8mi #387 - Jixuan (Part 1)
#387 - Jixuan (Part 1)
‘Sigh’.
Wang Jixuan vaguely heard a sigh, and then he sighed as well.
A feeling of inexplicable sorrow slowly grew in his heart.
The [Stone of the Past] in front of him flickered slightly, and a picture slowly appeared before his eyes.
It was in this very hall;
Outside, lights flickered constantly, which must have been the light and shadow of a fierce battle. Wang Jixuan vaguely saw a towering purple fire.
This didn't seem to be just a picture;
The heat of the air, the riot of spiritual energy, and the wailing of souls and the fear of living beings could all be felt to some extent at this moment.
There was a phantom sitting cross-legged on a futon, his whole being filled with decadence and disappointment.
He looked only in his thirties;
The phantom was a remnant soul. If it hadn't been deliberately altered, the remnant soul would have recorded the appearance of the body at the time of death.
He must have made a lot of preparations before his death to make himself look decent. The silk robe was embroidered with cranes and white clouds, his long hair was combed up and tied with a Taoist hairpin, and his face was clean and spotless. Even those seemingly ordinary boots seemed to be made of very exquisite materials.
But his eyes were empty, numb, and without any fluctuation.
As if he were completely dead.
Several figures rushed into the hall, almost crying and throwing themselves behind the remnant soul.
Wang Jixuan shouldn't have understood the 'dialect' of this civilization;
But miraculously, he understood it completely at this moment.
“Pioneer! Lord Pioneer!”
“Please save us! The rebels are colluding with foreign enemies, and the City Above the Clouds is about to be captured. Three of the six leaders have already died in battle!”
“We have only you to rely on!”
The phantom sitting there seemed to regain his senses, took a light breath, and his remnant body trembled constantly.
“I… I can’t help you anymore…”
The voice of this phantom was filled with helplessness and pain.
“Preserve the spark.”
The figures behind him couldn't help but prostrate themselves on the ground and cry bitterly. They were waiting for a miracle, just like the previous few times.
Unfortunately, the phantom was just a remnant soul.
He had no fighting ability and could only ‘live’ here.
The picture gradually faded, and the remnant shadow in the hall slowly raised his head, looked at the Taoist character in front of him, and raised his hand to touch it, but his arm trembled involuntarily.
Tears welled up in the remnant shadow's eyes.
“Master… what is the meaning of becoming an immortal, what exactly is the meaning of becoming an immortal… ah…”
The picture gradually faded.
Wang Jixuan broke away from the meditative state, but did not open his eyes, because the next picture had slowly unfolded.
He fell into meditation again.
In fact, this was not meditation, but a certain ‘magic power’ inherent in this stone.
The second picture was still in this hall, but the picture had become much more peaceful. The remnant shadow had just failed to transcend the tribulation and was slowly condensing from the Stone of the Past.
A little bit of light gathered from all directions and condensed into this remnant shadow.
It seemed that this time, the failure to transcend the tribulation and preserve the soul was due to the effect of this magical stone.
Wang Jixuan sighed inwardly.
This thing could be considered a life-saving grace to him.
The remnant shadow slumped on the ground, constantly gasping for breath. Dozens of figures rushed over at the same time, constantly shouting 'Pioneer'.
Their concern was overflowing.
The remnant shadow was stunned for a while, and then suddenly became agitated, lying there and shouting:
“Why! Why is the ninth heavenly tribulation stronger each time!”
“This poor Taoist should have become an immortal! This poor Taoist could have become an immortal long ago! Why does this heavenly tribulation have to stop this poor Taoist! Why is this!”
“Even an immortal, how could he withstand this blow, how could he withstand this blow!”
The remnant shadow cried out in despair, constantly beating his chest with his hands.
That was endless disappointment.
The first time he cultivated, it took more than one hundred and twenty years, a genius in cultivation, the glory of the sect, but he failed to challenge the heavenly tribulation;
The second time he cultivated, it took six thousand seven hundred and twenty years, plugging loopholes and striving for perfection, but he still failed to challenge the heavenly tribulation.
A spirit that goes forward without hesitation, no;
A carefully polished Taoist body, no;
Where is the road?
Where is the road ahead!
Why won't the gate of the Immortal Realm open!
He was already stronger than all the Mahayana stage cultivators recorded in the cultivation world who had successfully ascended to immortality. What else was not good enough? In these six thousand seven hundred and twenty years, he had made up for everything that could be made up for, repeatedly and actively falling into demonhood to temper his Taoist heart, constantly doing good deeds and accumulating merit, and wandering between the stars to experience life.
He had done it all, he had done it all…
But now.
The remnant shadow began to shed tears silently, and sighs were constantly heard around him.
Wang Jixuan heard their discussion.
“Even the Pioneer has failed.”
“Shouldn’t the Pioneer have been able to reach the upper realm easily?”
“The Pioneer has been preparing for thousands of years, and has abilities that we cannot reach. Even the Pioneer has failed.”
“Is the path of individual ascension also a mirage?”
“Alas, the Pioneer must be in great pain now.”
“Is there anything we can do to help the Pioneer?”
The sound of discussion gradually faded away.
Wang Jixuan's state of mind gradually returned to normal.
That remnant shadow was undoubtedly him, but it was also like another him, with another life and another experience, cultivating for a second life, but still failing to break through the last heavenly tribulation.
Wang Jixuan was now only thinking about one thing;
Preparing for more than six thousand years;
The starting point of the second life should, in theory, be the same as the starting point of his third life.
Then why can't he ascend?
The second life created a perfect Taoist foundation and a perfect Taoist heart. Everything should have been pushed to the extreme. The lifespan of a Mahayana stage cultivator in the cultivation world is about three thousand years, and with elixirs, it can be extended to a maximum of four thousand years.
In his second life, with the experience and memories of the first life's tribulation, and with the Ina civilization as an aid, he actually…
Is ascension really reliable?
Does the ascension in the cultivation world really exist? Or is it just a rumor recorded in the classics, a target set up by the major sects to deceive their disciples? Or…
Wang Jixuan suddenly pushed away the Stone of the Past.
He opened his eyes and suddenly found that he was covered in cold sweat, and his breathing had become a little difficult.
Even his Demonic Venerable Taoist Heart was somewhat unable to resist the invasion of this despairing emotion, and inevitably produced various negative emotions.
Huh?
Wang Jixuan looked inward.
The Golden Core had become like a blue jade jewel, and the infant inside was very clear.
Why was this?
Unknowingly, he had stepped into the fifth stage of the Bridge to Heaven? Only one step away from the completion of the Bridge to Heaven?
If the Golden Core transforms into a purple jade jewel, the nascent soul can be nurtured from it, and from then on, he can step into the realm of the Nascent Soul Taoist, cultivate the primordial spirit, determine the self, and the great path can be expected…
However, what great path can be expected? It seems that the Mahayana stage is the limit.
Wang Jixuan looked at the Stone of the Past quietly suspended in front of him and suddenly understood something.
In his second life, he constantly studied this object, and left a lot of mana and a strange ‘soul imprint’ here. He was now absorbing this mana and imprint.
With the same origin and the same foundation of the 《Azure Lotus Art》, the process of absorption was like a silent spring rain.
It's just that the price was a bit too high;
Wang Jixuan was now completely enveloped in gray emotions, and even his Demonic Venerable Taoist Heart had become somewhat fragile and sensitive.
‘Humph! Having died twice, what harm is there in dying once more?’
The Taoist priest closed his eyes and concentrated, and wanted to bring the Stone of the Past over, but his belief moved slightly.
That's not right;
This thing is in reverse order, from near to far;
There shouldn't be this kind of frustrating mood later on.
Wang Jixuan gently raised his eyebrows, pondered slightly, and made a somewhat bold decision.
He wanted to bring his Mahayana remnant soul over.
Because it was very likely that he could enter the Nascent Soul realm with the help of this treasure, and if his Mahayana remnant soul was not here, there would inevitably be some loss.
Wang Jixuan was now all in, not wanting to leave any way out for himself.
He would directly merge the Mahayana remnant soul with the Nascent Soul!
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If he couldn't become an immortal this time, then there was no point in him living a fourth or fifth life.
If I can't ascend, I'd rather die!
Wang Jixuan suddenly got up, turned around, and rushed out of the hall.
…
The deep space of the universe.
The blue planet seemed to have become a background.
A figure knelt outside the thin atmosphere, having bypassed the planetary barrier, holding a black box in both hands. The box vibrated constantly in rhythm and regularity, and layers of fluctuations disappeared not far in front.
In addition to the interstellar gate of the Blade Beasts, there was actually a second way to cross the stars.
The relevant psionic technology was also given by the current guardian of the Ina civilization.
…
It didn't take too much effort to call Mudan over.
He Ruli gave the green light, Amina ran back and forth, and Mudan jumped out of Amina's subspace slate nimbly.
However, Wang Jixuan expected Amina to be back in eight or nine hours, but Amina delayed it to sixteen or seventeen hours.
This made the Taoist priest's eyes almost red with waiting.
He really wanted to know what he had done in his second life.
Perhaps the second life's self had a misunderstanding of perfection, or perhaps he had simply gone down the wrong path.
The Ascension Heavenly Tribulation naturally had its own rules.
In addition to these, he also wanted to know the specific details of the second tribulation, and wanted to know if he had made any mistakes at that time…
In short, Wang Jixuan's mood was extremely anxious.
This wait was also worth it.
After Mudan jumped out nimbly, several other figures walked out of it, Ling Tong, Red Snake, Deep Sea, Shen Qionglin plus the entire half-human mecha squad were all ready.
Seeing Ling Tong, the Taoist priest's restless heart instantly calmed down for the most part.
He immediately stepped forward, wrapped his arms around Ling Tong's toned yet slender waist, kissed her forehead deeply, and held her tightly.
Ling Tong was filled with bewilderment;
With so many people watching, such intimate actions made her somewhat shy.
However, Ling Tong was, after all, a war general, completely unafraid of such a scene, and even fearing that she might delay Wang Jixuan's possible 'scheme', she actively and eagerly responded to Wang Jixuan—embracing Wang Jixuan in return and offering him a kiss.
In reality, there was no scheme; Wang Jixuan was simply expressing the unease in his heart.
“Don't worry, I'll wait for you to finish your life before attempting to challenge the Heavenly Tribulation.”
Wang Jixuan said solemnly.
Ling Tong didn't know why he said that, but she understood the resoluteness in Wang Jixuan's eyes and nodded gently.
“This is your own matter; you can make your own decisions,” she said softly.
Peony cleared her throat: “Commander, did you summon us?”
“Yes,” Wang Jixuan raised his hand and retrieved the storage bracelet from Peony's wrist, taking out two light spots from it and swallowing them into his stomach.
The remnant soul of the Mahayana Realm returns to the body!
Wang Jixuan deliberately observed He Ruli's expression beside him.
If he were trapped here now, he would have completely lost any means of turning the tables;
He was now gambling, gambling that He Ruli would not be detrimental to him now, gambling that He Ruli, a member of the Ina civilization's opposition faction, was indeed aiming to revive the Ina civilization and complete her own redemption.
From the current perspective, He Ruli showed no abnormalities.
Wang Jixuan released Ling Tong and turned to make introductions.
He said: “Let me give you all a brief introduction. This is He Ruli. She is not Gao Huating's past life but the guardian of Cloud City. This place is the crystallization ground of the ancient Ina civilization.”
Wang Jixuan paused, looked at Shen Qionglin, gently winked at her, and then said:
“This place possesses extremely advanced mechanical technology and is also the origin of psionic technology. Although I am the source of all psionic energy, the Ina civilization, relying on the accumulation of the entire civilization, has already embarked on a completely different path of psionic energy.”
“Peony, Ling Tong, you can consult He Ruli on some mechanical aspects of technology. The Ina civilization had already accumulated extremely high mechanical technology before encountering me.”
“Perhaps they have some powerful weapon design blueprints.”
“Little Shen, you are a genius in researching psionic energy. Make good use of this opportunity.”
The corners of He Ruli's mouth twitched slightly.
But she bowed gracefully, introduced herself to everyone, and apologized for the previous deception.
Afterward, He Ruli looked at Wang Jixuan and smiled: “Great Pioneer, aren't your conditions a bit too many?”
“Isn't this just a matter of convenience for you?”
Wang Jixuan said sternly:
“If you help the humans of Earth, you will gain my goodwill.”
“Then when can you give me your reproductive cells?”
The unknowing crowd was immediately shocked.
Ling Tong blinked gently. She trusted Wang Jixuan's character, but He Ruli's statement was indeed prone to ambiguity.
Wu Man quickly explained that He Ruli wanted to collect Wang Jixuan and Gao Huating's cells to cultivate new individuals of the Ina civilization.
Only then could the crowd accept it somewhat.
Zheng Shiduo asked in a low voice: “Doesn't Elder Sister Ling Tong mind this?”
“Huh?” Ling Tong said indifferently, “Just treat it as him donating a few times. Is there anything unreasonable about that?”
Zheng Shiduo gave a thumbs up.
Wang Jixuan didn't say much. He was anxious to see the Stone of the Past and his own breakthrough. After a simple farewell to everyone, he rushed to the central hall.
His second life was presented before him in this way.
At this moment, Wang Jixuan had roughly guessed why he would deliberately forget the memories of his second life.
There are two possibilities.
First, the remnant soul of the second life, that is, the Three Realms Prodigal Son, is now existing separately, separated from the remnant soul of the first life.
Second, the path of cultivation in the second life has been proven to be wrong, so all traces were erased, and he started over from the first failed tribulation.
Wang Jixuan now leans more towards the second possibility.
He understands his own character.
Uh, one can't say that so definitively. After all, the second life was already very long compared to the first life, more than six thousand years… What did he do during these six thousand years?
The Stone of the Past can only show what it 'sees,' and Wang Jixuan himself must resonate with it.
This treasure began to revolve around Wang Jixuan.
Wang Jixuan quickly entered a meditative state, and the third scene slowly unfolded, and those strands of psionic energy transmission appeared again.