Chapter 199: The Time Furnace, Dreaming Back to the Origin

Chapter 199: The Time Furnace, Dreaming Back to the Origin

After tens of thousands of years, Shaohua finally completed the refinement of several magical artifacts.

The Donghuang Bell and Taiyi Wheel were merely ordinary Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level weapons, suitable for practice. Their primary use would be to gift them to future generations for self-defense, offering little benefit to her.

The Golden Scripture Jade Tablets were merely enhanced, limited by their material, and did not reach the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level. However, they were sufficient to carry the Great Curtain of the Heavens. If combined, they would form an unparalleled Immortal King artifact.

The most important of all was the Imperial Dao Flag, which had undergone a complete transformation.

The Imperial Dao Flag was split into a spear and a map, each refined separately. She poured endless effort into them, elevating them to a level commensurate with her own, making them supreme Dao artifacts, just a step away from being supreme imperial weapons.

Shaohua felt an unprecedented sense of power.

However, she was not relying on weapons to wreak havoc.

If one day the Heavens were shattered and the myriad worlds destroyed, what use would weapons be? The only thing to rely on would be oneself.

Artifacts could only serve as auxiliary tools; true strength resided in the person. With the right weapons, one's power would only be enhanced.

Of course, if everyone else had weapons and you did not, you would be at a disadvantage in any confrontation at the same level.

In summary, for true powerhouses, a suitable weapon means—“I may not use it, but I cannot do without it.”

Shaohua had a dual existence. One form was engaged in Dao Fruit collisions with Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan, rapidly advancing her Dao cultivation, approaching the realm of the ultimate path.

This form, representing the Supreme Unity Dao Fruit, was the bonfire of civilizations across the worlds. She used this Dao fire to continuously refine the Imperial Dao Map, making it stronger.

The other form was resting and recuperating in her homeland. Once her injuries were healed, stepping into the ultimate path would pose no challenge. She refined the Imperial Dao Spear with the essence blood of a Dao Ancestor.

With her dual forms and dual artifacts, when they merged, she would surely step into the ultimate path and become an imperial weapon!

This was Shaohua's ambition.

Once she took that step, it would signify a world-shaking change, meaning she could challenge Immortal Emperors and be closer to the Primordial Ancestors!

She believed that once she achieved the ultimate path, she could certainly slay the Immortal Emperor of the Sinister Race!

Afterward, she refined the remnants of the Strange Dao Ancestor's weapons and remains into a half-dark Chaos Pearl, using her ingenious ideas and supreme Dao to forge a set of extremely dangerous forbidden artifacts.

A bow and arrows!

The remnants of ten Dao Ancestor-level beings were used to create a Fallen Emperor Bow and nine Absolute Emperor Bone Arrows.

The half-dark Chaos Pearl was embedded in the bow, automatically unleashing supreme divine power without the need for activation by the wielder.

After all, a half-dark Chaos Pearl was a fragment of an Immortal Emperor's weapon, how could it not be powerful?

The moment the bow and arrows appeared, their malevolent aura shook the heavens. Once fully refined, they were akin to the Strange Dao Ancestor's revival, even carrying a hint of the true Emperor's terrifying aura.

The materials were astonishing. Who could harvest the remnants of ten Dao Ancestor-level beings and their weapons, and who could forsake an Immortal Emperor's weapon to transform it into a limited-use forbidden artifact?

Shaohua was willing to do it, after all, they were free, and she did not feel any pain.

These artifacts, apart from being transformed into one-time great weapons, were unusable by any other beings. They could only be used in the most dire circumstances; otherwise, they would cause harm to the user.

From their names, it was clear that this was a set of extremely dangerous forbidden artifacts.

The Fallen Emperor Bow!

The Absolute Emperor Bone Arrows!

Each arrow, once fired, would cause immense destruction, with no return. When all nine arrows were fired, the bow would break, and the pearl would shatter.

Each arrow, even against a Dao Ancestor-level being, posed a significant threat. While they might not kill, they would certainly cause severe harm.

After completing these tasks, Shaohua reorganized her Dao and laws, pushing the Destined Land Art to its pinnacle, and advancing her own path to the ultimate realm!

However, she did not act rashly, waiting for the other Dao Fruit to also reach this level.

The other Dao Fruit not only integrated the Secret Realm Art and the heartblood of Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan but also included the Dao laws of the Strange Race.

It was clear that she was doing everything in her power to enhance herself.

“I am the greatest variable; the future has already changed, and I must become even stronger!” Shaohua's Dao heart was resolute.

Huang had already encountered trouble, and Ye Fan and the others were not even Immortal Emperors yet. The future Celestial Emperor was merely a shadow of Mo Ying.

In this situation, she had to desperately enhance herself, exploring every possible way to achieve invincibility, to have a chance of breaking through the Plateau of Calamity.

In the years that followed, Shaohua traveled across the Heavens and the Boundary Sea, analyzing all regions, constantly comprehending the Dao, and striving to eliminate any flaws, not missing any opportunity to increase her strength.

She revisited the Soul River, traveling along the ancient Underworld's cycle path to several Strange Race outposts, hoping to find something useful.

And she did find something.

In the ancient Underworld, among the Four Poles Floating Earth, while analyzing the runes, she discovered a faint thread of eerie fire, resembling the Fire of the Great Void and the Flame of the Ancient Universe.

A thread of intertwined fire ignited, burning through rules and fragments of the Dao, silently destroying everything, terrifyingly powerful.

This fire had a suppressive effect on Strange powers. She decisively harvested the fire and the earth, giving it to her other form, making the Dao Fruit bonfire even more radiant.

Beneath the bonfire, there was an indescribable layer of eerie earth, making it even more sacred and strange, the Four Poles Floating Earth.

Although it resembled some kind of ash, it was indeed eerie.

“Those who cannot be buried by the heavens are interred in the Four Poles Floating Earth, felling the yin and yang woods, igniting the Fire of the Great Void, embracing the Flame of the Ancient Universe, burn!” Shaohua recalled these words in her mind.

“If only I could find the Time Furnace, it would be incredibly effective against Quasi-Immortal Emperor-level beings, burning one to death at a time. If used well, it could even burn Immortal Emperors, making it a great weapon.”

She did not give up, searching the Soul River, exploring the ancient Underworld, and digging through the Celestial Emperor's burial pit. Finally, she found a small furnace, about the size of a fist, beneath the Four Poles Floating Earth.

The ancient furnace was enveloped in the power of time, looking simple and unadorned, with a layer of light surrounding it.

Shaohua activated the small furnace, seeing fragments of time dance and Dao flames flicker, confirming it was the real thing.

“Wishful thinking, did I really find it?” She frowned slightly, her fair and slender hand gently caressing the eerie small furnace, suppressing her doubts.

It couldn't be that she had called out to the original sick one, and he remembered her, sending her the furnace he used to boil tea, right?

That would be a bit absurd.

Although the beings above the Sacrificial Dao were immortal, the one who had made himself sick and died of depression was not someone a mere Dao Ancestor could easily awaken.

If she had that kind of ability, she wouldn't worry about the Strange Race's invasion.

A simple call, and she could summon their ancestors, solving all problems.

After all, the Sinister Ancestors merely absorbed the ashes of the original sick one, gaining the power of ten diseases from him.

The original sick one once lived on the Plateau and died there. His power spread there, creating the Plateau of Calamity, allowing those related to him to continuously resurrect.

The Sinister Ancestors and Strange Immortal Emperors, recognized as part of the Plateau's power, could be resurrected.

The Strange Race's great sacrifice was to offer tributes to the original sick one, hoping to gain more of his power.

The original sick one had been gone for ages, and even after countless years of sacrifice by the Strange Race, not even a shadow of him appeared.

So Shaohua never thought that her casual call could wake him up. Even if something strange happened, according to her memory, he would be in a daze, unable to regain consciousness.

“Regardless, I now have another great weapon against the Strange Race.” She weighed the small furnace in her hand, a smile appearing on her perfect face.

If she could gather the yin and yang woods, the Fire of the Great Void, the Flame of the Ancient Universe, and the Four Poles Floating Earth, even an Immortal Emperor could be burned!

Thus, she began diligently cultivating the Fire of the Great Void and the Flame of the Ancient Universe using Dao and laws, extracting the Four Poles Floating Earth, and refining the yin and yang ancestral substances.

Another few tens of thousands of years passed, and it was now the 2,550,000th year of the Celestial Court Era, 360,000 years since the largest Dark Turmoil erupted.

Shaohua's other form, after ending the Dao Fruit collisions with Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan, saw a dramatic increase in her Dao cultivation. The fire representing her Dao Fruit was radiant, with a Dao map floating within.

“This is the limit, truly flawless, I feel there is still room for improvement, I must leave no flaw!”

The two forms met, opening a domain in the deepest Chaos, then engaged in a battle with themselves, the two Dao Fruits clashing, refining themselves until both were nearly destroyed, their origins shattered.

This shocked Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan, who had been invited by Shaohua to support the Chaos domain, preventing the battle's aftermath from affecting the Heavens. They never expected to witness such a brutal scene.

“Such disregard for one's own body, is the future truly so hopeless?” Ye Fan muttered, his voice heavy.

“I don't know, Sister always seems to know a lot. She might have seen a truly hopeless future,” Wu Shi said, worried about her sister, fearing something might happen to her.

He knew that while she claimed to have invited them to protect her, it was actually to let them observe and gain something.

“Regardless of the future, we can only trust ourselves. How can we let her stand alone?” Heng Ren said calmly, her eyes hiding a burning fighting spirit.

Wu Shi and Ye Fan were taken aback; it didn't seem like something an Empress would say, but it was indeed something she could say.

Her last words were not about jealousy but about standing with her closest friend.

Before Heng Ren finished speaking, a graceful white-robed beauty joined the battle, using all her means to attack Shaohua.

“Heng Ren!”

Shaohua's eyebrows raised, both forms shouting in unison, and one of them stepped back, leaving the battlefield to the remaining two.

In this rare period of peace, with the storm clouds gathering, they took turns fighting, becoming each other's opponents, and cultivated boundless killing intent!

Shaohua seemed to have fought through several eons, her eyes and brows radiating the power of destruction.

During this time, Heng Ren, Wu Shi, and Ye Fan were nearing the end of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor path.

They gained many insights from walking with Shaohua, unwilling to rush through their breakthroughs. They chose to accumulate and explode, determined to forge a completely different evolutionary path.

Only by taking new steps could they leap to become the strongest Immortal Emperors.

Otherwise, even if they managed to break through, their strength would not be great, and their future path would be even harder, with more disadvantages than benefits.

“Unconsciously, I have been in this world for over three million years, a truly unimaginable span of time. Those warm, touching, sad, and regretful moments, they seem like yesterday,” Shaohua murmured, walking out of the collapsing Chaos domain with her other self, once again wandering the world, seeing the great rivers and mountains.

Then, they glowed, tearing through space and time, disappearing from where they stood, reversing the River of Time, and walking back to the past.

As Quasi-Immortal Emperors, they had the ability to traverse different times and spaces, though they could not change anything, only observe from afar without interfering.

They saw the chaos that swept the Heavens fifty thousand years ago, seeing Wan Qing, Di Zun, and others battling across the skies, though they were outnumbered and severely injured, nearly dying.

Fortunately, they were saved afterward.

They saw Wu Shi and Ye Fan's descendants fighting bravely, truly living up to their ancestors' legacy, preserving the Celestial Emperor's name.

They saw their parents and Lan Ling, Liunian, Ming Yuanxin, Little White Tiger, and others, their blood staining the heavens. If not for the life-saving artifacts she left behind, they would have died many times over.

They saw the emperors and kings of the former Heavenly Court growing in the harshest conditions, many reaching the Immortal King realm, though some were lost and never returned.

Xiao Zicheng, Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Mu Chen, Ning Fei, Chuan Ying, Xia Tian, Wang Bo, Yu Feng, Taichi, Tongtian, Laozi, Liu Ruyan, Jiang Luoyao, and many others, one by one, fell and were injured.

Shaohua could not bear to watch any longer, sighing softly, and continued to travel back in time, learning about the major events that occurred over a million years in the Immortal Ancient Era after her disappearance.

Then, they returned to the past, reaching a certain point in time(End of Chapter)

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