Chapter Twenty-Eight: Reviving the Great Emperors of All Ages? (2)

Taiyin bowed deeply once more, his voice filled with gratitude: "Little friend Fang Zheng, if this endeavor succeeds, the countless living beings across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the universe will owe you a debt of immense grace."

"By the way, little friend Fang Zheng, while you possess unfathomable power, your temperament remains that of an ordinary youth."

"You need only place the healing potions into the chests; I shall handle everything that follows."

"Though I cannot personally host you properly for the time being, I will do my utmost to ensure your comfort here. I will never let those wretched beings discover you, nor will I give them the slightest opportunity to capture or exploit you."

Immediately, Fang Zheng began pulling chest after chest from his inventory, filling them with Splash Potions of Healing II and stacks of Enchanted Golden Apples.

After a long while, looking at the mountain of chests, the Human Emperor Taiyin gently waved his sleeve, cutting out the space containing these items and absorbing it into his body.

Based on Taiyin’s own experience, the splash potions in these chests were enough to allow the remnant consciousness of a Supreme-level powerhouse to spontaneously regenerate a sliver of life-blood and a strand of primordial spirit.

As for the golden apples, they could be used in combat to grant resistance buffs, instantly negating twenty percent of any incoming damage for five minutes.

When he first learned of this, Taiyin was utterly shocked. Compared to the so-called ten-fold combat power boost of the "Jie" secret from the Nine Secrets, this percentage-based effect was inherently more absurd—so absurd it bordered on the ridiculous—enough to give him the upper hand in any battle against an opponent of equal rank.

Once consumed, even if faced with a siege by at least three Supreme-level experts of his own caliber, Taiyin felt fully confident he could slay them all.

After tucking away the chests, Taiyin gazed into the distance, pondering to himself: "After I pass, there is the Sun Holy Emperor, who was revered alongside me as a Holy Emperor of the human race. I must find a place to conceal the heavenly secrets and resurrect him."

He glanced at Jiang Tingting before him and thought, "And there are also the ancestors of this child, Jiang Hengyu, Ji XuKong, and the nine Great Saint Bodies... To think that after my time, the human race produced so many Supremes willing to guard all living beings and quell the darkness. It is truly heartening."

Watching Fang Zheng—this blocky figure wandering about with such curiosity—Taiyin could not help but sigh:

"Creating something from nothing, infinite resources, manifesting a primordial spirit out of thin air... Little friend Fang Zheng’s power is so immense. If he can truly resurrect all those predecessors who held the common people in their hearts, the entire universe might finally end the cycle of chaos that has plagued it since time immemorial and usher in an era of true, lasting peace."

He looked once more toward the direction of the Desolate Forbidden Land on the Big Dipper star, sensing the muddled, unfocused consciousness there, so unlike the other clear-headed Supremes.

A flicker of doubt crossed his eyes: "The Master of the Desolate Forbidden Land—what is her attitude toward all living beings? Could she be an ally worth winning over?"

After a moment of thought, Taiyin pointed to Jiang Tingting, who was standing by, dumbfounded and afraid to move, and said to Fang Zheng: "Little friend Fang Zheng, this young girl is my descendant. For the next period, in order to maintain secrecy, I will leave my weapons here to guard you. Let her take you around for a while."

With that, the Human Emperor Taiyin handed the Taiyin Moon Blade—its blade recast and its divine spirit reborn—along with the Human Emperor Seal—incomplete, but with its inner spirit awakened—to Jiang Tingting, who stood there in shock, unable to utter a word.

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Jiang Tingting remained in shock for a long time before finally managing to calm her emotions. Just as she hesitated and prepared to ask a question, Taiyin conveyed some instructions to her via divine sense, then turned and left.

Every Supreme-level figure possesses unimaginably tenacious vitality.

Unless their primordial spirit has gradually decayed due to the passage of time, leading to the decline of their physical blood and qi, a Supreme-level figure is virtually immortal.

Even if their primordial spirit and physical body were shattered a thousand times in battle, as long as a sliver of living blood and a strand of consciousness remained, and they were not attacked by outsiders, they could rapidly reconstruct their body and spirit.

Therefore, as long as one could utilize Fang Zheng’s healing potions to manifest that initial strand of spirit and blood, one could undoubtedly resurrect a Supreme!

Next, Taiyin would be very busy.

The more than thirty Supremes remaining in a state of wakefulness across the various forbidden lands of the universe were like a guillotine hanging over the heads of all living beings, and a heavy burden upon Taiyin’s shoulders.

Even with the road to immortality on the Big Dipper about to open, none of them wanted to lose their edge in combat before then.

But should they be even slightly careless, if these thirty-plus Supremes were to wage war, it would inevitably plunge most of the universe into the flames of conflict.

The entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths universe could even be shattered, triggering an ultimate extinction far exceeding all the dark turmoil of antiquity!

To prevent such a scenario, Taiyin could not show the slightest sign of weakness, nor could he let his true intentions leak.

However, it would not be long!

In a few days, he would have companions to share this heavy burden.

Under the watchful eyes of Jiang Tingting and Fang Zheng, the figure of the Human Emperor Taiyin suddenly vanished, his destination unknown.

...

In a single step, Taiyin arrived at the Ji family, which had also produced a Great Emperor.

After sending a divine sense to the Void Mirror—which was also fully awakened and guarding against the Supremes—to explain his intentions, the excited spirit of the Void Mirror hesitated only for a moment before opening a channel into its internal space.

As the Great Emperor who achieved enlightenment through the Dao of the Void, the space within the Void Mirror he left behind was the perfect place for concealment.

As for the question of trust?

That did not exist.

Though the Void Mirror was immensely vigilant toward those self-slashing Supremes, it would never believe that any Supreme would stoop so low as to use deception to trick an Imperial weapon into dropping its guard just to launch a sneak attack.

From ancient times, whether or not the Ancient Emperors and Supremes were upright before achieving enlightenment, most were open and honorable once they had attained it.

Even those self-slashing Supremes, who had abandoned everything they once were for the sake of immortality, would not engage in messy, convoluted conspiracies.

Because, so-called conspiracies are often the necessity of the weak.

If they had cultivated through endless hardships and fought to the death to reach the pinnacle of a world, only to find they could not act according to their own will, would their cultivation not have been in vain?

Observing the internal passage opened by the Void Mirror, Taiyin felt the fluctuations of the Void Dao and could not help but feel admiration: "Great Emperor Void... with his attainment in the Dao of the Void, his combat power is likely not beneath that of my third incarnation."

"After I resurrect the Sun Holy Emperor, he shall be the second."

With that thought, Taiyin stepped into the pitch-black space channel, thinking to himself: "Ancient texts once said that the Taiyin and the Sun would together manifest Chaos. If I can resurrect the Sun Holy Emperor and join forces with him, the fusion of Taiyin and the Sun would likely produce power far beyond my imagination."

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"Uh, did Taiyin leave?" Fang Zheng asked, stunned by the sudden departure of his newly acquainted friend.

At this moment, a somewhat awkward voice sounded nearby.

Jiang Tingting, having just been taught Chinese and briefed on many matters by the Human Emperor Taiyin via divine sense, bowed in awe toward the Taiyin Moon Blade and the Human Emperor Seal. She hung the moon blade at her waist and absorbed the Human Emperor Seal into her dantian.

Then, she bowed respectfully to Fang Zheng: "Senior Fang, please follow me. Senior Human Emperor has already given instructions; I will guide you well and do my best to fulfill the duties of a host."