The Dao of Reincarnation (416-417) (Patreon)

Chapter 416: The Ancient and Modern Recorder (Part 27)

A giant!

At that moment, the expression of the True Immortal who had crossed many times to reach this foreign spacetime suddenly changed.

This was actually a True Immortal giant… No wonder he could drift freely outside countless spacetimes without his Immortal status falling.

He had arrived in this spacetime long ago!

Su Chen opened his eyes. His body now radiated black qi that stood in stark contrast to the golden spacetime around him. His expression remained calm as he pointed a single finger. With that gesture, the entire space seemed about to sink into eternal silence.

Time began to reverse… The pointed finger remained fixed in place. Behind the giant from the foreign spacetime, an eternal silver-gray power surged forth. It was the power of time itself. This was a True Immortal who had ascended by mastering the Great Dao of Time!

"A giant. Had you not been rejected by this spacetime, this Immortal would have regarded you with the utmost caution. Yet you insist on forcibly intervening in this spacetime. The terrible karma has left you with less than one percent of your strength, while this Immortal walks the path of time. Here you will not be my match!"

Su Chen's face remained expressionless. He paid no attention to any of it.

"The Great Dao of Time… is it truly so strong?"

As power circulated at his fingertips, countless threads of karma interwove and transformed into a sharp, long spear. Even the reversal of time could not obstruct the extension of karma.

This was the most unsolvable strike of the Great Dao of Karma. The move was destined to be unavoidable. Originating from different times—present, past, and future—so long as Su Chen had once touched the other's aura, he could launch this terrifying attack.

Even a True Immortal who could encompass every spacetime of his own path to the Dao could not help feeling fear when facing the destined moment of confrontation.

He cursed the man as shameless in his heart!

Time was supreme, space was king. When fate did not appear, karma reigned as emperor.

Normally, the reversal of time could reverse the "cause," and without cause, there would be no effect. Yet no matter how far he reversed, he could not reverse all of Su Chen's "causes." It seemed that from the moment he had quietly entered this spacetime, he had already been controlled by an invisible great hand.

"No… something is wrong…"

A sudden realization struck him, filling his heart with horror. "This Immortal's entry into this spacetime was no coincidence. This person already knew I would come here… He has been lying in wait for me in this spacetime!"

He discovered that his thinking had fallen into a trap. Upon sudden awakening, he attempted to reverse even further into the distant past. At the very end of this spacetime's time, he saw a figure still standing there, expressionlessly watching him.

At that moment, the mysterious man in the bronze mask carried not the slightest aura of black punishment. The True Immortal gave a bitter smile as countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

"You… already knew I would come here. Damn it!"

He had been misled.

The masked figure acted. Terrible punishment descended.

...

On Clear Wind Mountain, Dongfang Yunxing stared blankly at his master.

"Master, is it settled?"

Su Chen nodded.

To him, dealing with a True Immortal who had never seen the wider world was simply far too easy.

Ordinary True Immortals could not cross the lands of reverse current to reach different spacetime fragments. Unless they were True Immortals who had survived that ancient war, other True Immortals… appeared far too "naive" before Su Chen.

Dongfang Yunxing clicked his tongue, sighing inwardly that Master was still Master.

At that moment, a ray of light pierced through past and present years… Dongfang Yunxing smiled.

Faintly, a human figure was slowly coalescing—unique across past and present, achieving the Dao of Myriad Laws.

In that instant, even if the True Immortals of the foreign spacetime acted, they could no longer obstruct it.

Dongfang Yunxing's body gradually dimmed. He cupped both fists toward Su Chen and bent in a deep bow. It was a gesture he had performed countless times before.

Su Chen's body trembled slightly.

This time it was not a greeting of respect, but a farewell.

"This unfilial disciple is ashamed. From now on, I will no longer be able to serve at Master's side…"

Su Chen interrupted Dongfang Yunxing's words. "Go. Go. This master will not blame you."

Dongfang Yunxing took his leave, leaving only one final sentence.

"This disciple… is going."

The Great Dao is walked alone. The Great Dao is walked alone. How lonely it was.

Su Chen gazed at the mountains, the waters, and the sky, staring into the endless years, yet not the slightest trace remained.

"Coming and going, in the end, one is still alone."

To advance was destined to be solitary.

At that moment, Dongfang Yunxiao achieved the Dao.

He looked back across past and present, yet could no longer find even a single familiar trace. When he turned around, he saw a familiar silhouette. That was… Grandmaster!

At the same time, Su Chen was also looking at Dongfang Yunxiao across the torrent of time.

A trace of confusion appeared in Dongfang Yunxiao's eyes and suddenly transformed into sorrow. He wished to cross time and ask Grandmaster what exactly had happened… yet he discovered that no matter how he reversed the current, the distance between him and Grandmaster only grew greater.

He never gave up.

After an unknown length of time, Su Chen stopped and looked back at Dongfang Yunxiao.

"Stop. Even if you continue to chase, you cannot change the established facts."

Dongfang Yunxiao's lips trembled lightly. A True Immortal who should have been bathed in boundless glory was now filled with anxiety and unease.

"Grandmaster… where did Master go?"

Facing Dongfang Yunxiao's question, Su Chen answered, "The Great Dao is unique. Once the Dao exists, the Dao cannot produce another True Immortal… This is what your master left for you. Take good care of yourself."

His figure gradually faded… Having witnessed Dongfang Yunxing's departure and Dongfang Yunxiao's ascent to Immortality, this spacetime held little else worthy of his remaining. He still needed to search the shattered spacetimes, seek the truth of the past, and witness everything until he achieved the Dao of an Immortal King.

He would pause, yet he would never remain forever at any single moment.

Watching the Grandmaster's vanishing figure, Dongfang Yunxiao seemed to recall something. He said, "Master… I was truly foolish… I was truly foolish… How could I have believed that Grandmaster would grow angry with this disciple over a single meal of roasted chicken…

"Grandmaster knew long ago, and Master knew long ago as well…"

From beginning to end, only he had been kept in the dark.

The Great Dao stretched endlessly. The torrent of time rolled onward.

A figure stood in place for a long, long time… until at last he left, ending the chaos of spacetime. This time, he did not remain where he was.

Dongfang Yunxiao gazed at the traces left by his former Grandmaster and resolutely stepped forward.

...

After Dongfang Yunxiao became an Immortal, Su Chen left that spacetime. He traveled to more spacetimes in search of the truth. His footsteps crossed many realms.

The Book of Karma recorded countless events. Any single one of them was a major affair that could decide the fate of an entire spacetime.

All of this still stood far, far from the truth he sought.

Until…

"This spacetime is guarded by an Immortal King!"

Su Chen discovered the first spacetime that contained an Immortal King. And that Immortal King had appeared before him!

Chapter 417: The Ancient and Modern Recorder (Part 28)

The emptiness before him transformed into a magnificent palace suspended above the fragments of spacetime.

Su Chen halted his steps.

Countless eras had passed. He had continuously drifted through various spacetimes in search of the truth of the past.

The sudden appearance of this palace immediately drew his attention.

The palace gates opened wide. Within it, a figure formed of a great torrent appeared, expression solemn. From that void torrent, the rolling sounds of golden spears and iron horses rang out. Generals and soldiers holding blades, spears, swords, and halberds manifested one after another, crossing spacetime to look upon Su Chen.

At that moment, a path leading to the heavens descended, as though guiding him toward the correct place.

"My master has long been waiting here to congratulate the Witness."

An illusory figure holding a horsetail whisk cupped his hands respectfully toward Su Chen and spoke.

It was a True Immortal… yet what stood before him was only a single thread of aura. His true body existed in the past of an unknown spacetime.

"Does your master know me?"

Su Chen felt somewhat puzzled. He had already concealed his own karma. Even an Immortal King should not have been able to know his whereabouts without the slightest awareness on his part.

The True Immortal holding the whisk smiled. "Your Excellency's confusion will be resolved once you meet my master."

One who could command such respect from a True Immortal and possess such great divine means could only be an Immortal King.

After endless eras, this was the first time in this life that Su Chen had met an Immortal King face to face.

A faint tremor stirred in his heart… Perhaps this Immortal King knew what had truly occurred to cause a complete spacetime to shatter and the various Kings to vanish.

Su Chen did not hesitate. He ascended the steps.

The scenes beneath his feet rose and fell in an instant. An Immortal King… unique across countless spacetimes, supreme and unmatched.

When he finally reached the summit and stood before a great door, he looked back. Boundless fragments of spacetime lay scattered like stars. Here, time, space, heaven, earth, order, and rules did not exist. Only this towering palace remained the sole sovereign and creator.

"Master, the person has been brought."

A figure that all Immortals looked up to sat upon the throne. Su Chen gazed at that silhouette and saw him nod before speaking directly. "Witness, we do not have much time."

Su Chen stood frozen in place. The figure of that Immortal King seemed to truly know him, yet he had never seen this Immortal King before. He could only ask, "Does your excellency know me?"

The corners of the other's mouth lifted in a smile. "You need not know my name for now. In the future, you will understand everything. At present, you need only know that I hold no malice toward you. On the contrary… I know you very well!"

Seeing that the other had begun speaking in riddles, Su Chen felt no anger. He had long grown accustomed to such things. Yet he could confirm two points.

This Immortal King did indeed know him, only it was the future him that was known.

This Immortal King harbored no direct malice toward him.

Su Chen grew somewhat calmer. Whether this Immortal King held any malice or schemes against him, he was already a fish on the chopping block.

"Your Excellency said that our time is already short. What exactly happened in the past?"

Su Chen voiced the confusion in his heart.

The other put away his smile and restored a calm expression before speaking slowly. "In a past point in time the Imperial Extremity Immortal King stole 'those' items, intending to use them to break through to Immortal Emperor."

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King… Su Chen naturally knew of him. When the Imperial Extremity Immortal King was besieged, all spacetimes had been gathered into one, becoming the sole heavens.

Before his death, the Imperial Extremity Immortal King had already suffered heavy injuries.

"Although I did not take part in that battle, I still know how tragic it was. The final result… the Imperial Extremity Immortal King did not die."

That fellow's life force was truly tenacious. An old fox combined with the strength of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor made him an extremely troublesome existence.

Su Chen asked, "The Imperial Extremity Immortal King survived? Does the shattering of the past spacetime have something to do with him?"

The figure sighed. "It is related, yet it is also not related. The Imperial Extremity Immortal King should never have stolen those 'items.' Those 'items' indeed contained the opportunity of an Immortal Emperor, yet they also involved a far more terrifying existence. The Imperial Extremity Immortal King believed he could control everything. He did not know that such a feeling of superiority was often the most foolish illusion.

"His theft of those 'items' caused the power of 'Scourge' to revive at a past node. Now we have no choice but to suppress 'Scourge,' or even more terrifying consequences will follow. The spacetimes of the heavens shattered into countless possibilities because of this. It was also a backup plan of 'Scourge.'"

Su Chen said upon hearing this, "'Scourge'? Does this have something to do with the Fourth Scourge Lord?"

According to Su Chen's deduction, the Fourth Scourge Lord was at least a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, or even a true Immortal Emperor!

The figure looked upon it with disdain. "The Fourth Scourge Lord? That is merely a fool. The future you will understand just how insignificant that fool is before the true 'Scourge.'"

Seeing that even the Fourth Scourge Lord was regarded with contempt, Su Chen felt a certain premonition. The Fourth Scourge Lord had been schemed against by the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King in the past and had part of his Dao Fruit seized. His ending in the future would not be good either.

"You need only know that you must raise your cultivation as quickly as possible. Only upon reaching the Immortal King realm will you qualify to take part in that battle… Your existence is indispensable!"

Su Chen's heart stirred… In this life, could he actually reach the Immortal King realm?

Before Su Chen could ask further questions, the figure's expression suddenly grew solemn. He spoke slowly, "That fellow… has arrived.

"I know you still have many questions, yet those are things I cannot tell you. You must seek them out yourself!

"Just remember that you still owe me a favor. When you reach the future, you must repay this favor to me!"

The previous sentence had nothing to do with Su Chen. The next was clearly a warning directed at him.

In a single instant, a vast terror arrived from the unseen. The figure before him rose to his feet. His towering silhouette seemed ready to blot out eternity.

The Lord of Primus! He who commanded the slaughter of the heavens!

As his figure vanished, everything before Su Chen's eyes seemed never to have existed.

Su Chen stood in the void. He knew that somewhere a battle beyond his imagination must be taking place.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes. "It seems those who wish to kill me are not limited to the Imperial Extremity Immortal King. There is also that 'Scourge.'"

Had the Lord of Primus not acted, this life of his would have ended here as well.

At least he had gained a chance to catch his breath.

Su Chen gazed across the boundless spacetimes and found the motivation to continue forward.

As he advanced, passing through countless corners, more and more karma settled upon him…

What exactly was the Immortal King realm?

As he walked further and further, a faint understanding began to form.