Man is in the heavens, parasites are born

Chapter 251 Mutation
"Huh? You guys from this timeline have disappeared?"

Hearing their words, Fang Ming was inexplicably surprised.

“Yes, they’ve disappeared.” Shi Hao nodded.

His gaze pierced through countless barriers and saw the high plateau of Evil Land, where he no longer existed.

It seems that because it is another version of themselves, they can perceive it easily.

"Hmm~ It doesn't feel like a simple fusion. It's as if we were originally one person, but because we share the same path, our strength hasn't increased much, almost not at all." Shi Hao pondered and said softly, "However, it feels a bit strange... I seem to have sensed the existence of some kind of boundary."

"This happened? And you even sensed the so-called boundary?" Fang Ming was also puzzled.

"Is it that Immortal Emperors cannot coexist, or are these three special?" Fang Ming wondered to himself.

“That’s right.” Ye Fan nodded and said, “The boundary of the Dao, or the boundary of the primordial land nurtured within this Dao.”

He felt that his future self, who had already been sacrificed, had indeed disappeared, leaving no trace of his existence.

After becoming an Immortal Emperor, even past interference could not affect the fact that he had become an Immortal Emperor, let alone his own sacrifice.

If interfering with the Immortal Emperor's past could make him disappear, the Strange Clan would have done so long ago.

Generally speaking, anyone who wants to do this and actually does it is basically an idiot.

If that's the case, the Immortal Emperor wouldn't be so difficult to kill.

Of course, after becoming an Immortal Emperor or even a Sacrificial Daoist, under normal circumstances, one will not interfere with one's past, because it would also affect one's past.

Even if they don't perish, their condition will be significantly affected, which could give the enemy an opportunity to kill them completely.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Celestial Emperor will not easily interfere with past timelines related to himself. He will only take drastic measures to erase all traces of his enemies when facing them.

Of course, Shi Hao was an exception. His "Transformation of Others" technique was too special, and he could easily pass through any node except for a few very special ones.

For example, their battle with the progenitor was a very special turning point, as was the death of the woman from Huafenlu on the plateau.

These special nodes are something he cannot currently break through or effectively connect with, thus failing to link them to powerful figures from the past, present, and future.

Of course, even if Shi Hao used the Great Art of Transformation to travel through endless time and space, the possibility of finding powerful beings from different time and space would be too slim.

Because, apart from the known powerful figures, those who have never met before, once they achieve something, will obscure the secrets of heaven and become difficult to trace.

The so-called great cause and effect are secondary. The real key is that after one has cultivated to the highest level, it is difficult to trace back and extremely difficult.

Without possessing the other party's true blood or other valuable items, tracking down another being of the same level is extremely difficult, almost impossible.

Although the Great Law of Transformation has countless incarnations in endless time and space, most of these incarnations are in a state of ignorance. Unless Shi Hao deliberately influences them, they will not easily awaken their true selves.

His main focus was still on dealing with the progenitor of the strange race. His incarnations of the Great Transformation Technique were mostly used to assist in cultivation and combat.

Immortal Emperors are extremely rare throughout history, and among those who practice the Dao, besides the progenitor of the strange race, there was only himself. Naturally, he was unwilling to waste time and energy and injure himself in order to search for that one possible helper in the endless space and time.

That might give the progenitor of the strange race and the Immortal Emperor an opportunity.

Ye Fan once mastered Shi Hao's true blood and broke through time and space, and Ye Qingxian used herself as a bridge to contact Shi Hao.

At this moment, Shi Hao frowned and whispered, "Even re-reflection doesn't work; it's as if it doesn't exist!"

Reflection is the restoration of something that once existed but disappeared for various reasons; it is not creation out of thin air.

While a Celestial Emperor can create things out of thin air, it doesn't mean he can create another Celestial Emperor out of thin air.

"Let me give it a try."

In the blink of an eye, Shi Hao captured a strange Quasi-Immortal Emperor from another dimension and brought him here.

He only captured it from another dimension after confirming that there was another similar entity in this dimension.

"It hasn't disappeared; it can coexist!"

Shi Hao and Ye Fan both showed surprise.

"Could it be that after reaching the Immortal Emperor level, one can no longer coexist?" Ye Fan and Shi Hao exchanged a glance and made this guess.

Fang Ming's eyes darted around, but he didn't think so in his heart.

He believed that there were probably only three special individuals: those three who had achieved the highest level of sacrificial practice. Others should be able to coexist.

"Let's try capturing the Immortal Emperor, or even the Ancestor, of the Strange Clan!" Shi Hao's eyes flashed as he made his decision immediately.

Although it was another version of himself that disappeared, it still made him feel uneasy, as if he had killed himself. Making that other version of himself disappear was not his intention.

Fortunately, there are identical bizarre progenitors and immortal emperors in both timelines. With Ye Fan present, we can try to capture them alive.

"Playing this high right from the start?" Fang Ming looked at the two people in surprise.

They had just recovered. If the battle couldn't be ended quickly, the Ten Ancestors would be revived, and they would suffer severe injuries.

Because Shi Hao has a clone in Fang Ming's myriad worlds, and his avatar is also there, he will not perish. However, if his true body perishes, he will definitely suffer a great loss of vital energy.

"It's alright, we can end the battle before the sleeping progenitor awakens," Ye Fan said calmly.

Having experienced that battle, they now have a clear understanding of the progenitor's strength.

He looked at Fang Ming with a slightly serious expression and a hint of warning, and said, "Fellow Daoist, it's best not to let your clone advance to the Immortal Emperor realm first, and don't try to have your clone drive your main body to improve."

"Once you reach the Immortal Emperor level, everything will be different. I hope you will remember this, Fellow Daoist, that the roles of master and servant will be reversed then," Ye Fan said.

Upon hearing Ye Fan's words, Fang Ming's expression turned serious, and he nodded solemnly.

“That’s right, fellow Daoist, you should raise your own cultivation level as soon as possible, preferably to the level of Immortal Emperor, and then merge your split body into one, breaking through to become an Immortal Emperor in one fell swoop!” Shi Hao echoed.

"At that time, fellow Daoist, you will restrain the heretical information from your own body, and with the continuous opening of other external channels, you will use your own myriad worlds system in conjunction with the split body technique to simultaneously cultivate the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit without any limit on the number of fruits, thus pushing your own cultivation to an astonishing level in one fell swoop!" Shi Hao said, his eyes revealing an amazing light.

In fact, this is exactly how these Immortal Emperors operated. They used their own supreme and invincible Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit as a foundation, and on top of the already deduced systematic cultivation, they reenacted the external path, striving to achieve the second Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit in the shortest possible time.

"With our help, even if that strange highland is incredibly powerful, we will be able to devour it!" Ye Fan said confidently.

"Furthermore, we have some other ideas regarding the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit. However, we haven't even cultivated the second Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit yet. This method requires a sufficient number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits to verify, so that idea is still in its infancy, and we don't yet know if it's feasible," Ye Fan continued.

Upon hearing Ye Fan's words, Fang Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What are you thinking?"

"We'll tell you when you become an Immortal Emperor. Telling you now will only make you overthink and disturb your peace of mind," Ye Fan said with a smile.

Then he looked at Shi Hao and said, "Let's go."

“Then let’s set off first. Fellow Daoist, please wait here.” Shi Hao nodded and said, “First, notify the other fellow Daoists in this time and space and tell them to prepare.”

Looking at the spot where the two had disappeared, Fang Ming pondered, "The idea that it requires a sufficient number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits to verify—could it be related to truly achieving the Sacrifice Dao? Have they figured out a way to break through to the Sacrifice Dao in one go? A method that doesn't require true eternal silence to succeed?"

Fang Ming believes there are two ways to achieve this realm. One is the method of the Three Incarnations Copper Coffin Master, which involves continuous sacrifices, whether to oneself, time and space, the Dao, or the heavens, constantly restarting and reshaping to make it stronger, and then reincarnating repeatedly.

If this continues repeatedly, one day it will undergo a qualitative change and become a ritualistic practice.

Before the three masters of the bronze coffin, there may not have been that special primordial space, which existed only below the realm of sacrificial rites.

Perhaps that place was born during the process of the Lord of the Three Coffins creating the realm above the sacrificial path, along with countless other primordial lands of different levels.

After the master of the Three Copper Coffins became the one above the Sacrificial Path, and after that special primordial space above the Sacrificial Path was born, a second way to become the one above the Sacrificial Path appeared in the world.

However, that kind of immense difficulty requires immense personal strength, the sacrifice of everything, true eternal silence, the annihilation of all things, and also necessitates a corresponding mindset and indelible experiences.

Only after abandoning everything and attaining eternal silence can one enter the space above the sacrificial path and truly become an existence above the sacrificial path.

That is an unimaginable place. Only after undergoing a complete transformation after the revival can one take the final step that all priests dream of.

Admittedly, they were transformed because of that place, but undoubtedly, after the transformation, their power surpassed that place and they were on the same level as the original Three-Life Copper Coffin Master.

Now, Fang Ming guessed that they had found a third path that did not require abandoning everything, and that would allow more people to potentially achieve the supreme realm above the path of sacrifice.

Whether it's the method of the Three Generations of Bronze Coffin Master or the second method of entering the space above the Primordial Sacrificial Path for transformation, both are too difficult.

Especially the latter. Fang Ming didn't think he had that kind of mentality. He believed that if he dared to do it, he was willing to die!
He was willing to try the ritual, but when it came to abandoning everything else, he really felt that he might not be able to do it.

The woman who pioneered the pollen road was incredibly remarkable; she was the first priest to attempt to enter the plateau, yet even she was unable to reach that place.

In the blink of an eye, Fang Ming's consciousness broke through the void and disappeared.

Ye Fan's disappearance in this timeline caused some commotion, and he needs to explain it.

Two years after Shi Hao and Ye Fan left, the Dark True Spirit of the Primordial Immortal Emperor quietly appeared, along with the Primordial Immortal Emperor of this time and space.

Along with him were familiar faces from the heavens: the two Celestial Emperors, the Burial Master and Butcher who had become Celestial Emperors by Shi Hao's side, and Liu Shen and others.

After entering Fang Ming's myriad worlds, they greeted each other and then gazed in the direction of the high plateau.

(End of this chapter)