Chapter 636: The Path of Reincarnation

Chapter 636: The Path of Reincarnation

The Heavenly Deity perished.

The powerful beings observing the scene all looked stunned.

"The Heavenly Deity actually perished!"

"Did his Vow disappear just by seeing Qi Yuan?"

"It seems the relationship between the Heavenly Deity and San Sheng isn't just that of ordinary master and disciple."

These strong beings sighed, their expressions varied.

A dark shadow muttered.

"This battle, I was the only one who believed in him... but I never expected it to end like this!"

Many of the powerful beings thought this battle would be brutal and would end with Qi Yuan's defeat.

After all, in this world, there had never been a case of a Fifth Sun reversing the tide against a Sixth Sun.

But unexpectedly, Qi Yuan lived, won, and won so easily.

The Heavenly Deity saw Qi Yuan, and he simply perished.

It was too simple, too unexpected, surpassing everyone's imagination.

After all, it didn't make sense, it didn't fit the logic.

Of course, they didn't know that the Heavenly Deity was already at the end of his strength.

Over the years, resisting Return to Nothing, he had suffered just as much as San Sheng.

"San Sheng... is actually a part of him. Will this world soon have another Yang Six?"

Pillar Tian Kai muttered, his gaze complex.

That was a Yang Six, an existence that transcended all heavens and hells, eternal and unchanging.

"San Sheng hasn't reached the realm of Yang Six. With his pride and his pursuit of the Dao, would he really step into the realm of Yang Six so easily?" Imperial God had a different perspective.

For them, reaching the realm of Yang Six was extremely difficult, almost impossible, with no visible path to follow.

But for San Sheng, it wasn't a big deal.

After all, the legendary Heavenly Emperor was both a teacher and a friend to San Sheng.

There were also rumors that the Heavenly Emperor could step into the realm of Yang Six because of San Sheng's guidance.

On the journey to Origin Mountain, everyone believed that San Sheng would definitely step into the realm of Yang Six.

But who knew, San Sheng didn't choose the path of others; he wanted to walk his own path.

Refusing to step into the realm of Yang Six.

With such talent and pride, how could he easily step into the realm of Yang Six?

"The Heavenly Deity stepped into the realm of Yang Six, the Heavenly Emperor also stepped into the realm of Yang Six... if I could become his friend, perhaps..." Imperial God sighed, his thoughts wandering.

Fortunately, through Tian Kai's connection, he had a chance to meet Qi Yuan.

If Qi Yuan could impart some of his wisdom, the benefits would be unimaginable.

Many of the powerful beings in the distance were moved, their hearts filled with different thoughts.

Who wouldn't want to form a connection with Qi Yuan and San Sheng?

Even a small bit of wisdom from them would be like the sound of the Dao.

However, when they looked at Qi Yuan, they found that he had vanished without a trace.

It was as if he had never appeared.

"Where did he go?"

All the powerful beings and the leaders of the Cosmic Alliance were puzzled, their faces full of surprise.

Qi Yuan had disappeared right under their noses.

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Origin Mountain.

The sound of dripping water echoed, and a figure in white robes held a teapot, pouring tea.

The tea steamed, the hot vapor rising. With a wave of his hand, the Heavenly Emperor made more vapor rise, blending the tea leaves and water more evenly.

"Our existence in this world... is meaningless. If there is any meaning, it is to find an opponent and surpass them."

The Heavenly Emperor chuckled lightly.

A steaming cup of tea was poured, and it quickly cooled to a comfortable temperature.

Qi Yuan took a sip, finding it slightly bitter: "Do all the other Yang Six have the same mindset?"

The realm of Yang Six stood at the peak of cultivation.

No matter how far one went, it was still the realm of Yang Six.

"In this world, one must find something to do for themselves", the Heavenly Emperor said. "The last time you spoke to me about All Beings Are Me... it was a good Dao."

If all beings were the Heavenly Emperor, all beings would be Yang Six. Then, Return to Nothing would be unable to consume them.

This was also a way to resist Return to Nothing.

If other cultivators resisted Return to Nothing for survival, for the Yang Six, it was a way to hone themselves, to find an opponent, to give their existence some meaning.

"All Beings Are Me, I am constantly growing stronger. Compared to the last time I saw you, I have become... about ten billion times stronger?" The Heavenly Emperor casually mentioned a terrifying number.

He was already a Yang Six back then.

Being ten billion times stronger, what did that mean?

"However... in this lifetime, I probably won't be able to surpass Return to Nothing." The Heavenly Emperor changed the subject, looking at Qi Yuan.

That was what he truly wanted to express.

"I am also a part of Return to Nothing. All Beings Are Me, all beings are Return to Nothing.

So, I am definitely less than me plus Return to Nothing."

As he grew stronger, Return to Nothing also grew stronger.

He was part of Return to Nothing.

Therefore, no matter how strong he became, he could never surpass Return to Nothing.

After all, the other Yang Six were also part of Return to Nothing.

He was, too.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan fell silent, then said, "So, you are improving yourselves by resisting Return to Nothing?"

"Something like that", the Heavenly Emperor replied. "Time is too short, and beings must find something to do for themselves, a goal to chase, to push themselves forward?"

All the Yang Six saw Return to Nothing as their goal to chase.

At the beginning, a certain Yang Six's strength was close to Return to Nothing.

After so many years, they had approached it infinitely, but never truly surpassed it.

This was the endless and tedious Dao, the amusement, for these Yang Six over the infinite ages.

Being too omniscient and having seen too much of the world, concepts like morality, ethics, and all other knowledge seemed insignificant to the Yang Six.

In their view, only Return to Nothing and their own Dao held any significance.

After all, there weren't many interesting or challenging things left for them.

It was like, with the strength of a Yang Six, he could cheat in all the games of the world.

Only with Return to Nothing did he need to play honestly, step by step, and grind slowly.

"Ah, I'm still young, I've lived a short life, and I haven't developed the deep and profound thoughts and insights that you have."

Qi Yuan spoke honestly.

In fact, he admired those who were broad-minded, who saw through the world, and those who found their own path.

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These powerful beings show no mercy and do not even blink an eye at the lives they take.

Whenever he kills an enemy, he is extremely cautious, controlling his spiritual energy to avoid harming the innocent.

He even refrains from killing ants.

Of course, flies and mosquitoes buzzing around his ears are exceptions.

"I just have a soft heart."

As for killing an entire family or destroying a clan, that is not his fault.

Besides, can they be compared?

"I don't want to see mortals struggling all their lives just to survive.

I don't want to see the kind-hearted die from misfortune.

I don't want to see the adorable fall into trouble.

I don't want to see the tyrants live too comfortably.

I don't want to see the foul-mouthed enjoy a life of wickedness.

I don't want to see the devoted destroyed by betrayal, the promiscuous die from loyalty, the sincere be defamed... life's eight sufferings, all unattainable."

If his argument skills improve, he would have to remove the foul-mouthed from that list.

He has to support the foul-mouthed enjoying a life of wickedness.

Devious and cunning conspirators also have things they cherish.

High-ranking officials who benefit future generations also have moral flaws.

Sages... have their own desires.

What is right or wrong... to some extent, is defined by the world, or perhaps, depends on whose perspective you take.

Different perspectives yield different answers.

Of course, it might also depend on who holds the power.

"I don't want to see innocent ants die under my feet.

Looking back, when I was thirteen, I accidentally spilled a cup of boiling water, scalding three ants to death.

I was a minor, protected by the law, so I didn't have to bear legal responsibility.

Oh, and I have a mental disorder.

But... I feel very guilty. That was three ants, and although they were worker ants, busy working their whole lives and contributing themselves, from the perspective of cultivators, it might even be helping them escape suffering.

Do you understand?"

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"My special ability is to merge with all things."

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He thought of many things and understood many things.

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Without seeing them, without seeing those lives, how could he bring them into... his soul?

"Three ants... I'm coming."

His consciousness became hazy, like the sound of cicadas on a sunny noon, sped up a hundred times.

Suddenly, a chilled can of Sprite exploded, as if a signal.

It spun and flipped.

Time was pulled back to its normal course.

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On the Moon Continent.

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In the tavern, a burly man with a flushed face from alcohol spoke with disdain.

"You've told this story a hundred times. We're sick of it. Tell us something else."

Many martial artists jeered.

The bearded old man's face was red, as if he had drunk counterfeit alcohol.

"You, you... sigh, life isn't worth it."

The bearded old man muttered and left, cursing under his breath.

When his figure reappeared, he was in an old, dilapidated temple.

Inside the temple, there was a somewhat broken statue.

The statue did not depict his face.

"In just three hundred years, it has come to this?"

"Sigh..."

The bearded old man looked at the statue, his face filled with longing, memories, and a hint of reverence.

At that moment, a clear voice rang out.

"Old man, stop living in the past. You need to look forward."

"Perhaps, in your heart, this person is very important, but to others, there are even more important people and things in their hearts."

"Get out, you young whippersnapper, what do you know about the Maskless Sword God!" the bearded old man couldn't help but say.

"There is no one in this world who understands him better than I do." The young man quoted a famous saying.

At this moment, the bearded old man seemed to realize something and suddenly turned around.

He sized up the young man behind him, his eyes filled with suspicion and uncertainty.

His pupils dilated.

"You... you..."

"Long Pan, it's been a long time. You still blush like you used to."

This young man was, of course, Qi Yuan.

He had merged with Return to Nothing, originally intending to go to the place of origin to see the three ants he had scalded to death.

However, he ended up in the Moonview Continent.

Or rather, the Moonview Continent after the extermination of the Exterior Realm Demons.

Long Pan was a powerful deity lying in a coffin in the Five Elements Forbidden Land.

Back then, when Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Forbidden Land, he received the acknowledgment of the Five Ancestors and gained control over the Five Elements Forbidden Land, as well as the Divine Reflections of those powerful deities.

Long Pan was one of them.

From the memories of the Divine Reflection, Qi Yuan knew that Long Pan was very handsome and delicate, but he blushed easily. To avoid being looked down upon, he grew a full beard.

"You..." Long Pan was still in shock, finding it hard to believe.

After all, back then, Qi Yuan had entered the forbidden land alone and fought against the extraterrestrial demons. It was a tragic and heroic battle. He must have died without a trace.

"Don't get too excited. I came from the future to take a look, but I arrived at the wrong time", Qi Yuan said.

He glanced at the statue of the Maskless Sword God and slowly walked toward the shore of July Lake.

The shore of July Lake held many of his memories.

Long Pan was nervous, and the word "future" made him hesitate.

"This time... it didn't snow."

At the shore of July Lake, the water shimmered, with white ducks paddling and red carp jumping, and the vast expanse of Gufu Paulownia stretching out of sight.

"Feather... and Zanghua, where are they?" Qi Yuan asked casually.

With his omniscience, he could easily perceive all the answers.

But if he did that, it would be boring.

"I and the others were already on our last breaths. When we learned that you had slain all the Exterior Realm Demons alone, we felt very guilty... and also very happy", Long Pan said with a sigh. "Feather was the first to go... he was the strongest among us, but also the one who contributed the most, with the most hidden injuries. The second to go was Zanghua. A month ago, Xiao Lü also passed away. She was buried in the Five Elements Forbidden Land, beside the Five Ancestors.

Now, only I remain in this world."

Long Pan spoke haltingly, filled with nostalgia for the past.

As friends passed away one by one, this once-protected world became increasingly unfamiliar.

He felt like a passerby in the world, growing old and dying in some corner, some night.

When discovered, he would probably be treated as an old homeless man.

Wrapped in a straw mat and buried in a common grave.

No one in this world would remember him.

Or perhaps, in the future timeline, no one except Qi Yuan would remember this handsome, blushing man with a full beard.

"Back in the Five Elements Forbidden Land, the Five Ancestors sacrificed themselves to make me stronger. I remember their kindness.

At that time... I thought that if I could re-establish the earth, water, wind, and fire, refine the false into the true, and transform the void into reality, I would definitely bring the Five Ancestors back to the world."

Qi Yuan said.

Beside him, Long Pan's body trembled. He remembered what Qi Yuan had said earlier, that he came from the future.

He seemed to realize something.

Could it be...

This was a bit too terrifying and unimaginable.

"Long Pan, do you think Feather, Tong, and Zanghua... would be willing to enter my Reincarnation?" Qi Yuan asked.

He respected people's choices.

His resurrection was different from the resurrections of other Solar Deities.

Perhaps, other Solar Deities were resurrected with the same memories and the same person.

But a Dao Master was resurrected in the Cosmic Mother River with a True Spirit.

Qi Yuan's... was more like a marking, entering his Reincarnation.

Long Pan's body trembled slightly. "Perhaps... they would be willing."

"But my resurrection... it might be a bit of an invasion of privacy. Is that a bit too much?" Qi Yuan hesitated.

His resurrection involved several methods, or rather, his means of resisting Return to Nothing was to truly understand all things, to know all things.

From nothing, one is born; from one, two are born; from two, three are born; from three, all things are born.

All things belong to the realm of Return to Nothing.

Resisting Return to Nothing meant resisting everyone, including himself.

Understanding Return to Nothing meant understanding all things, understanding everything in the world.

It could be a breeze passing through a hall, a yeast cell sleeping soundly, or a pangolin laughing and playing.

Merging with all things, marking them, and entering his Reincarnation.

"Oh, I forgot, they had Divine Reflectioned to me. I know all their secrets", Qi Yuan said.

Long Pan blushed again.

His past had also been seen by Qi Yuan.

"They probably won't mind", Long Pan said hesitantly.

"Ah, Reincarnation is so difficult. The first step is to invade people's privacy", Qi Yuan sighed.

Indeed, the path to great achievements was always fraught with difficulties.

Breaking traffic lights and invading people's privacy were things Qi Yuan couldn't do.

He had always been orderly and good.

Although, occasionally, he had killed entire families and wiped out entire clans.

But wasn't that due to the influence of his home planet?

And could that be the same?

Killing entire families didn't affect his habit of never breaking traffic lights.

"Since that's the case, I'll start", Qi Yuan said.

"Okay", Long Pan nodded vigorously.

Qi Yuan closed his eyes.

He began to use his special ability.

He merged with Return to Nothing.

He merged with the Moonview Continent.

He merged with the deceased Jin Ancestor, Mu Ancestor, Shui Ancestor, Huo Ancestor, and Tu Ancestor, as well as the powerful deities of the Five Elements Forbidden Land who had Divine Reflectioned to him.

Countless memories once again merged into his mind.

He seemed to see a cheerful blacksmith who worked hard at forging iron every day, sparks flying, and always grinning widely.

His life was monotonous and dull. His favorite thing was fishing.

Each time he fished, he felt a great sense of satisfaction.

He lived in his own little world. His wife often complained that he had no ambition, and deserved to spend his entire life in this small town as a blacksmith.

Later... the Exterior Realm Demons invaded.

As the Jin Ancestor of the Divine Court, he charged to the front lines.

Unfortunately, the strength of the giants of the Divine Realm was far inferior to that of the Exterior Realm Demons.

A fishing line descended from the sky, the hook gleaming, and he took the bait.

Just like the fish he usually caught.

He died, leaving only a skin in the world.

That skin was a carrier of the metal element.

This time, his wife cried her heart out, never again saying he lacked ambition.

"This is his story."

"Each person's story, when delved into... is so touching."

Qi Yuan sighed.

Just like a dog kicked by the roadside, if you delve into its heart, it has its own story, its own joys and sorrows.

Unfortunately, people are different from each other, species are different from each other, interests are entangled, and the fittest survive. All living beings struggle.

"Now it's the story of Huo Ancestor..."

"Now it's the story of Tu Ancestor..."

"Feather..."

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"Xiao Lü..."

He stood by the July Lake, sensing the pasts and lives of these people.

He didn't know how long it had been, but when he opened his eyes, his gaze was clear.

Long Pan, who had been standing beside him, perked up, as if he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to.

"Don't worry, once I return to the present, they will naturally revive and reappear in the world."

"They can choose to live in the present or the future."

"If they complain about me reviving them to suffer in this world, they don't need to find me; they can just Return to Nothing."

Long Pan's expression was uncertain and skeptical.

After all, without witnessing the revival of the Five Ancestors and the return of old friends, he was a bit unsure.

Qi Yuan didn't mind.

At that moment, a gentle woman's voice sounded.

She wore a green robe, her figure slender.

"I wonder where you come from, what your name is, and what brings you to the Moon Dynasty?"

Her voice seemed to carry a hint of wariness.

Qi Yuan glanced at the woman and said softly, "A guest from above."

As he spoke, his figure disappeared, leaving behind a stunned woman in green and a dazed Long Pan.

It all felt like a dream.

"The world's wood element, Gufu is the noblest. You... should be a part of the Master, or perhaps... a coordinate, because of you... Xiao Jia came to me?"

Qi Yuan leaned on a branch of the Gufu Paulownia, reaching up as if he could grasp the sun, moon, and stars.

"Grasping the sun and moon, picking the stars, there is no one like me in the world."

Qi Yuan murmured.

With a wave of his hand, a faint fragrance wafted.

Jin Li sat in Qi Yuan's arms, the confusion in her eyes clearing, and her expression becoming as gentle as moonlight.

"In fact... haven't we met many times before we met in person?" Qi Yuan asked.

"In all the timelines, I want to be the first."

The woman in his arms turned her head, her warm lips drawing closer.

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The desert was filled with flying sand, a long river, but no setting sun.

"Sure enough, this world without the sun and moon needs me, a Essence Core cultivator."

"Your sun has arrived."

Qi Yuan muttered to himself.

Ahead was No Return City.

Back then, Qi Yuan stood alone here, fighting against the demonic scourge.

No, Xiao Jia was with him.

Now, Qi Yuan stood there, looking far at the city walls.

The walls were empty, with no one on them.

He looked over and saw two figures staggering forward in the distance, dust and sand swirling around them.

One carried a military flag, the other a bottle of wine.

They would stop and rest every so often.

In the future, they would go to No Return City to defend it, and then die of severe injuries.

Qi Yuan glanced at the two and vanished.

He reappeared on a battlefield.

Bloodstains were everywhere, and limbs and bodies were scattered.

Here lay the remains of the soldiers who died in the Songzi Camp.

"Back then, I said I was destined to become a great immortal, and I would remember them."

"Even though my memory isn't great, I still remember them."

"Not only that..."

"Not only did I remember these Npcs with stories, but I also remembered those... who didn't even have names, merely appearing as background characters, a bunch of numbers."

"I remember you."

He looked at these corpses, some old, some young.

Who were their fathers, children, husbands... or perhaps they were just themselves.

Qi Yuan looked at them carefully, remembering them and the sand on the ground.

He didn't know how long it took, but his figure flashed again.

In a dilapidated village, in a pigsty, a pig was eating pig grass.

The pig's diet didn't look good, and it was thin and white.

"Is this the pig that Chen Jiao has been talking about, the one he hasn't castrated?" A clear, bell-like voice sounded, very pleasant to hear.

"My lord, although my body and heart belong to you, castrating a pig... you should do it yourself, my lord?" Ning Tao, dressed in black, took a step back, her petite figure hiding behind Qi Yuan.

"Ah?" The canary realized something, tightly gripping Qi Yuan's hand, "I am the number one beauty of Jiupan Mountain, and I am too precious to castrate a pig!"

Clearly, she couldn't do such a task.

The canary was as defiant and stubborn as ever.

"You two..." Qi Yuan hesitated, "Before castrating the pig, shouldn't we ask the pig's opinion, whether it wants to be castrated?"

"Will it not taste good if not castrated?"

"It seems it doesn't want to be eaten either?"

"But if we don't eat it, people will starve to death."

"Complicated."

The canary and Ning Tao whispered to each other.

"Right, ask Chen Jiao, this is his pig."

"He's dead?"

"In this timeline, a bit of his true spirit hasn't dissipated yet."

Qi Yuan waved his hand, and a hint of consciousness seemed to return to the muddled true spirit of the originally deceased Chen Jiao.

He immediately saw Qi Yuan, the canary, and Ning Tao.

"Wasn't I dead?"

"Could it be... that people really go to the underworld after death?"

He looked at Qi Yuan, feeling particularly uneasy.

In his eyes, this person should be a lord of the underworld, a revered deity.

But why did he feel that this person was somewhat similar to the guardian of No Return City?

Unfortunately, he couldn't see clearly.

Faced with such an existence, he didn't know what to say.

"Chen Jiao, do you still want to castrate your pig?"

"If you want it castrated, you do it yourself!"

"…???" Chen Jiao.

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Fixin World.

Qi Yuan stretched lazily.

"No wonder Blood Sun Great Sage had two Yang gods in his lineage. It turns out he had good luck and picked up part of Nanke Dao Master's legacy."

This time, he had come to Fixin World.

Here, he met many people and discovered things he had once overlooked.

"Wu Shi comes from the Netherworld, a world created by Nanke Dao Master, a collapsing universe.

No wonder the beings that chased me here were so weak. Is this place also a dream of Nanke's?"

"Ancestral Land… is a product of the Yang World. When I have time, I should visit the old home of Ancestral Land.

They helped me so much back then, I should return the favor."

Qi Yuan believed in repaying kindness.

"Here, I comprehended All Beings Are Me. In a way, this also laid the groundwork for my Reincarnation."

Qi Yuan's resistance against Return to Nothing's Reincarnation was based on knowing all things, understanding everything in the world.

All Beings Are Me was one of those lives.

"Unfortunately, All Beings Are Me ultimately had flaws. I was too weak back then."

"In that battle, everyone sacrificed themselves, like low-cost cards in a cloud top game, just to chase out this three-star five-cost card."

"Although I used All Beings Are Me to revive them as my divine babies, Tian Bao Venerable died too early. The memory revived in my divine baby was only his."

"Now… I can truly remember him, along with many others, many Npcs."

Back then, in the group, Tian Bao Venerable knew he was in danger and had little time left.

He wanted to give the treasure that would help him break through to True Deity to Qi Yuan.

They had never met before, and that was their only connection.

Later, the sky suddenly lit up, and Qi Yuan learned of Tian Bao Venerable's death, as well as his granddaughter Wang Wenqi, who brought the treasure to break through to True Deity.

After a long time, Qi Yuan seemed to be deep in thought.

"Should I go and see… Ancient God Yuan? Is she an old god from my world?"

Qi Yuan thought about it and ultimately decided not to meet her.

He looked up, as if seeing the swaying heavenly pillar through the ages.

The heavenly pillar was the spine of Fixin World.

"I should… go see her."

Qi Yuan recalled the three times he met Mother of No Food.

He felt a deep sense of emotion.

In Wu Shi's timeline, the first Wu Shi was weak and pitiful.

The second time he saw Wu Shi, she discovered the truth. She understood why, being able to eat fish despite consuming the original body and innate original body, she was actually eating Qi Yuan's blood.

At that time, with her ability to consume the original body and her strength, if she had acted, she might have been able to consume part of Qi Yuan across time and space, but in the end, she held back.

This innate desire was something few could suppress or control.

Even during their last meeting, she still dined with Qi Yuan, eating ordinary fish.

At the time, Qi Yuan didn't know why she ate so slowly, was she afraid of fish bones?

Now he understood, she was enduring great pain.

She was also telling Qi Yuan that her strength, Wu Shi, wasn't entirely due to her constitution. She had overcome the desires brought by her constitution.

She didn't eat him.

"I should see her."

Thinking of Wu Shi, Qi Yuan also thought of the snow-white, cold woman from Yunmeng Palace, and the mischievous girl Wu Shi from Tuwu Great World.

After a moment, a graceful figure appeared behind Qi Yuan.

The woman was as cold as frost, lonely as snow, with a hint of turbidity in her eyes, as if she had stayed too long in a forsaken land, with chaotic time and space, and curses entwining her.

Or perhaps, her eyes were clouded by hatred.

She stared at Qi Yuan, her voice hoarse.

"Should I call you Master, or should I call you disciple?"

"Or… owner?"

Her derisive laugh carried a hint of grievance.

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Arching Star.

Robot Zero One stood beside Qi Yuan, holding a cat.

"Ten Thousand Paths are composed of zero and one, Zero One, you are right."

"Games are made up of zeros and ones. The present world is just a large game."

"If Return to Nothing is zero, representing nothingness, then my Reincarnation is one, representing existence."

"Master, what level did you pass in your computer exam?"

"Cough, that's not important. Do those programmers understand 0 and 1 better than me? Do they understand games better than me? Or do they understand creating a world better than me?"

"Probably not." Zero One's voice remained mechanical as it turned to look at the black-clad man ahead. "Do you think if the Luo and Chen families weren't destroyed, would he still have insisted on dying?"

"Probably not. Back then… he must have been heartbroken beyond repair."

"Should I help you package this world and send it to you?"

"Never mind, don't. I still need to respect their privacy!"

"Sigh, Reincarnation is too difficult."

"All the worlds… should implement family planning. Otherwise, when will I be able to travel through them all, know all things, and create Reincarnation?"

"Hey, this stone, do you want to join my Reincarnation? But before joining, your privacy might be slightly exposed. I might see you bathing naked?"

"Hey, why aren't you talking? Are you shy?"

"Rest assured, I am very humane. I will delete the memories!"

"Otherwise, with so many memories, my storage would be insufficient, and it would be uncomfortable to get stuck."

"This stone doesn't understand human speech, but my little junior sister is good, rich, and beautiful."

"By the way, I'll ask my junior sister if she's willing to enter my Reincarnation."

"My junior sister's money is probably very obedient."

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In the Divine Tree Universe.

"Black Heaven exists in the past and future, but not in the present."

"Am I... in the past now?"

In the vast Divine Tree Universe, Qi Yuan walked for a very long time.

Different timelines, different time points.

Unfortunately, he met many people, including Chen Kangbao.

But Shen Lingxuan, the Blind Girl, and Master Ruan Yixi, he never saw.

He understood that Shen Lingxuan was a destined one, a manifestation of a Vow from the Gufu Paulownia.

In a sense, she was part of his Master.

"Yang Four exists in the past and future. Even with my current self... I cannot see him?"

Qi Yuan felt a bit lost.

Back then, when he fought Black Heaven, it was actually a battle across time and space.

The two never met face to face.

And Master Ruan Yixi was a sentient being born from the Vow of Yang Four and the Gufu Paulownia.

Her existence was different from the typical Yang Four.

The typical Yang Four lacks a true spirit and exists in the past and future. Only when Yang Four reaches the second stage of solidification does it exist in the present.

She, however, was born from the Yang Four that exists in the past and future.

Such an example is unique across all realms.

If not for Qi Yuan's special ability, she would not have gained sentience.

Therefore, she can only exist in the past and future.

"The Reincarnation I seek is without regret, a perfect pursuit that cannot be attained."

"I am still too weak now."

Qi Yuan sighed.

To see Master, he must first understand the concept of evasion better than evasion itself.

Secondly, he needs to make a significant step forward in the path of Reincarnation.

"The Divine Tree Universe was born because of you. Every blade of grass, every tree, every cycle of life and death here, are traces of your existence."

"Know all things, enter Reincarnation."

At this moment, Qi Yuan became a traveler.

He traversed the Divine Tree Universe across different timelines.

He seemed to hear his own whispers, recounting stories from "Journey to the West" and "The Story of the Eastern Chamber."

He seemed to see a Gufu Paulownia, standing alone in the vastness.

Clouds drifted, rain fell, but she could not hear the pitter-patter. She could only hear one person's voice.

In the wilderness, the yellow wildflowers stood alone, and no one shared stories with her. But one person told her about many beautiful scenes.

The thunder in the sky was silent, as if unwilling to speak to her, but she had someone to confide in.

In the wetlands, the white mugwort and motherwort were lush and beautiful, but she could not appreciate them. It seemed she was waiting for something.

"Know all things, understand Sentient Beings, Master Reincarnation."

"Master, I understand too little about you."

He traversed the Divine Tree Universe.

He saw flowers, trees, insects, fish, birds, and beasts, clouds, thunder, stones, and iron.

But his understanding of Master remained the same.

He had stillness and Reincarnation, able to traverse time and space, but he could never touch Master's traces.

Occasionally, he would see some scenes and hear fragmented words.

"Hey, who are you? What's your name?"

"Qi Yuan?"

"Then I'll call you Qi Yuan?"

"Hmm... no, Yuan Qi?"

"Ruan Yixi."

"I want to open the seven orifices."

"Who am I?"

"Who are you? What's your name?"

"Don't remember?"

"No name?"

"Then I'll call you..."

"Xiao Xue?"

"Xiao Pao?"

"Xue Pao!"

"Let's divorce!"

"Snuggle."

...

"Hey... were my eyes given to me by you?"

Countless whispers and murmurs, fragmented images entered his eyes and ears.

Qi Yuan seemed to reach out and touch them.

But he could never touch them.

"Reincarnation... what am I missing?"

Qi Yuan murmured.

He didn't know how long he had walked, losing track of time. He left the Divine Tree Universe.

He seemed like a madman, a lunatic, or a forgetful cultivator.

He traversed the past and future, existing in the present.

He knew all things, understood all things, and gradually perfected Reincarnation.

"I forgot, I still need a sword."

"Sword of Forgetting."

The Sword of Forgetting, formed by him as Transmuted from Yang Four, crafted by Wealthy Dao Deity and Sword Disciple.

This sword could sever the curse of sinking.

It could cut away excess memories.

There were too many things in the world, and too many possibilities across different timelines.

"The Great Forgetting Heart Sutra can't forget."

"What about the Sword of Forgetting?"

"I don't exist in the present, nor do I come from the present. I exist in the past and future."

"Temporarily sever all noisy memories, leaving only those related to Master?"

He seemed to have discovered something.

"More pure."

"Originally... this is the path of evasion."

"Is this the past and future of evasion?"

"Am I now considered a Yang Six?"

"Continue walking?"

The path of Reincarnation continuously expanded, and Qi Yuan continued his solitary journey.

His strength and realm continuously improved.

He never tired, never felt weary, always wandering outside the timeline.

His strength and realm also continuously ascended.

He first surpassed evasion, then surpassed the Heavenly Emperor, and surpassed stillness.

More and more Yang Six were left behind.

He seemed to be getting closer to Return to Nothing.

One day, he was tired, his legs ached, and he felt lonely.

He was, after all, an ordinary person, someone who would walk around ants and feel lonely.

"With you, I share my cloak."

At this moment, a red-clad bride, Xiao Jia, appeared and said, "I am Xiao Jia!"

"Snuggle."

This time, it wasn't a wooden sign.

(The End of the Book!)

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