Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Physique!

"Father's Indestructible Physique!" Fu You was increasingly moved.

They were a Great Emperor's own sons, possessing the strongest bloodline in the world. They should have been the most dazzlingly gifted prodigies under heaven.

Their third brother had been born prematurely, damaging his bloodline and origin. Though his talent could be called exceptional, it fell far short of a true emperor's son's.

Yet now, after countless ages, his bloodline had undergone sublimation and awakened the indestructible physique. It was utterly inconceivable.

"This is the Indestructible Forbidden Zone, with Father holding down the fort. Let alone a Great Emperor, even those immortals cut off from the world, their whereabouts unknown, could never have done it," Fu You went on. "Could someone have taken advantage of one of the two times he entered the world?"

Fu Yuan had awakened twice in the intervening years, once in the late Blood Ancient Era and once in the early Desolate Ancient Era. Both times, an emperor had proven his Dao in the world, forcing him back into slumber.

Fu You used a supremely powerful imperial technique to divine the workings of heaven and calculate karma.

"His life origin is indeed Third Brother's!"

"Why has his destiny changed so drastically?"

"Was it Father's origin imperial Qi? Or has he been favored by the mandate of heaven in this age?"

Fu Yuan's former destiny had been that of a dragon trapped in the shallows. Though he had possessed the destiny of a true dragon, it had been difficult for him to soar.

Now, however, the winds and clouds had gathered in a single day, and the dragon would soar for countless miles.

A ray of golden light pierced the blood-red sky. The blood sun trembled and dissolved into the heavens, while the blood Qi feared and submitted to that beam of golden light.

The golden light blazed, and blue, red, cyan, purple, black, and other lights emerged from it. Sixteen colors shone brilliantly across the world.

The sound of the Dao rang out without end. The bell of the Great Dao had been struck, and its unfathomably wondrous peal echoed throughout the Indestructible Forbidden Zone.

"With one black and one white, there would be eighteen colors, corresponding to the eighteen heavens!" Fu You was solemn for reasons unknown.

Darkness enveloped all things. The brilliant sixteen colors seemed incomparably tiny as it descended, and in an instant they were completely engulfed.

It was a world-destroying black, a darkness that covered everything.

The Emperor Blood River, in the Indestructible Forbidden Zone.

"This is no ordinary indestructible physique. Has misfortune given way to fortune? Must something be broken before it can be built anew?" A wisp of the Great Emperor of Nothingness Fu Xu's imperial soul was startled awake as well.

A beam of light appeared in the darkness, sacred and pure: the white that cleansed the world.

It was the dawn that cleaved the darkness, the white that purified all evil and sin.

The world-cleansing white pierced the black of destruction. Sixteen colors-gold, blue, purple, green, and others-shone brilliantly, and eighteen colors glittered and intertwined.

The eighteen-colored light faded, leaving only chaos between heaven and earth.

A roar shook the heavens. The "first" living beings were born from chaos, without black or white, without sin: innate beings...

"The manifestation of heaven's creation: chaos opening into the universe, the innate giving rise to Gods and Devils!"

Even the Indestructible Heavenly Venerable could no longer remain composed. This sight was more terrifying than the manifestation of a Great Emperor or the image of a Great Emperor Weapon. It concerned the beginning and the embryonic form of the Great Dao, wondrous beyond understanding.

The first Gods and Devils had possessed extraordinarily high realms of cultivation. Born understanding the Great Dao and knowing the principles of heaven, the strongest among them had been Great Emperors (immortals) from birth, beyond imagination.

"The form is there, but the Dao is absent," the Indestructible Heavenly Venerable observed. This was merely a phenomenon formed from certain fragments of the long river of time.

If it could truly manifest Chaos Splitting the Heavens and the images of the innate Gods and Devils, even Great Emperors would likely bow their heads in submission.

"Fate has its own design in the unseen." Fu's gaze was profound, as though he meant to see through the long river of time and glimpse a corner of the future.

The third layer of Qi Condensation... the seventh layer of Qi Condensation... the thirteenth layer of Qi Condensation...

A white mass of Qi appeared in his dantian, followed by a second, then a third.

The fourth level of the Qi Sea... the seventh level of the Qi Sea... the ninth level of the Qi Sea!

Fu Yuan's cultivation continued to rise. The origin imperial Qi in his dantian began to circulate, nourishing his nine Qi Seas and his completely transformed body.

The phenomenon had yet to end. The roars of the innate Gods and Devils faded into the distance, and a wisp of a supreme expert's presence emerged.

A pair of eyes appeared above the Abyss Heaven Palace, seeing through the past, present, and future.

Outside the Indestructible Forbidden Zone.

A Great Emperor had only recently fallen, and the myriad Daos that had lain dormant began to rejoice.

Rhymes of the Dao filled the skies across the world, and divine Xi descended upon the Three Thousand Worlds.

One ancient relic after another emerged from holy lands and imperial dynasties. Saints were roused and awakened from secluded cultivation.

The Peng Emperor had fallen only twenty thousand years ago. Had a new emperor already been born?

An emperor who had risen quietly and unnoticed from the Dharma-ending Age?

Only when an ancestor of the Great Qin Imperial Dynasty, an old monster in the Saint Emperor Realm, spoke up was the claim finally put to rest.

The myriad Daos had stirred for only an instant before falling silent again. In all likelihood, an emperor from ancient history had manifested his power in the present age.

"Imperial might! An emperor who has never appeared before!"

The Great Emperor of Nothingness and the Great Emperor of the Netherworld both changed expression. There could be no mistaking that mysterious presence: the owner of those eyes was an emperor, an extremely powerful one.

Those eyes looked over, and heaven and earth trembled while the myriad Daos knelt in worship. He was too powerful, too transcendent.

When a Great Emperor manifested his power, how could heaven and earth not kneel in worship?

"Is it Little Yuan?"

Fu You and Fu Xu both wondered. The future was full of variables and infinite possibilities.

At their peak, they could have used the Heavenly Dao as a medium to peer into it. But they were in the forbidden zone, and only a wisp of each man's soul had awakened. How could they possibly see?

"An emperor of the future? Or an immortal of the past?" The Indestructible Heavenly Venerable's pupils contracted slightly. This presence did not belong to the present, nor did it exist in known ancient history.

As the strongest Heavenly Venerable of the Mythic Era and the foremost ruthless figure after the immortals' "departure," he knew far, far too much.

The phenomenon began to fade, and decay and deathly stillness once more filled the entire forbidden zone.

[Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Physique activation complete. Its power will gradually manifest as the host's cultivation realm rises.]

Fu Yuan opened his eyes, a faint golden light flowing within them.

"The ninth level of the Qi Sea. I'm just a hair away from breaking the limit and reaching the Qi Sea Extreme Realm!" Fu Yuan looked into his dantian and saw the nine white vortices of Qi swirling there. He could not help being overjoyed.

[Ding! The sign-in location has refreshed. Please sign in at Netherworld Valley!]

The system's ethereal voice rang out again, issuing the second sign-in mission.

[Ding! Sign-in at Netherworld Valley successful. Congratulations, host, on receiving a three-star sign-in reward: true dragon essence blood!]

[Ding! The sign-in location has refreshed. Host, please sign in at the Emperor Blood River!]

[Ding! Sign-in at the Emperor Blood River successful. Congratulations, host, on receiving an eight-star sign-in reward: Nine Secrets-Zhe Secret!]

Over five days, Fu Yuan repeated his old trick and completed two sign-in missions in succession under the Qilin Emperor's protection.

True dragon essence blood was exceedingly rare and counted as precious even in a holy land, but as far as Fu Yuan was concerned...

He had a ridiculous amount of the stuff, okay?

If Fu Yuan wanted to bathe in it, it was no exaggeration to say he could use a different kind every day for three hundred and sixty-five days.

After all, just look at how ruthless his two older brothers were: one wanted to make blood sacrifices of numerous imperial clans and supreme holy lands, while the other had stirred up war across the Three Thousand Worlds.

There was a widely circulated saying in the Three Thousand Worlds.

Though somewhat exaggerated through repeated retellings, it nevertheless expressed the Indestructible Forbidden Zone's power from another angle.

Every wisp of wind in Netherworld Valley represented a ghost above the Divine Fire realm.

Every drop of blood in the Emperor Blood River represented a living being.

What an "illustrious reputation," what "far-reaching fame."

The eight-star reward was the Zhe Secret, one of the Nine Secrets. It was practically a bug of a secret technique.

Once one mastered it, no matter how severe the injury, even if one had only a single breath left, one could instantly recover to peak condition.

Just imagine: an opponent on the verge of death recovering to peak condition in a single breath. It was absurdly satisfying, absurdly overpowered.

"What a pity. It wasn't the Dou Secret or the Jie Secret." Amid his delight, Fu Yuan felt a small twinge of regret.

The Dou Secret was the ultimate art of combat. It could manifest every killing technique and was without equal in offense.

One of Fu Yuan's favorite fictional characters in his previous life had mastered the Dou Secret. The white-robed God King's killing prowess had been the greatest of his age-what a magnificent figure he was.

The Jie Secret was even more terrifying. It increased combat strength, speed, physical strength, and soul power tenfold, making it a devastating tool for fighting across realms. It was downright outrageous.

Though it was extremely difficult to trigger and came with many restrictions, it was a gambler's favorite.

"Three Thousand Worlds, Fu Yuan is here!" The young man threw back his head and let out a long, wild howl.