Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 1374 - 115: Establishing My Own Emperor Pattern

Chapter 1374: Chapter 115: Establishing My Own Emperor Pattern

At the end of the Heavenly Road was a pitch-black Unknown Land, where Zhou Yan walked toward, guided by the Emperor’s instruction.

Yet, the Emperor had also mentioned that within the Broken Heaven Secret Realm lay secrets unknown to even the Ancient Fu Xi Clan; even the Sovereign of that time found certain areas unfathomable.

Moreover, some regions within it were still undergoing changes.

This meant that, as the Emperor had mentioned, Zhou Yan could choose—decide whether to take on this unknown risk for a final attempt.

However, Zhou Yan’s belief in the Emperor led him to feel that even if the Emperor’s judgment was wrong, it would not be so perilous.

From another perspective, if the Emperor were standing here, he would unquestionably step into the Annihilation’s end without hesitation.

The Emperor doesn’t hesitate, so how could Zhou Yan hesitate?

Moreover, it is impossible for life’s journey to be truly smooth; one must pay a price to obtain anything.

Contemplating, Zhou Yan stepped forward, and his body was immediately enveloped in a kind of unknown gentle energy, like a mother’s embrace, akin to a very warm soul liquid, also resembling a unique radiant energy, as if a halo encased Zhou Yan within, slowly soaring.

Zhou Yan couldn’t see or sense anything—all was darkness, all was void.

During this process, Zhou Yan’s heart seemed to have a slight, unusual stir which hadn’t been there before, suddenly appearing, lightly trembling, and then disappearing.

Suddenly filled with worry, Zhou Yan wondered whether Qian Luoshui hadn’t left but was following him, having possibly departed earlier due to a greater understanding of the Broken Heaven Secret Realm than his own?

Zhou Yan had to consider this, but after pondering it, he quickly dismissed the thought.

Zhou Yan personally witnessed Qian Luoshui’s departure, and the Emperor had said that sealing off the Heavenly Road from that place meant truly leaving.

Zhou Yan felt he might be overthinking; Qian Luoshui might not be such a unique, calculating individual.

His thoughts quickly shifted to the scene before him, which still remained without any glow, obscuring everything, but Zhou Yan was certain he was inside a bubble, wrapped up and flying toward the Unknown Land.

This process lasted for about ten minutes, during which Zhou Yan felt as though the rules of heaven and earth were breaking—a sensation of tearing enveloped him.

Before Zhou Yan could sense the surroundings, his view brightened, and he realized he had arrived at a place resembling the Reincarnation Ancient Land.

But this place was not the Reincarnation Ancient Land; it lacked many Light Gates, featuring only nine light gates.

The light gates resembled headstones, or rectangular stone pillars, hollowed out in the center.

These pillars didn’t have engraved statues, nor was there a flow of Beast Soul power, only Tai Chu Runes adorning them—pure Tai Chu Runes.

Tai Chu Runes, ancient artifacts, perhaps the sole informational treasure left to Zhou Yan by the Soul Burying Starfield, the singular wealth of knowledge.

On seeing Tai Chu Runes appear on the light gates, Zhou Yan naturally felt some joy. Although these Tai Chu Runes tended toward transformation into Emperor Runes, they were extremely ancient, known entirely to Zhou Yan—due to his deep study of Tai Chu Runes in the Soul Burying Starfield.

Recognizing these Tai Chu Runes, it was as if a unique heavenly curtain was lifted, recording profound and inscrutable secrets within this purple Emperor Star.

Zhou Yan walked over; there was no danger here.

Shadows of a thousand peaks surrounded him, with strong life energy swirling around. The life energy was immensely protective and growth-enhancing to Zhou Yan’s Eternal Spirit, as he absorbed it to strengthen himself while he began observing the Light Gate Stone Pillars.

This space seemed not large, approximately a thousand square meters, a circular space with five light gates on the left tracing a curved path, and five light gates on the right forming another curve.

This essentially was an Eight Diagrams.

Initially, Zhou Yan didn’t understand, but upon overall observation, he quickly discovered this fact.

Within this grand Eight Diagrams, the arrangement of light gates seemed natural, not deliberately arranged. Instead, the edge of these gates exhibited a distinctive Array breath, indicating the arrangement centered around the curved Radiant Stone Pillars, inadvertently forming a unique domain, cooperating with the Light Screen Pillars to create an Eight Diagrams.

Such a grand design needed no further explanation; yet Zhou Yan found it perplexing that while the Eight Diagrams were indeed Eight Diagrams, with clear Qian Kun positions, two fish eyes were missing.

Indeed, no fish eyes.

Without fish eyes, a Tai Chi Eight Diagrams isn’t complete and can’t form a cycle of Reincarnation.

Pensively, Zhou Yan took a glance at his feet, precisely where the fish eyes would be, and standing there, he felt a doubt in his heart.

Immediately, Zhou Yan thought of how he previously felt as if he were in the state of a bubble, pondering deeply.

This means that the bubble actually represents a fish eye.

And the position of the other fish eye should be another bubble, another bubble that could take Zhou Yan away.

Enter through one fish eye and exit through another.

This is a cycle, a cycle of the Eight Diagrams.

The secret technique of the Eight Diagrams, in this instant, became thoroughly contemplated by Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan’s mood improved significantly, and an uncontrollable sense of belief spontaneously arose, with an indescribable sense of pride flowing deep within his heart.

The various heavy feelings previously caused by Qian Luoshui also vanished.

Zhou Yan approached the first radiance; his direction was to the left. The first light gate on the left was the smallest, but its size was about the same as the largest Light Stone Pillar, making no particularly clear difference.

As Zhou Yan approached the first Light Stone Pillar, he sensed that the Eight Diagrams seemed to circulate due to his movement, as if the arc had some distortion because of Zhou Yan’s fish eye action.

Zhou Yan did not ponder this change; he could not delve into understanding these things.

The Emperor’s instructions were gone before entering here. Everything left required Zhou Yan to explore, attempt, and venture on his own.

Zhou Yan stood in front of the first Light Gate Stone Pillar and then looked at the familiar Tai Chu Runes on the pillar, even though these runes were extremely obscure and remote, to the extent that if Zhou Yan hadn’t stayed in the Soul Burying Starfield for several lifetimes, he couldn’t possibly recognize these Tai Chu Runes.

Yet Zhou Yan still recognized these Tai Chu Runes, and upon recognizing them, his heart was indescribably shocked.

Yes, this is truly the Heaven Breaking Eight Diagram Array, the core secret technique of the array.

While reading these secret techniques, Zhou Yan couldn’t remember, so after gaining insight into some of the Tai Chu Rune’s information, Zhou Yan did not continue to comprehend but activated his soul body’s potential with his own blood, then used his blood to inscribe these Eight Diagram Runes, forming a unique Emperor Rune.

Yes, this is a process that requires transformation.

With his blood, just like in the past with Lee Ran and Zhou Wangchen, Zhou Yan began changing the runes on this Radiant Stele Gate, transforming it from Tai Chu Rune to Emperor Pattern.

Only by transforming the rune into Emperor Pattern can Zhou Yan understand it, and truly engrave it deep into his memory.

Otherwise, even if Zhou Yan instantly comprehended these Tai Chu Runes, he still couldn’t remember a bit; immediate memory and immediate forgetting.

This circumstance is an unmemorable rule, a transcendental rule, very likely the true King’s Tao.

The King’s Tao, Zhou Yan understands, is just like the situation inside his own forehead in Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain; even if its situation is exposed, unless extremely powerful, generally life at similar realm as Zhou Yan definitely face the Light Screen Stele just like Zhou Yan, unable to retain memories.

Immediately after memorizing, everything will completely fade within breaths.

Facing the light screen and this stone pillar stele, Zhou Yan felt somewhat contemplative.

Writing with his blood, because of its fusion with Qian Luoshui, Zhou Yan possessed part of Qian Luoshui’s bloodline. This dual cultivation, akin to refining, granted Zhou Yan immense benefits, having undergone over ten soul body transformations, boosting his soul body strength nearly ten thousand times.

This means, compared to ordinary Eternal Life beings, Zhou Yan’s soul strength is a hundred million times stronger.

This is an extremely terrifying change, and critically, even so, Qian Luoshui also reached a level of soul body strength of ten thousand times due to this transformation, and Qian Luoshui’s talent increased a hundredfold.

Zhou Yan now exhibits a hundredfold soul body strength, a strength sufficient to make him the top-tier genius.

Going further to display soul body strength is something Zhou Yan has never considered. Zhou Yan knows that "A tall tree attracts the wind," and thus decided not to reveal his additional soul strength.

Even within the Secret Realm, Zhou Yan did not recklessly unleash the remaining soul strength.

The tremendous benefit of the increased soul strength is the realm breakthrough without any constraints, concurrently, comfortably and smoothly employing the Thunder Seals on his forehead, and the Thunder Flame Breaking Path Mountain within.

These are secondary.

Currently, Zhou Yan inscribed his own Emperor Pattern with his blood. These Emperor Patterns originated from Zhou Yan’s analysis and summary of the Emperor’s Blood and Mark, and upon becoming an Eternal Spirit, Zhou Yan himself realized the Eternal Rune.