Chapter 1701: The Origin of the Green Emperor
The burial ground was filled with a sea of bones, and a magnificent palace stood atop them, exuding majesty. A fleshy sphere was locked in a stalemate with the Primordial Bell, about to be dragged into another realm.
The Chaos Azure Lotus suddenly appeared, exceeding everyone's expectations, shining with strings of runes like immortal ribbons, brilliant and crystalline. As it hung down, it diluted the eerie aura of this place.
Except for Ye Fan and Shan Huang, everyone else retreated, unable to withstand the pressure, trembling and falling to their knees.
Even Shan Huang could not endure it. Finally, his entire body shivered as he stepped back again and again. That Chaos Divine Lotus radiated an extreme Dao pressure, autonomously reviving itself.
The lotus in Ye Fan's hand resonated, swaying with a brilliant rain of light. It broke free from his grasp and flew out, merging with the enormous Azure Lotus, becoming one.
It turned into a mark, imprinted on the mother plant, verdant and dripping.
Everything happened too suddenly. People could not react. Having lost the protection of the Azure Lotus, Ye Fan immediately felt a suffocating pressure like mountains and seas bearing down on him, as if a Great Emperor stood there looking down upon him.
With a hum, the Primordial Qi Cauldron within his body flew out from between his brows, hovering above his head. "Is it true?" Shan Huang’s face was deathly pale as he muttered to himself.
Seeing him like this, Ye Fan’s heart stirred. According to what other demons had said, Shan Huang was originally an ordinary old rooster who had accidentally stumbled into an immortal’s cave dwelling, eventually attaining the Dao and becoming a generation’s Quasi-Emperor. He was extraordinary and might know some unknown secrets.
"Did you think of something?"
"Yes." Shan Huang nodded. "Back then, I did enter a cave dwelling, suspected to be a relic from the mythological era long ago. The greatest gain I had there was swallowing fragments of a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill."
As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned. What was that thing? It could extend a Great Emperor’s life by an entire lifetime, and that was after all other divine marrow and ancient medicines had been consumed with no further effect.
"There, I read several incomplete scriptures. One of the handwritten records discussed divine medicines. According to it, every single Immortal Medicine is a miracle, containing the greatest secrets of this world."
"What are you trying to say?" The Vermilion Bird was impatient and asked quickly.
"The owner of that record commented on some immortal medicines and also mentioned a certain immortal lotus. He had pursued it for most of his life but never obtained it."
"You’re not saying... that the Green Emperor is that lotus, and like the Immortal Phoenix Medicine or the True Dragon Divine Medicine, he is also an Immortal Medicine?!" Ye Fan reacted quickly and asked this.
"Yes. According to that record, during the mythological era, there was an Immortal Lotus as an immortal medicine. However, it underwent nirvana, just like the Qilin Divine Medicine, transforming back into a seed and disappearing. The owner of that cave dwelling pursued it for most of his life without finding it, which was a great regret."
The Green Emperor was an Immortal Medicine?!
This left people dumbfounded. If true, it would be news that shook the entire universe, breaking the common understanding of the world—the long-held belief that Immortal Medicines could not cultivate was shattered!
"How could he cultivate?!" Everyone could not believe it.
Immortal Medicines could not cultivate into human form, unable to break free from the shackles of order. This was an unchanging consensus since ancient times. Yet it had been overturned—one such lotus had attained the Dao.
Ye Fan thought of many things. That lotus from the mythological era had undergone nirvana, its seed falling into an immortal pond, taking root on green copper. Perhaps this was one of the reasons it ultimately succeeded against the heavens.
But once it broke free, it also lost its ability to live forever. There is gain and loss.
"Boom!"
The Azure Lotus clashed fiercely with the fleshy sphere. Between them, violent collisions erupted, azure radiance dueling with five-colored feathers.
"Dang!"
Suddenly, the bell sounded again!
A phantom appeared on the Primordial Bell. A desolate and domineering aura instantly swept across the cosmic border wasteland.
A figure sat there with his back to all living beings, exuding an indescribable aura. Nothing could block his presence. His posture was majestic, his hair thick and dense. In his stillness, there was also a sense of loneliness.
"Is he... Emperor Wu Shi?" The thirteen great demon lords trembled, their voices shaking.
The Azure Lotus also shuddered, expanding to cover the Yinghuo Star, gathering the essence of the ten directions and eight wastelands, erupting with dazzling light to sweep toward the fleshy sphere.
The five-colored feathers clanged like immortal swords, slashing through the air. Nearby star domains silently annihilated, collapsing rapidly on a grand scale!
If not for Ye Fan protecting them with his cauldron, none of those beside him except Shan Huang would have survived; they would have turned into bloody mist.
"Dang!"
Another bell sounded. The figure on the Chaos Bell became clearer. For the first time, the great bell erupted, no longer silent. Its mouth expanded, swallowing the fleshy sphere, wrapped in chaotic mist, mysterious and hazy.
"Boom!"
An indescribable aura surged. The Immortal Domain seemed to be torn open. The great bell dragged the fleshy sphere into another realm. From beginning to end, the towering figure on the Primordial Bell never turned around, departing with his back to all living beings.