The Night-Replacing Blessed Land.
Dark Crimson Yin Flame filled heaven and earth, blanketing the Great Void. Layer upon layer of thunderbolts concealed every manifestation, keeping outsiders from glimpsing this magnificent sight. A youth clad in white stood atop the mountain, his skin like white porcelain, his black hair loose. All manner of profound Lesser Yang energies wreathed him, and his cultivation had reached the Purple Mansion late stage.
He was none other than the leader of the Dust-Sweeping Wei clan, True Person Yuan-Wei Zisi.
A man and a woman stood behind him: True Person Yin Pei, Wei Peibai, and True Person Yin Confluence, Fan Ming.
"Fan Ming, watch closely. Our lord will draw a Dao Verification from Ding Fire. This is a wondrous sight rarely seen even once in a thousand years."
Wei Zisi spoke leisurely, looking up into the sky.
Beside him, Fan Ming grew solemn and gazed skyward with deep reverence. Watching the roiling Tribulation Fire, he soon became utterly absorbed. Wei Zisi shook his head and sighed.
Fan Ming was the reincarnation of True Person Yuan Yi, Wei Chuan, and had received the Heavenly Seal Script refined from that strand of Wu Earth Golden Nature.
To ensure that Fan Ming could smoothly cultivate [Sage Dao Purity], the sect had deliberately suppressed his memories and wisdom from his past life. By now, there was no possibility of bringing back the Wei Chuan of old.
He was an entirely new person, retaining only some habits from his previous life.
This accorded with the Buddhist Way's account of Reincarnation, founded on the flow of karmic connections and karma. Any supposed True Spirit was of little consequence, like flowers blooming and bearing fruit, or fallen leaves turning to mud.
Wei Zisi turned his gaze back to the heavens, somewhat astonished.
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