I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

But not long after, her eyes snapped open, her expression changing drastically, as if she had finally remembered something important. Her eyes widened in confusion as she hurriedly asked, "Wait? Wasn't I fighting that man in black robes? How did I get here? What happened to my fight?"

"Could it be..." At this moment, Gu Qici carefully observed her body and finally realized that she was now just a consciousness, not a real physical body. Then, combining what Little Gu Qici had just said, an ominous thought immediately arose in her mind.

"Am I... already dead?" Gu Qici murmured, feeling a sense of unease.

At this moment, upon hearing Gu Qici's words, a bead of sweat immediately broke out on Gu Qici's forehead. She retorted immediately, "You're overthinking it. How could someone as resilient as you die so easily..."

"Oh? I see, I see, that scared me to death..." Gu Qici said, patting her chest with her left hand.

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Gu Qi Ci continued, "However, although you are not dead yet, you are not far from it. Because in the battle with that guy, you used up almost all your vitality, strength, and physical strength to the limit, and even exceeded that limit... That's why you fell into a deep sleep."

"Don't misunderstand, when I said 'exceeding the limit,' I absolutely didn't mean to praise you; it was definitely meant to insult you. Don't overthink it. So, your current situation is extremely bad. At most, in about a month, you'll be completely dead..."

"Huh? A month? So, I only have a month to live?" Gu Qici exclaimed in surprise.

"More or less, but to be precise, it might not even be a month," Xiao Gu Qi Ci said seriously.

Hearing this, Gu Qici fell silent, but she wasn't very scared, because she knew that if the other party had said so much, there must be a way to save her; she just didn't know what the other party's purpose was.

Sure enough, after a pause, Xiao Gu Qi Ci continued, "But you don't need to be discouraged. You are not yet ready to die. Your wheel of fate has only turned seventy percent. Unless you want to die, you will definitely not die."

"Tsk. So, does that mean I'll be rescued?" Gu Qici's eyes lit up as she asked.

“You will definitely be saved, but there’s a problem. Just because you won’t die doesn’t mean others won’t die. It’s very possible that you will live while the person who saved you dies, because they don’t have the protection of the power of reincarnation, or rather, the power of reincarnation is more inclined to make someone else die in your place,” Xiao Gu Qi Ci said, but her tone was extremely calm.

Upon hearing these words, Gu Qici's eyes narrowed sharply, her shock completely evident. Her brows furrowed more and more deeply, and she asked directly, "What does this mean?"

However, Xiao Gu Qici did not immediately answer Gu Qici's question. She simply said, "You know about cause and effect, right? When a person does something, no matter how small, it will lead to all sorts of consequences. And this process from beginning to end is what cultivators call the causal thread..."

"The thread of cause and effect is not something everyone can comprehend or know. I was chosen by the power of reincarnation, which is why I am able to know your thread of cause and effect. You probably understand that every time you face mortal danger, you manage to escape unscathed, but in the end, someone always dies..."

Like a bolt from the blue, Gu Qici instinctively took a few steps back upon hearing this, her face turning deathly pale. In fact, she had long suspected that she was destined to be a "lone star," but without concrete evidence, she hadn't thought about it in detail. Now, after hearing Gu Qici's words, she was overwhelmed with guilt.

"It's all because of...me?" Gu Qici murmured, her mind reeling from a severe blow, filled with anguish.

"Hey, hey, hey. Don't be like the protagonist in a novel, becoming sad after learning something. I don't like it when you act like that, as if I'm bullying you," Xiao Gu Qici said nonchalantly.

Gu Qici was stunned and didn't speak, or rather, she didn't know what to say. But to be honest, it was torture to pretend you knew nothing after learning about these unimaginable things. At least Gu Qici couldn't do that right now.

"Fine, fine, fine. If you can't do it, you can't do it. You'll still have to face it eventually anyway, so feel as sad, as regretful, as heartbroken as you want now. But let me remind you, after these little emotions pass, you need to know what you should and shouldn't do. Otherwise, your emotions will have no meaning, and the sadness will become permanent..."

"Furthermore, I must tell you something else. You cannot stop it, nor can you prevent it. This is the cause and effect of this moment. You were saved by Huang Quan, but his fate will also be sealed the moment he saved you... He will die." Xiao Gu Qi Ci said simply, but the more she spoke, the more Gu Qi Ci's heart ached, not for herself, but for those she knew.

"What should I do?" Gu Qici asked, suppressing the grief and regret in her heart.

“What can we do? I just said, you can’t stop this causal chain. People who are destined to die will still die. Your fate has been sealed, just like everyone else’s…” Xiao Gu Qi Ci said.

"No. Impossible. My fate is my own to decide. I know, I know you must have a way. Tell me, tell me what to do!" Gu Qici seemed somewhat hysterical.

“There’s nothing I can do. If it were useful, I wouldn’t have just watched you go through death from the second to the seventh life. This is the will of the power of reincarnation, and neither you nor I can stop it, unless…” At this point, Xiao Gu Qi Ci paused.

"Unless? Unless what?" Gu Qici asked, her mind racing.

“Unless you can reach the realm of the strongest and transcend the limitations of reincarnation,” Xiao Gu Qici said, her expression suddenly turning serious.

"The strongest? The limitations of reincarnation?" Gu Qici asked, puzzled.

"That's right. Currently, the highest realm on the continent is the Heavenly Emperor Realm, which follows the Great Emperor Realm. Few people know about this supreme powerhouse because it is a legendary realm. Moreover, the most crucial point is that this realm is not only the realm of the continent but also the realm of another world..."

"The realm of another world?" Gu Qici asked in surprise.

"Yes. Although there are countless ways and methods of cultivation, in essence they are no different. Like the beginning and end of a road, every cultivator starts on this road. It's just that as they walk, they will face countless forks in the road. Some take shortcuts, some take detours, but the destination they reach... will never change..."

"And this supreme power is the endpoint between this world and another world. Whether it's the power of Taiyin or spiritual power, they all aim for the supreme power realm..." Xiao Gu Qi Ci explained.

"Then, do I have a chance to become the strongest?" Gu Qici asked, frowning.

“Of course there is. Everyone has this opportunity, but it depends on whether people can seize it. As for your current situation, if you want to become the strongest, you can only have a slight possibility if you take back all the power from your previous seven lives,” Xiao Gu Qi Ci replied.

"The previous seven lives?" Gu Qici suddenly remembered the three dreams she had before.

But it seemed as if Xiao Gu Qici knew what Gu Qici was thinking. Before Gu Qici could figure it out, she said, "Those three dreams... only two are your past life dreams, and the last one is your real dream. Although I also find it strange that you would have such a dream? Because the will of the power of reincarnation should not allow you to do other things, but there are always exceptions. Perhaps that dream was one of the unexpected events in your life."

"An accident in life?" Gu Qici murmured, as if she had some kind of realization.

"None of that matters now. I'm going to tell you seriously about the true method and that Rubik's Cube. Listen carefully," said Xiao Gu Qi Ci.

But then, Gu Qici suddenly asked, "Wait, I have another question. From what you just said, I realized something very important: my previous seven lives were all governed by the consciousness of reincarnation, right?"

“Yes.” Xiao Gu Qi Ci replied without much thought: “Not only yours, but in this world, and even in another world, all life, all objects, and everything is governed by reincarnation.”

Chapter 161 The Seven Reincarnations

"But what you just said is that reincarnation itself has no consciousness; it can only become a conscious life form through certain opportunities. So who gives it those opportunities?" Gu Qici suddenly asked a very crucial question.

"Uh? This?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci was a little stumped.

Gu Qici continued, "If the self-consciousness of reincarnation is an opportunity given by someone else, then why would this person give self-consciousness to reincarnation? What is their purpose? Or can this person even control reincarnation?"

"Hey, hey. You've gone off-topic. I don't know the answers to these questions, and I don't want to know. Besides, you shouldn't be concerned about these trivial things right now. You should be concerned about whether you can reach the Supreme Realm in the future. Otherwise, everything is meaningless, isn't it?" Xiao Gu Qi Ci abruptly lectured.

This made Gu Qici frown once again, not for any other reason than that she felt these things were definitely not trivial matters, but must have some significance.

But Xiao Gu Qi Ci didn't want to think about it. Asking again would seem a bit rude, so she calmed herself down, kept these doubts to herself, and then said with a slight apology, "I'm sorry, I was presumptuous."

Seeing that Gu Qici had "repented," Xiao Gu Qici calmed herself down and, after a few moments of silence, said calmly, "It's alright, let's get back to our original topic. Some things you know from your previous seven lives, how the Rubik's Cube was created, and the secrets of the true method, etc., these are all things you need to know..."

"Yes, I understand," Gu Qici nodded and said.

"Alright, let's start with your seven reincarnations, and this time... you really need to listen carefully." Little Gu Qici looked at Gu Qici intently and said seriously.

“Okay,” Gu Qici replied earnestly.

The seven reincarnations do not refer to the seven lifetimes in which Gu Qici lived as an ordinary person, but rather to the seven lifetimes in which she became a cultivator and whose cultivation level was not much different from her current level, or even higher.

Simply put, in each of her seven lifetimes she was a cultivator, and in each lifetime she was a powerful figure above the Heavenly Monarch Realm, because only in this way could she have the right to be remembered by the cycle of reincarnation.

"Reincarnation doesn't control or affect people. After all, in the eyes of reincarnation, everyone's fate is determined from the moment they are born. It's just that you are special. Before these seven lifetimes, you were an ordinary person in every life. But since the first of these seven lifetimes, you have been a cultivator in every life, and a powerful person in every life..."

"Unfortunately, ever since you became a cultivator, your life has been unfortunate in every lifetime, and every life has been a tragedy. So in your seventh lifetime, you had the idea of ​​breaking this fate, because at that time, almost everyone around you had died. In the end, you chose to distance yourself from everyone and isolate yourself, which saved the lives of some people..."

"Your seventh incarnation was a super strong person at the Heavenly Emperor Realm. She once came to me, wanting me to help her change her fate, but I refused. It wasn't that I didn't want to, but that I didn't have the ability. The only thing I could do was tell her about the supreme powerhouse and let her figure out a way..."

"And your seventh incarnation was indeed very powerful. At that time, although she was only at the early stage of the Heavenly Emperor, her realm of thought had already reached the perfect level of the Heavenly Emperor. So after learning everything, she came up with a plan, which was to place her hopes on the next life, that is, on you!" As she spoke, Xiao Gu Qi Ci's eyes lit up, as if she were full of spirit.

"Entrusted...on me? Why? That doesn't make sense!" Gu Qici asked, puzzled.

"It does make a bit of a stretch. He's already reached the Heavenly Emperor Realm, and he already has the perfected mindset of a Heavenly Emperor. No matter how you look at it, this seventh incarnation should be the most likely to advance to the Supreme Powerhouse. But do you really think it's that easy to advance to the Supreme Powerhouse? Hmph! You're too naive." Xiao Gu Qi Ci couldn't help but scoff and said.

"Hmm?" Gu Qici frowned slightly, her doubts deepening.

Gu Qici explained, "From one realm to another, the lower stage only requires sufficient strength, while the higher stage, in addition to strength, also requires a qualified state of mind, that is, an understanding of a certain realm..."

"The strongest is the final stage, the stage of transcending reincarnation. Therefore, the requirements in terms of power and comprehension can be said to have reached the peak. Your seventh incarnation's attainments in comprehension are unmatched, even by you. It can be said that she was the strongest in your reincarnation, but... her power is not enough!"

"Not enough power?" Gu Qici murmured.

"Alas!" Xiao Gu Qi Ci sighed, "The power required to break through to the highest level is something that even a cultivator at the peak of the Heavenly Emperor realm cannot shake even slightly, because the consciousness of the power of reincarnation will never allow someone who is beyond its control to exist, so it will definitely block it. And your seventh incarnation... cannot resist this blockage!"

"She has perished?" Gu Qici guessed.

"She's been dead for a long time, essentially obliterated by the power of reincarnation. However, before she died, she grasped the essence of the power of reincarnation, and based on her understanding, she created a secret technique. She believed that through this technique, she could break the cycle of reincarnation in her next life and save everyone..."

"What secret technique?" Gu Qici asked excitedly.

"Nine lifetimes united as one, that is it!" With that, Xiao Gu Qici stretched out her slender left hand and pointed to the Rubik's Cube in the sky.

"Is it it?" Gu Qici asked in surprise again.

"Yes! I have to admire your seventh incarnation. After learning from me that her previous seven incarnations were all powerful figures in the cultivation world, the concept of 'Nine Incarnations United' began to take shape in her mind. The method of cultivating this secret technique is also very simple: it involves fusing the power of all seven of her incarnations together, and then adding her own understanding of the power of reincarnation, in an attempt to break through to the level of a supreme expert..."

"It's a pity she couldn't test this idea herself, since she was already on her deathbed at that time. So, she had no choice but to place her hopes on the ninth incarnation, which is you..." At this moment, Xiao Gu Qici focused her attention on Gu Qici again.

"But... shouldn't I be the eighth after the seventh incarnation?"

Xiao Gu Qi Ci sneered: "Otherwise what? Do you really think you've been reborn? Her intentions were seen through, so she had no choice but to settle for second best and fabricate a false causal memory of your 'eighth life' for you."

"As long as you can cultivate this secret technique, as long as you can withstand the power of your previous seven lives, as long as you can comprehend what reincarnation is, you can defy fate, you can become the strongest, and you can resurrect anyone you want to resurrect from reincarnation, including your parents, including your loved ones..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qici's breathing suddenly became rapid. Although she didn't know whether what Xiao Gu Qici said was true or false, this Nine Lives Heavenly Union was indeed worth trying.

However, Gu Qici then thought of another question and asked directly, "Wait! What does this have to do with the true Dharma?"

Upon hearing this question, Gu Qici simply rolled her eyes and said, "Are you blind?! Can't you see that the top nine squares of that Rubik's Cube have a word in each square?"

However, after Gu Qici looked up and carefully examined the Rubik's Cube after hearing what Xiao Gu Qici said, her eyes couldn't help but twitch a few times, and she even felt like she had been tricked, because when looking at the Rubik's Cube from below, you couldn't see the top side of the Rubik's Cube at all.

"Use spiritual power! You cultivate, don't you even know how to use spiritual power?" Knowing exactly what Gu Qici was thinking, little Gu Qici couldn't help but scold her again.

Gu Qici immediately felt embarrassed. She coughed twice and then released her spiritual power, using it to see the top side of the Rubik's Cube. However, after seeing it, her expression immediately turned to shock.

"This...this is?" Gu Qici was speechless, seemingly unsure of what to say.

"Don't look constipated. Let me explain. The top face of the Rubik's Cube represents your current life, and the three words engraved on it are the true Dharma in your mind..."

"The remaining five sides represent your second to sixth incarnations, because this thing was built by your seventh incarnation. Therefore, the entire Rubik's Cube represents your seventh incarnation. As for your first incarnation..."

At this point, Xiao Gu Qi Ci hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Because at that time, after she engraved your five lifetimes of power on the Rubik's Cube, her body had already reached its final limit, so she had no choice but to give up."

"Only the power of five generations?" Gu Qici asked with a hint of doubt.

"Don't think this is a small project. Although she failed to reach the level of a supreme expert, she still reached the realm of the Heavenly Emperor at its peak. Even so, it is extremely difficult for her to extract the power of your previous five lives from the past. After she finishes these things, her lifespan will come to an end, and then all that will remain for her is... death..."

"Do you understand now? Why did she place her hopes on you? First, because her body was already severely injured when she was trying to break through to the highest level, and second, because she no longer has time to cultivate the Nine Heavens Unity." As she spoke, a trace of sadness seemed to appear on Xiao Gu Qi Ci's face.

“So that’s how it is…” Gu Qici murmured.

"Anyway, this Rubik's Cube records the power of your second to sixth lives. What you need to do is integrate the power of these five lives into your body and achieve the unity of the nine lives, understand?"

But at this moment, Gu Qici suddenly interrupted, "Wait, wait, wait, I roughly understand the Nine Incarnations Unity Technique and my seventh incarnation, but you still haven't told me about the relationship between the true method and this Rubik's Cube."

"As for the true Dharma, I don't actually know very much about it. Perhaps I'll only understand it after you activate the six words beneath you..."

"As for its relationship with the Rubik's Cube, it's actually quite simple. Just like an artist traveling and sketching the scenery of each place they visit, your seventh incarnation has perfectly etched your path of cultivation onto this Rubik's Cube..."

"In other words, the top face of this Rubik's Cube, that one square, will record in text form the most important things you encountered during your advancement process..."

"There's only one purpose to do this: to use the power of the Rubik's Cube to deepen the karmic connection between you and your previous five lives. This way, your cultivation of the Nine Lives United in Heaven will be much smoother..."

"I just didn't expect that you would rely on that mysterious power of true law almost every time you advanced, so the words engraved on those nine squares are naturally the words of true law," Xiao Gu Qi Ci explained vividly.

Gu Qici still didn't quite understand, and was even a little confused, so to help her understand, she used a very simple analogy. She said, "You gave birth to a child, and you are related to this child, but the child was abducted. Twenty years later, you found her, but she doesn't recognize you..."

"Now that you want to acknowledge her as your son, are you going to immediately say, 'You're my son, call me Mom!' That's impossible! So you definitely need to take things slowly! That's why the purpose of this Rubik's Cube is to make your son call you Mom!"

"Why does this metaphor sound a little strange?" Gu Qici frowned.