Chapter 700: Chapter 78: The Mystery of Time, Undying Saber

But even after the breakthrough, he could not reverse the time of the entire Three Realms; this would practically require him to suppress the origins of the Three Realms with his own power and use the supreme Great Divine Techniques and Great Creation to reverse the cosmos and distort time.

With his current understanding of time, not even a Great Emperor could achieve this, let alone a mere Celestial Venerate?!

He suddenly frowned. He realized that he had become too accustomed to certain events in the past, even overlooking some details that should have been noted long ago.

Reversing time, what kind of Divine Technique is that?!

Not even Emperor Wa, Tao Ancestor, or Buddha have done it.

Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate, on what basis could she do it?

And the ten thousand years of future memories he once saw by chance, now thinking about it, is simply incredible.

With his current Tao cultivation and control over time, he cannot predict the future of a Great Emperor. Who could have the ability to let him see ten thousand years of memories of two Emperor-level figures?

This is too unbelievable.

Lu Chengfeng felt a moment of haziness, suddenly reflecting on everything that had happened in the past, only to find many things shrouded in layers of mist, making it hard to see clearly.

"The Empress’s Avatar, the reincarnated body of the Cyan Nether Celestial Venerate, such coincidences, all on Bixiao Peak?"

"And why was I, once a mere mortal, able to attain the virgin body of the Great Emperor’s incarnation? And with both mother and daughter, I have causative entanglements?"

"Coincidence?!" Lu Chengfeng’s face suddenly turned cold. As he carefully recalled everything that had happened in the past, a sense of horror crept over him, as if everything was like a script being manipulated and arranged by a large unseen hand.

His gaze was deep and contemplative, suddenly thinking about the future years he had deduced before: the Netherworld War, the quest for Buddha in the West, the Investiture of the Gods War.

Was it all that he deduced, or was it something someone wanted him to see?

"Time is not real; it’s merely a possibility of the future, stepping out of the Three Realms, to watch the destinies of all beings from another higher dimension."

"As long as one comprehends the Heavenly Path Origin to a certain extent, they can step out of the Three Realms and peer into the River of Time, thereby viewing the past and the future from another dimension."

"But why in the present Three Realms, almost no one can comprehend time?"

Lu Chengfeng felt increasingly strange. Previously, when he refined various gifts, those high Tao cultivation beings from the Ancient and Ancient Times all had the chance to peek at time.

But now...

"A world without time, is that possible?"

He suddenly thought of the various sayings of the ancient sages.

Who first awakens from the great dream, know myself fully in life.

Zhuang Zhou dreams of a butterfly, dreaming not a dream, and I am not me.

Lu Chengfeng felt his teeth chattering all over, "How can a real world have no time?"

"Could it be that the world I inhabit now is not real?"

"No, impossible..."

He took a deep breath, dispelling his wild thoughts.

Everything he experienced was so real, the women around him so captivating. If told that all of this was false, how could one accept it?

Lu Chengfeng felt like he was in a dream, yet he dared not awaken from it.

He leaned against an ancient pine tree, in the midst of the drizzling rain, his gaze gradually deepening.

"In the past, I was too carefree and indulgent, reveling in pleasures and drifting along aimlessly."

"There are still many secrets in the Three Realms, many things from the past and future I can’t see clearly."

"Many things may not be as simple as I thought."

Lu Chengfeng let the rain fall on his face, the coolness waking him considerably.

"In a hundred years, the Netherworld War will erupt, the Profound Sect and Buddhism will join forces to subdue the Netherworld, the Profound Sect will suppress the Ten Halls Yama, and the Buddhist Sect will take Peacock Great Saint."

"The most important reason I hide in this Shenxiao Palace is my fear of the three Celestial Venerates."

"Those three are not ordinary Celestial Venerates. After opening the heavens and the earth, they can merge the foundations of the Profound Sect, Buddhism, and the Demon Race, making the heavens and earth they created far exceed other Celestial Venerates."

"The Profound Sect’s Pure Heaven, the Buddhist Sect’s Sumeru Heaven, these are the foundations left by the Tao Ancestor and Buddha. Future generations of Profound Sect and Buddhist Sect Celestial Venerates can merge their heavens and earth with Pure Heaven and Sumeru Heaven, thus possessing combat power beyond their peers."

"Purple Mansion Celestial Venerate residing in Pure Heaven, Sumeru Celestial Venerate residing in Sumeru Heaven, even a Great Emperor would return empty-handed."

"Only the Emperor Wa’s Chaos Heaven, because it borders Chaos, is far too dangerous. Demon Race Great Saints cannot refine Chaos Heaven, but the Demon Race’s successive Great Saints, after falling, will have their heavens and earth return to the Great Sage Continent, the ancestral court of the Demon Race. With countless ages of accumulation, the combat power of the Demon Race Great Saints in the Great Sage Continent, although not as much as the Profound Sect and Buddhism, far exceeds other Celestial Venerates."

Lu Chengfeng carefully contemplated the current situation of the Three Realms.

"The Buddhist Sect has Sumeru Heaven, which was left by Buddha. After each generation of Celestial Venerates falls, they integrate their heavens and earth into Sumeru Heaven, making it unimaginably powerful after endless age’s accumulation."

He had once seen Sumeru Heaven in future scrolls. Looking from time-space scrolls, it’s a mountain whose peak cannot be seen, incredibly tall, suppressing time and space, known as the Buddhist Sect’s Sumeru Mountain.

The Paradise created by the current Sumeru Celestial Venerate rests atop Sumeru Mountain. In the future, when this Venerate falls, the Paradise will also integrate into Sumeru Mountain.

"As long as the Sumeru Celestial Venerate is at Sumeru Mountain, he is almost equivalent to a Great Emperor. This might also be the confidence from the future scrolls he had in daring to confront the Empress and even compete for the position of the Celestial Emperor."

"As for the Profound Sect, it is the same. As seen from future scrolls, Pure Heaven is also a celestial mountain, with immortal light drifting and clouds covering, referred to by the Profound Sect as Kunlun Mountain."

"The Buddhist Sect’s Sumeru Mountain and the Profound Sect’s Kunlun Mountain are the roots and foundation of the two major sects, being in them can rival a Great Emperor."

"Only the Demon Race, without the support of Chaos Heaven, though the ancient Demon Saints have created a Great Sage Continent, and with the source of each successive Great Saint’s fall there, the foundation of the Great Sage Continent is deep, but it still cannot match Buddhism and the Profound Sect."

"This is also the root cause of the Peacock Great Saint’s ultimate defeat in the Netherworld War."

Lu Chengfeng slowly stood up, "Initially, I just wanted to suppress the other three Ancient Fierce Beasts during the Netherworld War, capturing the White Tiger Taoist Lord, thus breaking through to the Venerate Position at once."

"But now it seems, I need to be more proactive."

"The Netherworld possesses boundless opportunities and creation."

"In those ten thousand future years I saw, the Empress obtained the secret of reincarnation from the Netherworld, thus living another life, extending her life by ten thousand years."

"The Celestial Emperor also obtained creation from the Netherworld, enabling him to defeat the Empress and govern the Thirty-Three Heavens, becoming the unparalleled Celestial Emperor of the past and present."

"If they can go, I can too!"

"Why guard the doorway, like a guard dog!"

He flicked his finger, and a five-colored light fell, rolling on the ground, manifesting a White Jade Peacock.

The White Jade Peacock’s plumage fluttered at its back, five-colored glow swirling, and immediately transformed into a suave young man clad in a Five-Colored Cloud Robe, hair styled in a Taoist bun, and wearing Soft Desire Boots.

"From today, you are named Kong Xuan, enter the Netherworld, govern a region, find ways to approach Peacock Great Saint, while also seeking the secrets of Netherworld Reincarnation."

This young man was formed by his Heaven-Reaching Transformation, not simply a doppelganger, but could be considered one of his main bodies.

Kong Xuan, upon hearing, furrowed a sharp eyebrow and said: "If I head to the Netherworld, I need two items."

"The first is the Netherworld Authority, which is the Impermanence Venerate Position you obtained; with this authority, I can advance and retreat freely while attempting to acquire more Netherworld Authorities."

"The second is the Empress’s treasury’s Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Undying Saber; this saber contains the Five Elements and the Life and Death Tao Essence, aligning with me, and can communicate with the power of the Yellow Springs. With this weapon for protection, I can travel freely in the Netherworld without being suppressed by its laws."

"Naturally so." Lu Chengfeng nodded, gently tapping his brow, the Bright Pearl Dharma Form manifested, accompanied by a crisp ringing, revealing an ancient, natural bell inscribed with various runes.

This item was condensed from the Impermanence Venerate Position Authority, endowed with Boundaryless Great Divine Techniques, allowing for free passage between the Netherworld and the Human Realm, Boundless between the two worlds, Zizai without restraint.

Back when Lu Chengfeng broke through the Realm of True Immortal, he obtained creation from Cyan Nether Heaven, able to open the door to the Netherworld.

Kong Xuan raised his hand, receiving the bell. Though the bell was only palm-sized, its surface was densely inscribed with Netherworld runes that could boggle the minds of those who glanced at it.

"The Undying Saber is in the treasure vault. Follow me." With that, Lu Chengfeng turned towards the Empress’s secret vault.

Kong Xuan put away the bell and followed him.