Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

260: The place where the past, the present and the future meetQin Jiang spoke. Since deriving the Azure Emperor Longevity Record, his path of health-nurturing techniques had become almost fixed; no matter what, he could not escape the influence of the Azure Emperor Longevity Record.

As for the ’other power’ the Human Emperor mentioned, it likely referred to that mutated vitality.

That was a power he had unintentionally Cultivated while practicing the Eastern Wood Longevity Body back then.

But looking at it now, it seemed it was not an accidental gain.

”The Azure Emperor was one of the Innate Sacred Beings of the Heavenly Dao back then, mastering the power of the seasonal cycles. The Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Reincarnation Hell were jointly opened by him and the Lord of Reincarnation.

However, the Six Paths of Reincarnation probably no longer exist in your era, right?” the Human Emperor asked.

”The Reincarnation Hall still exists, but the Six Paths of Reincarnation within it are fragmented, leaving only a single Reincarnation vortex,” Qin Jiang said.

Although he had never seen the Reincarnation Hall, there were many records in ancient texts.

Originally, the Six Paths of Reincarnation should have had six major Reincarnation channels, each representing one of the Six Paths. But now, only a broken vortex channel remains; which path one enters depends entirely on luck.

Of course, for existences at the Saint Lord Level and above, there is still some ability to choose, at least enough to preserve their human form.

The Human Emperor was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. ”A single Reincarnation vortex can still be preserved?”

He nodded slightly. ”It seems that in later generations, there is no shortage of Prodigies who shine brilliantly.”

He could walk freely in the upstream of the River of Time, up to the area blocked by the mist.

But for the downstream of the River of Time, which is the future time-space, he could only sense it through his future self.

This was also a limitation of the River of Time; the past is fixed, and an Immortal King can change ancient history within a range that does not affect the flow of the river.

But the future is different; even for an Immortal King, the future is an untouchable taboo.

Standing in the past to change the future is something that is absolutely not allowed to happen.

As powerful as he was, he could only gaze at the future and take some preventive measures.

Thinking of this, he looked at Qin Jiang. ”Fellow Daoist, have you not yet refined the Heavenly Heart of the Yellow Sky Divine Mother? That is an extremely pure essence of the Earthly Dao, a rare tonic even for an Immortal King.

However, it is best to consume it while below the level of an Immortal King. That way, you can balance the Earthly Dao and become a darling of the Earthly Dao.

If your true spirit undergoes Reincarnation in the future, you can directly transform into an Innate Sacred Being of the Earthly Dao in the Yellow Spirit Hell, which is equivalent to having an extra Immortal King life.”

Qin Jiang smiled upon hearing this; looking at it this way, it was indeed a good thing.

However, he did not need Reincarnation.

”Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for the gift, but I do not believe in Reincarnation. I only wish to punch through everything with my iron fists. Haha, let’s not talk about that. You haven’t mentioned the origin of that rotting corpse yet,” he said with a smile.

The Human Emperor nodded. ”That rotting corpse is actually the remains of Lord Yin Ming. No one knows exactly how he died.”

Qin Jiang was somewhat puzzled. ”Didn’t the Nine Luminaries Immortal King kill him?”

The Human Emperor shook his head. ”Lord Yin Ming had already died during the ancient era. After that, the Nine Luminaries Immortal King attained the Dao and became the Co-lord of the Stars.

When he ascended to heaven, he attempted to seize the Heavenly Dao authority of the Purple Emperor, an Innate Sacred Being of the Heavenly Dao, but ultimately failed. Afterward, the immortal city he left behind was struck into the Yin Ming Hell by the Purple Emperor.”

”You mean, when the Nine Luminaries Immortal King attained the Dao, there were still Innate Sacred Beings of the Heavenly Dao in the world?”

Qin Jiang was quite surprised; he had originally thought that Immortal Kings only appeared after the Innate Sacred Beings of the Heavenly Dao and Earthly Dao had vanished from the world.

But now, it seemed that was not the case.

”Naturally. Innate Sacred Beings hold a portion of the world’s authority and are not rejected by the world, so they can exist in this world for a long time.

Therefore, their authority has always been something that Immortal Kings desire to obtain. However, since the end of the ancient era, after a Supreme powerhouse acted to sever the River of Time, these Innate Sacred Beings vanished without a trace.

They manifest occasionally, but it is difficult to capture their hiding places. The only successful record of such a feat should be when the future version of me struck down the Heavenly Heart of the Yellow Sky Divine Mother.”

The Human Emperor spoke with a hint of regret in his tone.

”If that’s the case, why did you give this item to me, Fellow Daoist?” Qin Jiang asked.

An eternally existing Immortal King is almost the sole Supreme being in the world, and there would be no need to worry about parting with old friends.

Since the Human Emperor took this as his title, he must carry the hopes of the Human Race of this world; the people or things he is bound to are likely countless.

How could he be willing to ascend to heaven and leave?

The Human Emperor smiled and shook his head. ”It is not that I do not want to, but that I cannot. Since ancient times, there have been instances of Immortal Kings ascending to heaven. Why did those ancient Immortal Kings ascend and leave?”

Qin Jiang looked at him. ”I hope you can enlighten me, Fellow Daoist.”

”I wouldn’t dare to say ’enlighten’; I only have some conjectures. The matter of Immortal Kings ascending to heaven has existed since ancient times. If we count them carefully, there have been at least twenty.

With such a number of Immortal Kings, even the world’s rejection would be enough to suppress. Why did they never return?”

Speaking to this point, he looked at Qin Jiang. ”When you entered the Zhongyuan Continent from the Sea Abyss, did you pass through an endless Black Sea?”

Qin Jiang nodded. ”There was indeed a Black Sea.”

”Then have you ever gone deep into the sea bottom?” the Human Emperor asked.

Qin Jiang shook his head gently. ”At that time, my strength was not enough to explore that Black Sea. However, the aquatic tribes living there gave off a strange feeling.”

That feeling was somewhat like the deathly vitality of the rotting corpse in the Nine Luminaries Immortal King’s ruins, yet it felt slightly different.

The Human Emperor picked up his teacup. ”I once discovered dozens of Immortal King corpses at the bottom of that sea area, all eroded by some kind of power.

Their entire Immortal King essence had almost completely vanished, and even their Immortal King bodies, indestructible through myriad tribulations, had become mortal.”

*Hiss—*

Hearing this, even Qin Jiang could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. Dozens of Immortal King corpses—what kind of concept was that?

All the Immortal Kings in the records combined did not amount to that many!

”Among those Immortal King corpses, were there any Immortal Kings who were recorded to have ascended to heaven?” he asked.

If there weren’t, it might be manageable, but if there were, it would be terrifying.

The power of an Immortal King is the highest in the world; what kind of existence could possibly kill an Immortal King?

”Yes, I found one Immortal King recorded from the ancient era among them. Besides that, there was another one you might have heard of—the Xuanwu Immortal King of the later generations,” the Human Emperor said.

Qin Jiang’s pupils constricted slightly. The Xuanwu Immortal King, the one who left a statue to suppress the Black Tortoise River Bottom.

However, he instantly noticed something was wrong. ”The time the Xuanwu Immortal King attained the Dao should be later than yours, Fellow Daoist, shouldn’t it?”

Calculating backward from his era, it was about ten million years before one would hit the mist shrouding the upstream of the River of Time, making it impossible to travel to the ancient era.

The time point when the Human Emperor attained the Dao was already extremely close to the end of the ancient era; he should be the first to attain the Dao as an Immortal King since the recent ancient times.

If that were the case, the time point of the Xuanwu Immortal King’s attainment of the Dao would inevitably be later than the Human Emperor’s.

In that case, why would the Human Emperor see the Xuanwu Immortal King’s corpse in the Black Sea?

”I understand what you mean, but you’ve forgotten that time is chaotic within the Black Sea. In other words, it is a place where the past, present, and future converge.

If the Xuanwu Immortal King died in the future, it is possible for his corpse to appear there.”

The Human Emperor said. In fact, he was also puzzled as to how that Black Sea was born.

And why those Immortal Kings would fall there.