The Eternal Calamity of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 229 The Desolate Heavenly Emperor, the Unending Guest, A Cycle of Reincarnation, A Dream
Shi Hao looked around and began searching, hoping to see that mysterious young man again.

What about Chen Wu?
After easily wiping out the group of small fry, he managed to slip away before the Immortal King of the Otherworld noticed him, and together they left the Immortal Dreamland.

Compared to Shi Hao's bewilderment, he witnessed firsthand the gradual dissipation of the traces of time and space, returning step by step.

……

The bamboo forest remains, but the blue sea has dried up.

This place is very similar to the Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea back then, but now only ruins remain, and the purple bamboo has become ordinary, no longer as tall as it once was.

After walking around the ruins, Shi Hao finally spotted Chen Wu on a corner of a ruined hill.

“This fellow Daoist…” he took the initiative to greet him.

However, Chen Wu did not respond, standing there quietly, as if mourning something.

Seeing this, Shi Hao was not annoyed and immediately walked over.

In the next instant, his pupils contracted, and his gaze transformed into two torches, intense and piercing.

Several items were placed in front of Chen Wu, the most eye-catching of which was a piece of broken iron. Despite the passage of time, it had not been completely corroded and still had a faint white luster.

Shi Hao was breathing heavily. He recognized it; it was the Bright Immortal Gold Sword, which had been broken in the great battle and was now only a part remaining. The immortal gold mixed in with it still retained its power and had not decayed.

It turns out that everything I experienced before wasn't a dream, but something that actually happened.

Countless ages ago, this was indeed the Purple Bamboo Forest of the South China Sea, where a group of young supreme beings once wielded their power and influence, and he was among them, witnessing it all firsthand.

Thinking of this, Shi Hao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but then became saddened.

He felt only a dull and oppressive feeling, as if his chest was filled with pent-up emotions, and he wished he could expel them and scatter the clouds in the sky.

"If you want to vent, then vent. It's not good to keep it bottled up inside," Chen Wu said calmly.

As he spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the ground.

There was a strange bone there, its entire body shimmering with five-colored light, as if it had just been dug out recently.

Although it had dimmed, it still had a familiar aura; it belonged to the Phoenix Maiden Xuanhuang. This feeling was unmistakable, after all, they had just communicated "not long ago".

Shi Hao also looked over, and in an instant, his blood rushed to his head, and his chest heaved violently.

Separated by an era and countless years, they somehow came to know such a group of close friends. But reality was cruel; they could only watch helplessly as their bodies fell, staining the earth with blood. When they finally met again, only withered bones and broken swords remained.

"A dream of returning to the ancient immortal realm..."

Shi Hao murmured sadly, wanting to laugh, but tears streamed down his face.

After a long period of disappointment, he suddenly spoke up: "My name is Huang. May I ask your name and where you come from, brother?"

Chen Wu replied softly, "A cycle of reincarnation is but a dream, and the dream will eventually end. As for my name, it is not convenient to disclose it for the time being. Fellow Daoist, you can call me Weiyangke."

Unknown Guest!
This was the Daoist name Chen Wu had prepared for himself. To the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the Chaotic Ancient Era, he was a "guest" from the future, not belonging to this time and space.

If he were to change his identity, it wouldn't matter, but he is the only Heavenly Heart Holy Spirit in all eternity. If he were to rashly walk the world under the names "Chen Wu" or "Yong Jie," it would cause great karmic consequences.

At that point, he will have to leave, thus failing to achieve his goal.

"Fellow Daoist Weiyang, do you know what kind of people those enemies are, and what's so strange about them?" Shi Hao asked again.

I dreamt of returning to the ancient immortal realm and witnessed the ferocity of that great battle, but I could not fully discern the enemy's strength because the gray mist surged in from beyond the realm, obscuring everything.

Therefore, Shi Hao placed his hopes on Chen Wu, after all, he was a ruthless person who had seemingly broken through the ancient limit and wiped out that group of enemies. "There's no need to ask me. You will meet them again one day." Chen Wu shook his head and said, "What you need to do now is adjust your mindset and quickly rise to become stronger. Otherwise, it will only add to your troubles and won't help at all."

"Yes, I will avenge them."

Shi Hao clenched his fists tightly. Although his eyes were still sore, his words had regained some of their resolve.

"And what about you, fellow Daoist?" he asked again.

"Me? I'm just a passerby, letting the dust in the wind dance and the dew before dawn evaporate."

As he spoke, Chen Wu dug a grave in the ground to bury the Phoenix Bone.

"A passerby? Fellow Daoist, aren't you from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?"

Shi Hao, feeling puzzled, also dug a pit nearby and buried the broken Bright Immortal Gold Sword.

"So what if it is?" Chen Wu continued with his work, saying calmly, "Everything that happens on stage has already been rehearsed a thousand times. As an audience member, you should just watch from the sidelines. You can't go up there and steal the show, disrupting the original order."

"I don't quite understand you."

Shi Hao narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on the phoenix bone for a moment until it was completely buried by the soil, before he tentatively asked, "Brother Weiyang Ke seems to have a special feeling for Xuanhuang?"

Chen Wu turned to look at him and said quietly, "If I said I'd seen her before, would you believe me?"

"You've seen her?" Shi Hao was taken aback.

If I remember correctly, he didn't see Wei Yang Ke during the months he stayed in the Immortal Ancient Era. Huang Nu also said before she died that this was the first time she had met him.

But now, Wei Yangke claims that he has seen Huang Nu before.

"When did this happen?" Shi Hao asked instinctively.

"Reincarnated people, similar flowers." Chen Wu sighed.

"Reincarnation... Brother Weiyang Ke, could it be that you have obtained the inheritance of the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King?" Shi Hao asked.

"No, this cycle of reincarnation is slightly different from the Great Dao he pursues."

"I'd like to hear the details!" Shi Hao's eyes were burning with interest.

"When people live between heaven and earth, in addition to the physical body representing real existence, the soul also struggles in the sea of ​​suffering in the mortal world. These two interact with the years and all things in heaven and earth, thus leaving their own unique trajectory and imprint."

"And all of this comes together and eventually becomes the real individuals in your and my eyes. Take Huang Nu Xuan Huang for example. She was a young supreme being born at the end of the Immortal Ancient Era. She fused with the nascent immortal seed of the ancient universe and refined three strands of immortal energy. She was a person with a promising future. Unfortunately, she died prematurely on the battlefield before she could grow up."

"The description above is the Phoenix Maiden in your memory. But I am different. Besides Xuanhuang, I also know another Phoenix Maiden. She is a silver phoenix born in the era of the end of Dharma. She relied on her own efforts to reach the peak of the human realm, but unfortunately found that the road ahead was blocked. With her talent, she could not go any further, so she severed her Dao fruit and relied on self-sealing to delay aging."

“These two people look alike and have similar origins, but their souls are completely different. More importantly, the life trajectories and Dao imprints they left in the world are worlds apart. Would you say they are two similar flowers?” Chen Wu said leisurely.

Upon hearing this, Shi Hao looked puzzled, staring at the new grave on the ground, then looked at him, "Please forgive my ignorance, I really don't understand what you mean, brother."

“You are the hope of this life, you are just confused for a moment, how could you be stupid?” Chen Wu said softly.

Just kidding. If even the Desolate Heavenly Emperor is dull-witted, then there are no geniuses in the world at all.

"If you don't understand what I mean by reincarnation, you can try listening to an example."

"Please, fellow Daoist, I am all ears."

At this point, Shi Hao extended his hand, gesturing for him to proceed.

(End of this chapter)