Cultivation Starts from Farming Chapter 1044 - 444: Lifespan Increased; News of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure (3)
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This is truly an unexpected delight.
Xu Ping immediately began to read word by word, sentence by sentence.
The jade slip described roughly as follows:
About ten thousand years ago, in the Nanchuan Realm, which belonged to one of the eight major realms, there emerged a remarkably talented, both righteous and evil, Divinity Transformation Cultivator who titled himself Emperor Xuan.
It’s unknown what kind of heaven-defying opportunity he obtained, but he successfully cultivated a true Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.
"Emperor Xuan?"
"Nanchuan Realm?"
Seeing these two keywords, Xu Ping’s expression changed abruptly.
An indescribable eerie feeling flooded his heart.
Is this... perhaps too much of a coincidence?
The mysterious "Profound Celestial Embryo" he found was exactly in the Nanchuan Realm.
Could there be some connection between these two?
With a faint chill and a strong desire to investigate, Xu Ping continued reading.
The jade slip recorded that Emperor Xuan became extremely powerful and greedy by virtue of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.
He was no longer content with just the Nanchuan Realm; he began to frequently activate the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, forcibly breaking through the realm barriers to invade other realms.
Upon seeing this, Xu Ping slightly narrowed his pupils.
The jade slip clearly described that the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure had two heaven-defying effects:
First, its power is extremely formidable. Even if the wielder is only in the Early-Stage Divinity Transformation, they can rely on this treasure to forcibly break through the solid realm power and achieve cross-realm pillage.
Second, and most fearsome, the treasure can devour the fortune of other realms.
As more fortune is devoured, the power of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure seems to continually enhance.
More crucially, it can greatly diminish, or even eliminate, the suppression and rejection force of the world’s rules on the holder.
This means that Emperor Xuan could virtually exert his entire strength in other realms.
Relying on the two heaven-defying features of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, Emperor Xuan ravaged the surrounding realms, plundering resources, devouring fortune, and his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
Finally, after he successfully slew a Divinity Transformation Cultivator from the "Earth Element Realm," and his own cultivation was about to reach the pinnacle of Early-Stage Divinity Transformation.
The Divinity Transformation Cultivators in the surrounding realms could no longer endure.
They sensed a mortal threat.
If they allowed Emperor Xuan to continue growing, relying on the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, he would eventually sweep through all realms, trampling all Divinity Transformation cultivators underfoot.
Thus, a lethal trap targeting Emperor Xuan was quietly laid out in the Central Domain.
Several Divinity Transformation Cultivators joined forces, using a rare treasure that even deeply tempted Emperor Xuan as bait, skillfully setting him up to be lured into the Central Domain.
War broke out instantly.
The jade slip described with succinct yet weighty strokes: the battle seemed to completely annihilate the heavens and earth in the Central Domain.
All the cultivators present in the Central Domain at that time witnessed scenes akin to the apocalypse, the shockwaves from the clashes between Divinity Transformation cultivators shattered the minds and souls of countless lower-level cultivators.
Emperor Xuan was indeed incredibly formidable, holding the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, fighting against multiple peers alone.
However, two fists could not fend off four hands. Under the relentless siege of numerous Divinity Transformation Cultivators, he ultimately exhausted his strength and was slain in the Central Domain.
Yet, the ferocity and resolve of Emperor Xuan surpassed everyone’s expectations.
In his final moments, he resolutely self-destructed the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure.
This not only completely eradicated all traces of Emperor Xuan himself but also instantly took the life of another Divinity Transformation Cultivator who participated in the siege.
After this battle, Emperor Xuan fell, and the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure self-destructed and was destroyed. Since then, there has been no clear news of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure appearing in the world.
This incident, due to its far-reaching impact and the severity of the battle, was listed as one of the most significant events in the history of the Central Domain, thus recorded in detail as a warning to future generations.
Xu Ping slowly withdrew his Divine Sense from the jade slip, his expression unsteady, speechless for a long time.
An immense wave had already risen in his heart.
Coincidence?
No, how could there be so many coincidences in this world!
The 'Profound Celestial Embryo' clutched by Xu Ping likely represented a final failsafe Emperor Xuan had established back in the day.
No other reasonable explanation existed for its presence within the Nanchuan Realm.
"This artifact underwent self-destruction, its spiritual essence nearly obliterated, its form reverting to its most basic embryonic state. I happened upon it and painstakingly nurtured it back to its current condition..."
"It can be definitively stated that it has now severed all connections with Emperor Xuan and belongs solely to me." Xu Ping's gaze turned frigid.
After all, Emperor Xuan had been deceased for ten millennia; could he possibly rise from his grave to contend with him now?
Yet, in this very moment, an utterly preposterous notion spontaneously surfaced from the furthest recesses of Xu Ping's mind: "Could it be... Emperor Xuan is not truly dead?"
If he were indeed gone, why then would he leave behind such a contingency measure?
This very thought sent an involuntary tremor through Xu Ping himself.
But swiftly, he dispelled it: "Impossible!"
"With countless Divinity Transformation Cultivators participating in the siege, witnessing his complete annihilation—body and soul destroyed—and even the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure self-destructing, how could he possibly have survived?"
"Those Divinity Transformation Cultivators were not incompetent; surely they would have sensed any lingering presence?
"Even if... even if there existed a minuscule, one-in-ten-thousand chance that a fragment of his soul managed to escape, where could he possibly have fled?"
"Without the formidable protection of the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, he would be a hunted rat in the Central Domain, utterly incapable of remaining there.
"The only sanctuary available would have to be... his ancient sanctuary, the Nanchuan Realm."
"The Nanchuan Realm?!"
At this juncture, Xu Ping abruptly froze.
In a fleeting instant, without any discernible reason, the wizened and enigmatic visage of the Nine Nether Elder suddenly materialized in his mind.
"Could it possibly be...?"
Xu Ping's complexion darkened dreadfully in an instant, his inner self repeatedly posing this question.
The Nine Nether Elder... Emperor Xuan....
One had mysteriously appeared in the Nanchuan Realm, cultivating a forbidden, ghost-like method, his formidable power seemingly boundless, coupled with an exceptional mastery of Formations.
The other, the supreme ruler of the Nanchuan Realm ten millennia prior, wielding the Profound Celestial Spiritual Treasure, commanding dominion over all the realms...
The temporal sequences simply did not align.
Emperor Xuan's dissolution occurred well over ten thousand years past, whereas the Nine Nether Elder had been actively present in the Nanchuan Realm for merely a few thousand years.
A significant temporal chasm of several millennia separated their timelines.
The natural lifespan of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, even when augmented by various Longevity Pills and the practice of unique longevity techniques, would scarcely extend beyond ten thousand years.