Chapter 408

Chapter 408: The Nonexistent Path Lord

After Yun Ye exited, he immediately consumed a Spiritual Herb shimmering with the essence of flowing water, completely washing away his Spiritual Law cultivation.

The cultivation shattered by the essence of flowing water transformed into overwhelming Spiritual Herbs, forming a brand-new Ethereal Law, allowing him to swiftly enter the spiritual realm.

Previously, when he used Ethereal Law, it was forced; this body’s aptitude was far inferior to his original form, making it impossible to wield the Ethereal Law on a large scale.

The higher the level of the Spiritual Law used, the more spirit energy it required, with substantial spirit energy needed to stabilize the structure of the law.

Ethereal Law had already achieved triple attribute fusion, demanding significantly more than dual attributes; while small-scale applications were manageable, large-scale use would inevitably result in insufficient surrounding spirit energy.

To resolve this issue, he had to advance to a higher realm.

The spiritual realm could store vast amounts of spirit energy, allowing for the burden-free use of major Spiritual Law.

Law realms, being naturally stronger, could open inner spaces, yielding more potent magical power in greater quantities.

This was also why the power of law realms could exceed that of the spiritual realm; they did not need to rely on the spirit energy of heaven and earth, as it only provided endurance rather than a means for short-term power bursts.

With a spiritual realm body, attempting to challenge the law realm relied solely on high-amplitude ascent laws and attribute fusion; ordinary methods were meaningless under such a qualitative change in magical power.

"Continue the hunt."

Yun Ye gathered the spirit energy of heaven and earth, forming wings of wind. His figure gradually became blurry as he silently glided through the air towards a battlefield.

The goal of this trial was to survive, but in reality, it tested all-around strength.

Without understanding of combat and failing to hone the Three Great Methods to perfection, swiftly achieving success after body replacement would make survival until the end of the battle nearly impossible.

Suddenly.

A bolt of lightning flashed.

"Boom!"

A figure, moving at unimaginable speed, suddenly appeared, wielding a sword crackling with lightning that slashed down.

Swish!

Yun Ye soared upward, trying to evade the first strike while enveloping this lightning figure within the Reflecting Sky Illusion.

But the lightning figure was so fast it managed to cleave one of Yun Ye’s legs, shattering the Reflecting Sky Illusion and vanishing from sight.

Yun Ye broke into a cold sweat; even mastering Ethereal Law couldn’t allow him to catch up, let alone overtake it.

"Peerless figures in the law realms… far surpassing modern peerless figures in the law realms!"

Yun Ye unleashed his life force to heal his injuries. He shook his head and activated various secret techniques to conceal his aura more thoroughly.

In this era, even those with five-element bodies existed, making triple and quadruple attribute fusions far from rare.

The peerless figures in Huangzhou who challenged the Mystic Realm did so because most Mystic Realm figures were single or double attributes.

However, in the War of the Dual Emperors, nearly all Mystic Realm figures possessed double attributes or above, with triple attributes not uncommon—this strength was incomparable to Huangzhou.

Any peerless figure capable of challenging them would command even greater and stronger power, akin to Thunder True Feather in full form—its abilities impossible to fathom when all gathered together, releasing unimaginable might.

Yun Ye continued flying towards another battlefield, transforming into a non-existent assassin, moving swiftly and unnoticed while conducting his strikes.

In a short time, his Ethereal Law reached perfection.

Yun Ye decisively sank to the bottom of the water, re-entering the Emperor’s Secret Palace to exchange for necessary items, then…

Advancing to the Law Realms!

He had visited the Heavenly Path many times and attempted the Tomorrow Society’s plan to advance to the Law Realms, which somewhat saved him a lot of calculations in the occupational system.

However, it was only slightly better than nothing; what he had mastered alone was far from comparable to the countless research and deductions.

Otherwise, even without advancing, he would surely take root here and forcibly complete the Spiritual Law of the law realms.

"Boom!"

In this era, countless treasures aided cultivation, and one could directly exchange for them through the Emperor’s Secret Palace, allowing Yun Ye to advance to the law realms at an astounding speed.

In just one day, he completed his first major transformation into the Spiritual Law and officially achieved the law realm!

With Ethereal Law, Yun Ye relied on his countless experiences to dodge the monsters and silently hunted to enhance his power while exchanging for abundant resources and knowledge.

This is what Yun Ye found most significant about the War of the Dual Emperors; countless pieces of knowledge could be exchanged, and he could fully memorize and bring them out of the Heavenly Path.

If a Dao Classic suddenly surfaced now, he could theoretically memorize it entirely and then bring it back to the ordinary world.

If the outside world knew about the vast accumulation of knowledge in the Heavenly Path, while they could not take it away, they would surely go insane.

Cutting off the existence of memories in the Heavenly Path would be equivalent to a thousand tortures…

"Wait a minute?"

"So that’s how it is?"

Yun Ye finally understood what the unease he had sensed all along was. No wonder the dual emperors of this era were the Heavenly Emperor and the Water Emperor, while there was no Temporal Emperor!

The Heavenly Emperor, known as the God Destruction Clan, was born with a five-element body and was said to have descended from the divine heart, possessing innate knowledge. He was the most terrifying talent in the history of the God Destruction Clan; from birth, he completely surpassed all previous powerful beings, hence being directly named the God Destruction by the clan.

The God Destruction Clan naturally cultivated; every year marked a new realm. By age four, he had already entered the Mystic Heaven realm, and by seven, he had Reforged Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, becoming the first person in history to gain the power of a cave in the Mystic Realm, unparalleled and undefeated.

Unmatched and undefeated in every era, he challenged multiple realms, a being no one could defeat, serving as the marker of the age.

However, even being unmatched and undefeated had its hierarchy; upon the emergence of the God Destruction Clan, all previously deemed unmatched and undefeated beings were demoted and dared no longer to consider themselves unmatched or undefeated.

This was the God Destruction Clan, and that was just the beginning. After that, countless revered beings joined forces to suppress him, but the God Destruction Clan, without relying on family strength, annihilated twenty-one revered positions in three heavens in a brief moment, instantly gaining great renown across the world and laying the foundation for invincibility.

Subsequently, he reached a revered position at merely two hundred years old and traversed the three heavens within a thousand years, achieving the Supreme Ruler, definitively establishing his absolute supremacy over heaven and earth, simulating time and space, and opening limitless worlds, thus being called the Heavenly Emperor.

In addition to this Heavenly Emperor of the God Destruction Clan, there was also a similarly gifted individual of the same generation who, shortly after, due to the God Destruction Clan’s suppression of the world, prompted numerous cultivators to assist in forcefully breaking through the God Destruction Clan’s blockade, achieving his status as the second emperor.

This second emperor was the Water Emperor, Ni Xin Zhao.

A female emperor born in the celestial clan Ni, she was destined to wield the power of rainbow light. Ni Xin Zhao, having recognized the Dao Classics as her own since childhood, possessed combat strength that swept away everything. Upon achieving revered status, she forcibly accessed half of the Holy Path, mastering the supreme Water Laws and able to open the boundless Water Realm.

Using this power, with diverse assistance, she broke the God Destruction Clan’s suppression and became the second Supreme Ruler.

The Supreme Ruler at the pinnacle would open the fourth heaven; seeing that the third heaven already blocked countless beings while needing to break through the fourth heaven illustrated that Ni Xin Zhao was indeed a remarkable individual, not necessarily inferior to the Heavenly Emperor of the God Destruction Clan.

However, the War of the Dual Emperors originally did not include this character, Ni Xin Zhao…

In the tales sung throughout the Red Heaven realm, the dual emperors were clearly the Heavenly Emperor, God Destruction Clan, and the Temporal Emperor, yet where did this inexplicable Water Emperor Ni Xin Zhao come from?

There were far too many problems surrounding this.

Initially, Yun Ye merely thought the Water Emperor was a loser, someone not recorded in history. That was his belief until just now.

Now, Yun Ye pondered a crucial question.

The Path Artifact can only modify the laws of the world once.

Then, the modifier must give up becoming a True Immortal.

Here comes the question.

If the modifier cannot become a True Immortal, then who is the one that cuts off the Heavenly Path?

Since becoming a True Immortal is impossible, severing the Heavenly Path completely cuts off the future of the cultivators in the Red Heaven realm. What benefit does that bring to the modifier?

Thinking this way, the benefit seems to be only one.

"To survive! The opportunity to become a True Immortal is typically entirely locked down; to survive…"

One can only obey the commands of True Immortals to modify the world rules.

Give up becoming a True Immortal!

Thus, the legendary War of the Dual Emperors must be the future Path Lord battling the five-element body, while Ni Xin Zhao does not exist.

The current future Path Lord is likely still lurking, observing everything during future moments.

Perhaps he is waiting for the moment when the outcome is decided and the artifact for becoming a True Immortal is born.

Although Yun Ye does not know the specifics, he understands that it must be the future Path Lord secretly executing operations similar to stealing the day…

Only then can he ultimately become the winner and successfully attain the Path!

And this history involving the secrets of True Immortals cannot possibly be left behind.

The so-called years to unify the Celestial Empire, years to gather echoes for becoming a True Immortal, all of these estimates are false. If even one word here is true, the history presented by the Heavenly Path would not deviate so much.

"Is the ultimate answer to survive the future Path Lord?"

Yun Ye decided to give it a try.

Theoretically, a future Path Lord exists in this world.

He muttered to himself, "Tong Ming Qiong, you are watching, right…"

In the next moment, Yun Ye clearly sensed that the world had changed.

He could see the world line!

Then,

Fortune began to plummet.

"The trials of the Heavenly Path? I don’t believe I am false, but the future tells me that only by saving you can time continue to move forward. Originally, your possibility of survival was almost zero, but now…"

"Nothing can stop you from living."

The future Path Lord lent his power to Yun Ye, allowing him to see and confirm the future, at the cost of rapidly burning his fortune.

However, upon gaining this ability, Yun Ye knew that before his fortune burned out, he would definitely complete the twenty-first tier of the Heavenly Path.

The outcome was already decided, more stable than ever.

Yet Yun Ye’s emotions remained unsettled.

His attempt was not as simple as just going through trials…

Thunder True Feather could break free from history to converse for a few seconds.

Yin Yue Kong could leave her power to be effective thousands of years later.

Red Heaven further stated that once one mentions True Immortals, attention will be drawn.

Then the question arises.

When facing past True Immortals on the Heavenly Path, would it attract attention?

The answer is…

No!

Yun Ye waited a long time but did not see any existence suddenly appear, interrupting the Heavenly Path to converse with him.

Clearly, Red Heaven is an exception; she is the creator of the Heavenly Path and can manifest within it, but others, even True Immortals, cannot.