Having experienced the breath of death, he cherished his life even more.
"You've done a great job this time, what do you want?"
Looking at his many offspring, Ancient Hua Emperor was very excited. This time, Jiang Ruoyu brought a quarter of Sacred Fruit and half a bottle of Divine Spring, enough to extend his life by four hundred years.
"I, I..." When her father asked her to express her wish, the image of a young man floated through Jiang Ruoyu's mind.
When she was being humiliated, it was that man who rescued her. Afterwards, when she was possessed by death energy, it was he who helped her nurture her body and gave her half Sacred Fruit and a bottle of Divine Spring...
Recalling the time they had spent together, Jiang Ruoyu said with unwavering determination, "Father, I want the Sacred Body Ye Fan!"
At this moment, Ancient Hua Emperor was drinking tea. Upon hearing this, he looked somewhat surprised. His four royal uncles all cast scrutinizing glances at him.
Ancient Hua Emperor sighed helplessly, put down his teacup, and said in a slightly softened tone, "Ruoyu, could we change to another one?"
This wasn't because he looked down on Ye Fan. The reasons were complex. First, the matter between Ye Fan and the Pearl of the Ji Family was known throughout the Five Regions. Princess Ancient Hua and the Pearl of the Ji Family were vying for the Desolate Ancient Waste Body, and she was even involved in the conflict. As the ruler of the Immortal of the Foreign Realm Dynasty, he didn't want to become a laughingstock in the Five Regions for the time being.
Secondly, he was unable to find Ye Fan. After the Battle of Yan City in the Southern Region, Cao Yusheng shone brightly and became famous Big Dipper.
He used the Nine Transformations of the Dragon to defeat the Northern Emperor Teng, who was at the seventh level of the Immortal Realm. Afterwards, the Central Emperor, wielding a damaged sacred weapon, attempted to seize Ye Fan, but was captured alive by Cao Yusheng using an ultimate imperial weapon.
The former wasn't enough to shock him; at most, it was a rising prodigy who, if destined, would marry into the Ancient Hua, and if not, would simply let nature take its course. The latter, however, was earth-shattering—a new Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon, enough to shake the Five Regions and directly change many things.
Now, the elders of the Desolate Antiquity Ji Family are all smiles and have begun to consider marriage alliances again. However, the candidates have not yet been determined. Ji Biyue is not of high enough status or bloodline, and Ji Ziyue has an affair with Ye Fan and is extremely resistant to the matter.
During a meeting at the Ji Family land, an elder even sighed, saying that if Ji Haoyue were a princess, there would be no need to worry about this matter. Upon hearing this, Ji Yanzhi's face instantly darkened, and he felt a bitter taste in his mouth...
Cao Yusheng's rise to power is unstoppable; with the Emperor Weapon protecting him, who can stand in his way? Furthermore, Ye Fan and Cao Yusheng have become friends, and all the sects in the Northern Region have withdrawn their bounties. The Grand Elder of the Yaoguang Holy Land has even personally set out to redeem the Yaoguang Holy Son with a generous gift.
Although the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body cannot break through to the Four Extremes, Ye Fan has obtained the inheritance of the Source Heavenly Master and may become the seventh generation Source Heavenly Master in the future, giving him the potential to be valued by the major sects of the Holy Land.
The golden-robed girl, exuding unparalleled nobility, her eyes sparkling like stars, declared resolutely, "I only want him."
Seeing that the old man remained unmoved, she tugged at the hem of Ancient Hua Emperor's robe and said sweetly, "Father, he has gained the favor of Heavenly Master Cao, and news has spread from the Chaos Palace that they wish to help Ye Fan break through to the Four Extremes. If he successfully breaks through, he can expect to achieve great success, and the next ten thousand years will belong to the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body."
An uncle of the Ancient Hua Dynasty stepped forward, sighed softly, and said, "Ruoyu, Desolate Antiquity Era, no one has ever possessed Sacred Body from the Four Extremes Secret Realm. The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body is nothing but a legend."
"To enter the Four Extremes Realm Sacred Body needs to break through with tens of millions of catties of Origin... A Holy Land has tried this before, but failed. Heaven and Earth do not allow it. Even if Fellow Daoist Cao is willing, how can he defy the heavens?" Another royal uncle also shook his head, not optimistic about Ye Fan entering the Four Extremes Secret Realm.
"He and Ji Ziyue are already destined for each other, Ruoyu, why are you so fixated on him?" Ancient Hua Emperor also disapproved of the marriage.
Seeing that her family members were against it, Jiang Ruoyu became furious and blurted out her true feelings. "I already belong to Ye Fan, and I will marry no one but him. No matter what, I will go to the Southern Region to find him."
She was a pampered princess of the Divine Dynasty, domineering and arrogant, and was known as Witch in the capital. Because the sun was high in the sky when she was born, with golden light shining everywhere and light raining down like a waterfall, the Ancient Hua Emperor believed that she was born with auspicious signs, so he doted on her and no one dared to provoke her.
"You, you're nothing like a princess of the dynasty, you have no sense of propriety at all." Ancient Hua Emperor sighed helplessly.
Jiang Ruoyu's face flushed slightly. Seeing her four uncles shaking their heads, she felt a little flustered and whispered, "I'll go and persuade him not to break through. He received Heavenly Master Cao's inheritance; if he cultivates the Dao of Source Arts to perfection, becoming Source Heavenly Master wouldn't be bad."
Upon hearing this, the Ancient Hua Emperor, seated on his dragon throne, revealed a hint of interest. If a seventh-generation Source Heavenly Master were to join the Ancient Hua Dynasty...
He said seriously, "Can you compete with the Pearl of the Ji Family?"
Jiang Ruoyu paused, then took a deep breath, her chest heaving.
No matter what, I will bring him back.
The black-haired girl's eyes sparkled, her beautiful face displaying a blend of shyness and confidence, giving her a unique charm.
"Take two million catties of Origin with you, and let Jiang Xuan accompany you." Ancient Hua Emperor laughed, his words carrying a unique majesty and the roar of dragon energy.
"Father, you agree!" Jiang Ruoyu was overjoyed, her eyes crinkling into slits with laughter, her heart pounding with excitement.
Jiang Xuan, who was standing to the side, accepted the order and turned to leave. He was going to retrieve the source. He also understood the emperor's meaning: the two million catties of Pure Source were not for Ye Fan, but for Cao Yusheng.
As a seemingly useless person, Ye Fan's ability to gain the favor of the Chaos Palace, the Green Lotus Imperial Dynasty, and the Source Heavenly Master Lineage demonstrates his extraordinary qualities.
The Southern Region of the Eastern Wasteland, the Desolate Antiquity Ji Family.
Inside the bronze hall, beside a lapis lazuli table, a middle-aged man and a young girl sat facing each other.
The girl in purple shouted angrily, "Father, I want to go out!"
"Who told you that? Hmph, it could only be Haoyue."
Ji Yanzhi opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them, and his face showed displeasure.
"Now Ye Fan is about to break through his cultivation barrier, and he has received strong support from Heavenly Master Cao and the Chaos Palace. His future is limitless. His Great Accomplishment Sacred Body can rival that of the Great Emperor. Yaoguang Holy Land is wary of him and no longer opposes him." Little Moon blinked her big eyes and said vividly.
Seeing that his precious daughter's heart was completely devoted to Ye Fan, Ji Yanzhi flew into a rage, his eyes blazing with fury, and said, "Now that your lover is getting ahead, you think you're all grown up? Do you even have any respect for me as your father?"
Under Ji Yanzhi's roar, Ji Ziyue stood there awkwardly with her hands at her sides, not daring to say anything more, waiting for the storm to come.
Ji Yanzhi stared at her coldly, his attitude extremely serious. For a moment, time seemed to stand still in the hall, as if an even greater storm was brewing.
The girl in purple was filled with unease, her thoughts racing, her soul already drifting away to the outside world.
Seeing his daughter's distracted state, Ji Yanzhi turned his face away, too lazy to look at her. He said indifferently, " Yanming is still recuperating in the Northern Region. There is a great deal of disagreement within the family about whether to continue the pursuit of Ye Fan."
Ji Ziyue listened quietly without offering any opinion. She already knew how to deal with her father's anger.
The Seventh Elder and the Third Elder remain hostile towards Ye Fan, while the Fifth Elder and the Eighth Elder approve of him.
Ji Yanzhi's voice was very authoritative, each word spoken clearly and distinctly, like a great bell, captivating the soul.
Seeing that Ji Yanzhi's voice had softened, Little Moon breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "Father, you've come here to let me out, haven't you?"
Ji Yanzhi glanced at her, looking at his daughter's thin appearance, and felt a pang of heartache. He couldn't bring himself to say the words of reprimand he had originally intended.
He sighed, a trace of weariness on his face. He stood up, walked to the entrance of the main hall, stopped, and said, "Go, the ancestor is nearing his end. The Divine Spring in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land are too few to prolong his life. Alas."
"Grandpa is dying, how could that be?"
Ji Ziyue nervously slipped away from Ji Yanzhi's side, then transformed into a beautiful purple light and flew towards the depths of the ancestral land.
An elderly woman with radiant skin and snow-white hair emerged, watched Ji Ziyue's departing figure, and smiled, "This is the best choice."
Ji Tianyao's voice was gentle, showing great optimism about the marriage between Ji Ziyue and Ye Fan. He showed no sign of intending to enter the Northern Region with the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon to kill Ye Fan and seize the Source Root of Mother Qi of All Things.
In short, everything is for the family!
"Let's see if she can get the Sacred Fruit!" Eighth Elder of the Ji Family also appeared and said calmly.
Ji Yanzhi. As a father, he did not want any business relationship with his daughter, so he did not mention the Sacred Fruit this time.
However, as the next Holy Lord, he needs to take care of the entire family. This time, the ancestor is about to pass away. He is the pillar of the Ji Family and the only one Dao-Slaying King. If he leaves, the Ji Family will definitely shrink its power.
The three stood before the hall, all gazing down upon the Ji Family. One's eyes held sorrow, another beamed with joy, and the third remained calm and serene...
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[1]: Some readers are debating the reason for the physical condition. In fact, the Sacred Body, the Tyrant Body, and the Chaos Body were still well maintained in Shrouding the Heavens Perfect World, but they started to collapse in the Sacred Ruins.
The Perfect World novel: An Lan and Yu Tuo are both ancient ancestors from the Foreign Realm, with extraordinary and lofty identities. They are known as the founders of invincible Imperial Clan, possessing boundless magical power, and they swept through the Immortal Ancient Era!
Furthermore, the same was true of Luomo, who died in battle. He possessed the Five-Colored True Blood and fought to the death against Xian Dao invincible Invincible One with Chaotic Blood in this realm.
The one here with Chaotic Blood possesses what appears to be Quasi-King with considerable talent, and is almost Flawless Chaos Body.
In Xiao Ye's setting, the Chaos Body and the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo can both be considered as True Immortal Blood. If placed in the Immortal Domain and allowed to grow smoothly, they should start as Quasi-King.
That's why Xiao Ye listed the Chaos Body, the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo, and the Immortal Phoenix Body together. However, the latter requires constant rebirth, and its growth time is much longer.
As for the Overlord Blood Immortal King in the Sacred Ruins, well, that's a long story, so we won't consider it for now. Like " Starting from Perfect World," this book of mine only references half of the Sacred Ruins.
Rat Immortal Emperor, Big Cat Immortal Emperor, Tiger Immortal Emperor, Tyrannosaurus Immortal Emperor... I'll change all the names here, such as Achieved Dao Fruit, Flawless Dao Fruit, Dao Fruit Sublimation, etc... It's a bit of my obsessive-compulsive disorder.
[2]: Saint Ba is considered a powerful Supreme bloodline in Perfect World. Moreover, the laws of Shrouding the Heavens and Perfect World are different. Perfect World does not have Quasi-Supreme. Xiao Ye's setting is that in the Perfect World era, after stepping into the Supreme, one can combine the myriad laws of heaven and earth to forge the Supreme Laws. This law is somewhat similar to the Ultimate Dao Laws, but it is Xiao Yi.
This is why the Supreme Being includes Quasi-Emperor and Extreme Daoists. In Shrouding the Heavens, ordinary Almost-Enlightened One to attain Dao, such as the Heavenly Empress, the Old Woodcutter, the Emperor Lord, and the Three Lords of the Underworld, have not mastered the Imperial Dao Laws and cannot even withstand the aura of Supreme.
Ning Feichuan achieved enlightenment through an unconventional path, mastering the ultimate laws and enabling him to fight in forbidden zones—a world of difference between the two.
What's the difference between Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven and Alternative Dao Attainment? The main difference lies in the spine Big Dragon touching the Immortal Platform, enabling one to grasp the Imperial Dao Laws. Alternative Dao Attainment's physical body and soul are tempered by the Ultimate Dao Laws, making them worthy of the title of Supreme.
[3]: Furthermore, in the millions of years of the Shrouding the Heavens era, there are not many who have achieved Alternative Dao Attainment to enlightenment. Among the ancients in the original work, apart from the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body, the Great Accomplished Tyrant Body, and the Peak Saint Spirit, only Ning Fei and Chuan Ying are known.
The Heavenly Demon Physique that blew the Wu Shi wind might not necessarily have achieved Alternative Dao Attainment, just like the Golden Crow.
Xiao Ye didn't believe that the imperial sons could achieve Alternative Dao Attainment. At most, they were just ordinary Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven cultivators. Ye Fan's imperial sons in this Lifetime were all outstanding among the Ancient Emperor Bloodline, and the laws were active in this Lifetime, which is why so many Alternative Dao Attainment enlightenment appeared.
As for the three princes of Primordial Lake quelling the Saint Spirit Rebellion, I've set those two Holy Saint Spirit as Half-Step Supreme, who were then killed by the Prince Yuan burning the fragments of the Imperial Dao within his bloodline.
Feel free to leave a comment or Xiao Ye in the group. As long as it's reasonable and logical, Xiao Ye will modify the settings accordingly.
Sweet dreams, everyone!
Chapter 329 Northern Plains Luo Heaven, Chaotic Ancient Emperor Palace
The Northern Plains are vast and sparsely populated, and in terms of desolation, they are even more barren than the Northern Region of the Eastern Wilderness. In the endless desert beyond, there are scattered oases, where the hope of Life is nurtured.
The Luotian Wasteland is a desolate grassland overgrown with wormwood. Located in the northeastern part of the Northern Plains, it is sparsely populated and has not been explored by anyone for tens of thousands of years.
In this place, packs of wolves roam, and their howling can be heard every moonlit night.
Under the blazing sun and beneath the scorching earth, the place was extremely hot, and the space itself seemed to tremble faintly. All that could be seen was an endless expanse of sand and deathly silence, with only a few snow-white skeletons occasionally appearing, as if telling the story of bygone years.
A huge red rock sits in the Gobi Desert. As the sunlight shifts, the color of the rock changes from light red to bright orange and then to deep red.
As the sun sets in the Golden Crow, there are no dazzling clouds here, only a scene of countless stars, with the sun Sun-Moon, and stars shining together in the sky.
On the blood-red stone mountain, a black-haired youth gazed at the distant sacred lake, with a valiant and extraordinary man beside him.
The golden ancient chariot reflected a dazzling divine radiance in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the ancient runes on the golden wall became even more vivid. Those mottled engravings seemed to break free from their constraints and walk out, exuding a unique Daoist charm.
The young man in the light purple Daoist robe withdrew his gaze, looked at the silent Wang Teng, and said, "How much do you know about the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor?"
"What brings you here this time?" Wang Teng's eyes gleamed with divine light, his tall figure blocking Xi Ri as he stared directly at the newcomer.
He didn't come with Su Yu, but specifically came here to seek the crane in order to break the Emperor Flame Thought Restriction in his sea of consciousness. However, he didn't expect that Su Yu was already waiting for him here.
"This Thought Restriction... he has seen through everything about me."
Wang Teng felt helpless. In his eyes, Su Yu knew his intentions, which was why he was intercepting him here. Judging from his own experience, he might have to shed blood here today...