113: Chapter 113 Creation once again consults with Chaos

Inside the small courtyard, the fragrance of tea remained as before, but the atmosphere felt slightly different than in days past.

A lingering gravity and confusion hung between Yun Li's brows; those eyes, once clear and bright, were now tinged with a hint of uncertainty regarding the road ahead.

After sitting down, she skipped the pleasantries and looked directly at Jiang Hao, getting straight to the point: "Great Emperor, I have come this time to ask for your guidance."

Jiang Hao poured tea for her, his movements calm and unhurried. "Speak."

"My second life has reached its twilight years," Yun Li's voice was very calm.

"I need to make plans for my third life, but... the difficulty of the third life far exceeds the second. Although my Great Dao of Creation has advantages in this regard, the transformation for a third life demands too much from every aspect. This time, I have no certainty."

Jiang Hao nodded, not feeling surprised. The third life was a hurdle, a qualitative change that was far more difficult than the ones before it.

Throughout the ages, very few Supremes and Sovereigns could live out a third life.

Yun Li paused, her gaze meeting Jiang Hao's with an inquiring look:

"I once heard you mention the Method of Transforming into a Holy Spirit, seizing the creation of heaven and earth to extend an Emperor's life. I wonder... is this method feasible? Could the Great Emperor point the way?"

She asked directly, without any redirection.

Because she knew that in front of Jiang Hao, any beating around the bush was futile.

Jiang Hao set down the teapot and looked up at her.

He could sense the anxiety and unwillingness beneath Yun Li's calm tone.

On the road to immortality, seeing one's own Peak about to fade while the path ahead is shrouded in mist and peril... that kind of pressure...

Well, he hadn't experienced it, at least not yet.

"Transforming into a Holy Spirit..." Jiang Hao spoke slowly, his voice steady yet every word clear.

"It involves plundering the most fundamental essence of heaven and earth, acting against the heavens to forcibly extend an Emperor's life for one generation. The benefit is that if successful, one can indeed regain another lifetime at the Peak, but there are also downsides."

Jiang Hao paused and continued, "The process is extremely painful and long, akin to shattering oneself to forcibly merge and reshape with the Laws of heaven and earth. The slightest error results in the destruction of both body and soul, and the true spirit scattering.

Furthermore, this method seizes the creation of heaven and earth, which will incur great Karma. After success, your Origin will be similar to a naturally born Holy Spirit yet different; there will be uncertainty in your future path of the Dao."

He looked into Yun Li's eyes. "Your Great Dao of Creation itself follows the path of creation and transformation. Perhaps... you can try a different path.

Instead of purely plundering heaven and earth, use your own Emperor's Dao of Creation as the core to simulate the birth process of a Holy Spirit, creating your own body and walking a path of a Holy Spirit of Creation that belongs to you.

The risk might be slightly smaller than directly transforming into a Holy Spirit, and it better aligns with your fundamental Dao.

But as for how exactly to walk it and what you will encounter at every step, no one can deduce it for you, let alone bear the risks for you. The road, ultimately, must be forged by yourself."

After saying this, Jiang Hao began to explain in detail the ancient records he knew regarding the Method of Transforming into a Holy Spirit, the key steps, the possible dangers and hurdles, as well as some lessons from predecessors.

He held nothing back, laying out everything he knew, but he also repeatedly emphasized the uncertainties involved.

Over these years, Jiang Hao had also researched the Method of Transforming into a Holy Spirit and had made some gains.

Yun Li listened extremely intently, the light in her eyes flickering violently—at times with realization, at others with confusion—but eventually, all was replaced by an increasingly firm determination.

She remained silent for a long time, and the tea on the stone table had long since gone cold.

Finally, she let out a long, deep breath.

She stood up and bowed deeply to Jiang Hao, her forehead almost touching the stone table.

"Thank you, Great Emperor... for pointing out the direction and explaining the road ahead."

Her voice was somewhat raspy yet exceptionally firm. "Yun Li understands. The road ahead must be pioneered by oneself; no one can take one's place. Regardless of success or failure... I have no regrets."

She straightened up, the gravity and confusion on her face having already dissipated.

She cupped her hands again and then turned to leave.

Her back was still straight, her steps still steady.

Jiang Hao watched the direction in which she disappeared.

"I hope you can succeed."

...

Not long after.

Among the myriad daos of the Universe, a low and mournful wail suddenly resounded.

That sound rang directly in the depths of the Dao Hearts of all living beings, filled with reluctance and sorrow.

The myriad daos shook accordingly, and the heavenly heart imprint conveyed a clear sense of grief, as if seeing off a close friend.

"The Great Emperor of Creation... has fallen?"

"What? Even someone as strong as the Great Emperor of Creation has fallen? Could she not live out a third life?"

"The road to immortality is too difficult... the Emperors Path is even harder to walk. Even someone as strong as the Great Emperor of Creation has fallen before the threshold of the third life!"

"Wuwu... Great Emperor!"

Countless living beings, especially the Human Race and many friendly races who had once been protected and graced by Yun Li, were overwhelmed with grief.

This female emperor, famous for creation, who had once suppressed turmoil and slain Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings, did not possess absolute dominance like the Chaos Great Emperor.

Her contribution to the heavens was also not as great as the Chaos Great Emperor's.

Yet, with her unique gentleness and persistence, she had also won widespread respect and love.

Her departure made many feel as if the starry sky had dimmed a few shades.

Deep within the Life Forbidden Zone, cold Divine Thoughts swept across indifferently.

"Another one has fallen."

"Immortality? Heh... a joke."

"Saves us the trouble of acting ourselves."

"Creation is dead. That Chaos person, how exactly did he do it? Why is he still alive?"

There were indifferent sighs, coldness from those uninvolved, and an even deeper sense of incomprehension and wariness toward Jiang Hao, this anomaly.

They could not understand how a person could live for so long.

...

Looking back at the life of the Great Emperor of Creation, Yun Li, she rose from a humble marginal star, her path to the Dao initiated by a chance encounter with the Chaos Great Emperor.

At the end of a great era, she suppressed all rivals and was the first to prove her Dao.

She stunned the world with her unique Emperor's Dao of Creation and established a resounding reputation by slaying Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings.

She successfully lived out a second life, settling old grudges and showing even more decisive killing intent.

Ultimately, while exploring the road to immortality for a third life, her Dao perished in the starry sky.

Her life could be described as a magnificent legend.

Although she stopped at the second life and failed to step into the higher realm of immortality, her brilliance was enough to be etched into the annals of history for countless future cultivators to look up to and remember.

In the long years after her, whenever people mentioned this stunningly talented Female Emperor of Creation, they would involuntarily cast their gazes toward the Ziwei Ancient Star.

They would think of that Chaos Great Emperor who was still alive, seemingly existing alongside time itself, and marvel at the terror of his vitality.

Ziwei Ancient Star, the deepest part of the Chaos Immortal Cave.

Jiang Hao sat cross-legged in the center of the boundless Chaos Qi sea, his surrounding Dao rhyme resonating with the Universe.

When that mournful wail of the Great Dao resounded through the starry sky, he slowly opened his eyes, a smile that only he understood appearing at the corners of his mouth.

"Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea... she has managed to take the first step."

He murmured to himself, his tone carrying admiration.

"She has the courage and is decisive enough to truly embark on this perilous path of creating herself and simulating a Holy Spirit. This Heart-Nature is more precious than her talent."

All living beings under the heavens thought that Yun Li had failed to break through to her third life and had died in sorrow.

Only Jiang Hao knew that she had not fallen, but had instead entered a state similar to suspended death, embarking on that extremely dangerous yet life-bearing path of a Holy Spirit of Creation.