"Those events were truly beyond belief."
"Once, the shattered bones left behind by a mighty expert who had utterly perished were nourished, and he inexplicably returned from the dead. There was also someone who had been baptized by this strand of immortal qi and lived a second life. He was killed outside, reduced to dust and ashes, annihilated into nothingness-yet he actually revived from the immortal qi. They all shared one thing in common: their cultivation vanished, and they had to cultivate again from scratch, just like reincarnation rebirth. Those events caused an enormous sensation at the time. Unfortunately, a war that engulfed the heavens broke out later, and that strand of immortal qi disappeared then."
"Many believed that strand of immortal qi was the manifestation of reincarnation itself."
"Even now, people are probably still searching to see whether heaven and earth have nurtured anything else like it, hoping to uncover reincarnation's secrets. There is another theory: every realm naturally gives birth to its own reincarnation, but it remains hidden, unnoticed even until the realm's destruction. Had that supreme expert not discovered it, perhaps no one would have known reincarnation truly existed."
Chen Yao was dumbstruck. He had never seen anything like this in the original novel. What on earth was this 'reincarnation'?!
"Was that expert the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King?" Chen Yao recalled what Lord Bird and Lord Crystal Wall had said.
"Yes. You really do know. Do you know who you are?" Willow Deity grew curious as well, suspecting Chen Yao was someone who had reincarnated.
"No. I can only see some fragments of the future and pieces of past history, not the whole picture. Some things have already diverged from the future I saw. Perhaps those fragments will become even less accurate later." Chen Yao revealed more. As a lawful good being, Willow Deity did not require excessive wariness; treating her sincerely would be rewarded.
"Knowledge spanning heaven and earth, past and present. The Reincarnation Immortal King once visited a place in the Immortal Domain. After obtaining 'reincarnation,' he said that mysterious place might be the reincarnation nurtured by the Immortal Domain. He had also entered it and glimpsed a corner of the future, speaking of the realm's destruction. Later, everything came to pass. Perhaps his circumstances were much like yours," Willow Deity said.
She raised a willow branch again and dabbed it against the strand of immortal qi named "reincarnation," sighing. "This thing is indeed a mystery within a mystery. After it appeared, I suddenly recalled many memories I had temporarily lost. I underwent nirvana amid death to begin a new life and am still recovering. My memories were hazy and incomplete, yet its appearance awakened them directly. Reincarnation truly is the greatest secret of heaven and earth."
Chen Yao sorted through the storm raging in his mind. Only after considerable effort did he recover from his shock and raise that strand of immortal qi again:
"Senior Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, do you need this for your nirvana? You might not need reincarnation rebirth, but its power of creation is surely real, isn't it? It can elevate spirit medicine into sacred medicine, and sacred medicine to something approaching or even equal to half-divine medicine. Surely it would help you recover through nirvana!"
"No need. I already took enough when I touched it just now, reaching the limit of its current effects. It is still far too weak, nowhere near its prime. Its present potency can only accelerate my recovery during slumber a little. Find ways to nourish it well. Once it grows strong enough, it may mean a great deal to certain fellow Daoists. Those who are dead but not yet cold will have a slender chance at life," Willow Deity advised.
Lord Bird and Lord Crystal Wall said similar things too. Were they awakened because I used reincarnation immortal qi to nourish the Void God Realm's rewards? Since they are deeply connected to the Void God Realm, and the rewards were nurtured by it too, did nourishing those products inside the Void God Realm affect them as well? So they advised me to nurture this strand of immortal qi properly so I could heal them someday? Recalling the unusual behavior of those two supreme Immortal Kings in the Void God Realm and combining it with Willow Deity's explanation, Chen Yao immediately understood everything.
So now every badly wounded or half-dead Immortal King-level expert covets my body? No, they covet the reincarnation immortal qi's body. Chen Yao could not help wanting to cover his face.
If a less friendly Immortal King or Immortal set their sights on him, he would probably be fast-forwarded straight to starting over.
Shi Hao and Aman, who had been listening beside them for a long time, felt as though they had learned some incredible hidden secret and were deeply shaken. But for them, it was not yet time to worry about reincarnation, so their attention soon shifted elsewhere.
"Brother Yao, you can turn spirit medicine into sacred medicine?!" Shi Hao immediately sidled over, his eyes sparkling.
"Only once for each kind, but yes, I can." Chen Yao gave this money-grubber and glutton a sidelong look. He knew what Shi Hao wanted to say: nothing more than asking to mooch some sacred medicine.
"Hehehe~ I'll be opening my cave heavens soon, and I urgently need to build up my reserves, so..." Shi Hao edged a little closer.
"All right, all right. I'll give you some in a bit..."
"Oh, right, right! Could we plant some in the village? Erzhuang and the others, and all the little children, need to build solid foundations! We can't skimp on medicinal baths with sacred medicine!" Shi Hao's thoughts turned to Stone Village.
"Stone Village's soil isn't suitable right now. They wouldn't survive. We can discuss it once you go out and find good soil. Or we could set up some formations to gather the surrounding essence of heaven and earth," Chen Yao answered, then brought up another matter.
"And your Supreme Bone might be able to undergo nirvana and regenerate. Do you want to ask Willow Deity?"
"Huh?!" Shi Hao immediately looked toward Willow Deity, who had been listening quietly beside them.
"There is no rushing this. Letting it happen naturally is best. As you cultivate and continually break through the extreme realms, the flesh once steeped in supreme blood, where imprints and rune marks remain, will be nourished in turn and revive as your potential rises. It is best not to pull up the seedlings to help them grow. Rely on yourself to complete this process, and only discuss nourishment once the Supreme Bone has truly undergone nirvana. Using all kinds of medicines now to force an early revival would instead squander much of the newborn Supreme Bone's growth potential, preventing it from greatly surpassing the previous one," Willow Deity said gently. She excelled above all at reviving from deathly stillness and possessed a profound understanding of the withering and flourishing essence, giving her ample authority on the matter.
"Oh!" Shi Hao only half understood, but he was delighted that he could revive his Supreme Bone through his own efforts.
"Senior Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, I've already worked out the cave heaven path I want to follow next, and I'd like to verify some techniques," Chen Yao interjected. "Do you remember any knowledge concerning the essence of cave heavens? I'd like to refer to the paths of my predecessors and refine my ideas. I know the cave heavens of the Cave Heaven Realm were originally just a divine ability, which was improved upon to become part of the current cultivation system. I'd like to learn about that divine ability."
"Very well. If you have already thought it through, seeking guidance will not interfere with your path." Willow Deity agreed, then gestured toward Shi Hao and Aman. "Besides, this divine ability has little effect on exploring one's path and will not interfere with the road ahead. They can watch too."
"Oh."
Willow Deity eventually fell into slumber. After drawing some creation origin qi from Chen Yao, several more buds appeared on her branches. Originally, she would only have grown four new branches, but now she might grow eight, leaving her with nine willow branches once she revived.
Meanwhile, Chen Yao began pondering the original cave heaven divine ability he had obtained from Willow Deity. Cultivation in the Cave Heaven Realm had originated from this divine ability that seized the creative power of heaven and earth, something recorded in the original novel. The concept of uniting ten cave heavens into one had existed even then.
He planned to open three cave heavens inside his body, not as independent entities, but linked together as a three lives system. He would sacrifice the ten great cave heavens into them as nourishment, opening a three dantian cave heaven that united the upper, middle, and lower into a trinity. He would also supplement it with the rune mysteries of Qi-State Origin-Flow. He had a feeling that transcending the extreme realm of the Cave Heaven Realm this time would yield tremendous gains.
He also studied Primitive True Explanation: Divine Guidance Chapter. With the help of this classic, which turned the rotten into the miraculous and expounded on rune mysteries starting with the simplest, most intuitive foundational runes, his interpretation of the true-meaning inheritances of the eight extraordinary skills advanced a thousand miles a day. After all, this was the introductory chapter of the classic created by Emperor Bone Brother. The Divine Guidance Chapter explained the origins of runes, the Transcendence Chapter discussed the path of a Mortal World Immortal, and the Ultimate Chapter pointed straight toward the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm. However, relying on the Ultimate Chapter to become an emperor would greatly diminish one's potential, leaving no hope of becoming an Immortal Emperor.
Perhaps, in ancient times, Emperor Bone Brother's cultivation system had been the rune method.
With the help of the Divine Guidance Chapter, Chen Yao completely transformed the true-meaning inheritance of Twin Hands into an origin rune outside the sphere of light, one that expounded all its mysteries. He completed the same transformation for Qi-State Origin-Flow as well.
Once all the transformations were complete, he would begin attempting to transcend the extreme realm of cave heavens!
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