Chapter 35: Reversing Life for a Second Time

Chapter 35: Reversing Life for a Second Time

The great battle had ended, but the world was not at peace.

No one could have imagined that seven Ancient Zuns would fall in a single day. It was almost like a myth, hard to believe, yet it had truly happened.

The collapse of the myriad paths and the sight of the Yaochi Holy Land without a single returnee only deepened the world's sorrow and fear.

The Western Empress did not return, nor did her partner or daughter.

Rumors spread across the celestial star regions that the Western Empress and her family had sacrificed their lives to quell the most terrifying Dark Turmoil in history, creating a legend that would shine for eternity.

"Such a pity. The Western Empress had only attained the Dao a few thousand years ago. With the Immortal Essence, she could have maintained order for twenty or thirty thousand years. It's truly regrettable that she left so soon."

"The peak is hard to maintain. Her family was truly extraordinary. She was the Empress of the world, her partner an Undying Golden Body, and even her daughter ascended through an alternative path, rivaling the supreme beings. It truly proves that the more rigid, the easier to break."

"The stronger one is, the more likely they will be targeted by even more formidable enemies. If the Western Empress and her family hadn't been so powerful, the Life Forbidden Zone wouldn't have felt so threatened, and there wouldn't have been so many ancient Zuns joining forces."

"Good fortune and misfortune are intertwined. Who can say what the cause and effect of this world truly are? At least everything has ended, and the most terrifying Dark Turmoil did not occur."

People lamented the swift end of the Western Empress's era, filled with regret, gratitude for the absence of the Dark Turmoil, and admiration for her achievements.

For a long time to come, there would be no more supreme beings emerging from the forbidden zones.

Those who had little life left had already perished in this battle, and she had cleared the way for future generations, her contributions not limited to her own time.

No matter what the outside world said, the Western Empress herself was unaware, and Shaohua paid no heed to these matters.

Kunlun, shrouded in mist and infused with divine energy, glowed with a radiant light, resembling a celestial realm.

For three days and nights, Shaohua had been on the brink of exhaustion, her saintly blood drained, her life source depleted, leaving only a broken and withered body.

She struggled to regulate her breathing, her body emitting a faint divine radiance. The Immortality Pool nourished her, and the Eternal Stabilization Technique helped her maintain her state.

In such a dire situation, the only way to survive was to seek life from the brink of death!

Shaohua had no regrets about her choices; instead, a faint smile played on her lips.

Life is about making a difference, valuing sincerity, and living without worries or regrets. That is the way to true invincibility.

This was her path: to protect what she cherished.

"I will not die." She coughed lightly, her eyes calm yet resolute. "I will not die!"

After securing her parents, who were both in very poor condition, they fell into the deepest silence.

Her father's condition was dire. Before leaving, she had quickly cleared the battlefield, taking away anything of value.

She embedded fragments of the Immortality Forge within her father, stabilizing his five secret realms to prevent collapse. As long as he didn't die completely, there would be a chance to save him in the future.

Her mother's condition was more complex. She had undergone an indescribable transformation, as if entering a special state of metamorphosis.

After a thorough examination, Shaohua was surprised to discover that her mother had made significant progress in the path of living a second life.

The Western Empress had tried the Furnace Nourish Hundred Sutras, as the Innate Dao Embryo had unique advantages in deducing the Dao and law, making it not impossible for her.

She had also researched the Golden Body Dao Embryo, not inspired by Wushi, but by the mutual baptism of Imperial Blood and Saintly Blood between her and her partner from long ago.

After realizing that transforming into a Chaos Body was hopeless, she had already begun exploring this direction.

However, neither path had been successful, and she had struggled halfway before collapsing, making it impossible to continue.

"So, when she realized the Life Forbidden Zone wouldn't give her much time, she chose the most extreme method, hoping to achieve transcendence in the great battle, transforming through the baptism of supreme blood?"

Shaohua couldn't help but sigh deeply. Indeed, those who could achieve enlightenment were never simple. Her mother’s ideas, however, were too bold and radical.

Unfortunately, none of the three paths had led to success.

Failure seemed inevitable, but then, due to her desperate rescue and Wushi’s assistance with his primordial essence, an unforeseen variable emerged.

Before Wushi was sealed, he had given her sister a small stone that contained his innate primordial essence, a form of "sacrificing flesh to repay the mother."

If her mother could successfully transform in the future, he would deserve some credit.

Of course, the transformation of the Western Empress was not intentional; it was an unpredictable mutation, and whether it would succeed was uncertain.

The three paths she had taken seemed to intersect, with myriad laws residing within her body, scriptures engraved in her flesh evolving alongside her. No one knew what would happen; it all depended on fate and her own will.

Shaohua staggered to her feet, tore through the void, and headed to the ancient star of the Heavenly Army in the depths of the universe to retrieve the immortal divine fire from the Immortal Altar of Lingbao Tianzun deep within the earth.

On her way, she left a thought at the Mythical Shore, instructing Lan Ling to guard the Yaochi Holy Land.

Returning to Kunlun, Shaohua placed the divine fire beside her. It was more about seeking something for her parents than expecting it to aid her directly. Whether she could live a second life depended solely on her own efforts; external factors were of little use, providing at most some psychological comfort.

She had pushed herself to the brink, not out of mere recklessness, but with careful consideration.

To achieve enlightenment and immortality, she needed to break free from all past constraints, reach perfection, and undergo a final grand transformation, transcending completely!

For the first nine years, Shaohua remained seated by the Immortality Pool, making no progress, lost in thoughts of her years of gains.

The divine fire flickered beside her, and her mother’s strange state, along with the Cycle Seal within the Corpse Emperor’s body, gave her some insights.

This was a torturous process; her condition was far from ideal, and she was constantly at risk of collapse. She couldn’t help but recall her past and present lives.

In her previous life, she was born with a congenital ailment, had no family or friends, and after death, was reborn as a girl in this bizarre and wondrous world of Heaven's Pride. She fought her way to alternative enlightenment.

"Am I starting to doubt whether I’m the main character?" Shaohua couldn’t help but smile wryly. Hovering between life and death, she never expected her memories to come flooding back like a slideshow.

"The path to immortality lies within my own nature!"

She had already died once in her past life and was now on the brink of death again. This unique experience, which others lacked, required no external assistance; she possessed all the elements and had accumulated more than enough.

In the midst of her dire situation, she found a glimmer of hope, grasping the supreme truth of reversing life and death, and a spark of vitality gradually emerged within her.

Undoubtedly, this was of great significance to her, with far-reaching implications and immeasurable value. Her gains were immense.

Within Shaohua, Immortal Essence was reborn through the transformation, without relying on any life-restoring elixir; she had lived anew on her own!

Six years later, the Immortality Pool was filled with surging blood qi, piercing the heavens.

At this point, everyone realized that the Western Empress had completely fallen, and she no longer existed in the world.

However, today, the entire cosmos was shaken. The myriad paths mourned, all submitting, and many powerful beings were stunned, unable to understand what had happened.

Kunlun was enveloped in a radiant glow, and Shaohua rose, reborn in the sea of abundant blood qi and powerful vitality, overlooking the vast land.

She had regained her youth, returning to the age of eighteen, but her white hair remained, silver strands like snow naturally cascading over her luminous skin.

In a simple white dress, she danced gracefully, stepping lightly out of Kunlun, leaving the water-blue planet behind.

(End of Chapter)

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