# Chapter 3791: Ten Thousand Years Later
The dark clouds were thick, like ink splashed onto cotton, densely piled up in the sky, not a trace of light visible.
"Rumble!"
A bright bolt of lightning cut through the pitch-black clouds, accompanied by earth-shattering thunder.
A middle-aged man who appeared to be around forty years old, dressed in a blue-gray round-collared robe, stood with his hands behind his back atop Mount Mar, beneath the eaves of the Mar Temple, gazing at the lightning-flashing clouds.
His pupils were pitch black, devoid of any luster, giving him a cold and indifferent appearance that seemed to have cast aside all worldly emotions.
Rainwater gathered on the temple roof, flowed down from the eaves, and poured wildly in the fierce wind.
Unnoticed, it soaked the middle-aged man's robe.
But he paid it no heed, as if enjoying all of this.
The divine mountain was too high, the dark clouds too low.
The atmosphere was exceptionally oppressive.
The Mar Temple was built from massive stones and located at the peak of the divine mountain, appearing extraordinarily majestic, exuding an ancient and sacred charm.
This was left behind by an ancient ancestor of the Paradise Realm and served as the entrance to the Ancestor Realm.
Qingcheng Yun held a white bamboo-framed umbrella, walking up the mountain through the rain curtain, surrounded by misty water vapor, drifting like an immortal descending to the mortal world.
Arriving outside the temple, he stood opposite the middle-aged man, separated by the water curtain flowing from the eaves.
The umbrella lifted slightly, revealing Qingcheng Yun's handsome and divine countenance.
The middle-aged man stood several steps higher than Qingcheng Yun. Though his divine qi was restrained, he naturally exuded an aura that commanded reverence like a towering mountain.
"Thunder and rain arrive, the wind never ceases.
The Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable has fallen; celestial phenomena have manifested across all realms."
The middle-aged man sighed.
Qingcheng Yun said, "Isn't this what was expected?
Since the Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable was divided into four parts and sealed by Hao Tian, Nutian Shenzun, Meng Ge, and Void Heaven ten thousand years ago, even if the Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable was extremely powerful, he should have been completely annihilated by now!"
"Yes, ten thousand years have passed.
This ten thousand years has been far too peaceful."
The middle-aged man said.
Qingcheng Yun said, "The Thunder Clan was exterminated, Murong Buhuo fell in the Kunlun Realm, not to mention the deaths of Four Yang Heavenly Lord, Murong Tailai, and Pina Yejia—who would dare to act rashly?
But with the Dragon Nest, Demon Ancestor Ridge, and Wa Huang Palace successively emerging, and the Twelve Ancient Tribes breaching the Ancient Desolate Ruins City, a new storm is brewing."
"The true chaotic era has only just begun. This is a tremendous challenge for all people and all forces.
Who knows who will be the next Thunder Clan, the next Immortal-Worshipping Cult?"
"Challenges also bring opportunities."
The middle-aged man asked, "You have already seized the Esoterica of the Merit Divine Temple Hall Master. You should be not far from Indestructible Infinite, right?"
A trace of cold light flashed in Qingcheng Yun's eyes, then faded into invisibility. He slightly bowed in the rain, saying, "I must thank Xi Tian for transmitting the Dharma. Otherwise, after my two corpses fell, I would never have had the chance to impact Indestructible Infinite in this lifetime."
Ten thousand years ago, Qingcheng Yun's two corpses were killed and annihilated by Pina Yejia and Zhang Ruochen respectively, leaving only his main body.
Driven by the two extreme emotions of despair at breaking through and hatred, he ultimately took the path that Kelvusa had suggested back then—assassinating his senior brother, the Hall Master of the Merit Divine Temple, seizing his Esoterica, and becoming the new Hall Master of the Merit Divine Temple.
Of course, relying solely on the seized Esoterica, Qingcheng Yun still had little chance of impacting Indestructible Infinite.
It was the middle-aged man before him who had sought him out, taught him the "Corpse-Refining Forbidden Art," and allowed him to refine the Merit Divine Temple Hall Master's corpse into his body.
After ten thousand years of grinding and integration, Qingcheng Yun had completely digested that senior brother, and his cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.
The Corpse-Refining Forbidden Art could not be casually performed; it required bloodline inheritance or a single lineage.
Moreover, it carried enormous risks, easily leading to backlash from corpse poison, leaving one confused and mentally unclear.
Every heaven-defying forbidden art inevitably comes with risks.
The more powerful the forbidden art, the greater the risk.
Who could have imagined that the Heavenly Venerable "Beixi," who should have fallen thirty thousand years ago, was standing alive beneath the eaves of the Mar Temple?
Beixi smiled faintly: "The Corpse-Refining Forbidden Art—even the First Queen A Fuya wanted to learn it from me, intending to refine her own ancestral body into her current form, thereby achieving a leap in cultivation.
Unfortunately, she ultimately made the wrong choice, betting on Zhang Ruochen and going against the Paradise Realm."
As he finished speaking, the smile on Beixi's face vanished, replaced by a deep chill.
Hearing Zhang Ruochen's name, Qingcheng Yun's expression turned extremely ugly. He said darkly, "It is said that she has become Zhang Ruochen's secret consort and secretly bore him a son. Not only has she disgraced the Elf clan's ancestors throughout history, but she has also caused the Paradise Realm to lose all face.
She was once an ancestor of the Paradise Realm!"
After taking a long breath, Qingcheng Yun said, "However, in these ten thousand years, she could enter the Sundial to cultivate. Her cultivation must have reached a height we cannot estimate."
"Xi Tian, I am very curious—why didn't A Fuya directly possess her own ancestral corpse, instead choosing to learn the Corpse-Refining Forbidden Art from you?"
Beixi said, "Because the path she primarily cultivates includes the Path of Life, which is also a required path for the Elf clan.
If she directly possessed the ancestral corpse, she would be walking the path of the Corpse Clan, becoming an undead, which would oppose the Path of Life and limit her future achievements."
Beixi was very patient with Qingcheng Yun, regarding him as his public spokesperson.
After Kelvusa's death, he needed such an envoy.
The secret that his true body was still alive could not be exposed for now; he could only remain hidden in the shadows.
Back then, possessing Kelvusa with a remnant soul was entirely to deceive Hao Tian.
However, in the battle at Cha Realm, Kelvusa fell, revealing traces, and it was very likely that Hao Tian had become suspicious.
It was precisely because of such concerns that Beixi sighed deeply after sensing that the Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable had been completely annihilated.
Because Hao Tian had finally freed his hands, and his next target was very likely him.
Rain beat against the paper umbrella, dripping and dripping.
Qingcheng Yun said, "Since the Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable has been completely annihilated, Hao Tian must have his next plan. Xi Tian, do you think he will first attack the Formless Realm or go to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain?"
Beixi did not answer him, sinking into deep contemplation.
After a long while, Beixi said, "Ten thousand years have passed. The Tai Shang of the Kunlun Realm should have recovered by now, right?"
Qingcheng Yun said, "The waters of the Kunlun Realm run deep.
Back then, Murong Buhuo was so imposing, daring to single-handedly attack Xu Fengjin and Feng Caiyi, but after going to the Kunlun Realm, he vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace."
Beixi smiled and said, "So, Hao Tian will not go to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain. He will leave this difficult problem to the Kunlun Realm.
Next, we will wait and see just how deep the waters of the Kunlun Realm really are?"
After the Twelve Ancient Tribes breached the Ancient Desolate Ruins City, Jiusi Yitianhuang led the cultivators of the Darkness Temple and fled to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain.
As the dark force was continuously absorbed by Jiusi Yitianhuang, the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain was steadily shrinking.
Its disappearance was only a matter of time.
Many cultivators in the Heavenly Court and Hell Realm speculated that Jiusi Yitianhuang had not been defeated by the Twelve Ancient Tribes but had voluntarily withdrawn, using the excuse of healing to station himself in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain.
This move turned passivity into initiative and even forced Nutian Shenzun to rush to the Abyss of Darkness to resist the Twelve Ancient Tribes' assault on the Yellow Spring Star River—killing multiple birds with one stone.
Beixi said, "Zhang Ruochen has already passed through his second Eon Calamity five hundred years ago. If you still want revenge, you must work even harder."
"I don't believe Hao Tian will allow Zhang Ruochen to use the Sundial and the Time Divine Temple to unrestrainedly elevate the cultivation of the Kunlun Realm faction's cultivators.
I have heard that Ji Wang has already broken through to Indestructible. It is easy to imagine that the Five Dragon God Emperor, Di Zu Divine Lord, Qianxing Divine Ancestor, A Fuya, and others must all be different from ten thousand years ago!"
Qingcheng Yun's eyes burned with intense jealousy.
Having cultivated the Corpse-Refining Forbidden Art, Qingcheng Yun's state of mind was far inferior to before, his emotions becoming increasingly extreme.
Beixi appeared indifferent, saying, "Flowers in full bloom, flames fueled by oil—in the end, it is but a fleeting moment.
Do you know what it means when prosperity reaches its peak, decline follows?
Zhang Ruochen thinks that by pulling in Xuanyuan Lian, Zhao Gongming, and others, he can make Hao Tian turn a blind eye. Little does he know that Hao Tian cares more about the balance of power across the entire Heavenly Court Universe."
"In the current cosmic situation, whoever sticks their head out will be besieged by all forces until they are reduced to ashes."
"Jiusi Yitianhuang's stationing in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, with neither the Heavenly Court nor the Hell Realm's Heavenly Venerables intervening, all watching like spectators, is a subtle signal.
The Heavenly Court and Hell Realm, Hao Tian and Yan Renhuan, have become extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Ruochen and the Kunlun Realm. Hence, this tacit understanding."
Qingcheng Yun smiled and said, "If you want to destroy a person, you must first let them become arrogant."
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Everyone, you are not mistaken. It is indeed a jump of ten thousand years!
Because the current cultivation levels are too high, it is difficult to break through realms in a short time, making it impossible to write step by step in a sequential manner.
Therefore, the timeline will definitely jump ten thousand years, one Eon, or hundreds of thousands of years, directly leaping across.
Well, Eternal God Emperor has entered a new era!
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