If he really couldn't find Wang Bo, the Chaos Body, then becoming a Chaos Body to live a new lifetime would be troublesome.
Xiao Ping'an thought that if he really couldn't find Wang Bo, the Chaos Body, he would try the method of becoming a Saint Spirit and follow the Ascension Great Emperor's example to live a new lifetime.
Moreover, this Holy Spirit Method very likely came from Emperor Venerable's research and might have been a legacy he left to the Ancient Heavenly Court.
As for using a humanoid Immortal Medicine to live a new lifetime, he first had to find one.
By now, this humanoid Immortal Medicine should already have fallen into Emperor Venerable's hands.
After all, in later ages, the Ancient Heavenly Court did have a dead humanoid Immortal Medicine.
Moreover, according to legends from later ages, the humanoid Immortal Medicine had indeed been Emperor Venerable's divine medicine.
Xiao Ping'an could therefore ask Emperor Venerable for it directly, or go straight to the Ancient Heavenly Court and seize it after the court collapsed.
Judging by the accounts from later ages, the White Tiger Divine Medicine should also have been in Emperor Venerable's hands.
And as for this Ginseng Fruit, if Xiao Ping'an hadn't transmigrated, it should likewise have fallen into Emperor Venerable's hands later on.
The White Tiger Divine Medicine and the Ginseng Fruit had been sealed together in the Kunlun Secret Realm.
Apparently, when the Ginseng Fruit Tree wanted to follow the Ruthless Great Emperor, she had even looked down on it and paid it no attention whatsoever.
Now that the Ginseng Fruit had fallen into Xiao Ping'an's hands, he treasured it dearly, treating it as a precious treasure.
His three sons and one daughter had been born beneath this Ginseng Fruit Tree.
It could be said that they were very closely connected to the fruit tree.
In any case, Xiao Ping'an felt that he had a grasp of all those methods of becoming a Red Dust Immortal.
He had a rough idea of how to seek them out and how to deduce them.
Also, if he really couldn't find a Chaos Body, Xiao Ping'an planned to have his Body of Faith play the villain if all else failed.
During the golden age that would follow Emperor Venerable's disappearance and the collapse of the Ancient Heavenly Court, Xiao Ping'an planned to capture that immortal phoenix who would later be known as the Undying Heavenly Emperor.
Whether he would devour him or refine him into an incarnation could be decided when the time came.
His Body of Faith might also be able to imitate the Ruthless Great Emperor of later ages and deduce the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art and the Indestructible Heavenly Art.
Devouring the peerless geniuses of an entire golden age might be somewhat cruel, but to walk the Red Dust Immortal Path with greater strength, these sacrifices were worthwhile.
After all, Xiao Ping'an was no saint.
After transmigrating to this world, he wanted to live well and hoped that his family, friends, children, and descendants would all live well too.
Besides, didn't Netherworld Venerable's Underworld have plenty of corpses of unknown origin? Perhaps he could go there for a good meal when the time came.
By devouring the origins within the countless broken corpses there, he might be able to fuse them into an Acquired Chaos Body, or even forcibly transform into a Flawless Chaos Body.
Although he knew it would be difficult, Xiao Ping'an felt he could still try to deduce it.
After all, the Ruthless Great Emperor of later ages had indeed succeeded.
He knew this path had succeeded and had a rough idea that it required the fusion of more than ten thousand kinds of unusual origins. It was similar to, but not the same as, refining more than ten thousand kinds of unusual true blood.
As long as he knew this path could indeed be walked, deducing it would be much easier.
Xiao Ping'an had many ideas, and they indeed required a great deal of time.
He therefore hoped to live a little longer, so he could deduce all these things before he died.
He was now in the final years of his first lifetime, and he had already deduced most of many things.
He was full of anticipation for his second lifetime.
He held on for another fifty years, but now he could finally hold on no longer.
He took out the freshly picked Ginseng Fruit and prepared to swallow it.
When he had exchanged for Immortal Divine Medicines with those Dark Supremes before, he had used his old stock.
Yes, the Beast God Mountain Forbidden Zone had possessed this Ginseng Fruit for tens of thousands of years, and a Ginseng Fruit ripened every four thousand-odd years.
Those Dark Supremes had all taken it before, so it was useless to them now.
They didn't have that many direct descendants, and they wouldn't casually bestow the fruit on other beings.
Thus, these Ginseng Fruits had all been sealed away in Divine Source.
In the end, Xiao Ping'an was the one who benefited.
Xiao Ping'an opened his mouth and swallowed two Ginseng Fruits. He not only wanted to live a new lifetime, but also wanted to live a little longer.
So he ate a little more.
A thunderous boom rang out. His vital blood surged into the sky and spread in every direction, engulfing the entire Heavenly Pillar Mountain and shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
During his first lifetime, in order to live a little longer, he had taken small amounts of the Immortal Divine Medicines he had exchanged for with the other Dark Supremes.
He had not lived a second lifetime.
He had stopped after a small taste. Once he had lived longer than Ye Fan's lifespan, he stopped and took no more.
After all, Ye Fan had also taken the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine back then, as well as small portions of other Immortal Divine Medicines, yet the Qilin Immortal Elixir had still worked when he took it.
So after transmigrating, Xiao Ping'an had imitated nearly every aspect of Ye Fan's cultivation path.
Although he hadn't had so many Great Emperor scriptures at his disposal, he had indeed made up for that missing piece in the matter of Immortal Divine Medicines after proving his Dao as a Heavenly Venerable.
At twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty years old, the Overlord Heavenly Venerable lived a second lifetime.
Without anyone from the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star needing to spread the news, everyone sensed his incomparably domineering Great Dao fluctuations.
They truly shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. The myriad Daos of heaven and earth submitted, and the myriad Daos of heaven and earth wailed.
The bloodline suppression that had already faded appeared once more.
Although it faded quickly, like an epiphyllum blooming for a fleeting moment, that terrifying bloodline suppression left everyone who felt it incredulous.
After all, many people from back then had long since sealed themselves away, while even more had long since died in obscurity.
The geniuses still active in this era were mostly of the new generation. They had never experienced such powerful and terrifying bloodline suppression.
At the same time, Xiao Ping'an's strength had grown again.
After swallowing the Immortal Divine Medicine and living a second lifetime, Xiao Ping'an immediately possessed strength a little greater than at the peak of his first lifetime.
"Twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty years old. That age is truly astonishing."
"From ancient times to the present, no Heavenly Venerable has lived longer than the Overlord Heavenly Venerable in their first lifetime, right?"
"That's right. Not even the Longevity Heavenly Venerable could do it. He didn't live this long in his first lifetime either."
"The Overlord Heavenly Venerable truly is an invincible Heavenly Venerable!"
Everyone who sensed the Overlord Heavenly Venerable's presence was stunned by him.
Such a long lifespan truly opened everyone's eyes.
In an age when lifespan was almost equivalent to strength, living so many years was truly frightening.
Many people speculated about how strong the Overlord Heavenly Venerable had become, but no one could say for certain.
Moreover, the Carefree Heavenly Venerate, whom Xiao Ping'an had beaten soundly, had long since hidden and sealed himself away in the Reincarnation Sea. Who would dare ask him to his face? Wouldn't that be courting death?
Many people also wondered how many tens of thousands of years Xiao Ping'an would live in his second lifetime.
Outside Heavenly Pillar Mountain stood a magnificent temple built entirely of Divine Source, its radiance soaring into the sky. Countless streams of Power of Faith roared there like thunder, liquefying into water and flowing like Divine Source Liquid.
Countless strands of vital blood now swirled around Xiao Ping'an's statue, and its signs of life had grown stronger. Faintly, one could already see the statue's heart beginning to beat.
Xiao Ping'an looked closely at the Body of Faith that was nearly ready. After examining it carefully, he was very satisfied.
The Overlord Heavenly Venerable had lived a second lifetime and regained his youth, looking like a young man of around twenty.
He had lived for twenty-six thousand five hundred and fifty years. What astonishing news that was.
Throughout the universe, people were shocked by Xiao Ping'an.
The prestige of the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star shone even more brilliantly.
Countless streams of Power of Faith came pouring in from every corner of the universe and flew into Xiao Ping'an's statue.
They made the place seem like a vast ocean, filled with countless magnificent manifestations, divine light and auspicious colors stretching for hundreds of millions of miles.
Seen from afar, the heavenly palace housing Xiao Ping'an's statue radiated an immortal brilliance, looking just like the immortal realm.
The strange phenomena there filled every visitor with wonder and made them regard the Overlord Heavenly Venerable with even greater awe.
They saw all kinds of wondrous phenomena there. Dragons flew and phoenixes danced, while vermilion birds and Xuanwu circled above the temple. All were manifestations of the Power of Faith, becoming gods that guarded the statue.
"This is truly unbelievable!"
"The Overlord Heavenly Venerable is far too powerful."
"Even the Overlord Heavenly Venerable's statue is about to become a true god!"
"Because of the Overlord Heavenly Venerable, the Tyrant Body Lineage has risen to prominence and become one of the most powerful inheritances in the entire universe."
True dragons, phoenixes, Xuanwu, vermilion birds, and all manner of other immortal spirits were formed from the Power of Faith, guarding Xiao Ping'an's statue.
"So this is the profound secret of the Power of Faith: to create immortality amid the boundless red dust, forge an undying body, and live forever in the hearts of all beings." Xiao Ping'an seemed to have gained some insight.
His Tyrant Bell also rose and sank within the temple, undergoing the tempering and baptism of the Power of Faith.
The illusory images of those immortal spirits were also engraved upon the Tyrant Bell, making it even more sacred and powerful.
The Power of Faith had such wondrous uses and was connected to longevity. It also contained great fortune, yet it was poisonous as well. Perhaps that was why those Supremes and Heavenly Venerables both loved and hated it.
Xiao Ping'an's Tyrant Bell was evolving rapidly. Although it had not yet become an immortal artifact, it was already evolving at great speed.
Perhaps when Emperor Venerable emerged, it could hitch a ride with the Ancient Heavenly Court and successfully become an immortal artifact.
Although an immortal artifact amounted to little in the Shrouding the Heavens Trilogy as a whole, it was unquestionably of great significance to Xiao Ping'an at present.
Xiao Ping'an also wanted to borrow the Kunlun Immortal Bell from Emperor Venerable and study it.
To take advantage of his Immortal Ascension Pool in the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountains.
To ask him about the Holy Spirit Method.
Xiao Ping'an had already asked the Carefree Heavenly Venerate about the reasons for the failure of the Holy Spirit Method, as well as the insights he had gained while becoming a Saint Spirit.
He had also discussed and deduced the method of becoming a Saint Spirit with Netherworld Venerable.
If he could also seek guidance from Emperor Venerable, who had brought it all together, and combine that with his own research and deductions, Xiao Ping'an felt that living a new lifetime through the Holy Spirit Method should pose no problem either.
At the very least, he had an eighty percent chance of success.
To him, an eighty percent chance was already very high.
Now, in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, many people in the mortal world had also heard of the Overlord Heavenly Venerable's mighty reputation.
When they encountered trouble, they began silently reciting the Overlord Heavenly Venerable's name. Thus, wisps of Power of Faith were born, little by little accumulating into more and more.
Xiao Ping'an had now experienced the benefits of being famous.
No wonder so many people fought with everything they had to prove their Dao. Besides a long lifespan, there was also supreme glory.
The feeling of being worshipped and revered like a god was truly exhilarating.
Regardless of whether the Power of Faith was poisonous, Xiao Ping'an could feel that it was genuinely useful right now, providing him with plenty of emotional value.
In any case, after gaining some insight into it, he threw it all over to his Body of Faith.
When the time came, it would be quite satisfying to sever their karma with a single stroke, grant the Body of Faith an independent life, and nurture him into an expert like the Undying Daoist.
That was one of the few benefits of being a transmigrator: he could look at each problem from the vantage point of the entire trilogy.
Xiao Ping'an felt that such a far-sighted perspective surpassed any cheat.
At this moment, Xiao Ping'an's body was as translucent as jade, his long hair fell over his shoulders, and he was brimming with vitality and youthful vigor.
He had returned to his peak condition and looked just as he had at around twenty, so young it inspired envy.
The beginning of his second lifetime was like a cycle of life.
For a time, countless emotions welled up within him.
He thought back to when he had first been born, and his astonishment upon learning that this was the Shrouding the Heavens World.
His panic after receiving news of his parents' deaths.
Although he had the protection of his clansmen, he had resolutely bid them farewell and set out on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
He had fought his way through every hardship along the way.
He had been hunted down, hunted by groups, and whenever he beat the young, the old came after him. He had fled desperately all the way.
Later, he had met a group of companions. They had truly been young and reckless, charging bravely forward together.
So many years had passed, and his companions from back then were all gone, or had sealed themselves away in Divine Source.
Fortunately, he still had two beloved companions and four children in this world.
That made him feel that he had not lived in vain, and that his existence still had meaning.
He did not want to live a lonely, miserable life, much less be looked down on by those young, tender faces.
He would live on, lifetime after lifetime. He would achieve Red Dust Immortal Ascension.
He knew his road was still long.
He still had to comprehend the methods of longevity and keep living alongside his wives, children, relatives, and friends, all the way to the grand finale.
The road ahead was still long. Whether they were Dark Supremes or those eerie experts, whoever stood in the way of his pursuit of happiness was his enemy.
When Xiao Ping'an struck, he would show absolutely no mercy.
Now Xiao Ping'an's vital blood was vigorous and his strength formidable. No one dared provoke him, so he lived this lifetime at great ease.
He constantly researched and explored various methods of longevity, repeatedly testing and verifying each path to a long life.
His body was already continuously nurturing longevity Immortal Essence. This was precisely the method Ye Fan had intended to use to live a third lifetime.
Xiao Ping'an had truly emptied the original story's protagonist of all those things he had.
Xiao Ping'an had thoroughly studied the old tortoise who had inexplicably lived a new lifetime.
This method of longevity needed only a little more deduction before it could allow him to successfully live a third lifetime in the future.
(End of chapter)