Chapter 405 - The battle of wills!
Xuan Yuan arrived on top of this short mountain.
On the peak of the short mountain stood an ancient tree that was a hundred meters tall, its branches snaked like dragons and pointed towards the sky, an ancient aura flowing from its body. It was clear that it was an ancient tree planted personally by the ‘Emperor Ying Tian’, and it stayed by the side of the Emperor for a long time, so its body had the charm of an Ancient Emperor, making it seem extremely lifelike.
Each branch’s gaze, each leaf’s growth, seemed to have its own reasons. It circulated with the trajectory of a great Emperor, and no one dared to underestimate it.
An ancient tree that could be planted by the ‘Great Emperor of Ying Tian’ was definitely not an ordinary ancient tree. Xuan Yuan frowned as he looked at an ancient tree. It was powerful and vigorous, and even now, the ‘Great Emperor of Ying Tian’ was probably already passed away in meditation but it was still thriving and growing.
“Great Emperor Pig-headed, you are quite knowledgeable. Can you tell what kind of tree this is?” Xuan Yuan suddenly said.
Instead, it was extremely gentle and nourished the souls of everyone, causing them to feel a sense of comfort. The pig-headed Great Emperor’s golden fur rolled about as he paced back and forth. After a moment, he looked at the ancient tree, and after pondering for a long while, he suddenly exclaimed:
“This is the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’!”
With that, everyone was shocked.
“What!” Wu Kong was the first to scream, exclaiming, “It’s actually a divine tree!”
Xuanyuan Wentian was stunned for a moment before he subconsciously asked:
“What divine tree?”
It was clear that Xuanyuan Kingdom had far too little knowledge of the mysteries of this world.
“The main soul is destroyed, the soul is reborn, and the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ can gradually rebirth a person whose soul is incomplete!” It was obvious that Wu Kong had a certain level of understanding towards the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’. There were many legends circulating within the ‘Qingming Lands’.
“Could it be that ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ isn’t dead?” Xuan Yuan was extremely shocked as he said in shock, “The reason why Great Emperor Ying Tian planted this tree is probably because he wants to let his three souls and seven souls continue to exist forever. He wants to break through to the peak of the Immortal and become a god …”
I’ve also heard that planting the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ can protect a person’s soul from dispersing and from being reborn to perfection. This is a very magical divine tree with an extremely long lifespan. Qian Duoduo’s eyes were filled with shock as he looked at the huge ancient tree in front of him.
Xuanyuan Yun took out the ‘Heavenly Cloud Spirit Source’ from his body and said:
“‘Heavenly Cloud Tiger’ seems to have gambled correctly. Your heavenly soul and earthly soul have not been destroyed, and now that only your heroic soul has been left, you should have a chance at rebirth!”
The Heavenly Cloud Spirit Source in the perfect world began to tremble violently. The heroic souls of the Heavenly Cloud Tiger flew directly towards the ‘Three Souls Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ and begged sincerely:
“The Gazing Tree can help me rebirth a spiritual soul and six souls …”
However, this tree that was covered in green and had the ancient essence of the Emperor’s Qi circulating around it did not give any response to the Heavenly Cloud Tiger. It did not move at all, nor did it undergo any changes.
“This is indeed the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Undying Tree’, but ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ did not plant it to achieve eternal immortality. The ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ can only maximize the strength of the ‘Emperor Ying Tian’, regardless of what it is, it can’t escape the ravages of time in the world, and everything will decay. There is no eternity, there is no immortality, and the ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ is no exception either …” The Monolith Spirit of the ‘Raindragon Immortal Tablet’ suddenly opened its mouth and spoke, causing Xuanyuan and the rest to feel shocked. Could it be that the ‘Raindragon Immortal Tablet’ knew the origins of the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’?
"Since this isn’t the reason, why would ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ personally plant one? Is it just for the fun of it? " The pig-headed Great Emperor looked at the ‘Raindragon Immortal Tablet’ and asked.
“Of course not. Although ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ didn’t do it for himself, it was for others. Ever since ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ was young, he had a ‘Stepping Star Tiger’ by his side. They fought wars together, fought together and died together. The relationship between the two is extremely deep!”
“During the battle between ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ and the strong enemy, ‘Treading Star Tiger’ was destroyed by the enemy’s terrifying divine ability, leaving only one soul and one soul.” During the battle between ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ and the strong enemy, ‘Treading Star Tiger’ was destroyed by the enemy’s terrifying divine ability, and only one soul and one soul remained. “Seal it within a special spirit source!”
As he spoke to here, the ‘Raindragon Immortal Stele’ paused for a moment. He didn’t know where he was looking at, but he sighed with emotion.
“Ever since that day, ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ found the divine seed of the ‘Three Souls Seven Souls Immortal Tree’, hoping that one day, he would borrow the tree’s power to revive the ‘Treading Star Tiger’. However, the growth of the tree is extremely slow, and the ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ spent countless energy to grow it, but until the day ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ left, this’ Three Souls Seven Souls Immortal Tree ‘did not fulfill Ying Tian’s wish, because even the soul of the’ Emperor Ying Tian 'is about to dissipate.” Even if the Great Emperor protected the soul of the Stepping Star Tiger with his unparalleled power, he would still not be able to defeat the passing of time. "
It was precisely because of this that ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ subdued the ‘Raindragon’ to accompany him around his body during the planting of the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’, and avenged the ‘Treading Star Tiger’. Even after he was exterminated by time, as strong as the Ancient Emperor, he was still unable to escape the eternal Time.
The tablet spirit of the Raindragon Immortal Tablet let let out a heartfelt sigh, as though it was a song that originated from the depths of hell, a sigh that caused many great emperors to be unable to escape the wear and tear of time.
The words of the spirit tablet, the Raindragon Immortal Tablet, had greatly touched Xuanyuan’s heart and stirred up the pain in Xuanyuan’s heart. Lone Star died for him, Xuanyuan did not do anything for him and even allowed Jiang Yitian to get away with it. As for Yan Ziyun, who was protecting Lone Star, she did not know whether she was alive or dead and she was also blaming herself for it.
Xuan Yuan’s heart shared some common pain with the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’.
“Forget it, since you are able to come all the way here, it can be considered that you are fated to be with Great Emperor Ying Tian. Let me try and see if you can make this’ Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree 'react. Although it is unable to make up for the regret in the Great Emperor’s heart at this moment, if it is useless here, there is no meaning for it to exist.” At that moment, the Great Emperor Ying Tian was still clad in linen and had landed on the ground barefooted. His delicate and pretty face carried a hint of grief, the ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ walked to the front of the ancient tree and caressed the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Undead Tree’, revealing an extremely large amount of yearning.
In that instant, rays of green light flowed out. The Three Souls Seven Souls Undying Tree had an incomparably mysterious power on it. It descended and enveloped the Heaven Cloud Tiger’s heroic soul.
All of a sudden, he felt a wave of his broken soul, as if being called out to something. It gathered together, and from different spaces, it was summoned by the “Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree.” One after another, inexplicable gates opened, and fragmented souls started to circulate around the “Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree.” This scene caused everyone’s hearts to tremble.
Xuanyuan Wentian felt as if tens of thousands of dragons were rising from the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Undead Tree’, and an ancient aura circulated around him, accompanied by a green light that poured down and gathered the shattered and incomplete souls together bit by bit. This feeling was difficult to put into words as it allowed them to become complete existences and be reborn once more.
“Thank you, Great Emperor Ying Tian …” It could only feel its power recovering bit by bit, increasing no matter how much it increased. Although its physical body could no longer reunite, its one soul and seven souls had already reached perfection, and the strength of its soul was even stronger than before!
Both the heavenly soul and the earth soul were not within his body. Only when he broke through to a certain realm and through meditation, could the earth soul and the heavenly soul be considered to have broken through. It was also because of this that the heavenly soul and the earth soul of the Heavenly Cloud Tiger did not suffer a destructive blow.
Not only did the luck of the ‘Heaven Cloud Tiger’ drop down, but as the green light descended, not only did it merge with the power to recover one’s soul, it also integrated with the Emperor’s thoughts of the ‘Star Traversing Tiger’. Each and every single drop of the ‘Star Traversing Tiger’ also merged with the memories of the ‘Heaven Cloud Tiger’ …
In that moment, ‘Heaven Cloud Tiger’ suddenly felt a sense of transcendence, and in the darkness, the fate soul of ‘Heaven Cloud Tiger’ began to fiercely tremble, as if it was about to break through to the eighth round of the Fighting Immortal realm, which was the Life Immortal realm. However, after trembling for a while, its fate soul stopped.
Because at this moment, Tian Yun Hu had already lost his physical body. His soul and physical body complemented each other, and if his physical body was already destroyed, his soul would not have anything to rely on, so how would he break through, where would he find the strength to nurture his soul?
“It’s a pity, it’s a pity that my body has already been destroyed. Otherwise, I would have already stepped into the Life Immortal Realm.” The seven souls of the Heavenly Cloud Tiger converged together. Their auras were extremely powerful.
The green light from the ‘Three Souls Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ stopped falling and converged bit by bit. Finally, the ‘Three Souls Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ returned to its original state. It seemed as if nothing had happened.
However, your fate is accompanied by Xuanyuan Wentian’s fate, so if Xuanyuan is able to defeat the will left behind by the Great Emperor, then you will be able to obtain a new life. If you are unable to defeat the Great Emperor, then all of you will be left alone here in this world, erased bit by bit by the passage of time, unless one day you are able to cultivate to the peak of the Heavenly Immortal Stage. The spirit of the Raindragon Immortal Tablet said.
“‘Emperor Ying Tian’ has bestowed upon me this great opportunity. If Xuanyuan is able to defeat the remnant will of the Emperor, I am willing to accompany the Emperor here for seven years to repay the Emperor’s kindness towards me.” Especially after seeing so many people and matters with Xuanyuan, as well as the memory of the Emperor and Star Stepping Tiger being together, it had a feeling that, to it, such a change was undoubtedly earth-shattering.
“Alright …” The Raindragon Immortal Tablet let let out a long laugh, then sighed. “Perhaps everything has been decided long ago.”
Xuanyuan Wentian nodded his head. Seeing that ‘Heavenly Cloud Tiger’ ‘s soul had already reached perfection, he finally did not want to go back on his promise with’ Heavenly Cloud Tiger '.
Qian Duoduo, the pig-headed Great Emperor, Wu Kong, and Yi Yi all revealed an astonished expression as they looked at the ‘Three Souls and Seven Souls Immortal Tree’ in front of them. It was obvious that no matter who was present, this was the first time they had seen the might of such a divine tree.
Only Xuanyuan Po was calm as an ancient well, unperturbed by the changes and the emptiness in his heart!
“Let’s go. Let’s enter the thatched cottage where ‘Emperor Ying Tian’ once resided and take a look at what he left behind.” The regret of ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’ could now be considered fate to the ‘Heavenly Cloud Tiger’. However, he was already powerless to make up for his own regrets. He could only behead Jiang Yitian and avenge Gu Xing.
From within the thatched cottage, an ancient Emperor’s aura flowed out, causing people to be unable to resist kneeling in worship and making them submit. However, everything within the thatched cottage was so ordinary, there was not a single trace of aura that was intentionally emitted. Naturally, the aura of the ‘Emperor of Heaven’ would emerge after staying here for a long time.
Inside the thatched cottage, on the walls, hung a treasured sword. This treasured sword looked extremely ancient, but its aura was restrained, and everyone’s attention was focused on the treasured sword left behind in the residence of the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’. If countless terrifying forces outside were here, they would probably fight to be the first to snatch it.
After a while, everyone gradually recovered their calm. Of course, there was one thing that was the least calm, and that was the Pig Head Emperor. However, the battle between Xuanyuan and the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’ was imminent, and it did not wish to cause any more trouble.
Beside the wall, there was a wooden bed. This wooden bed looked very ordinary. It was nailed down with stone nails, making it hard to tell what was special about it. However, the feeling it gave people was hard to put into words.
Beside the wooden bed, there was a special type of spirit source, and this spirit source was none other than the Heavenly Cloud Spirit Source. This Heavenly Cloud Spirit Source was very large, and was many times larger than the Heavenly Cloud Spirit Source that formed the perfect world. Within the spirit source, one could see a tiger beast with shining fur all over, giving off an aura of majesty.
Xuanyuan Wentian said in a low voice,
“This is the Stepping Star Tiger, right?”
“Not bad.” The Raindragon Immortal Tablet spirit sighed with emotion, “Back then in the ‘Forbidden Area’, a ‘Heavenly Cloud Tiger’ offered up a special type of spirit source to help seal the body of the Emperor’s best friend ‘Treading Star Tiger’. However, from the looks of it now, after countless years, the power inside this piece of ‘Heaven Cloud Spirit Source’ is about to dry up, and the body of the ‘Treading Star Tiger’ will still rot.”
“If that’s the case, then why don’t we allow the soul of ‘Heaven Cloud Tiger’ to enter into the body of the ‘Star Traversing Tiger’ and let its clan maintain the body of ‘Star Traversing Tiger’ for the ‘Emperor of Heaven’ without destroying it and accompany him?” Xuan Yuan said with a faint smile.
“You’re right. However, you’ll have to defeat the remaining will of the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’ first before you have the qualifications to touch anything left behind by the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’. Therefore, before that, you should first take care of yourself.” The Raindragon Immortal Stele still didn’t believe that Xuan Yuan would be able to defeat the will left behind by the Great Emperor Ying Tian. Putting everything else aside, the difference in power between the two was simply too great.
Xuanyuan Wentian nodded his head and looked at the wooden bed which had a piece of coarse hemp clothes folded over it. On top of this coarse hemp clothes flowed the remnant will of a ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’. In this room, there was an aura which caused one to be unable to resist the urge to kneel down and worship.
This dragon tooth was seven feet long, and seemed like a sharp sword that was able to pierce through everything. From the dragon tooth, one could sense the aura of a ‘Flying Rain-Dragon’. Without question, this was the Flying Rain-Dragon’s’ Dragon Fang '.
“Xuanyuan, if you wish to win against ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’, then let’s do it here. I will be anticipating your performance.” The Raindragon Immortal Stele had separated itself from Xuan Yuan’s body and was hovering in the air, facing Xuan Yuan.
“Xuan Xuan, do your best. No matter what, we all believe in you. You will definitely win because you are a good person.” Qian Duoduo was unwavering. He encouraged Xuanyuan, and Yi Yi, who was at the side, also jumped up to cheer for Xuanyuan:
“Yi Yi… Yi…”
“That’s right. Xuanyuan boy, I believe that you must have your strength. Since you’ve made such a decision, you must have confidence. I believe that they won’t misjudge us.” Although Wu Kong was also conflicted and felt that the remaining will of Xuanyuan wanting to defeat the ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’ was not likely, he still instinctively felt that Xuanyuan would not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.
The pig-headed Great Emperor’s expression turned serious as he said in a low voice:
“Kid, you don’t have to be afraid of anything, just give it a shot, you are the incoming Emperor, even living people cannot stop you, not to mention a dead person, a dead person is already a thing of the past. Even an Emperor’s luck is inferior to yours, your luck is like the sun in the sky, you must be strong!”
“Haha, don’t worry. I won’t die.” Haha, don’t worry. Xuan Yuan laughed out loud and fell into silence. He sat down cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes. In that instant, the last hidden Azure Dragon Acupoint in his body was broken through.
In the blink of an eye, the seventh star in the sky, the seventh constellation in the east, had moved. The last acupoint of the ‘Heavenly Stellar Water Aperture’ was broken through by Xuanyuan, the starlight circulated around it, and as it charged down, it caused the other six heavenly passages to move, the seven stars in the east immediately linked up, the seven stars in the sky enveloped the entire sky, as if they were revived …
Xuanyuan Zi felt his entire body shudder, the seven hidden acupoints and the seven green dragon meridians in his body connecting together.
The starlight directly pierced through the roof of the thatched cottage and fused into Xuanyuan’s body. The starlight contained the starlight that was even more precious than it was before, which was crazily being absorbed by Xuanyuan, and under Xuanyuan’s continuous absorption and refinement, the star that was in Xuanyuan’s’ Pocket Water Aperture 'quickly became bright, gentle, and perfect. Everything had happened so suddenly that everyone was caught off guard.
Xuanyuan Wentian’s strength increased explosively, the power of his forty-two Emperor Dragons rising nonstop.
The power of 43 Emperor Dragons.
The power of 44 Emperor Dragons.
… ….
The power of forty-nine Emperor Dragons.
It was only at this point that the power of forty-nine Emperor Dragons came to a screeching halt!
At this moment, Xuan Yuan’s small thought suddenly exploded out, transforming into an incomparably sharp longsword that hacked towards the coarse hemp clothes.
However, even if the Emperor only had the last vestiges of his will, how could he allow others to provoke him? The dragon-tooth at the edge of the sackcloth quivered, and a great roar filled every corner of the room.
“You’ve finally come. The Emperor and I have been waiting for you for a long time, young man.” The supreme will of the Raindragon was also incomplete, but it was incomparably vast. It transformed into a dragon-shaped ray of light and pierced towards the center of Xuan Yuan’s brows.
This wave of will was incomparably terrifying, and everyone could clearly feel it. Even if an Earthly Immortal were to come, they wouldn’t be able to survive. This time, Xuan Yuan was truly done for.
However, in the blink of an eye, an Azure Dragon inner core floated before Xuan Yuan.
This Azure Dragon inner core contained boundless Azure Dragon Immortal might, and a Azure Dragon will circulated in front of Xuanyuan, causing starlight to fall from the sky and illuminating the surroundings as if it was a god.
"So that’s how it is … "Within the eyes of the pig head emperor, a bright light flashed and he burst out laughing:
“This boy, he has really surprised me. He already knows that he is unable to contend against the supreme will of the ‘Ancient Azure Dragon’, so he deliberately came to challenge the remnant thoughts of ‘Great Emperor Ying Tian’ and ‘Flying Dragon’, wanting to fight amongst each other and reap the benefits. This boy is simply an extremely good person.”
“I also understand now, that if the ‘Ancient Azure Dragon’ wants Xuanyuan’s body, it must make Xuanyuan’s heart submit completely to it so that it can perfectly obtain Xuanyuan’s body. However, Xuanyuan cannot die, and since it has used the Azure Dragon’s Beast Core to enter Xuanyuan’s body, it would be at the same level of power as Xuanyuan, and both would suffer damage. Now, no matter what, it has to protect Xuanyuan and ensure Xuanyuan’s survival!” The greedy old man’s joyous voice could not help but echo out.
“Haha, that’s exactly the case. This kid is such a scam.” The pig-headed Great Emperor cried out in his heart.
At this moment, an enormous’ Primordial Azure Dragon ‘will spread out, interweaving with the will of the’ Raindragon '.
It was a battle of wills that had once been at its peak, but now, it began!