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Chapter 186: Hate Celestial Ancestor
Chapter 186: Hate Celestial Ancestor
Listening to Su Han's last words, Zhen Qin's eyes turned red, and she wanted to stop him, but she couldn't bring herself to speak.
Su Han continued, "I'll only transmit my cultivation to you. After I die, burn my body to ashes and remember to take my storage bag. Get rid of anything related to the Ghost Mother of the Epiphyllum..."
Blood started to trickle from the corners of his mouth, and soon his eyes and nose followed suit. The streaks of blood on his pale face were strikingly vivid, especially in the icy snow, making him look all the more eerie.
Watching as Su Han's eyes transformed into a pair of bloodshot orbs, Zhen Qin's heart broke, and her tears flowed uncontrollably.
Her robe started to flutter as her cultivation surged wildly.
"The power of the Reverse Life Divine Art is easily prone to demonic possession. But this art is meant as a bridal gift, and when passed on, its power becomes pure and can even cleanse the meridians and transform the bones..."
"Junior sister, thank you for still thinking of me..." Su Han's voice grew increasingly faint.
Zhen Qin felt an unprecedented heaviness in her eyelids, and her vision began to blur. She could no longer make out her senior brother's features.
"Tell Master... I'm sorry... I disappointed him... He helped me build my foundation... I've only caused him trouble and never repaid him..."
"Although this life has been extraordinary, there are too many regrets..."
Zhen Qin's consciousness sank into complete chaos.
The snowfall grew heavier, as if the heavens themselves were lamenting.
...
An unknown amount of time passed.
Zhen Qin's consciousness began to stir, and she abruptly opened her eyes as if awakening from a dream.
She found herself lying in the snow, with another person lying beside her—her senior brother, Su Han.
She immediately scrambled to her feet and went to check on Su Han. But as soon as she turned him over, she was so frightened that she quickly backed away.
Su Han was dead, and his body was purple and skeletal, as if all the blood and flesh had been drained from him. It was a terrifying sight.
"Senior brother... No... It shouldn't be like this..." Zhen Qin sat on the ground, staring blankly at Su Han. She could feel an unprecedented powerful spiritual power within her, but she wasn't the least bit happy about it.
She suddenly threw herself at Su Han's corpse and burst into sobs.
Su Han's body was turned face-up by her movements, and upon closer inspection, his purple lips were slightly curved upward, as if he had died without any pain.
After a long while, Zhen Qin calmed down, slowly stood up, and wiped away the tears on her face. However, her expression turned colder than it had ever been.
She raised her right hand and, with a gesture, summoned a golden ring from Su Han's waist into her palm.
She could feel the immense power contained within the ring, and even with her transformed body, it still made her heart pound.
This must be a Great Vehicle artifact! Zhen Qin's gaze returned to Su Han, and she bit her lip, her eyes filled with conflict.
She tremblingly raised her right hand, igniting the fire of spiritual power.
"Do you truly have the heart to burn your senior brother, who imparted his cultivation to you?"
A voice came from the side, startling Zhen Qin so much that she turned to look and saw a white-robed little man wearing a mask sitting on a tree trunk behind her.
She paused, then exclaimed in delight, "Mountain God!"
She immediately knelt down and kept bowing to the mountain god.
Gu An looked down at her and asked with a feigned nonchalant smile, "What are you doing?"
Zhen Qin raised her head and quickly said, "Please, Mountain God, save my senior brother!"
"He has killed so many people. Why should I save him?" Gu An asked.
Zhen Qin was anxious when she heard this, and she said, "How many people has he killed? In this world, which great cultivator doesn't have blood on their hands? The cultivation world is full of strife and conflict. My senior brother didn't want to kill either, but many people didn't give him a choice and forced him down this path!"
"He cultivated the Hate Celestial Sword, and it is said that the stronger the cultivator's hatred, the stronger the sword's intent. But my senior brother didn't become invincible with the Hate Celestial Sword, which shows that his hatred wasn't that strong!"
"He also cultivated the Reverse Life Divine Art of the Epiphyllum Sect. This art can steal other people's cultivation. If my senior brother had no scruples, his cultivation would certainly be even higher!"
The more she spoke, the more agitated she became, and the resentment that had built up in her heart finally burst forth.
She felt wronged for Su Han.
Su Han had lost his mother at a young age, and his father had passed away early as well. He carried a bloody grudge when he joined the Tai Xuan Gate. The Hate Celestial Sword he cultivated was also passed down from his father. What wrong had he done?
If others pursued him, could he not fight back?
Su Han had never killed common folk. Even to become stronger, he only killed fellow cultivators.
Zhen Qin didn't believe that those great cultivators of the righteous path had never killed innocent cultivators! Gu An looked down at her and said, "There are countless cultivation paths in this world, and he must take responsibility for his choices. Do you know what the fairest thing the heavens do for all beings? It's death."
"Many have died because of him, and so he shall die as well."
Zhen Qin wanted to argue, but she was afraid of offending the mountain god.
Gu An continued, "You think he had no choice, and he thinks so too. But have you really thought about it carefully? I don't think so. You both came from the same sect, yet why are you doing well?"
As Zhen Qin listened, she gradually calmed down.
"If you truly believe that your senior brother is blameless, then you will also walk the same path as him, and that is not what he wants to see." Gu An's tone became ethereal.
"The dead cannot be resurrected, and I am just a mountain god without such power. But I can take away your senior brother's body and leave you a glimmer of hope. What do you say?"
Zhen Qin did not immediately respond to these words.
After hesitating for a long time, she gritted her teeth and said, "Then please, Mountain God, take him away. One day, I will find you, and I will search for a way to resurrect him!"
Gu An did not object. If Zhen Qin had another goal, it would only drive her to cultivate harder in the future.
He raised his right hand and took Su Han's corpse into it, shrinking it to an infinitesimal size, leaving only a storage bag on the snowy ground.
Witnessing the Mountain God's miraculous powers, Zhen Qin, with a heart full of sorrow, paid no heed to her surprise.
She stood up and asked, "Mountain God, why are you here?"
Gu An disappeared from the tree branch, leaving behind a single sentence:
"Who says a mountain god can only stay in one place? Moreover, I am not merely a mountain god."
Hearing this, Zhen Qin felt a surge of reverence, sensing that this Mountain God might hold an extraordinary status among the celestial beings.
She wiped away her tears and channeled her spiritual power into the golden ring, causing the barrier to vanish instantly.
She made her way toward the place where Ye Lan and the others were camped. Her heightened senses had already detected their auras, and she could tell that they had spread out and were moving swiftly, evidently searching for her.
...
Inside the Xuantian Cave Abode.
Gu An held Su Han's corpse in his arms and placed it on the stone table, gazing at his disciple's face with a dazed expression.
He recalled the time in the mountains of Xuan Valley when he instructed Su Han in swordplay, and how Su Han generously offered his family's inherited sword technique, the Hate Celestial Sword, to him.
He thought back to the demonic cultivator's attack on Xuan Valley and how Su Han had unhesitatingly stood in front of him, protecting him.
Gu An did not feel that he owed Su Han anything, but in reality, Su Han had also not wronged him. It was just that Su Han had chosen a different path.
Gu An used his magical powers to begin freezing Su Han's corpse to prevent it from decaying, temporarily leaving the soul within the body as well.
He had no way to resurrect the dead, so he could only do this.
"Hmm?"
During the process of freezing the body, Gu An sensed something that caused his eyebrows to furrow.
Su Han had only transmitted his cultivation to Zhen Qin, but the sword intent of the Hate Celestial Sword still remained within his body.
Gu An felt that this sword intent carried numerous karmic connections, one of which was particularly complex and belonged to a Loose Immortal.
How could Su Han possibly be connected to a Loose Immortal?
Could it be the creator of the Hate Celestial Sword?
Gu An raised his other hand and took in the sword intent of the Hate Celestial Sword, forming a mass of bloody energy that swirled in his palm.
After Su Han was completely frozen, he stepped aside and began to study this sword intent.
Back when he was in the Nirvana Realm, Gu An could already capture karmic connections and peer into the past decade of lower realm beings. Now, his perception of karmic connections had become even stronger.
In his eyes, the karmic connections formed threads that constantly extended, and the thread belonging to the Loose Immortal led out of the Xuantian Cave Abode, rapidly stretching toward the ends of the earth.
Gu An turned and traced the thread with his spiritual sense.
Crossing countless mountains and skimming over oceans, his spiritual sense finally landed on a massive island.
Surprisingly, hundreds of thousands of people lived on this island, and thirty percent of them were cultivators, all of a high level of cultivation. There were even seven at the Great Vehicle Realm!
One at the Nirvana Realm and one at the Loose Immortal Realm!
The Loose Immortal was hiding underground on the island, surrounded by a complex array of barriers.
[Hate Celestial Ancestor has developed hostility toward you, and his killing intent toward you is increasing. Do you wish to perform a lifespan investigation on him?]
Hmm?
How does he know about me?
Gu An was secretly startled and immediately dispersed the Hate Celestial Sword intent in his hand, then chose to perform the lifespan investigation.
[Hate Celestial Ancestor (Loose Immortal Realm, Layer 2): 14,809/25,000/28,000]
Loose Immortal Realm, Layer 2!
Gu An hesitated for a moment, then disappeared from the spot.
...
In a mysterious underground cave, Hate Celestial Ancestor, clad in a gray robe, sat cross-legged on a meditation pillow, his eyes closed and his eyebrows knitted together.
"Mountain God... Who is trying to deceive me? I never expected that there would be such a formidable figure on that continent..."
Hate Celestial Ancestor muttered to himself, his eyes flying open to reveal bloodshot eyes.
Through the sword intent of the Hate Celestial Sword, he could peer into the minds of all sword cultivators.
Due to the vast distance, his perception of Su Han was somewhat delayed.
The thought of the Mountain God taking away Su Han's body bothered him.
Moreover, it seemed like the Mountain God was analyzing his karmic connections.
"He transformed into a mountain god to hide from the Seven Star Spirit Realm, or is he himself a Seven Star Spirit Realm being?" Hate Celestial Ancestor frowned as he spoke.
Su Han's death annoyed him.
Fewer and fewer people were cultivating the Hate Celestial Sword, and now the entire cultivation world knew of its cost, which severely hindered his plans.
For this reason, he had turned his attention to the continent.
Unfortunately, in less than a millennium, the reputation of the Hate Celestial Sword had been tarnished on that continent as well.
Finally, someone had inherited the Hate Celestial Sword, and he naturally took an interest.
He felt equally displeased with the Epiphyllum Ghost Mother and the Nine Abyssal Thirteen Cruel Ones, even contemplating eradicating those insignificant ants, but he feared being discovered by the Seven Star Spirit Realm.
Now, no one on the entire continent cultivated the Hate Celestial Sword.
The more Hate Celestial Ancestor thought about it, the angrier he became, and he even entertained the idea of killing.
"This won't do. I must go there in person and impart the doctrine!"
Hate Celestial Ancestor thought to himself, closing his eyes to continue cultivating.
This matter could not be rushed. He would wait until after the so-called Demon Monster Great Tribulation ended before secretly infiltrating the continent.
He had already discovered that the Seven Star Spirit Realm had fostered another human imperial dynasty.
At that moment.
A hand suddenly rested on Hate Celestial Ancestor's shoulder, causing him to open his eyes wide.
Third watch!
(End of Chapter)
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