Before long, Su Yu took the remains of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body out of the ancient Saint Weapon.
The Sacred Body's origin was exceedingly precious in the original work. Yaoguang Holy Son, the inheritor of the other branch of the Ruthless Inheritance, never obtained it, even at the end. The remains of the Great Accomplishment Sacred Bodies left in the world had all been destroyed during the Dark Turmoil, while the other two Sacred Bodies, Ye Fan and Yang Xi, would have meant facing the protagonist's group. As a result, he remained an incomplete Chaos Body from beginning to end, never achieving perfection.
Su Yu was different. This Saint-level Sacred Body was enough for him to complete the corresponding mysteries of the flesh.
If it still wasn't enough, there was also the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body on Saint Cliff in the future. The golden age had always been a glorious age for practitioners of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art: devouring all the kings and achieving chaos. That was what he longed for as well...
Chapter 45: Transforming into a Divine Embryo
The withered holy corpse displayed nothing particularly strange. It looked utterly ordinary, yet it possessed a sense of having returned to its original simplicity, as though infinite divine power lay hidden beneath its shriveled shell.
Su Yu gazed at the ancient remains and summoned the Silver Moon Divine Pagoda, pouring out more than a hundred jin of Desolate Ancient Divine Spring. In an instant, the Divine Spring, rich with life essence Qi, flowed through the space, making it look like an immortal paradise on earth.
Finally, he took out several large pieces of Divine Source. They were all incomparably beautiful, crystal clear and colorful, with starlike light flowing over them, dazzling to behold.
This would be the foundation of his transformation.
Su Yu's forehead bone turned translucent, and it was as though an immortal lamp had been lit within his Immortal Platform, radiating a sacred presence.
In an instant, his golden primordial spirit left his body, becoming a brilliant, imperishable beam of light before flying into the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring.
Immersed in the Divine Spring, Su Yu felt a gentle warmth. His divine sense was wrapped snugly in its softness, an exceedingly comfortable sensation.
"Subdue!"
He circulated the Indestructible Heavenly Art. His primordial spirit became incomparably crystalline, bearing an air of majesty as it radiated holy light.
The next moment, eighteen emperor characters leaped out and revolved around him. Boundless Dao resonance flowed over them as they burst forth with brilliant divine light.
The eighteen emperor characters looked as though they had been cast from light immortal gold, dazzling as they imprinted themselves on the void. Clouds of pure Dao Qi poured out and were absorbed by the golden primordial spirit, while endless life essence Qi surged toward him as well.
His divine sense shone with auspicious light. Su Yu began to employ the mysteries of nirvanic rebirth within the Indestructible Heavenly Art, transforming into a Divine Embryo at that very moment. The sky changed color, mountains and rivers trembled, three thousand streams of chaos Qi howled, and all the essence Qi in this small world surged toward the sky.
"Rumble..."
The sun and moon rumbled as a vast Bitter Sea flowed out of the void. Waves surged across its surface, crashing against the shore, and wisps of chaos Qi mingled with the spray. Sheets of water and fire rushed out of the Bitter Sea, yin and yang Qi reversed, and chaos unfolded anew, as though a world were about to be created.
The endless chaos Qi was separated, becoming the most precious vitality from the beginning of heaven and earth.
Within Su Yu's Bitter Sea, the scripture of the Indestructible Heavenly Art became ancient characters that rumbled above its plain white surface. Wheels of Life slowly emerged one after another, and his Sea of Bitterness blazed with light as he baptized his Great Dao Wheel of Life anew with the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring.
The Indestructible Heavenly Art was the cultivation art best suited to a Chaos Body. It was an immortal scripture created by the empress in her later years of her first life so that she could transform and emerge from the Demon Embryo, and it held supreme mysteries of creation. The Ruthless Great Emperor had also succeeded in living a second life through this scripture, becoming a Flawless Chaos Body. This emperor scripture contained the principles of nirvanic rebirth.
A beam of chaotic light appeared in the Ageless Hall, shooting straight into the clouds and illuminating the small world. Endless light burst from the Ageless Hall. At that moment, Su Yu's primordial spirit was like a sun, radiating boundless light.
Scarlet mist swirled like rosy clouds. The immortal lamp burned fiercely, and within that small space, sinews and bones were reborn and covered with flesh and blood.
"Rumble!"
The Divine Source placed around the Ageless Hall crumbled apart on its own, turning into the purest origin essence Qi of heaven and earth and surrounding him.
Thunderous sounds rang out from Su Yu's Bitter Sea. The Divine Bridge soared across heaven and earth, reaching the Other Shore. The five Dao Palaces emerged, scriptural truths resounded, and the five divine treasures shook as one. The Four Extremes supported the heavens, dragon Qi surged forth, pointing straight at the Immortal Platform, and the light of the Immortal Platform united the Five Great Secret Realms into one.
His origin became three thousand drops of true blood, beginning to refine his flesh and reforge his Sea of Bitterness.
All arts seethed, and the place grew ever more radiant as an ocean of divine power surged skyward. Chaos Qi spilled in all directions, and streams of life essence Qi transformed the Ageless Hall into a holy land. Even the withered remains of the Sacred Body absorbed essence Qi on their own, and the holy corpse gave off a faint glow.
"Boom!"
The Devouring Heaven Demon Lid rose and fell above his head. Tens of thousands of streams of chaos Qi intertwined with dark light, hanging down in wisps to suppress the place. This Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon seemed to be the destination of all things, the birthplace of the laws of heaven and earth. Mysterious characters flowed across the jar's body, and the surrounding void collapsed under its weight, black as ink, with laws interweaving over it.
Drops of Desolate Ancient Divine Spring joined with Source Qi, coating his translucent divine sense. At last, they condensed into a great cocoon, enclosing Su Yu within.
He began to form a Divine Embryo, seeking to transform within it and bring forth his true self.
As at the beginning of all things, the mysteries of nirvana in the Indestructible Heavenly Art echoed. Time flowed slowly, bit by bit, while wisps of exceedingly ethereal chaos Qi gradually grew stronger. The life within the great cocoon grew ever more vigorous...
No one knew how much time had passed before a cracking sound rang out. A figure broke through the great cocoon and appeared directly in the small world.
His true appearance could not be seen, only churning chaos. Su Yu looked as though he stood in the age before heaven and earth were formed. All manner of runes appeared, and the myriad Daos sang in harmony, making him look like a sovereign!
Not only did laws of chaos shoot from his body, but rings of light surrounded him, setting him off like an Immortal King.
Surrounded by chaos Qi, Su Yu felt this world. The Great Dao of the entire world resonated with him, as though he himself were its Heavenly Dao.
Through his divine sense, he felt blood Qi surging through his body like thunder. That vigorous presence surged like a river of stars, engulfing heaven and earth, terrifying beyond compare. Its radiance blotted out the sky and sun, too dazzling to look at directly.
Su Yu stood high in the sky, his black hair cascading down. Like an exiled immortal descending into the world, he possessed an ethereal bearing. A layer of five-colored divine light covered his entire body, and his eyes were incomparably clear, yet a starry sky appeared within them.
This was his appearance in this life, unchanged.
"This feeling is truly wonderful..."
He stretched his body at will and continued tempering the Five Great Secret Realms. The incomparably profound true meaning of the ancient scripture chanted within his Immortal Platform, resounding like mighty bells through his limbs and bones, pushing him toward the peak.
"Boom!"
His phenomenon was unleashed. A cloud dragon flew out of Su Yu's primordial spirit and coiled once more around the spine of his back. Chaos Qi hung down, each wisp flowing with Dao resonance and enveloping the newborn spirit below, making him appear ever more sacred and transcendent.
The vigorous blood Qi throughout his body resembled a true dragon, becoming streams of dragon Qi that burst from him. They surged through the sky like a tide, scattering the clouds. Dense chaos Qi wrapped around him and formed a heavenly staircase on its own, leading straight to the Ageless Hall.
"Buzz!"
Su Yu felt the limits of his flesh, like an incomplete Great Dao.
The potential of this newborn body had yet to be fully unearthed!
It was as though some shackle of heaven and earth bound him. At this moment, his entire physique stirred slightly, urging him to seek completion. Su Yu turned around; the source of the stirring was in the Ageless Hall.
That Desolate Ancient Sacred Body... and his old body.
Su Yu wore a blue robe, its sleeves fluttering and his hair dancing. His skin shimmered, and he gave off the bearing of a deity.
A sigh escaped his flawless face. He was somewhat moved. To him, his old body was like a cauldron that had cultivated the Devouring Heaven Demon Art; nothing could be more suitable for cultivation...
Chapter 46: The Origin of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body
Su Yu walked up the chaotic heavenly staircase and returned to the Ageless Hall.
Within the ancient hall, all the Divine Source had turned to powder. A few drops of divine liquid remained from the Desolate Ancient Divine Spring, drawn by his old body as they revolved in the air, shining brilliantly.
Su Yu walked slowly up to his old body. Looking at another version of himself, he felt a peculiar sensation.
He had intended to devour his old body, but just as he was about to act, a thought occurred to him, and he stored it in his Bitter Sea. This body, which his true spirit had once inhabited, might have other uses, so he could keep it for the future.
After doing that, Su Yu took out three corpses of ancient beings, all obtained from Purple Mountain.
Looking at the three Immortal Platform remains, he manifested wisps of spiritual light from his Immortal Platform. He pressed his palms together and formed the Great Dao Treasure Vase Seal. Instantly, wisps of dark light flickered and condensed into a Great Dao Treasure Vase above his head.
"Ding!"
With a crisp sound, the black-jade-colored Great Dao Treasure Vase shot out beams of dark light. They finally became a pitch-black chain gleaming with starlight, which shot toward the ancient remains.
The terrifying divine chain of the Great Dao pierced straight through the corpses' Wheels of Life and began absorbing the power of their origins.
Su Yu quickly devoured all three corpses. The Great Dao Treasure Vase above his head became ever more sacred and flawless, and its true meaning of chaos increased considerably. At the same time, his primordial spirit also grew much stronger. His Immortal Platform opened the hidden divine treasures within his body, as though opening mysterious doors one after another and drawing limitless divine power from them.
The sensation of devouring was incomparably wonderful, leaving him somewhat addicted. At this rate, he would quickly reach the next realm.
"Divine bloodline..."
Looking at the withered remains of the Sacred Body, Su Yu's eyes grew heated. He formed a hand seal, and the ink-black Great Dao Treasure Vase extended three more chains of order, binding the Sacred Body's remains. As the Great Dao chains drew upon them, the sacred aperture suddenly shook. The remains bloomed with dreamlike radiance like a deity, their Indestructible Golden Body shimmering with flowing light, as though about to come back to life.
The cold corpse resembled an immortal divine statue, seemingly resisting the Great Dao Treasure Vase's devouring on its own. Wisps of holy Dao pressure radiated from it, stabbing toward Su Yu like swords and blades.
Su Yu remained calm. For the moment, he could not contend with the holy might.
"Rise!"
He formed seals with his fingers. In an instant, their afterimages cascaded like a waterfall and dark light danced. The Devouring Heaven Demon Jar flew out of his Immortal Platform, rising and falling as it let down a trace of emperor Dao presence. Suppressed by the emperor's might, the Saint-level Sacred Body's remains grew still once more. Streams of brilliant golden divine light poured from them and were absorbed by the Great Dao Treasure Vase.
"Buzz..."
Drawing upon the bloodline's origin, the Great Dao Treasure Vase flickered with dark light and grew ever more dazzling, its surface flowing with the luster of a starry sky.
At last, the remains of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body became a cloud of powder and dispersed within the Ageless Hall. A damaged divine bell and a broken war halberd lay quietly on the golden bricks. They were two incomplete Saint Weapons, their divine spirits long since destroyed, with only a small portion of their holy Dao runes remaining.
"Hiss!"
Su Yu silently circulated the Indestructible Heavenly Art, unfurling his phenomenon and absorbing the Great Dao Treasure Vase. Radiance gathered into a curtain, and in its reflection his flesh seemed to become immortal gold, strong and imperishable, able to endure. Rings of light enveloped him, making him look incomparably sacred as he sat cross-legged, solemn and majestic like an immortal god!
Within his Bitter Sea, wisps of golden imprints appeared in the originally plain white waters, elevating the Bitter Sea and transforming it into a golden ocean. As he continued refining it, the golden sea grew more brilliant. In the end, his Bitter Sea became gold and white, with the golden ocean occupying one tenth of it.
"Rumble!"
A faint rumbling suddenly arose. Su Yu's hair hung loose as golden blood Qi burst skyward from his body, setting the essence Qi throughout him boiling. He was like a Sacred Body, the battle blood within him seething, eager to fight.
After an unknown amount of time, the Ageless Hall grew quiet again.
Su Yu opened his eyes. His gaze was sharp and arresting, as though it could see through the void and directly discern the spatial laws within it. The concentration of chaotic blood reflected in the jade pendant had also risen sharply.
He stretched his body, very satisfied with this half-Chaos Body.
If he wished, Su Yu could directly use the Sacred Body's origin to cover his own body and become a Sacred Body.
Of course, before reaching completion, this method could not compare with a true Sacred Body; it could barely maintain half its essence.
"Where is the Heavenly Tyrant Blood of this age... Since I intend to devour all the kings, whose sacred bloodline will be next?" Su Yu murmured. Like an ancient god or demon, he drew in and expelled the essence Qi of heaven and earth, his entire body dazzling with golden light.
The Devouring Heaven Demon Jar rose and fell above his head, radiating an imperishable presence.
"Refine ten thousand bloodlines and become a Chaos Body. The Immortal Phoenix Bloodline is in no way inferior to a Chaos Body. I wonder what realm this incomplete Chaos Body of mine will reach if I devour it?
"Yaoguang Holy Son devoured six thousand four hundred kinds of extraordinary bloodlines and finally became chaos, but he did not reach perfection.
"Yet in that life, he obtained neither the origin of a Sacred Body nor that of a Tyrant Body, much less an immortal spirit bloodline like this."
Su Yu's thoughts wandered far, and he thought of many things.
He had no example to consult regarding the Flawless Chaos Body. The only example was that special being with chaotic blood from the Underworld, a monster the Underworld's supreme beings had poured their efforts into creating. Although it most likely did not have an immortal spirit bloodline like the Heavenly Emperor's Son, it should have possessed the bloodline origins of both a Sacred Body and a Tyrant Body.
That being, created from ten thousand kinds of origin blood, had reached the Extreme Dao and become a supreme being, yet it still was not a Chaos Body.
A moment later, Su Yu gazed at the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar and examined the sealed immortal egg.
His divine sense swept over the inside of the Emperor Weapon. A snow-white, crystalline egg was sealed within immortal source inside a stone embryo. Countless beams of divine light and streams of auspicious color shone on its shell, revealing all manner of patterns. They were the imprints of the Undying Divine Phoenix lineage.
With the Emperor Weapon's mighty power, Su Yu's divine sense pierced straight through the barrier of divine light around the eggshell and saw the scene within the divine egg.
Inside the divine egg was a five-colored Immortal Phoenix. Five-colored blood filled with rosy light flowed through its body, carrying a supreme presence that was vast and noble, like an imprint from a distant age.