Natural Energy and Karma

It's laughable, really, that an Ōtsutsuki, who had always been invading and plundering, would actually have its spirit devoured and die. If the other Ōtsutsuki wandering the starry cosmos were to find out, they'd probably mock and despise Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as a piece of trash…

The devouring and replacement of the spirit allowed Bai Yang to truly possess a body. This was good news worth celebrating, but the bad news was that Isshiki's body was already on the verge of being scrapped. If it wasn't dealt with in time, Bai Yang might follow in Isshiki's footsteps!

Fortunately, Isshiki had previously succeeded in parasitizing this human's brain, and could use the nutrients in the host's body to stabilize its own body's injuries, preventing things from getting worse. But that was all; wanting to use this to recover from injuries was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

"I want to live… to live…"

At this time, even though Bai Yang had devoured Isshiki's spirit, its consciousness had not completely returned. It was still dominated by a wisp of obsession with survival, so after sensing the weakness of this body, it instinctively and unreservedly demanded the life energy in the host's body in order to restore its own injuries. And this behavior undoubtedly directly affected the host's condition…

"Am I sick? I suddenly feel a lot weaker…"

A wandering monk walking in the ancient forest felt a burst of dizziness, and staggered, hurriedly grabbing a large tree next to him. In a panic, he sat cross-legged and began to cultivate, trying to alleviate his weakness.

Invisible Natural Energy, with the wandering monk's breathing, little by little entered his body, turning into pure life energy nourishing his body.

And as Natural Energy entered his body, the wandering monk immediately felt much better, but the feeling of weakness still existed. Not understanding why, he couldn't find the reason, and could only continue to sit and cultivate, speeding up the absorption of Natural Energy!

The wandering monk's name was Jigen, a preacher walking in the world, and also a genius cultivator who could sense Natural Energy.

Since he realized Natural Energy, his body had never been sick, and had always been healthy and strong.

But the feeling of weakness just now made a haze appear in Jigen's heart. He seemed to be able to foresee that some bad things would definitely happen recently…

Half a day of cultivation finally allowed Jigen to get rid of that feeling of weakness, but a mysterious and profound intuition told him that this situation would definitely happen again in the future!

Sure enough, not long after Jigen continued on his way, that feeling of weakness appeared again…

"So comfortable…"

In the process of Jigen's cultivation, when he inhaled those Natural Energy into his body, Bai Yang immediately felt very comfortable, like a tired person soaking in a hot spring.

Compared to Natural Energy, the weak life energy contained in Jigen's body could not be compared at all, so Bai Yang directly temporarily gave up devouring the host's life energy, and instead devoured the Natural Energy that Jigen absorbed.

But as time passed briefly, the Natural Energy in Jigen's body was completely absorbed by Bai Yang. Eager to recover from his injuries, he could only once again absorb the life energy in the host's body…

In this way, for a period of time, a vague and inexplicable tacit understanding developed between Jigen, the host, and Bai Yang, the parasite.

Whenever Bai Yang absorbed Jigen's life energy, Jigen, feeling weak, would immediately sit down and cultivate, absorbing Natural Energy to eliminate the weakness in his body…

And when Bai Yang absorbed the Natural Energy taken from Jigen's body, the feeling of weakness in Jigen's body would also disappear, so he would naturally stop absorbing Natural Energy, but this would lead to Bai Yang having to absorb his life energy again soon…

Just like that, several days passed.

Jigen's body deteriorated day by day. Originally in his prime, he looked like a withered tree, half-dead.

And all of this was caused by Bai Yang.

The essence of the Ōtsutsuki was undoubtedly terrifying. Even though Jigen had Natural Energy as a supply, he couldn't resist Bai Yang's unbridled demands and devouring. Most of the life energy in his body was transformed into nutrients and absorbed by Bai Yang's body.

"I'm really sorry… Jigen."

Several days had also allowed Bai Yang's consciousness to gradually return to completeness, so understanding the situation, he immediately felt a trace of guilt towards Jigen. If its consciousness could have returned a little earlier, perhaps he wouldn't have had to endure this inhuman torture.

After all, being parasitized probably didn't feel good, especially by a 'parasitic worm of the Ōtsutsuki' like it…

Bai Yang thought.

In the face of death, everyone will be afraid, will be terrified. Whether it was Bai Yang, Jigen, or even Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, none of them were exceptions.

No one wants to die; everyone wants to live.

And this was also Bai Yang's current thought. It wanted to continue to survive, so it could only inscribe Karma on Jigen, using him as a vessel for reincarnation.

After all, its body was really about to be scrapped…

"Jigen, I'm sorry…"

After Bai Yang muttered in its heart, it directly inscribed Karma on him from Jigen's brain, and forcibly injected its remaining energy into Jigen's body, making his body like a dead tree in spring, full of vitality. His face also showed a healthy color, and his body was stronger than ever before!

After doing all this, Bai Yang lost all traces of life in Jigen's brain…

One year later.

"May Buddha bless you!"

Jigen, staying in a rural village, bowed and thanked the middle-aged man in front of him, because he was the only one in the entire village who had given him food.

Even though he was also hungry.

Facing Jigen's thanks, the middle-aged man said nothing, just waved to him and walked numbly towards the house.

Seeing this, Jigen also followed.

The house was built of thatch and tree trunks. Judging from the different-sized gaps in the house, the house couldn't provide shelter from the wind and rain at all!

Walking into the house, Jigen first smelled a rotten stench. He frowned and looked for the source of the stench. There, a pair of elderly-looking couples were lying neatly on dry firewood. Their bodies had obvious signs of decay, and some white larvae were wriggling in the corpses…

"Master, if you really want to thank me, please pray for the souls of my father and mother…"

The middle-aged man took the lead in breaking the silence in the room, saying to Jigen.

"Amitabha!"

Jigen first recited a Buddhist prayer, then sat cross-legged and recited sutras for the souls of the elderly couple who had been dead for who knows how long.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man silently knelt beside him.

After a long time, Jigen got up and said to the middle-aged man, "Please rest assured, benefactor, your parents have gone to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss…"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man got up and walked towards Jigen. As he approached, he put his hands together and bowed ninety degrees to Jigen to express his gratitude. Seeing this, Jigen hurriedly returned the greeting.

But at the moment when the middle-aged man stood up, a smile first appeared on his simple and honest face, but in the next second, it turned into a ferocious look. Then, in Jigen's astonished gaze, a dagger was directly inserted into his hea