Immortal Travel of Longevity

Zhao Yuqing had left her with one final phrase.

"Three years from now during Huaixu, he will definitely be at the Wine Tavern. You can go ask him yourself."

On her way back, He Qing kept thinking about those words.

Another three years.

Why was it always three years?

What could be so important that it required setting a deliberate three-year wait?

Could he not live at any other time?

He Qing shook her head, still baffled.

She simply returned to Qingyu Mountain to bide her time, waiting for Senior Chen to return in three years so she could ask him in person.

Seeing her daughter constantly lost in thought after coming home, He Yulu wondered what was troubling her and eventually just asked.

"It's nothing, Mother. I'm just thinking about Cultivation."

"Well, you can't just stay cooped up all day. When you have free time, you should go down the mountain and take a look around."

"Mhm, I know, Mother. Get some sleep."

That night, He Qing's thoughts raced endlessly. She occasionally took out those two booklets to study the Divine Abilities and sword arts recorded within. Their obscure, esoteric concepts proved quite sleep-inducing.

...

Within the Reincarnation Dream Art.

The chess match continued.

The Demon Sovereign had not seen Chen Changsheng in many years.

"Did you go to the Underworld?" he asked.

"Yes, I took a trip there."

Chen Changsheng said, "Zhao Yuqing used that drop of blood to create a disciple."

The Demon Sovereign paused, his brows furrowing. "You didn't kill the thing?"

"No."

"I helped wipe out the other consciousness inside that child's Sea of Consciousness," Chen Changsheng said.

"Fool!"

The Demon Sovereign demanded, "Why involve yourself in this?"

Chen Changsheng's expression remained calm as he placed a game piece. "Why so angry? Isn't this perfectly normal? As Zhao Yuqing said, the one who tied the bell must untie it. Isn't this child exactly that person?"

The Demon Sovereign couldn't help but ponder this.

He didn't think Zhao Yuqing was wrong; he just didn't quite understand Chen Changsheng's actions.

Chen Changsheng said, "Moreover, the way This Chen sees it, that child is indeed a promising talent. If utilized well, the two of us will just about be able to go die."

The Demon Sovereign paused, then asked, "Then whose consciousness was inside that Sea Spirit Gold?"

"It seemed..."

Chen Changsheng said, "It seemed to be Taotie, though not necessarily. It might just possess Taotie's bloodline."

"Taotie..."

The Demon Sovereign stroked his chin. "That thing really exists?"

"What's so strange about that? If qilin exist, why not Taotie?"

"You mean Mo Yu?" The Demon Sovereign looked at Chen Changsheng. "Don't you know that Mo Yu was formed from a drop of my blood?"

"I know."

Chen Changsheng stated, "It is exactly because I know that I said that."

The Demon Sovereign's expression shifted slightly as he considered that possibility.

"Are you trying to say that this Taotie was also created by our hands?"

"No."

Chen Changsheng shook his head. "Taotie existed before the Heavenly Dao. You and I, on the other hand, only came to exist after the Heavenly Dao."

"According to our guesses, in the very beginning, there was only one person—someone who fell into this realm from Earth. In that ancient era, starting with a lowly, insignificant body, he forged a great dao. Through countless brutal battles, stepping over mountains of corpses, he eventually transformed into the Heavenly Dao."

"Otherwise, there is no way to explain the memories in our minds."

The Demon Sovereign nodded. "What else?"

"Furthermore..."

"That brings us to you and me. The seven emotions and six desires prevented him from transforming into the Heavenly Dao, so he simply severed and cast them aside. This method is actually somewhat akin to slaying the three corpses."

"I've had that feeling as well," the Demon Sovereign said.

"Yes."

Chen Changsheng said, "Sometimes I wonder if the Mayfly Curse only exists to keep us from going mad over the long years. However, having a consciousness that persists through Reincarnation betrays that intent, turning the entire situation into sheer torture."

"The three corpses embody evil. Tell me, is it possible he didn't have time to finish slaying the three corpses back then, which led to this current situation? He uses this endless cycle of life and death, of Reincarnation, to torture us—testing whether a remedy is still possible, hoping we will fade our seven emotions and six desires and eventually return to the Heavenly Dao."

Listening to Chen Changsheng, the Demon Sovereign said, "To be honest, I had the exact same guess in my earlier years."

"Do you know Manyue?"

"Hmm?"

"Did you think she stole the Heavenly Dao?"

"Could it be..."

"Of course not."

The Demon Sovereign said, "It's because the path of Reincarnation is inherently flawed. That's why someone was able to take advantage of it. In other words, the Heavenly Dao was incomplete from the very beginning."

"It is entirely possible that you and I are exactly that missing piece."

Chen Changsheng furrowed his brows in thought.

The Demon Sovereign also fell into deep contemplation. He felt that Chen Changsheng's mention of slaying the three corpses might have actually hit the mark.

But right now, these were merely empty guesses. There was no clear way to break the deadlock.

Chen Changsheng suddenly looked up and asked, "After transforming into the Heavenly Dao, where did the physical body go...?"

The Demon Sovereign stared blankly. "The physical body?"

"Right."

"The Heavenly Dao is a consciousness, more like an ascension of divine sense. So where did the physical body end up?"

The Demon Sovereign thought of a possibility.

"Could it be like Kuafu chasing the sun?"

Chen Changsheng said, "It's hard to say for sure. If we can find the physical body, we might be able to jump out of this chessboard."

"Easier said than done," the Demon Sovereign shook his head.

Chen Changsheng said, "We have to try. Some ancient things still survive today. Why must his physical body have been destroyed?"

"If you and I truly are the three corpses, then we were supposed to exist within that physical body. His divine sense eventually transformed into the Heavenly Dao. But if his physical body still exists somewhere between heaven and earth, then we still have a chance."

The Demon Sovereign stroked his chin, weighing the possibility.

Chen Changsheng suddenly bringing this up was somewhat unexpected.

After a brief silence, he actually found himself agreeing.

"You want me to look for it?"

"Exactly!"

Chen Changsheng said, "When it comes to understanding this world, I cannot match you."

Deep in thought, the Demon Sovereign felt this was quite risky.

He said, "If the Heavenly Dao finds out, all our efforts will be ruined."

"What if... he can't kill us either?"

Their eyes met. At this moment, the chessboard on the table lost all meaning.

This was the first time the two of them had pinpointed a clear direction.

It was as if everything had suddenly clicked into place.

Chen Changsheng returned to his senses and pinched a game piece from the bowl.

A moment later, he slowly placed it down.

He set it directly in the center of the chessboard.

"Clack."

As the sound echoed, the Demon Sovereign looked down.

He saw that this chess match had already reached its end. This single game piece had blocked all opposing routes, forcefully carving out a path to survival.

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