Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 786 - 510 Demonic Body’s Emperor’s Path_2
"You're not only defying the Heavenly Earth River, but also a million years of Human Race history... Do you dare to dream of turning the heavens alone?"
Shang Yaoqin scoffed disdainfully, pride lifting her head high.
Yet the bulging veins on her pale, slender hand told of a heart that was not as serene as she appeared.
She took a deep breath, raised her Red Gold Divine Sword, and quickened her pace to become the Sword Tao Master.
If the Azure Lotus Heaven Lord could cross realms with his sword to slay archenemies, she, Shang Yaoqin, could do the same!
...
... 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
The Heavenly Horned Ant was suppressed, the True Dragon of Great Moon was frozen.
The Eternal Azure Lotus was submerged, the Red Phoenix burned to ashes...
Under the crimson tide, Hong Yuan was pushed back again and again, even permanently losing a portion of his Royal Tao Marks of the Food Tao.
"I'll come back, I definitely will."
"If I don't devour you, I'll be unworthy of the title Food Tao Master!"
Hong Yuan clenched his teeth tightly and fled without looking back.
But the next moment, he staggered, his predicament embarrassing.
All because the crimson figure formed by the Heavenly Earth River glanced at him once again.
The crimson figure stood alone.
The crimson tide rose behind it, reaching him in an instant.
From a distance, it inundated everything, like a sea, pressing down on Hong Yuan every moment, nearly suffocating him.
If he did not escape back to Black Heaven quickly, Hong Yuan would truly die!
BANG!
Hong Yuan's body was sent flying backward, shattering within the crimson wave, then reforming. Even his True Dragon soul was fragmented.
Waves of intense pain assaulted his heart, so sharp he could not help but gasp.
He hadn't felt such agony in a very, very long time.
The last time he experienced such pain was when he, as an Ice Armor Python, underwent the Heart-questioning Trial.
Since his rise to prominence, he had never felt such humiliation again!
Despite the pain, Hong Yuan also felt a sense of relief.
For he had discovered how his Demonic Body should continue to grow and understood why only the Human Race Destiny could lead to becoming a Great Emperor, while the Demon Clan Destiny could not.
CRACK!
A sound of shattering echoed through the sky.
A hand that covers the heavens!
Under the assault of the crimson tide, both Hong Yuan's body and soul disintegrated.
The next moment, a flash of purple-gold divine light erupted, and Hong Yuan was lively once more, frantically looking around.
The terror of tens of millions of Royal Tao Marks was already dreadful, not to mention the Daos and laws of nine Great Emperors, and the lingering power of the Human Race that dominated the Martial World.
If not for the support of Longevity Martial Arts, Hong Yuan would have despaired like Han Jiuming, seeking any means to flee to the Outer Heavens.
Because as long as the Heavenly Earth River stood, the Demon Clan could not produce a Great Emperor!
Fortunately, the existence of this terrifying Heavenly Earth River was time-limited; it would collapse in the next great era!
After all, barring the Eternity Realm, nothing in this world lasts forever, not even the Martial Cultivation World.
Unless the Martial Cultivation World itself also reached the Eternity Realm!
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「Three days and nights later.」
Hong Yuan finally escaped back to Black Heaven, freeing himself from the crimson figure's lock.
At this moment, he lay somewhat exhausted on his throne, checking his proficiency panel.
[Name: Hong Yuan]
[Life Span: 2,513,320/1,110,000,000]
[Potential: 99]
[Realm: Seventh Order]
[...]
"Exploring the White Red Heaven just once cost me nearly a million years of Life Span."
"But fortunately, along the way, by devouring many Cave Heavens of Great Emperors and the Tao Rhymes of Ancient Great Evils, my Life Span also increased by ten million years."
"Going there and back, I actually netted nine million years?!"
"It's just that a large part of my Food Tao Marks has been permanently lost, and now just over three million remain..."
Hong Yuan assessed his condition; his fatigue vanished in an instant, and his spirits lifted.
This journey to explore the White Red Heaven had been extremely fruitful for him.
By coming into personal contact with the Heavenly Earth River, he finally understood why only the Human Race Destiny could lead to becoming a Great Emperor.
It turned out that the first Great Emperor of the Human Race, Dragon Sun Emperor, while controlling the Heaven Heart Imprint, had actually used it to merge his being with Heaven and Earth, gathering the torrent and leaving an indelible mark in the White Red Heaven, causing the Martial World to favor the Human Race!
Subsequent Human Clan Emperors only needed to use the methods of Dragon Sun Emperor to smoothly become Great Emperors.
After becoming Great Emperors, they could continue to add their own Great Taoism seals onto the Heavenly Earth River, reinforcing and tightening it!
Fortunately, the Heavenly Earth River could only be established in the White Red Heaven; if it were in Black Heaven, the Demon Clan's destiny would be doomed~
However, it was hard to say whether Dragon Sun Emperor had set this up intentionally. After all, the official separation between the Human Race and the myriad other races did not occur until the era of the Azure Lotus Heaven Lord.
Perhaps it was because the Human Race's power wasn't too strong back then, just an ordinary Emperor Tao Heritage. Within the Five Great God Continents, there were other great clans capable of contending with the Human Race. Dragon Sun Emperor must have had his concerns.
Was Dragon Sun Emperor worried that after his demise, establishing the Heavenly Earth River in Black Heaven would be discovered by the myriad races? In that case, the Human Race, still in its infancy, would be annihilated by the combined forces of many Emperor Tao Heritages?
"Is this the first Great Emperor of the Human Race? Truly remarkable."
Hong Yuan couldn't help but express his admiration, lightly clapping his hands.
Though the existence of the Heavenly Earth River caused Hong Yuan great trouble, it also ignited his fighting spirit even more.
An existence like Dragon Sun Emperor, worthy of creating Temporal Tao and becoming a Great Emperor, was the only True Dragon to achieve perfection between Heaven and Earth. Han Jiuming could not possibly compare.
"However, would such an peerless figure truly have fallen completely in the river of time?"
Doubts filled Hong Yuan's mind as he gently tapped his armchair, producing a crisp knocking sound.
The Purple-Gold Furnace beside him sensed Hong Yuan's troubles and immediately roared thunderously, spontaneously radiating divine light.
The Seven-layered Star Domain World condensed and collided, attracting gorgeous immortal radiances that splashed in all directions, assisting Hong Yuan in generating endless inspired insights.
A gigantic, bright sun slowly emerged, its divine light illuminating everything, allowing Hong Yuan to capture his own Luck Tao with unprecedented clarity.
"Heavenly Palace, Heavenly Palace."
"Information is insufficient to deduce whether Dragon Sun has means of resurrection."
"But luckily, I know how to face this Heavenly Earth River and have my Demonic Body attain emperorship within the Martial World."
Hong Yuan gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.
The Star Domain World dissipated, and the gigantic sun receded from view.
He narrowed his eyes, a smile on his face.
The direct method was to enhance his strength.
By forcibly shattering the Heavenly Earth River and throwing it into chaos, Hong Yuan could take over the White Red Heaven and become a Great Emperor!
For this purpose, there were two ways to enhance strength.
One was to solve the Tao Mark Contradiction, incorporating ten thousand Taos into his body, thus increasing strength.
The other was to contend for supremacy in the world, bringing capabilities beyond those of a Tao Master into full play; this would also increase strength.
The indirect method was to weaken the Human Race.
Then, wait for the next epoch, the next great era, to become a Great Emperor!
He wanted to greatly diminish the Human Race's dominance, shatter the Human Race Destiny, Shang Yaoqin, causing the Human Race's fortune to decline to a normal level. This way, Dragon Sun Emperor's contingency could no longer maintain the Heavenly Earth River.
After all, this Heavenly Earth River was destined to collapse in this epoch of Great Dream Emperor and be reshaped in the next great era!
Direct and indirect methods could complement each other; they did not exist in isolation.
The former required tremendous strength.
The latter, a very long Life Span.
Conveniently, he, Hong Yuan, could pursue both!
If he shattered this Incarnation of the Heavenly Earth River, he could overturn everything.
He could then elevate his own Tao above all others, replace the Heart of Heaven with his own heart, shatter Heaven and Earth, and place his Tao above the Heaven Heart Imprint, becoming a Transcendent Great Emperor over all!
However, this path was not easy. Even Han Jiuming, despite sending Soul Killing away, ultimately failed to shatter the Heavenly Earth River and even suffered severe injuries.
In the end, Han Jiuming was forced to flee to the Outer Heavens in his later years.
Perhaps I could also seek out the path Han Jiuming took to leave the Martial World and escape to the Outer Heavens?
"Regardless, I am the Cultivator of Longevity Martial Arts."
"Pitting a hundred-million-year Life Span against a ten-thousand-year one, the advantage is definitively mine."
"As long as I don't act recklessly, the confrontation between the Human Race and Demon Clan will ultimately be nothing more than a dazzling spectacle on my path to eternity!"
...
In that instant, Hong Yuan's thoughts achieved clarity, and a smile touched the corners of his lips.
He rose to his full height, hands clasped behind his back, gazing towards the White Red Heaven.
His figure gradually blurred, seeming to be here and yet elsewhere, an infinite confidence spreading from within him.
This was the profound self-assurance granted by Longevity Martial Arts, the disdain of a long-lived being for the short-lived!
A Great Emperor?
No matter how strong a Great Emperor is, how many tens of thousands of years can they live?
