12dz Chapter 255 Xuanyuan's Entrustment
Chapter 255 Xuanyuan's Entrustment
Chapter 255 Xuanyuan's Entrustment
Seeing that Shennong's expression was a bit off, Xuanyuan quickly asked, "Brother Shennong, what are you trying to do? Please don't do anything foolish!"
"That's enough!" Shennong shook his head and sighed, "Whether it's Buddhism or the Heavenly Court, I don't want to get involved in this mess anymore. Being able to do my part for the common people is enough to live up to the title of 'Earthly Emperor' given to me by the people of Shenzhou."
After he finished speaking, a raging fire suddenly burst into flames on the surface of Shennong's body.
"Burning your true spirit?" Emperor Xuanyuan's expression changed drastically: "Brother Shennong, why are you so reckless?"
As they spoke, Xuanyuan and Fuxi rushed forward, trying to extinguish the flames on Shennong's body.
Reaching the level of the Three Sovereigns of antiquity, they were practically immortal. Even if their true bodies died, they could be instantly resurrected through their avatars scattered throughout countless smaller worlds.
However, if Shennong were determined to die, burning his true spirit to sever the connection between his true self and his external avatar, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could not save him.
The difference in cultivation levels among the three emperors was already very slight. But at this moment, the energy unleashed by Shennong burning his true spirit completely surpassed that of the other two emperors. Even if the two of them attacked together, they would not be able to stop Shennong at all.
"My brothers, there's no need to waste your energy." Shennong shook his head and said to the two men, "My mind is made up; I do not wish to see any more calamity befall the people. My brothers, please do not try to stop me!"
The raging flames on his body were constantly burning away the true spirit of the Earthly Emperor Shennong. Yet, his face showed no sign of pain; instead, it held a sense of liberation: "The Buddhist sect, the demon race, the Heavenly Court, and even those three on Kunlun Mountain, all scheme and fight for the Dao Fruit, the other shore. In the end, it is only the living beings of the world who suffer. I was just an old farmer in the fields, and I cannot bear to see this scene of carnage. My two brothers, Shennong will go first!"
After he finished speaking, the raging flames burned away the entire body of the Earth Emperor Shennong, leaving only piles of white bones.
With tears welling in his eyes and a sorrowful expression, Emperor Fuxi said, "Brother Shennong, it's all my fault! If it weren't for helping my sister resolve the conflict with the Heavenly Court, things would never have escalated to this point!"
“We three brothers have always been of one mind and one heart. Now that I have caused this trouble, how can I let Brother Shennong bear the blame alone?” A resolute look flashed across Fuxi’s face. Before Xuanyuan could speak, his body, like Shennong’s before him, was engulfed in flames.
It seems that this Emperor Fuxi has already made up his mind to cut off his own life force, just like Shennong.
"Brother Fuxi, why are you doing this?" Xuanyuan was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
The difference in cultivation level among the three ancient emperors was not significant to begin with. Under normal circumstances, Xuanyuan, as the leader of the three emperors, would have been able to surpass the other two in cultivation. However, his opponent was now burning his true spirit, unleashing an unprecedentedly enormous power. Xuanyuan was completely helpless against him.
"Brother Xuanyuan." Fuxi smiled slightly at Xuanyuan, also with a relieved expression: "Brother Xuanyuan, the three of us are known as the Three Sovereigns, but in the face of the rolling wheels of history, we are nothing more than three ants. Now that Brother Shennong has passed away, I do not wish to live in the cracks any longer. Brother Xuanyuan, please take good care of yourself."
After saying this, Fuxi, like Shennong before him, turned into piles of white bones.
Emperor Xuanyuan's expression darkened: "Now that you've all left, leaving me alone in this world, what can I change?"
After speaking, Xuanyuan bowed to the two skeletons in front of him and then sat down between them.
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With a moment of mental disorientation, Lin Fei felt the scene before him shift, and he returned from the distant ancient times to the Fire Cloud Cave where he had been before.
Lin Fei never dreamed that the renowned Three Sovereigns of antiquity would die not at the hands of others, but at his own.
This is understandable. With the cultivation levels of the Three Sovereigns, if they did not wish to end their own lives, there would probably be few people in the world who could do anything to them.
Lin Fei snapped out of his daze and saw that he was holding a fist-sized white sphere in his hands. The surface of the sphere was emitting a milky white light.
And inside that sphere, a transparent dragon was slowly floating.
"This is..." Lin Fei looked at the sphere in his hand, wondering what it was.
"This is exactly the True Dragon Origin Qi you desired," Emperor Xuanyuan said. "This True Dragon Origin Qi is now yours. You can use it to restore the Xuanyuan Sword, or to enhance your cultivation. The True Dragon Origin Qi has countless uses; explore them yourself!"
"Thank you, senior!" Lin Fei quickly bowed to Emperor Xuanyuan, then his expression darkened: "I never imagined that the three emperors would ultimately commit suicide."
"It wasn't really suicide," Emperor Xuanyuan said. "The three of us used our burning true spirits to forcibly seal the demonic energy within the Demonic Sect, which can be considered a blessing for all living beings. We died a worthy death, and I believe that even if my brothers Fuxi and Shennong knew this, they wouldn't regret it."
These three ancient emperors were not only exceptionally skilled in cultivation, but also highly respected for their virtue. In their final moments, they used their own burning true spirits to temporarily seal away the demonic energy of the demonic sect. Lin Fei felt immense admiration for such an act.
"But what exactly are those demonic gates and demonic fruits?" Lin Fei asked. Based on what he had seen before, both the demonic gates and demonic fruits must be earth-shattering things, otherwise the three ancient emperors would not have risked their lives to seal them away.
What puzzled Lin Fei was that he had never heard of either the Demonic Sect or the Demonic Fruit. Neither the Jade Emperor Sect nor the Southern Tang royal family's records or legends contained a single word about the Demonic Sect.
Lin Fei couldn't believe that something that caused chaos throughout the ancient world, and even led to the deaths of figures like the Three Sovereigns, hadn't been passed down in any form. There must have been some unknown event behind it.
"The Demonic Sect, the Demonic Fruit!" Upon hearing these two things, Xuanyuan's expression changed, and he finally sighed, "It seems that the legends about the Demonic Sect have not been passed down. Oh well, since the Demonic Sect ultimately did not cause widespread suffering, it has probably been dealt with. I don't want to mention it again."
The matter of the Demonic Sect was a perpetual pain in Emperor Xuanyuan's heart, and he was unwilling to mention it again.
He beckoned to Lin Fei and said, "I don't have much time left, kid. Come here. I have something to entrust to you."