Chapter 1 Under the Altar

Beneath the altar.

Lu Changsheng turned his gaze towards the formation spirit before him.

"Xuanwu." (Black Tortoise)

Lu Changsheng was instantly shocked. The formation spirit before him was a tortoise, with a dragon's head and a tortoise's body, encircled by a soaring snake, its feet treading on clouds. It wasn't very large, about the size of a palm.

The only oddity was that this Xuanwu was entirely green, emerald green, which inexplicably made Lu Changsheng feel a bit amused. If it were black, it would indeed possess the domineering aura of Xuanwu.

But being entirely green was a bit strange.

Looking closely, it wasn't green, but rather some green fur, very dense, covering its entire body.

"Green-haired Turtle."

Lu Changsheng was stunned for a moment, blurting it out subconsciously.

In an instant, the formation spirit froze.

"You're the green-haired turtle! Your whole family are green-haired turtles! I am Xuanwu, don't you know Xuanwu the Great Emperor?!"

Xuanwu roared.

But just then.

Boom!

A divine thunder appeared, directly striking Xuanwu.

This bolt of lightning appeared from nowhere, as if born from the void, instantly frying Xuanwu to a crisp, emitting a faint aroma of roasted meat.

"Cough!... Cough, cough!"

In an instant, the Xuanwu, who had been so lively just moments before, was now covered in wounds, coughing blood, and suffering severe injuries.

"Sigh, one must be civilized as a person, and even more so as a turtle."

Lu Changsheng shook his head, then condensed a wisp of holy spring, which entered Xuanwu's body. This was a Xuanwu, one of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts, ranked extremely high, and also a Xuanwu condensed from a congenital grand formation, naturally extraordinary. If possible, it was necessary to subdue it.

Although Lu Changsheng didn't know why Xuanwu was struck by lightning, he vaguely felt it was related to what Xuanwu had just said.

Lu Changsheng himself didn't know who his parents were or where they came from, but having experienced so many things, he could guess with his toes that his background should be… probably… possibly very significant.

This Xuanwu started by asking about his whole family, it was already extremely fortunate it wasn’t killed.

After being nourished by the holy spring, Xuanwu recovered a bit of blood. It looked at Lu Changsheng with some fear. Although it didn't know why it was struck by lightning, it could feel it itself.

It was probably related to what it said.

"Are you from the Divine Clan?"

Xuanwu asked, full of doubt.

"No."

Lu Changsheng shook his head and then walked towards the altar.

"You're not from the Divine Clan?"

Xuanwu was a bit astonished. It subconsciously believed that Lu Changsheng was from the Divine Clan because there were some taboos within the Divine Clan that indeed couldn't be mentioned.

"You know quite a lot."

Lu Changsheng chuckled, feeling that Xuanwu knew quite a bit. After all, Xuanwu was a formation spirit, so it shouldn't know so many things.

"A few groups of cultivators have come here before, so I know some things." Xuanwu answered truthfully, but soon it continued, "Although you've found the treasure, I can tell you plainly that you can't take this treasure away. I've guarded here for countless years and haven't been able to steal it, oh, no, to take this treasure away."

Xuanwu said, crawling very quickly, directly appearing on Lu Changsheng's shoulder, seeming a bit too familiar.

"What kind of treasure is it?"

Lu Changsheng was a bit curious, continuing to walk through the altar.

"I don't know either. I've guarded here for an era, but still don't know what kind of treasure it is. It's sealed within a stone lotus."

Xuanwu said this. The altar was very high, so Lu Changsheng couldn't see the true form of the treasure yet.

"Guarded for an era?" Lu Changsheng was a bit surprised, not expecting this green… Xuanwu, to have lived for an entire era.

"Naturally, I am a divine spirit of heaven and earth, Xuanwu the Great Emperor. Is an era very long, boy? I see that your bones are extraordinary, you are a celestial flower, how about I take you as my chief disciple? After a hundred thousand years, I will bestow upon you an unparalleled fortune!"

Xuanwu said shamelessly, exaggerating here.

Lu Changsheng glanced at Xuanwu, then slowly said.

"You are indeed a born divine spirit, born with a congenital grand formation. Logically speaking, you should be very strong. An era should at least allow you to reach the Immortal King Realm, but your current realm is only the Human Immortal Realm. That's very strange."

Lu Changsheng said, seeing through everything at a glance, completely surprising Xuanwu.

"You brat, you can actually see through my realm?"

Xuanwu was surprised, but soon its expression changed.

"What is your realm?"

Xuanwu was shocked because it discovered that it couldn't see through Lu Changsheng's realm.

"You're in the Human Immortal Realm, naturally you can't see through my realm." Lu Changsheng said casually.

But Xuanwu snorted coldly.

In an instant, Lu Changsheng seemed to understand something, revealing a look of sudden realization.

"I understand. You're not in the Human Immortal Realm. You should have long been an Immortal King, but you encountered a big problem during your transformation, so you grew this green fur all over your body?"

Lu Changsheng said, instantly understanding everything.

"You brat really knows a lot."

Xuanwu said, feeling that Lu Changsheng knew a lot.

"I not only know a lot, but I also have a way to get you out of your predicament."

Lu Changsheng chuckled.

Hearing this, Xuanwu's expression changed again.

"Are you serious?"

It was a bit shocked.

In reality, it should have long been an Immortal King, but because of a transformation, it encountered a big problem, so it grew green fur all over its body, and its cultivation fell to the Human Immortal Realm. If it couldn't get out of this predicament, it would encounter big trouble.

Even extremely big trouble.

"Naturally, as long as you listen to me."

Lu Changsheng said.

He indeed wanted to subdue this divine beast. Not to mention that Xuanwu itself was one of the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts, and ranked extremely high, the most important thing was that this was a congenital Xuanwu, condensed from the essence of a congenital grand formation, understanding formations.

Lu Changsheng had mastered seventy-two formation spirits, and even with the cultivation of a Golden Immortal, he almost fell for this green Xuanwu's trick.

If he could subdue it for his own use, set up a true peerless killing formation, and have this Xuanwu guard it, even an Immortal King would have to cry.

So it was possible to subdue it. Of course, if this guy didn't cooperate, Lu Changsheng didn't care. He didn't lack divine beasts. As long as he was willing, he could beckon and divine beasts would come.

"Listen to you?" Xuanwu was stunned for a moment, then it smiled, "You're just a greenhorn, yet you want to take me as your pet? You're really daydreaming."

Xuanwu said, full of disdain.

But Lu Changsheng wasn't angry, just gently patted Xuanwu off his shoulder, then slowly said.

"Choosing me will only bring benefits, no harm. Lu Changsheng never lacks divine beasts. If you weren't a congenital divine spirit, born and nurtured by a grand formation, I wouldn't even look at you."

Lu Changsheng's tone was very calm. He was telling the truth, and at this moment, he was almost at the top of the altar.

Xuanwu didn't speak because it could feel that Lu Changsheng wasn't lying.

There were indeed traces of divine beasts on Lu Changsheng's body. This was something only divine beasts could sense, and it wasn't just one divine beast, at least… eleven divine beasts, it could detect.

So it believed what Lu Changsheng said.

But Xuanwu was a bit angry. It was the fourth-ranked divine beast among the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts, not to mention Xuanwu the Great Emperor, and it was also born and nurtured with a congenital grand formation, understanding unparalleled formations. Logically speaking, others should be begging it.

But unexpectedly, encountering Lu Changsheng, for some inexplicable reason, it felt like it was… very humble.

But lowering its head was something Xuanwu couldn't do. This was the backbone of a divine beast.

It couldn't possibly become Lu Changsheng's subordinate, absolutely impossible.

At the same time.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the top of the altar.

Soon, he saw what the so-called treasure actually was.

A stone, to be precise, a giant stone in the shape of a lotus, fully thirty-three zhang (approx. 110 meters) tall, very peculiar. The surface of the giant stone was like divine gold, seemingly indestructible, surrounded by the Great Dao, full of divine charm.

"Good stuff."

Lu Changsheng muttered to himself.

"Stop daydreaming. Let me tell you the truth. There's an unparalleled grand formation around this stone lotus. If you step in casually, you'll be strangled to death by terrifying power."

"Moreover, the outer skin of this stone lotus is an extremely precious divine metal, worth a fortune. Even if you refine these stone skins into weapons, they would at least be Immortal Emperor artifacts. You can't break it."

"No matter what, you can't steal the treasure inside. Back then, that guy came here in person, possessing the strength of an Immortal Emperor at the Great Perfection stage, and couldn't shake this treasure either. Look closely, there's a fist mark on it, left by that Immortal Emperor."

"Listen to me, stop dreaming, wash up and go to sleep, you can have anything in your dreams."

Xuanwu was gloating a bit on the side.

It knew there was a treasure here, but it couldn't take it away, which was very uncomfortable. But knowing that even an Immortal Emperor couldn't take it away, it wasn't so uncomfortable anymore.

Lu Changsheng ignored Xuanwu and looked over.

Sure enough, there was indeed a very shallow fist mark on the green lotus stone skin.

A strong Immortal Emperor at the Great Perfection stage, with a full-force strike, could only leave such a shallow fist mark. This was truly… terrifying.

However, Lu Changsheng looked closely and found that the more he looked at this green lotus, the more familiar it seemed.

"Oh!"

In the next moment, Lu Changsheng realized that this green lotus was very similar to his Great Dao Azure Lotus.

Thinking of this, in an instant, an azure lotus emerged from Lu Changsheng's body.

Lu Changsheng condensed the Great Dao Azure Lotus, which was also exactly thirty-three zhang tall, extremely similar to this green lotus.

"This!"

Xuanwu was stunned. It didn't expect that Lu Changsheng could actually condense an identical azure lotus.

This! Was simply unbelievable.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng condensed the Great Dao Azure Lotus and placed it on top of this stone-skinned azure lotus.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A vibration sounded, the azure lotus trembled, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Soaring divine light pierced through the Immortal Emperor's tomb, turning into billions of divine lights, directly soaring into the sky.

Chapter 2 The Divine Pearl Appears

Outside the Immortal Emperor's tomb.

Immortal Kings gathered here, some even brought Immortal Emperor artifacts.

They planned to join forces to break through this Immortal tomb and rescue all the cultivators inside.

However, they were preparing here and couldn't directly break through this Immortal Emperor's tomb. They needed to adjust, otherwise, if they weren’t careful, they would be the ones who suffer.

But just then.

Boom!

As a terrifying divine light that pierced through the clouds soared into the sky, countless powerhouses outside the Immortal Emperor's tomb were stunned.

This divine light was like a true dragon, submerging millions of miles, shaking star after star.

The entire Immortal World trembled.

"What happened?"

"Such a terrifying phenomenon!"

Immortal Kings spoke, feeling unbelievable.

"Hiss! Everyone, the Emperor artifacts are trembling!"

Soon, an Immortal King roared. In an instant, all the Immortal Kings carefully checked and soon their faces turned extremely ugly.

Because the Emperor artifacts they brought were trembling, and this kind of trembling was not resonance, but fear, a kind of submission, just like mortals seeing Immortal Kings.

What were Emperor artifacts? Only true Immortal Emperors could create earth-shattering Emperor artifacts, and Emperor artifacts were like living Immortal Emperors, something that could destroy the heavens and the earth.

If an Emperor artifact fully erupted, it could sink a large domain, causing countless living beings to die in ashes. In the Immortal World, even if something big happened, Emperor artifacts would not be used, because once they were used, the trouble they brought would be even more terrifying.

It was precisely because of this that a sacred ground or an imperial family that possessed Emperor artifacts, no matter how declining they were, could not be humiliated, otherwise, once the Emperor artifact was used, everyone would suffer.

This was the terrifying thing about Emperor artifacts.

However, at this moment, the Emperor artifacts were filled with fear. What did this mean?

It meant that… something that surpassed Emperor artifacts had been born.

Above the firmament, the Six Realms trembled, countless lights gathered, and hundreds of millions of stars were also shaking, as if an unparalleled existence was being born.

This was even more terrifying than the scene of Immortal Kings advancing to Great Emperors.

In the Heavenly Court.

The Lord of the Heavenly Court disappeared in an instant, leaving behind only a single sentence.

"Go to the Divine Clan!"

After saying this, the Lord of the Heavenly Court directly came to the Thirtieth Heaven.

He was qualified to come here because such a big thing had happened. Before, for minor matters, he would go to the Twenty-Fifth Heaven, but for such a big matter, he had to come to the Thirtieth Heaven.

But as soon as the Lord of the Heavenly Court descended.

In an instant, an ancient voice slowly sounded.

"The legendary thing has appeared, its origin is very big, and it involves endless karma. Even if the Divine Kings of my Divine Clan are resurrected, they would not dare to provoke it easily. Ignore it and don't get involved."

The ancient voice sounded, completely shocking the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Even the Divine Kings of the Divine Clan didn't dare to provoke it?

What was the concept of Divine Kings?

He was the Lord of the Heavenly Court, but before he became an Emperor, in the eyes of the Divine Clan, he was just a pawn. If he became an Immortal Emperor, he would not be qualified to become a chess player, but could only say that he had transformed from a pawn into an observer.

But this was enough.

But unexpectedly, even the Divine Kings didn't dare to touch this matter.

Divine Kings ah, how far away were they from him?

At this moment, the Lord of the Heavenly Court was inexplicably hit by an indescribable blow, and his Dao heart was a bit unstable.

But the ancient voice continued to sound.

"Di Tian, the time is ripe. Our Divine Clan will help you and send you to the Divine Sea to transform you until you become an Immortal Emperor."

As the voice sounded, the Lord of the Heavenly Court's expression changed drastically.

The Divine Sea Immortal Emperor?

"Thank you, Your Honor! Thank you, Your Honor!"

The Lord of the Heavenly Court was overjoyed.

But the latter didn't say much, but in an instant, the Lord of the Heavenly Court completely disappeared.

After the Lord of the Heavenly Court disappeared.

The ancient voice continued to sound.

"A divine object has appeared in the world, I wonder if it has anything to do with the Great Dao Divine Infant, alas, after this matter, I'm afraid the Divine Clan will also be in chaos. The Divine Clan's battle is the most terrifying."

He muttered to himself, but soon, the voice was gone.

In the Immortal Emperor's tomb.

After Lu Changsheng fused the Great Dao Azure Lotus with the Stone Lotus, in less than half an incense stick of time.

The Stone Lotus fell off.

"This is impossible!"

Xuanwu screamed, feeling unbelievable, deeply unbelievable.

This Stone Lotus had been here for who knew how many years, anyway, since it was born, this Stone Lotus had always been here.

It had waited for a full era, trying everything possible, but had not been able to open this Stone Lotus. But unexpectedly, Lu Changsheng walked over, said nothing, did nothing, and lightly opened the Stone Lotus.

At this moment, Xuanwu's mind was buzzing, and it fell into contemplation.

But as the stone skin fell off, soon the treasure inside was completely exposed.

A Great Dao Divine Pearl, surrounded by the aura of the Great Dao, as if it contained a world.

That's right, it was a Great Dao Divine Pearl.

But in an instant, the feeling of full anticipation instantly turned into disappointment.

That's it?

After so much effort.

Just a pearl?

The expectation in Lu Changsheng's eyes disappeared, replaced by loss, incomparable loss.

He was hoping for a divine sword, or a halberd, or at least a fan that suited his temperament.

What was the point of a pearl?

Throwing the pearl at people?

The Twenty-Four Sea-Stabilizing Divine Pearls?

Disgusting.

Shaking his head, Lu Changsheng's expression was filled with helplessness.

But Xuanwu, after seeing the change in Lu Changsheng's emotions, was completely dumbfounded.

What kind of expression was that?

Such an awesome treasure.

You actually revealed a look of disappointment?

How greedy are you?

The thing I worked so hard to guard for an era.

The thing that even a Great Perfection Immortal Emperor couldn't get even if they died.

How do you have the courage to be disappointed? Tell me, I want to learn too.

At this moment, Xuanwu was completely hit, hit with an unparalleled blow.

At first, it was thinking of tricking Lu Changsheng into becoming its follower, but now it seemed.

Xuanwu inexplicably had an idea.

Am I worthy?

But just then.

This Great Dao Divine Pearl slowly came to Lu Changsheng and entered Lu Changsheng's glabella primal spirit.

In an instant, a lot of information appeared in his mind.

\[Great Dao Chaos Divine Pearl]

This was the name of this Divine Pearl.

But soon, Lu Changsheng was surprised.

Because he knew the function of this Divine Pearl.

To be precise, this Divine Pearl was not an Immortal Emperor artifact.

But a Great Dao treasure.

The quality was unknown, but it definitely surpassed the so-called Immortal Emperor artifact.

However, its current power was only that of a Human Immortal artifact.

That's right, just the power of a Human Immortal artifact.

But the ability of this Great Dao Divine Pearl was that it could devour all the magical treasures in the world.

After devouring, it could evolve infinitely.

And every time it transformed, for example, from a Human Immortal artifact to an Earth Immortal artifact, it could shape its appearance once.

In other words, this seemed to be a magical treasure, but in fact, it was many pieces, and it could evolve infinitely.

The most, most, most shocking thing for Lu Changsheng was.

This Great Dao Chaos Divine Pearl had the divine effect of congenital nurturing.

What this meant was that if you put any magical treasure into this Divine Pearl, it could be nurtured into a congenital magical treasure.

For example, if you put the Xuan Yellow Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth into it for nurturing, you could transform it into a… Congenital Xuan Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

And congenital.

Was when the magical treasure possessed the power of the Great Dao, returning to simplicity, and being reborn. A congenital Immortal King artifact could be compared to a acquired Immortal Emperor artifact.

This was the terrifying ability of this Chaos Great Dao Divine Pearl.

To allow magical treasures to transform to congenital.

Really… a bit!

Powerful!