Number Secret

The method of Reincarnation Seals had become highly popular during the Mythological Era because of the precedent set by the Tribulation Transcendence Heavenly Lord.

Many Heavenly Lords had once devoted themselves to studying and comprehending it.

Then many tested the method upon themselves, burying their physical bodies. Their corpses underwent changes and gave birth to spiritual consciousnesses, only for them to taste the bitter fruit and unleash boundless Corpse Calamities. They condensed Reincarnation Seals and lived anew.

Yet they were no longer who they had once been. Their souls had long since changed; they were entirely new individuals. Only a special existence like Duan De could walk this path to the end.

Chen Zhao shook his head. Reincarnation was far too profound to be something he needed to consider at this stage.

Thinking of Reincarnation Seals reminded him of a special existence within the Netherworld.

The Corpse Emperor.

Legend had it that the corpse of a Supreme from the Previous Era, excavated by the Nether Lord, had undergone Corpse Spirit awakening. It was nurtured during the Ancient Era, then proved the Dao anew and became an emperor.

"Is this one of the Daoist Heavenly Lord's Nine Secrets?" Chen Zhao narrowed his eyes.

Within this Dao Scripture Golden Book, he had discovered the Number Secret, one of the Nine Secrets.

The Number Secret.

It was a secret art mentioned only in passing in the story, without any detailed explanation.

The only being with any connection to the Number Secret was likely Laozi, who had formed from the Corpse Spirit awakening of the Daoist Heavenly Lord's imperial corpse.

The Dao De Jing he possessed recorded a secret art called One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.

This One Qi Transforms into Three Purities secret art might once have been the Number Secret.

"Evolve three Dao bodies, each equivalent to the true body, but with a time limit."

When Chen Zhao saw that it had a time limit, he felt somewhat disappointed.

If this divine ability had no time limit, it would be utterly heaven-defying.

The nine great Heavenly Lords of this universe's Mythological Era had all reached the absolute pinnacle in their respective fields.

One Qi Transforms into Three Purities.

Three Dao bodies no weaker than oneself—even with a time limit, that was astonishing enough. At a critical moment, it could turn the tide.

Chen Zhao set down the Dao Scripture Golden Book in his hand and looked at the Daoist Heavenly Lord lying within the Ancient Coffin.

This golden book recording the Dao Scripture's inheritance had clearly been prepared by the Daoist Heavenly Lord in case his transformation failed.

The golden book recorded the method of condensing Reincarnation Seals. The Daoist Heavenly Lord had likely intended to embark upon the path of condensing reincarnation should his transformation fail.

This inheritance golden book, forged from Dao Tribulation Gold, should originally have been left for Laozi, born from the Corpse Spirit awakening of the imperial corpse.

Just then, Chen Zhao suddenly sensed movement.

Ahead of him, a little white tiger wreathed in auspicious light walked toward him.

"White Tiger Undying Medicine?"

Chen Zhao had not expected the White Tiger Divine Medicine to appear.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine sent out a faint spiritual ripple, asking Chen Zhao to take it away.

There were only so many Undying Medicines in the world, and each kind was one of a kind.

The White Tiger Divine Medicine could fly through the air. It resembled a small white tiger, with leaves, roots, and a stem, its entire body snow-white and surrounded by auspicious light, radiating Dao charm.

Since the White Tiger Divine Medicine had voluntarily chosen to follow him, Chen Zhao naturally had no intention of refusing. He stored the divine medicine within his Bitter Sea.

After the White Tiger Undying Medicine entered the Chaos Bitter Sea, it settled in the west of the sea.

The entire Bitter Sea now housed the Chaos Green Lotus Seed, the Fusang Divine Tree, the Moon Laurel Divine Tree, the Ginseng Fruit Tree, and the White Tiger Divine Medicine.

His Wheel and Sea Mystery, already a hodgepodge to begin with, became even more complicated.

Some Undying Medicines were transformed from Immortal Kings and possessed an exceedingly lofty origin.

With so many Undying Medicines gathered within the Bitter Sea, the Wheel and Sea Mystery began evolving in an unknown direction.

This evolution was slow. Chen Zhao vaguely had an idea regarding it.

But that idea was difficult to realize for the time being.

After placing the White Tiger Divine Medicine in the Bitter Sea, he stopped dwelling on the matter and turned his attention back to the Dao Scripture Golden Book.

Holding the Dao Scripture Golden Book, Chen Zhao began studying the transformation method recorded upon it and comprehending the Number Secret.

Throughout the process, he also observed the Daoist Heavenly Lord's transformation.

Watching a Heavenly Lord's transformation from such close range was tremendously beneficial to him.

Such an opportunity was exceedingly rare. As he witnessed the Daoist Heavenly Lord's life force grow ever more vigorous, rising from weakness to prosperity, he gained insight into a path of his own.

Time flew like an arrow; years flowed like a shuttle.

Five thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

Within the Path to Immortality Land, Chen Zhao sat cross-legged, merged with this world, giving off the feeling that the Dao followed nature.

This state was the realm of unity between man and heaven that Cultivators yearned for most.

The aura of the Great Dao flowed around Chen Zhao, as though he had become the wellspring of the Dao itself.

Chen Zhao opened his eyes. Infinite might lay within them, brighter than the sun itself.

In an instant, everything faded away and returned to the ordinary.

Chen Zhao fixed his gaze on the Ancient Coffin beneath the Immortal Ascension Pool. Even after five thousand years, the vitality within remained exceedingly faint.

Clearly, Daoist Heavenly Lord's transformation had yet to be completed and still required an immensely long time.

Over these five thousand years, observing Daoist Heavenly Lord's transformation at close range had brought him tremendous benefits, allowing him to find the method for his own transformation.

He dropped a bead of Immortal Liquid into Daoist Heavenly Lord's Ancient Coffin, accelerating his transformation.

Having obtained what he wanted, Chen Zhao intended to return to Ziwei.

This journey had yielded immense gains. The value of those methods of transformation alone was beyond measure.

These methods of transformation were paths that predecessors had already walked through. By drawing on them, one could forge a road that belonged to oneself.

In the lonely universe, a Golden Path stretched out from the Ancient Star, heading toward Ziwei Star.

Beneath his feet, the star river flowed. A majestic Life Star wreathed in surging purple qi came into view.

Ziwei Star.

After producing three Emperors in succession, Ziwei Star was now flourishing beyond compare.

If one stood above the star river and gazed toward the Ziwei Star Region, one would find that, apart from the surging purple qi, Faith Power that covered the sky and blotted out the sun also encircled the entire star region.

All that Faith Power flowed toward the Human Emperor Temple in the depths of Ziwei Star.

No one had expected the two Human Emperors of old to return and take up residence within the Human Emperor Temple.

Should any Forbidden Zone Supreme come to attack, they would surely receive quite a pleasant surprise.

After returning to the Intercepting Heaven Dao, Chen Zhao took up residence in a palace in the depths.

For more than ten thousand years since becoming an Emperor, aside from having the disciples of the Intercepting Heaven Dao travel throughout All Heavens in his stead to establish Human Emperor Temples and enlighten the Human Race, he had also had these disciples scattered across various lands search for supreme treasures.

In particular, five thousand years ago, Chen Zhao had issued an order to seek the ingredients for the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill.

By now, less than half of the materials for the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill had been found.

They truly deserved to be ingredients that even Ancient Emperors, after searching for most of their lives, had struggled to obtain.

Some divine objects only emerged once every several tens of thousands of years. Gathering them all was exceedingly difficult.

However, his Lifespan was long, and he had little pressing need for the Nine Revolutions Immortal Pill. He could wait patiently.

"This thing? I never expected it to be here." Among this pile of materials gathered by his disciples, Chen Zhao found something that interested him.

It was a plant, though it was extremely incomplete, crystalline like sapphire.

At its roots hung a pair of silver-white tubers shaped like the soles of feet.

"Human-Shaped Undying Medicine?" Chen Zhao had not expected this thing to fall into his hands.

He already possessed a branch of the Human-Shaped Undying Medicine, obtained from Carefree Heavenly Lord after killing him.

That branch had already been refined into a weapon by Carefree Heavenly Lord.