Lan Hua shook her head, ignoring all of this, and prepared to break through to the next realm.
At this moment, after being bathed in dragon blood, his internal energy was surging, and he still had a lot of spiritual energy left to absorb, making it the perfect time to break through to a higher realm.
Lan Hua activated the Dan Tian Technique and began refining the Earth Pill, also known as the Imperial Pill, within her body.
Under the influence of the Dan Tian Jue, the surging Yuan energy within the body is rapidly gathering towards the two Dantian, gradually condensing into a single mass.
Refining the Imperial Pill requires time and a large amount of spiritual energy. Before the Great Calamity of the Heavenly Realm arrives, Lan Hua and Zi Yue return to the Heavenly Realm Pill God Palace.
Seeing that Lan Hua's cultivation had reached its peak and was even more powerful than his own, Palace Master Wang Hongyuan treasured him dearly and gave him all the best things.
Fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, Lan Hua was exceptionally talented, and he mastered the Pill Heaven Technique to perfection. The Pill God Palace was also willing to provide support, allowing Lan Hua to quickly refine the Imperial Pill.
Without the help of the Pill God Palace, Lan Hua would have needed at least five hundred years.
This made him deeply realize the benefits of having someone behind you.
On the day the Imperial Pill was completed, even the Pill Emperor was shocked.
Although the Dan Tian Jue is miraculous, allowing one to refine a Breakthrough Pill within their own body using their own Dan Fire, the Imperial Pill is not easy to refine.
Even someone as powerful as the Pill Emperor spent a thousand years refining the Imperial Pill.
Moreover, refining the Imperial Pill is only the first step; fusing the Imperial Pill and breaking through to a higher realm is the most difficult part.
The Pill Emperor, the true master of the Pill God Palace, has a slender figure, wears white robes, and has half-black and half-white hair, giving him a very divine appearance.
Lan Hua couldn't help but think that Dan Huang must have been a handsome man when he was young.
The emergence of the Pill Emperor from seclusion surprised Wang Hongyuan and other high-ranking figures of the Pill God Palace.
"The Palace Master hasn't appeared for a long time, but now, for the sake of Lan Hua, it seems he values this successor very much!" Deng Xian'er said.
Xie Wujiu said, "Lanhua has grown so fast, it's normal for the Palace Master to personally intervene!"
The Emperor sat cross-legged, suspended ten feet in the air, his aura of royalty emanating from him.
Everyone felt as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.
"Lanhua, although the Pill God Palace's Pill Heaven Technique is wondrous and can refine royal pills, breaking through to the royal realm is by no means as simple as becoming a venerable."
While achieving emperorhood through alchemy is easier than other methods, it still requires an immense stroke of luck!
Lan Hua nodded, knowing the difficulties of taking other main roads.
The Evil Emperor and the Demon Emperor both forged their own paths, while the Sword Emperor and the Blade Emperor broke through the limits of their respective Great Daos and became the best in their respective fields.
These powerful individuals forged their own paths, reaching the pinnacle of their abilities, which is how they became emperors.
How difficult it is to forge a new path!
Those who could walk have already done so, thanks to the prodigies and emperors.
Most of these prodigies and powerful figures became emperors around the same time as Emperor Dan, and some even predated him, living much longer than Emperor Dan.
As for the current Pill Emperor, he only became emperor after the Pill Heaven Emperor disappeared, which shows the wonder of the Pill Heaven Technique. The path to becoming emperor is much simpler than other Great Daos.
Even so, it still requires a tremendous stroke of luck.
Lan Hua asked, "Palace Master, what would happen if I forcibly fused the Imperial Core and the Primordial Spirit?"
The Pill Emperor said calmly, "Doing this will also improve your cultivation, but you will only have the strength of a quasi-Emperor."
"Moreover, you will be forever limited to the quasi-emperor level in this lifetime!"
"Therefore, do not be misled by the Quasi-Emperor. Unless absolutely necessary, never fuse with the Imperial Core!"
Lan Hua nodded, indicating that she understood.
"What exactly was the opportunity that led to Emperor Cheng's ascension?"
The Emperor Dan said calmly, "It depends on your understanding of what it means to be an emperor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Danhuang waved his right hand lightly, and a royal power shot towards Lanhua.
Lan Hua felt a gentle aura enter her body, accompanied by a spiritual imprint that penetrated her mind and consciousness, similar to the auras left by the Human Emperor and the Dragon Emperor.
"Lord, why is this?"
The Pill Emperor smiled slightly, "Since the Human Emperor and the Dragon Emperor have both stayed, I naturally cannot be stingy, especially since you are the successor of my Pill God Palace!"
"Go! The great calamity of the heavens is approaching. Return to the mortal realm!"
"I will keep a close eye on the mortal realm and will not tolerate anyone interfering with your path to becoming emperor!"
Lan Hua returned to the Misty Valley of Xuan Yu, constantly pondering what exactly her destiny to become emperor was.
"Yue'er, what exactly is an emperor?"
Lan Hua asked Zi Yue.
The latter recalled what Senior Xiao had said to her in the River of Time.
"The emperor originally meant a perfect person."
To become an emperor, one must be perfect, able to endure what ordinary people cannot endure, and tolerate what ordinary people cannot tolerate!
Zi Yue repeated these words verbatim, without a single word being different.
Lan Hua repeated these two sentences over and over, and soon fell into deep thought. Three-colored light appeared around her, which was the manifestation of her primordial spirit power.
"Sudden enlightenment?"
Zi Yue was astonished to see Lan Hua quickly enter a state of enlightenment.
A sudden enlightenment is a state of mind that is even higher than meditation.
Zi Yue's mind raced, and she finally understood why Xiao Wubian had explained the profound meaning of being an emperor to her.
It turned out that Xiao Wubian's original intention was for Ziyue to tell Lanhua these words.
Because Zi Yue is already a quasi-emperor, and having failed to break through to the emperor realm before, it is impossible for her to break through again on her own.
Even if one understands the profound meaning of being a ruler, it is useless.
However, if Lan Hua understands the profound meaning of the Emperor, then it will be different; she can break through to the Emperor level in one fell swoop.
Xiao Wubian didn't tell Lan Huaming this because he was afraid that it would make him arrogant and disturb his mind.
At this moment, Lan Hua was racking her brains, trying to figure out the Emperor's profound secrets.
"A perfect person?"
How can one achieve perfection?
"Isn't there a famous saying that no one in this world is perfect?"
"Where does a perfect person come from?"
"And how can we achieve perfection?"
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Lan Hua awoke from her sudden enlightenment.
He had an epiphany for ten years, and Zi Yue stayed by his side for ten years.
During this time, some of his friends from the Half-Heaven Realm came to see him, but none of them disturbed him.
"Little Hua, have you figured out the Emperor's Secret Technique?" Zi Yue asked happily.
Lan Hua shook her head.
"No, I have never been able to understand the meaning of perfection. I only know that there are no perfect people in the world!"
Zi Yue nodded and said, "I've heard that saying before, but I don't really understand it!"
Lan Hua said, "But the Human Emperor, the Dragon Emperor, and the Pill Emperor all left me with the marks of emperors."
"I think perhaps it's about letting me experience various paths of cultivation, and finding perfection or completeness within the marks!"
Zi Yue was completely confused and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Lan Hua nodded. "The way of the Human Emperor is gentleness and benevolence; the way of the Dragon Emperor is that all beasts submit to him; the way of the Pill Emperor is to cultivate both inner and outer strength!"
"But that's not enough!"
Zi Yue's face showed worry. "Then what do you plan to do?"
"I need to experience more of the King's Mark!"
Zi Yue was in a dilemma. She couldn't very well return to the Heavenly Realm and approach the emperors of the various powers, could she?
That's unrealistic.
Lan Hua said, "I'm going to the Death Continent to take a look. Back then, the four emperors fought a great battle, and they almost destroyed Xuan Yu."
A trace of the Emperor's power will surely remain on the Continent of Death; even just a trace will suffice.
Zi Yue nodded and said, "I'll go with you!"
The two traveled together to the Death Continent, landing near the battlefield of yesteryear. They unleashed their divine senses, carefully experiencing the power of the emperor.
"Indeed, the power of the four emperors has permeated this land. Emperors are indeed emperors!" Lan Hua sighed.
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