Chapter 573: Chapter 568: The True Self of Karma, The Mighty Celestial Buddha
“At 136,9102 years old, you stepped out of Reincarnation and returned to the Taize Great World, where you were immediately besieged. Using your overwhelming Cultivation Level, you fought your way out and released all the captured strong figures from Taize.”
“At 136,9320 years old, you descended upon the Great Hong Great World. You pondered the Path of Reincarnation of this Great World, startling the entire Great World. A transcendent being who surpassed the Heaven-Encompassing Free Immortal came forth, gravely wounding you. In a critical moment, you used the Immortal Emperor’s Eye to escape.”
Gu An stared at the prompts before him, not surprised to see the Emperor of Eternal Life injured.
Just the Heaven-Encompassing Free Immortal being so presumptuous and still surviving already proved the strength of the Immortal Emperor’s Eye.
From the succession of battle achievements, it was evident that the divine skills contained within the Immortal Emperor’s Eye were not only for combat, but also for aiding the Emperor of Eternal Life in his escapes, which piqued his curiosity about the Immortal Emperor’s Eye.
He grew increasingly expectant of the memories inherited from the Emperor of Eternal Life.
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Experiencing the life of the Emperor of Eternal Life firsthand would undoubtedly be more marvelous than words could tell.
Constantly battling, constantly getting injured, yet always escaping from the jaws of death, Gu An retained his original stance: he would take his revenge upon enemies and avoid making unwarranted enemies. If he encountered injustices, he would have the Emperor of Eternal Life act righteously.
Gu An believed in the blessings that came from doing many good deeds.
By the time the Emperor of Eternal Life was two million years old, he had successfully entered the Innate Golden Immortal Realm, his strength leaping forward. During his breakthrough, he was attacked yet again, but he managed to succeed in Crossing the Tribulation amid the fierce battle, an event that resonated through the ages.
From then on, the Emperor of Eternal Life was truly grown.
He and the Profound Demon Emperor often parted ways but always found each other again, which made Gu An think that the Profound Demon Emperor was not simple either. Without the Immortal Emperor’s Eye, to follow the Emperor of Eternal Life in his domineering ways and still survive.
Perhaps, the Profound Demon Emperor was once a peerless genius of his world.
The Great Thousand Worlds the Emperor of Eternal Life visited were ever-increasing. He traveled through Reincarnation and probed destiny, encountering few opponents after entering the Innate Golden Immortal Realm.
The Emperor of Eternal Life would refresh the peak of Lifespan Reincarnation, and Gu An looked forward to seeing how far he could go.
The flow of Reincarnation prompts swiftly propelled the time of Reincarnation forward.
At the age of tens of millions, the Emperor of Eternal Life achieved the status of Heaven-Balancing Golden Immortal and chose to become the Sect Hierarch of the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect under the instigation of the Profound Demon Emperor to develop the sect’s power and to help him search for the whereabouts of Fairy Yaoxuan.
At the age of over fifty million, the Emperor of Eternal Life condensed the destiny of the Great Dao and became a Taiqing Golden Immortal. In the obscurity of it all, every Daoist Emperor could see his silhouette after the breakthrough.
From then on, the Emperor of Eternal Life left an indelible mark on the path of becoming a Daoist Emperor.
But he was still not happy. He couldn’t find Fairy Yaoxuan; as time went on, his resolve did not waver but became even more obsessive. Once, the Profound Demon Emperor advised him to let go of his obsession and focus on developing the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect. This provoked his fury, and he almost annihilated the Profound Demon Emperor.
Gu An occasionally paid attention to Shen Zhen, whose mind seemed to be still in a dream, and more like in a nightmare.
This made Gu An think of the predicament Fairy Yaoxuan might have encountered.
He became more certain that Shen Zhen had some connection with Fairy Yaoxuan.
What that connection was, perhaps he would have an answer when this cycle of Lifespan Reincarnation ended.
At the same time, he marveled at the power of Lifespan Reincarnation; it began to affect reality even before it ended.
The prompts continued, and in the following years, the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect grew stronger. More and more individuals with Great Power came to serve the Emperor of Eternal Life, prompting Gu An to think of the grandeur of Long Zhan when he founded the Battle Court.
Compared to the Battle Court, the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect clearly had a deeper foundation, though of course, it was unknown if the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect could compare with the Battle Court in Gu An’s own era.
Millions of years later, the Emperor of Eternal Life grew tired of the Stealing Heaven Immortal Sect and decided to search for Fairy Yaoxuan on his own.
Without the Profound Demon Emperor accompanying him, the Emperor of Eternal Life rarely encountered battles, but in his interactions with others, there were always women who fell for him. Fortunately, Gu An rejected them all on his behalf.
“At the age of 127,74632, while you were contemplating the Dao in the boundless sea of Dao, you were attacked by the Celestial Punishment God. Despite the disparity in Dao Practice, you still managed to repel him.”
“At the age of 127,74633, Celestial Dao Golden Light descended, the Celestial Court sent Celestial Gods and Celestial Generals to attack, sealing the cosmic plane to prevent your escape. You were trapped in a fierce battle. Under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, even the Immortal Emperor’s Eye couldn’t help you escape. Just as the Immortal Gods were about to execute you, the Celestial Buddha broke through the universe and forcefully rescued you, suffering severe injuries himself.”
At 127,746,634 years old, the Celestial Buddha sent you to the River of Cause and Effect, instructing you never to step out again. You gazed at the departing silhouette of the Celestial Buddha, remaining silent for a long time.
At 127,746,656 years old, you encountered the Great Cause and Effect Stele within the River of Cause and Effect, and you began to comprehend the Great Cause and Effect Stele.
Sure enough, it collided with the Celestial Court!
Gu An was surprised that the Celestial Buddha could actually contend with the Celestial Court, even severely wounded, and capable of rescuing the Emperor of Eternal Life, which sufficiently demonstrated the strength of the Celestial Buddha.
At the same time, the Emperor of Eternal Life also displayed terrifying strength, merely an Innate Golden Immortal, yet able to rival the Immortal Gods.
The Celestial Spirit Gods, Celestial Extreme Gods, and Gods of Destruction that Gu An had previously encountered all possessed the Cultivation Level of a Heaven-Balancing Golden Immortal, and even if that Celestial Punishment God had just ascended, at the very least, he was of the Cultivation Level of an Innate Golden Immortal.
Keep in mind that the Emperor of Eternal Life did not rely on the ability to evolve through Life Span. His greatest reliance was the Immortal Emperor’s Eye.
At 127,747,5897 years old, through the Great Cause and Effect Stele, you discovered that you were not your True Self, which plunged you into confusion.
At 127,747,004 years old, you accepted the cause and effect of the self, feeling that such truth might actually be a good thing. You could not save Fairy Yaoxuan, but a stronger version of you might be able to. You took out a strand of hair that Fairy Yaoxuan had left behind and began to pursue its cause and effect.
At 127,901,546 years old, you located the positions of other identities within the cause and effect. Unable to find the True Self, you took Fairy Yaoxuan’s hair and merged it into the Great Cause and Effect Stele, choosing to fall within the Great Cause and Effect Stele.
You have perished, and your path has dissipated.
Reincarnation has ended.
Hm?
The end?
Gu An had not expected that the life of the Emperor of Eternal Life would end in such a manner.
He did not leave the Daoist Field of the Beginningless, but instead prepared to receive the memories of the heritage right there.
The Celestial Spirit Great World’s capacity to endure was far greater than before, and besides, his Daoist Field of the Beginningless itself was essentially a Life Span Barrier, though it would catch the attention of people within the field.
Gu An closed his eyes, and the vast memories surged into his mind, giving him a sense of traveling through time.
He experienced life from the Emperor of Eternal Life’s first opening of the eyes.
The Jinlan Immortal Mansion was bigger than he had imagined, completely its own independent world, and there were tens of thousands of such Immortal Mansions within the Misty Immortal Court, with rankings among them. The Jinlan Immortal Mansion was considered a lower-ranked Immortal Mansion, but the birth of the Immortal Emperor’s Eye attracted many Great Powers.
Through others’ conversations, Gu An learned that the Immortal Emperor’s Eye was not unique, hence the Misty Immortal Court did not associate the Emperor of Eternal Life with the Stealing Heaven Emperor.
Soon, misfortune began. The Profound Demon Emperor attacked, seizing the opportunity to take the Immortal Emperor’s Eye during the escort to Ling Mountain. On the way, the parents of the Emperor of Eternal Life died one after another.
These experiences did not stir Gu An, as he had already gone through several Lifespan Reincarnations.
However, through the Emperor of Eternal Life’s perspective, Gu An saw the magnificent expanse of the Great Dao world, which broadened his vision.
When he arrived at Ling Mountain, he too was shocked by it.
The height of Ling Mountain was unimaginable, surrounded by many Great Heaven and Earths, like stars, all of which seemed so minuscule in front of Ling Mountain. Even the nebulae in the universe were far less vast than Ling Mountain.
The Buddha within Ling Mountain each had an extraordinary aura, some even had golden bodies surpassing tens of thousands of feet in height. Gu An also saw the Celestial Buddha, and understanding the image of the Celestial Buddha, he realized why he was able to rescue the Emperor of Eternal Life from the hands of the Celestial Court.
Just one glance, and Gu An could ascertain that the Celestial Buddha exceeded the Taiqing Golden Immortal Realm.
After becoming a disciple, when the Celestial Buddha was alone with the Emperor of Eternal Life, the imposing aura that overlooked all living beings was gone. He was like a kind monk, teaching the Emperor of Eternal Life how to cultivate and guiding him through confusions.
In front of the Bodhi Sacred Tree, the Emperor of Eternal Life would forget his sufferings.
The Celestial Buddha let Gu An see what a true Buddha should be like, possessing both the mighty power to shoulder the weight of all living beings and the compassion to care for the weakest.
