Chapter 66 Emotions Gradually Recovered in Memories

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(The evening of the first day of formally entering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths from the Immortal Road)

After conversing for a moment to understand the situation, Fang Zheng watched as the Supreme blood he had just collected and placed out gushed forth like a spring, converging in mere moments into a vast blood pool capable of draining millions of Supremes.

Emperor Lingbao fell silent for a moment. With a backhand motion, he severed this sector of space-time, drawing the colossal blood pool into his body. He cast a peculiar look at Fang Zheng and muttered, "Truly miraculous. Is this beyond the myriad Dao, the source of infinity?"

"If what you say is true, leave the forging of the Universe Ark—specifically the task of combining the myriad Dao of heaven and earth and reconciling the conflicts among different Emperor formations—to me."

With a sharp clang, sword chimes resounded in all directions. Behind Emperor Lingbao, the four killing swords of Execution, Slaughter, Annihilation, and Trapping rang out in unison. He sighed with emotion:

"Never would I have imagined that, after millions of distant years, these killing swords of mine would once more be stained with the blood of Supremes!"

He then looked toward Taiyin, appraised him for a moment, and nodded, saying, "Let us go! If matters have come to this, the sooner the better!"

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In a mere half-day, the Holy Emperor of the Sun, the Void Emperor, the Hengyu Emperor, the Fuxi Emperor, the Taihuang Emperor, the Western Empress, the nine Great physiques...

Those Supremes of the Dao of the Extreme in the universe of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths who had once suppressed the dark turmoil across the long river of history, who did not devour all living beings even in their old age, and who had passed away with deep regrets—were resurrected one after another!

On this day, Supremes from numerous forbidden zones of life bled across the starry sky.

Although they were likewise supplied with infinite immortal Qi by the rule blocks to restore them to their peak condition, they were, after all, still not strong enough!

Under the joint siege of numerous experts of the same tier or even higher, they barely had time to mount any further response before being utterly slaughtered in a very short span of time.

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After the brief skirmish, the perspective returns to the space above the Big Dipper star, where Fang Zheng was currently lingering.

After the numerous Great Emperors and Ancient Sovereigns had been resurrected and dealt with those forbidden zone Supremes who preyed upon living beings, they had agreed to gather here shortly to discuss momentous matters after handling their respective affairs.

At present, the Sun, Taiyin, and Fang Zheng had arrived ahead of time, waiting for the others, though the atmosphere was slightly tense.

Fang Zheng smiled cheerfully and said, "It feels like time passes really quickly. I probably arrived at this planet around noon today, and by evening, a whole batch of Supreme-tier figures has died. After a brief meeting later, you'll all be turning the entire universe into a spaceship, won't you?"

Taiyin responded gently, "Indeed. With Fellow Daoist Fang Zheng here, along with so many Supremes of the Dao of the Extreme, the forging of the Universe Ark will certainly go even smoother than in the future."

"No matter what that darkness permeating the Boundary Sea truly is, we have the confidence to escape it, or even shatter it."

"You have brought an unprecedented upheaval to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. From this day forward, I truly wonder where the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will head."

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Yet, looking at the gentle smile on the face of the Divine Emperor Taiyin, the Holy Emperor of the Sun beside him kept his brows tightly furrowed. After hesitating for a moment, he gazed solemnly at Taiyin and spoke:

"Senior Divine Emperor Taiyin, ever since I was born, I grew up listening to your various legendary deeds."

"As the Divine Emperor who rescued the human race from the plight of being blood-food slaves, praised and cursed by countless living beings—if what Fellow Daoist Fang Zheng says is true, yet you were unknowingly eroded and replaced by the darkness, I cannot be certain whether the true human Emperor Taiyin of the past ever truly existed."

"Nor do I know whether you, possessing a dark primordial spirit, have truly cast off the control of the black mist as Fang Zheng claims. But now that the black mist is about to launch a massive invasion, I will remain constantly on guard against you. If you dare to betray the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, I will kill you!"

"Oh?" The gentleness on Divine Emperor Taiyin's face faded, replaced by a cold sneer as killing intent suffused the air.

"When I do things, I dare to own them. I admit I was once influenced, and until recently, I was merely a puppet without a true self, manipulated by some entity."

"Even if only to avoid ever being a manipulated puppet again, I would never surrender to the darkness."

"Yet no matter what I am willing to do, it gives a junior like you no reason to disrespect me!"

Immediately, the Taiyin Moon Blade was unsheathed, filling the air with a bone-chilling murderous aura. He beckoned to the Holy Emperor of the Sun, his eyes flashing with a glacial light. "If you harbor suspicions against me, have the courage and come fight a battle!"

The Holy Emperor of the Sun let out a cold snort. "Precisely what I want!"

In the blink of an eye, two comrades who had fought side by side not long ago seemed on the verge of turning their weapons against each other.

Fang Zheng, however, paid no heed to such things. He stepped directly between them, blocking them. "Alright, alright, if you're truly controlled, drinking another bucket of milk should fix it."

With a tone of puzzled inquiry, he added, "And you, Holy Emperor of the Sun, you're also a bit different from before. My milk can dispel all abnormal statuses. Would you like to try some?"

"I am also different from before? Dispel abnormal statuses?" the Holy Emperor of the Sun muttered, his brows furrowing.

Glancing at Fang Zheng, he sighed once more: "Even now, I still cannot completely trust what you say, Fellow Daoist Fang Zheng, but I was indeed resurrected by relying on your power. Such a great favor—I will try to trust you. Come! Give me a bucket of milk."

*Crack, crack.* Accompanied by the sound effect of consuming milk, the Holy Emperor of the Sun's brows locked tightly together in the very next frame.

Though unlike Divine Emperor Taiyin, whose entire physical body and primordial spirit had collapsed and nearly perished, he too suffered severe damage. His physical body cracked, bursting forth with a mist of blood, and his primordial spirit likewise revealed dense and terrifying fissures.

A certain foreign substance hidden deep within his flesh and primordial spirit, which had been so seamlessly integrated as to be indistinguishable, was instantly and utterly uprooted.

With an endless supply of vitality, his physical body and primordial spirit were restored in an instant.

Sensing an unprecedented lightness and clarity within his primordial spirit, a sense of deep creepiness washed over him: "Even I was eroded without realizing it?"

One must know that he had attained the Dao through the physique of the Sun, and his blood and Qi were like the scorching sun, invulnerable to all evils. Any malevolent spirits, grievances, or the like, even if merely enveloped by a wisp of his aura, would melt away like snow.

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Even the god-like obsession born from his own unyielding resentment after perishing ages ago—a thing that ought to have been supremely yin and malevolent—was fundamentally different from other evil entities, capable of wielding the power of ultimate yang and rigidity.

If even he, who countered malevolent entities most effectively, had been unknowingly eroded, who among the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could possibly escape unscathed?

His tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, yet he cupped his fists and bowed toward Divine Emperor Taiyin nearby: "I apologize. It seems my mind was also affected. Perhaps I, too, have been like you, replaced from the very beginning."

Watching the actions of the Holy Emperor of the Sun, Fang Zheng stood in a daze for a moment before playing a sorrowful voice line: "Alas, it is possible that all living creatures in this universe have already been altered across time, having the seeds of the black mist planted within them."

"The you that I knew previously have all been altered as well, entirely transformed into completely different people who merely happen to look the same."

"All sentient life throughout the universe was already infected by the black mist at the time Taiyin observed it earlier, turning them all into dark infected subjects."

"It's just that, to resist the backlash of the long river of time, this black mist is likely in some kind of dormant state, with only a small portion active, causing the infected individuals to be replaced by dark primordial spirits."

Listening to Fang Zheng's narration, the previously murderous expression in the eyes of Divine Emperor Taiyin dimmed slightly.

As time slowly flowed, a trace of sorrow and melancholy oozed drop by drop from the depths of his memories, resembling a bitter spring.

With a somewhat dazed gaze looking out into the void, scenes from ages past surfaced in his memory.

In his early childhood, his parents had willingly sacrificed themselves as blood-food to protect him, their youngest son.

In his youth, an elder brother had died to protect him.

After becoming a slave of the alchemy furnace, a young maiden had rescued him from severe injuries along his path of flight, yet he had never even asked her name.

After fighting his way through to attain the Dao, the wife he met on the path of cultivation who accompanied him all the way until she grew old and died.

At his wife's funeral, the child who angrily rebuked him...

These memories of the past, those seemingly mundane recollections that at the time felt so trivial and even filled him with disdain to recall—

At this very moment, after the influence of the black mist within his primordial spirit had been stripped away, these memories were like jars of bitter wine buried deep within the soul, overturned all at once.

As time settled, those emotions of the past that had left him completely unfazed, or even filled with aversion, did not fade away with the passage of time.

Instead, in this distant era, at a moment when all of this was completely beyond redemption, they grew only more intense...

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