Chapter 426

Chapter 426: The Dual Completion Method

"The once glorious Purple Star Heavenly Court is also gone."

After leaving the ultimate void, Xuanxin looked down upon the ruins, overwhelmed with complex emotions.

"All the changes in the world originate from Heaven’s Secret Pavilion," Li Ruoyu said lightly. "Since Heaven’s Secret Pavilion appeared, all realms have been turned upside down in just two short years."

"That Master is the one pulling the strings," said the Immortal Emperor Taisu.

"Heh…" the Mad Daoist responded indifferently, "Whatever he does, as long as the Master can help me transcend."

"Uncle Master, you’ve already gathered enough treasures on this trip. When will you ascend to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?" Li Ruoyu stared at the Mad Daoist.

The Mad Daoist smiled, but did not answer.

"Before that, Uncle Master, I ask that you give the Ziwei Spirit Root to me," Li Ruoyu said.

"No problem."

The Mad Daoist activated his magic power, and the Ziwei Spirit Root flew out of his Purple Palace. With a mere thought, he erased his soul imprint and handed it to Li Ruoyu.

"Thank you," Li Ruoyu expressed his gratitude.

"Apprentice Nephew, after parting today, I fear it will be difficult for us to meet again in the lower realm." The Mad Daoist laughed heartily, extremely carefree. "If fate allows, we will meet again in the Hongmeng Dao Realm."

"That day will come," Li Ruoyu replied.

Swoosh!

The Mad Daoist’s voice still lingered in the void, but he had already vanished.

"Can the Master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion truly help him transcend?" the Immortal Emperor Taisu asked, half believing, half doubtful.

Li Ruoyu shook his head.

"Daoist friend Taisu, I have already helped you obtain Taishi Divine Mountain and Tai Chi Divine Mountain. From now on, you must follow my instructions," Li Ruoyu stated, standing with his hands behind his back. "I will fulfill your transcendence."

"As for Taiyi Divine Mountain, it is in Daoist friend Lin’s hands. That is your affair."

The Immortal Emperor Taisu nodded.

She had an agreement with Li Ruoyu beforehand and naturally would not break her word.

The Immortal Emperor Taisu looked at Lin Qianmo. "Daoist friend Lin, name your price."

"I can certainly hand Taiyi Divine Mountain over to you."

Lin Qianmo replied, "But how much can you offer me?"

"The ultimate secret of the Five Innate Elements," the Immortal Emperor Taisu said, his tone grave. "If I obtain the Five Innate Elements, I will surely comprehend the mysteries within and transcend to ascension."

"At that time, I will tell you everything without hiding a single detail."

"Daoist friend should understand that whether the Five Innate Elements Divine Mountain is in your hands or mine is completely different."

The Immortal Emperor Taisu’s demeanor was proud.

As one of the deities of the Five Innate Elements, no one in the world understood their mysteries better than he did.

"Agreed," Lin Qianmo nodded. The Taiyi Divine Mountain floated above her palm. "In the future, I hope you will tell me the secrets of the Five Innate Elements," she said expectantly.

She had already comprehended seventy or eighty percent of Taiyi Divine Mountain’s secret.

The value of this divine mountain wasn’t that great a temptation to her.

"Thank you, Daoist friend." Immortal Emperor Taisu beamed with joy, hurriedly storing the Primordial Taiyi Divine Mountain into his Purple Palace.

"Daoist friend Mu, we shall meet again when the Taihuang Ancient Realm opens," Li Ruoyu said with a smile.

"Until we meet again." Immortal Emperor Mu gave a faint smile. "This young lady also needs to visit Heaven’s Secret Pavilion once, to request the Master there to resolve my doubts."

"Why don’t we go together?" Immortal Emperor Taisu suggested with a smile.

He already possessed the Taiyi, Taishi, Taisu, and Tai Chi Divine Mountains. Only the Primordial Divine Mountain was missing. Mad Daoist hadn’t told Immortal Emperor Taisu where this final mountain was.

He could only head to Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

Immortal Emperor Mu naturally had no reason to refuse.

The two Immortal Emperors flew towards Heaven’s Secret Pavilion.

"Daoist friend, have you decided to walk both paths?" Lin Qianmo looked at Li Ruoyu, her gaze settling on the Ziwei Spirit Root.

"Yes."

Li Ruoyu replied frankly, "The Taihuang Ancient Realm is one path. The method to sever the three bodies is another. My strength is inferior to none. I must attempt it."

Lin Qianmo revealed a satisfied expression.

Truly befitting of the Heavenly Emperor.

Li Ruoyu departed as well.

"Teacher, any clues regarding the Ninth Young Master’s place of legacy?" Lin Qianmo asked.

Xuan Du Ancient Immortal answered, "None of the myriad things of the world have shown any change. The only possible location is the ultimate void."

"But the human ancestor has sealed the ultimate void. How can we find it?" Reincarnation Ancient God frowned.

Through his Transcendence through Merit, Yi Tianxing’s power had ascended to the Sovereign of the World level, nearly surpassing all beings in the lower plane universe. Though they were powerful, they had not yet reached the transcendent realm.

Consequently, cracking Yi Tianxing’s divine ability to locate the ultimate void was practically impossible.

"Teacher possesses extraordinary abilities. Surely you have a method," Lin Qianmo stated.

A strange smile appeared on Xuan Du Ancient Immortal’s face.

He slowly raised his hand. A bronze lotus lamp rose gently.

This lamp had no wick.

"This object is called the Nine Treasure Lotus Lamp. This old one left its wick within the ultimate void," Xuan Du Ancient Immortal explained. "As long as I activate the Nine Treasure Lotus Lamp, it will guide us to find the wick."

Swoosh!

Xuan Du Ancient Immortal channeled his magic power into the Nine Treasure Lotus Lamp. The bronze lotus petals swayed, emitting a peculiar aura. Seemingly, an ethereal thread tugged through the fabric of heaven and earth.

The Nine Treasure Lotus Lamp drifted towards the southeast.

"Let’s go."

His expression shifting, Xuan Du Ancient Immortal immediately led Lin Qianmo and her companions following the lamp.

…

New World of the Yuan Realm.

Heavenly Emperor’s dojo.

Li Ruoyu descended into the dojo, sitting in lotus position.

The vast dojo stood utterly empty, enveloped by boundless solitude.

Yet for Li Ruoyu, who had orchestrated a flesh strategy to get the Heavenly Emperor to suppress him at Godfall Ridge for over ten million years, prolonged loneliness and suffering were long familiar.

The path of cultivation was inherently solitary.

From the day he was sealed, his remaining life was destined for solitude.

Woosh!

Li Ruoyu spread his hands. The shattered Innate Dao Seed rose into the air. Under the force of his magic power, the broken seed slowly healed, coalescing once more into the Spirit Roots of heaven and earth.

With a thought, he summoned the Ziwei Spirit Root from his Purple Palace.

Back when Li Ruoyu first heard of the method of transcendence through severing three bodies from Lin Qianmo’s lips, he had begun plotting.

Both the Ziwei Spirit Root and the Innate Dao Seed were essential.

He would walk the path of severing three bodies.

But he refused to tread blindly toward ruin.

Thus, he intended to forge an ultimate body—using the Innate Dao Seed as flesh and the Ziwei Spirit Root as spirit—achieving dual focus to verify the Great Dao of Transcendence.

This was Li Ruoyu’s true purpose in destroying the Purple Star Heavenly Court.

Slaying the Heavenly Emperor and eliminating Yuanzu, Si Ming, and the Ancient God of Origin were merely incidental.

"Heavenly Emperor Scripture!"

Li Ruoyu roared, his hair and beard whipping wildly.

Torrential magic power surged into the Innate Dao Seed and Ziwei Spirit Root.

His vital essence activated the Innate Dao Seed.

The Dao Seed erupted with dazzling immortal light. Using his essence as the hammer and spirit as the guide, Li Ruoyu frantically tempered the seed, forging it into a flawless body.

Simultaneously.

The Ziwei Spirit Root’s primordial spirit pathway erupted, transforming into a streak of violet light that plunged into the Innate Dao Seed.

Under Li Ruoyu’s supreme magic power, the two great Spirit Roots of heaven and earth began to merge gradually.

Few in existence could forcibly fuse two Spirit Roots.

Li Ruoyu was one such being.

His strength was too overwhelming; suppressing both Spirit Roots posed no challenge.

A terrifying aura rippled outwards.

The entire dojo dissolved into chaos.

Li Ruoyu stood with the presence of the Heavenly Emperor descending upon the mortal world—transcendent and majestic—channeling one divine ability after another into the Innate Dao Seed.

Time flowed like water.

The Innate Dao Seed gradually took human form.

An invisible hand seemed to trace features onto it—defining facial features, forming limbs, shaping skin and hair.

Infinite mysteries of the Great Dao imprinted themselves upon the flesh body.

The next moment, a Purple Palace sprouted forth, birthing an inner world within.

Immense energy surged inside the Dao seed, generating countless profound wonders.

This body was wholly a new life.

Identical to the Heavenly Emperor in every way.

Yet he was not the Heavenly Emperor.

Merely Li Ruoyu’s avatar—yet unlike Ye Xu’s Second Primordial Spirit Avatar, born of the Ziwei Spirit Root and Innate Dao Seed’s marvels, he stood utterly autonomous: an authentic Immortal Emperor of the Three Yuan Proof.

Unknown lengths of time passed.

The body’s internal organs, its Purple Palace world, its cosmic Great Dao—all emerged from nothingness under Li Ruoyu’s shaping, evolving into a complete, new lifeform.

Li Ruoyu placed a massive hand over the new body’s skull.

He infused every memory, every lifetime moment, into the Purple Palace, etching them deep into its primordial spirit.

Completing this task, Li Ruoyu withdrew his hand, meditating to regain balance.

Forging this body had drained him profoundly.

Even with the two great Spirit Roots, forging new life embodying the Three Yuan Proof was a grueling, heaven-defying feat.

"Daoist friend."

The new lifeform opened its eyes, a slight curl at its lips as it regarded Li Ruoyu.

"From this day forward, you are me, and I am you."

It declared.

Li Ruoyu smiled.

This body carried his complete memory—it was himself.

Henceforth, two Li Ruoyus walked the world.

Their sole difference: one forged from Spirit Roots, the other peerless in flesh.

"Now," Li Ruoyu declared, "We may begin severing three bodies."