At that time, he could have completely switched his Tao of Great Moon lineage over to the Food Tao lineage, and would no longer need to conceal any information about the Food Tao.

The Endless Sea Area, the Nine Heavens, and the many Human Domain worlds were enough to help him extract Food Tao Royal Tao Marks on the scale of tens of millions!

"Plan for the worst in everything."

"In other words… at most I only need to conquer another three Human Domain worlds for the Demonic Body to attain the Great Emperor Position."

"A bit of a challenge, but not much. Take it slow. The ones in a hurry will be the Human Race."

Hong Yuan glanced at the endless Life Span shown on the proficiency panel, and smiled faintly.

Then he closed his eyes, split off a portion of his mind, and began to control the 'Temporal Tao Incarnation' Shi Fengzhi to undergo tribulation.

Not long after, Shi Fengzhi had already become a Saint of the Temporal Tao lineage.

Even though in this Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation he was struck by multiple Great Emperor Marks, and even endured the Tao Rhyme of the Spring Autumn Cicada—almost comparable to Great Saint Tribulations—Shi Fengzhi still passed safely.

After all, behind Shi Fengzhi stood the invincible of this era—the Creator Saint!

Everything, everything, was advancing just as Hong Yuan had envisioned, methodical and unruffled, pursuing nothing but a solid, steady happiness!

The Demonic Body trampling all,逆袭 to prove the Great Emperor Position—he wanted that.

Sealing off this segment of the long river of years, not allowing the various Great Emperors to return—he wanted that as well.

Stepping into the Eternity Realm, undying and indestructible, transcending above the Martial World—he wanted that even more!

As the [Food Tao Master], as the World Devouring True Dragon, how could he possibly not be greedy?

He was still the same as he had been back then—that Gluttonous Snake!

…

Ink Sea, the Heaven Earth Secret Realm, where the Human Race's Destinies of past ages were inherited.

Dragon Sun Emperor Dojo.

This was already the final Great Emperor Dojo within the Ink Sea.

Unknowingly, Shang Yaoqin had already stayed here for nearly thirty years, spending three‑fifths of her current life.

Now, Shang Yaoqin's cultivation had already reached its peak; she was at the realm of the eighth rank, second tribulation!

Just like Hong Yuan's Demonic Body, once she stepped into the eighth rank, third tribulation, she would leap in one stroke across the combat‑power zones of Great Saint and Quasi-Emperor, directly reaching the realm of peak-limit Quasi-Emperor!

It was just that, the difficulty for her to take this step looked even greater.

Because she was still one "Song of Heaven's Walk" short of forming the Nine Songs of Heaven Walking, to soar in a single leap to the ultimate peak.

There was nothing to be done. If she were the [Dream Tao Master], then she would be able to directly use the Innate Abilities of the nine Great Dream Seeds and then set foot upon the Emperor's Path:

Like Hua Menghuang's "Sword Intent Like Dreams Edgeless Heart," like her own "Revelation in Dreams, Rules appear," and like Xiao Yuan's "Nightmare Becomes Reality Soul-Consuming Kill"...

Unfortunately, she was not the [Dream Tao Master]!

The supreme Great Taoism path leading toward the Emperor's seat that belonged to Shang Yaoqin had, most unfortunately, been cut off by Hong Yuan, and he had further delayed the Dream Tao lineage—which should have shone brilliantly in this era—from emerging for a long, long time.

At this moment, Shang Yaoqin's brows and features were like a painting, a beauty that could topple a nation; her crystal‑white, delicate face held limpid eyes, fixed ahead.

By all rights everything was beautiful, yet her three thousand strands of black hair turned white in an instant, withering and shriveling.

"Hmph—"

Shang Yaoqin let out a muffled groan, forcing a mouthful of surging, reverse-flowing blood back down.

She understood that the Human Race had run into major trouble again.

And this time, the trouble was especially great!

Her gaze was deep and distant, yet her face remained calm; she swiftly severed all extraneous thoughts and returned to sit within the Dragon Sun Dojo.

Compared to her former domineering firmness, she now seemed to have washed away all mortal dust, like a piece of immortal jade—still and quiet, yet possessing even greater power.

No one knew, once she erupted, what kind of earth‑shattering upheaval it would be!

The Great Dream Emperor, the most sacred and most powerful, proficient in all lineages, the strongest Great Emperor across ancient and modern times!

And she, Shang Yaoqin, was precisely the legendary The Destiny of Great Dreams, the Great Dream Emperor destined for the Human Race…

…

…

Back when the great war on the Western Desert Divine Continent's front line first broke out, the two women Mo Yue'er and Lin Yiru had already reached the peak of the fifth rank, long since prepared for Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending.

However, because they had to wait for Hong Yuan to return and sit in town, they suppressed the thought of initiating the Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation.

Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending…

Don't be fooled by how, on the front‑line battlefield, Saints of the two races were cut down like weeds, barely able to stir up any waves.

In reality, any existence capable of becoming a Saint had, in their youth, without exception been a Heavenly Talent‑level storm‑bringer, leading the trend of an era.

Even now that the great era has arrived, with Essence Qi surging in a great explosion and the path of cultivation flourishing, the path to Sainthood is still extremely arduous.

To look further back: in the Rainbow Fire Peak Lineage where Hong Yuan belonged, his senior brother and second senior brother had both died because of the Saint Achievement Immortal Transcending Tribulation.

Even someone like Ye Qingcheng, who possessed the life‑bound Holy Plant Phoenix Paulownia, and whose father and grandfather were both Great Saints, this kind of super Heavenly Talent, still fell in the Saint Tribulation.

To speak of recent matters: after the Demon Clan took the Western Desert Divine Continent, why did they switch from offense to defense instead of taking the remaining Human Domain worlds in one push?

It was still because they did not have enough Saints!

Thus, the difficulty of achieving Sainthood was immense, extremely immense—virtually a nine‑deaths‑one‑life ordeal.

Therefore… in order to ensure that Mo Yue'er and Lin Yiru would not fall under the Saint Tribulation, Hong Yuan chose to "open a small cheat."

"Dream Tao Divine Power—Dream Medidation Fight!"

"Dream Tao Divine Power—Dream Medidation Fight!"

"…"

Ten thousand simulations, a hundred thousand simulations, a million simulations…

Hong Yuan simulated a full billion times, consuming numerous precious Yellow Apricot Immortal Nuance.

Precisely because of this, he was able to consider every possible situation.

He strove to cut off all unfavorable conditions at the root; his attitude was no less serious than when he plotted to seize the Western Desert Divine Continent.