Chapter 1768: Two Venerables
All the supreme beings changed color, their gazes fixed on Little Nannan. They could all see the extraordinariness—this was the Dao fruit of a supreme great emperor!
"Hmph!" Someone snorted coldly, pressing forward.
Several great supreme beings had broken through this realm, and quite a few heavenly soldiers and generals had fallen near them. Now, these four were merciless, raising their hands and grabbing forward.
They were establishing their authority. Even though they saw Little Nannan, even though Ye Fan stood in front, they still struck.
"Puff"
Blood light flashed explosively, life wailing in agony.
Right before Ye Fan's eyes, these people cruelly crushed over a hundred heavenly soldiers and generals. Blood spurted high, stained white bone fragments turned to ash—a miserable sight beyond endurance.
Ye Fan could not save these people. They were too far away, right in front of those individuals. Watching them have their souls scattered, his eyes suddenly blazed with killing intent, his fists clenched tight.
Although the main force had been shielded by Ye Fan into the cauldron, this tragedy still occurred. Over a hundred heavenly soldiers and generals died horribly, causing flames of fury to burn in his heart.
"You are all bad people!" Little Nannan pointed forward with her delicate little hand. Though her big eyes blinked, she also looked very angry and sad.
To her, those heavenly soldiers and generals were all big brothers, very familiar. Dying like this made the little one enraged.
"Nannan doesn't need to fight." Ye Fan gently stroked her head and also put her into the Immortal Ascension Cauldron. The little girl was strong, yes, but facing so many sublimated supreme beings might be dangerous.
Swish!
Ye Fan vanished with everyone, not engaging them in battle.
"Where do you think you're going!"
The four great supreme beings roared, chasing downward. They used all their power, locking onto a wisp of Ye Fan's imprint, intent on killing him.
Thus they crossed vast seas of stars, entering countless star systems, causing tremendous destruction. Finally, Ye Fan stopped and said to the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, "You go!"
He transmitted a divine thought, telling it a set of coordinates, ordering it to seal everyone into another chaotic realm within it, to lie dormant.
He himself stopped, blocking the four great supreme beings, cutting off their path forward.
"Mm, it's good that you've stopped. Come with us to the Immortal Path. Otherwise, we'll go chase that cauldron now—it won't be able to escape."
"What more is there to say? Kill them all, take those people to the Immortal Path, and use their blood to make him understand!" The Ten Thousand Dragon Emperor was the most ruthless. His daughter had died at Ye Fan's hands. If not for seeking immortality, he would have acted long ago. Now that he had the chance, how could he let it go?
"I will go to the Immortal Path with you!" Ye Fan spoke calmly.
He believed that this time, as long as the Immortal Ascension Cauldron entered the chaotic realm, it would leave no flawed traces, because it had been reorganized, no longer the divine child of the past.
What was needed now was just time—he couldn't let the four great supreme beings keep chasing.
Seeing that the Dragon Emperor still wanted to kill, the other three stopped him, not allowing him to act on emotion. They surrounded Ye Fan, forcing him to step onto the Immortal Path.
"Mm, where did that Golden Crow go? It would be better if we caught him too."
"He should have finished his tribulation, definitely heavily injured and hiding. He only imprinted part of his mark on this universe. This great emperor of his has some flaws, not complete, heh!"
The Immortal Gate, Chaotic Cave, and Reincarnation Gate had not yet closed. They broke in again, standing before the Heavenly Gate, several people forcing Ye Fan to enter, wanting to see a result.
Suddenly, everyone was startled. There were people inside the Immortal Gate, undergoing transformation and breaking through.
"It's two people!"
One was a monk, kind-eyed and benevolent, with a solemn and dignified appearance. One was an elder, transcendent and otherworldly, giving a feeling of non-action and natural Dao.
Ye Fan was shocked. He recognized these two—one was Shakyamuni, the other was Laozi.
Back during the Dark Calamity, these two had also participated in the battle, though not in close combat, only casting spells from a distance.
Towards these two divine figures, he held very complex feelings. He had always wanted to find them, had many questions to ask them clearly. But now that he himself stood in the supreme being realm, he found it was no longer necessary to see them.
Moreover, his former hopes, reverence, etc., had long since disappeared.
"You two move fast. Want to take this opportunity to charge into the Immortal Domain? Your thinking is far too optimistic!"
"Boom!"
One of the four struck, about to blast them to death. Shakyamuni and Laozi coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, their bodies glowing, stuck there, only able to passively defend.
"Mm, don't rush. Let's watch first. They've only just begun their transformation. Isn't this exactly the result we hoped to see? We can stop them at the critical moment." The White Tiger Daoist sneered.
Those two had entered at the same time. Now their bones were shattering, their flesh and blood destroyed and reorganized. Their Dao foundations were being severed, while mysterious runes were being injected.
"Mm, the Dao marks are about to be ground away. Could what replaces them be immortal Dao foundations?"
The four great supreme beings watched in shock, and even Ye Fan's eyes shone with strange light.
"Don't let them accidentally become immortals. At that point, it would be a great disaster for us!"
"No, although mysterious runes are being injected, I don't feel them getting stronger."
Before the Heavenly Gate, several people observed carefully, wanting to comprehend the final secrets of immortality.
"Mm, these two have no small origins. Almost overlooked them—they feel somewhat familiar."
"One is a Heavenly Venerable's corpse revived, almost achieving Dao in another way. He is... the Moral Heavenly Venerable of the Mythological Era!" When the Beast God spoke this name, everyone's eyes flashed with sharp light.
Ye Fan was silent upon hearing this. So it was as he had guessed. His previous speculations had come true. Laozi had once been an ancient Heavenly Venerable, could be abbreviated as Dao Venerable, and might be the one who left behind the Dao Scripture.
"This monk's physical body is of the present age, but his divine consciousness is somewhat strange, as if born from some kind of thought power!" The Dragon Emperor frowned.
"He is half of Amitabha!" The White Tiger Daoist suddenly said, his gaze sharpening as he stared at Shakyamuni.
Everyone knew that the Buddhist sect's divine abilities were world-shaking, with many secret techniques, especially their mastery of thought power, which had reached the peak of perfection. There were rumors that Amitabha had never truly died, that his divine thoughts lived in the hearts of all beings, and would one day reassemble and reappear in the world.
"He has only gathered half, and has broken free from the past. He can be called Amitabha reborn, or also his demonic shell!"
"Where is the other half?"
The words spoken by the several great supreme beings were shocking. It was only because they were strong enough and knew enough that they could make such deductions immediately.
Ye Fan was speechless. Only today did he fully understand the roots of these two legendary ancients.
"The Immortal Path has begun to sever their great emperor traces!"
Both of them suffered unimaginable disasters. Laozi's physical body was being pared away, Shakyamuni's primordial spirit was nearly extinguished. This made the several supreme beings feel their hair stand on end.
However, new runes were being supplemented, extinguishing as many as they ignited. But no matter how one looked at it, it was somewhat eerie.
"Amitabha's thoughts and the Dao Venerable's physical body are both being baptized, leaving no great emperor marks!"
The several people marveled. Thinking of themselves, wouldn't they have to undergo a double baptism? All their Dao cultivation lost, supplemented by the laws and divine marks of the Immortal Domain—it was unsettling.
"Let their transformation end here. Don't really let them become immortals."
Because at this moment, people discovered that the two were becoming increasingly blazing, almost about to burn up. They were shedding their mortal bodies, undergoing drastic transformation, and releasing an extremely powerful aura.
Boom!
This was a disaster. The two were blasted out, covered in blood, almost shattered.
Although Ye Fan tried to stop them, wanting to lend them a hand, he still failed. They were forced out, suffering severe injuries, nearly obliterated.
"Crack"
After their severe injuries, they actually disintegrated multiple times. This world seemed to reject them. Those supplemented Immortal Domain laws were useless in this world.
"What is this? They seem to have suffered severe injuries because of it!" The several great supreme beings were alarmed, their reverence for the Heavenly Gate growing.
Chi!
Shakyamuni and Laozi chose to temporarily join forces. They pressed their hands together. One's divine thoughts were overturned, the other's physical body was severely injured. Only by joining forces like this could they unleash the power of one person originally.
Although they had suffered calamity, they were very calm, not saying a word, not speaking much.
"There's something strange. Immortality seems somewhat terrifying. Could it be that once one crosses over, they will never be compatible with this original world again?"
The Beast Emperor's eyes were cold and piercing. He felt something was wrong.
"Sacred Body of the Human Clan, it's your turn. Go become an immortal!" The White Tiger Daoist pointed, forcing him to enter, wanting to continue observing, because Shakyamuni and Laozi's changes were too strange, somewhat alarming.
"Aren't you afraid that I might accidentally become an immortal, then destroy this gate from the other side, extinguishing all your hopes?" Ye Fan said with a hint of mockery.
"Sigh!" Hearing these words, the Phoenix Winged Flow Gold let out a light sigh, not responding. Instead, it gazed through the endless void, trying to see through the several forbidden zones of the Big Dipper.
"They still haven't come. Don't they believe yet? Mm, we want to use the Sacred Body as an experiment, and they think we are also test subjects?" The Beast Emperor frowned.
"We can't care about that much. If we don't try, how will we know? We have no time left." The Dragon Emperor shouted, forcing Ye Fan to enter.
Ye Fan naturally would not yield. A great battle began. Laozi and Shakyamuni also joined in. This place immediately boiled over!
Blood bloomed, countless immortal lights danced.
"Boom!"
The Immortal Ascension Cauldron smashed down, returning again!
"Father, we've come to help you!" Little Zi had also come.
Not only her, but also Ji Ziyue. The two had special physiques. Using the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, they reached Ye Fan's side, entering his divine phenomenon. They immediately mobilized all the light rain and essence in heaven and earth, supplementing what Ye Fan needed.
Their bloodlines were too special. One was a Primordial Spirit Body, the other a Primordial Spirit Sacred Body. The origins of all things were connected to them, becoming a bridge, communicating with the mother source for Ye Fan.
Now, with the Immortal Ascension Cauldron in hand, Ye Fan was about to counterattack successfully, about to break free from this place.
Blood splattered, the battle was fierce.
Little Zi and her mother hid in the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, while the cauldron hung within Ye Fan's divine phenomenon, drawing upon the source essence of all things, releasing fragments of immortal Dao laws, protecting and aiding Ye Fan.
The situation was improving. Laozi and Shakyamuni were also fighting.
However, a sudden change occurred again. The auras of two primordial ferocious beasts swept across the world. Two more supreme beings had emerged, joining the Beast God and others to block Ye Fan, forcing him into the Immortal Path.
"You two go in!" Ye Fan suddenly made this decision, letting Ji Ziyue and his daughter enter the Heavenly Gate.
"Ye Fan..." Ji Ziyue called softly. When Ye Fan came here alone, she knew that he was likely in grave danger. She wanted to share life and death with him, and their daughter refused to leave either. Were they finally facing this situation now?
"There will be no danger. Go in!" Ye Fan's tone was firm. He directly overturned the cauldron, pushing the two into the Heavenly Gate.
"Mm, how can this be?" Almost at the same time, everyone was shocked.
That mother and daughter pair had almost no difficulty. Their bodies flashed with runes as they stepped through the Heavenly Gate, walking into the Immortal Domain!
"What? Why is this? Is it only because they did not become emperors, have no imperial Dao foundations, and don't need to be severed?!" The White Tiger Daoist went mad.
"Impossible. Not becoming emperors, yet not restricted. Have they become immortals? I refuse to accept!" The Beast Emperor roared.