The dog king's den in this dojo was built right next to the medicinal herb field. When it lived here, it would drool over the garden every day, but it could never steal anything from it.
When it tries to steal the immortal peach, the Holy Emperor of the Fighting Clan will step forward to chat with it, preach to it, and explain the Tao to it, exhausting it until it finally runs away.
Furthermore, some of the herbs in the herb garden are beyond its reach, and some of them had already evolved into human form countless ages ago.
For example, a blue lotus swirls with chaotic energy. Whenever it sees the Dog King wandering around nearby, it will transform into human form, form the Azure Emperor Fist Seal, and teach the Dog King to be a good person and a good dog.
The melodious sound of the zither attracted phoenixes to dance. The white-robed god king Jiang Taixu sat cross-legged by the lake playing the zither, while the old man Gai Jiuyou composed music. An old madman slowly swung his fists to the music, completely changing his former crazy and domineering demeanor and becoming extremely restrained.
However, when he saw the Dog King passing by the medicinal field, the old madman's fist imprint changed, becoming fierce and incomparable once again.
At night, Chu Feng discussed the past and future in Yao Yao's imperial palace. After returning to his residence, he sat in front of the stone zither, his fingers tracing the strings, producing melodious notes. But in an instant, he sensed something was amiss, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
However, he did not notice anyone approaching.
Even though he claims to have the ability to perceive the past, present, and future, he should also be able to control everything instantly should a change occur. With a glance, he can extinguish the vast universe and the chaos beyond, and with a single look, he can revive everything. There are no secrets about the past, present, and future before him.
But today something was wrong. The strange feeling disappeared instantly after I stopped playing the zither. Was that also a being from the sacrificial path?
However, if a creature were to actually set foot on the sacrificial path, he would know that it was a realm where one could see all the fellow travelers at a glance, as if sitting opposite him.
Among all the worlds and the heavens, only a few people, such as Luo and the Dark Immortal Emperor who returned after stepping on the bones of an emperor, can visit friends here, but they do not stand on the sacrificial path.
Chu Feng unleashed his senses, no longer sealing them off, and perceived everything.
He vanished from his spot, following some strange sensation, chasing after the heavens and entering the sacrificial sea.
The Immortal Emperor didn't know how many years he would have to travel, separated by countless universes, but he arrived in an instant, standing on the vast waves, gazing at the place where the Immortal Emperor offered sacrifices.
Then, he appeared on the grand black altar deep in the sea of sacrifice. Huang and Ye also appeared, clearly they both sensed something unusual and came.
This matter was naturally not simple, as it involved the person sacrificed by the strange progenitor, which made Chu Feng, Huang, and Ye all take it seriously.
In the past, with their ability to grasp all the truth and trace all the secrets of the past, present, and future, when they were searching for the person who was performing the great sacrifice of the strange race, they found nothing but emptiness, without any trace. This was very abnormal.
Today, sensing something unusual, they all appeared here, taking it extremely seriously.
The black altar looked particularly eerie under the cold night sky, stained with blood, though it had long since dried into black marks.
Although there has always been a legend that once you step onto this altar, you yourself become a sacrifice, and even the Celestial Emperor can never return, as his blood will splatter on the altar.
But all of this was meaningless to the three of them; there was nowhere in this world or beyond that that could threaten them.
Suddenly, they went against the tide of ancient history and saw something different: at the very end of that distant era, on a plateau, there was a small courtyard, beside a lake.
A lotus grows in the lake, emitting a delicate fragrance. As time flows by, it changes, becoming the Lotus of Eternal Reincarnation?
It was just an ordinary lotus, but after being enlightened by someone, it underwent a transformation that surpassed the imagination of ordinary people.
Chu Feng, Huang, and Ye all frowned. They had traced the Lotus of Eternal Reincarnation before, but they had only seen its transformation process and not that person. It was only today that they made this discovery.
The man turned and entered the courtyard, coughing, as if he had a health problem? It was somewhat unbelievable that someone at this level could still be unwell.
In the courtyard, there was a rough stone millstone, like a practical tool used by an ordinary farmer. Chu Feng recognized it at a glance as the rough stone millstone from the City of Light and Death.
The person in the courtyard was sitting cross-legged, playing a stone zither!
The tinkling music couldn't mask his exhaustion. His face was pale and sickly. He should have been very refined, but now he looked listless.
Most importantly, this person's face is quite similar to Chu Feng, Huang, and Ye. The fact that the three emperors look somewhat alike has aroused suspicion in people's hearts, and now there is another one.
Beside him was a stove used to boil tea; it was also a practical appliance, the Time Furnace.
In the courtyard, there was a flower that withered and turned into seeds, which then began to grow again. A pale-faced, refined man was playing the zither and admiring the flower, seemingly carefree, but his health was deteriorating and he kept frowning.
Chu Feng was deeply moved; what was once merely an ornamental flower had become the seed that would later become the source of the pollen road for future generations.
Clearly, that flower was quite remarkable back then, and was deeply loved by men, who planted it in the courtyard for admiration.
Finally, everything changed. Black blood flowed from the man's mouth and nose, and gray mist swirled around his body. His health deteriorated, and he coughed incessantly.
Finally, he rotted away, and all sorts of problems burst forth from his body.
Until one day, he sighed and weakly murmured to himself, "Will I ever come back?"
Next, he went out and smelted bronze on the plateau, carved out a stone jar, then burned himself, and his ashes fell into the jar, were placed in a triple bronze coffin, and buried at the foot of the plateau.
Until one day, the plateau collapsed, and the bronze coffin was exposed on the surface. As the terrain changed, the coffin lid opened, and the ashes in the stone jar spilled out.
After countless years, an outsider finally appeared in this place. As if aware of the danger, he came hiding in a sealed coffin.
However, they were still corrupted, tainted by the ashes of the plateau, and underwent a bizarre transformation. They all went mad, shattering the Lotus of Eternal Reincarnation, causing it to perish for countless epochs, and also cracking the earth. The objects in the courtyard flew off in all directions.
"There really is such a person." Chu Feng sighed, but why couldn't they trace it back before? Only today, standing here, can they see the past events in the long river of time.
At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared on the cold, black altar. It was blurry, and its voice was hoarse, like a vengeful ghost whispering: "You have come."
"Are you the creature sacrificed by the strange race, the one they fear and are determined to find?" Emperor Ye asked calmly.
“I meant no harm,” the dark figure said in a low voice.
However, after a wave that even made the Celestial Emperor's heart tremble, thick red hair suddenly grew on his body, the whites of his eyes turned like those of a dead fish, black blood began to flow from his mouth, nose, and eyes, his hair began to turn yellow and wither, gray mist swirled around his body, and his whole being exuded the most intense and eerie aura, which was extremely terrifying!
It's covered in mold and oozing black blood, and you still say there's no malice? This is the true source of the eerie power! Chu Feng stared coldly at him, ready to fight if he wanted to!
“Young friends, you have misunderstood. This is not what I wanted. My original form was like this before, terminally ill, and in the end, I burned myself, and all eternity was empty. However, I don’t know when it started, but I was sacrificed from time to time. Today, I have gradually gathered a shadow.”
Then, he faded away again, leaving only a dark shadow, dressed in tattered feather robes, standing there.
"Who exactly are you?" the Desolate Emperor asked about his origins and background.
"Before me was nothingness, with few memories. After me is your world, as you have seen and experienced. Someone offered a sacrifice, and I condensed from the void." He actually said such words.
"Deep within the Evil Lands, the power of several progenitors of the bizarre races all derives from the various ominous symptoms emanating from your body?!"
"It should be." The shadowy figure nodded.
Just now, black blood flowed and pus dripped from the shadowy figure's body, all of which were various wounds and lesions. Could it be the source of various ominous forces? This is truly astonishing!
"You were also the owner of the bronze coffin. Was you buried inside?" Chu Feng asked again.
"Yes, my vague primordial memories remind me that I was terminally ill back then and had no choice but to cremate myself. My ashes were placed in a stone jar, then in a three-tiered copper coffin, and buried on the plateau." The shadowy figure nodded; this was his limited understanding of his origins.
Chu Feng stared intently. This was indeed the person they had traced back to at the end of time, whose origins were somewhat mysterious!
The three Heavenly Emperors fell silent. The strange creatures, the source of the ominous power, the terrifying plateau—all of this stemmed from this one person.
If what we see in ancient history is true, then we really can't blame this person. He didn't even know who he was, and his ashes were scattered by accident.
“I am already weary of this world and have no ill will toward you. Fine, I have summoned you here to ask you to help me find liberation.”
Chu Feng sighed. He suddenly felt sorry for this person. He didn't know about the past, but when he came back, he had no regrets and only wanted to be completely free.
"Do you have no recollection of anything from your past?" Chu Feng asked again.
"Nothingness." The shadowy figure shook its head.
At this moment, he had no other desires but to return to dust.
"I may come from somewhere, but I can't necessarily go back there. I should have perished long ago; I shouldn't exist." The shadowy figure demanded their intervention once more.
The Desolate Emperor, the Ye Emperor, and Chu Feng all remained silent. In the past, they had already deduced that the three of them looked similar and were all connected to the master of the bronze coffin. This was because they had all been with the bronze coffin and stone jar for a long time and had been subtly influenced by some unknown force, which affected their facial features.
Meeting you today, it is indeed as I have described.
"Senior, do you not remember even the smallest details of your past?" Chu Feng was eager to know about his past and said, "For example, regarding reincarnation, I once discovered that the residual power might be related to you."
"The path of reincarnation in the underworld seems to be the path I have walked." The shadowy figure thought hard for a long time before saying these words. He could not recall whether it was the path he walked before or during the onset of his illness.
Why have you ended up in this state?
To the three Heavenly Emperors, this was utterly unbelievable. Above the sacrificial path, who could harm them, and what power could erode them?
All three frowned. The shadowy figure was merely a remnant. Who was that person in life? Where did he come from? He was clearly incredibly powerful, yet he had become "terminally ill."
His origins and past are unknown, and no trace of him could be found in ancient history before today.
"Over the long years, I have also asked myself, who am I? But I have no memory, I can't recall the past. After all, I am just a blurry shadow. However, my fragmented speculations may be useful to you."
The shadowy figure calmly explained that perhaps on the sacrificial path, he had sacrificed the past, present, and future, and also sacrificed himself.
"Perhaps I want too much, perhaps I want nothing at all, hoping to let go of everything. Unfortunately, I've forgotten it all. Deducing from the last vestiges of my hazy perception, I seem to have gone from nothing to something, then from something to nothing, and then back to something again, in endless cycles. I'm sick."
After saying these words, he stopped speaking and asked the three men to help him pass away.
"Senior, please continue on your journey!"
In the end, the three of them made their move. In the dazzling light, the dark figure was engulfed and burned fiercely, and all the strange substances were ignited.
When the three Heavenly Emperors join forces, no one throughout history can withstand them!
Even the substance that was supposedly the source of the ominous power turned to ash, was purified, and was completely annihilated.
The shadow blurred, vanished, and was never seen again.
"Who is spying on me?!" Huang turned to look at the void, his hands constantly moving, using the power of cause and effect to try to track them down, but as soon as he used the Transformation of Freedom Technique, the power of cause and effect suddenly broke.
"They are incredibly strong!" Shi Mengqi exclaimed as the image shattered.
Xia Xiaoyi said with lingering fear, "Yes, across the vast distance of countless years, it was actually discovered by that guy named Huang. It's terrifying."
“These three don’t seem like bad people,” Yan Qin said with a light laugh.
Qingran pouted and said, "I think you look pretty fierce."
Wang Hao stroked his chin and laughed, "Let's go! I've obtained their cosmic coordinates. Three Ancestral Realm experts are truly rare. My wives, come with me and traverse the universe!"
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