469: Chapter 469 The Heavenly Emperor (34)

Deep within the Ye Family dao seed treasury, the atmosphere was exceptionally heavy.

The Divine Thought projections of several Great Emperor Ancient Ancestors surrounded Ye Yun, remaining silent.

They had all heard Ye Yun's request and seen the unremarkable grey stone bead in the palm of his hand.

But the words Ye Yun spoke next caused even these experienced Ancient Ancestors to lose their composure.

"Mother, Ancient Ancestors."

Ye Yun's gaze swept across everyone, his voice calm yet carrying absolute confidence.

"This Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor is not a dead object. It has merely fallen into an extreme state of dormancy; a sliver of indestructible divinity still remains within its core Origin."

He did not explain how he had seen through it all, but instead proposed a shocking plan.

"I wish to use my body as the seed."

"Using my Desolate Ancient Sacred Body at Perfection as the soil and my thick Sacred Body blood-Qi as nourishment, I will re-nurture and awaken this slumbering dao seed."

This plan could only be described as madness.

Nurturing a dao seed within one's own body was unheard of; the risks involved were immeasurable.

"Nonsense!"

The Empress was the first to voice her opposition, her face filled with worry as her Quasi-Emperor pressure involuntarily radiated outward.

"Yun'er, do you know what you are saying? The divinity of that Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor is incredibly domineering; this is no different from playing with fire! One slight mistake and your Sacred Body, which has just broken its shackles, will be completely sucked dry and destroyed!"

"Indeed, Imperial Scion, this must not be done! The risk is too great!"

"Our Ye Family has countless dao seeds. Why fixate on a relic that lost its divinity long ago?"

Several Elders also spoke up to dissuade him.

Only the Fifth Ancestor and a few other Great Emperor Ancient Ancestors of the highest seniority fell into deep thought.

They looked into Ye Yun's calm and steady eyes; there was no hint of childhood impulsiveness there, only a steadiness and decisiveness far beyond his years.

They knew that if Ye Yun dared to propose this plan, he must have his own assurance.

"Yun'er, are you truly certain?" the Fifth Ancestor's voice rang out.

Meeting everyone's gaze, especially his mother's worried eyes, Ye Yun did not answer directly but spoke softly and firmly.

"Mother, Ancient Ancestors, please do not worry."

"I know what I am doing."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it carried a convincing power.

"The path of cultivation is like rowing against the current; one must fight against heaven for life. If one lacks the determination to press forward indomitably, how can one speak of ascending to the eternal Peak and restoring the glory of our First Ancestor?"

"As the Ye Family Imperial Scion, I should possess such spirit!"

These words were powerful and resonant.

The Empress looked at the pride and dominance in her son's eyes, which were exactly like Desolate Heaven's; all her worry and opposition eventually turned into a long sigh.

She knew she could not stop him.

The Fifth Ancestor and the other Ancient Ancestors looked at each other; they exchanged glances and made their decision.

"Good!"

The Fifth Ancestor's voice echoed through the treasury.

"My Ye Family will gamble this once with you!"

"Pass down my decree: activate the highest guardian Formation of the ancestral lands. No one is allowed to approach! All Elders, hear my command: be ready to open the treasury at any moment and act as Protector for the Imperial Scion at any cost!"

A massive gamble thus began.

In the Ye Family ancestral lands, atop an ancient altar cast from divine gold, Ye Yun sat cross-legged.

Before him, the grey 'Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor' floated quietly.

The Empress and the Fifth Ancestor personally sat on either side, while the Divine Thoughts of several other Ancient Ancestors enveloped the area, cutting off all external detection.

Ye Yun began his first attempt.

He mobilized the surging golden blood-Qi within his body, turning it into fine golden threads that cautiously wrapped around the stone bead, attempting to trigger the divinity within.

However, the time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed.

The stone bead showed no reaction, floating there like a truly stubborn rock.

Ye Yun was not discouraged.

He withdrew his blood-Qi and tried again.

Once, twice, ten times...

No matter how he urged it, the stone bead did not change in the slightest.

Outside the altar, some Elders responsible for assistance began to show traces of doubt in their eyes.

Could it be that the Imperial Scion's judgment was truly mistaken?

At that moment, Ye Yun opened his eyes atop the altar.

"It seems conventional methods really won't work."

He no longer held anything back and decided to go all out.

"Sacred Flame!"

Ye Yun gave a low shout, and the Fire Saint Bone in his chest roared in resonance.

A powerful aura of flames erupted from his body, and red-gold divine fire instantly enveloped his entire being.

Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, Sacred Flame Form!

He injected his blood-Qi into the stone bead again. This time, the stone bead finally gave a slight tremor, but it immediately fell silent once more.

"Still not enough!"

Ye Yun's gaze sharpened; he knew this was far from sufficient.

"Star Suppressor!"

He once again activated the Metal Saint Bone that had only recently finished nurturing in his chest.

The Sacred Flame Form receded, replaced by an incomparably sharp Geng-Metal Qi that soared into the sky. His golden blood-Qi transformed again, turning into a brilliant golden light that seemed capable of suppressing the stars.

Desolate Ancient Sacred Body, Star Suppressor Form!

Ye Yun injected this even more condensed and powerful force into the Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor.

Buzz!

This time, the stone bead finally had a violent reaction.

It was like an awakened hungry beast, beginning to crazily devour Ye Yun's Sacred Body blood-Qi.

An invisible vortex formed with the stone bead at its center.

Ye Yun's sea-like golden blood-Qi found an outlet, turning into torrents that were crazily pulled and devoured by the vortex.

It worked!

Outside, the Empress, Fifth Ancestor, and the others showed expressions of joy.

However, before they could celebrate for long, their expressions changed drastically again.

"Not good!"

The Empress cried out in alarm.

The speed at which the stone bead devoured was far beyond anyone's imagination, like a bottomless pit.

Atop the altar, Ye Yun's Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was rapidly shriveling.

His full flesh quickly withered, and his golden skin, which had previously shone with divine radiance, became dull and lusterless.

His life aura was declining sharply.

He was on the brink of being sucked dry.

"Quick!"

The expressions of the Empress and the Fifth Ancestor became extremely grim at this moment as they both realized the severity of the situation.

"Open the treasury! Fetch the Ten-Thousand-Year Divine Ginseng! The Nine-Revolution Sacred Sun Pill! Bring out every sacred medicine that can replenish blood-Qi!"

The Fifth Ancestor's voice carried an unprecedented urgency, spreading throughout the ancestral lands.

"At any cost! Hurry!"

Although every item was a supreme treasure that would make even an Imperial Clan feel the sting of loss, no one hesitated for a moment.

They knew very well that while this was Ye Yun's crisis, it was also a once-in-an-eternity Opportunity for the Ye Family.

If successful, the Ye Family would give birth to a true future Heavenly Emperor.

If it failed, nothing else mattered.

In an instant, the Ye Family treasury was thrown wide open.

Ten-thousand-year divine herbs shimmering with light and radiating immense life aura, and supreme sacred pills enveloped in pill clouds and containing the power of extreme Yang, were brought out without the slightest stinting.

These treasures, which would normally drive even a Saint King mad, were now unhesitatingly transformed into torrents of pure medicinal power in the crudest manner, continuously injected into Ye Yun's nearly dried-up body.

Exhaustion and rebirth.

Drying up and replenishment.

Within the cycle of these two extreme states, Ye Yun's body was repeatedly tempered, finding life after destruction.

His Physical Body was pulled back from the edge of collapse time and again, and his will was honed to be incomparably resilient amidst endless pain.

Finally, after a long time.

When the medicinal power of the last divine herb was also exhausted.

The grey stone bead finally stopped its devouring.

The stone skin on its surface peeled away layer by layer, revealing the brilliant golden core within.

The Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor had completely recovered.

It turned into a streak of light and instantly sank into the center of Ye Yun's brow, perfectly fusing with his already existing third Saint Eye.

Boom!

A vast power erupted violently from within Ye Yun's body.

The cultivation barrier at the Peak of the Heavenly God Realm that had troubled him for so long was easily shattered under the impact of this power.

Venerable Realm!

He officially stepped into the ranks of the strong in this world.

And through this ordeal, his already perfect Desolate Ancient Sacred Body was further sublimated during its reconstruction, successfully reaching the level of Minor Achievement.

His Physical Body strength was several times greater than before.

At the same time, waves of long-sealed Legacy information were unsealed from the fully activated Remnant Eye of the Heavenly Emperor, flooding into his Divine Soul.

It was a supreme ocular technique personally created by the Ye Family's First Ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor.

«Vanjia».

This ocular technique could see through the Origin of all laws and deduce the evolution of all techniques; its profundity and power were far beyond imagination.

Ye Yun slowly opened his eyes.

A deep divine light flashed through his eyes.

The entire dao seed treasury trembled violently under this gaze.