoist Heavenly Lord of old had not died. He was still undergoing transformation in the Path to Immortality Land.

One of the nine great Heavenly Lords of the Mythological Era, and the creator of the Number Secret.

He was also the founder of the Dao Scripture, the strongest foundational cultivation method in the world.

In Later Generations, his Emperor Corpse Spiritual Awakening had transformed him into Laozi.

Traces of Daoist Heavenly Lord were scattered throughout the history of Covering the Sky. In Chen Zhao's previous life, he had even been called the Brewing Heavenly Lord.

During the Mythological Era, Daoist Heavenly Lord had been especially skilled at brewing wine with supreme Saintly Spirits.

The Emperor Corpse transformed from Daoist Heavenly Lord had even traversed the Path to Immortality and entered the Immortal Domain. His fortune could only be called heaven-defying.

Countless Emperors and Sovereigns had undergone Self-Severance, waiting for the Path to Immortality to open so they could enter the Immortal Domain, yet only Laozi and the others had entered the Immortal Domain.

From a certain perspective, Daoist Heavenly Lord was one of the few people in all of Covering the Sky to achieve immortality by an alternative path.

Daoist Heavenly Lord was extremely mysterious. In the story of Covering the Sky, only legends about his Dao Scripture and his love of brewing wine had been passed down.

Now, Daoist Heavenly Lord's Saint Spirit Wine Cellar even existed on the Ancient Starry Road.

"Daoist Heavenly Lord's condition isn't right."

As the Current Emperor, Chen Zhao quickly noticed that something was wrong with Daoist Heavenly Lord's condition.

He was caught between life and death, and there was a chance of failure at any moment.