Shrouding the Heavens: Rise of a Mortal Physique
Chapter 38

The Three Great Wonderful Flowers

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Hearing of a divine treasure even more precious than an Immortal Divine Medicine stunned even the Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King.

"Do you mean an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, Young Master Lu, or an ancient Great Emperor's scripture?" Yan Ruyu was also somewhat shocked. She could not imagine what else could be worth more to the Demon Race than an Immortal Divine Medicine. In her mind, only an Emperor Scripture or an Emperor Weapon qualified!

"Do you know of the Three Great Wonderful Flowers in this world?" Rather than immediately naming the divine treasure, Lu Chen asked another question.

"Well..."

Everyone exchanged bewildered looks, unsure why he had suddenly brought up divine flowers!

"We've never heard of any Three Great Wonderful Flowers."

They all shook their heads. Even the Demon Race Princess, with her profound inheritance, and experts as powerful as the Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King knew nothing of the Three Great Wonderful Flowers.

As for Ye Fan, that went without saying. He was a newcomer who had only just set foot on the Immortal Path and had yet to fully grasp even the basic knowledge of the cultivation world.

Lu Chen said slowly, "There are Three Supreme Wonderful Flowers in this world. Like Immortal Divine Medicines, each is a unique existence between heaven and earth. Yet they are even more mysterious than those divine medicines, with origins that would shake the world. The first is the Divine Flower!"

The Peacock King, Yan Ruyu, and the others frowned. They pondered for a moment, but none had heard of this Wonderful Flower.

The Divine Flower held a world-shaking secret. It was a Wonderful Flower that only an Ancient Great Emperor could appreciate, embodying the utmost beauty between heaven and earth.

According to ancient legends, it had accidentally fallen from the Immortal Domain into this world, becoming one of the mortal realm's supreme treasures.

When the Divine Flower bloomed, it created a wondrous spectacle of the most exquisite beauty in the world. Its splendor and beauty could intoxicate even a Great Emperor, while those who had not reached that realm could not appreciate it at all.

If someone other than a figure like an Ancient Great Emperor forced themselves to behold it, their Primordial Spirit would undergo Dao Transformation and ultimately scatter between heaven and earth.

Legend held that it contained the laws of heaven and earth from the Immortal Domain.

Its bloom lasted more than a hundred years, but once it withered, it would turn back into a seed, fly away, and conceal itself in another part of the world. Thus, only one such flower existed.

Lu Chen slowly explained the secrets of the first Wonderful Flower to them.

"A Wonderful Flower that only an Ancient Great Emperor can appreciate truly is a supreme treasure. Perhaps it really does contain the secrets of immortality." Even someone as powerful as the Azure Flood Dragon King marveled at the Divine Flower's value.

A flower that only a Great Emperor could behold stood at almost the same height as an Extreme Dao Weapon. No one in the world could fathom the laws of the Great Dao within it.

"Then, according to what you've said, young Brother Lu, isn't the Divine Flower even more terrifying than an Extreme Dao Weapon? Would even Ancient Sages be forcibly subjected to Dao Transformation upon seeing it?" the Peacock King asked gravely, his brow furrowed.

While the Divine Flower was in bloom, anyone who looked at it would essentially die unless they were a Great Emperor-level figure. Not only Saints, but even Quasi-Emperors could not escape that fate.

Even Supreme-level Experts who had achieved Alternative Dao Attainment could not gaze at it for long. Only true Emperor-level figures would remain unharmed.

In the future, when Ye Fan obtained the Divine Flower, the Holy Prince and the others had already achieved Alternative Dao Attainment, yet even they could not admire the blooming Wonderful Flower for long.

"In a certain sense, it is indeed more terrifying than an Extreme Dao Weapon," Lu Chen said with a nod.

If someone unleashed a blooming Divine Flower, what enemy could survive? It could subject a person's Primordial Spirit to Dao Transformation; simply closing one's eyes would not fend it off.

The only solution was to run and escape its range.

"Then what is the second Wonderful Flower?" Ye Fan finally asked after a long while.

"The second is even more precious—the Dao Integration Flower," Lu Chen said. "Throughout all history, legend says it appeared only once, during the Mythological Era. When it appears, whoever stands beside it at the moment it blooms can become one with the myriad Daos and become a Great Emperor by Proving the Dao."

"What!"

"Such a supreme treasure exists between heaven and earth!"

The Azure Flood Dragon King and the Peacock King rose to their feet in shock. As Great Powers, they already stood at the pinnacle of this era. Although the Great Emperor realm remained impossibly distant for them, they understood the divine might of Ancient Great Emperors better than others. An Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon alone offered a glimpse of those heights-truly as lofty and unfathomable as the heavens!

Now they had heard of a divine flower that could offer a shortcut to Proving the Dao. How could they not be shocked? If they could obtain it...!

Suddenly, the two Demon Kings seemed to realize something. Their powerful auras erupted, blazing divine light shone from their eyes, and the immense pressure bore down on Lu Chen, Ye Fan, Yan Ruyu, and the others.

Lu Chen had said he wanted to exchange a divine treasure for the Demon Emperor's essence blood, and now he had mentioned the Dao Integration Flower. If that was the divine treasure he meant, then...!

At that moment, how could the two terrifying Demon Race Great Powers remain calm? A supreme treasure that could let someone integrate with the Dao and become an Emperor was more precious than even an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.

After all, possessing an Extreme Dao Weapon did not necessarily mean one could become an Emperor.

But if one obtained the Dao Integration Flower and became an Emperor, could one not then forge an Extreme Dao Weapon?

"Seniors, the divine treasure I meant isn't the Dao Integration Flower!" Lu Chen drew a deep breath and spoke slowly. The auras radiating from the two Demon Kings were putting him under immense pressure.

In the next instant, the terrifying Demon King auras vanished without a trace. The Peacock King and the Green Pepper King calmed down. They had realized that if Lu Chen knew where the Dao Integration Flower was, why would he reveal it?

Unfortunately, none of them knew that Lu Chen really did know the whereabouts of all Three Great Wonderful Flowers, including the Dao Integration Flower.

"From what you've said, Young Master Lu, the Dao Integration Flower must be the foremost treasure between heaven and earth!" Having recovered her composure, Yan Ruyu still could not hide the astonishment in her eyes.

"Indeed, the Dao Integration Flower deserves to be called the mortal realm's foremost treasure," Lu Chen said with a sigh. "Unfortunately, according to ancient legends, it appeared only once, during the Mythological Era millions upon millions of years ago. Some ancient worthies speculated that it might bloom only once every million years or more."

"A heaven-defying treasure like that truly is..." They could only shake their heads and sigh.

"We've known each other for days, yet we still know nothing of your master or origins, Young Master Lu. What world-shaking inheritance do you hail from?" The Demon Race Princess smiled radiantly, as though even the sky had brightened. Hers truly was a smile that could topple a city.

The question also piqued the curiosity of the Peacock King and the Azure Flood Dragon King. After all, Lu Chen could overpower a Ji Family Eminent with only Dao Palace cultivation, and now he knew ancient secrets such as the Dao Integration Flower and the Divine Flower. No ordinary person could have taught such a disciple. An undying inheritance must surely have nurtured him.

Meanwhile, Ye Fan was also deeply curious about what powerful faction his fellow visitor from Earth had joined. Lu Chen had never mentioned it in all these days.

"My inheritance..." Lu Chen gave a mysterious smile without pursuing the subject, leaving the others feeling that he was rather unfathomable.

Then he said, "We've discussed two Wonderful Flowers. Now let's talk about the third. I believe that as soon as I name it, both seniors and the princess will recognize it."

"We all know of it?"

The Peacock King, the Azure Flood Dragon King, and Yan Ruyu exchanged looks, but none could think of what Wonderful Flower he meant.

Judging by the Dao Integration Flower and the Divine Flower, the third Wonderful Flower had to be another legendary marvel of ancient times. Generally, records of things from such distant ages could only be found among ancient powers that had endured almost as long as the world itself.

Only when everyone's gaze turned toward him did Lu Chen say, "The third Wonderful Flower I mean is also the divine treasure I wish to exchange with the princess for Emperor Heart essence blood-the Demon God Flower."

"The Demon God Flower...!"

At that moment, the Azure Flood Dragon King, the Peacock King, Yan Ruyu, and several old demons cried out almost simultaneously. Only Ye Fan had no idea what sort of divine treasure this was.

The Demon God Flower contained the Dao Power of heaven and earth and possessed extraordinarily potent spirituality. It was a supreme sacred treasure to the Demon Race, enough to drive them mad.

It was of little use to adult members of the Demon Race. Its purpose lay in nurturing Demon Race Younglings, refining their spirituality, innate constitution, bloodline, and more. It could truly overturn heaven and earth for them.

The name Demon God Flower alone hinted at the unparalleled potency of its effects. It was a supreme Wonderful Flower for nurturing demon gods.

Rumor had it that Demon Emperor Xue Yueqing had used it to lay the foundation of his Great Dao. Only then had he been able to transform from an ordinary beast, a Snow Rabbit, into a supreme True Dragon, become an Ancient Emperor by Proving the Dao, and reign over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Another appearance of the Demon God Flower dated back to before the Desolate Ancient Era, when an undying inheritance of the Demon Race-the Heavenly Demon Palace-had obtained one of these supreme divine flowers.

Afterward, they had spent a full fifty thousand years trying to grow another divine flower from its original roots and stem. Sadly, they had failed.

Since then, although tales of the Demon God Flower had continued to circulate among the Demon Race, no member of the race had ever obtained it again. Now, it was nothing more than a legend!

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