The four directions, above and below, are called the 'universe'; past and present are called 'time'. Within the cosmos, life is the greatest miracle!
"The universe is vast, the starry sky boundless. How insignificant is a person between heaven and earth," the young man sighed, looking up at the night sky.
"Immortals and gods don't exist, so what of the old scenes of the Yellow Court? They are illusory, mere legends."
"I'm going to die. How unwilling I am."
He was born with an illness, destined not to live long. In the prime of his life, he was already like a candle in the wind. At the brink of death, he still clutched a book, its cover bearing two vigorous characters that leaped off the page.
"If there is a next life, can I seek immortals?"
Struggling in his current life, his spirit wandered through a fantastical world, bizarre and boundless in its mystery, truly captivating.
Beidou, Burial Emperor Star.
Somewhere, a little girl—no, rather, a toddler—had a hint of confusion in her eyes. She appeared to be only two or three years old, with black hair cascading over her shoulders and bright, clear eyes, looking like a sculpted jade doll.
Little Shaohua had been a bit troubled lately; strange thoughts occasionally popped into her head.
Strange, it feels like my brain is growing.
Fortunately, this had no adverse effect on her; rather, it was beneficial.
Time Renran, like flowing water Eternal Time, ten years passed in the blink of an eye.
By the small lake, under the old willow tree.
A young woman in green sat peacefully, her figure graceful, her skin like snow and jade, smooth, delicate, and flawless. Her black hair cascaded like a waterfall to her waist, and her eyes shimmered like autumn water.
However, when her eyes opened and closed, there was often a coldness, and at such a young age, she inexplicably possessed an otherworldly aura.
"Is there truly such a thing as reincarnation? But why did I come to the world of the book, Cover the Heavens? Is it 'what you long for, you will find'?"
The young woman sighed inwardly. Ten years had passed, and she had gradually understood her past and present lives. Unsurprisingly, she had likely come to the fantasy novel world she admired and loved the most.
Heavenly Venerables, Ancient Emperors, Great Emperors...
Heavenly Court, Underworld, Life Forbidden Zone...
Immortal medicine, calamity of longevity, obsession with Ascension...
Ascend the Immortal Path, sing as you travel, cover the heavens with a flick of a finger!!
It was just a bit amusing that she had turned into a little girl. How to put it, it was a unique experience.
Her previous life was half-filled with hardship, so in this life, to have a healthy body and even embark on the legendary cultivation path, what more could she be dissatisfied with?
However, what came with it was that this world was very dangerous.
Even though Shaohua knew some of the so-called "plot" developments, after more than ten years, she was very clear that she didn't have any of the cheat-like abilities that transmigrators were supposed to have.
"I still have to rely on myself. Fortunately, my identity in this life seems to be quite extraordinary. My Old Father is an Immortal Golden Body, and my mother is actually a Congenital Holy Body Dao Embryo. It truly sparks the imagination."
The young woman's small face lifted slightly, unable to suppress a smile. Wasn't the Immortal Golden Body what was later called the Great Completion Holy Body? The combination of these two was simply… too wonderful!
At this time, the Yuhua Divine Dynasty in Zhongzhou had already been destroyed, yet there was no mention of the names of Ancient Great Emperors like Emperor Heng Yu and Void. Combined with her parents' physiques, she could almost certainly confirm what era it was.
Without a doubt, her mother must be the West Empress, who founded the Yaochi Holy Land in later generations!
Which means, in a few thousand years, she will also have a younger brother named "Wu Shi"?
Shaohua stood up and looked down at her reflection in the water, a faint smile appearing on her lips. To be able to live again, no matter how you look at it, it's a gain, right?
And I'm really beautiful!
How to put it, combining both lives gives a perfect one-half probability, and she can experience different lives. This is a huge profit, indeed.
She chuckled a few times, rubbed her small face, and her smile gradually faded.
Only one thing made her feel a bit regretful: although both were born of a Holy Body and a Dao Embryo, she herself was not a Congenital Holy Body Dao Embryo.
She didn't know if it was because her cheap parents' physiques hadn't reached Great Completion, or if her birth was an accident, but Shaohua couldn't perfectly inherit the Holy Body's invincible physical body and the Dao Embryo's proximity to the Dao.
She was conceived unexpectedly before her cheap parents were preparing to embark on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, so she was left in Beidou, entrusted to their close friend.
"Fortunately, I still possess Holy Blood and some of the Dao Embryo's divine peculiarities. Can I tentatively consider myself a flawed Holy Body Dao Embryo?"
Shaohua comforted herself. To have such a beginning was already a great fortune; what more could she ask for?
Too much desire, driven by greed, would only invite disaster. As the saying goes, the highest good is like water; water benefits all things without contention, dwelling in places people dislike, thus it is close to the Dao.
Shaohua adjusted her mindset, inherited some resources and foundations left by her Holy Body Old Father and future Empress Mother, and quickly rose in Beidou.
The current era is a great one, and also a period of Darkness Turmoil.
The Forbidden Zone Supremes who had self-mutilated to survive since before the Primordial Era were, due to the immense passage of time, nearing their end.
And with the Immortal Path calculated to open in only two or three hundred thousand years, they were naturally unwilling to perish just like that. Thus, they emerged from the Life Forbidden Zones, devouring living beings to prolong their lives.
This was the origin of the Darkness Turmoil!
When a Great Emperor appeared, these Forbidden Zone Supremes would naturally try their best to retreat, unwilling to fight to the death. But if there was truly no way to avoid it, then they could only fight.
During this most chaotic and dark period, Forbidden Zone Supremes frequently appeared. If not for the constant emergence of Ancient Great Emperors and the successive appearance of Great Completion Holy Bodies, unimaginable tragedies would have befallen the world.
Shaohua entered the Saint realm in Beidou, during which she naturally attracted enemies, including those with whom her parents had previously formed grudges, and she proceeded to defeat them all over again.
Afterward, she also embarked on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, fighting her way through until she finally reunited with her family at the end of the Human Race Ancient Road.
At that time, she had already achieved Great Sainthood, while her parents were preparing to advance into the Quasi-Emperor realm. The three exchanged knowledge and experiences. Shaohua received the Holy Body's inheritance and also the embryonic form of the future West Emperor Scripture.
At this point, she suddenly realized that the path she had previously taken seemed to have some problems.
Because of her memories from her previous life, she subconsciously imitated the path of the later Ye Tiandi, but ultimately, she was not him. She went astray, causing her to stagnate in the Great Saint realm for a period of time.
By the time she finally broke free, her parents had already reached several levels of Quasi-Emperor.
"My state of mind is incomplete, my cultivation is lacking. Even if my mother hadn't walked ahead, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to achieve the Dao in this life. Those who are like me die, those who transform me live, those who break me advance. The Great Dao is difficult to traverse!"
Shaohua almost suffered a broken Dao heart. It turned out that she had unknowingly lost some of her original intention when she was cutting the Dao.
Then, she understood her original intention, no longer clumsily imitating others, breaking through the barriers, transcending her current physique and memories of her previous life, and truly forging a path of her own.
Only after the Great Dao was thoroughly enlightened could this body truly reach its peak!
Without this experience, she would never have been able to reach the peak, and proving the Dao would have been out of the question.
Later, her Old Father achieved Great Completion Holy Body first. She fought a bloody battle on behalf of her father against the contemporary Hegemon Body, and bathed in the Hegemon Body's blood, she forcefully entered the Quasi-Immortal Nine.
To protect her mother, Shaohua also painstakingly conquered the Mythological Other Shore, obtaining Treasure Heaven Venerable's killing sword and killing array diagram.
Centuries of mutual understanding and familiarity had long made her accept her identity in this life. In comparison, the mere twenty or thirty years of memories from her previous life seemed somewhat insignificant.
Of course, those were the most precious memories in her heart, never to be forgotten.
When she was achieving the Dao, three Forbidden Zone Supremes attacked in unison. That battle was earth-shattering, shattering galaxies, and even the Great Dao was obliterated.
Finally, one Supreme retreated to the Underworld, another Supreme underwent an ultimate sublimation but was forcefully held back, not defeated, but lost to the merciless passage of time.
There was also a Supreme who was simply too old to even achieve ultimate sublimation. He was beaten to death on the spot by the combined efforts of the family of three, and Shaohua also delivered a timely final blow.
The great era reached its zenith, and the current Great Emperor appeared, known as the West Empress!
The West Empress achieved the Dao, killed a Supreme, and deterred the Life Forbidden Zones!
Three hundred years later, Shaohua successfully entered the realm of alternative Dao achievement.
As a second-generation emperor, coupled with her alternative Dao achievement cultivation, Shaohua could be considered to have reached a peak in her life. She could stroll through the Life Forbidden Zones and pick enlightenment tea from the Undying Mountain, and no one could do anything to her.
But this was not what she truly wanted.
It was rare to come to this world, so how could she be satisfied with just this?
She knew that there truly were immortals in this world!
The single character "immortal" caused the greatest calamity of longevity since ancient times.
How difficult it was to achieve longevity! Heavenly Venerables turned to ash, various Emperors withered away, and ancient Great Emperors also became a handful of yellow earth, all buried by time.
No one could withstand the great power of time. No matter how peerlessly invincible you were, there would come a day when your life reached its end.
Throughout history, countless heavenly prodigies competed, dazzling for eternity, but it was merely a fleeting brilliance.
Heavenly Venerables, Ancient Emperors, Great Emperors... Each one dominated the universe, flourishing for a time, supremely invincible, yet they could not protect their own lives.
Shaohua had no heaven-defying cheat, and she didn't even manage to achieve the Dao in one lifetime. But she knew that the Immortal Realm truly existed, and one could also become an immortal in the mortal world.
"Immortal" is right there, truly existing!
Just this one word, for her, was worth ten thousand ancient scriptures.
The Immortal Path was incredibly rugged and perilous, but the destination was there, not illusory, but discoverable! Achievable!
Blessings to my dear readers, may you be healthy and long-lived. I love you all!