Master, is there really no hope

Just then, Ling Xi suddenly remembered something, and a glimmer of hope flashed through her eyes!

In a fluster, she hurriedly took a strange plant from her storage artifact. It was surrounded by immortal radiance and had nine leaves.

Natural Dao patterns covered its surface, and it radiated an immense essence of life. It was the undying divine medicine she had found while training on the Ten-Thousand Tribulations Battlefield of the Azure Mystic Sect!

“Little Ye! Quick, take this!”

Ling Xi held the divine medicine to Ye Lingxiao’s lips, her voice trembling with urgency.

The three Quasi-Emperors, who had already fallen into despair, suddenly saw hope blaze in their eyes when they caught sight of the undying medicine!

The undying medicine! The Great Emperor could be saved!

However, Ye Lingxiao had already exhausted all his strength. He no longer even had the strength to open his mouth, and his consciousness was sinking toward an endless darkness.

“Open your mouth, Little Ye!”

Tears spilled from Ling Xi’s eyes in her panic. No longer hesitating, she immediately circulated her magical power and refined the entire undying divine medicine into a mass of the purest origin of life, carefully guiding it into Ye Lingxiao’s mouth.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruobai, Fang Hanyu, and the others immediately stepped forward as well. They took out the life-saving sacred pills and heavenly earth-essence milk they had treasured, hoping to contribute what little strength they could.

Fatty Wang was even more frantic as he fumbled out a large pile of bottles and jars. “I have Nine-Revolution Resurrection Pills! Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Core Milk! Try them all! Try them all!”

Everyone used every means at their disposal. For a time, divine radiance flowed in all directions, and the essence of life filled the air.

Yet Ye Lingxiao’s aura continued to plunge uncontrollably into the abyss, like a kite whose string had been severed.

All their efforts seemed to vanish without a trace.

Just then, Gu Changge’s calm voice rang out, like a basin of cold water extinguishing the hope that had only just begun to kindle in everyone’s hearts.

“It’s useless.”

“His lifespan has not merely run dry. His Dao foundation and origin of life have been completely burned away. He has already reached the verge of dissolving into the Dao.

“Ordinary life-prolonging divine medicines are useless to him—like splashing water on red-hot charcoal. All efforts would be in vain.”

Ling Xi abruptly raised her head and looked at Gu Changge. Her usually cool eyes were now filled with pleading and the last trace of hope.

“Master… is he really beyond saving?”

Gu Changge did not answer. He merely walked forward at an unhurried pace.

Gu Changge did not answer immediately. He simply advanced, his plain white Dao robe fluttering gently. Not the slightest hint of pressure emanated from him, yet he possessed a presence that naturally put people at ease.

His gaze swept over Ye Lingxiao’s body, which had been drained of all vitality, then turned to Ling Xi’s reddened eyes.

Considering Ling Xi’s feelings—and acknowledging Ye Lingxiao’s determination to burn everything he had in order to protect his homeland—Gu Changge raised two fingers like a sword and lightly guided the rain of light surrounding Ye Lingxiao.

The light represented the final glow of his life and Dao, constantly drifting away as he dissolved into the Dao.

“Gather.”

The single word fell softly, and the laws of heaven and earth trembled in response.

The scattered, disordered rain of light, which symbolized the end, seemed to be drawn together by an invisible hand. It gathered and condensed above Ye Lingxiao’s head, transforming into a slowly rotating sphere of strange light that contained the Dao essence and imprint of life he had accumulated throughout his existence.

Then Gu Changge extended five fingers toward the void and seemingly grabbed and kneaded it with casual ease.

In an instant, everyone seemed to hear the Dao’s grand resonance—the sound of chaos first opening and the primordial expanse dividing into heaven and earth!

Wisps of chaotic energy were forcibly extracted from the depths of the void and refined, transforming into streams of gentle, mellow, pale-golden light that contained boundless life-giving power.

Gu Changge flicked his finger.

The pale-golden streams of light immediately surged into the dying ember of Dao fire above Ye Lingxiao’s head, like countless rivers returning to the sea.

This was no simple infusion. It was the most fundamental form of creation and fusion!

Using the remnants of Ye Lingxiao’s own Dao marks as a guide and chaotic energy as fuel, Gu Changge was reforging the source of his life and rebuilding the Great Emperor’s Dao foundation!

In an instant, gentle golden radiance erupted from Ye Lingxiao’s body, and the aura that had been dispersing suddenly came to a halt.

The vitality that had been flickering like a candle in the wind began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Everyone stared in stunned silence, not even daring to breathe too loudly. They could clearly see the blood returning to Ye Lingxiao’s cracked lips.

The dark-golden Emperor’s blood no longer flowed from him. The severed roots of his Dao foundation were being reforged and repaired bit by bit by the pale-golden origin power and Dao laws.

Ling Xi stared blankly at the scene, tears streaming down her face even more fiercely.

But these were no longer tears of despair. They were tears of relief and gratitude after surviving a catastrophe. She bit her lip tightly, afraid that making a sound would disturb Gu Changge.

“Om—”

Suddenly, a deep and majestic Dao resonance rang out from within Ye Lingxiao’s body.

His long hair, which had turned gray and withered due to the depletion of his origin, began turning ink-black from the roots, strand by strand. Its luster flowed brilliantly, surpassing even its former state.

Most astonishing of all was his Great Emperor’s Dao foundation. It had been riddled with cracks and had nearly dried up and collapsed after he burned everything he possessed.

Now, under the repair and infusion of the pale-golden streams of light, it had not only been restored to its original state—it had become more solid, complete, and vast than ever before!

A surge of Emperor’s might erupted with a thunderous roar. It was purer, more tremendous, and more vibrant than during his prime, filled with boundless vitality!

Within that Emperor’s might was even a trace of an ancient and profound Dao resonance that had never existed before.

This was not a simple recovery. It was a complete transformation—a rebirth after destruction!

The price of burning everything he had was being filled and sublimated by power of a higher level, forging an almost flawless Dao foundation far beyond what he had possessed before!

Ye Lingxiao’s eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

They were as deep as the starry sky and as bright as the rising sun, without the slightest trace of murkiness or deathly stillness.

He looked somewhat dazedly at his powerful hands, sensing the astonishing strength surging through his body.

“This… how is this possible?!”

A tremor that originated from the depths of his soul swept through his entire body.

He could clearly sense that his Great Emperor’s Dao foundation, which had been covered in cracks and nearly shattered, was now not only completely restored.

It had also been entirely reforged by pale-golden Dao laws he had never heard of before, becoming perfectly harmonious, flawless, and indestructible!

Only moments ago, he had been standing on the verge of dissolving into the Dao, feeling his life and his Dao irreversibly slip away.

In the next moment, he seemed to be immersed in the source of the Great Dao, completing the ultimate transformation of his level of existence!

With a mere flick of the finger, life and death had been reversed, and the universe set right! What kind of heaven-defying, transcendent power was this?!

Having instantly realized what kind of incredible fortune he had received, he abruptly raised his head. His gaze immediately locked onto Ling Xi and Gu Changge beside her.

With a thump, he fell to his knees and bowed deeply before Gu Changge, his expression solemn—almost reverent.

“This junior, Ye Lingxiao, offers his deepest thanks to Senior for granting me a new life and bestowing upon me the virtue of the Dao! I, Lingxiao, will never be able to repay this kindness and grace, even across ten thousand lifetimes!”

His voice was deep and powerful, no longer hoarse or weak in the slightest. It was filled with gratitude and awe that came from the depths of his soul.

Gu Changge calmly accepted his obeisance and said indifferently, “Your origin has been restored. From now on, cultivate diligently.”

Only then did Ye Lingxiao dare to raise his head. He looked at Gu Changge with incomparable reverence, then turned toward Ling Xi, his eyes filled with questions.

Who exactly was this peerless figure who could annihilate an Immortal Sovereign with a flick of his finger and restore him to his original state with a wave of his hand?

And what relationship did he have with the Great Emperor?

Ling Xi immediately understood. She stepped forward and solemnly introduced Gu Changge to Ye Lingxiao and the three Quasi-Emperors, who were equally excited and uneasy.

“Little Ye, this is my master.”

Her words were filled with immense respect. She then turned slightly and gestured toward Xiao Ruobai and the others.

“These are my fellow disciples.”

Master?!

Those two words struck the hearts of Ye Lingxiao and the other three like a second thunderclap!