The Dao of Reincarnation (488-489) (Patreon)

Chapter 488: The Third Fateful Battle (Part 11)

"It seems my choice truly altered the trajectory of the future."

Though the change was slight, it at least allowed Su Chen to see the possibility of turning the tables. It proved his decision had not been wrong.

Su Chen leisurely opened the Reverse Fate Scripture in his hands.

[Talent: 100,000]

[Comprehension: 7000,000]

[Background: 100,000]

Becoming an ordinary Immortal King held no pressure for him. He turned the pages of the Reverse Fate Scripture and entered the next life directly.

...

Su Chen opened his eyes.

One era had already passed since the invasion of the foreign domain ended. He leaned against a towering ancient tree. Before him stretched blue seas and clear skies, with falling leaves drifting in the wind.

"In this life, the awakening of my memories came a little late," he thought. This should have been the latest life in which his memories returned. His face was weathered, his hair streaked with white.

"Yet in less than one era of cultivation, I broke through from ordinary divine body aptitude to the present Emperor Venerable realm. As expected of me."

Su Chen felt the surging power within his body. This was the first time a reincarnated body of his had cultivated to such a degree before awakening its memories. It truly deserved to be called a peerless talent.

In this life, he had risen from a declining Immortal Emperor clan. By his own strength alone, he had slaughtered the outstanding talents of the world, remained invincible throughout the era, sought the Dao from the great sects of the four directions, and been hailed as the foremost beneath True Immortals.

Jade Star Emperor Venerable.

Su Chen slowly rose and gazed at the sunrise over the coast. In his eyes, the red sun transformed into a figure identical to himself, facing him.

Su Chen suddenly smiled. "An interesting method."

This was a contingency left by Jade Star Emperor Venerable. From the memories in Su Chen's mind, Jade Star Emperor Venerable had understood that he might be the reincarnation of some great figure. Now this was Jade Star Emperor Venerable's challenge to Su Chen, seeking to prove that his talent was in no way inferior to that of his previous self.

Su Chen formed his fingers into a sword and slowly lowered them toward the front. The distant red sun split in two. A sudden aura shook the four directions.

The residual consciousness of 'Jade Star' Emperor Venerable lowered its head. At this moment, it was riddled with wounds. Suddenly it laughed. The laughter overturned the vast seas and reversed the river of stars.

"Good, good, good!"

Amid the great laughter, the residual consciousness of ‘Jade Star' Emperor Venerable crumbled bit by bit until it vanished completely.

'Jade Star' Emperor Venerable disappeared.

Su Chen's gaze remained calm. He took a step forward. The world before his eyes vanished. Countless different universes appeared like countless grains of sand swept by great waves.

A supreme aura descended upon the myriad realms. At the other end, a pair of brilliant golden eyes peered forth and murmured, "A fine little fellow. He indeed possesses the potential to become an immortal. This dragon did not misjudge him."

Every Emperor Venerable powerhouse sensed a familiar aura.

"Jade Star Emperor Venerable is about to step into the Immortal Dao domain!"

Su Chen strolled above the cosmic sea. Above him, the worlds that towered over the cosmic sea were the myriad great worlds. At the center of those myriad great worlds lay the present Mountains and Rivers Immortal Realm. With a new existence stepping into the Immortal Dao domain, would the myriad realms welcome new changes?

Long Jueshen was still considering whether he should bring out his seniority as a veteran True Immortal and inform this newcomer that from now on he would be the boss. Yet the moment the thought arose, he looked at the human before him and, for some unknown reason, sensed a faint familiarity from this newly ascended True Immortal.

"This… it cannot be…"

Long Jueshen's expression changed. He revealed his true dragon face, blotting out myriad realms and stirring the hearts of countless powerhouses. That was the Dragon Lord, currently the sole… no, now one of the only two True Immortals across the myriad realms.

"Master, you have returned again! This little dragon has missed you terribly. Had I known this fellow was Master's reincarnated body, this little dragon would certainly have treated him with the utmost care."

Long Jueshen spoke hurriedly. He had wondered how any living being could become an immortal after only a single era. Even he had endured tribulation after tribulation and only succeeded with the turning of eras. So it was the Master. That settled everything.

Su Chen looked at this unreliable dragon and knew the creature's nature remained unchanged. If this dragon ever learned of his reincarnated body, by the time Su Chen awakened he might already have no idea how many descendants there were. For now, however, he could not be bothered to deal with the dragon.

As Su Chen and Long Jueshen vanished, ancient Emperor Venerables could scarcely believe their ears. What had they heard? The Dragon Lord had actually addressed that person as Master and with such humility!

"Could the Mountains and Rivers Dao Ancestor have reincarnated once more?"

...

Ling Jiuxiao was overjoyed at Su Chen's return through reincarnation. Unfortunately, over one era, the Mountains and Rivers Sect had not accumulated much foundation. Fortunately, the reincarnated body of this life possessed supreme talent, will, and fortune. His breakthrough into the Immortal Dao domain had come as a natural matter of course.

In the blink of an eye, another cycle of eras turned. Within these three eras, the Mountains and Rivers Immortal Realm produced prodigies in abundance. The martial path flourished, and several seedlings with the potential to become immortals appeared.

Long Jueshen and Ling Jiuxiao looked at the completely different bearing that now rested upon Su Chen and understood that the time for him to leave had come once more.

Su Chen spoke a few words. With a single step, his figure vanished before the man and the dragon. He arrived at the Mountains and Rivers Pass. For several eras there had been no invasion from the foreign domain.

Clearly, his Immortal King body from the previous life had not yet perished, yet it now stood alone and hard-pressed. He needed to reach the second battlefield as quickly as possible.

The long-sealed gates of the foreign domain opened under the free hands of its Immortal Kings. What greeted them, however, was a white-haired old man. With a single punch, billions of worlds vanished, and the very time and space they occupied were annihilated.

"I have come… Profound Yin. Our game has only just begun!"

...

Su Chen returned to the Reverse Fate Space. This time, the Reverse Fate Points he obtained remained unchanged at twenty million.

[Talent: 100,000]

[Comprehension: 7,000,000]

[Background: 100,000]

He turned to the next life once more.

...

A legend gradually spread across the Mountains and Rivers Immortal Realm. Whenever people of the foreign domain sought to invade the Mountains and Rivers Immortal Realm, the Mountains and Rivers Dao Ancestor would awaken in that life, transform into a savior, and rescue the realm from fire and water. The Mountains and Rivers Dao Ancestor who resisted the foreign domain in every life was naturally Su Chen—Su Chen in his Immortal King form!

By now, Su Chen's accumulated Reverse Fate Points had reached one hundred and eighty million. This was still not the limit of the Reverse Fate Scripture.

...

On the Immortal King battlefield, Profound Yin Immortal King watched the continuous appearance of "new" Immortal Kings with satisfaction.

"Witness, you have truly not disappointed me!"

Though he did not know how the Witness could split off so many Immortal King Dao fruits, now… Profound Yin Immortal King raised his head toward the upper reaches. As a ripple spread, layer upon layer of time and space twisted.

One after another, incomparably powerful orders transformed into chains like black obsidian that fell from the heavens. Together with them descended a human figure. Behind that figure stood one Immortal King dharma body after another.

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King!

Chapter 489: The Third Fateful Battle (Part 12)

"Profound Yin, you have still not finished them off after all this time."

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King's eyes were cold.

Faced with those words, Profound Yin Immortal King spoke helplessly. "You should also know how troublesome these fellows are. With my strength alone, I still cannot deal with them. Precisely because of that, Scourge pulled you back from the years that no longer exist."

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King said, "Trash!"

At those words, Profound Yin Immortal King nodded and withdrew to the side, showing not the slightest intention of intervening. He addressed the Mountains and Rivers Immortal King and the others. "Whether you kill Him or He kills all of you, this king supports either outcome!"

The aura of the Imperial Extremity Immortal King spread like an unending haze over the heads of the many Immortal Kings.

Dongfang Yunxiao spoke with wariness. "What a terrifying fellow. He is countless times more frightening than that Profound Yin! Is this the opponent our Founding Master faced before?"

The Mountains and Rivers Immortal King said slowly, "Leave this one to me. Yunxiao, Tree Ancestor, the two of you must not allow the others to destroy the Witness's world."

Dongfang Yunxiao and the Tree Ancestor left the battlefield without hesitation. Seeing this, Profound Yin Immortal King made no move to stop them. His gaze remained fixed on the Imperial Extremity Immortal King.

The Mountains and Rivers Immortal King's gaze likewise settled on the Imperial Extremity Immortal King.

One after another, the Immortal Kings he had formed in former days abandoned their opponents, broke through their shackles, and poured into the Mountains and Rivers Immortal King's body.

Boundless radiant light illuminated past and present as a new order took shape within him. Countless times and spaces fractured inch by inch with him at the center. As a terrifying aura swept the battlefield, the Mountains and Rivers Immortal King reached an unprecedented height.

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King watched the scene and said, "Cultivating the Dao fruits of many lives to break through to Quasi Immortal Emperor with a single body. A fine idea. Pity that even among Quasi Immortal Emperors there are gaps!"

...

Inside the Reverse Fate Space.

"No wonder the Imperial Extremity Immortal King could make that fellow Profound Yin so wary."

In the instant of clashing with the Imperial Extremity Immortal King, Su Chen had already split a strand of consciousness and returned to the Reverse Fate Space. He had to admit this was the first time he had truly faced the Imperial Extremity Immortal King. Only now did he truly feel the terror of such an existence.

Su Chen opened the Reverse Fate Scripture.

[Evaluation: Nine Stars (Colorful)]

[Reward: 90,000,000 Reverse Fate Points]

This time, the Reverse Fate Points he obtained reached the Colorful Nine-Star level. His accumulated total also climbed to two hundred and seventy million.

"Enough!"

Having accumulated so many Reverse Fate Points, Su Chen opened the Reverse Fate Scripture. When he intended to pour them all into comprehension,

"?"

[Talent: 0 (+)]

[Comprehension: (Points have reached the upper limit)]

[Background: 0 (+)]

When comprehension reached one hundred million, the plus sign for comprehension disappeared and was replaced by an upper limit. No further points could be added.

Su Chen looked at the Reverse Fate Scripture in his palm. He remained silent for a moment, then smiled. "So that is how it is… Reverse Fate… Reverse Fate!"

Of the remaining one hundred and seventy million Reverse Fate Points, he added one million each to aptitude and background, then stopped. A vague enlightenment stirred in his heart.

Su Chen turned the pages of the Reverse Fate Scripture and opened the next chapter.

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The years of the past had been magnificent.

An unknown number of eras had passed since Su Chen last left the Mountains and Rivers Immortal Realm.

Within a grotto-heaven of an infinite realm, a middle-aged figure slowly opened his eyes. The casual aura he released was enough to overturn billions of worlds. This was a True Immortal, and one of the strongest True Immortals of the present age.

As Su Chen awakened his memories, he discovered that in this life, even before awakening, he had already stepped into the Immortal Dao domain and become one of the strongest True Immortals of ancient and modern times.

"The Mountains and Rivers Sect… has been destroyed."

Countless ancient histories surged through Su Chen's mind, among them the history of the Mountains and Rivers Realm. Several hundred eras earlier, with the outbreak of the Chaos of the Immortals, the Mountains and Rivers Sect had declined and gradually headed toward extinction. That had been long after Su Chen's previous disappearance, when the Mountains and Rivers Dao Ancestor had already become legend.

To this day, the Immortal Dao flourished, and some True Immortals even attempted to leave this world. Su Chen sighed softly in his heart. It was both a blessing and a misfortune. While he was absent, True Immortals had been born one after another to resist the foreign domain.

Yet with the deaths of the True Immortals of the Mountains and Rivers Sect, this flourishing age of the Immortal Dao would no longer tolerate the existence of a colossal power. That was the destined consequence. The Dragon God Palace had fallen along with it.

At that thought, Su Chen's figure vanished from the immortal grotto-heaven. With his present strength, which ranked at the absolute peak of True Immortals, he traced the former cause and effect of the Mountains and Rivers Sect and arrived at a certain place.

After several hundred eras, the Mountains and Rivers Sect had indeed declined, fallen so low that only True Immortals were qualified to touch this taboo. Now only a tiny mountain gate remained.

"Hmm?"

Su Chen suddenly raised his head. Threads invisible to ordinary eyes interwove and spread in his vision, then condensed into a figure.

"So that is how it is… No wonder I once felt a familiar strand of cause and effect upon Little Ling."

The Mountains and Rivers Sect still bore the same name, yet it had fallen into destitution, reduced to nothing more than a small earthen mound. Today, however, was a day of great joy within the sect. The master of the Mountains and Rivers Sect had just welcomed his first child. In a tiny sect of fewer than a dozen people, this was a major event. The disciples chattered excitedly, and even the big yellow dog at the mountain gate barked without cease. It was a festive day.

Soon a young girl poked her head out and looked toward the gate, for the big yellow dog was barking far more than usual today. At the mountain gate marked by a broken stone stele stood a middle-aged man whose temples were lightly frosted.

His gaze was gentle yet carried the weight of long years. He slowly crouched and stroked the still-barking big yellow dog. After being petted, the dog wagged its tail at the middle-aged man in open eagerness.

"When did that stupid dog become so friendly toward a stranger?"

The girl knew full well that although the dog looked ordinary, its temperament was extremely fierce. Otherwise, her master would never have assigned it to guard the gate.

"Uncle, this is the Mountains and Rivers Sect. Are you a martial artist just passing through?"

The girl acknowledged it herself. The uncle before her truly possessed a certain charm. Almost without thinking she approached the stranger and bent down to ask curiously.

The stranger was naturally Su Chen.

Su Chen smiled. "Yes and no."

The girl blinked.

Su Chen said, "I have come for a matter of cause and effect."

The girl blinked again.

Su Chen fell silent for a moment.

"I have come to find your sect master."

The girl suddenly understood. "So Uncle has come to pay respects to Master."

Su Chen shook his head. "No."

The girl fell silent.