Flame Emperor and Zi Yan

Having just left the Mountains and Seas Continent,

To be precise, it was right after Futu Yun left the Deity Transformation Pool.

His gaze suddenly turned to the distant east, as if piercing through endless space.

Is the Ancient Heavenly Palace about to appear in the world?

In reality, the Ancient Heavenly Palace had not yet appeared in the world at this time; it appeared much earlier than the time when the celestial palace first appeared in the original work.

In the original timeline, this is roughly equivalent to the Spiritual Academy Tournament period.

But Futu Yun already sensed a vast Desolate Ancient aura.

It seemed to transcend time and space, sweeping in overwhelmingly;

He could even vaguely glimpse the ancient celestial palace shrouded in mist, and a flower deep within it.

In this Great Thousand World, there is a divine flower called the Datura Flower.

This flower is incredibly wondrous; it is born with intelligence.

If it were to reach its peak, its strength would be in no way inferior to those Super Divine Beasts, and in some aspects, it might even be stronger.

The essence of the Mandala is this divine flower.

She was originally a young bud that fell from the main body of the Mandala, which is precisely the wonder of the Primordial Mandala Flower:

As long as it is not completely destroyed, it can survive in this way.

The Ancient Heavenly Palace has not yet appeared in the world.

However, Futu Yun, who Divine Soul Tribulation, successfully sensed the true form of the Mandala his contract with it.

As for why the Mandala itself did not have this feeling...

That's because her compatibility with the laws of the Great Thousand World is insufficient.

By bringing so many Lower Plane into the Great Thousand World, Futu Yun is essentially "bringing his own investment to the project."

In addition to his Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body and even his Saint-grade Physical Body,

His affinity with the Great Thousand World even surpassed that of Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign like Futu Xuan.

Second only to Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor.

These two are already able to sense the Firmament Ledger, and may even be able to summon this Plane Origin.

Having read the original novel, Futu Yun knew that although Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor were currently only among the best of the Saint Grade,

During the final battle, he successfully summoned the Firmament Ledger and left his surname on it.

In a sense, the Firmament Ledger is equivalent to the Plane Spirit of the Great Thousand World.

Other Saint Grade can't even sense it.

The Flame Emperor and the Martial Ancestor's understanding of the Great Thousand World was definitely superior to that of Futu Yun.

However, they had no contract with the Mandala, so they were unable to sense the Ancient Heavenly Palace.

However, Futu Yun was also unsure of what level the two had reached.

That is a realm Transcendent Saint Grade;

However, a special opportunity is needed to reach this level, and the key lies in the World Will.

Only by sensing the World Will can one inscribe one's true spirit into the world and invoke its great power.

In general, reaching this level involves four steps:

The first step is to break through the shackles of the Saint Grade- level, continuously accumulate strength, and initially sense the Firmament Ledger, which is the World Will;

The first step can only be considered a success when the accumulated strength is sufficient to draw upon the World Power.

The second step involves activating the Firmament Ledger, continuously accumulating one's own strength to the next level, and attracting even more global power.

The third step is to imprint your True Name and leave it on the Firmament Ledger.

True Name consists of two parts: a surname and a given name. At this point, one's strength is only enough to imprint the surname.

Only after the engraving is successful can it truly Transcendent Saint Grade and invoke the power of heaven and earth.

The fourth and final step,

When the accumulated strength reaches the level of imprinting a "name",

Only by having one's full True Name engraved on the Firmament Ledger can one truly control the world's great power.

In the original novel, during their final battle, Flame Emperor and Martial Ancestor could only leave behind their surnames.

It wasn't until the very end that he managed to leave his full True Name on the list.

Therefore, the two of them at present are at most at the peak of the second step.

Even if one successfully senses and summons the Firmament Ledger, they still cannot leave their True Name on the ranking, not even a surname;

If they had achieved this much earlier, they would have broken through their cultivation level and launched a counterattack against the Extraterrestrial Evil Clan in the original story.

However, Futu Yun was unsure whether they were currently at the first or second stage.

If we compare the Firmament Ledger to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, then the first step is equivalent to the Spirit Sensing Stage in the cultivation system of the Great Thousand World:

The Spirit Sensing Stage of the Great Thousand World is the ability to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The corresponding Spirit Sensing Stage for the Firmament Ledger is sensing the Firmament Ledger itself;

The second step is naturally the Spirit Movement Stage: In the Great Thousand World, the Spirit Movement Stage involves absorbing spiritual energy into the body.

The corresponding Spirit Movement Stage in the Firmament Ledger is to draw upon the power of more worlds.

However, Martial Ancestor soon brought news, letting Futu Yun know the situation of the two:

"Did the Flame Emperor get hit and can't escape?"

Futu Yun came to the Martial Realm to seek some Reincarnation Insights.

Although the Heavenly Profound Continent is Lower Plane, many of its cultivation traditions are still quite unique.

For example, Reincarnation Insights can allow one to transcend the cycle of reincarnation, and can help powerful individuals recover memories of their past lives by chance.

With Futu Yun Plane Spirit the Heavenly Profound Continent from the Martial Ancestor,

After the Heavenly Profound Continent was integrated into the Great Thousand World, the original cultivation system of the Heavenly Profound Continent was rendered obsolete.

After all, the laws of heaven and earth have changed, so the old system is naturally no longer applicable.

However, some of the insights gained from cultivation are still very valuable.

When Futu Yun came to request Reincarnation Insights, those who had ascended from the Heavenly Profound Continent naturally did not refuse.

After leaving the Divine Deity Transformation Pool, Futu Yun had been trying to comprehend the so-called meaning of reincarnation in the Martial Realm.

But soon after, a message caught him completely off guard:

What does it mean that "Flame Emperor Yan was caught in the trap and could not escape"?

Is this scene in the original work?

It's important to know that in the original story, three Heavenly Demon Emperors, comparable to Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereign, attacked the Boundless Fire Territory.

In the end, they were all dealt with directly by Flame Emperor.

Although the final battle was approaching at that time,

Flame Emperor Yan has already acquired the ability to leave his True Name on the Firmament Ledger —even if it's just his surname.

He didn't even have a surname back then, but his strength must have been greater than it is now.

Even if Flame Emperor's strength was not as great as it was back then, and he couldn't kill three Heavenly Demon Emperors in one go,

Shouldn't it be no problem for them to contend with three Heavenly Demon Emperors?

At worst, they can definitely escape unscathed;

Even if he encounters more Heavenly Demon Emperor, no one can stop him from leaving if he wants to.

However, one thing is certain: Flame Emperor is currently unable to summon the Firmament Ledger.

It is clear that Flame Emperor was neither killed in battle nor captured; he was merely temporarily entangled and barely able to resist, unable to break free.

If we could summon the Firmament Ledger,

Even if they can't leave their True Name, they can still escape any trap using the power of the Firmament Ledger itself.

But now, Flame Emperor clearly cannot do that.

The Martial Ancestor should also be unable to summon it, otherwise he would have already intervened to rescue them.

But now Futu Yun was even more curious: how exactly was the mighty Flame Emperor trapped?

Moreover, compared to Futu Yun, an outsider, the people of the Boundless Fire Territory were more anxious.

When Futu Yun and his group arrived in the Boundless Fire Territory from the Martial Realm via the teleportation array...

A large group of people were gathered around the seriously injured Zi Yan, eager to find out what had happened.

What puzzled Futu Yun even more was: Zi Yan was a Super Divine Beast of the Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign level,

Even with the Boundless Fire Territory's vast reserves of medicinal pills, they couldn't cure her?

Was she smashed to pieces?