[Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation] Shows Its Power, a Desperate Counterattack!
When Chen Du opened his eyes again,
He returned to that side room, to that forgotten corner of the Duke Tianyuan's Estate, and back to Ning Chuan.
Everything started all over again.
Before my eyes, a panel popped up silently, and lines of text appeared one by one:
[Current progress: Hundred-Lifetime Body Lv1 (1/2) → Hundred-Lifetime Body Lv2 (0/4)]
[Talent Awakening: Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation]
[Level: Lv1(1/2)]
[Ability 1: Hundred-Lifetime Body Lv2 (0/4): After death, the user can be reborn once, up to twelve times.]
[Talent Awakening: Reincarnation Inheritance]
[Level: Lv1(1/2)]
[Current progress: Inherited Body Lv1 (1/2) → Inherited Body Lv2 (0/4)]
[Ability 1: Inherited Body Lv2 (0/4): Upon being reborn, one can inherit 60% of their previous cultivation level and take one item with them.]
Chen Du stared blankly at those lines of text: "Hundred-Lifetime Reincarnation" and "Reincarnation Inheritance" had both been upgraded.
The number of rebirths has increased from ten to twelve, the proportion of inherited cultivation has increased from 50% to 60%, and you can also take one item with you.
He propped himself up on the edge of the bed, feeling utterly weak, just like when he first woke up in his previous life.
In this world, everyone is a pawn, and he no longer wants to be that fruit that is repeatedly harvested.
There were some things he only understood on his deathbed in his previous life.
But many things are only now coming to be appreciated.
Why did the Pacify the Nation and Ning Shanyue attack him as soon as he broke through to Martial Immortal in his previous life?
He thought his whereabouts had been exposed, that there was a traitor within the Spirit Flourishing Sect, and that Ning Shanyue had connections everywhere.
But thinking about it carefully, the timing was too coincidental. He had just broken through and arrived, as if he had been waiting for this moment.
It's highly likely because when Martial Dao seed is cultivated to the Martial Immortal, the fruit ripens.
Once he breaks through to the Martial Immortal, it will be time to reap the rewards.
It doesn't matter who killed him; what matters is that he's dead, and all the Martial Dao luck, energy, and realm he painstakingly cultivated will flow away according to the rules of Gu refining.
After Ning Shanyue kills him, he will likely be able to advance to the Pseudo-Eighth Tier in the future by relying on the enormous fortune that was plundered.
In the end, the Black-Robed Man wouldn't lose out either of them, regardless of who killed whom.
This is Gu refining, using the entire Spirit Martial Realm as a Gu basin, and they are all Gu worms thrown into the basin.
But the owner of this basin has never shown up.
Another thing he had been pondering was that the Great Sheng Dynasty was so powerful that it could have destroyed the Spirit Flourishing Sect, yet it never succeeded. That was the reason.
Now he understands: the existence of the Spirit Flourishing Sect is another ingredient in the Gu Basin.
Those Immortal Dao cultivators believed that Spirit Flourishing Sect was the last bastion of cultivation.
In reality, it was to cultivate an even larger Gu (a type of poisonous insect).
They believed they could resist the Great Sheng, preserve the orthodox tradition, and protect their disciples.
In the end, however, the fortune, wisdom, and talent of these Immortal Dao cultivators all made the Martial Dao practitioners even stronger! The Black-Robed Man reaped the benefits.
And most importantly!
In his previous life, he risked his life to kill Ning Shanyue.
From the day he stepped into the Spirit Martial Realm, he had only one goal.
Therefore, he spent a hundred years deducing the Martial Immortal Peak Stage, and rushed into the Duke's mansion impatiently, eager to break through and eager to start a war.
He wished he could tear Ning Shanyue to pieces!
But why?
Although Ning Shanyue was hateful, Chen Du was never such an impatient person.
He had been in similar situations many times, both in the Xuanye Realm and the Heavenly Human Realm, and he had endured and waited for them.
Knowing full well that this world is strange, why not be more patient and try to explore it using more methods?
But this time, he was so impatient!
Looking back now, I realize that his thinking was influenced without him even realizing it.
The influence was subtle, seeping into his consciousness like water.
Whether he kills Ning Shanyue or Ning Shanyue kills him, it only accelerates the process of refining the Gu.
Father kills son, son kills father—it doesn't matter. These are just one good show after another arranged by the Black-Robed Man.
Whether Ning Chuan knew the truth and avenged his mother, or didn't know the truth and died in confusion, it made no difference.
They were all Gu worms, and while the Gu worms fought for their lives, the master of the pot watched the show.
Once they had determined the victor, all the blood that flowed into the bottom of the Gu basin belonged to the Black-Robed Man.
"Motian Sect, what a lousy sect."
This was Chen Du's third visit to the Spirit Flourishing Sect's mountain gate, and his state of mind was completely different from his previous two lives.
This time, he set an ironclad rule for himself: never touch Martial Dao techniques from the Spirit Martial Realm!
The reason is simple: the Martial Dao system of the Spirit Martial Realm is rooted in the hands of the Black-Robed Man.
Regardless of whether it's the Tianyuan Suppressing Martial Art or the system from Seventh-Rank Martial Artist to First-Rank Martial Immortal.
These cultivation paths, which seem to belong to this world, are all Gu paths laid out by the Motian Sect.
If he continues down this path, no matter how high he builds it, it will ultimately become fruit in the Black-Robed Man's bowl.
He learned his lesson the hard way in his previous life, and he will never repeat the same mistake in this one.
He possessed all the accumulated wealth from two lifetimes, as well as the "Martial Canon," which he created by integrating the wisdom of various schools of thought.
He doesn't need the Martial Dao of the Spirit Martial Realm; what he needs is to use these "foreign things" to forge a path in the Spirit Martial Realm that doesn't belong to the Black-Robed Man.
Moreover, he already has prior experience, which allows him to apply it to other situations.
Therefore, [Divine Revelation Reading] once again exerted its efforts.
This time, he went into seclusion for a century!
[You begin to deduce the Pseudo-Eighth Tier... You abandon the Martial Dao system of the Spirit Martial Realm, using your own "Martial Canon" as the foundation and the Three Realms as the three pillars, to construct a Martial Dao cultivation path independent of the rules of this realm.]
You realize: Pseudo-Eighth Tier cannot be established on "this world," but must be established on "another world."
[In the first twenty years, you used the Martial Canon as a foundation, abolished the newly created major chapters, and created the "Realm-Severing Foundation." Using this foundation as a shell, you allowed your cultivation to operate outside the rules of this realm. The rules of heaven and earth in the Spirit Martial Realm could no longer bind you, because you were no longer a purely "being within the realm."]
[In the second twenty years, you begin to refine all the cultivation and aura in your body that originated from the Spirit Martial Realm. You discover that the Martial Immortal you cultivated in your previous two lives, and the Body Integration power of your bodies, all bear the imprint of the rules of this realm.]
You strip away and purify all these forces, preserving only the "Realm-Severing Foundation" for rebirth. You feel yourself transforming, like a cicada shedding its old shell, awaiting rebirth.
[In the third twenty years, you suddenly realize that the Pseudo-Eighth Tier realm is not about "breaking" the heavens of this world, but about becoming an "anomaly" in this world, rendering the rules of this world ineffective against you.]
[In the fourth twenty years, you began to deduce the complete Pseudo-Eighth Tier Martial Dao arts method, which does not belong to any system in this world, and only you can do it.]
You deduced the "Martial Canon - Pseudo-Eighth Tier Transcending Realm Chapter." Those who cultivate this chapter are not bound by the causes and effects of this realm; only by transcending this realm can they attain true freedom.
Eighty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Du got up from under the old pine tree on the back mountain, brushed the pine needles off his body. Over the past eighty years, while making deductions, he had also completely removed all traces of Martial Dao Spirit Martial Realm his body.
He used the Martial Canon as a foundation and reshaped a completely new foundation based on the Way of the Three Realms.
The Pseudo-Eighth Tier has been deduced, but he has not made a breakthrough.
In this life, he will not become a Gu worm.
He wants those who raise poisonous insects to experience what it's like to be bitten!