A Strand of Chaos Origin for Lingbao Tianzun

After hearing Lingbao Tianzun say this, Netherworld Venerable fell into thought.

After pondering for a while, he said, "This Strange Substance was likely left behind from that indescribable Ancient Chaos Era, even earlier than the Primordial Ancient Era."

"I once uncovered some records on certain fragmented stone steles. They said that in that distant, unknowable age, terrifying Dark Strangeness had once invaded."

"That Dark Strangeness could corrupt one's physical body and primordial spirit. The newly born dark primordial spirit would replace the original one."

Li Ming was also startled upon hearing Netherworld Venerable's words.

He had not expected Netherworld Venerable to seemingly retain some fragmented memories, or to have found some broken stone steles.

He could actually recall certain events from the Chaotic Ancient Era.

Li Ming knew the truth only because he had read the trilogy.

Naturally, the others knew nothing about it.

"So that's how it is. No wonder that Strange Substance was so terrifying."

"When I met Boundless Heavenly Venerable back then, I heard him mention that he had nearly been corroded by that Strange Substance as well."

He had not expected Lingbao Tianzun and Boundless Heavenly Venerable to both be such unlucky fellows in this era.

Both had been targeted by the dark strange substance and nearly contaminated by it.

It seemed that the Age of Mythology of the Nine Heavenly Venerables truly had not been so safe.

Had Netherworld Venerable ever been corroded by the dark strange substance?

Judging from this, Emperor Zun had most likely been contaminated by Dark Strangeness.

Another unlucky fellow.

To deal with this Dark Strangeness, one needed the courage to stake everything on a single throw.

Li Ming even suspected that Netherworld Emperor Duan De's transformation of the Reincarnation Lake might have been meant to eliminate the corrosion of Dark Strangeness.

It was said that it had been created through the transformation of his primordial spirit.

It was hard to imagine why that old fellow would transform his primordial spirit for no reason.

Lingbao Tianzun recounted what had happened to him, and it also cleared up Li Ming's doubts.

No wonder the original text described Lingbao Tianzun as so powerful, yet his death had been so humiliating.

His body had transformed into such a miraculous world, while his Immortal Platform Divine Liquid had been completely taken away by Golden Crow Great Emperor.

In the end, he had died without a sound.

"It is truly fortunate that Lingbao Tianzun was able to return to life!" Daode Tianzun said. "In that case, the Immortal Domain's grave problems were very likely caused by the invasion of Dark Strangeness."

After discussing it, everyone believed that the constantly appearing Immortal Domain Rifts likely meant that the Immortal Domain had encountered a major problem.

The fact that no one could become immortal now also showed that something had gone wrong with the Immortal Domain.

Lingbao Tianzun said, "Have you fellow Daoists noticed that there seems to be another Strange World between this world and the Immortal Domain?"

"A Strange World?"

"Are you referring to the Strange World beside the Road to Immortality on Mars?"

"Have you investigated it as well, Fellow Daoist?"

In this era, it was perhaps not strange for Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Netherworld Venerable to know of the Strange World's existence.

Li Ming had not expected each of them to possess an Immortal Treasure Map.

He had originally thought he was the only one with one, but these people all had one as well.

"Back then, I too charged into the Road to Immortality!"

"Yes, I also tried to break into the Road to Immortality!"

"I never expected that instead of entering the Immortal Domain, I would find an entrance to a Strange World."

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"However, according to my deductions, that world is easy to enter but difficult to leave."

"Unless one intends never to return, it will be difficult to come back after going there."

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Li Ming nodded. He knew that Mars in later generations had a Road to Immortality.

Beside it was another entrance leading to the Strange World, where Beginningless Emperor and Undying Heavenly Emperor had confronted each other for many years.

However, after arriving in this world, he had vaguely sensed the existence of that world but had never investigated it.

Before becoming a Red Dust Immortal, he had never considered going there at all.

Even if that world could produce Red Dust Immortals, Li Ming had always felt that the Red Dust Immortals of this world were the strongest.

According to the original text, the only Red Dust Immortal born in the Strange World was merely at the bottom among Red Dust Immortals.

He was far inferior to a Red Dust Immortal like Ye Fan, who stood at the very peak.

After discussing it, everyone agreed that the Strange World was also a good destination.

If they truly could no longer endure in this world, the Strange World would be a good choice.

Lingbao Tianzun soon looked at Li Ming with a strange gaze. "Fellow Daoist Demon Venerable, I never expected you to be the legendary Chaotic Body!"

"Your strength is so great that I can sense that even if I lived out a Fourth Lifetime, I still would not be your match."

"I never expected a Chaotic Body that attained the Dao and became a Supreme to be so powerful."

Lingbao Tianzun sighed with emotion as he spoke.

In his era, no powerful Chaotic Body like Wang Bo had yet appeared.

However, people had already deduced the existence of this special constitution, and some had even excavated Chaotic Body bones from prehistoric ruins.

They had confirmed that such a special constitution truly existed in the world.

Now that he had seen a genuine Chaotic Body attain the Dao and become a Supreme, the shock Lingbao Tianzun felt was obvious.

"Netherworld Venerable, Daode Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, if the three of you can comprehend the essence of the Chaotic Body and transform into true Chaotic Bodies, you can absolutely use this to live out another Lifetime."

After thinking for a moment, Li Ming said, "Although there are some secrets I cannot tell you, I can reveal some secrets of the Chaotic Body."

"How much you can comprehend, whether you can truly become Chaotic Bodies and live out another Lifetime, will depend on your own aptitude."

"You can even transform into Chaotic Bodies, sever all chaos, turn into ordinary bodies, and thereby live out another Lifetime."

Because he had read the entire trilogy, Li Ming was extremely confident in methods for transforming into a new Lifetime.

He had gone through great difficulty to transform into a Chaotic Body, so naturally he would not easily sever everything and become an ordinary body.

In Li Ming's view, an ordinary body that had transformed from a Chaotic Body after living several Lifetimes could never be an ordinary body in the usual sense. It would be an even more overwhelmingly powerful Chaotic Body.

After all, the Chaotic Body was powerful in every aspect and had no weaknesses.

That kind of transformed supreme ordinary body likewise had no weaknesses, possessing all-round strength and being even stronger than a Chaotic Body.

Li Ming seriously explained some secrets concerning the Chaotic Body. Naturally, he was not foolish enough to reveal how he himself had transformed into one.

The three listened attentively. As for how much they could comprehend, that would depend on their aptitude.

The four discussed the mysteries of the Dao here.

Li Ming and the others also obtained from Lingbao Tianzun his method of transformation for living out another Lifetime.

He used Nine Secrets: Zu as the guiding principle, gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with formations, found a land of Fortune, and buried himself within it.

He lingered between life and death, seeking a trace of vitality.

To be honest, this Red Dust Immortal method was not particularly innovative.

At the very least, Li Ming knew a little about it.

Desolate Heavenly Emperor had used this formation in the original text, and Heavenly Emperor Chu had used it more than once to transform and live out another Lifetime.

Even Ye Fan's Third Lifetime, in some ways, had relied on the earth-shaking formation of the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains in the Kunlun Secret Realm.

Before transmigrating, Li Ming had read fanfiction featuring all sorts of strange Red Dust Immortal transformation methods. Nearly every conceivable method had already been imagined.

Some readers had even begun angrily criticizing those Red Dust Immortal transformation methods as overused and no longer novel.

But after Li Ming transmigrated, he discovered that even those overused transformation methods were the greatest methods of their age in this era.

They were things countless people could only dream of obtaining.

Some people even vaguely sensed that such a path might exist, yet could never truly walk it through.

The four continued discussing the mysteries of the Dao, debating methods of longevity and Red Dust Immortal methods.

Li Ming also generously shared some theories about nine transformations and Mortal-World Ascension.

Though he called them theories, they were facts from the original text.

This discussion of the Dao lasted a very long time.

Before leaving Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, Li Ming gave each of the three a mass of Chaos Essence.

He even gave them each a strand of Chaos Origin.

As for whether they could successfully transform into Chaotic Bodies, Li Ming felt he had already done everything possible.

Li Ming was neither their nanny nor their father. He gave them these things only because he had benefited greatly from their discussion of the Dao.

More importantly, Li Ming did not wish to walk the Red Dust Immortal Path alone.

He hoped there would be more companions on the Red Dust Immortal Path.

At the very least, he did not dislike Netherworld Venerable, Lingbao Tianzun, Daode Tianzun, and Boundless Heavenly Venerable.

He felt that these four were worth befriending.

Time passed day by day.

Li Ming sat cross-legged within the Reincarnation Sea, silently comprehending the Dao and cultivating.

According to his deductions, Netherworld Venerable was already nearing his twilight years, and Emperor Zun should be about to emerge.

Otherwise, how could that old fellow possibly find enough time to attack Kunlun, establish the Heavenly Court, refine the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains, refine the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, and invite the Dark Supremes to become immortals?

Sure enough, just as Li Ming had deduced.

Not long afterward, an earth-shaking roar suddenly came from the depths of the universe.

That unique aura and scene were clearly signs of a Perfected Sacred Spirit being born.

The entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands rejoiced at this Sacred Spirit's birth.

The entire universe trembled without end.

The moment it appeared, it carried an aura that could suppress the whole world.

Sacred Spirits called themselves the children of Heaven and believed themselves to be blessed by heaven and earth.

Their constitutions were powerful, and divine abilities and secret arts arose naturally within them. Even their Dao-attaining weapons were nurtured within their bodies.

These living beings born of heaven and earth cultivated all sorts of forbidden secret arts even within their stone wombs.

It could be said that every naturally born Perfected Sacred Spirit was extraordinary beyond belief.

Other than true Dao-attainers, ordinary people truly could not contend with such Perfected Sacred Spirits.

"A Perfected Sacred Spirit has been born!"

"I never expected a Perfected Sacred Spirit to be born in this era."

"It is said that a Perfected Sacred Spirit is a true Sacred Spirit. It only needs to take one more step to attain the Dao and become a Supreme."

"Multiple Heavenly Venerables already coexist in this era. This Perfected Sacred Spirit likely has no chance to take that step."

"Damn it, another Sacred Spirit?"

"These scourges always leave mountains of corpses and seas of blood whenever they emerge..."

"Could this Perfected Sacred Spirit be planning to slaughter every direction again?"

The myriad living beings of heaven and earth generally had no favorable impression of the Sacred Spirit Race.

This race was simply too special.

They looked down on all living beings of heaven and earth, believing that beneath the vast heavens and earth, they alone were supreme.

In Shrouding the Heavens, every era had records of Sacred Spirits causing chaos.

There were even records of them massacring all life on an entire planet the moment they appeared.

It could be said that, aside from the Dark Turmoils caused by the Dark Supremes, Sacred Spirits were the greatest calamity in the world.

If Lingbao Tianzun was renowned for suppressing the Corpse Calamity, then Daode Tianzun was renowned for suppressing Sacred Spirits.

He had even used Perfected Sacred Spirits to refine divine liquid.

With Daode Tianzun alive in this era, many people eagerly anticipated some sort of clash between this Perfected Sacred Spirit and Daode Tianzun.

At this moment, numerous living beings in several Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zones scattered throughout the universe were awakened.

One vast divine mountain after another emitted indescribable auras.

They were all forbidden zones that nurtured living beings, places ordinary creatures did not dare approach.

It was said that varying numbers of Perfected Sacred Spirits were sealed within those forbidden zones, and there were even true Sacred Spirit Supremes.

Now that a Perfected Sacred Spirit had emerged, it was a moment of great joy for every Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zone.

Regardless of cultivation level, all Sacred Spirits cheered.

"Did this Perfected Sacred Spirit attain the Dao and become a Supreme the moment it emerged?"

"Our Sacred Spirit Lineage will gain another ancestor."

"So what if multiple Heavenly Venerables stand together in this era? We will still have a true Sacred Spirit Supreme."

Sacred Spirits possessed extreme confidence in their own strength. Even the legends of Perfected Sacred Spirits challenging Supremes had been spread by them.

Though one Perfected Sacred Spirit after another had been killed by Supremes, the legend continued to circulate.

And Sacred Spirits firmly believed it.

Li Ming silently observed the Sacred Spirit's aura and quickly discovered something amiss.

Although it carried a Sacred Spirit's aura, that person had not transformed into a true Sacred Spirit.

His body still emitted the aura of the Human Race.

Clearly, this person had used a special Sacred Spirit Transformation Method.

If nothing unexpected happened, he should be the legendary Emperor Zun.

The Eternal Emperor of later generations used a Sacred Spirit transformation method to live out another Lifetime. He had undoubtedly obtained Emperor Zun's inheritance.

Throughout history, anyone capable of transforming into a Sacred Spirit had been a renowned figure.

Though the original text only explicitly recorded the Eternal Emperor.

But Li Ming could be certain that Emperor Zun had definitely used the Saint Spirit Transformation Method before and lived a new lifetime.

Now, the aura of that Perfected Sacred Spirit blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

Even Li Ming could sense a threat from it, showing just how formidable Emperor Zun's strength was.

"Something's wrong. This isn't a true Sacred Spirit!"

"This is clearly the aura of a Heavenly Venerable who has lived a new lifetime!"

"What? Someone really succeeded in transforming into a Sacred Spirit?"

"Someone used the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method to live a new lifetime?"

"That's truly unbelievable. How did he survive?"

"Lingbao Tianzun lived a new lifetime, Boundless Heavenly Venerable lived a new lifetime, Daode Tianzun lived a new lifetime, Netherworld Venerable lived a new lifetime, and Demon Venerable also lived a new lifetime. Has the era of great transformation begun?"

"Yes. More and more people are living new lifetimes. It feels as though this world has changed."

"Everyone is living in this era. Could it be that they are all waiting for the Road to Immortality to open?"

"Could this also be a method of becoming immortal?"

"Living on through one lifetime after another... can anyone truly accomplish that?"

"Impossible. No one in this world can become immortal. Entering the Immortal Domain through the Road to Immortality is the only chance."

The many Dark Supremes found it hard to believe.

They had never expected someone to quietly transform and live a new lifetime, and that this aura would be completely different from anything before.

They could not even find the aura of that Ancient Venerable anywhere in history.

Sensing that incomparably powerful Heavenly Venerable aura, Li Ming could basically confirm that it was Emperor Zun.

This man was far too powerful. Neither Boundless Heavenly Venerable, Lingbao Tianzun, Netherworld Venerable, nor Daode Tianzun had ever made Li Ming feel such a threat.

Yet Emperor Zun's aura left Li Ming deeply affected.

From another perspective, this also confirmed Emperor Zun's strength.

No wonder some said that Ye Fan was Emperor Zun's shadow.

Similar flowers.

From another perspective, Emperor Zun was also Ye Fan's similar flower.

Emperor Zun was truly powerful.

"What? He isn't a Sacred Spirit!"

"Who exactly is this immortal old Ancient Venerable?"

"If he transformed into a Sacred Spirit, he must have seized the Dragon Veins of our Sacred Spirit Race!"

"Yes, he must have slaughtered more than one Perfected Sacred Spirit. He may even have devoured Saint Spirit Immortal Embryos."

One Sacred Spirit Forbidden Zone after another had initially been cheering in jubilation, but the more they watched, the more they felt that something was wrong.

That was not a Sacred Spirit at all.

One icy voice after another rang out, carrying intense malice and killing intent.

Before this, no one had ever truly become a Sacred Spirit and used the Saint Spirit Method to live a new lifetime.

When Boundless Heavenly Venerable had taught the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method, they had scoffed at it.

They believed that they could never possibly succeed.

Later, they watched as the Sacred Spirits of that Sacred Spirit Divine Mountain were devoured clean by Boundless Heavenly Venerable. They were furious beyond measure, but they did not dare emerge to seek justice.

That was because Demon Venerable was suppressing the place, and he had moved that Sacred Spirit Divine Mountain into the Reincarnation Sea.

Demon Venerable had killed so many Dark Supremes that no one dared challenge his edge.

Those Perfected Sacred Spirits did not dare utter a word.

As for the Sacred Spirit Supreme, he dared not say anything either, afraid that Li Ming might suddenly take an interest in studying Sacred Spirits and capture them.

But now, an unknown, nameless Ancient Venerable dared to defile the Sacred Spirits as well.

He had actually become a Sacred Spirit. Who knew how many living beings he had massacred to deduce such a method?

An Ancient Venerable had become a Sacred Spirit, transformed, and lived a new lifetime, causing an enormous sensation throughout the world.

It would have been one thing if it were a Perfected Sacred Spirit.

But someone had truly used the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method to live a new lifetime.

Especially after Boundless Heavenly Venerable explained the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method to everyone, the many Dark Supremes found it unbelievable.

Someone had actually succeeded in secretly transforming through the Sacred Spirit Transformation Method before Boundless Heavenly Venerable.

They were profoundly shaken.