That mysterious Mystic Celestial Immortal wandered around the mortal region, never once stepping onto the continent where Gu An resided.
After a full day and night, he departed.
The very next day, news that the Grand Cold Demon Sect had been single-handedly wiped out by the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path swept across the ocean like a hurricane. Countless fleeing beings were shaken to their core upon hearing it. Their first reaction? Disbeliefâbecause it sounded way too far-fetched!
The whole world was in an uproar. Within the Taixuan Sect, the place was decked out with lanterns and decorations, and everywhere people praised the immense might and heroic deeds of the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path.
This time, the range of people he saved was even greaterâhow could they not feel proud?
They didnât know if there truly existed immortals or gods who cared about the common people. But at the very least, in their hearts, the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path was exactly thatâan immortal who offered salvation to all.
On the second day after the Mystic Celestial Immortal left, Gu An quietly departed the continent.
He traveled south, distancing himself from the mortal region where the Taixuan Sect was located.
Eventually, he arrived at a desolate part of the ocean. Very few living beings were found hereâwhether beneath the waves or on the surface. Countless wandering spirits and ghosts drifted about. The skies above were blanketed with gloomy clouds, oppressive to the extreme, yet the spiritual energy here was incredibly rich.
Using his divine sense, Gu An discovered a secluded island deep in the ocean, hidden behind powerful seals. If he forcefully broke through, heâd definitely alert the entity within.
He guessed there was a Free Soaring Immortal inside. Although the seal was strong, he didnât think itâd be too difficult to break through.
No wonder the spiritual energy here was so dense while living beings were so scarceâthere was a monstrous powerhouse hiding here.
Gu An landed on an uninhabited island and immediately activated his Lifespan Barrier.
Seven hundred ninety million years of lifespanâjust looking at it made him feel amazing!
He had never been so loaded before!
Gu An sat cross-legged in front of a withered tree, gazing at his attribute panel with a silly grin on his face.
Let me enjoy this for a bit first!
After a good while, Gu An finally calmed down. He was ready to test out Reincarnation Cycle.
He decided to try it with ten million years. If this function didnât pan out, heâd toss it aside permanentlyâjust like the Lifespan Simulation heâd tried earlier.
ăYou have consumed 10,000,000 years of lifespan to activate one reincarnation evolutionă
ăConnecting to the Dao Rulesă
ăSearching for Reincarnation Realmsă
ăYou have the following realm choices. Choose one:ă
ă1. Heavenly Great Realmă
ă2. Dark Great Realmă
ă3. Grand Multiverseă
Huh?
Heavenly Great Realm?
Gu An remembered that Reincarnation Evolution would bleed into reality. Could it affect more than just memory fusion? Could it influence the real world as well?
Not sure. Just in case, he decided not to choose the Heavenly Great Realm, to avoid any unintended consequences.
His eyes were drawn to the Dark Great Realm. The name itself seemed to perfectly match his Lifespan Seizure ability. Since it was an evolution simulation, maybe heâd still retain his cheat power in that world.
Alright, letâs go with that!
Dark Great Realm, here we go!
ăYou have chosen to reincarnate into the Dark Great Realmă
ăDue to the Dao Rules of this realm being unable to conceal your innate talent, you will retain the ability to seize lifespan, but phase-based functions will be disabledă
ăReincarnation Evolution beginsă
ăYear 1: You are born in a village within the Eastern Profound Region. Your parents name you Chu Luă
ăAge 7: While in the mountains, you accidentally pluck a spirit herb and seize 8 years of lifespanâyour fate shiftsă
ăAge 8: You become the disciple of a cultivator and begin traveling the world with himă
ăAge 15: Youâre ambushed by robbers. Your master dies protecting you. Fueled by hatred, you retreat into the mountains to hoard lifespană
ăAge 18: Through lifespan evolution, you reach the Nascent Soul Stage and begin your path of vengeanceă
ăAge 19: You infiltrate your enemyâs estate, killing all but one. The survivor is a young girl. Seeing her timid gaze, you're tornă
ăDo you choose to kill her?ă
The prompt ended there. Gu An was stunned. He chose not to kill. Pleaseâhe had the Lifespan Seizure ability. There was no way this little girl could hunt him down later.
ăYou spared the girl, Cheng Jialan, and returned to the path of cultivationă
Reading this made Gu An chuckle. This girl even had the character âLanâ in her name, just like his junior sister.
None of the earlier prompts had namesâapparently only survivors got names.
Wait, his parents and master were alive at first too, but they didnât get names.
He suddenly had a bad feeling. Did that mean Cheng Jialan would live a long time?
ăAge 20: You join the Taiyi Sect, becoming a personal disciple thanks to your talent and cultivation. Your name spreads throughout the sectă
ăAge 21: Using Lifespan Simulation, you master the Seven Heart Techniqueă
ăAge 22: The sect leaderâs son grows jealous. During a mission, he ambushes you with a group. You kill all but the son. He kneels and begs for mercy. You hesitateă
ăDo you kill him?ă
Kill!
Gu An didnât hesitate at all. The prompts kept going.
Menâkill. Womenâspare. This standard seems kinda messed up, doesnât it?
He chuckled at himself.
From then on, his reincarnated self in the Taiyi Sect kept getting into fights. But he always killed in retaliationâit was others who provoked him first.
And the killing piled up until one day, everything unraveled. He became wanted by the sect, even labeled a fugitive.
From then on, it was endless killingâsometimes multiple times a year.
Once, he saved an injured stranger he encountered. That guy turned around and summoned a horde of cultivators to ambush him and snatch his magical artifact.
Gu An was furious. His urge to kill only grew.
Backstabbing, jealousy, betrayalâit never stopped.
D*mn, no wonder itâs called the Dark Great Realm. This worldâs twisted as hell!
In the first 50 years, Gu An never met a single kind cultivator. He was fighting completely alone.
What pissed him off the most was that his enemies, to get back at him, captured his relatives in the village and turned them into spirit wraiths by ripping out their souls and bones to forge ghost tools.
That drove Gu An even further into madness. From then on, he chose to kill without hesitation.
His lifespan accumulation skyrocketed. By age 50, heâd reached the Scattered Immortal Stage and became a slaughter god in the Eastern Profound Region.
ăAge 65: You meet the girl you once sparedâCheng Jialan. Sheâs now a disciple of the Blue Sky Holy Sect, a famous prodigy. She recognizes you and sincerely thanks you for sparing her life. Moved by her attitudeâŠă
ăAge 66: At her persistent pursuit, you become cultivation partnersă
ăAge 67: Cheng Jialan bears you a son and daughter. Your affection for her deepensă
ăAge 68: While cultivating, a Free Soaring Immortal from the Blue Sky Holy Sect descends. He calls himself Black Profound Emperor. He crushes you to death instantlyă
ăReincarnation endsă
What?
Thatâs it?
Gu An nearly spat blood. Ten million years of lifespanâfor a life of sixty-eight years?
Black Profound EmperorâŠ
Good. Very good.
Before he could think further, a torrent of memories flooded into Gu Anâs mindâChu Luâs entire life, as if he had personally lived it.
But since it was just an evolution, it didnât feel longâmore like remembering past experiences. The sensation was strange, yet vivid.
Though he only lived 68 years in that life, Chu Lu developed a single cultivation technique to perfectionâeventually transforming it into a divine ability that shocked the world, stirring heaven and earth.
The Seven Heart Technique, after over a dozen upgrades, became the Seven-God Golden Body!
The Seven-God Golden Body came with its own technique. Once mastered, it formed seven soulsâeach soul granted a divine ability. Even if killed, the remaining souls could resurrect the body.
According to his memories, the Black Profound Emperor didnât kill him in one shot. He resurrected six timesâonly to die each time.
The cultivation gap was simply too huge. His divine techniques couldn't even let him escape.
After fully integrating the Seven-God Golden Body, Gu An felt a bit more at peace.
Was the divine ability worth ten million years of lifespan? Hard to say. But it definitely wasnât something you could buy for a measly one or two million.
The technique was powerfulâChu Lu, even at the Scattered Immortal Stage, could seriously injure an opponent in the second layer of the Roving Immortal Stage. That said it all.
Sigh⊠Still not cautious enough.
Gu An realized that within Reincarnation Evolution, he could only make decisions at key moments. He couldnât control his reincarnated self otherwise.
Thinking deeperâdidnât that mean each reincarnated life had its own consciousness?
Wasnât that just like real-life reincarnation?
Look at Ji Xuanyuâthis life and her past life were totally different.
He snapped back to the present and noticed the ground was full of spiritual energy. That meant Reincarnation Evolution consumed real-world spiritual energy too.
Good thing he changed locations. Otherwise, he mightâve affected the Taixuan Sect and the continent.
Time to get serious!
Today, letâs break through a major realm!
Gu An opened his attribute panel and poured 20 million years of lifespan into his physique.
The Primal Causal Body advanced to the Primal Primordial Body, and then again into the Primal Supreme Dao Body!
He awakened a powerful divine abilityâSupreme Dao Primordial Disc!
This divine ability combined offense, defense, and sealing into one. It was even vaster than most worlds and could crush the very Laws of Heaven and Earth!
Gu An directly cultivated it to the mastery level.
A flood of spiritual energy surged into his mind, and he entered a state of enlightenment.
The Primal Supreme Dao Body and the Primal Causal Body may share the "Primal" name, but the difference was night and day. With the Supreme Dao Body, he could easily see through the laws and karma of heaven and earthâand completely suppress others with Primal-type physiques.
Though he hadnât met another Primal Body yet, he figured it had to exist. After all, his body was upgraded from oneâmeaning that mortals in the Heavenly Great Realm, if their bloodline was traced back far enough, might be linked to the Primal Source.
He just didnât know where the Primal Source actually was.
As Gu An devoured spiritual energy like crazy, the once silent and gloomy ocean erupted into a wild tempest. A powerful divine sense swept across the waters.
Too badâno matter how hard it searched, it couldnât find Gu An.
An hour later, Gu An finally opened his eyes. His body had fully transformed into the Primal Supreme Dao Body.
His strength had now reached terrifying levelsâit felt incredible.
He even had the urge to find someone to test his power on.
Good thing he held himself back.
Canât get cocky!
Chu Lu got way too cockyâkept killing nonstop, and ended up crushed to death by a cultivator several major realms above himâŠ
Gu Anâs gaze turned toward his technique panel.
Chaos Primordial Saint Art and Myriad Forms Qi Techniqueâboth cost 20 million years of lifespan.
The only reason he didnât spend more was because he had his eye on the function that unlocked at one billion years of lifespan.