"What the hell?"
The voice was extremely mechanical, and for a moment, Zhang Daoyuan even thought it was an illusion.
What did it mean to embark on the cultivation path? He was already a Supreme Being!
He was almost the strongest person in the mortal world, nearly reaching the very peak of the Human Dao Realm.
And what did it mean to break into a Forbidden Zone, consume an Undying Divine Medicine within it, and then emerge from it?
He felt that this description was inexplicably familiar to him.
However, these chaotic thoughts were quickly suppressed by him.
Because he had a system; in this chaotic era, he finally had his golden finger, and he felt a little comforted.
"Although what the system said was inexplicable, I do indeed have a system now!"
"At the very least, in this chaotic era, there is hope for survival!"
Although the Heavenly Emperor Life System sounded a bit strange.
But regardless, a system that could reward good things was a good system.
And the rewards of the Heavenly Emperor Life System did not disappoint him.
"Break into a Forbidden Zone, pick and consume an Undying Divine Medicine within the Forbidden Zone, and simultaneously emerge from the Forbidden Zone alive. Reward: Activate the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body!"
"Huh?"
To be honest, Zhang Daoyuan was truly a little bewildered.
But the next moment, amidst his surprise and shock, he felt it.
A supreme Origin began to revive within his body.
The most powerful bloodline surged and erupted within him, causing him to continuously improve.
It was as if he had swallowed a True Dragon.
Boundless vitality rushed up from the top of his head; at first, that vitality was blood red.
After crossing a certain stage, it rapidly turned into pure golden vitality, almost like a Super Saiyan transformation.
And this was not the limit; following this change.
His physical body strength was also continuously becoming stronger.
He was stepping forward, step by step, toward the very peak of the Human Dao Realm.
Moreover, as these changes occurred, the blood in his body, which was initially blood red.
In the middle stage, it turned into a mix of blood red and gold.
By the middle-to-late stage, his body was filled with pure golden blood.
Even his bones and skin turned pure gold during this process, looking just like a Bodhisattva or Buddha in a temple.
But in the end, after roughly crossing the Dun Yi Realm, it began to change again. It became golden-yellow with a hint of blood red, as everything began to return to its origin.
"This is... the three-stage change of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body."
Before transmigrating, Zhang Daoyuan could be considered a fan of webnovels.
He was very familiar with the famous Perfect World Trilogy.
He had read both Perfect World and Cover the Heavens.
Therefore, he was no stranger to the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.
In the Cover the Heavens trilogy, the protagonist of Cover the Heavens, Ye Fan, possessed the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body.
In the Cover the Heavens Great Universe, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was one of the top-tier physiques in the universe.
Even without becoming a Great Emperor, one could challenge a Great Emperor; it was one of the most formidable and terrifying physiques under heaven.
Originally, when Zhang Daoyuan read about it, he was very envious of such a physique.
He even wished he had one himself.
He also remembered the three stages of change for the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body very clearly.
The cultivation realms in the Cover the Heavens world are Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, Four Extremities, Dragon Transformation, and Immortal Platform.
Immortal Platform is further divided into the First to Ninth Heaven.
The Immortal One realm belongs to the Grand Elder level in the Cover the Heavens Great Universe, and the Immortal Two realm belongs to the Great Power level.
Immortal Three is the Dao-Severing King.
Immortal Four is already a Saint.
Immortal Five is Saint King, Immortal Six is Great Sage, Immortal Seven is Quasi-Emperor, Immortal Eight is Great Emperor, and Immortal Nine is Mortal Immortal?
That is roughly the division of realms.
When the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body is at the Four Extremities Realm, the blood in the body begins to change from red to gold.
At the Saint King realm, all the red in the body turns into gold, pure gold without any flaws.
At the Great Sage realm, it begins to reverse, changing bit by bit from gold back to red.
It turns pure red roughly at the peak of the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm.
At that point, it can be considered the Great Accomplishment of the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, and it can be called the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body.
And now, Zhang Daoyuan had directly skipped the first two stages, and even the third stage was nearing completion.
There was only a small amount of gold mixed in his blood, and it was about to turn completely red.
During this round of strengthening and change, Zhang Daoyuan, because of this vast and unparalleled vitality.
He even advanced several small steps within the Supreme Realm, effectively moving forward quite a bit.
Now, he could roughly be considered a person at the peak of the early Supreme Realm.
It could be said that this was an unexpected joy, but Zhang Daoyuan always felt something was wrong.
"System, this isn't right, why did you reward me with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?"
"Normally, since I am in the Immortal Ancient era, you should reward me with the Beginningless and Endless Scripture of the Wuzhong Immortal King."
"Or the Six Paths Reincarnation Scripture of the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King; rewarding me with the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body doesn't seem appropriate at all, right?"
"Breaking into a Forbidden Zone and returning alive, logically it should also reward the Undying Scripture that the Desolate Heaven Emperor once obtained; what is the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body?"
"Detection in progress... Detection correct, located in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, in the Post-Desolate Ancient Era."
"Heavenly Emperor Life is currently breaking into the Desolate Ancient （crossed out） Forbidden Zone, successfully emerging from the Desolate Ancient （crossed out） Forbidden Zone, opening the Sea of Bitterness, the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body begins to embark on the cultivation path..."
"???"
Zhang Daoyuan's head was full of question marks; he finally knew where his previous sense of familiarity and unease came from.
Successfully entering a Forbidden Zone, consuming an Undying Divine Medicine within it, and then walking out of the Forbidden Zone.
Along the way, in the outer perimeter of the Forbidden Zone, because of the Heaven and Earth Rules of the Forbidden Zone, he became young again, and even the Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, which fundamentally could not cultivate, was able to cultivate and create a Sea of Bitterness...
This was entirely the treatment of the Cover the Heavens protagonist, Ye Fan.
Why did the system put this hat on his head?
He finally felt why the Heavenly Emperor Life System was so eye-catching and familiar.
It turned out his Heavenly Emperor life was not that of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, but Emperor Ye.
"Although Emperor Ye is also great, I think the Desolate Heaven Emperor is not bad either."
"With the life experience of the Desolate Heaven Emperor, wouldn't my future be broader? System, hurry up and correct this!"
The mechanical voice in his mind paused twice, then began to speak again.
"Detecting... Detecting... Confirmed, this place is the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the Heaven and Earth Rules are not perfect, it is difficult to become an Immortal, and the peak of the Human Dao Realm is the highest."
"That's right, this is the Post-Desolate Ancient Era!"
Zhang Daoyuan was speechless and could only say that the system was truly malfunctioning.
He was in the Immortal Ancient era, while the system was in the Post-Desolate Ancient era, the era of Ye Fan, Emperor Ye.
But the information reported by the system's detection just now also made his heart turn cold.
He looked up toward the outside world and discovered that he could see the situation outside through this separate Small World.
He saw the World Tree, which obscured the sky and sun, supporting the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the entire world, collapsing amidst a deafening roar.
At the same time, he felt that the rules of the outside world were about to fall upon him; even though he was hiding in the Small World, they were going to forcibly sever his foundation and make him incomplete.
Heaven and Earth were incomplete, and the people living in this world also had to endure these incomplete Heaven and Earth Rules.
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