Chapter 10: Seven Thousand Years, the Eternal Constant Secret

Chapter 10: Seven Thousand Years, the Eternal Constant Secret

In the North Star, the Yaochi Holy Land.

As the Dao tradition founded by the current Empress, the Yaochi Holy Land naturally reached its zenith, ranking as the supreme holy land in the world.

Everyone knew that within the Yaochi Holy Land, there was an Immortal Pool, enveloped in spirit qi mists, and even the Origin had formed within it.

Drinking this water regularly could extend the lifespan of ordinary people, and for cultivators, it had an even better effect, gradually improving their constitution. Shaohua was generous, bestowing her blessings to make the women of the holy land more ethereal and pure, with flawless skin.

The water of the Yaochi Pool was also the best source for alchemy, and it was not uncommon for great sects to request the Immortal Pool water when refining precious divine pills.

Few knew that the most significant use of the pool water might have been the bathing of the Empress and her daughter before the establishment of the Yaochi Holy Land. Of course, that was all in the past. Shaohua had long put it aside, unable to tell others that it was her bathwater.

She had carefully purified it, making it absolutely clean, as her disciples and followers of the holy land would still use it.

In fact, her body had long been ethereal and clear, incapable of contaminating the pool water. If others knew this, some mentally unstable cultivators might be even more eager to seek it out.

Time, like water, flows on and never returns.

Three thousand years had passed since the founding of the holy land, and the world had enjoyed a long period of peace. People often came to pay homage to the Empress, but unfortunately, none of them had the chance to meet her.

Now, Shaohua was nearly six thousand years old. At such an age, others would begin to decline, heading toward old age, but her blood qi was only growing stronger.

She was the second-generation Saint Body and had achieved Alternative Enlightenment, which allowed her to live for ten thousand years. According to calculations, ten thousand years was not her limit. Even if she couldn't match her mother, she could certainly see her father to the end.

In this world, apart from her mother, she found it difficult to find any opponents. Some old acquaintances had already passed away, which made her feel a sense of loss.

Although she had the Undying Divine Medicine, she couldn't save others, and even her own safety was uncertain.

Because, in the not-so-distant future, she would face a fated battle. Not only did the Netherworld Court covet the Saint Body lineage and plan to attack her father, but she also had to settle accounts with the Forbidden Zone. When her mother attained the Dao, the Supreme Beings who came to obstruct her were from the Taichu Ancient Mine. Adding to that, the provocation during the founding of the Yaochi Holy Land had already set an irreconcilable conflict.

Another thousand years passed, and Shaohua's blood qi remained like the sea, reaching the pinnacle of Alternative Enlightenment. If there were no emperors in the world, she could achieve the Dao in the next moment, truly standing beneath the heavens.

She could challenge the current emperors and strike down ancient Supreme Beings, not relying on the vigorous blood qi of a Great Completion Saint Body to grind through, but directly defeating them.

Moreover, she had made some progress on the path of immortality, developing a unique secret technique called "Blood Qi Constancy", which kept her at the peak of her powers.

"The Mythic Celestial left the Nine Secrets, corresponding to nine ultimate realms, and the Merciless Emperor also created numerous Immortal Arts to counter them. I, too, have a technique, which I name 'Eternal Constant,' " Shaohua murmured to herself.

Everything remains constant, never falling from the pinnacle.

This was a secret technique to maintain one's state, ensuring that as long as the blood qi did not run out and the spirit soul did not perish, the strongest combat power could be sustained until the end.

Shaohua had high hopes for this secret technique. Although its current primary use was to sustain combat, the future looked promising.

Her true goal was to delve into the realm of time, which she believed would be a "Eternal Constant" technique on par with the Nine Secrets.

In addition, she had developed several other secret techniques, though they were somewhat rudimentary and only effective in her hands, requiring further refinement.

It was well-known that the Nine Secrets had been passed down for millennia, largely because anyone could learn them, making them widely spread and relatively easy to master.

Regardless of race, almost anyone could use them, and once learned, they would definitely have a significant effect.

The Prohibited Secret Arts of other Ancient Sovereign Emperors might be powerful, but they had too many restrictions, making it difficult for anyone other than their bloodline descendants to inherit them, and they could not be widely disseminated.

Apart from the so-called unification of the Nine Secrets, this universality is also what makes the Nine Secrets truly powerful.

It must be said that the Merciless Emperor’s talent has truly amazed the ages. The nine Celestial Venerables each only managed to create one secret, and the ancient emperors' most profound forbidden techniques were also limited to a few. They certainly weren’t something that could be casually conceived.

Shaohua felt that perfecting even one secret technique in her lifetime would be a great achievement.

Suddenly, her mind became restless, her brows slightly furrowed, and she couldn’t help but reach up to gently touch her forehead.

At her level of cultivation, her intuition was already divine. When such a premonition occurred, it was absolutely a sign that something closely related to her was about to happen.

By the side of the Immortal Pool, under the Ginseng Fruit tree, Shaohua sat quietly in meditation, holding the White Tiger Divine Medicine in her arms as she carefully pondered and deduced.

"If only I could find the Foreword Secret, perhaps I could gain some insight."

Some things truly depended on fate. It wasn’t easy to gather all nine secrets.

At that moment, the pendant she wore close to her heart began to vibrate. She quickly took it out, her beautiful eyes widening slightly, and then her lips curved into a charming smile.

The pendant was shaped like a teardrop, with tear marks dotted on it, as clear and luminous as jade. It was personally refined by her mother using the leftover materials from the Immortal Tear Green Gold Pagoda and had become sentient, capable of transmitting messages over any distance.

The message was simple, just one sentence: "Come to the Immortal Ascension Land, you have a younger brother now."

"Good, good, good. I thought you were going to cultivate and seek enlightenment, not return for a thousand years, diligently working without rest. Turns out you went on a honeymoon and quietly gave me a younger brother."

Even with Shaohua’s temperament, she couldn’t help but make a comment.

Though she had long urged her parents to have another child, she hadn’t expected it to happen so suddenly. But then again, it was about time for the Unbeginning to be born.

Since discovering the Immortal Ascension Land in Kunlun, the Xihuang couple had spent most of their time there in seclusion, while Shaohua rarely visited.

After all, no matter how much she accumulated, it was difficult to break through that boundary. What she needed was an unparalleled ultimate transformation.

Shaohua’s eyes sparkled, and she couldn’t wait to meet her dear little brother. With that thought, she tore through the void and disappeared from the Yaochi Holy Land.

Reappearing on Earth, she headed straight for Kunlun Mountain with the hard-earned Verdant Cauldron Fragment. She passed through the array and entered the Immortal Ascension Land, where the first thing she saw was the Immortal Tear Green Gold Pagoda standing tall.

Sensing someone’s arrival, a graceful and regal figure stepped out from the pagoda, none other than the pregnant Xihuang.

Seeing her mother’s flat abdomen, Shaohua couldn’t help but tilt her head. "Not that, where is my dear little brother?"

"What are you looking at?" Xihuang immediately understood what her daughter was thinking and said with a hint of helplessness, "I just confirmed that the child has formed, but it’s not time for him to be born yet."

"Ah, I see!" Shaohua nodded, showing her understanding.

Then, both women turned their gazes to the only male present.

"What are you two looking at me for?" The Great Completion Saint Body’s lips twitched.

"I can take care of Mother", Shaohua said, her lips curling into a mischievous smile.

That day, the Great Completion Saint Body shed tears in Kunlun.

Sometimes, it felt like being the Great Completion Saint Body was quite helpless. Being pinned down by the current emperor was one thing, but even a mere junior wasn’t a match for her. A single glance from her, and he had to retreat.

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