177: Chapter 177 Supreme Being: Let's Heal First

[Starting today, I'm going home to worship ancestors and won't be back until the 7th. I can only do one update a day for now, but I'll make sure there are no breaks.]

Ji Haoyue took a sip of tea and looked at Ye Fan. "Your fist techniques are more refined than last month. However, you still rely too much on the power of the Sacred Body and haven't formed your own style."

Ye Fan nodded. "I know. I'm wondering if I can integrate some concepts of the Void Technique into my fist techniques. Not as an imitation, but as a reference. For example, the element of surprise in your Great Void Technique; if I could integrate that into my fist techniques, it should be very useful."

Ji Haoyue thought for a moment. "You can try. However, the power systems of the Void Technique and the Sacred Body are quite different, so Fusion might be very difficult."

Ji Zi interjected, "Difficulty doesn't mean it's impossible. Isn't my Hunyuan Void also realized from the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture and the Great Void Technique? As long as the direction is right, you can always find a path."

Ye Fan looked at him and smiled. "You certainly know how to comfort people."

Ji Zi also smiled. "It's not comfort, it's the truth. The fact that you can fight me to a draw shows that you have this potential."

As the three of them chatted, the topic shifted from Cultivation to the changes in heaven and earth.

Ji Haoyue looked up at the sky and said softly, "Do you feel it? Recently, the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth has become denser, and the Dao Laws have become clearer. The dao marks of the Azure Emperor are about to dissipate."

Ye Fan nodded. "Yes. I've felt it. Recently, when I Cultivate, the Bottleneck has loosened much more than before. At this rate, before long, the Four Poles Secret Realm will reach Perfection."

Ji Zi also nodded. "I have the same feeling. Heaven and earth are changing; the Golden Age is coming."

The three of them fell silent at the same time. What did the arrival of the Golden Age mean? It meant that countless Prodigies would rise, it meant that the war for the Emperor's throne would begin, and it meant—they would all have to embark on that path.

Ji Haoyue stood up and looked at the distant horizon. "No matter when the Golden Age comes, we must be prepared. When the time comes, who can become an Emperor will depend on their own abilities."

Ye Fan also stood up and walked to his side. "Each by their own ability."

Ji Zi also stood up and stood between the two. "Then each by their own ability."

The three of them looked at each other and smiled.

Another three months passed.

On this day, the entire Big Dipper Astral Region was shaking.

It wasn't an earthquake or a natural disaster, but rather—heaven and earth were changing. That change was not gradual, but sudden, violent, and earth-shaking.

In the sky, those dao marks that had suppressed everything for ten thousand years finally dissipated completely.

Countless Cultivators felt this change at the same moment.

Those Cultivators who had been stuck at a Bottleneck for years suddenly felt it loosen; those Cultivators whose comprehension of the Great Dao was always shrouded in mist suddenly found the mist clearing away;

Those Cultivators who had been Cultivating hard but were always unable to achieve a Breakthrough suddenly felt the power within their bodies begin to surge.

"I've broken through! I've broken through!"

"Me too! The Bottleneck that stuck me for ten years has finally been broken through!"

"Heavens, what is this feeling? The Great Dao of heaven and earth has become so clear!"

Countless cheers rang out across the Big Dipper Astral Region. Some broke through from the Wheel and Sea to the Dao Palace, some from the Dao Palace to the Four Poles, and some from the Four Poles to the Dragon Transformation.

Those thresholds that originally required years or even decades to cross became as if they were non-existent at this moment.

The most excited were those Holy Lord-level figures who had been stuck in the Second-Order Immortal Great Power Realm for many years.

Second-Order Immortal Great Power, this was the highest Realm a Cultivator could reach under the suppression of the Azure Emperor's dao marks.

For ten thousand years, countless Prodigies were trapped in this Realm, unable to advance an inch.

It wasn't that their talent was insufficient or that they didn't work hard enough, but that heaven and earth did not allow it—the Azure Emperor's dao marks suppressed everything, making Third-Order Immortal Dao Severing impossible.

Now, the dao marks had dissipated. The shackles that had been pressing on their heads were finally unlocked.

Eastern Wasteland, Yaoguang Holy Land.

Holy Lord Yao Guang stood on the Star-Gazing Platform at the highest point of the Holy Land, feeling the Laws of the Great Dao surging between heaven and earth, his face full of excitement.

He had been stuck at the Second-Order Immortal Great Power for two thousand years.

For two thousand years, he had tried to charge for Third-Order Immortal Dao Severing countless times and failed countless times. It wasn't that he was incapable, but that heaven and earth did not allow it. Now that the dao marks had dissipated, he could finally try.

"Pass down my order: all Disciples of the Holy Land are to Cultivate with all their might. I shall enter secluded meditation to charge for the Dao-Cutting King Realm."

"Yes!"

Eastern Wasteland, Yaochi Holy Land.

The Queen Mother of the West stood by the Yaochi pool, the flower buds in her hand quietly blooming amidst the changes in heaven and earth. She looked down at the blooming flower, a hint of a smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.

The Bottleneck that had stuck her for hundreds of years finally loosened. She looked up toward the horizon. The Golden Age was approaching, and Yaochi could not fall behind.

Eastern Wasteland, Jiang Family.

The Head of the Jiang Family stood before the Ancestral Hall, the hengyu furnace floating above his head, the flame patterns on the furnace body becoming brighter amidst the changes in heaven and earth.

He felt those surging Laws of the Great Dao, and a raging battle fire ignited in his eyes. Dao-Cutting King, he must reach it.

Central Continent, various Imperial Dynasties.

The Imperial Lords walked out of their palaces one after another, feeling the changes between heaven and earth, their faces full of excitement. Those old monsters who had been stuck at the Second-Order Immortal Great Power for thousands of years woke up from their secluded meditation one by one, their eyes flashing with the light of hope.

Although Third-Order Immortal Dao Severing was extremely difficult and one might perish in the Heavenly Tribulation, at least there was hope. Unlike before, when suppressed by the Great Dao, not a shred of hope could be seen.

Now, hope was right before their eyes. Whoever dared to fight for it could stand at a higher position.

The entire Big Dipper Astral Region was immersed in a state of boiling excitement. But while some were joyful, others sneered.

Deep within the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning, within a piece of sealed Immortal Source, a terrifying aura trembled slightly.

The owner of that aura was a Supreme who had been slumbering for countless ten thousand years.

He sensed the changes between heaven and earth, sensed the dissipation of the Azure Emperor's dao marks, and sensed—the arrival of the Golden Age.

"Golden Age..." His voice was raspy and low, like sandpaper rubbing together. "It's finally here."

In the God Ruins, another aura awakened. That aura was equally terrifying, equally ancient, and equally filled with a longing for life. "The Azure Emperor's dao marks have dissipated. There is no Great Emperor in this world; everyone is our food."

In the Reincarnation Sea, a cold aura surged in the darkness. "No rush. Let those Prodigies grow up first. It won't be too late to harvest them after they promote to Quasi-Emperor. It's too early to act now."

In the Immortal Mausoleum, an aged voice rang out. "Let them grow, then harvest. This is the best era, and also our era."

In the Empyrean, a strange aura spread through the Void Realm. "Golden Age, golden harvest. When those Prodigies grow to their Peak, we will strike. At that time, their Blood Qi and their Origin will all be ours."

The Supremes of the Five Great Forbidden Zones revealed smiles in the darkness.

There is no Great Emperor in this world; no one can stop them. Those Prodigies, those Cultivators, those living beings, are all their food.

Now is not the time; it won't be too late to harvest them once they grow up and promote to Quasi-Emperor.

Let them grow first.