Consuming the Divine Medicine of Immortality, Beginning a Third Life! A Monster Attaining the Dao in an Age of Difficult Cultivation?

No one could have predicted it.

A Dark Turmoil that seemed poised to turn the entire universe into purgatory had ended in such a dramatic-or perhaps... desolate-fashion.

A Great Emperor's own son emerged, bearing an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.

He battled a Supreme, quelled the turmoil, and sheltered all living beings.

Such accounts had, in fact, appeared several times throughout the long annals of ancient history.

Thinking about it now, perhaps...

Behind those glorious, dazzling histories lay a bloody reality just like this one!

And so, as always.

The world recorded this imperial son's heroic deeds and embellished them in moderation.

His final achievement became...

In an age of darkness, an imperial son emerged to face the calamity and quelled the turmoil with great difficulty.

Yet he suffered grievous wounds and tragically perished.

His talent was unparalleled. Had he not lived in the wrong era, he would surely have become a Great Emperor of his age!

To leave his name in ancient history was, at least, a life not lived in vain...

But what the world did not know was...

The Supreme who had unleashed the Dark Turmoil in this life and slaughtered half the universe's living beings.

After replenishing his vital essence.

Had not returned to his forbidden zone.

It was as though he had silently... vanished altogether.

Sizzle-!

A flame belonging to the very pinnacle of this world blazed forth.

Beside Phoenix Blood Mountain.

Lu Qingyun urged on a young variant creature almost identical to an Immortal Phoenix, making him desperately spew flames to roast the Supreme's true body, which brimmed with vital essence.

"Your technique is still far too unseasoned."

"Practice more from now on. You're only roasting an ancient emperor's body, yet you're taking this long."

Lu Qingyun criticized and instructed the little Immortal Phoenix.

The previous two generations had clearly possessed quite good technique, and the flavor had been quite good too.

Unfortunately, their lifespans had been a little short.

Each generation had lived only a little over ten thousand years before growing old and passing away.

Not a single one had shown some promise.

And awakened the Immortal Phoenix bloodline within to undergo nirvana.

So, for now, his only use to Lu Qingyun was helping him with some barbecue.

The ancient emperor's body, abundant in vital essence, had firm, succulent flesh and was utterly delicious.

The Extreme Dao resonance it contained, along with the Great Dao cultivated by the imperial son he had devoured but had yet to refine completely.

Were extracted by Lu Qingyun during this barbecue.

Another two Great Daos in hand.

He reckoned that before long, this universe would once again sense that a living being seemed to have successfully attained the Dao, yet be completely unable to locate them...

"Seventy thousand years..."

"The next survival reward isn't far off either."

"I hope... this grand prize won't disappoint me."

Lu Qingyun's eyes opened and closed as he calmly gazed upon this world.

With his cultivation, he had a premonition.

Before long, heaven and earth would undergo a great change.

A Divine Medicine of Immortality appeared in his hand, radiating a rich vitality and a portion of the power of laws, stirring quite a few extraordinary phenomena throughout this world.

This time, Lu Qingyun did not choose to refine it to fill the gaps in that True Immortal cultivation art and use it for cultivation.

Instead, he swallowed it in one gulp.

He let this body, which had already begun to show signs of decline, shine with new radiance once more.

Chaos Qi surged, seemingly reforging this body that ought to remain imperishable through all eternity as its transformation began.

His third life... officially began!

Amid the universe's devastation, life began to flourish.

The great life-bearing source stars gradually regained their prosperity.

And all cultivators discovered, to their delight.

That the suppression from those several terrifying Great Daos was gradually beginning to recede.

Although an exceedingly long span of time remained before it vanished completely, and their lifespans could never last until then.

They were still wild with joy.

Because even if cultivation had only become less difficult, it meant they could reach higher realms.

And thereby gain longer lifespans.

To live longer was a desire engraved into the very instincts of all living beings.

Even Great Emperors could not obtain immortality, let alone them.

Being able to live a little longer was already cause for celebration and rejoicing.

And precisely because the laws of heaven and earth had loosened slightly.

Some truly monstrous talents shone in the world, their extraordinary gifts coming to the fore.

Under the suppression of the Great Daos, they not only broke into the Saint Domain.

But pressed onward like a force splitting bamboo, charging into the False Extreme Dao Domain and becoming existences incomparably close to Dao attainers.

Inevitably, a great battle finally erupted!

Even though they were already destined to be unable to attain the Dao, they still wished to determine a victor.

In an age when attaining the Dao was impossible, they would determine who stood invincible in the world!

This battle lasted several hundred years.

Some heavenly prodigies suffered bitter defeats, sank into dejection, and never recovered.

There was also a monstrous talent who overcame every obstacle and vanquished every opponent along the way, already displaying an invincible momentum, able to suppress any cultivator of his generation within three moves!

Everyone believed that, had this been an age when Dao attainment was possible, he would have stood invincible, without equal!

He was destined to leave a bold, vivid stroke in the history books!

Alas, the Great Dao did not stand on his side.

It was not his fault that he had failed to rise at the right time; it was a great joke the world had played on him.

Only, this joke was far too heavy.

Like an inviolable iron law, it sealed off every thought of attempting to cross it.

The world sighed.

One of the most astonishing figures since ancient times had lost to being born in the wrong age.

Yet just when everyone thought he would forever remain at that realm, unable to glimpse the Extreme Dao.

He demonstrated his resolve through action!

In an age when attaining the Dao was impossible, through talent astonishing enough to dazzle ancient history, he actually summoned a Dao Attainment Lightning Tribulation that had not gathered for tens of thousands of years!!

Rumble-!

Lightning churned, making the entire universe tremble.

A mere wisp of its pressure struck terror into the living beings of this age, as though they were witnessing a world-ending calamity!

The beings of the myriad races had almost never seen such a vast and terrifying spectacle.

Their eyes widened as they gazed at that figure in the starry sky, who had not attained the Dao yet was already universally acknowledged as invincible, like a reigning Great Emperor.

The surging Dao Attainment Lightning Tribulation even made the suppression of those several Great Daos temporarily disappear.

So much so that a heavenly prodigy from an ancient age awakened within divine source and threw back his head with an excited howl, believing he had finally arrived in an era when the Great Dao's suppression had just dispersed, the perfect time to attain the Dao.

But after emerging and seeing the terrifying Dao Attainment Tribulation churning and roiling in the starry sky, he was utterly dumbfounded.

"Come on, man, aren't you a little too efficient?"

"I only just crawled out, and you're nearly done with your lightning tribulation!?"

The sight nearly shattered his Dao heart!

Back then, he had fought throughout an entire age.

As the strongest heavenly prodigy of his region, he had stormed onto the Ancient Starry Sky Road.

Unfortunately, he had encountered a monster among monsters who possessed a Flawless Chaos Body.

Right before his eyes, that person had blasted apart a Sacred Body renowned for its invincible physique in three punches.

From that moment on, he had known that the mandate of heaven for that age already had an owner, and had voluntarily sealed himself within divine source to await a later age.

Now, nearly a hundred thousand years had passed.

The age belonging to that monster should have long since ended.

He should have been the one to inherit this age's mandate of heaven.

But why...

No, this did not seem to be a matter of someone beating him to it.

In this age, the Great Dao's suppression had not dispersed!

It was simply that this person's talent was so breathtaking that he could summon such a powerful Dao Attainment Lightning Tribulation even in an age like this, causing him to misjudge the situation!

"Um... can I go back to lying down?"

He turned his head and looked at the divine source that had already been broken open, wanting to cry but having no tears.