Chapter 1650: Azure Lotus
The two words "Green Emperor" trembled, shaking several giant mountains within the divine clan's ancient land. Ten thousand trees quivered, and a hundred flowers danced, filling the sky with crystalline light.
Outside the great formation, Black Emperor, Pang Bo, Dongfang Ye, Li Heishui, and the others were all stunned. They had naturally heard that aged voice and were all staring at the azure lotus in Ye Fan's hand.
It was not tall, barely over half a meter in length, with only three leaves. Its stem was translucent, its leaves tender and verdant, dripping with emerald vitality, exuding a chaotic aura.
They had long heard of this lotus's miraculous properties. The fact that Ye Fan had survived his bloody battle against a Supreme Being, aside from Little Nannan's contribution, was also due to this lotus playing a crucial role.
This was originally a lotus from within Ye Fan's Sea of Suffering, possessing all sorts of wondrous qualities. It could revive the withered Seas of Suffering of beings like the Great Accomplishment Saint Body, yet no similar plant had ever been discovered within other Saint Bodies.
Ye Fan had also speculated about its origins, his suspicions long pointing toward the Green Emperor. But hearing it confirmed with his own ears still sent a violent shock through his heart.
"Reincarnation through transformation?"
Within the great formation, Ye Fan's eyes shone brilliantly as he stared at the azure lotus in his hand, recalling many past events.
The Green Emperor had once left behind a heart. Its killing intent had dissipated, leaving only abundant vital energy for later generations. In the past, Ye Fan had borrowed the Green Copper Block to obtain the Green Emperor's essence blood.
Later, as his cultivation gradually increased, an azure lotus was born within his Sea of Suffering. It was small but extraordinary, shrouded in chaotic mist.
At that time, he thought it was a unique Wheel Sea phenomenon of the Saint Body. It was only later, as his cultivation deepened and he learned more, that he realized there were many peculiarities.
"It can't possibly be the real Green Emperor, can it?" Ye Fan muttered to himself. He truly found it hard to believe; otherwise, it would be a great disrespect, using an Emperor as a weapon.
"Same lineage, same origin, same lotus form!" Within the divine clan's ancient cave, that aged voice was filled with shock. His face was covered in dense wrinkles, with only a few dozen hairs left on his head that had not fallen out. He was ancient beyond measure.
"Ancestor, you have awakened!" Before the broken mountain, outside the ancient cave entrance, the guardians stationed there were shaken. This ancestor had not moved even once in several thousand years. Many of the younger generation in the clan thought he had passed away in meditation. They never expected that not only had he opened his eyes today, but he had also spoken true words.
To the divine clan, this was a living ancient history. He had lived for an immense span of years and knew a great many things.
The light in the divine cave dimmed, but those eyes did not close. They pierced through the void, staring fixedly at the azure lotus within the great formation.
After a brief surge of emotion, Ye Fan quickly calmed down. This was a result he had already anticipated; now it was merely being confirmed by another's words.
He continued breaking the formation. The half-meter-tall azure lotus in his hand did not emit terrifying laws or overwhelming divine energy fluctuations, yet it could block all sword light.
It was soft yet unyielding, neither destroying others nor allowing others to harm it, dissolving all sword light.
The crowd drew in cold breaths. This was truly heaven-defying, a peerless supreme treasure. With it in hand, one could brush aside all forms of offensive divine light, remaining undefeated from the start.
"This is ridiculous. How did a mini Green Emperor grow inside him? Why doesn't this Emperor have such good luck!" Black Emperor grumbled indignantly.
"Heaven-defying. This kind of treasure is too rare. I wonder if the Green Emperor still has a spirit left. If he comes to settle accounts later, that would be unbearable." The wild man sighed, his eyes gleaming.
Pang Bo's demon sovereign eye on his forehead opened, observing the azure lotus. He felt a special resonance, and the Demon Emperor Heart Sutra within him began to circulate on its own. He sighed softly, "Could it really be the Green Emperor?"
Boom!
Ye Fan strode forward. Sword light, divine energy seas, order chains—none could stop his advance. He continued breaking the formation, shocking the divine clan's elites, all of whose expressions changed.
For so many years, no one had ever been able to break through. Today, the Saint Body Ye Fan had done it, charging straight into the formation and entering the depths of the divine clan's ancestral land alone.
Such momentum, such combat power, was terrifying and unstoppable.
Clearly, the azure lotus had played a massive role. The light swept down by the supreme ancestral artifact left by the Divine Lord was all neutralized by it. Otherwise, Ye Fan would not have found it so easy and would have paid a bloody price.
Boom!
Suddenly, a sea of divine power appeared out of nowhere, carrying a divine sword. It was dazzlingly bright, cascading down ten thousand chaotic waterfalls, a scene that shocked the world.
Its vast aura was as terrifying as a collapsing star river. Even the elites outside the formation turned pale. This power was too dreadful, and Ye Fan was swaying within it.
"Will my uncle be alright?" Ji Chengdao frowned. Although he knew Ye Fan was powerful, he had lost all his law-based power.
"Relax. After the Saint Body's physical form became a quasi-emperor body, there aren't many order chains in this world that can harm him. And with the Green Emperor Lotus in hand, he can likely protect himself even against an imperial weapon!" Dongfang Ye reassured him.
However, this time, Ye Fan was trapped for seven days. He did not act rashly, sensing that even the slightest misstep could cause this place to collapse. The great formation would ignite, and the entire ancient star might be affected.
He had come to rescue people, not to destroy. Moreover, Li Heishui and the others were outside. If an accident occurred, none of them would escape.
It was a tense standoff. The divine sword within the sea of divine power sensed the presence of the azure lotus, and the ten thousand chaotic waterfalls surged toward it.
But the Green Emperor Lotus was terrifying. It absorbed everything completely. For seven days, the torrent continued without end, yet it could not burst the lotus.
"Chaos Azure Lotus, your reputation is well-deserved. Were you born from an immortal seed in the chaos before the heavens and earth were divided, or are you the reincarnated vitality of the Green Copper Cauldron taking form?"
A voice emerged from the divine sword—clearly the deity within the divine clan's ancestral artifact!
"Boom!"
Finally, the sea of divine power vanished, the order chains retreated, and the divine sword soared into the high heavens, disappearing from sight.
The entire great formation then opened on its own, no longer blocking Ye Fan's path. The artifact had sensed that Ye Fan and his group would not slaughter, and had even understood the cause and effect, so it ceased its obstruction.
The array patterns vanished, and Ye Fan arrived before several giant mountains.
The divine clan members all changed color. Even the great formation could not stop Ye Fan's advance. In the current world, there were truly few who could restrain him, as he had directly reached the divine clan's most important ancestral land.
Behind him, Pang Bo, Dongfang Ye, Li Tian, and the others followed, striding forward.
Ji Chengdao clenched his fists. If only he could find his father, his family could be reunited. Damn the Divine Lord, damn the Supreme Elder Council. He felt like kicking their backsides.
Today's outcome was entirely due to his uncle's overwhelming strength. If not for his quasi-emperor status, the Divine Lord would not have bothered to acknowledge him and would still be putting on that arrogant, world-dominating act. They would never have been able to enter the divine clan's sacred grounds.
"You are indeed strong—stronger than expected!" An elder stepped forward, his expression indifferent, completely devoid of emotion.
"Where is my mother?" Ji Chengdao could not wait to ask. So many years had passed since their childhood separation, and he was finally about to see that loving face again.
"She is in secluded cultivation within the divine clan's ancestral land. But it will not be so easy for you to see her. A few of our clan members wish to seek guidance."
"No problem!" Ye Fan nodded in agreement.
Hearing his response, the divine clan members did not look pleased. One of them said, "The ancestor wishes to see you in person and will discuss the Dao with you later. As for us, we wish to spar with the others, fighting at the same cultivation level."
"Easy!" Black Emperor was the first to step forward, instantly planting array flags all over the void, which rustled in the wind.
"No problem!" Pang Bo's brow glowed, the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes almost completely fused into one. He felt he could cleave through heaven and earth.
Li Tian and Yan Yixi, the senior and junior brothers, were even more direct. They immediately revealed the Divine Maiden Furnace, causing the divine clan members to roll their eyes. What was wrong with these people? Each one was more monstrous than the last.
"And me!" The wild man also stepped forward. His left hand was pitch black, his right hand blazing like the sun. He wielded both the Taiyin and Taiyang Divine Palms, having inherited the legacy of the Human Demon elder.
"Hey, Little Leaf, how about lending me that azure lotus? I need to have a few rounds with them too." Li Heishui spoke with some difficulty. Among them, he was the weakest.
"No need. That's enough. We don't need that many people." The divine clan members quickly called a halt, feeling that these people were all too sinister.
After two matches, the divine clan decisively stopped the fierce battles. This group was too unscrupulous. That black dog had directly set up a great formation that even emitted the aura of an ancient Great Emperor. How were they supposed to fight that?
Skipping him, Pang Bo then exceeded himself with the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes. His entire body glowed, summoning a complex array of Emperor runes that suppressed the area.
Clearly, this was due to resonance with the azure lotus in Ye Fan's hand, which immediately turned the faces of the divine clan members pale.
For the third match, seeing the Li Tian brothers about to sacrifice the quasi-emperor divine furnace, the divine clan member stepping up naturally turned green and immediately called off the fight.
What kind of people were these? How had a bunch of monsters all gathered together? The divine clan elites grumbled, feeling indignant.
However, through those two matches, Pang Bo and the others were also deeply shaken. The divine clan truly lived up to its name. Every member was like a god, with extraordinary strength and a wealth of experts, including those who could shake heaven and earth.
It was only because the Heavenly Court's main force had come. If any other major power had come here, they would have been utterly dominated.
No wonder they were a faction that had split off from the strongest clan of the human race in ancient times and established themselves as an independent clan. They sighed inwardly, but dared not say these words aloud. The divine clan was arrogant and proud, and hated having their secrets exposed.
A winding ancient path passed through several giant mountains, leading directly to the foot of the broken mountain. The fractured opening, like an active volcano, spewed auspicious energy, flowing with light and color, extremely dazzling.
On the broken mountain, there was also an ancient cave. Ye Fan and his group followed the path up to the cave entrance, where they saw an old man.
He was incredibly ancient, his wrinkles piled up as if burying him. He had only about fifty hairs left on his head, dry and lusterless, yet they stubbornly grew on, refusing to fall out.
As for his lower body, it was even more shocking. It had completely petrified, no longer flesh and blood, resembling… a Sacred Spirit body!
Within the divine cave, chaotic mist filled the air. The old man smiled, his face covered in wrinkles, looking quite frightening. His mouth had long lost all its teeth, and his voice was weak.
"You find my appearance strange, don't you? There's no helping it. To live a few more years, a useless old man like me is imitating a longevity method of the ancient Supremes."
He was very direct, immediately addressing the doubts in Ye Fan and his companions' minds, causing them all to be deeply shaken. This old man had lived for an extremely long time, possibly terrifyingly so, as he actually understood the longevity methods of the ancient Supremes.
"In this world, I am perhaps the only one still alive who has had an audience with the Green Emperor."
His second sentence directly stunned everyone, causing them to stagger. They had not thought he had lived for so long, but to be this ancient was truly earth-shattering.
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. (To be continued...)