The old assassin revealed a shocking secret involving the core legacy of the assassin organization known as the Heavenly Court, one that might well break with established custom.
For this was an unprecedented golden age, with prodigies erupting like geysers, crop after crop, for a hundred years or even several hundred. All manner of physiques emerged in endless succession. It was astonishing!
Divine king physiques, eclosion physiques, light physiques, underworld king physiques, heavenly demon physiques... the list went on and on. There were far too many.
Numerous King Bodies gathered in a single era, and even multiple bearers of the same physique existed side by side. It defied the heavens!
"Such a situation never arose when Emperor Hengyu ascended, nor was it seen when the Queen Mother of the West attained the Dao. Even the eras of the Void Emperor, Taihuang, and the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor could scarcely compare."
"Dazzling and resplendent, magnificent and glorious, it erupted ten thousand years after the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor passed away, when the suppression of the Great Dao had completely dissipated..."
"Some say this will be an age of unprecedented splendor, one that will give birth to an emperor beyond all imagination... others say it will be the most terrifying, darkest age of all. Even the Life Forbidden Zones will stir, their peace shattered, perhaps bringing the most devastating turmoil upon the mortal world."
The old assassin spoke as though murmuring in a dream.
Something stirred in Feng Jiu's heart. Having read the script, he naturally knew that, barring any surprises, this era would welcome the most heaven-defying emperor's son in history-the peerless foe of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the sternest father the Undying Mountain forbidden zone ever had: a supreme Great Emperor who turned his back on all living beings and walked his dog through the Undying Mountain.
Wushi!
But there was one thing that did not make sense.
As an emperor's son sealed away by a female emperor and a great accomplishment sacred body, with high hopes placed upon him, he should, by rights, have emerged more than a hundred thousand years later, in the era when Beidou's Road to Immortality opened!
The other Emperor's Sons and Ancient Emperor's Sons were all waiting for that moment, that era regarded as the true opening of the Road to Immortality!
Even those who jumped the gun, such as the Light Clan's Emperor's Son in the Deep Starry Sky, had only slipped out four thousand years early.
Only Wushi!
This guy had slipped out more than a hundred thousand years early!
What on earth had happened?
Feng Jiu was very curious.
Wasn't the Jade Lake Holy Land going to do something? Your holy maiden was about to run off!
If you didn't make him wait until the Road to Immortality opened before emerging, how could you face your Jade Pool's founding ancestor? How could you face the Queen Mother of the West!
Once, Feng Jiu had been rather puzzled.
Now, however, a few traces seemed to be emerging.
"I have already witnessed a corner of that splendor and glory," the old assassin said, composing himself. "As for the terror and darkness, those were the dying words of a Great Saint from our Heavenly Court Organization."
"Which generation's Lord of the Heavenly Court?" Feng Jiu asked in surprise, while inwardly grumbling. A mere Great Saint dared to question all beneath heaven and predict the future?
Let Wushi do it!
"He was not a Lord of the Heavenly Court." The old assassin shook his head. "Though our Heavenly Court strikes fear into all beneath heaven, we cannot stand shoulder to shoulder with an Ancient Great Emperor."
"Thus, in an era when an emperor walks the world, there is a Heavenly Court, but no Lord of the Heavenly Court."
He went on to explain.
That predecessor of the Heavenly Court had ascended to the great saint realm through the Dao of killing. Even in the Heavenly Court Organization's entire history, he was an extraordinary figure. Apart from the Quasi-Emperor who founded it, he could be called firmly second, with his sights set on first.
Even across all of Beidou, the founding ancestors of many ancient sacred lands might never have attained such heights.
Sadly, though he had commanded the Heavenly Court throughout his life, he could never call himself its lord.
Because an emperor had lived in his era: the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor!
Granted, the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor's rise had been filled with miserable defeats, as though any prodigy could trample him for a while, a journey steeped in blood and hardship.
But when faced with the man himself, who would not respectfully address him as "Great Emperor"?
"This Great Saint predecessor of our Heavenly Court once had an audience with the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor and received his guidance."
The old assassin uttered a revelation that could shatter stone and startle the heavens. If word spread, it would shake countless sacred lands!
An assassin and an emperor had actually crossed paths?
"Although he ultimately failed to break through to Quasi-Emperor and stand alongside the first Lord of the Heavenly Court, his mastery of time was extraordinary."
"When he passed away, threads of temporal light shimmered, and faint fragments of time danced around him. It was as though he had attained a mystical communion and glimpsed a corner of the future. He shed tears of blood..."
"Something that left even a Great Saint suffocating and despairing... can you imagine how terrifying it must have been?"
"Though that past has been buried in the years, it remains like a sharp blade hanging overhead... the more glorious this era becomes, the more worried I grow, filled with an ill foreboding about the future."
The old assassin sighed. "I am old, with few days left to live. Perhaps I will pass away before long and never witness that terrifying scene in the future."
"But you, young man? You will most likely witness it all."
"Among the many generations of Killer Seeds I have trained, you are the most astonishing and outstanding. You possess an extraordinary talent and comprehension, an indescribable demonic quality. In your hands, the Life-Killing Great Art shines with a wholly different brilliance."
"Your path is destined to take you beyond me... after all these years, this is the first time I have ever seen a freakish genius improve his cultivation just by killing chickens!"
At that moment, the old assassin wore an indescribable expression.
Since ancient times, what Heavenly Court assassin seeking to advance in the Way of Slaying had not plunged into certain death to find life? They fought desperate battles and assassinated prodigies whose strength was close to their own.
Until Feng Jiu arrived, bringing his talent into this era!
"On the Path of Reincarnation, all beings are equal..." Feng Jiu's gaze was fathomless as he spoke each word distinctly. "Human or beast, they are all the same in my eyes..."
"What I kill is not life, but fate with all its infinite possibilities..."
His voice carried a transcendent air of looking down from above. Listening, the old assassin felt it sounded impressive, yet could not work out what exactly made it so impressive. He could only regard it as an unusual facet of genius, beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
In truth...
Because I had cheats! Feng Jiu murmured inwardly.
That was the truth!
I possessed a lotus seed. Though the poor system had been battered so badly because of it that it could not even be pieced back together, I had to admit, this lotus seed truly was extraordinary...
It was... myriad tribulation reincarnation!
The Myriad Tribulation Reincarnation Lotus!
When Feng Jiu had first realized this lotus seed's true name, he had been stunned.
Just what had his system swiped for him?
It had called it a Reincarnation Supreme Treasure, and it really was a Reincarnation Supreme Treasure-at the very least, a Reincarnation Supreme Treasure of this world!
After all, the master of the plateau had personally bestowed that designation. Even its name contained "reincarnation"!
With Feng Jiu's knowledge and abilities, even exploring the merest tip of its iceberg yielded immense rewards, letting him experience the joy of using cheats.
"When the vast seas surge, men are swept away; the histories of ancient sages turn alike to dust. The myriad worlds all cycle back and forth; all spirits, grass, and trees share the dust of stars..."
"Elder Qi, I did not lie to you... on the Path of Reincarnation, all beings truly are equal!"
"I send all beings into reincarnation. Human or beast, through this I can experience an impact, a baptism, as though I had drifted through an entire lifetime in the mortal world, retracing my own cultivation, my own life..."