The Great Road of Shading the Sky

Chapter 278 Reuniting with Friends and Relatives on the Path of Reincarnation: Awakening's Last Move
With the death of Taiwu, the once-renowned Celestial Venerable came to an end.

He died in this small, distorted universe, at the hands of an unknown nobody.

On the horizon, those who also came from the mortal realm felt a chill run down their spines, their hearts trembled, and they felt a deep sense of fear.

"Ah!" In the distance, Taiwu's remaining disciples and grand-disciples screamed, their faces filled with fear, anger, and resentment.

“Young people, don’t get agitated. I am a kind-hearted man and cannot bear to see others sad. I will send you to see the Supreme Heavenly Venerable Taiwu.”

A lame, yellow fox appeared out of nowhere, chuckling as it spoke, its eyes filled with indifference, and with a flick of its paw, it annihilated the group.

"boom!"

The void trembles!

A Celestial Venerable-level figure suddenly attacked the staggering Yao Yao, but at that moment, Yao Yao's figure suddenly vanished from the spot.

"The little girl runs really fast." The lame fox was stunned for a moment, then he also took off running and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"She ran away the instant the battle ended, leaving only a phantom image behind. What a pity," sighed the Celestial Venerable who had just made his move.

"Luan Yu, you're too hasty. You wanted to befriend the Martial Madman's lineage, but you've ended up losing more than you gain. If she recovers and can still use that power, you'd better be careful," another Celestial Venerable said with a hint of schadenfreude.

"Nothing to do with you!"

Chaotic Universe Celestial Venerable snorted coldly, but a shadow of gloom had also settled over his heart.

"call out!"

Just then, from the shattered soul light of Taiwu, a burst of radiant light suddenly emerged, incredibly sacred and dazzling, like the rising sun, full of vitality, auspicious and vibrant, with myriad rays of light surging forth.

Then, a purple talisman flew out and disappeared!

The celestial beings from the mortal realm were all taken aback. They quickly realized that it was a special talisman that could carry a person's true spirit to reincarnation, and it was extremely rare.

Unexpectedly, Taiwu possessed one hidden deep within the core of his soul light. Now, he was about to escape with the last bit of his true spirit, heading towards the legendary cycle of reincarnation.

This is an ultimate backup plan. Even if you are killed, it is said that you will have a chance to be reincarnated with your memories, and you will be able to reappear in the world in a few years.

A flash of inspiration appeared, revealing Taiwu's pale and deranged face.

"I was careless this time, and I ended up in such a sorry state. In my next life, I will personally wash away today's shame and evolve step by step to a higher level!"

"I will definitely come back! I definitely will!!"

The last wisp of Taiwu's true spirit, enveloped by this mysterious talisman, paused almost imperceptibly in mid-air.

However, this talisman did not enter the underworld directly through some special path, but instead appeared nearby on an abandoned cycle of reincarnation.
A snow-white, soft hand reached out and caught the lost talisman paper accurately.

"Huh?" Shao Hua let out a soft exclamation, instinctively knowing that this thing was probably directly or indirectly related to her.

Although she cannot explore the mysteries of the talisman for the time being, she can do whatever she wants with the Taiwu True Spirit trapped inside.
Before long, Shao Hua had explored the memories preserved in Taiwu's True Spirit.

Her expression was somewhat strange. She not only knew a lot about the mortal world, but also how this guy died.

"Have I arrived in the underworld? And who are you?"

Taiwu's true spirit awakened and subconsciously asked a question, but the next moment it was wiped away by Shaohua's hand and directly annihilated, completely and eternally silenced, never to be reborn.

There is no longer any trace of Taiwu in the world.

Shao Hua held the talisman in her hand, looked at it again and again, and then casually tucked it between her fingers.

Lin Nuoyi stood by, quietly watching everything without saying a word.

After Yao Yao and Chu Feng left Earth, the two of them went deep into the Kunlun Mountains, entering a desolate and dark space.

One after another, enormous corpses lay strewn about, some as large as planets, while many indistinct remnants of stars floated in the air, all shrouded in darkness.

"This is like an abandoned ancient road. Someone took away the most important thing, but it is still very dangerous here. Even if it is just some residual power, it is beyond the imagination of mortals. No wonder it is called Purgatory."

Standing on what appears to be the ruins of a city, gazing at an ancient road paved with black stones that stretches into the starry sky, Shao Hua said this.

The appearance of the mysterious talisman did not deter her from continuing her search.

Although she was in a state of recuperation and not in a position to engage in physical activity, she hadn't come alone, so bringing Lin Nuoyi along would naturally be of great use.

Did you really think she just brought anyone along on an adventure?

It should be noted that Lin Nuoyi is the present-day manifestation of the Pollen Emperor. Even if the latter does not want to reappear in the world in this body, Lin Nuoyi is definitely the most perfect vessel for him.

If there really is some terrifying force at play, or an unexpected crisis occurs, we can simply call in a substitute player!
The two explored this inferno at a leisurely pace. With a single, emerald-green willow branch, Shaohua was able to resolve most of the dangers.

Time flew by, and before they knew it, many days had passed. They finally left this dark and desolate place and entered a strange zone.

A stretch of Gobi Desert, suspended in the starry sky, utterly desolate, devoid of any signs of life.

It's really strange that there's a desert in the dead silence of the starry sea.

They reached the edge of the desert, where the terrain abruptly dropped, and then an extremely ancient road appeared, leading to an unknown place beyond the desert.

Further ahead, there was no starry sky, only darkness.

It was on this winding path through the void that Shao Hua reached out and cut off the talisman that carried the true spirit of Taiwu, severing his path to reincarnation.

“There’s no road ahead,” Lin Nuoyi said.

The darkness was boundless, and visibility was limited. Even with one's mental willpower to find a way forward, it was as if the place had been swallowed up by eternal darkness.

"No, there is still a way, you just haven't seen it."

Shaohua stood on the side of the broken road, and threw the talisman she was holding forward. It instantly caught fire without wind, dispelling a large area of ​​darkness and revealing the cliff face on the opposite bank.

"Is this an abyss?" Lin Nuoyi asked in surprise.

"Come on, let's go take a look." Shaohua took her hand, held the willow branch, and stepped across the dark abyss.

After nine stone steps, the area is empty except for a mysterious ancient cave at the end, bearing the mottled marks of reincarnation.

"An abandoned cycle of reincarnation. Someone left from here, in a hurry, taking only the most important thing with them." In Shao Hua's heart, the voice of the Pollen Emperor echoed softly.

"Reincarnation. If this is what the so-called cycle of reincarnation is like, then I'm somewhat disappointed," Shaohua said.

She calmed herself and examined the traces in the ancient cave, which were all characters and simple carvings. Time is merciless, and the river of time flows on, even this path of reincarnation has been abandoned, but the old scenes left here can still recreate a blurry image.

As the years pass, some figures appear before my eyes—these are the people who left behind when they departed!
For example, she saw a very conspicuous claw mark, like a dog's paw print, and then the image of a square-headed, big-eared black dog appeared before her eyes in the form of a soul light.

For some reason, before she could even see the black dog clearly, a bark involuntarily echoed in her mind, and some long-forgotten memories surfaced.

"Xiao Hei!" Shao Hua exclaimed softly, not expecting to see a "familiar face"—who else could it be but her younger brother's dog?

However, Black King had always been well-fed and robust, with glossy black fur, but here he appeared thin and bony, clearly not in good condition.

"Um?!"

Shao Hua frowned, noticing a faint trace of soul light beside the claw mark, which gave her an extremely familiar feeling.

The place was too shrouded in mist, so she couldn't help but step forward to get a closer look.

Suddenly, she felt as if she had been struck by a heavy blow, and her whole body froze on the spot.

She was a woman of unparalleled beauty, naturally extremely beautiful, and her strength was terrifying, as if she could crush all of space and time.

However, her body was stained with blood, and her eyes held an unyielding sorrow and grief.

Shao Hua knew this woman all too well!

Because the two women have very similar appearances, with the same gentle and graceful features in their eyes and brows.

“Mother.” Shao Hua’s beautiful eyes rippled, and for a moment she forgot to think. Then her eyes shone with an amazing light.

She originally thought that after the great calamity, an entire era would be buried, and there would probably be few old friends still alive in the world.

Although I harbored a sliver of hope, I knew all too well that the chances were slim and dared not expect too much, for fear of being even more disappointed.

Unexpectedly, his mother might have survived!
It was an instinctive intuition, and she firmly believed it to be true!
“That person looks a lot like you. Is she your daughter? Sister? Or mother?” Lin Nuoyi was very clever and quick-witted. She also saw the soul light and immediately guessed what it was.

“It’s my mother, I’m going to find her!” Shaohua said firmly.

"You said your mind was in turmoil. You need to calm down and take good care of yourself during this time," Lin Nuoyi said earnestly, looking into her eyes.

Shao Hua closed her eyes and remained silent for a long time. When she opened her eyes again, she had regained her composure, and her bright, clear eyes were incredibly deep.

"You're right, my mind was indeed in turmoil just now." She chuckled to herself, never expecting to be so emotionally distraught.

"It's only natural for a person's heart to be troubled when they are a child." Lin Nuoyi was very understanding, and she was also surprised by Shaohua's behavior.

It is truly astonishing that such a powerful person with a mysterious past still retains such sincere emotions.

Being heartless is not necessarily the right path; the compassion of all beings is also the great way!
Shaohua lingered there for a long time before resolutely continuing onward, venturing deeper into the ancient cave. At first, the path was extremely narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass through. After passing through, light suddenly appeared.

This is a vast expanse of green land, littered with ruins, with a magnificent ancient wooden city blocking the way.

Ancient characters are carved on the green wooden city walls.

"Beyond the wooden city lies the cycle of the underworld, where true spirits endure and will eventually reappear in the world."

Shao Hua's eyes flickered slightly. She was very familiar with the handwriting of this sentence; it was left by her mother. She imagined that after the world was destroyed, her mother led some people into the so-called underworld.

A moment later, she climbed the city wall and looked ahead. Before her eyes, the city was filled with turbulent flow of time and fragments of time, with various ancient and mottled traces floating around.

Fragments of time rise and fall, like a long river of years that has been cut off, pierced, and imprisoned here.

Upon closer inspection, she discovered that this was actually a ruined city. The entire wooden city had been cut in half by a sword, leaving only the upper half standing here.

"A single sword cleaves through eternity; I think of one person."

As Shaohua pondered, some long-forgotten memories were unlocked, and the scene of fighting alongside someone seemed vivid in her mind.

"shortage!"

As she spoke, in the turbulent flow of time within the wooden city, a yellowed letter quietly emerged.

"One day, you will come."

It seemed to come from billions of years ago, carrying an endless, ancient aura that shook the entire space and time.

The yellowed letter flew through the years, as if sensing the arrival of youth, breaking through the river of time to rush towards her, but burning itself as it approached, turning into a flame that entered her body.

Then, nothing happened.
Shaohua was both amused and exasperated. What was going on?
But then she understood something, and her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

"So cautious, leaving a backup plan just to verify my identity. You realized what was going to happen back then. You're truly amazing, Huang!" she exclaimed.

Her memories have almost completely returned. Apart from what happened after she entered that eerie plateau and the event that ultimately buried the entire era, Shaohua remembers almost everything.

Naturally, she also recalled her experience fighting alongside Huang.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, Huang had such a trick up his sleeve.

But it was clear that Huang had exhausted all her strength in the end, even at the cost of her life, to delay the progenitor. She could only leave something behind to verify whether the person who was resurrected in later generations was the real her.

If it is her dark side that is being revived, then this letter will definitely unleash immeasurable power!
"I'll take you back first," Shao Hua said to Lin Nuoyi as she left Mu City.

She took one last deep look at the wooden city, the end of the cycle of reincarnation. Only by breaking through this city could she reopen the path to the underworld.

In fact, the passage connecting to the underworld has developed some cracks, and an aura of utmost yin and purity is leaking out.

Otherwise, the mysterious talisman carrying the spiritual light of Taiwu would not have chosen to take a shortcut and come to this abandoned, broken road.

The underworld is a separate, vast world, even more isolated than the mortal realm. It can only be entered through the cycle of reincarnation or the River of Souls.

The only other option is to go there after death, but I believe no one would want to do that.

"Don't act impulsively," Lin Nuoyi cautioned, somewhat worried.

Shao Hua chuckled to himself. Who was he? The mighty Heavenly Emperor, yet he was being lectured like this? He could only helplessly assure her, "Yes, yes, I've calmed down now, and I promise I won't act impulsively."

Hehe, she's not impulsive, but that doesn't stop her from wanting to storm into the underworld!

"Don't act impulsively!" A similar voice echoed in her heart.

Pollen Emperor noticed the change in her heart and reminded her again.

Shaohua: Not at all.
(End of this chapter)