True Phoenix Precious Technique! The Sacred Body Recovered and Once Again Trod upon the Myriad Daos to Become an Emperor!

For a moment, the carving on its surface came into both their views!

In an instant.

An ancient, vast, searing, sacred presence rushed into their faces!

The carving seemed to come alive at that moment.

Screee-!!

In a haze, a clear phoenix cry seemed to ring throughout heaven and earth!

A true phoenix with scarlet feathers and an overwhelming presence seemed to burst out of the stone tablet, battering their spiritual cores and consciousnesses!

Snap-!

Without hesitation, Lu Qingyun flipped the stone tablet over!

He looked at Ye Mingyuan with an unfriendly expression and asked, "Just now... what did you see?"

"Huh? A..."

Ye Mingyuan had yet to recover from the shock and instinctively began to speak, but his desire to survive immediately dragged him back. "Absolutely nothing... nothing at all..."

"What just happened? I don't know anything!"

Lu Qingyun stared at Ye Mingyuan for a long while before finally breaking into a smile.

He had never expected Ye Mingyuan to uncover the True Phoenix Precious Technique of the Ten Fiends for him!

Although it was incomplete, it was still a tremendous surprise.

He did not care how much Ye Mingyuan had comprehended just now, because that had merely been an artistic conception; the actual precious technique had not even truly manifested yet.

But he still had to make his stance clear.

Naturally, it was best if no one knew about something like this.

As for that artistic conception... how much Ye Mingyuan could comprehend from it would depend on his own ability.

"Um... shouldn't you give me the Divine Medicine of Immortality now?"

Ye Mingyuan was constantly engraving the artistic conception he had just sensed into his mind, but he had not forgotten the business at hand.

The Divine Medicine of Immortality was what mattered most.

Otherwise, if he could not recover his cultivation, any opportunity or artistic conception would be nothing but a wasted effort.

"The Divine Medicine of Immortality..."

Lu Qingyun took out a Divine Medicine of Immortality that was blue-violet throughout and gave off a faint fragrance, its form resembling a tree, grass, a flower, and a fruit.

However... it bore no fruit.

When the system had first rewarded him with this Divine Medicine of Immortality, it had come with a single fruit.

But he had used that fruit of the Divine Medicine of Immortality directly on cultivating an immortal scripture.

Ye Mingyuan looked at the Divine Medicine of Immortality, somewhat hesitant.

If he wanted the same effect, devouring the plant itself would work just as well.

Only...

To Lu Qingyun, the plant itself was surely extremely valuable.

Because even though a Divine Medicine of Immortality took an exceedingly long time to bear fruit.

With Lu Qingyun's lifespan, he could easily harvest more than one fruit of the Divine Medicine of Immortality.

So he could not be certain.

That Lu Qingyun would actually trade away an entire Divine Medicine of Immortality.

Could it be... his conscience had awakened?

Did he feel that, as his only old acquaintance and a fellow Daoist who was equally unlucky, he could not bear to watch me die in misery?

Ye Mingyuan pressed his lips together, slightly revising his impression of Lu Qingyun.

But just as he reached out to take it.

Lu Qingyun put the Divine Medicine of Immortality away again...

This left Ye Mingyuan's hand suspended in midair. He opened his mouth, wanting to unleash a stream of curses.

But before he could speak.

Lu Qingyun's voice rang out.

"You want the Divine Medicine of Immortality to wear away the seal that the will of the Heavenly Dao placed on you, don't you?"

"Unfortunately, although the Divine Medicine of Immortality can let you live another life, it won't do much in that regard."

Hearing this, Ye Mingyuan lowered his eyes slightly.

How could he not know that? But if he did not try, how could he give up completely?

"How about this..."

"I'll resolve the problem with your Dao Path instead. We'll make that the terms of this trade. What do you say?"

The Great Dao of Life circulated within Lu Qingyun.

He stood there, and the rich presence of life spilling from him alone caused Ye Mingyuan's Sea of Bitterness to show a hint of revival!

Having lived a second life through the Great Dao of Life, he was entirely capable of healing Ye Mingyuan's Dao injuries.

This had been his plan from the beginning.

As for why he had taken out that Divine Medicine of Immortality...

There was no other reason. He had merely wanted to show off.

At the very least, he had to let Ye Mingyuan know that after three days apart, one should look at a man with fresh eyes!

As the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, he was no longer the penniless boy he had once been!

Sensing the presence of the Great Dao of Life surging from Lu Qingyun, Ye Mingyuan's eyes filled with utter shock.

Yet another new Dao Path!

In an instant, he recalled the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body who had fought the Black Emperor.

At the time, he had reckoned that Lu Qingyun had been bored and gone off to bully a youngster and steal his things.

Now... it was confirmed. It had been this fellow!

But in that case...

Lu Qingyun had already cultivated the Dao of the Sacred Body to a level far beyond his own back then.

And his original Dao of Chaos, through which he had attained the Dao, ought to be his strongest!

Yet now, he had another Great Dao of Life capable of healing Dao injuries left by the Heavenly Dao!

This fellow... just how much had he hidden!

"Heh-"

Ye Mingyuan chuckled.

He let go.

His eyes were filled with peace, and he no longer dwelled on the scene of his initial defeat in three punches.

Nor did he revisit the memory of a little nine-leafed blade of grass nearly cutting him down.

Lu Qingyun was stronger than him... wasn't that only natural?

Compete with him?

Fight him for things?

But back then, during the contest on the Emperor's Path... victory and defeat had already been decided!

Ye Mingyuan closed his eyes, no longer taking defeating Lu Qingyun as his goal.

He let the radiance of life fall over his body, soothing his Dao injuries as divine power once again gushed from his Sea of Bitterness...

That day.

The presence of a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body surged mightily, shaking the heavens!

The Immortal Court once again became the focus of attention!

"Sacred Body Ye... has revived!?"

"Could he really have obtained a Divine Medicine of Immortality from that Chaos Heavenly Emperor in the Immortal Court Forbidden Zone?"

"Hahaha! So it should be! So it should be!"

Nearly all living beings rejoiced for him!

They offered heartfelt congratulations!

They believed this was the rightful reward for the Sacred Body lineage's profound blessings!

Meanwhile, within the Black Realm.

"Hm?"

The Black Emperor's gaze pierced through layer upon layer of obstructions and fell upon the Immortal Court.

His tone carried puzzlement.

No one understood the limits of what a Divine Medicine of Immortality could do better than he did.

So he knew that Ye Mingyuan's revival could not have been brought about by a Divine Medicine of Immortality.

Then the only possibility was...

That Chaos Heavenly Emperor possessed some means powerful enough to defy heaven!

But what neither the Black Emperor nor the living beings of the great universe had expected was...

Just after Ye Mingyuan revived.

He chose to descend once again upon the universe's remote frontier as its sovereign!

From the looks of it, he was going to tread upon the myriad Daos once again to become an emperor!