The Eternal World

"I... I'm dead? " Hearing this, the child's face revealed an expression of disbelief. He staggered a few steps and then sat down on the ground.

"Yeah, you're dead. This is the Underworld, only a dead person would come here. Although I'm not sure why you were brought here by White Impermanence with your body, but as long as you're here, that means you're already dead!" He patiently explained and then sighed, "I've already explained it a sixth time!"

"Okay, six times? You've seen me before? " The child scratched his head in confusion.

"Mm, it's already the sixth time!" Ye Zichen nodded blankly.

"This... What exactly is going on? " The child looked puzzled.

"I don't know, but …" Let's just go and play, but this time you have to remember, don't run away, don't leave my sight! " Ye Zichen raised his hand and tapped the child's head a few times.

Zhang Chao floated in the sky, feeling weird.

It was already the sixth time?

In other words, the same scene had been repeated six times.

What did this child have to do with him?

Every time was a thousand years of time, could it be … Six thousand years had passed?

He watched as the same child as him played on the swing for a while. He seemed to be tired and fell asleep on the swing.

Seeing that he had already fallen asleep and had nothing better to do, the child walked towards the side of the river and squatted down to stare at his reflection in the river.

Suddenly, two hands shot out from the river and grabbed the child's ankles!

"Ah, help, help!" The child cried out in alarm.

But no matter how much he shouted, he could not wake up. Furthermore, he was unable to shake off the two rotten hands as his body was directly dragged into the Sante River!

"This is bad!" Zhang Chao gasped, but he could only watch helplessly. There was nothing he could do.

After an unknown period of time, he woke up with a blank stare and realized that there were no children anywhere. He started to cry again.

"Damn, so that's how it is …" Zhang Chao raised his eyebrows. Seems like the same situation happened the last few times?

The two children had been playing for too long, so they were tired.

It was at this moment that an accident occurred.

That's not right!

Zhang Chao's expression changed. He could acutely feel that there seemed to be a black shadow behind him that was staring blankly.

That black shadow …

Black Impermanence!

Zhang Chao immediately understood.

The reason why he fell asleep in a daze was not because of chance, but because of Black Impermanence.

However, this blank identity was very mysterious, as if it was very special in the Underworld. Therefore, Black Impermanence did not appear, nor did he directly do any excessive actions to the blank appearance. He merely caused her to fall asleep.

But even so, the child who looked exactly like him was dragged underwater.

Zhang Chao followed closely behind.

On the other shore of Sante River, two Messengers waved their chains and threw the child into the river. Not long after, they dragged the child into the Fengdu City.

Continuing onwards, they passed by ten of the Hades Palace and arrived at the location of the Bridge of Helplessness.

The old woman, Grandma Meng, had long since finished cooking a pot of yellow soup. She looked at the child in the blink of an eye and once again let out a series of sinister smiles.

A thousand years later!

It was the same scene again!

Then, just like a thousand years ago, the child was poured into Grandma Meng's soup, pulled over the Bridge of Helplessness, and thrown into the vortex below.

Soon after, a ball of light shot out from between the child's eyebrows and quickly flew away.

It was still in the place where the Resurrection Lily s had opened, that huge ancient hand pierced through the air and restrained the light.

This time, Zhang Chao did not follow to stop them. Instead, he squinted his eyes to look at this scene as he calculated unceasingly in his heart.

The flowers bloomed, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand years had passed.

When the Resurrection Lily reopened, the same scene played out once again.

It was the same as before, the same experience as before …

And so it went on, all the way to the ninth time ….

During these few times, Zhang Chao had already understood everything thoroughly.

When the light that came out of the child's forehead once again flew to the sky above the Resurrection Lily, the moment the big hand reached out, Zhang Chao quickly went upwards, and left the place with that hand.

Immediately after, a bright scene appeared before Zhang Chao's eyes.

Vaguely, he seemed to see that ball of light fall into the hands of an old man. However, because it was too bright and dazzling, he was unable to see clearly.

The old man held the ball of light and walked forward in the air. With a few flashes, he disappeared.

Zhang Chao quickly followed.

After an unknown amount of time, he followed the old man to a mountain peak. From afar, he watched as the old man inserted the ball of light into something. Then, the scene around them became blurry once more.

Vaguely, he seemed to be able to hear the old man speak, "The ninth reincarnation tribulation has been accomplished. The tenth life, this old man will not let you repeat the same mistake again. This old man has found the method of ancient times and has concealed it from the world …"

When the scene in front of Zhang Chao's eyes became clear once again, he discovered that although the old man's back was still facing him, there was actually a boy in front of him, who was a few months old, lying in his infancy while crying.

"Sigh, bear with it, even though... It's too cruel for you, but this is the only way to keep you alive. It's a pity that you can't cultivate until you're sixteen, and I can't teach you how to …. If you can survive through that tribulation, it will depend on your own good fortune! " The elder sighed again and again. Suddenly, he raised his hand and placed it on the baby's face.

Soon after, he flicked his finger, and a stream of blood shot out.

He had dug out an eyeball from the infant's left eye!

"Wow!" The infant was in incomparable pain, and its cries were incomparably miserable.

"Poor child!" The old man's other hand was placed on the baby's forehead, causing it to instantly quieten down. Soon after, he stood up with the baby's eyeball and looked towards the sky.

"A technique that conceals the secrets of Heaven and Sea. With this vision, Li is like a peach to a tree, or a flower to a tree. He will be the tribulation for this child for ten lifetimes, ensuring that his soul does not perish!"

He raised the eyeball up high and a dazzling red light flashed out from his hand.

At the same time, a large crack also appeared in the sky. It was pitch black and deep, and a similar giant eyeball was hidden inside.

As for the eyeball in the old man's hand, it gradually flew into the gaping hole.

In the next moment, lines of blood appeared in the center of the eyeball, weaving into a leatherless, human-shaped body that gradually sank into the gaping hole.

The crack slowly closed, and the strange phenomenon in the world also dissipated.

The old man's face had also been seen clearly by Zhang Chao!

Teacher!

Zhang Chao's pupils contracted as he looked around.

Although the surrounding forest was dense and brimming with elemental energy, it still gave him a sense of déjà vu.

"Now, this old man will use the power of the entire Blue North Mountain, the Nine True Peak, to change your fate. Child … In this life, live on! " As the teacher spoke, he raised his hand and slammed it on the ground.

Soon after, the mountains shook and the earth quaked. Streams of incredibly pure light soared into the air and actually transformed into blossoming golden lotuses.

"Return. The Nine Palace Lotus Formation!" The teacher lifted his hands quickly and the elemental energy on his fingertips bounced as he cut the ribbons of light and the lotus flower into nine squares in mid-air, as if they were nine palaces. He then clapped his palms together, causing the Nine Palaces to shrink rapidly and imprint directly onto the baby's forehead!

This scene made Zhang Chao's heart race.

He understood.

This infant was him!

As for the blind Left Eye, he had been dug out by the teacher to protect him from his tribulation!

He himself... He had already lived to the tenth life!

His previous nine lives had all ended at the age of ten, and his soul was about to be reincarnated, taken from the underworld by his heaven-defying means!

This was his life!

After knowing all of this, the scene around Zhang Chao once again started to twist.

The Nine Enlightenment Mountain, teachers, and babies were nowhere to be seen.

Everything around him became blank, as if he was in chaos.

"So that's how it is. Is this my true ancestry?" "No wonder I lost my left eye when I could still remember. Teacher is so amazing, but didn't teach me any cultivation methods before I turned sixteen!"

"No wonder he seemed to be very familiar with me, and … When I saw that blood swing, I felt a sense of déjà vu … "

"All of this... "To think that it would be like this..."

He slowly closed his eyes as he understood.

After knowing all this, he wanted to know even more. Why did he live for ten lifetimes, and why did he die prematurely every ten years …

Although some mysteries had been solved, more questions had been created.

The Underworld. Within the Fifth Domain.

Everyone was still in panic because Zhang Chao had suddenly disappeared.

Within the fan, rays of light suddenly burst out.

Immediately after, Zhang Chao's figure appeared in front of everyone once again.

"Zhang Chao!"

"You're back?"

"What happened just now? "You scared me to death!"

"This is … …" Where did you go? "

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly surrounded and asked.

"It's nothing. I was just dreaming!" Zhang Chao smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.

At the same time, a few introductions of the fan appeared in the Myriad Treasures List: The Impermanence Fan was created by a blacksmith from the Netherworld. The treasure that the White Impermanence carried with her could cause one's soul to return to their dreams, and once she solved her previous fate, she would be ranked 557 on the Treasure List …

"So that's how it is. This fan has this kind of effect. I must have stepped into the Dao just now!" Zhang Chao realised and did not touch the fan anymore.

Although the Black and White Impermanence were enemies now, each had their own master, so it was hard to say who was right and who was wrong. If they were missing, then the Underworld would probably become completely chaotic and its laws would collapse. It wouldn't only affect the Nether Realm, it would also affect all living beings in the 108 realms greatly.

"Zhang Chao, just now, what exactly …" Qiao Ruixue stepped forward and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, just a few memories, just a few truths!" Zhang Chao licked his lips and laughed, "This is also the first time I'm learning that I'm not the opposite of what I imagined!"

Just as the others were about to inquire further, all of a sudden, the sky of the Fifth Hell … Crash!