Reincarnated Swordmaster

Chapter Title: Dark Heaven Village

West Queen Mother is Nüwa—

“You've finally made it this far.”

The first one to suggest that story was Mangyang. Back when I heard the testimony from the time Mihho killed West Queen Mother's azure bird and was exiled from the Heavenly Realm, Mangyang came out of Jinrang Valley afterward to discuss it with me. And Mangyang immediately raised the possibility that West Queen Mother was Nüwa's incarnation.

At the time, it was just one possibility among many, with no solid proof. But in this reincarnation, evidence kept piling up the deeper we went, proving she was Nüwa's incarnation. Above all, no one else could recite Pangu's incantation, withstand the backlash of causality, and even immediately secure the permission of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

That's why, following Zhuge Se's strategy, I informed Gonggong that West Queen Mother was Nüwa's incarnation and also revealed the location where Chiyou was currently sealed. Both pieces of information were priceless to Gonggong, which is why he permitted me to become his apostle. And from there, our plot to collaborate and kill West Queen Mother began.

West Queen Mother looked down at Gonggong and said,

[That's right. I am Nüwa, and also West Queen Mother! Do you dare think you can handle me?]

Gonggong let out a chuckle in response.

[Heh, you have sharp eyes.]

[You must have desperately wanted to manage the mortal world.]

[......]

[Which means that eliminating you now would cause a massive downfall for one of the Three Sovereigns' seats.]

Gonggong's words struck right at the heart.

From the start, even though accepting me as an apostle was full of risks, Gonggong had agreed to the Heavenly Realm summons precisely because he wanted to kill Nüwa's incarnation and weaken her. The seal currently holding Flame Emperor was heavily infused with Nüwa's power, so she had to be weakened for Flame Emperor to break free.

West Queen Mother didn't deny it. Instead, her vicious beast's pitch-black eyes gleamed as she grinned.

[Don't you understand what it means for this body of West Queen Mother to be my clone? Allow me to awaken despair in you.]

Rumble...

A black aura spread from behind the ominous beast. In the next instant, it felt as if time itself had stopped. It wasn't just a sensation—time had truly frozen, making everything seem motionless for a moment. Then, from West Queen Mother's half-human, half-beast form, a leopard's tail slyly rose and pointed at Gonggong.

Crackle!

Gonggong's entire body seemed to crumple. Something lethal was attacking him, though I couldn't tell what it was. I could only infer from the words he spat out.

[Are you trying to steal my name and drag me to death?]

Hah!

As Gonggong bellowed, the frozen time shattered, repelling West Queen Mother's spell. She let out a hideous laugh, mocking him.

[You've regained more strength than I thought. But how far can you go?]

[......]

Gonggong fell silent, hesitating to counterattack immediately. Soon, he seemed to make up his mind and drew Huayao from his throat armor. Spotting the Seven Luminaries, West Queen Mother warily stepped back.

Whoooosh...

A human wielding Huayao might not faze her, but Gonggong holding it was different, filling the air with tension. Then, as Gonggong subtly raised Jinayo in his other hand, his power surged even stronger. West Queen Mother cried out in shock.

[Jinayo in your hands...]

[Shall we go all the way? Heh heh.]

Gonggong smirked threateningly, and West Queen Mother snarled, flexing her claws in fury.

[I warn you. If you unseal the Seven Luminaries, I will not let it slide!]

[What's so scary about unsealing the Seven Luminaries?]

[Shut your mouth.]

[Heh heh. In the end, doesn't it just bother you that you're being used in some grand scheme yourself?]

West Queen Mother glared at Gonggong.

[I have no intention of debating that with you. One last warning: the moment you unseal them, I will bear all causality and annihilate the Giant Race.]

[Is that so...?]

Gonggong wore a strange expression, then suddenly tightened his grip.

[I feel like doing exactly what you hate.]

Crunch...

Crunch...

Huayao and Jinayo in his hands let out eerie groans, as if being squeezed. Strange, bizarre characters glowed before them, the seal visibly cracking like an eggshell. Gonggong was forcibly unsealing the Seven Luminaries, and West Queen Mother shrieked in rage.

[You dare ignore my warning!!]

Boom!

In the next moment, without even using a spell, West Queen Mother charged with her beastly body, swiping at Gonggong with her front paw. It was simple to describe, but blindingly fast and powerful—no warning, as if she'd manipulated time. Laden with immense divine power, even a transcendent being would die instantly from one strike.

But Gonggong blocked it with a barrier around himself. Enraged, West Queen Mother raised her paw again and smashed the barrier.

Boom!

[Ugh...]

Gonggong staggered slightly from the impact. Seeing him suffer shocked me inwardly. Gonggong was strong enough to casually rip apart Flame Emperor's present incarnation Pengzu, yet he couldn't withstand just two attacks from West Queen Mother? No wonder even Great Sage Equaling Heaven feared her.

[Kahat!]

Before her third attack could land, Gonggong drew my Shuiyao from his throat armor and spat out a black mist from his mouth. Shuiyao and the black mist floated in the air, linking a divine glow to Huayao and Jinayo. Nüwa's eyes widened at the sight of all four divine artifacts hovering.

[Shui... Shuiyao... and Tuyao...]

The black mist from Gonggong's mouth was Tuyao's Eight Trigrams Chart!

He had gone to Dark Heaven Village in that brief moment and retrieved it.

[......]

West Queen Mother hesitated, unable to launch her third attack, and retreated.

[Hahaha!]

Gonggong burst into mad laughter, proudly displaying the four Seven Luminaries before him. As West Queen Mother flinched again, he grinned.

[You get it now, don't you? What if I forcibly liberate all four at once?]

[Stop! Stop this!]

[The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would all panic.]

West Queen Mother trembled in fury. As she did, her divine power amplified further, now surpassing even Sea God. Indeed, her strength kept growing endlessly, like a number expanding infinitely.

Only then did I realize why West Queen Mother maintained such boundless arrogance.

'Not just an ordinary incarnation, but an incarnation that's also a clone... Right... That's why, in this form, she can draw unlimited power from her true body, Nüwa!'

Normally impossible, but Nüwa's immense confidence in her power made this loophole viable.

For now, causality limited how much she could draw, but the more threatened she felt, the more Nüwa's power would fill her. If the Earth Mother Goddess and Three Sovereign Nüwa transferred all her power, not even Gonggong with the Seven Luminaries could win.

Yet West Queen Mother refrained from further attacks. Gonggong was holding the Seven Luminaries' liberation hostage to threaten Nüwa.

Suppressing her rage, West Queen Mother said,

[Gonggong. What do you want? If you wish to negotiate, I'll hear you out.]

[Two conditions. Fulfill them, and I'll withdraw from the Heavenly Realm peacefully today.]

[...Speak.]

Gonggong continued arrogantly.

[First, release the seal on my king. Over eighty percent of that seal is your power, so once it's gone, Flame Emperor will revive.]

[And the other?]

[Commit suicide right here. You owe me that much.]

[......]

I was stunned hearing Gonggong's demands.

'No way she'll agree!'

Why would that foul-tempered Nüwa, controlling West Queen Mother's body with superior combat power, accept Gonggong's terms? His demands were excessive, heightening my tension. No way she'd meekly self-harm and kill herself mid-battle.

But contrary to my expectations, West Queen Mother roared,

[Swear on your name! Promise that if I comply, you won't liberate the Seven Luminaries.]

[Kuhuhu... I swear.]

[Causality is established.]

Thud.

In the next instant, West Queen Mother's monstrous body collapsed limply. All life force and divinity drained from it, cooling rapidly.

What?!

For real?!

Stunned, I said to Gonggong,

[Gonggong! What happened? Did West Queen Mother really kill herself?]

[A clone moved by Nüwa—obvious, isn't it?]

[But how...]

[Heh heh heh. Nüwa yielded to my threat. You think I'd keep that promise, you foolish bitch!]

Gonggong laughed gleefully.

[Kahaha! Now everything goes my way. Once I get Yueyao and Muyao, the path to Riyao will open.]

My mind blanked at his words.

Riyao!

The strongest of the Seven Luminaries, the divine artifact personally forged by Emperor Gonggong Shennong!

The ultimate one, obtainable only by gathering the other six—now suddenly within reach. Tempted, another thought crossed my mind.

'Wait... Then if I just help Gonggong get Riyao, and use the Seven Luminaries and Giant Race power to defeat the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, securing humanity's survival...'

Wouldn't my reincarnation journey end here?

It wasn't impossible. The Giant Race with all Seven Luminaries reviving Chiyou and Flame Emperor would wield immense power, and Chiyou seemed favorable toward humans. It wouldn't exterminate all divine beings as I'd willed, but maybe the most realistic and swift path.

'Then... I could use Zhuge Se's 'that method' I've held back, end everything this life without self-destructing...'

As inexplicable anticipation swelled in me, Gonggong said,

[Kuhuhu. Shall we absorb the power from West Queen Mother's corpse...?]

[Even that's possible?]

[Of course. Nüwa's divine power—mouthwatering.]

Step... step...

Gonggong moved my body toward the corpse and reached out to absorb her divinity.

Thump!

[What?!]

His hand was violently repelled, and the scenery warped. No longer inside Pangu's formation, but a chaotic other dimension, like Yocheon Army's Soulfall Formation—no ground or sky, but densely filled with pure chaos.

[What spell is this...]

Gonggong seemed utterly bewildered, unfamiliar with it.

[Giant Race.]

The interrupter emerged slowly from the chaos, addressing us.

A human shape molded from the chaos like clay, shifting into a form I knew well. Wearing a Daoist crown and the robes of a Great Immortal—it was the figure I'd seen every reincarnation, unbelievable.

“If you've made a promise, keep it.”

Smiling faintly at Gonggong, it was Great Void Heavenly Lord.

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