With a soft sound, the Azure Emperor extended two fingers for over ten miles, clamping the unfathomable dragon sword and easily immobilizing it.
The Immortal Emperor on the chariot said, "Demon Emperor, you truly deserve to be called the greatest person in ten thousand years, creating a golden age in the post-ancient era!"
"The Qinling Mountains are crucial to the survival of countless lives in the Central Plains. You wield them as a sword, but you lack a benevolent heart."
"With nine orifices connected to the divine, it took millions of years to truly take shape. Those who have reached this stage are all favored by Heaven. I originally did not wish to commit massacres, but alas, keeping you alive will surely bring calamity to the world. If Heaven harbors resentment, I will use my imperial power to quell it all!"
The Azure Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, his azure robes fluttering. He looked very young, with a majestic and imposing figure. He appeared calm and composed, yet he exuded an invisible imperial aura.
Every holy spirit in the world takes millions of years to evolve and take shape. It can be said that they have gathered the great fortune of the heavens. Killing them will bring boundless calamity.
Throughout history, only the Great Emperor has dared to kill, and with his own power, he can avert heavenly calamities and forge the heavens.
"You yourself are nothing but a murderous intent, no longer the person you once were. What can you do to me?" the Immortal Emperor roared.
"I am the Great Emperor, and all under Heaven shall be annihilated."
The Azure Emperor slowly raised his hand and gently pressed it down.
There was no radiance, no terrifying fluctuations, but as the giant hand descended, the body of the Immortal Emperor shattered inch by inch, burned inch by inch, and turned into a wisp of light along with the ancient war chariot, eventually being evaporated.
An existence that, after becoming a Holy Spirit, was capable of rivaling the Emperor, was thus easily obliterated.
"bite!"
With a soft sound, a piece of green copper landed on the ground. The figure of the Azure Emperor faded and then disappeared completely, as if he had never existed.
On the ground, only a piece of rusty green copper proved that everything that had just happened was real.
"What does it matter if we live or die? We come from chaos and return to chaos..."
The ethereal voice finally rang out, and then everything fell silent; nothing remained.
A lotus blooms under the eternal blue sky, leaving only a sigh in the void!
…………
After the dust settled, Gai Jiuyou stood quietly by the Immortal Transformation Pool, his eyes filled with countless stars that kept turning and gradually dimming.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the corpse on the ground was torn to pieces, and a divine pill the size of a fist shot into the sky, more dazzling than the sun, intense and magnificent, with an exceptionally strong yang energy.
This corpse was buried in an ancient dragon's lair, seizing the creation of heaven and earth, nourished by the ancient dragon of the Qinling Mountains, and achieving a point of true yang within the yin, which was then refined into a supreme yang elixir.
The sky was filled with dazzling light, and a refreshing fragrance wafted down, making the entire Immortal Transformation Pool seem like a dream, with light rain falling like smoke.
With a wave of his sleeve, Lin Yi sent a gentle breeze that swept up the shattered corpse and buried it in a shallow pit on the ground.
A handful of yellow earth buries a piece of the past.
"Do immortals really exist?"
This single sentence perfectly encapsulates the confusion in Gai Jiuyou's heart.
Lin Yi finally understood what Gai Jiuyou, this quasi-emperor, had been searching for all along.
He thought for a moment and said, "That depends on what kind of immortal you think the old man is. Those who can fly and escape into the earth are immortals, those who can ascend to heaven are immortals, or perhaps, those who live forever are immortals."
As far as I know, in the distant ancient era of immortals, any powerful being at the second level of immortality could ascend to the immortal realm, and saints were even known in that world as immortal and indestructible.
Now, all the rules have changed; even an emperor as powerful as him cannot break through. To enter the Immortal Realm, one must become an immortal in the mortal world to pierce the passage between the two realms and truly enter.
"Why?" Gai Jiuyou asked.
Lin Yi said, "Because the Immortal Realm is damaged and separated from the Human Realm, although cracks sometimes appear, almost no one can seize the opportunity to enter. It requires the right time and the right place."
This is also the origin of those forbidden zones in the Eastern Wilderness; within each forbidden zone, an ancient supreme being slumbers, awaiting their opportunity.
“The path to immortality.” Gai Jiuyou slowly uttered the three words.
Lin Yi shook his head slightly and said, "In my opinion, the path that generation after generation has walked in order to become immortals is the true path to immortality. In the future, someone will surely become an immortal in the mortal world and set foot in the immortal realm."
In his palm appeared a broken cauldron, less than a third of the original vessel remaining. The three legs were still there, but the circular walls were almost completely gone, and there was a hole the size of a fist at the bottom.
The green copper block, which had been lying motionless on the ground, flew up and made a rumbling thunderous sound.
With a "click," the green copper block perfectly sealed the hole at the bottom of the broken cauldron, fitting together seamlessly with a flowing celestial light.
Lin Yi continued, "This is a celestial cauldron, forged by the ancient Heavenly Court Emperor. Where there are celestial artifacts, there can naturally be celestial beings."
Gai Jiuyou's heart trembled violently. It was as if a fire had been ignited in his sea of consciousness, like a celestial lamp illuminating the path ahead and dispelling the fog.
He bowed respectfully, his eyes bright and resolute.
Lin Yi did not dodge; he risked using the Immortal Cauldron to help Gai Jiuyou break through the illusion, which was tantamount to pointing out a path for him.
As the celestial light faded, the ancient and unadorned broken cauldron resembled a lighthouse, its radiant light shining through the ages, carrying profound and significant meaning, which strengthened Gai Jiuyou's heart and resolve.
Within the broken cauldron, the phantom of a green lotus appeared. Although it only had three green leaves, it had a profound meaning: the Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things, thus explaining the Great Tao.
Gai Jiuyou stretched out his right hand and gestured towards the base of another great mountain, his imperial might surging, almost reaching the entire universe.
"boom!"
Smoke and mist billowed into the ancient dragon's lair, and more than a dozen creatures flew out, some like ponies, some like swallows, and some like puppies...
The fragrance was so enticing that Lin Yi could smell it even from a great distance; it seemed to permeate his very bones and soul.