bdsm-fiction Chapter 16 Desiring to Forge an Imperial Weapon, the Great Dao of the Azure Emperor
Chapter 16 Desiring to Forge an Imperial Weapon, the Great Dao of the Azure Emperor
The Heavenly Court is in ruins, beneath the peach tree.
Yu Dao sat cross-legged among the rubble, his eyes slightly closed. His aura was not fierce, but rather as calm as a deep pool. However, if someone could peer into his body with their divine eye, they would see a completely different scene.
Within the Sea of Wheels, a golden ocean surged with towering waves, the Wheel of Life slowly turning, stirring the tides of the entire Sea of Bitterness. Divine liquid, clear as nectar, gushed from the Spring of Life, flowing through the limbs and bones, its almost greedy sucking sounds echoing through the parched meridians it passed through.
Outside his body, two auras swirled and intertwined. One was pure white, like the first snow, containing a rich vitality. With each turn, it caused the leaves of the ancient peach tree beside him to sway gently, as if being caressed by a spring breeze. The other was as black as ink, carrying the meaning of annihilation and end. Wherever it passed, even the air seemed to freeze, like the prelude to the withering of all things.
One white and one black, one representing life and the other death, the two auras formed an extremely slow vortex around him, chasing each other, being interdependent, mutually generating and restraining each other, but never truly touching.
This is the path he has been exploring.
In the Chaotic Ancient Immortal Realm, he was known as the Supreme Being of Creation, reaching the pinnacle of the Dao through pioneering.
The creation of the world is the opening up of a vast universe from chaos and nothingness, representing the beginning of all things, and is a pure creation and opening.
After awakening in this life, he experienced millions of years of erosion by dark matter and gained a personal understanding of the despairing power originating from the sick old man.
Dark matter is the root of all destruction, forming the opposite extreme of the Creation Truth, one pointing to the birth of all things, the other to the end of all things.
Then, observing the Great Emperor of Shenzhou performing his magic, taking one world as his own path and incorporating the heavens and the earth into his Dao principles, his thoughts were completely enlightened.
"The creation of heaven is the beginning of everything, while darkness arises from the despair of the sick and old, implying an end. And between the two lies the rise and fall of all the heavens and myriad worlds."
"The cause of all effects, the foundation of existence, and the end of all things. Tracing back to each other in a cycle is reincarnation."
The cycle of reincarnation!
The path of reincarnation is undoubtedly one of the most mysterious and profound paths in this world.
The cycle of heaven and earth, the cycle of events, the cycle of people...
The mysteries within are so profound that even the Immortal King of ancient times, who claimed to control the six paths of reincarnation, only scratched the surface. Even the Immortal Emperor could not fully comprehend its secrets.
But it is precisely because of its profoundness and its endlessness that it deserves the title of the Great Dao that leads to the heavens!
When this idea first took shape in Yu Dao's mind, he had a vague sense of enlightenment. This path suited him perfectly, as if it were preordained.
Creation, existence, extinction...
"Congratulations on your further progress in cultivation, fellow Daoist."
Footsteps came from behind, and the Great Emperor of Shenzhou walked across the gravel to the peach tree. His gaze fell on the two swirling black and white auras around Yu Dao, and a barely perceptible look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He had witnessed Yu Dao's attack not long ago. He had killed a Great Perfection Saint Spirit with a single palm strike. He remembered that palm strike very well. Although it was powerful and domineering, it was still within the realm of understanding.
At this moment, although the black and white energies around Yu Dao were weak, they faintly revealed a completely different meaning, containing something more obscure and profound, like a seed that had just been sown but had not yet sprouted, yet it already gave people a sense of its towering stature when it grew up.
The Great Emperor of Shenzhou secretly compared the two and was surprised to find that, not long after their last meeting, the other party's path had already advanced so much.
"I've gained a little." Yu Dao opened his eyes, smiled slightly, and the black and white energies around him slowly receded and returned to his body. He looked at the Great Emperor of Shenzhou and asked, "Was that scroll on the method of repairing the foundation of one's Dao helpful to you, fellow Daoist?"
What he gave to the other party was the method of repairing the ruins of the Sutra Repository.
During the chaotic ancient immortal realm, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had not yet widely propagated the secret realm method, and those who cultivated the new system were only a tiny minority. Therefore, this method was not created for the secret realm method's celestial platform, but rather is closer to the orthodox method of the immortal realm.
However, the great principles are similar in their subtle ways. This method of repair must have been a note left by an extremely powerful True Immortal or even Immortal King, expounding on the mystery of rebirth and renewal, which can be used to repair the foundation of one's Dao. When the supreme being of this world slashed himself, on the surface it was a crack in his Immortal Platform, but in essence he was severing the foundation of his Dao. The root cause was no different from the damage described in this method.
"It's extremely helpful." Speaking of this, the Great Emperor of Shenzhou's tone became more solemn, and a sincere sigh appeared in his eyes. "This method must have been created by a master in the realm of immortality. It's insightful and gets straight to the heart of the matter. I originally thought that the crack in the Immortal Platform was irreversible, after all, I've never seen any supreme being recover to their original state in hundreds of thousands of years. But now my opinion has completely changed."
He even had a feeling that if he could comprehend this method thoroughly enough, he might not only be able to heal his old wounds, but also transform himself and live another life!
"However," he changed the subject, shaking his head somewhat helplessly, "my lifespan is running out. Although I have obtained this ancient method, I cannot cultivate it extensively. If I devote myself entirely to this path, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the path to immortality opens ten thousand years later before I have exhausted my remaining lifespan."
Although he already knew that the true path to immortality was in this mortal world, and that the path that generations of cultivators had walked in their pursuit of immortality was the path to immortality.
But having waited hundreds of thousands of years for this road, it would be hard to be satisfied without seeing it with one's own eyes.
"Fellow Daoist, you can ponder this for now. Once the path to immortality opens, there will be many opportunities for change," Yu Dao said with a smile, reassuringly.
He knew the truth about the Path to Immortality of the Big Dipper better than anyone. That path wasn't opened for these dormant ancient supreme beings; the correct node corresponded to the people of this era. If one possessed the combat power of a contemporary emperor, one could break through the Chaos Cave, fight their way to the end of the path, tear through the void, and enter that world filled with immortal matter. Even though that path might limit the number of people who could pass through, like the Immortal Path of the Flying Immortal Star, the brief moment of tearing open the crack was enough to seize enough immortal matter to create a small immortal land.
But the most crucial element lies in that strange world.
Breaking through the Immortal Path directly is no easy feat; it requires the right time, the right moment, and the right person—all three are indispensable. However, entering a strange world is far simpler. While the immortal substances contained within a strange world cannot grant true immortality, they are enough to allow even the most powerful cultivators to live a sufficiently long life without self-mutilation.
There are always more solutions than problems.
Yu Dao's words made the Great Emperor of Shenzhou's eyes light up.
As a former emperor, he could actually discern many of the unspoken meanings in Yu Dao's words. For instance, Yu Dao had clearly withered and declined to an extreme, almost to the point of death, yet aside from using the excuse of his impending death when attacking the Divine Ruins, he seemed never to have worried about this issue. Furthermore, the fact that he was given the method to repair his Dao foundation meant that there must be another way, knowing that it would allow him to repair his Dao foundation, return to the pinnacle of the Dao, and remain in the world.
But hearing Yu Dao admit it himself undoubtedly gave him more confidence.
"With your words, Brother Dao, Shenzhou is relieved." Knowing that the future still holds endless changes, the Emperor of Shenzhou's expression visibly relaxed. He smiled and asked, "Brother Dao's Dao is so profound; you must already have the confidence to live another life. When do you plan to transform from death to life and be reborn into a new existence?"
"No rush," Yu Dao replied casually. "To switch to the Secret Realm cultivation method, besides creating a new method, one also needs to refine a Dao-enhancing artifact to carry one's own method and Dao. I still need to carefully consider what kind of artifact to choose, and I also need to find the corresponding divine materials."
The old immortal cultivation methods did not place much emphasis on magical artifacts; the key lay in one's own divine seed. Cultivators used their divine seed as the foundation, their physical body as the boat, and their divine seed as the sail. Magical artifacts were merely icing on the cake.
However, the path pioneered by the Desolate Emperor, which uses one's own body as a seed, is destined to require a weapon to accompany one's body.
One person, one vessel, one Dao—only when these three are combined can one be complete. The vessel carries the Dao, and the Dao nourishes the vessel in return; they complement each other and none can be missing.
"The instrument for achieving enlightenment indeed requires careful consideration." The Great Emperor of Shenzhou nodded, then waved his hand, and a string of runes flew out from his palm, spreading out in the void between the two.
"As for divine materials, they are indeed hard to find. Apart from the confirmed small amount remaining in the major forbidden zones of life, searching for them in the vast universe is more about luck. If you're lucky, you can just walk out the door and randomly cut a stone and stumble upon one; if you're unlucky, you can search the entire heavens and earth and still not find enough materials to forge an ultimate weapon."
This was the information he knew about the presence of first-grade Immortal Gold main materials in various forbidden zones.
Yu Dao's gaze swept over the locations depicted by the runes, noting them down one by one, and then he accepted them with a smile.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist. My lifespan is nearing its end. Sitting here in Hun Tian Ridge, if I were to search for it myself, I don't know how long it would take. It is said that some emperors have even spent their entire lives without finding enough divine materials to forge imperial weapons."
The Great Emperor of Shenzhou sighed, "Indeed, there is such a saying. For example, that Ruthless Great Emperor, when he was the Devouring Heaven Great Emperor in his first life, seemed to have never forged a suitable imperial weapon. Only after living a second life did he refine his old body into the Devouring Heaven Demon Jar, using his old body as a weapon. Such a method is probably unprecedented throughout the ages. Of course, with the talent of this person who has already embarked on the path of immortality in the mortal world, perhaps he had his own additional considerations, which is why he did not forge an imperial weapon in his first life. But there are other similar fragments that have been passed down. It seems that there were several Daoists who found suitable materials long after they attained the Dao and hastily forged supreme divine weapons."
"Oh, right, there's also the Azure Emperor of this era, who was born from the Azure Lotus Immortal Elixir. His imperial weapon is the Azure Lotus that is his original form..."
At this point, the Great Emperor of China suddenly recalled something he had learned not long ago—
Most of the immortal elixirs in the world are transformed from the fallen kings of immortals!
His eyes suddenly became filled with suspicion and uncertainty.
Could this Azure Emperor be...?
Seeing his sudden look of surprise, Yu Dao smiled leisurely and said, "The world you are in during the Chaotic Ancient Era is already in ruins, and traces of immortals are hard to find. But before the Chaotic Ancient Era, there was the Immortal Ancient Era, which was the era when there were truly immortals. At that time, there was a Green Lotus Immortal King who was quite famous."
Azure Lotus Immortal King, Azure Lotus Immortal Elixir...
Putting these two names together, and considering that the Azure Emperor's true form is that Azure Lotus—the answer is obvious!
Doesn't this mean that the only emperor in the post-ancient era, the Azure Emperor, could actually be called a reincarnation of an immortal king?
The Great Emperor of Shenzhou took a deep breath. Even with his calm and composed mind that had remained unmoved for hundreds of thousands of years, he was still quite shaken by this news.
"No wonder, no wonder the Azure Emperor's path to power was so strong, far surpassing ordinary emperors, comparable to Wu Shi and ruthless figures. It turns out he had such a profound foundation!"
Hearing the Great Emperor of Shenzhou's astonishment, Yu Dao's expression remained unchanged, but a subtle, unspoken feeling stirred within him. The Azure Emperor's lineage was indeed rare in this world; the words "reincarnation of a Celestial King" would drive countless cultivators mad in any era. But this man's thinking was simply too unconventional. Instead of following the proper path of immortality, he insisted on researching the evolution of immortal realms, essentially creating a mess for himself…
Of course, he couldn't say these things at the moment. A remnant of the chaotic ancient times who had just woken up shouldn't know so much about the life of the current emperor.
The Great Emperor of China sighed for a moment, then his brows furrowed slightly.
"However, why did such a powerful emperor, with such profound resources, disappear without a trace after only a short period of time, seemingly vanishing?"
This problem had troubled him for a long time. For the Supreme Beings, the fact that the Azure Emperor's Heavenly Heart Mark was wavering was impossible to hide from them. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been the Divine Ruins Holy Spirit's probing.
A dignified immortal king reincarnated, a true emperor who embodied the divine medicine of immortality, whose lifespan should have far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators, yet he perished in this short world. It just doesn't seem right.
"Perhaps something went wrong while researching the path to immortality," Yu Dao replied vaguely, keeping his tone within the perfectly measured range of "speculation."
"The research on immortality has gone wrong..." The Great Emperor of Shenzhou pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded. "Indeed, perhaps it is precisely because he is so amazing that such a problem has arisen."
This explanation, when considered in reverse, fits perfectly. It was precisely because the Azure Emperor was powerful enough that he could find the path to immortality in this degenerate age; and it was also because he followed that path that he strayed onto a wrong path without guidance, ultimately disappearing from the world. Otherwise, for this emperor who attained immortality through the elixir of immortality, living to reach the path of immortality ten thousand years later would have been no difficult task. As a reincarnated Immortal King, the immortal essence within his bloodline alone would have been enough for him to live for countless millennia.
"Although the Azure Emperor has disappeared, his Dao still exists. I'm afraid that from now until the opening of the path to immortality, for nearly ten thousand years, the world will be shrouded in the suppression of his Great Dao, and no one will be able to attain the Dao," said the Great Emperor of Shenzhou, his tone carrying a hint of complexity.
This is also something that reassures the supreme beings of the forbidden zones. Although the Azure Emperor's disappearance was mysterious, the Heavenly Heart Mark he left behind still suppresses the entire universe.
In the long period between the disappearance of the Azure Emperor and the opening of the Northern Dipper Immortal Path, no new emperor will be born, and no one will emerge to compete with the Supreme Being on the path to immortality. For the Dark Supreme Being, this is undoubtedly a blessed peace.
But for those younger generations who are still struggling on this path, the lingering power of the Azure Emperor is an insurmountable barrier.
"Speaking of which..." The Great Emperor of Shenzhou suddenly remembered something, a hint of regret appearing on his face. He changed the subject, "On the day of your resurrection, Brother Dao, I used my Heavenly Eye to scan the universe. At that time, I saw a rather amazing junior human. In just over a thousand years, he had already reached the high level of Quasi-Emperor, and was expected to become a Dao Master under the suppression of the Azure Emperor's supreme Dao. If this had happened in an era without an Emperor, he might have had a chance to make the final leap and enter the realm of the Ultimate Dao."
He shook his head, his tone filled with even greater regret: "But at this time, when the suppression of the Azure Emperor's Great Dao is at its strongest, there is not even the slightest chance left. If that junior of the human race does not seal himself off to seek future generations, he will probably be trapped in the Quasi-Emperor realm for the rest of his life."
"Oh?"
Yu Dao put down his teacup, a thoughtful glint flashing in his eyes.
"I wonder which person you're referring to?"