# Chapter 1230
The majestic mountain, towering and magnificent, rose high into the clouds. Standing here felt like being at the pinnacle of an ancient immortal domain that had existed since time immemorial.
A tranquil lake sat atop the mountain peak, surrounded by verdant pines and emerald cypresses, with massive boulders scattered about, making this clear lake resemble a celestial mirror.
This was the renowned Soaring Immortal Pool. According to legend, twenty to thirty thousand years ago, Wan Qing had once secluded himself here for a period, bestowing upon it a special status.
From ancient times to the present, countless people had come here seeking opportunities, but all had returned empty-handed, finding nothing. As time passed, no one came anymore.
Ye Fan stood with his hands behind his back on a green stone shaped like a reclining ox, facing the Soaring Immortal Pool, which was as transparent as a mirror. Behind him, the pine trees rustled, and the ancient cypresses were lush and green.
Azure lotuses swayed in the lake, each one shimmering with a green luster. The petals, one after another, were actually dark green, as if carved from jade, emitting wisps of fragrance.
Was this the place where the Green Emperor had left his secrets? Ye Fan gazed at the clear pool water. A golden figure the size of a fist appeared before his forehead bone, scanning in all directions.
In recent days, as the Ancient Clan and the Eternal Star Domain's powerful experts confronted and fought covertly, he had been fishing in troubled waters, stirring the pot, and tracking down various clues about the Green Emperor.
He had infiltrated some great aristocratic clans, flipping through many ancient texts, and located many former sites, using this to deduce the Green Emperor's past.
"The Green Emperor grew stronger with each battle, leaving a fearsome reputation in Eternal. In the end, his demonic arts reached perfection, comparable to ancient deities. To this day, the people of the Eternal Kingdom are still searching for all his secrets."
"Splash"
Ye Fan entered the water, searching within the Soaring Immortal Pool. His divine sense scanned every inch of space, and he even sent the golden figure into each azure lotus, carefully experiencing them.
Unfortunately, he found nothing. Everything was empty. It seemed the Green Emperor had merely secluded himself here, leaving nothing behind.
"No, on the way to the Eternal Main Star, I still saw some people searching for the Green Emperor's relics. There must be some imperial treasure left behind."
Ye Fan stood by the shore, listening to the rustling pines on the mountain peak, watching the clear spring gurgling by the cliff, hearing the golden eagle's cry in the sky, and gazing at the clouds rolling and unrolling in the horizon. He was lost in thought, his mind becoming clear and empty.
Over the years, he had risked life and limb, charging through desolate mountains and rivers, fighting decisive battles against powerful enemies from all races, and traversing the cold universe, without a moment of peace.
How many years had it been since he had experienced such tranquil detachment from the world? At this moment, he had lost some of his killing aura and gained a measure of serenity.
Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the reclining ox stone and took out an ancient scroll. It was the ancient book given to him by Princess Yu Die, containing the scriptures of the natural great dao.
As the rain drizzled and mist swirled, Ye Fan quietly flipped through the ancient scripture, letting the rain beat against the pines, watching the flowers, birds, fish, and insects in the book, and the natural dharma and dao. He did not leave for an entire day and night.
It was not until the next day that he closed the ancient scroll and stood up, saying, "The way of nature—nothing can be forced. Perhaps the Green Emperor left something behind, but it may not be suitable for me."
He felt something in his heart. The opportunity to become a sage would appear soon. In this place, he evolved various scripture meanings and principles, and finally even imitated the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes, as if a demon god had descended upon the world.
Suddenly, when the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes struck out, the surroundings became vast and boundless. The Soaring Immortal Pool emitted light, the cliff walls shone brightly, and one symbol after another appeared.
Ye Fan was astonished. The various symbols gathered together, forming a small path built of symbols that led to a divine gate within the Soaring Immortal Pool.
"Void Small Realm!"
His heart trembled. This was a small world created by the Green Emperor. He had indeed left something behind. Ye Fan had searched through all his various relics, and only here had he found something.
Ye Fan walked into the divine gate. Inside, it was very small, just a space less than a hundred zhang in radius. It was simply too plain—a stone table placed there, two stone stools set out, and nothing else.
He approached and discovered a line of small characters on the stone table. After reading them, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. There had been a handwritten scroll here, personally written by the Green Emperor, but it had been taken away.
"Brother Pang was here. I took the Green Emperor's handwritten scroll. Combined with the evolution liquid from the ancient cave before, I will surely be invincible under heaven in the future."
Some of Pang Bo's sentences were very solemn. He mentioned the God, warning latercomers that the God specialized in hunting those walking the path of the strongest trial, thus obtaining many heaven-penetrating secret techniques.
Ye Fan frowned. Ji Haoyue had also left a message, saying that the God had been hunting those walking the ancient path since ancient times, obtaining many lost secret techniques.
One must know that those who could walk the ancient path were inevitably peerless talents.
"Pang Bo has great fortune. The Green Emperor's relics have been taken by him. For me, this Eternal Main Star is no longer worth staying in for long."
Ye Fan had stopped in this star domain for two reasons: first, for the evolution liquid; second, to search for the relics of the ancient great emperors. This was what attracted him the most.
The Green Emperor's things had been taken. As for the relics of Emperor Wu Shi, there was no need to think about them. Even entering the Purple Mountain could not yield that scripture. It was presumably reserved for the Innate Saintly Body Dao Fetus, and others would find it difficult to obtain anything.
"If I can obtain divine mineral essence and refine the fifth-stage evolution liquid for my old friends in the Heavenly Court, I can set out on my journey." He only needed to find one more immortal material to add to the source liquid and refine it.
The confrontation and fierce battles between the Ancient Clan and the people of Eternal had achieved his goal. Once he resolved a few more issues, he could set out.
The trip to the Soaring Immortal Pool had given Ye Fan the thought of leaving.
In recent days, the Primeval Royal Clan had suffered losses from time to time and had no choice but to retreat deeper into the star domain. They were waiting for reinforcements, hoping that a Great Sage would arrive, wielding an extreme ancient imperial weapon to sweep through this place.
Because this ancient star was too important. The evolution liquid was of great significance, allowing their descendants to quickly improve their realms and grow stronger sooner. The path to immortality would soon open, and all races hoped to enhance their strength. This would be a guarantee of survival.
Currently, little evolution liquid was in circulation, but the great immortal inheritances had sealed some high-grade precious liquids from ancient times. Some were even greatly useful to sages, helping them break through.
Furthermore, they had discovered another great killing weapon of the Eternal Main Star—the ability to extract the divine bloodline power of "sacred beasts," transforming a person's physical body and rapidly strengthening a clan's power.
Although there were some side effects, if used well, it could defy the heavens!
The operation to capture sacred beasts continued. The people of the Eternal Kingdom were filled with a sense of superiority. Several successful examples had inspired many brave warriors.
Even some sages had set out, because some people truly wanted to become "Holy Knights"!
People like Luan Feng and Mi Luo harbored hidden worries. They felt the outlook was not optimistic. After multiple battles, they knew that the Ancient Clan had imperial weapons but had not brought them.
The search for the Indestructible Golden Body continued. The great inheritances had offered astronomical bounties, even higher than the price for sacred beasts, leaving people stunned.
At the same time, sages from outside the domain had also arrived. Although the God had killed a few on that dead star, some still made it, descending upon this domain, making the situation even more chaotic.
"Ah, enviable. The Sun Never Sets Royal Clan is truly remarkable. They extracted the blood essence of two sacred beasts, restored part of their ancestors' divine might, and gained tremendous benefits!"
"Amazing! That clan has produced a Sun Never Sets Heavenly King. It is said they obtained fragments of the ancestral dao contained in the blood of the two sacred beasts."
This caused a sensation. The Sun Never Sets Royal Clan had reaped a rich harvest, deciphering the secret of divine genes, allowing an old, powerful expert to take a step further despite being at a bottleneck.
However, some people sneered. Transforming the physical body through sacred beast blood and smelting divine racial dao fragments would make the future path narrower and narrower.
Yet for an old sage whose cultivation had stagnated for years and could no longer advance, this was the first choice.
"Shocking news! The Xutuo Clan has issued a major bounty. Whoever hunts down two sacred beasts for them will receive an ancient divine skin scroll."
A very sensational piece of news spread, shaking all parties on the Eternal Main Star.
"What kind of scroll is worth the price of two sacred beasts? Isn't that too exaggerated?" People inquired everywhere.
"An ancient star chart, passed down from the ancestors of the Xutuo Clan, recording the secrets of ancient deities."
"Impossible! If it were such a precious map, why would the Xutuo Clan offer it as a bounty? They would have explored it themselves long ago."
This sparked an uproar, causing turbulent waves on the Eternal Main Star.
"The Xutuo Clan has held the precious map for many years but gained nothing. Now that the clan has declined, they want to use it as a reward in exchange for an opportunity to rise."
The Sun Never Sets Royal Clan gaining a Heavenly King had stimulated the great immortal inheritances. All clans wanted to follow suit.
The Xutuo Clan was originally one of the strongest clans in Eternal, but unfortunately, they had gradually declined. Now, aside from one ancestral sage, there was no one to succeed them. They wanted to use sacred beasts to transform the physiques of their clan disciples and improve their cultivation.
This was a divine skin scroll, recording an ancient star domain. The ancestors of the Xutuo Clan had gone there eighty thousand years ago and seen a legendary ancient tree of life.
They naturally wanted to take it, but unfortunately, the natives there were excessively powerful, nearly killing all the Xutuo Clan's experts. Only one person escaped.
In the following years, they had returned to that ancient star several times, but each time they returned in defeat, suffering heavy losses.
"The ancient tree of life—this is one of the legendary immortal elixirs! It actually... really exists!"
The Eternal Kingdom naturally boiled over. Everyone wanted to obtain it.
According to legend, the ancient tree of life had appeared on their ancient star for a period, but unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of years ago, it was taken away by a peerless expert from outside the domain.
"The ancient tree of life is an immortal medicine belonging to the deities, a priceless treasure. A single tender branch is enough to revive the dead and regrow flesh on bones!"
"To refine the ninth-stage perfected evolution liquid, it is said that an immortal medicine is necessary. The ancient tree of life is undoubtedly suitable. It is the most precious thing!"
A great wave surged through the Eternal Main Star. No one could remain calm. People found it hard to believe that the Xutuo Clan would so generously contribute this map.
Powerful experts from all sides came to verify. Even peerless experts like Luan Feng and Mi Luo personally visited to inquire.
The Xutuo Clan had no choice but to tell the truth. Since sixty thousand years ago, that ancient star domain had disappeared. The clan was baffled and had never given up searching over the years, but in the end, they could only sigh.
"What? The ancient tree of life and that star domain have disappeared? How is that possible? Who could have such great magical power to cover the boundless starry sky? Do they have the ability to cover the heavens!?"
Many were stunned, expressing confusion. Many felt that such an ancient scroll was not worth it.
But true experts, like Luan Feng and Mi Luo, paid even more attention. They visited the Xutuo Clan, carefully listened to the detailed account, and flipped through the handwritten notes left by their ancestors.
"Among the powerful natives, there are beings comparable to Great Sages. The entire clan guards the ancient tree of life, worshipping deities. This is an ancient race!"
In the end, the Canghai Clan, Huoyun Clan, Cao Family, Sun Never Sets Royal Clan, Zhao Family, Lantuo Clan, Fan Clan, and others all came, all extremely concerned.
"The ancient tree of life is worth paying attention to. With so many great clans exploring, we might find something!" Ye Fan was also tempted. He wanted to leave enough foundation for his old friends in the Heavenly Court, hoping to produce evolution liquid above the fifth stage. If the ancient tree of life could be found, this would certainly come true.
Only one chapter today. The later part of "Zhe Tian" requires me to carefully consider the subsequent plot. I need to design it seriously.