Chapter 849: Sacred Body Misfortune
Dongfang Ye awakened, and the moment he did, he was like a heavenly sword drawn from its sheath, gaining a sharp and imposing aura. His eyes shot out two divine beams dozens of zhang long. In this harsh and difficult situation, the more he was tempered, the sharper he became.
They were all very excited. Originally facing a separation of life and death, they thought it would be difficult to see each other again. They never expected to meet alive in the end. Having shared life and death in the past, this feeling now warmed their hearts.
"Open!"
Ye Fan and the others shook together. The Devouring Demon Jar shot out a wisp of black light. Although it was thin, its power was as vast as an ocean, scattering the divine principles of over a thousand ancient spirit beings and rescuing Dongfang Ye.
The wild man leaped up and immediately let out a long roar, shaking the entire ancient battlefield. The ground trembled instantly. His aura was long and continuous, like a heavenly river cascading down.
"Excellent! Brother Dongfang, it's great that you are safe. Otherwise, I would never be at peace in this life." Li Heishui rushed over. Back then, the wild man had stepped in to save them, blocking the great enemies of the Zitian Capital and Divine Spirit Valley bloodline, causing corpses and blood to splatter across the sky.
Everyone rushed over. Dongfang Ye was also very excited, especially when he saw Ye Fan. He was extremely shocked. He had personally witnessed the other party leaving this world and never expected to meet again.
Meeting old friends, there were endless words to say. Only after experiencing death does one understand that simply being alive is enough, with no other extravagant desires. Many things are only truly appreciated after going through them.
"I survived thanks to the sacred bone Brother Ye gave me back then. I fused it into my Wolf Fang Great Club here, completely repairing the ancient sacred weapon."
Back then, they had ventured into the Immortal Mansion World together and discovered the Immortal Tear Green Gold Book inscribed with remnants of the Sun Emperor Scripture and the only true bone left behind by a sage's dissolution of the Dao in the Golden Crow nest. These were divided between Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye.
This place was filled with various divine principles, all transformed from ancient spirit beings, endlessly regenerating. They had existed for over a million years. One could say they were ancestral king-level Dao lights. Through this relentless tempering, the barbarian clan's ancient weapon fused with the Dao bone and was restored to its original state.
"This ancient weapon is astonishing. It came from the hands of the Southern Ridge War God. The barbarian clan now has another legendary sacred weapon!"
At this moment, only one person was unhappy, and that was Duan De. He stared at Dongfang Ye repeatedly, discovering that this ragged barbarian was wearing his entire outfit from head to toe.
The wooden hairpin stuck in his head was definitely his. It had been dug out from a royal tomb and was polished from Black Phoenix Wood.
As for the Divine Silk Jade Garment on Dongfang Ye, it was even more obvious. It had once been Duan De's armor, stolen from an ancient divine dynasty's tomb, with astonishing defensive power.
What made the unscrupulous Taoist most furious was that Dongfang Ye's socks were also his, woven from Heavenly Silkworm Silk. His nearly disintegrated shoes were also his, all secret treasures.
Back then, Ye Fan and Dongfang Ye had stripped Duan De naked, leaving him only his underwear. The barbarian took everything, not even sparing the miscellaneous small treasures.
"Daoist, it's been years since we parted. I miss you very much. Thank you for the Divine Silk Jade Garment. If not for it, I would have been shattered by someone." The barbarian said honestly.
Duan De snorted white steam from his nose and said, "I'll settle this debt later!"
"Although I've escaped, I'm a bit reluctant to leave this place. This is a sacred land for cultivation. One could say it's both painful and joyful." Dongfang Ye said.
"Rumble—"
Various lights danced. This was an ocean of interwoven divine principles. Thunder rumbled continuously. Without a legendary sacred weapon protecting the body, even a greatly accomplished king would turn to ash upon entering.
This was a terrifying sight, as if hundreds of ancient sages were in conflict, displaying the most essential divine principles of their lives in fierce confrontation.
"This is a good place to refine weapons!" Black Emperor said.
"Refine weapons..." Everyone looked at those divine principles. These were all at the sage level. If they could be copied and imprinted into weapons, the benefits would be endless.
"Even if an Origin Heavenly Master came, it would be difficult to pass through this area. We might be able to stay briefly and refine our own weapons." Duan De said.
They had been able to enter quickly because they wielded half a sacred weapon and a corner of the Primordial Slaughter Formation. Otherwise, every step would bring deadly danger, making it difficult to penetrate deeply.
"That's right. We can stay. When we leave, we'll have Black Emperor carve a corner of the imperial array to traverse the void." Ye Fan said.
In the end, everyone sat down cross-legged, each offering their preferred weapon into the divine principles. The monkey was the most straightforward, placing his pitted and scarred black iron staff into the center of the Dao principles. It was immediately bombarded, with lightning filling the sky.
"Bang—"
Li Heishui was the most speechless. He tried to offer a Saint Lord-rank weapon, and it instantly turned to powder, scattering in the wind.
However, the most astonishing was Ye Fan's cauldron. It contained nine strands of chaotic energy within, all of which now revived, transforming into dragons, phoenixes, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and all things of heaven and earth, gathering the divine principles from all directions.
The Primordial Qi Cauldron rumbled, rising and falling amidst the various Dao lights. It was struck and shaken, but it remained indestructible, absorbing the laws of heaven and earth.
"This cauldron... is too astonishing!" The few people present were all shocked, looking forward together.
Inside the cauldron, nine strands of chaos emerged from the cauldron walls. They absorbed various divine principles, as if forming a divine fetus, extremely strange, gradually growing stronger.
Nine Dao patterns spread out, evolving into plants and trees, transforming into flowers, birds, fish, and insects, becoming qilins and immortal phoenixes. Their forms were countless, encompassing all things in heaven and earth.
Ye Fan was also shaken. He suddenly remembered that these were the nine strands of chaos imprinted in the cauldron when he first welcomed the heavenly tribulation while breaking the Sacred Body curse back then.
He had seen chaotic light before, but that time was absolutely extraordinary. The nine mysterious strands of chaotic lightning energy had struck him and then the cauldron, eventually becoming permanently imprinted in the cauldron's walls.
"This is nurturing a divine fetus. To become an extreme imperial weapon, this is the first necessary step. To give birth to a deity within the weapon, using chaos as the fetal membrane, this divine fetus is truly astonishing!" Black Emperor said.
To obtain a legendary sacred weapon, one must nurture one's own "deity" within the weapon. Heavenly tribulation baptism and Dao evolution are indispensable steps.
"Those nine chaotic patterns are not simple. They contain fragments of the Great Dao. The divine fetus they nurture is extraordinary!" Duan De also said with a serious expression.
"Can I forge a king-level cauldron here?" Ye Fan asked.
"That is not the best choice. The main weapon should be in sync with oneself, advancing together at every step, like an arm moving a finger, inseparable." Black Emperor advised.
"That's right. Now, as you advance one step, let the cauldron advance with you, harmonizing with the Dao. Only then is it possible to become a supreme weapon." Duan De also nodded.
Ye Fan understood. The concept of "one weapon breaks all methods" from the Dao Scripture and the weapon-refining technique from the Weapon Art all surfaced in his mind. He began to refine the cauldron with his heart.
The nine chaotic patterns transformed into various shapes: divine phoenixes, black tortoises, vermilion birds, plants, fish, and insects, all appearing in succession, evolving mysterious Dao mechanisms, appearing extremely enigmatic.
In the ancient times, countless divine principles were left behind here. This cauldron absorbed them madly, copying countless imprints, all entering the nine chaotic Dao patterns.
"Within a radius of ten zhang, it has become a vacuum. All Dao principles have been dissolved by the patterns inside the cauldron!"
"This central battlefield, spanning five hundred li in all directions, is filled with ancestral king laws and Dao lights. If the cauldron were to float here for a few years, it might even be able to devour everything clean!"
The others were all shocked. This was a result that shook the heart.
The cauldron showed no change. It was as if it contained a divine fetus within, all merging into the chaotic patterns. Not a single trace of excess aura leaked out, no different from usual.
"It truly deserves to be the exclusive sacred object of the ancient great emperors. Not to mention anything else, just based on the current appearance of this cauldron, it will definitely become a legendary sacred weapon in the future."
To evolve into an imperial weapon is extremely difficult. Only those who attain the Dao and become a great emperor can forge one. After all, the world has only seen one self-generated Dragon-Pattern Blackgold Cauldron from Yaoguang, a miracle that cannot be replicated.
"Kid, I have an idea for you. With the appearance of this cauldron, it might be possible to forge a supreme imperial weapon in the future!" Black Emperor suddenly said.
"What idea?"
"In the future, if you have the day you become a sage, come to this ancient battlefield to undergo your tribulation..." Black Emperor had only said half of this before being scorned by everyone.
"Don't listen to its nonsense. Isn't that just setting a trap? Who would dare to undergo tribulation in a place like this? That's pure suicide!"
"In ancient times, there were countless great battles. One of the most terrible battles took place here. At least several hundred sage-level experts fell. Their divine principles remain to this day. If you undergo tribulation here, you would be pulling these spirit beings' Dao lights along with you. Who could withstand that kind of power?"
This was the truth. Unless an ancient great emperor were to be reborn, the resonance of all the ancestral king's laws would be equivalent to several hundred sages undergoing tribulation together. Even a greatly accomplished Sacred Body could not withstand it. This was almost like destroying the world!
"This might be the only feasible method to forge an extreme imperial weapon without attaining the Dao." Black Emperor sighed.
According to what it said, using heaven and earth as a furnace, the divine principle essences of several hundred sages as fire, and drawing down the most terrifying heavenly tribulation of the Sacred Body, the cauldron would be tempered a thousand times, making it possible to become an extreme imperial weapon.
This was undoubtedly a crazy idea. But who could withstand such a terrible heavenly punishment? Even the Sacred Body would almost certainly die. It would be equivalent to enduring the most terrifying attacks of several hundred sages, along with the merciless erasure of heaven.
"A good idea, but there is no time to stay here and talk more. I sense they are coming." Ye Fan said in a deep voice. Through the endless ancestral king divine principles, he seemed to see a pair of terrifying eyes, staring at this place from the darkness hundreds of li away, as sharp as knives.
The Origin Heavenly Master had arrived. A terrifying aura spread, causing the entire ancient battlefield to tremble. The mountains and earth veins seemed to come alive, quivering as if about to boil!
"Black Emperor, it all depends on you now. You must carve a corner of a great emperor-level teleportation array pattern." Ye Fan said in a low voice.
"Little Leaf, you..." Li Heishui exclaimed in shock.
"Ah, Brother Ye, how..." Yan Yixi also changed color.
At the same time, Duan De reacted the fastest, almost by reflex. He pulled out a ghost-binding rope and was about to tie up Ye Fan, his movements very swift.
Ye Fan stepped back, spreading his hands and bringing them before his eyes. He said in a trembling voice, "I... this..."
He could hardly believe his own eyes. His hands were slowly growing red fur, so shocking and terrifying. His hands trembled uncontrollably.
"How can this be? What happened? Leaf, what's wrong with you?" The others were all shocked, unable to help.
"Misfortune in old age... but I shouldn't have reached that step yet..." Ye Fan was horrified. He couldn't help but let out a loud cry, feeling pain in every inch of his body, especially on his face, where things kept drilling out.
The others felt a chill run down their spines. Ye Fan at this moment had become extremely terrifying. Even his face was covered in red fur, no different from the red-furred monster they had seen earlier.
"Misfortune... has happened to me?!" Ye Fan shouted. Then, golden blood energy surged throughout his body, and he began to struggle fiercely. He could not give up on his own body.
"Boom—"
Golden flames blazed fiercely, surrounding him. Strands of red fur fell off, but each time they were completely gone, new red fur would grow back, a sight that inspired fear.
"Primordial Slaughter Formation array, kill!" Black Emperor shouted, trapping Ye Fan inside with the array pattern to help him destroy the strange power.
"Devouring Demon Jar, suppress!" Duan De also said in a low voice, offering the demon jar, letting down beams of black light to bury Ye Fan beneath.
Ye Fan's golden blood was burning. Finally, he refined all the red fur clean, all of it falling off. He gasped for breath, but he felt that the misfortune still hung over him.
Sure enough, the moment the Primordial Slaughter Formation disappeared and the Devouring Demon Jar flew up, his face felt as if pricked by needles again, and blood-red fur continuously grew out.
"Leaf, you..."
"The misfortune of the Origin Heavenly Master has happened to Leaf!"
The monkey, Li Heishui, and the others were helpless, unable to help. Unless they suppressed him forever with an imperial weapon and trapped him with the Primordial Slaughter Formation.
"Don't come near me. I will overcome this hurdle myself!"
Ye Fan sat cross-legged in the void. The Dao Scripture, the Western Emperor Scripture, and several other scriptures simultaneously resounded within his body, like the chanting of the Great Dao, echoing through heaven and earth. His appearance was solemn and dignified, his entire body glowing.
The red fur on his body surface vanished and grew back repeatedly. His expression also changed constantly, alternating between peace and anxiety as he struggled fiercely.
A cold, sinister laugh came, like metal plates rubbing together, making everyone uncomfortable, their hair standing on end. In that eternal darkness, a pair of eyes were cold and merciless, staring at this place.
"Become... an Origin Heavenly Master... in old age... I will come to guide you..." The sinister and chilling voice came, like a demon escaping from hell, uttering terrifying words.
"Boom—"
Ye Fan's body shook one last time. Golden blood energy surged into the sky, drowning the heavens. Finally, he dispelled all misfortune. The red fur fell away completely and did not reappear.
"Perhaps... not in old age... in the near future... I will come to guide you back..." The sinister voice was like a wailing evil ghost, intermittent, speaking with great difficulty.
Everyone felt a chill from head to toe, a wave of cold air rising from their spines. Was this a destined fate? It was like a final judgment.
Did every Origin Heavenly Master leave this world like this?
"Go!"
Black Emperor frantically carved out a complex array pattern. Everyone stepped onto it. A flash of light, and they disappeared from the spot.
When the light appeared again, they had arrived in a world of fragrant flowers and singing birds. Everywhere were steep mountains and great peaks, full of life.
Southern Ridge!
They had crossed who knows how many tens of thousands of li from the Northern Domain, traversing great regions, traveling to another world.
"Truly terrifying. Don't rush back yet. Wait a few days!" Black Emperor said, still shaken. The misfortune of the Origin Heavenly Master had cast a shadow over all their hearts.
A few days later, Ye Fan with difficulty took out a piece of green copper from his Sea of Suffering and suppressed it within his Immortal Platform. Better safe than sorry; he needed to be strictly on guard.
This time, he had resisted strongly and had not truly suffered misfortune. But the next time would be hard to say. By the time he sensed something strange happening to himself, it would probably already be too late.
"Sacred Body, dare to fight? I, Yuangu, will slay you in the Northern Domain!" Half a month later, a piece of news spread across the five domains. An ancient imperial prince had challenged the human Sacred Body, causing an uproar.
The entire Eastern Wasteland was boiling, spreading rapidly to all regions.
"Fight!" Ye Fan's response was only one word.
"Bad news. Yuangu has severed the Dao and entered the Immortal Three realm. He wants to use you as a whetstone!" Dongfang Ye had returned to the Southern Ridge, like a dragon returning to the sea, delighting the barbarian tribes. He learned of this news through his clansmen.
"Severed the Dao..." Ye Fan gazed into the distance from a mountain peak in the Southern Ridge, pondering in his heart. The bloodline of an ancient emperor severing the Dao was a very terrifying thing. Their combat power would be unparalleled, invincible at the same level!
"Let me go. I will kill him first!" The monkey spoke up, his golden fur sparkling, extremely bright.
"No need. I will fight this battle myself and take his life!" Ye Fan said decisively.