This was not Li Ming's first time visiting Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star.
He naturally knew that Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star had been transformed from Lingbao Tianzun's head.
Now that such a shocking change had taken place, Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star would very likely undergo a heaven-shaking transformation.
Lingbao Tianzun was very likely about to revive.
After all, the True Immortal's corpse had not become nourishment for his revival as Lingbao Tianzun had expected. Instead, it had undergone Corpse Spirit Awakening and nearly disrupted all his plans.
Li Ming had unexpectedly slain that True Immortal corpse after its Corpse Spirit Awakening, so he could be considered to have indirectly saved Lingbao Tianzun.
Li Ming flew toward Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star and soon encountered Netherworld Emperor Duan De and Daode Tianzun along the way.
They decided to go take a look together.
Before long, they arrived in the starry sky where Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star was located.
The current Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star had changed.
Countless Great Daos intertwined there, making it incomparably sacred and powerful. More importantly, it brimmed with vitality.
Venerable Ming and Daode Tianzun were also startled as they looked at that irregular shape resembling a head.
After making some deductions, Netherworld Emperor Duan De looked toward another region of stars in even greater shock.
If he was not mistaken, those stars and this head formed something that looked remarkably like a corpse.
"This was actually transformed from Lingbao Tianzun's corpse?!" Daode Tianzun was also astonished.
Daode Tianzun and Netherworld Venerable were both people walking the path of immortality in the mortal world, and they had heard many legends about the famous Lingbao Tianzun.
Although they had never lived in the same Lifetime and had never crossed paths, they knew of each other's existence.
Now that Li Ming had returned to Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, he could not help sighing over how miraculous Lingbao Tianzun's method of living a new Lifetime truly was.
The entire Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star now displayed Grand Dao Imprints unique to Lingbao Tianzun.
Nine Heavenly Venerable runes emerged, shrouding the surrounding starry sky.
They seemed to be warning the other Dark Supremes not to seek trouble.
Li Ming, Netherworld Venerable, and Daode Tianzun easily passed through the Emperor Runes and arrived on Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star.
They entered the underground world beneath the Immortal Platform.
It was a vast, boundless world filled everywhere with roaring flames.
"That is Lingbao Tianzun's Primordial Spirit Fire!"
Netherworld Venerable said in surprise.
Just as Li Ming had said, Lingbao Tianzun's Immortal Platform still nurtured incomparably dense vitality and retained hope of revival.
Daode Tianzun had once obtained Lingbao Tianzun's Scripture in history, while Lingbao Tianzun had also once obtained Daode Tianzun's Scripture.
He was exceptionally familiar with the Grand Dao Divine Resonance here.
Netherworld Emperor Duan De had likewise obtained Lingbao Tianzun's Scripture. In particular, Netherworld Venerable studied the method of Corpse Spirit Awakening, and in a sense, he could be considered one of the sources of the Corpse Calamity.
It was unknown whether Netherworld Venerable and Lingbao Tianzun would fight when they met again.
At this moment, Netherworld Venerable stared intensely at a continent floating in the air.
The flames there blazed fiercely. The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram, along with the True Immortal-level Teng Snake and all the Divine Substance, slowly merged into that place.
Everyone could clearly sense that the vitality there had grown even denser.
Li Ming thought about it. In the original text, Lingbao Tianzun's Immortal Platform Divine Liquid had contained hope of revival. Even when Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable discovered this place in the original text, they had not destroyed it.
Yet in the end, Golden Crow Great Emperor had swept it all away in one stroke.
It had fulfilled Golden Crow Great Emperor, but destroyed Lingbao Tianzun's hope of reviving once more.
Now, the Primordial Spirit Fire at the Immortal Platform burned so vigorously and contained such boundless vitality that the chances of Lingbao Tianzun's revival were growing greater and greater.
After all, Golden Crow Great Emperor had relied on the Immortal Platform Divine Liquid here to undergo Nirvana and live a Second Lifetime. That showed that the incomparably dense vitality within it had never been extinguished.
There were some Great Dao Divine Patterns arranged by Li Ming here, intended to help Lingbao Tianzun gather fragments of his Primordial Spirit.
When Li Ming had first arrived here, he discovered that Lingbao Tianzun's True Spirit had exploded in an extraordinarily violent manner.
Those Primordial Spirit fragments had scattered throughout the entire universe.
Back then, he had carefully set up formations here because he wanted to lend Lingbao Tianzun a hand.
Li Ming lightly traced patterns with both hands, and dense Dao patterns rapidly manifested, all radiating mysterious and unusual auras.
Since Lingbao Tianzun had not completely died, Li Ming was naturally willing to help.
As for the grudge from when Dark Supremes had used Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram to attack him, it had already been wiped clean when he slew the True Immortal corpse that had undergone Corpse Spirit Awakening.
Li Ming now earnestly drew even more runes meant to summon the True Spirit.
If Lingbao Tianzun had truly died completely, Li Ming would have been unable to help him revive.
But since vitality still remained, things became much easier.
The three soon ascended the Immortal Platform. The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Formation Diagram were extremely vigilant, but they did not stop them.
Netherworld Venerable quickly discovered many wondrous runes atop it, all personally branded there by Lingbao Tianzun in the past.
After Venerable Ming, Daode Tianzun, and Li Ming analyzed them, they unanimously concluded that Lingbao Tianzun's hope of revival lay here.
Mysterious Primordial Spirit fragments were continuously being summoned. Though incredibly tiny, they were indeed steadily gathering.
"It seems Lingbao Tianzun's transformation back then was far too brutal. His entire Primordial Spirit Immortal Platform nearly exploded," Daode Tianzun said.
"I wonder what he encountered back then. Why did he transform in such a brutal way?" Netherworld Venerable also fell into thought.
Upon hearing this, a flash of inspiration crossed Li Ming's mind.
It seemed Lingbao Tianzun's death had not been so simple.
Could there have been some other unexpected development?
Could he, like Boundless Heavenly Venerable and Emperor Zun, have possibly suffered a sneak attack from Dark Strangeness?
Lingbao Tianzun's corpse had scattered across the starry sky and become patches of life-bearing planets.
In a sense, this secretly conformed to the profound meaning of Destruction and Rebirth.
But Destruction and Rebirth was no simple matter. Many could achieve destruction, yet could not achieve rebirth.
In any case, Lingbao Tianzun's method of transformation had been far too brutal.
It could even be called despairing.
"Once Lingbao Tianzun revives, every secret will be revealed."
"Perhaps then we can also obtain this method of living a new Lifetime."
"In that case, let us first give Lingbao Tianzun a grand gift. We will join forces and help him summon those shattered soul fragments."
"That will be difficult. His soul shattered into ashes countless tens of thousands of years ago. Its fragments have already merged into the sun, moon, and stars, into flowers, grass, and trees. How difficult will it be to summon them back?"
"It is fine. We have plenty of time."
Over the following days, they remained here, summoning Lingbao Tianzun's soul fragments while also protecting his path.
Witnessing Lingbao Tianzun's revival and return was itself a great fortunate opportunity for them.
Emperor Zun and Netherworld Venerable had occupied this place in the past but had not destroyed it, showing that Emperor Zun had still possessed some principles back then.
At least before his mind drastically changed, Emperor Zun had still been normal, bearing the demeanor of a formidable hero.
In the blink of an eye, two thousand years passed.
The previously peaceful and tranquil Nine Heavens and Ten Lands suddenly trembled once more.
The Four Swords of Zhu Xian shot into the heavens, fully reviving again and releasing incomparably terrifying killing intent.
Streams of star rivers flowed from the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, as though they were opening heaven and earth.
Behind the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, Lingbao Tianzun's Formation Diagram also fully revived. The incomparably mysterious Grand Dao Runes upon it contained endless killing intent.
They burst out from Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star and circled through the starry sky around it, ready at any moment to kill all invading enemies.
Cultivators passing by fled in all directions in terror.
As for the life on Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, Daode Tianzun had long since casually captured a planet from the universe, carefully refined it, opened heaven and earth upon it, and relocated all the living beings from Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star there.
Li Ming and Netherworld Venerable did not possess such kindness.
Daode Tianzun was truly far too kindhearted toward these ants.
"Lingbao Tianzun's Four Swords of Zhu Xian have revived again?"
"Why are they causing such a huge commotion? What are they trying to do?"
"Wasn't Lingbao Tianzun supposed to revive? Why has he not returned alive yet?"
"Could Lingbao Tianzun be reviving today??"
Extreme Dao Divine Might erupted in full force, shaking the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Such astonishing aura awakened the Dark Supremes once again.
The killing intent was simply too intense, and Lingbao Tianzun's aura was so terrifying.
Although Lingbao Tianzun had not truly revived yet, the Dark Supremes who had never seen Lingbao Tianzun were extremely curious about the many legends surrounding him.
They could not even be certain whether Lingbao Tianzun had truly slain a True Immortal.
Because Chaos had cut off everything.
Just as those Dark Supremes wanted to carefully observe Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, they discovered that it had already been blocked off by a mysterious power.
Li Ming had been cultivating and comprehending the Dao here, naturally resonating and vibrating with Chaos.
Having stayed for too long, countless streams of Chaos had naturally gathered and formed a Chaos Sea.
Although Li Ming had not deliberately concealed anything, that Chaos truly obscured those auras. Even the Dark Supremes could not investigate the real situation there.
"That should be the world transformed from Lingbao Tianzun's head."
"That aura was once extremely powerful just now. Could Lingbao Tianzun truly be about to revive?"
Many Dark Supremes had investigated Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star in history and concluded that Lingbao Tianzun had already died in battle.
But now, they discovered that Demon Venerable, Netherworld Venerable, and Daode Tianzun had entered that place and never returned. The matter became rather subtle.
"What are they doing there?"
"Why have they not appeared after so long?"
Rumble, rumble.
At the location of Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, blood energy surged into the heavens, shaking every living being in the universe.
Many had claimed that Lingbao Tianzun had completely died and could never possibly revive.
But what were they seeing now?
Lingbao Tianzun had actually revived.
They were all deeply shaken.
The Myriad Dao of Heaven and Earth roared. Countless experts could not help trembling all over, seized by an urge to kneel in worship.
Everyone looked in one direction. Even across countless star rivers, they could still see the strange spectacle of space and time there.
Within the vast blood energy, Lingbao Tianzun's figure condensed, and he slowly rose to his feet.
He underwent Nirvana and was reborn amid blood energy as abundant as an ocean and powerful vitality, living out a Fourth Lifetime.
The current Lingbao Tianzun looked like a young man of around twenty. He stood in the endless starry sky, so powerful that it was unimaginable.
His blood energy was like a vast ocean as he overlooked the entire world.
Everyone was deeply shaken.
No one had expected Lingbao Tianzun, dead for countless tens of thousands of years, to actually revive.
Everyone had believed him dead, yet Lingbao Tianzun had defied the heavens and returned.
"Lingbao Tianzun!"
At that moment, the entire universe shouted Lingbao Tianzun's name.
"Congratulations on your revival and return, Lingbao Tianzun!" Li Ming said with a smile.
Lingbao Tianzun opened his eyes, his entire body radiating incomparably dazzling light.
His gaze swept over the three people before him, and an astonished expression appeared on his face as well.
"So that is how it was!"
"So my revival was actually so tortuous!"
"If not for the three of you lending me a hand, I truly would not have been able to revive successfully!"
Lingbao Tianzun had not expected that he would revive again when he had believed himself certain to die.
Moreover, he had lived an astonishing Fourth Lifetime. His strength had skyrocketed, and his lifespan had increased dramatically.
Lingbao Tianzun had once fused with the Heavenly Heart Imprint, so after reviving, he only needed to make a brief deduction to understand the full chain of events.
He learned how perilous his circumstances had been back then. Only a faint, almost imperceptible trace of vitality had remained, and he could have completely died at any moment.
He had never expected Li Ming to become the most crucial person in his revival.
If Li Ming had not helped eliminate that True Immortal that had undergone Corpse Spirit Awakening, he might truly have been finished.
"How did you become like this, Fellow Daoist? Why was your transformation method so brutal? You nearly exploded directly in the starry sky..." Daode Tianzun asked curiously.
Lingbao Tianzun sighed. "After I lived my Third Lifetime, my strength and lifespan increased tremendously. I believed myself invincible beneath the heavens."
"I was indeed somewhat arrogant and careless."
"In that era, many corpses underwent Corpse Spirit Awakening, yet none developed in a good direction. Instead, they all fell into corruption and unleashed boundless slaughter."
"To deal with those fallen corpses, after creating the Lingbao Tianzun Scripture, I created the Salvation Scripture as well, specifically to restrain those corrupted corpses."
"It should be said that before then, I had swept through everything invincibly. No monster born from Corpse Spirit Awakening could escape my pursuit, until I encountered that Bloodied True Immortal who had fallen from the Immortal Domain into this world."
"That Bloodied True Immortal had been contaminated, but unfortunately, I did not know..."
When Lingbao Tianzun spoke of Corpse Spirit Awakening bringing disaster to all sides, he glanced at Netherworld Venerable, whose face showed an awkward expression.
Speaking of Corpse Spirit Awakening, it did have some connection to Netherworld Venerable.
Back when Netherworld Venerable was Tribulation Heavenly Venerable, he had constantly researched the Reincarnation Method.
Because his research in that field had reached its peak, he earned the admiration of many Dark Supremes.
From then on, regardless of cultivation level, everyone studied this Reincarnation Method.
After many people died, they did not undergo Dao Dissolution. Instead, they searched for Dragon Veins and buried themselves there.
Even in Ye Fan's era, there were still Immortal Two Great Powers who buried themselves in Dragon Veins, hoping to revive and return. This showed how profound the influence of the Reincarnation Method had been.
Yet in the end, the spirits awakened within those corpses were not good souls. Instead, they were evil thoughts like Divine Thought.
They bore an intense hatred for living beings, slaughtering in all directions every time they appeared.
Some of this karma likely fell upon Netherworld Emperor Duan De as well.
With so many living beings dead, there was no way there could be no karma at all.
That was why Lingbao Tianzun had given Netherworld Emperor Duan De such a deep look.
Seeing Netherworld Venerable's expression, Li Ming understood as well.
No wonder Netherworld Venerable had taken the longest to embark upon the Red Dust Immortal Path, yet after becoming a Red Dust Immortal, he had been the weakest among them.
The entanglements of karma in the unseen were difficult to explain. Perhaps it was related to this?
Upon hearing news of that Bloodied True Immortal, Li Ming was instantly invigorated.
That incomparably powerful Teng Snake True Immortal had indeed been very strong.
Even after Corpse Spirit Awakening, he had remained immensely powerful.
If Li Ming had not possessed a trump card, Teng Snake might truly have turned the tables after his corpse awakened.
No wonder Lingbao Tianzun had left behind the legend of slaying a True Immortal.
"The problem lay with this True Immortal's corpse." Lingbao Tianzun's face was filled with regret.
"Originally, I had already been researching the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method, intending to live out a new lifetime.
"But while studying that True Immortal's corpse, I was shocked to discover that it contained an abundant amount of Longevity Essence.
"With that Longevity Essence, I could have lived out a new lifetime.
"Tempted by that Longevity Essence, I truly let my guard down.
"But by then, it was too late for regret. I could only take all kinds of remedial measures.
"Yet in the end, after exhausting every method, I still could not remove this special Strange Substance.
"This Strange Substance was extremely terrifying. It could corrode one's soul.
"Every time it was slain, it would be born again.
"And the newly born Primordial Spirit possessed exactly the same strength as me, yet it was even more brutal."
Hearing Lingbao Tianzun's account, Li Ming immediately understood.
No wonder Immortal Domain Rifts appeared from time to time in this era, with things falling into this world.
The Immortal Domain was probably not peaceful at this time either. It must have suffered multiple true Dark Turmoils.
Moreover, the Immortal Domain had long since been shattered apart. No one knew how many fragments it had broken into.
This Bloodied True Immortal must have been driven into a corner by Dark Strangeness, which was why he had risked entering a Space-Time Rift.
He simply had not expected to encounter Lingbao Tianzun the moment he arrived in this world and be killed by him.
"Left with no other choice, I could only dismantle my entire body."
"After scattering myself throughout the world, I borrowed the power of heaven and earth to relentlessly grind away those Strange Origins."
"In the end, I discovered that my Primordial Spirit had been deeply corroded."
"So I ignited my Great Dao Flame and directly burned my Primordial Spirit to ashes, scattering its fragments throughout the entire universe. I hoped to borrow the power of the whole world to completely erase this weirdness."
"At that time, I felt utter despair."
"I had thought I would die like that. I never expected to receive such a fortunate opportunity and be resurrected once more."
At this point, Lingbao Tianzun's face turned pale, and lingering fear appeared in his expression.
"This Strange Substance is far too unusual. It definitely does not belong to this world."
"Once contaminated by it, it simply cannot be removed."
"All my life, I suppressed Corpse Calamities. I would never allow my corpse to endanger the common people after my death.
"I endured countless tens of thousands of years and only managed to erase them by perishing together with them.
"If not for you three fellow Daoists, I truly would have died."
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