manynovel Chapter 19 Gai Jiu You Du Tribulation
Chapter 19 Gai Jiu You Du Tribulation
Gai Jiuyou took the talisman and examined it twice in his palm.
The talisman was no more than two fingers wide, its grayish-brown material neither like metal nor wood, feeling almost weightless in his palm, and even his divine sense couldn't penetrate it. With his cultivation at the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm, he should have been able to discern something about even a small world, let alone a single talisman. Yet this talisman lay quietly in his hand, neither radiating any precious light nor exuding any Daoist aura, only a faint, hidden vitality could be sensed.
"Senior Wujiu, this is...?"
Gai Jiuyou raised his head, his tone questioning. The Divine Continent Dynasty was one of the four great dynasties of the Central Continent, and it was true that it had a profound foundation, but something that even a quasi-emperor at the ninth level of the Heavenly Realm could not see through was definitely not ordinary.
The old emperor smiled and said, "This is a secret treasure left behind by our dynasty's founding ancestor, the Great Emperor of Shenzhou. When the founding ancestor was alive, there was a junior cultivator whom he valued highly and believed to have the potential to achieve enlightenment. The founding ancestor could not bear to see his junior fail, so he searched all over the heavens and earth and finally left behind this talisman."
"Later, that cultivator failed to reach the ninth level of the Quasi-Emperor realm and perished due to Dao injuries. The talisman was thus sealed away. If you wish to break through the Azure Emperor's Great Dao and become an Emperor, this item may be able to lend you a helping hand at a crucial moment."
Gai Jiuyou remained silent for a moment, then put the talisman into his sleeve and solemnly bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior Wujiu. I will take my leave now. If this trip is successful, we will meet again in the future."
If Gai Jiuyou were to use his near-enlightened senses to perceive the old emperor's divine will at this moment, he would have sensed a far more turbulent undercurrent churning within the other's heart than its surface suggested. But he did not do so. Given his character, he would never use his supernatural powers to probe the mind of an elder who had guided him. After bowing once more, Gai Jiuyou turned around, took a step, and his figure transformed into a streak of light in the afterglow of the setting sun, disappearing into the horizon.
Even after the light had completely blended into the twilight, the old emperor remained standing before the palace gates, his emotions in turmoil.
"I never imagined that our ancestor was still alive!"
Not long ago, when he was in seclusion deep within the forbidden area of the Divine Dynasty, the Great Emperor of Shenzhou, who was believed by the world to have passed away hundreds of thousands of years ago, appeared before him. The figure simply stood there, yet it resonated with his bloodline principles. It was the most primal bloodline response, there was no falsehood, and there was no possibility of impersonation.
"Nine Nether truly deserves to be called a rare talent in our Central Continent, one that is seen only once every ten thousand years. Even our ancestor is paying attention to him..."
He looked in the direction where Gai Jiuyou had disappeared. Dusk had completely sunk into the sky, the distant mountains were dark as ink, and the Milky Way was gradually appearing. He didn't know where that figure had flown off to.
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Huntianling, the ruins of the Heavenly Court.
The branches and leaves of the peach tree stretched quietly in the thin black mist, scattering shards of light across the ground.
Yu Daozheng sat down with the Great Emperor of Shenzhou to discuss the Dao, debating this passage from the chaotic ancient era.
This scripture comes from an extremely powerful Immortal King during the chaotic ancient era. He was born ten times and reigned supreme in each of the ten lifetimes. He also fought when the dark turmoil descended on the other side of the boundary sea, and had a record of powerfully killing the Dark Immortal King, making him extremely famous.
His name was Emperor, but the world called him the Ten-Crown King!
He had a close relationship with the Desolate Emperor, and thus some of his legacy can be found in the Heavenly Court's Scripture Repository.
"The passage you recited, Brother Dao, is truly profound and indescribable," the Great Emperor of Shenzhou exclaimed sincerely. "Based on the divine, with the realm as its body, it moves freely between the real and the illusory. In just a few hundred words, it has gone further than I have explored for hundreds of thousands of years. This is the true Dao."
He gained far more than just insights from this scripture. The connection between the deities in the Dao Palace and the illusory realm was re-established by this scripture, giving him a completely new perspective on his own evolving world. The illusory realm is not the real world, yet it is closely connected to the real world. Through this mysterious connection of the fusion of the real and the illusory, one can even blur one's own state to some extent, thus avoiding the direct erosion of time on one's true body to a certain degree.
In the past, even if his true body was sealed within the Immortal Source and he traveled outside as an avatar in the illusory realm, the time he could remain in the mortal world would be extremely short, and most of his energy would still need to be preserved in complete slumber to maintain his vitality. However, the inspiration brought by this scripture made him assess his own situation: if he integrated this method into his own Emperor Scripture, even if he maintained his avatar in the illusory realm for a long time, as long as he did not wage large-scale wars, it would be enough to easily sustain him until the path to immortality opened ten thousand years later.
"This passage is related to an extremely powerful Immortal King, so it must be extraordinary," Yu Dao smiled.
The Ten-Crown King is a being destined to reach the pinnacle of existence, standing atop the myriad realms and overlooking the changing eras. Even though what is being discussed now is merely a fragment of scripture left behind during his Immortal King era, it remains a treasure worthy of repeated contemplation for cultivators in the human realm.
The Ten-Crown King's divine seed is the World Tree, which already possesses extremely profound attainments in the World Path.
Of course, this debate with the Great Emperor of Shenzhou was not a one-sided effort on his part. The Great Emperor of Shenzhou used his foundation accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years to comprehend this scripture, and the understanding and insights he returned provided Yu Dao with considerable inspiration from another perspective. At this moment, in his sea of consciousness, the deduction about the "foundation of existence" had taken another step forward.
Suddenly, the two of them paused slightly at the same time.
A subtle feeling came over me.
"It seems that the talisman has been delivered to the rightful recipient," the Great Emperor of Shenzhou said with a smile.
"Let's see how his destiny unfolds," Yu Dao said with a faint smile.
The two withdrew their gaze and continued their unfinished discussion.
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Discussing the Dao, he knew no time, and beyond the forbidden zone of life, Gai Jiuyou had traversed all the familiar faces he could still find. He settled all the karmic debts of the past, and having done so, he ventured alone into a pre-selected, uninhabited starfield deep within the universe.
This star field was extremely desolate. Within tens of thousands of light-years, there were no living stars, only a large number of long-dead, withered stars silently floating in the void. Gai Jiuyou set up dozens of divine jade platforms here, each engraved with a corner of the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern at the Great Emperor level. Combined, they were enough to conceal most of the heavenly secrets for a short period of time.
Although the terrifying power of the Emperor's Calamity could not be completely concealed, it bought him a considerable amount of time.
Everything is ready.
Gai Jiuyou stood with his hands behind his back in the void, his black hair swaying slightly in the starlight. Dozens of withered stars circled around him, and the array patterns on the divine jade platform lit up one after another, like dozens of solitary lamps floating in the universe. The halo spread out layer by layer, slowly concealing the aura of this star field from the world.
Then he looked up and took a deep breath.
His aura erupted with a deafening roar. The peak power of a Quasi-Emperor at the ninth level was unleashed without reservation, like a volcano suppressed for millennia finally bursting forth. Golden blood energy soared into the sky, causing the surrounding withered stars to tremble violently. The brilliance of the Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns surged, illuminating this star field as bright as day. From his Immortal Platform, a golden dragon leaped forth, the culmination of his life's cultivation. Its roar resounded throughout the universe, piercing through the Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns and reaching every corner of the cosmos.
The whole world resounded with a deafening roar.
Heaven has sensed that some living beings are about to defy Heaven.
During the brief moment when the Heaven-Deceiving Array Pattern temporarily obscured everything, Gai Jiuyou raised his own state to its peak. He used his blood energy as a guide and the Immortal Platform Dragon as a weapon, and with a roar, he triggered the Great Tribulation of Attaining Dao!