Will everything come back?

Hong Yuan already had the answer in his heart, but he didn’t say much.

He just turned his gaze to the dragon and lion dance parade, looking at the thin yet resilient Power of Incense Fire.

For some reason, he suddenly recalled more than a hundred years ago, when he too, like that father and daughter in front, took Mo Yue’er to stroll Flower Street, appreciate flower lanterns, and exchange New Year gifts.

Thoughts drifted away, memories rushed in like tides.

...

On the bamboo path in front of the White Frost Stone House, Yue’er suddenly called Hong Yuan.

"Uncle, put me down. I have a gift for you." Yue’er said mysteriously.

"Oh? A gift... How coincidental, I also have a gift for you." Hong Yuan said warmly.

Hong Yuan put Yue’er down on the green stone path, and then the two turned tacitly to take out their gifts.

An ordinary, crude peace charm...

An exquisite and beautiful Phoenix Feather Butterfly...

"Uncle, look, I embroidered this for you, do you like it?" Yue’er handed the peace charm to Hong Yuan, her eyes hoping, sparkling like stars.

"I like it, I especially like it." Hong Yuan crouched down and said earnestly, Yue’er was so happy that she jumped up.

Afterward, she looked at the Phoenix Feather Butterfly and exclaimed, "Wow, this little butterfly is so beautiful, even prettier than little Li’er."

"This is your gift, take it." Hong Yuan passed the Phoenix Feather Butterfly to her.

...

Clang clang.

Memories fragmented like broken glass, Hong Yuan’s eyes returned to clarity.

He can’t go back, and he doesn’t want to go back.

...

...

All this time, Hong Yuan knew very well that if he wanted to prove himself as an Emperor with a Demonic Body, the most direct method was to enhance his strength and forcibly crush the Heavenly Earth River.

Firstly, solve the Tao Mark Contradiction problem and incorporate ten thousand ways into the body.

Secondly, compete for the heavens and make the position of Tao Master truly shine.

Thirdly, sweep across each Heaven Earth Secret Realm to form unparalleled Divine Power.

Fourthly, walk the path of Body as Seed cultivation, achieving equality with the heavens using only the body.

He has been pursuing all these four paths, but just at different progress levels.

Currently, he is researching the cultivation of Heaven Earth Secret Realms!

Destiny Demon Realm.

Mortal Realm.

One Secret Realm after another, under Hong Yuan’s accelerated catalysis, finally revealed the first stage results.

Imitating the Heaven Earth Secret Realm ’Reverse River’, the Secret Realm ’Fire River’ directly failed, lasting less than a thousand years before collapsing, leading to the emergence of a Fire Tribe in the small Eastern Wilderness Divine Continent.

Imitating the Heaven Earth Secret Realm ’Book Mountain’, the Secret Realm ’Gold Mountain’ also failed, causing the emergence of a Golden Human Tribe in the small Southern Border Divine Continent.

Basically, among the thousands of Secret Realms, only a few have initially shown results.

Namely, Greedy Spring, Star River, and Blood Pool!

Especially the Blood Pool!

Hong Yuan’s will overlooks the small Central Region Divine Continent and quickly captures the Blood Pool Secret Realm.

Amid a mix of colors, a sudden expanse of consistent crimson is hard not to attract attention.

A boundless sea of blood, vast as a million miles, even continuing to expand outward.

Inside the blood-colored sea, murderous energy erupts, and piercing screams and roars resound.

Various Ferocious Beasts and Desolate Beasts are born within, almost indistinguishable from the creatures of the Martial World, lifelike.

There are even legendary Flying Night Yaksha and Six-Armed Asura among the eerie tribes, extremely terrifying!

"Refining myriad bloodlines, embodying myriad bloodlines..."

Upon witnessing the evolution of the Blood Pool Secret Realm, Hong Yuan squinted his eyes, involuntarily recalling this point.

"Indeed, war is the best opportunity for schemers to amass wealth. Haha..."

Hong Yuan had a sudden insight and sneered coldly.

Originally, the most promising Secret Realm to transform into a Heaven Earth Secret Realm was Greedy Spring, at the very least Star River.

But once the war between Human Race and Demon Clan broke out, all sorts of disasters and bloodlines returned to the heavens.

Utilizing the Purple Gold Demon Flag, Hong Yuan intercepted these Spiritual Mechanisms, which quickly accelerated the evolution of the Blood Pool beyond Star River and Greedy Spring.

"Such a change can only be considered a pleasant surprise. Given this, I must reshape the Purple Gold Demon Flag anew."

"I want both the Heaven Earth Secret Realm and the Body as Seed!"

...

On the other side.

The Human Race is also actively preparing for war, especially Shang Yaoqin.

Taking history as a mirror can help understand rise and fall.

Once, there was a Demon Tribe Heavenly Mandate who achieved Tao and then dominated the Black Heaven - that was the ’True Dragon of Great Moon’ Han Jiuming.

Facing Han Jiuming’s domination of the Black Heaven, the Human Race Heavenly Mandate at the time, Xiao Aotian, also used the Life Plant Skill to refine an unparalleled Holy Plant.

However, the Holy Plant he refined was not renowned for Life Span, but for its prowess in attack!

Ultimately, Xiao Aotian was forced, and had to go with many Human Race martyrs to the Black Heaven, writing a moving epic, and subsequently becoming an Emperor.

Today’s ’Contemporary Human Tribe’s Heavenly Mandate’ Shang Yaoqin learned from her predecessors and didn’t want to be forced to the Black Heaven like the ’Soul Killing Demon Emperor’ Xiao Aotian.

To counter the ’Contemporary Demon Tribe Heavenly Mandate’ Xuan Guangqiao indirectly, she purposely chose the Eternal Azure Lotus known for its longest Life Span!

She wants to compete with Xuan Guangqiao in Life Span and Tao proficiency!

However, this Eternal Azure Lotus has already transformed into a soon-to-die Azure Lotus seed, possessing only a faint trace of divine light.

"Why is it so difficult to restore its vitality?"

At this moment, Shang Yaoqin gazed at the floating Azure Lotus seed, frowning.

During this time, with Flower Yingying’s assistance, she used Azure Lotus Heaven Lord’s secret method to cultivate, planting Immortal Soil for the Azure Lotus seed, irrigating it with countless divine spring spirit water, and even borrowing the Reverse River from Bo Nianrou...

Shang Yaoqin and the Heavenly Palace did everything possible.

But the Azure Lotus seed remained dead, even that faint divine light dimmed further and was about to vanish!

"It seems it won’t work, maybe it’s better to choose Sky-reaching Green Wood. Although Sky-reaching Green Wood isn’t as remarkable as Eternal Azure Lotus, it’s still an excellent choice. Refined to the utmost, it can have a Life Span of over twenty thousand years!" Flower Yingying sighed deeply, standing up.

"This is normal, after all, since the era of Azure Lotus Heaven Lord, six great eras have passed..." Li Ziping also tried to persuade Shang Yaoqin, not believing the Azure Lotus seed could revive.

Shang Yaoqin just shook her head, saying, "I still want to try once more, no need to advise me further."

The two Empresses exchanged a glance, silent.

Who doesn’t know the heaven-defying nature of the Eternal Azure Lotus?

It is the unparalleled Holy Plant that can lead to the Great Emperor Realm, far more remarkable than Xuan Guangqiao’s Purple-Gold Thorn God Tree!

Recalling the Purple-Gold Thorn God Tree, Flower Yingying’s heart inevitably grew gloomier.

She never expected the Demon Tribe to have a similar unparalleled secret technique to the Life Plant Skill.

But this unparalleled secret technique was supposed to be an exclusive secret of the Azure Lotus lineage, hardly anyone could master it.

"Xuan Guangqiao is indeed blessed, worthy as the Great Dream Emperor’s destined enemy..."

Flower Yingying sighed inside, turned, and left.

She had many things to handle, especially guarding against another attack from the Demon Tribe army.

Li Ziping looked at Shang Yaoqin for a moment, then also left, needing to ensure The Other Shore Ark was always in peak condition to safely escape to the Outer Heavens.

One month...

Half a year...

Despite the occasional skirmishes on the front lines, Shang Yaoqin remained in her chamber, silently refining the Azure Lotus seed.

Yet seeing the gradually losing divine light of the Azure Lotus seed, Shang Yaoqin’s heart was inevitably shaken.

"Must I really abandon the Eternal Azure Lotus and choose Sky-reaching Green Wood?"

"But the greatest potential of Sky-reaching Green Wood is only alternative Tao achievement, with many restrictions, far inferior to the Eternal Azure Lotus."

"Just..."

Shang Yaoqin sighed softly in her heart.

She was a very pragmatic cultivator, and in such circumstances, she leaned more toward the second option.

One late night, the divine light of the Azure Lotus seed completely disappeared.

Seeing this, Shang Yaoqin sighed heavily and immediately stood up, heading outside the chamber.

She abandoned the Eternal Azure Lotus and planned to choose Sky-reaching Green Wood.

But at that moment, a sudden roar erupted in the chamber, and a vast force like the heavens unexpectedly appeared.

The will of the Martial World intervened!

Black Yellow Immortal Soil covered, Chaos Spirit Spring flowed out, and the Azure Lotus seed sprouted.

Shang Yaoqin suddenly turned back, dazed on the spot.

Just saw the front suddenly emitting azure divine rays, terrifying brilliance like an ocean rushing in all directions.

In the void, a giant azure lotus swayed gently, reaching up to the heavens, touching Nine Nether, shedding infinite azure divine light, exuding a murderous aura, incredibly terrifying.

This giant azure lotus spanned the end of heaven and earth, vast and boundless, reaching chaos above and grounding Nine Nether below, its height unknown to many ten thousand meters.

Around it, countless azure branches pierced the void, chaos primordial qi lingering...