He sniffed the aroma of the wine, his gaze falling on the flask, where the simmering, aged liquor emitted wisps of Chaos vapor. Everything here was an illusion, except for this flask of wine...
"The owner's name hasn't been mentioned yet."
"There is only one master here... I am merely a wandering soul guarding this place, not a master." The woman sighed softly, her eyes dim.
After a brief pause, she revealed her identity from her previous life.
"As for my name, I True Immortal of the Xuan Division in the Wu Shi Domain. Before I became an immortal, I traveled through various realms as a Mysterious Immortal. After being granted the title of Immortal, I was also known as Mysterious Immortal. I entered the Dao of Taiyi, and some people also call me Taiyi Immortal Xuan."
"Taking 'Xuan' as their title, they are called Taiyi Immortal Xuan. In that case, could there be Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal...?" Su Yu inquired.
The woman nodded, confirming that these two were indeed powerful individuals; Jin was a figure comparable to the Third Heavenly Lord, and she herself was far inferior.
"Jin Xiu cultivated the Taiyi Dao and wielded a celestial artifact forged from Daluo Immortal Gold. Some also respectfully called him the Daluo Golden Immortal. As for Tian, he and I belonged here. He was conferred immortality at the end of an era, and later... he died." She recalled, her eyes seeming to hold a mixture of light and darkness, looking very sorrowful. Sighs echoed around them.
"I see."
Su Yu understood; the titles of Taiyi Immortal Xuan, Daluo Heavenly Immortal, and Daluo Golden Immortal in later generations might have originated from this.
Chapter 822 The Woman Who Collected the Corpses
"You're trapped here? Was it Wuzhong's assignment?" Su Yu asked solemnly.
"I am not myself, but merely a broken imprint. My memories are too fragmented, and I am no longer the same as I once was." The woman sighed softly, her eyelashes drooping, revealing an indescribable melancholy.
Then, she calmly admitted that it was the Immortal Qi brought by the intruder that had awakened her, making her remember some things and rousing her somewhat from the chaotic era.
"I can't remember the specifics anymore, I only Dao Self existence... I look up and see an era, I'm trapped here, hoping that a brilliant person from the future will come and break through the limitations, perhaps I can find another true path..." the woman continued, her expression ethereal.
Her true form had long been buried in the Immortal Ancient, with only a trace of her primordial spirit clinging to the wine brewed by the Immortal King, barely surviving until this Lifetime.
"Why do you remember me?" Su Yu asked, a sword-shaped glint flashing in his eyes.
"Your arrival brought with you the scent of an old friend, which is why I remembered you." The woman's hair was draped over her shoulders, and her expression was gentle.
She began to recount a piece of ancient history that she had recalled, leaving Su Yu silent for a long time.
"After a great upheaval, Lord Wuzhong, and I and the rest of his men retreated. Though it was a retreat, it was not out of fear of death, but rather a hope to leave something for those who came after us..."
"The Great Realm will be ravaged, the World Tree will be felled, and the immortals will perish... but the legacy can be preserved."
"Even if the Primordial Ancient Realm is abandoned and the environment is depleted, the origin of the universe is undying. Sooner or later, it will give birth to new life and rekindle the flame of cultivation. At that time, the lamp lit by our predecessors will become crucial. In other words, by learning from our mistakes, we may not lose the next interdimensional war..."
The woman murmured, her expression bewildered and slightly lost in thought. There were even tear tracks at the corners of her eyes, a lingering resentment towards the defeat of that era.
Su Yu stared intently at the woman, finally understanding where those ancient opportunities within the Heavenly Deity Academy and Heavenly Immortal Academy came from.
In terms of excavating the relics of the Immortal Ancient immortals, those Longevity families, who were an era ahead, reaped far more benefits than the few academies combined; they were simply not on the same level.
However, the efforts of these predecessors were not in vain. Some of them did have an effect, such as those of Shi Hao and Shi Yi.
Even if these people only obtained one-thousandth or one-ten-thousandth of the prize, it was enough to make a difference and pave the way for future prodigies.
"I am gone, but some lingering attachments remain. I hope you will forgive my clinging to these thoughts, fellow Daoists."
The woman closed her eyes, and when she opened them the next moment, she had regained her composure and her impeccable demeanor.
As her fair, jade-like fingers grasped the wine cup, the celestial being bowed and invited Su Yu to drink with her. The jade cup was simply shaped, made from a natural stone with a small pit carved out of it, natural and rustic, which, combined with the surroundings, made it appear very otherworldly.
"Given this situation, this is all the wine we have," she said.
The four dishes were merely illusions, too insignificant and trivial in the eyes of the Xian Dao.
Su Yu raised his cup. The liquid inside was fragrant and intoxicating, crystal clear, emanating wisps of Immortal Qi, and shrouded in a layer of Chaos mist, making it sacred and extraordinary.
There are four distinct scents of Longevity Medicine here...
Su Yu reached out, and with a clink, her hand touched the wine glass in her hand, producing a crisp, melodious sound.
He drank the wine, and in that instant, a green seed, shaped like a jade tree, enveloped in Immortal Qi and surrounded by countless stars, entered Su Yu's mouth, accompanied by the sound of countless scriptures.
" Immortal Seed, World Tree..."
Su Yu spoke softly, the Dao mist in his eyes growing thicker. He savored the taste of the wine in his mouth, and it seemed as if he saw a young World Tree taking root in the Tribulation Land, breaking through the Chaos Bell, undergoing eight or nine Heavenly Tribulations, and finally merging with the Great Universe to become the Ancestor of a Realm...
This is the Immortal Ancient Era, the process of the growth of that felled Tongtian Kun Wood.
He stopped after several dozen breaths. He had already swallowed the wine, and the taste had faded until it was gone.
The liquid in the cup was now half gone, and the woman's lips were slightly pursed, her expression complex.
This person consumed far too much. The little guy before him only used one-tenth of the wine in the pot, while Su Yu used one-fifth in one gulp.
The two have different levels of understanding and enlightenment, and therefore use different amounts of knowledge and experience.
The wine jug held only enough for him to drink less than four more sips. In fact, this opportunity was originally prepared for the younger generation, but unexpectedly, an immortal barged in...
This process is like the ephemeral beauty of a night-blooming cereus watching itself bloom, only to vanish in an instant.
"This brew truly deserves the title of the best in the Immortal Ancient."
Su Yu's expression softened slightly as he commented, nodded to Immortal Xuan, and took another sip. A sip of wine flew up, carrying Chaos energy and fragments of time, and disappeared into his mouth.
The next moment, the sound of the scriptures rang out again, Wuzhong and boundless, deafening and resounding. Su Yu calmed his mind and listened to the true meaning of time, naturally understanding who had left this enlightenment.
The insights of a Time Dao Immortal King Giant!
Wuliang!
A long time passed, and the smell of alcohol faded before Su Yu opened his eyes.
The light of immortality emanating from him grew even more dazzling. At this moment, it was contained within his body, but if it were released, the entire desolate realm would be illuminated by the light of immortality.
At that time, a calamity will descend upon the heavens.
This is a universal rule: those who reach the critical point face a sudden Immortal Ascension Tribulation. This is why Alternative Immortal Ascension are so rare in ancient history.
With the third light sip, a six-sided Dao disc, blooming with the ring of Lunhui, rushed into Su Yu's mouth.
In an instant, a thunderous roar of the Great Dao erupted from his body, which he could not contain at all. His primordial spirit trembled slightly, and the laws of the Great Dao resonated on his immortal body, with symbols appearing in patches.
This immortal body has died once!
Stimulated by the " Immortal Ancient Era Wine ", a transformation actually occurred. The originally thin Xian Dao blood was boiling, with one after another Order Divine Chains leaping up and one after another bursting up Chaotic Blood, shaking the Time Realm.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz..."
With six soft sounds, the Six Paths of Lunhui Ancient Heavenly Art began to operate on its own, carrying endless radiance, and turning like six millstones.
A millstone, a black hole, a world, endlessly turning. In the blink of an eye, time erodes, the world descends into chaos, and all the myriad Great Daos emerge. The Great Dao Runes intertwine, traversing the past and present, so terrifying that even the celestial capital trembles.
"This... this is impossible..."
The woman named 'Xuan' trembled, her eyes reflecting too many Supreme Peak techniques.
Ancestral Willow Technique, True Dragon Technique, Heavenly Phoenix Technique, Kun Peng Technique, Qilin Technique, Thunder Emperor Technique, Heavenly Horned Ant Technique, Grass Character Sword Art, Chaos Calming Art, Immortal Tribulation Sword Art, Willow Demon Ancestral Technique, Time Ancestral Technique, Kundi Ancestral Technique, Scarlet King Ancestral Technique...
Too many terrifying seals at the level of Immortal King appeared, encompassing all the myriad paths of the heavens, and together they activated the six black holes. The magical power unleashed from this was heaven-defying, and the pressure of the Xian Dao path was overwhelming, spreading directly and reaching everywhere. The pressure was too strong.
"Suddenly..."
Immortal Xuan's body tensed as she fell from her seat, limbs in the air, her two long, slender legs crossed, the white silk skirt billowing under her calves, appearing smooth. The woman lay sprawled on the ground, her appearance far from elegant, like a celestial maiden fallen to earth, performing mundane tasks.
She trembled, trying to get up, but she couldn't.
At this moment, the aura of the person before her was terrifying, like a Quasi-Immortal King descending, his power surging and impacting the mortal world, suppressing her firmly beneath him, rendering her unable to move.
Like a female leopard exposing her chest, she lay there, her chest heaving violently, displaying a trembling arc, a truly surging sight, a breathtaking scene.
"Not his successor, but the man himself. The one who crossed the deadly barrier—was it really him?!"
As the suppressed aura of immortality spread, the woman trembled slightly, her gaze strained as she looked at the terrifying being shrouded in black light, a rare look of shock appearing on her face.
Tribulation Sword Immortal - Ling Yu.
This person rose to prominence at the end of the Immortal Ancient Era, became an Immortal of the Foreign Realm after a thousand years, and then killed immortals from other Foreign Realm, becoming famous throughout the realms. He revitalized the spirits of the remaining descendants of the Primordial Ancient Realm, who were then in a state of utter silence and decline, and swept away the gloom of the Tortoise Shell Disaster.
At that time, all ten border passes had been breached, and the Immortal King on this side of the Primordial Ancient Realm were either dead or had betrayed the region, leaving no further obstacles.
The Foreign Realm army marched deep into the heart of the Primordial Ancient Realm, felling Kun Wood and slaughtering the people, leaving rivers of blood and Wuzhong carnage.
Against this backdrop, the prodigies of the forbidden zone lineage rise from adversity. Centuries-old supreme beings, millennia-old battle immortals and sword immortals, even before achieving immortality, they defied the ancestor of a foreign royal family, bathed in immortal blood to trigger the tribulation of immortality, proving their true immortal status in both combat and swordsmanship. Later, through countless bloody battles, they reclaimed the long-lost Great Crimson Heaven Ancient Pass...
At that time, all the remaining people spread his name, hoping that this rising star could drive out the Foreign Realm army, recover the remnants of the Heaven Fixing chaos.
The same was true of Immortal Xuan in his previous life.
But soon, hope was dashed!
That night, the Heaven's Cry came too quickly. It was no ordinary Heaven's Cry; it was a world-class Heaven's Cry. The person who carried the destiny of an entire realm died in battle, and blood covered the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
To everyone's surprise, the Immortal King of the Foreign Realm, who had returned to the Foreign Realm, reappeared, breached the Red Heaven Pass, and caused a catastrophic disaster.
Later, she heard that the man had fought to the death of the Immortal King of the Foreign Realm; it was a tragic and untimely death, a fate that brought tears to everyone's eyes.
Almost on that very day, many people learned of the incident and tried to collect the remains, but unfortunately, they died on the way... She was one of them.
After preparing to pass on the legacy, the woman set off.
However, midway through his journey, this Taiyi Immortal Xuan encountered an unspeakable calamity and died on the way. Only a wisp of his soul was summoned back by the Immortal King array.
Moreover, because what they encountered was too terrifying.
She has lost all memory of what happened before she died, and she doesn't want to think about it...
When Su Yu arrived earlier, the woman sensed the aura of Immortal Tribulation and assumed he was that person's successor, so she offered him a small feast with wine and food.
Without this cause and effect, no matter how much the intruder tries to control it, it will be useless Immortal King Wuzhong may have a remnant array here. As long as time does not perish, this world will not perish.
I just didn't expect it.
"It really is him... who lived to this Lifetime."
The woman's voice trembled with excitement. The reappearance of a figure comparable to a Immortal King was enough to lead the remnant world to revive.
The ancient lands and rivers are now part of the former territory, and the Tribulation Sword has reopened the Immortal Ancient realm.
The unfinished work from two eras ago can perhaps be made up for in this Lifetime.
A moment later, she sighed softly, "It's a pity I can't live to witness the ancient world reopen its Immortal Ancient splendor."
Her existence was confined to the pot of wine brewed by the Immortal King Wuzhong. When the wine was finished, the soul within the pot also dissipated, leaving no vessel.
Back then, that group of defeated immortals, pursued relentlessly by the Foreign Realm army, searched mountains and seas, and suffered a crushing defeat, fled all the way, with some dying and others wounded, until only a few remained in the end.
She was the one who survived to the end.