harleyscars Chapter 35 The Golden Lion Ancient Emperor's Shift in Mindset, the Way of Yin and Yang
Chapter 35 The Golden Lion Ancient Emperor's Shift in Mindset, the Way of Yin and Yang
Several months later.
Beneath the peach tree, the three Venerables of Huntian Ridge continued their profound discussions.
For beings at this level, several months is but a fleeting moment.
The ancient traces of Tao flowing among the broken walls and ruins intertwined with the energy leaked out during the three people's discussion, adding an inexplicable vitality to this otherwise desolate wasteland.
The Golden Lion Ancient Emperor, who had been relentlessly attacking the imprisoned forces with its broken Dao even after being suppressed, now appeared much calmer.
He remained lying at Yu Dao's feet, his ears involuntarily perking up, trying to catch every syllable of the three's discussion. Especially when Yu Dao spoke, he even softened his breathing, afraid of missing a single word.
After months of eavesdropping, he became increasingly alarmed.
From those fragmented words, he had almost pieced together the true origin of the Lord of Chaos.
A divine general in the Heavenly Court founded by the Desolate Emperor, the most powerful force in all the realms of the Chaotic Ancient Era!
This ancient venerable from the chaotic past not only saw true immortals, but also shared a palace with the King of Immortals and listened to the sermons of the Emperor of Immortals.
He has forged his own path. The immortality that emperors and sovereigns yearn for with all their might is merely a passing scene in his eyes. He pursues a higher realm!
The world is so vast...
The Golden Lion Ancient Emperor lay beneath the peach tree, the dark golden imperial blood beneath his scales slowly circulating. His mindset had undergone a change in the past few months that even he himself had not anticipated.
Being suppressed by the Lord of Chaos and trampled underfoot as a mount is an utter disgrace.
He, the Golden Lion Ancient Emperor, once reigned supreme in the ancient times, but now he has been reduced to a gatekeeper beast tied to a tree. Such an end is a laughing stock that is rarely seen throughout history.
If he hadn't been completely suppressed and unable to even commit suicide, he would have taken his own life the moment he was trampled underfoot!
He could even picture the sneers of those forbidden zones. Even though the Stone Emperor was dead, what tone those old monsters in the Immortal Tomb, the Sea of Reincarnation, and the Divine Ruins would use when they mentioned his Golden Lion.
But what if the one who subdues him is an ancient venerable being destined to step into the ultimate realm of immortality? Perhaps he could follow the other party and become an immortal together?
Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem so bad after all...
"It's better than the Stone Emperor." He rolled over again, muttering to himself.
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Beside the bluestone table, the three supreme beings were discussing some ancient scriptures.
All of them were created by ancient celestial beings, emperors, and great emperors. Each of them once shone with the most brilliant light in a certain era, carrying the most fundamental understanding of the five great secret realms by an enlightened being.
These scriptures never ventured into the realm of immortality, but were the crystallization of wisdom from generations of supreme beings who had fought their way out of this universe, which was used as a breeding ground for venomous creatures, and their insights into the secrets of the human body. Each forbidden chapter was the culmination of their life's work, and behind each passage stood an invincible being who had once swept across the nine heavens and ten earths.
At this moment, Yu Dao was exchanging some of the mysteries of the Dao Palace Secret Realm with everyone.
"Heaven and earth are in a cycle of reincarnation, all things are in a cycle of reincarnation, and all living beings are in a cycle of reincarnation. The true meaning of reincarnation is the cycle of birth and death, a continuous cycle of rebirth without end."
Yu Dao set down his teacup, his fingertip gently tracing a circle on the bluestone table. "In the realm of the Sea of Wheels, the Wheel of Life hangs above the Sea of Suffering, representing one aspect of life. Reversal is the movement of the Dao. I wish to use the wonder of the reversal of life and death to nourish the spirit of the Dao Palace. My past self is dead, reciting scriptures in reincarnation; my future self has not yet been born, possessing endless possibilities. However, the deduction of this Dao Palace chapter still needs some external examples to verify it."
He looked at the Great Emperor of Shenzhou and Gai Jiuyou: "I wonder which emperors and sovereigns throughout history, in this world, have been skilled in this art?"
The Great Emperor of Shenzhou pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "If we are talking about the cycle of life and death, the first one to be mentioned should be the Underworld Emperor, also known as the Underworld Venerable. He is one of the nine Heavenly Venerables of the mythological era, whose corpse was reborn. He nurtured a new spirit from his dead body and created the Underworld. He is extremely proficient in this path. However, the Underworld has long been hidden, and it is not easy to find his traces."
"In his first life, the Underworld Emperor was one of the Nine Heavenly Venerables of the Mythological Era, and in his second life, he founded the Underworld and served as the teacher of the Emperors." Gai Jiuyou continued, his tone tinged with emotion. "In both his lives, he was at the forefront of the extreme realm. Some even suspect that he has never completely perished and is reincarnating in the world generation after generation, and that he will one day reappear in the world."
Yu Dao listened quietly, his expression remaining largely unchanged.
He knew more about this ancient venerable one than the Great Emperor of Shenzhou and Gai Jiuyou.
The Underworld Emperor, whose real name is Cao Yusheng, also came from the Chaotic Ancient Era, but he had already perished before his birth and was buried in the burial ground.
His first incarnation was the Heavenly Venerable Who Transcends Tribulation.
The number of Dao-proving beings in the mythical era was not limited to nine. The Underworld's Prison Emperor and the Ancient Venerable of the Kunlun Clan, among others, belonged to that generation. The Emperor Venerable even refined the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, creating a golden age where multiple emperors coexisted. This demonstrates that the number of Dao-proving beings in the mythical era far exceeded nine. The Nine Heavenly Venerables distinguished themselves because each of them reached the pinnacle of a particular aspect, making them the nine strongest beings of the mythical era. Through the Emperor Venerable's efforts, the nine secrets were merged into one, transforming into an unparalleled secret technique, arguably the greatest of this era.
Needless to say, the second incarnation.
At the end of the cycle of reincarnation, the underworld is the final destination of all beings, and it continues to circulate like a nightmare throughout the universe.
As rumored, he lived on in countless lifetimes, with one of his incarnations being a certain ancient emperor from the primordial era. In the future, he will assume the alias Duan De, becoming a close friend of Emperor Ye, and simultaneously regarded as a confidant by both emperors—a truly extraordinary destiny.
"Speaking of the path of life," Gai Jiuyou brought the topic back, pondering for a moment before saying, "Most emperors and sovereigns have sought immortality and have achieved a certain level of mastery in the path of life. Legend has it that in the Primordial Era, there was a Xuanwu Emperor who lived for countless years solely through the method of immortality; in the Desolate Ancient Era, there was also an emperor who wielded the immortal elixir, the Tree of Life. But ultimately, none of them attained the will of Heaven through a single path of life."
In the path of death, the Underworld Emperor is the foremost, but his legacy and path have long since been hidden away in the most secret corner of the universe along with the Underworld.
There are many who study the way of life, but few who have truly mastered it to the extreme.
Yu Dao shook his head slightly. Things can't always go as planned. It seems that he can only read more scriptures and accumulate knowledge slowly.
Just then, the Great Emperor of Shenzhou suddenly raised his head.
"Brother Dao just mentioned the reversal of life and death, and I have some thoughts on that." He put down his teacup and pondered, "Life and death, yin and yang, are inherently inseparable. The two great mother scriptures of the human race, the Taiyin True Scripture and the Taiyang True Scripture, expound on the two opposing paths of yin and yang."
"The Moon governs death, the Sun governs life. In ancient times, the Moon Emperor and the Sun Emperor attained enlightenment through these two paths, each reaching the pinnacle of their respective paths. Individually, these two mother scriptures each govern life and death, yet they coexist and embrace each other..."
"Perhaps this is what you need, fellow Daoist?"