Yun Ye stepped forward, preparing to take the canon away.
However, Emperor of Extinction's figure emerged again, huge and oppressive. Divine fire blazed fiercely, burning through the void. He stared straight at Yun Ye and said, "The immortals are watching this place. Taking the canon means incurring the True Immortals' suspicion. Even if you can evade their probing, they will still know that an uncontrollable threat is about to emerge. You are the immortal's favored one, so you should understand the stakes. Can you guarantee complete safety?"
Although Emperor of Extinction had already died, with only his residual power remaining in history, he had ultimately been an emperor who had already touched the ceiling of the Red Heaven Realm.
He could see things that ordinary people could not.
For example, the young man before him was shrouded in a wisp of scarlet will. It belonged to that ancient True Immortal, making him one of the very few beings who could be trusted.
Regardless of this person's purpose in achieving the Dao and becoming an immortal, he was ultimately better than a pool of dead water. That was why the canon had chosen him, believing that he possessed potential.
But it was only potential. Any existence that might become an immortal and was compatible with itself had a chance of being chosen as the canon's master. Yet in the end, the cultivators who succeeded were few and far between. Instead, they would gradually bury the canon's own potential.
That was why the immortal race and Immortal Sect had held the canon and endured for hundreds of thousands of years, yet no new immortal had been born. They were watched at all times, and their potential had already been stripped away.
Only a canon free from restraint could play a role in becoming an immortal or achieving the Dao, using its own potential to turn the tide.
The Boundless Dao Canon could barely be considered a canon that still possessed potential. However, after several more generations of inheritance, that would be difficult to say.
"With the World God descending, I dare not guarantee complete safety. I can only gamble on that sliver of possibility."
Yun Ye replied.
"The Boundless Dao Canon was left behind by the first person to become an immortal through Divine Art. It contains the original Divine Art and points directly to the essence of Divine Art. Although it does not reach infinity, it is still immeasurable. I took this canon from the Boundless Divine Palace. Its bloodline had long since died out, leaving behind no inheritance. Thus, it bears no conspicuous cause and effect and possesses no particular will. Whether you use it to become an immortal, achieve the Dao, or put it to some other use, the Boundless Dao Canon can serve you. The fate of the Red Heaven lies in a single thought of yours."
"Humanity, the Demon Race, and the Devil Race would have vanished into history long ago if not for the True Immortal behind you..."
Emperor of Extinction said.
His figure vanished, leaving only the Boundless Dao Canon behind. Yun Ye did not hesitate. He stepped forward and took the canon, but the instant he touched it, divine fire spread. Boundless power erupted in an instant, seemingly testing the mettle of its new master.
The Heavenly Purity Extinction Divine Flame was like scarlet jade—clear and crystalline. It blazed fiercely, and wherever it swept across the world, all became pure. Aside from space, every substance, whether dust, air, spiritual energy, or anything else, was completely erased. In the blink of an eye, it was about to reduce Yun Ye to nothingness.
Yun Ye circulated the Ten Heavenly Stems Law. A cosmic scene emerged, intersecting with the Heavenly Purity Extinction Divine Flame in the silence and annihilating it soundlessly.
Although the Heavenly Purity Extinction Divine Flame was extraordinary, it was water without a source and a tree without roots. It was gradually forced back into the milky-white jade book, transforming into vivid patterns.
Immediately, the jade book opened on its own. It had only two pages, left and right, but boundless knowledge burst forth from within and poured into Yun Ye's consciousness.
"All laws throughout the ages, all hidden in Divine Heaven."
The Boundless Dao Canon was a canon transformed after its creator became an immortal. It contained part of the Boundless Laws and could gather all Divine Arts throughout human history, from ancient times to the present.
Thus, the laws recorded in the Boundless Dao Canon were called the All Hidden Divine Heaven Dao Law. Cultivators could grasp Divine Arts without limit and strengthen their own divinity.
With every Divine Art cultivated, power accumulated upon power without end. It could truly be called heaven-defying.
"The Boundless True Immortal's True Immortal Law probably far surpasses the Red Heaven's..."
Yun Ye was astonished.
After a True Immortal ascended and became part of the rules, the laws it had mastered became True Immortal Law. When these immortal laws were left behind in the lower realm, they were called canons.
In theory, the canon recorded all the laws that a True Immortal had cultivated from the Mortal Realm all the way to becoming an emperor. It had also obtained part of the True Immortal's power, allowing its wielder to unleash some of that power. That was why the Boundless Dao Canon could use the Boundless Laws—or, in other words, the Boundless Immortal Law.
True Immortal Law referred to this portion of the canon's rules.
The immortal laws—or rules—that a True Immortal itself used did not actually count as laws that could be imparted to others. They were purely the power that maintained its own existence.
The Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven had devoured the three great heavenly wills of the Red Heaven. In truth, that was no different from devouring a canon. It was simply unknown whether the Red Heaven's canon contained only those three great powers.
The Body Law, Divine Sense Law, and Spirit Root Law—the three great heavenly wills—happened to be the sources of the Three Great Laws, and they also happened to form the foundation of the Heavenly Stems Universe.
As far as True Immortal Law was concerned, it was clearly far inferior to the Boundless Immortal Law, nowhere near the might of this ultimate path.
Of course, it was also possible that in the Red Heaven's era, only the Body Law among the Three Great Laws had been born. Thus, even after it sublimated into an immortal law, its concept had not been expanded.
That also matched the reality that the Red Heaven was weaker than the other True Immortals. The Boundless True Immortal had been born sometime after Azure Heaven, at an unknown point in the past. The laws it cultivated, the path it walked, and the breadth of what it had seen should all have far surpassed its predecessors.
"The Boundless True Immortal Law isn't without flaws, either. If a mortal cultivates it, then even though it has the property of infinite accumulation, how many Divine Arts can a mortal cultivate? By contrast, the Red Heaven True Immortal Law naturally followed the circumstances of its era. It is merely a battle art, not a cultivation art. Once obtained, it can be used immediately, raising one's strength to a terrifying level."
Yun Ye quickly understood. The Red Heaven True Immortal Law clearly was not a cultivation art. It contained only three true incantations, yet when the three great heavenly wills merged, they could create power akin to a grotto-heaven. If one's foundation was sufficiently strong, this True Immortal Law could also erupt with inexhaustible power.
It was, after all, an immortal law, and its limits were utterly different from those of ordinary laws.
"Sure enough, there are countless treasures! Hahaha! I've already obtained all the resources needed for the road ahead. The Heavenly Sect's prohibition? What the hell does that count for!"
Tian Hou's avatar laughed loudly as he gathered resources. He discovered that most of the treasures here could not actually be placed into Space Magic Tools, which only made him more delighted rather than surprised.
The fact that they could not be placed into Space Magic Tools meant that these treasures and resources were of an extremely high level. In the outside world, they were treasures rarely seen even once in several hundred years.
But look at this Emperor of Extinction Treasury. Here, treasures were as common as weeds.
How could he not be delighted?
He was not merely delighted—he was wildly ecstatic.
His joy was so great that every other thought vanished. He frantically gathered resources. The treasures that could not fit into ordinary Space Magic Tools did not trouble him either. The treasury even contained top-tier spatial treasures, and he could simply use those to store everything. The ease of his progress left him completely lost in it.
Yun Ye did not care about these resources. The Book of Reincarnation emerged and recorded this canon, after which his figure gradually vanished from this space.
Reincarnation, creation, infinity, and boundlessness. After recording the Boundless Dao Canon, the power it enhanced was creation.
Infinity meant infinite possibilities, infinite space and time, and infinite fate.
Creation referred to the past, accumulation, and blessings. It was also the power through which Yun Ye's accumulated reincarnation points could increase his talents.
After recording the Boundless Dao Canon, Yun Ye could gain an additional five reincarnation points with every reincarnation. It was a fairly direct benefit.
Now that he had obtained the item, it was time to run.
"Hmm?"
"The canon... was taken?"
With Yun Ye no longer concealing the secrets of heaven, countless gazes descended. Vast consciousness pierced through layer upon layer of space and swept across the Emperor of Extinction Treasury.
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