Chapter 560: Chapter 555: Entering Reincarnation
Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor stood atop the head of the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird, his gaze sweeping across the sea of clouds, which tightened Gu An’s heart and made him constantly ready to teleport back.
Each teleportation needed one-hundred-billion-year life span, making it two-hundred-billion-year life span for a round trip; naturally, Gu An was reluctant to return lightly.
The Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor had not discovered the Life Span Barrier; the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird was also unaware.
After a while, a slightly childish female voice rang out:
“Your Majesty, are you truly not going to the Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals?”
Gu An could feel that this voice originated from the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird, even though the Cyan Bird had not spoken.
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The Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor, looking into the distance with a cold expression, replied, “Boring. I’ve attended several times; there’s not much difference—all superficial interactions, and I don’t need the opportunities from the Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Immortals.”
“Your Majesty, although the Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens is uniquely endowed, discussing Dao with other Immortal Cultivation Great Powers could further aid your cultivation.”
“If you wish to go, you can go on my behalf.”
“If you don’t go, there’s no point in me going. Forget it, let’s not go. By the way, Your Majesty, what do you think caused this anomaly?”
The Nine Heavens Cyan Bird changed the topic and looked around the boundless sea of clouds as it spoke.
The Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor, expressionless, said, “The Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens, located above the Great Thousand World, is a juncture of the Great Dao. The anomaly here might have originated from the Lower Realm; even I cannot directly determine.”
Hearing this, the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird fell into thought, its bird eyes flickering with strange light.
Above the Great Thousand World?
Gu An captured this information, growing more curious about the Celestial Extreme Nine Heavens.
Could it be that the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor has no connection to the Celestial Court?
Gu An did not feel the Celestial Dao Destiny from the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird, and as for the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor, since she was not the true body, he could not sense anything—if he closed his eyes, he wouldn’t even be aware of her presence.
After a while, the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor leaped into the air and flew towards the distance. The Nine Heavens Cyan Bird followed closely behind, and they soon vanished at the end of the sea of clouds.
Gu An relaxed and waited patiently.
One hour later, no longer sensing the aura of Nine Heavens Cyan Bird, he reopened the Attribute Panel and continued to enhance.
Next up was the Eternal Infinite Divine Sword!
Although he had already mastered the Sacred Heart Sword Dao, which merged with the River of Sword Dao, deemed an independent existence, he felt he couldn’t solely rely on the Sacred Heart Sword Dao; he needed stronger sword techniques as his trump card.
The Eternal Infinite Divine Sword evolved into the Three Thousand Slaying Dao Swords, achieving the Mastery Realm, consuming eighty-billion-year life span!
During the half-hour inheritance, neither the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor nor the Nine Heavens Cyan Bird returned; thus, Gu An continued to invest his life span in evolution.
Profound Yellow Eternal Dao Step advanced into Daoless Celestial Net Step, consuming forty-two-billion-year life span and reaching the Realm of Integration.
Celestial Dark Purple Micro Saint Dao Body evolved into Hongmeng Void Golden Body, also at the Realm of Integration, consuming seventy-six-billion-year life span.
After upgrading the most core Daoist Techniques, Gu An turned his attention to the Great Soul Capturing Immortal Technique.
This technique could perform Soul Search, but as the enemy’s realm was higher, the difficulty of Soul Search increased; it needed enhancement.
This was still the transformation of Soul Capturing Technique that Jiang Qiong had taught him years ago.
Gu An spent one-hundred-thirty-billion-year life span in one breath, allowing the Great Soul Capturing Immortal Technique to advance several levels, finally evolving into Calamity Absolute Eye.
Calamity Absolute Eye could not only perform Soul Search but also bring bad luck to the enemy, with the nature of the calamity shaped by the caster’s imagination.
A very domineering Divine Skill!
That’s it.
Gu An dared not continue evolving because, accounting for the Life Span Barrier’s consumption, he only had two-hundred-thirty-billion-year life span left and still needed one-hundred-billion-year life span to teleport back.
After a series of evolutions and enhancements, Gu An felt a complete transformation even though his Cultivation Level had not increased; his strength had greatly changed.
Now, handling Celestial Spirit God should be effortless.
Thinking this, Gu An stood up; he gazed at the constantly churning sea of clouds, as if for one last look, since he definitely needed to change locations upon the next breakthrough.
The recent appearance of the Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor and Nine Heavens Cyan Bird was definitely not a coincidence; they must have intended to investigate his whereabouts. Even if their words didn’t directly reflect it, he had to stay alert.
Gu An chose to teleport back, and as he thought, he vanished on the spot.
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Gu An returned to the forests near the Qiankun Sect and could no longer see An Xin and the others.
Unable to find him, An Xin returned to the dojo to cultivate.
Gu An did not hurry back. He jumped down from a tree, crossed a creek, and sat down on a large stone by the creek.
Lifting his right hand, palm facing upwards, a skull appeared in his palm, the size of a pebble, indeed that of the Celestial Spirit God.
The disheveled Celestial Spirit God opened his eyes and looked up at Gu An, his expression becoming calm.
After a century of suppression, he had adjusted his mindset and was prepared to face any outcome.
Gu An’s pupils suddenly turned deep red, and the pupils of the Celestial Spirit God facing him involuntarily widened, then his expression turned dull.
Calamity Absolute Eye!
He began to scour the memories of the Celestial Spirit God.
The morning sun shone down, casting a long shadow of Gu An.
After a long while,
Gu An’s eyes returned to their normal color, and his brows furrowed.
The memories of the Celestial Spirit God were too simple. Spending years meditating under the World Gate, much of his memory was blank, presumably related to the Celestial Court.
However, Gu An still obtained some useful information, such as why the Celestial Spirit God plotted against the Celestial Spirit Immortal Venerable.
Many years ago, the Celestial Spirit God could have obliterated the Celestial Spirit Great World, but he wanted to obtain the World Punishment Dao Pearl held by the Celestial Spirit Immortal Venerable.
The World Punishment Dao Pearl, born from the Great Dao, was a supreme treasure that could be used in battle and for comprehending the Dao, with infinite marvelous uses.
The Celestial Spirit Immortal Venerable dared not readily use the Pearl, fearing its master would come searching.
The owner of the World Punishment Dao Pearl was the Emperor Ziwei. Through the memory of the Celestial Spirit Immortal Venerable, Gu An saw the Emperor Ziwei.
This Emperor Ziwei looked exactly like the unparalleled Emperor Ziwei that the Black Profound Emperor had encountered in his lifetime.
Gu An guessed that the Emperor Ziwei was the Reincarnation Body of the Emperor Ziwei.
Great Powers project across the heavens, manifesting reincarnation, which is common.
How formidable was the Emperor Ziwei, able to fight against hundreds at the same Realm, and even force enemies to retreat. No wonder, being the reincarnation of the Emperor Ziwei.
As Gu An reflected inwardly, the Celestial Spirit God regained his senses. Startled, he looked at Gu An and asked, “What… have you done to me?”
Gu An looked down at him and inquired, “Do you want to die, or do you want to live?”
When Gu An questioned whether the Celestial Spirit God’s apocalyptic acts were related to the Celestial Court, and the Celestial Spirit God admitted it was his own selfishness, Gu An actually felt a trace of respect for him.
The Celestial Spirit God was bold and accountable. It seemed a pity to kill such a person directly.
The destruction by the Celestial Spirit God was nefarious to living beings, but from a cosmic perspective, he protected the cosmic order.
Of course, whether the Celestial Spirit God wanted to live depended on his attitude.
Faced with Gu An’s question, the Celestial Spirit God furrowed his brows. After a moment of silence, he said, “I cannot possibly serve you. My fate today is merely reaping what I sowed. Had I not coveted the treasure and followed the Heavenly Dao earlier, it would not have come to this. Just kill me.”
Having said so, the Celestial Spirit God closed his eyes.
Suddenly, Gu An asked, “Have you ever been a mortal?”
Hearing this, the Celestial Spirit God opened his eyes, looking at Gu An in surprise.
In the memory of the Celestial Spirit God, he was born a favored child of heaven and was taken as a disciple by the Emperor Ziwei early on; he stood above the masses from birth.
Gu An looked down at him and said coldly, “To kill you now would be too easy for you. Go to the Human World and experience the struggles of humanity. In the eyes of Immortal Gods, Mortal Spirits are no different from dust, but how would you know the effort Mortal Spirits make just to survive?”
As his words fell, Gu An flipped his hand and threw the Celestial Spirit God into the creek.
As the Celestial Spirit God fell, he looked at Gu An. In his view, Gu An was so magnificent. Indeed, he did not understand human suffering, but at that moment, he understood how mortals looked up to Immortal Gods.
His vision quickly plunged into darkness.
After Gu An flipped his hand to let him go, he used his own Divine Sense to cast him into the cycle of Reincarnation.
After contemplating the Daoist Dominator Skill and the Sun and Moon Selfless Divine Dao, Gu An could simply manipulate the Path of Reincarnation and make the Celestial Spirit God reincarnate. It was not difficult for him.
He made the Celestial Spirit God be born in the Celestial Spirit Great World to prevent him from escaping.
The Celestial Spirit God was already bound by the Guiyuan Divine Dao and his Divine Soul sealed. Without Gu An’s action, he would remain forever in the cycle of Reincarnation, unable to escape.