The water from the dark river splashed up, soaking her clothes and hair, bringing with it icy coldness and piercing pain. Her limbs and bones seemed to be shattered, and every inch of her body seemed to be pierced by needles and axes!
The long-lost pain almost instantly overwhelmed Jianchou!
Even if he forced himself to concentrate and mobilize the spiritual power in his body, he was completely unable to suppress the pain.
It's like, this pain comes from the tearing of the soul...
This overwhelming feeling of terror...
How similar is it to what happened at the 1,300-foot mark in the Black Wind Caves that day
The dark white blood flowed into the river.
Jianchou started coughing, and tried to endure the pain all over his body. He stretched out his hands to support himself on the rocks at the bottom of the underground river, and tried his best to get up. But at that moment, the pain suddenly intensified!
“Crash!”
There was another splash of water!
Jianchou fell back down again.
"Ahem..."
The violent coughing could no longer be suppressed.
In the dim space, the firefly-like dim light has been almost dispersed.
The entrance of the cave that Jianchou had seen just now was still pitch black, slanting downwards and very deep, as if no one knew where it led to.
A strong feeling of unwillingness rose from the bottom of Jianchou's heart!
She could hardly control the trembling of her body because the pain was so severe that she could not bear it at all.
But what is even more unbearable is the despair of having hope right in front of you but being unable to touch it at all!
So close...
So close...
Everything in the Nineteen Continents was right before her eyes!
I could clearly touch it with just a stretch of my hand, but now I realize that that tiny distance is actually a chasm, a punishment from heaven!
A simple step, as difficult as climbing to the sky!
Those old friends and enemies, those friends and rivals...
At this time, Jianchou realized the emotion hidden deep in his heart - loneliness. He was far away from the crowd and his familiar "homeland".
It turned out that at some point, the isolated island on earth that brought her pain had been replaced by the wind and moon of Yashan.
That is a mark in her heart that can never be erased.
Deeply.
Jianchou's eyes suddenly felt a little hot.
She stared at the dark hole, trying her best to calm herself down. She clenched her teeth, forced herself to calm down, and maintained her posture, waiting for the pain caused by the previous movement to slowly leave her body.
There has always been a mysterious power in the Black Wind Cave.
This power was the reason why she couldn't enter, but the damage caused was only one-time and would not last.
As long as she regulates her breathing, she should be able to recover.
Jianchou's cough gradually subsided, and his rapid breathing also slowed down.
The soul bead at the center of her eyebrows, which had stopped rotating due to the sudden injury, slowly began to rotate again - she wanted to draw the surrounding earth energy and Yin energy to repair her injuries.
The ancestral orifice between the eyebrows where the soul bead was located also lit up with a faint purple light at this moment. The imperial purple pattern covering the deep white soul bead was spinning, streaking across with brilliant light...
At that moment, an inexplicable sound of breaking through the air rang in Jianchou's ears!
In the deep and mysterious cave, the countless firefly-like lights that had been scattered by the waves seemed to be attracted by something and all flew towards Jianchou's brows!
Too fast!
It was like meteors, rushing towards her from all directions!
“Puff!”
Just as Jianchou was beginning to feel alert and defensive, the countless fireflies had already rushed directly into her brows and disappeared into her ancestral orifice in the blink of an eye!
In my mind, I suddenly remembered the sound of water drops falling into a lake.
Each spot of light is only the size of a grain of rice.
When it reached the center of Jianchou's eyebrows, its snow-white color suddenly changed and turned into the same imperial purple as the pattern on Jianchou's soul bead!
One by one, one by one...
More and more!
In just a blink of an eye, the space between Jianchou's brows seemed to turn into a huge funnel!
Countless snow-white spots of light, once they passed through her forehead, turned into imperial purple and completely merged with her soul bead...
At the same time, a gentle and nurturing force also radiated to every part of Jianchou's body through the deep purple light.
It's like being bathed in the glow of the red sun...
warm.
Comfortable.
The injuries on his body began to heal at an extremely fast speed!
Seeing the sorrow in his heart, he was immediately surprised.
She raised her eyes and looked around: the light spots in the cave were originally scattered by the snow-white bird claws that caught her here, but now they have all gathered together because of her soul bead and turned into imperial purple, condensing on her soul bead...
Half purple.
Sixty percent purple.
Seventy percent purple.
…
The coverage of Imperial Purple is still slowly increasing.
It was an aura that gradually grew stronger and more majestic.
Jianchou could feel that as the imperial purple covered more and more, the entire soul bead exuded a faintly heart-pounding aura.
But she was actually a little confused because she didn't know what this meant.
"It means that you may be able to rule Bafang City and attend the King of Hell's Palace..."
It was at this moment that a vicissitudes of life sigh suddenly came from the deep cave right in front of Jianchou, which was the place that Jianchou had not been able to step into just now!
There is actually someone in this cave? !
Jianchou was suddenly horrified.
She almost wanted to hold the magic weapon tightly, but as soon as she moved her fingers, she found that she couldn't move at all. Her whole body was wrapped in that layer of imperial purple light, as if wrapped in a layer of sculpture!
"Who are you, sir?"
"The ancient descendants are not human..."
The voice that responded to her was still the same vicissitudes of life voice as before.
However, it is still getting closer!
It was as if the owner of the voice was rapidly approaching the entrance of the cave while speaking!
Whoosh!
Jianchou even heard the faint sound of wind!
She almost thought that a fierce beast, a powerful enemy, would immediately jump out of the black hole. Who would have thought that what appeared at the entrance of the cave was actually a snow-white light!
Just like the bird claws that had held her hostage before!
It was a pure color like ice and snow, not only clean in itself, but also seemed to be able to wash away all the impurities in the world. As soon as I saw it, I felt that all the distracting thoughts and desires in my mind disappeared.
It was just a light at first.
But soon, they gathered at the entrance of Black Wind Cave.
The cave entrance that Jianchou could step into before seemed to encounter a transparent barrier when the snow light came.
All the snow light accumulated at the entrance of the cave and turned into a ball.
They, or it, continued to gather and compress, and gradually outlined a snow-white circular totem on this transparent barrier!
On the outside, skeletons, ghosts, auspicious clouds and thunder patterns gather together to form a circle, which becomes the outermost decoration of the totem; in the very center, there is a snow-white bird pattern.
The two snow-white wings were huge, occupying the most space in the entire totem, and looked majestic. However, the pattern that appeared above the totem instantly dispersed this majestic aura, and it turned into a kind of horror and mystery belonging to ancient times!
There were actually nine bird heads!
The sharp beak with a barb gives people a sharp feeling; the three white feathers on the top of the head like ruyi patterns give people a sense of ethereal and cleanliness.
If it were just one, it would just be pleasing to the eye.
But when their number reaches "nine", all that is left is the weirdness and horror that makes people gasp!
Not to mention, in addition to these nine bird heads, there is actually a bare neck next to it, with faint depiction of dripping blood!
This was clearly just a section of the neck left after someone chopped off the head.
The snow-white totem emits a dazzling light.
Runes were engraved one after another on the snow-white wings of the bird. The breath from ancient times was simple and old, with a kind of mystery that people dare not touch, and a gentleness that makes people feel at ease...
However, in Jianchou's mind, there was only the sound of a loud explosion!
Countless images, countless sounds, all came flooding out like a tide, impacting her entire body...
Ten chins and nine heads!
Bring back the ghost!
Going up the Jiutou River in the Nineteen Continents, we will bring the countless souls of the dead to the Peach Forest in the easternmost part of the Nineteen Continents.
On the southeast branch of the peach tree in Dongji is the gate of hell!
The totem in front of me is actually a nine-headed bird!
The nine-headed bird in the legend that guides human souls into reincarnation!
For a moment, Jianchou was a little dazed and didn't know how to react.
On the contrary, the snow-white bird on the totem seemed alive, and one of its heads turned around and faced Jianchou.
On the bird's head, the eyes cast a sharp gaze, and the tightly closed beak also opened at this moment.
This totem actually speaks human words!
"You are a monk from Yashan, and I have no ill will towards you. I have invited you to come here today because I see that you have great opportunities and may be able to help with reincarnation in the future, so I just want to lend you a helping hand..."
This sound, with a strange sense of rawness and vicissitudes, came from the totem on the barrier of the cave entrance, vibrating, filling the entire dark space and causing countless echoes.
When Jianchou listened, he actually got goosebumps all over his body.
The moment she saw the totem, she had already made countless guesses and of course made some preparations. But when she heard clearly what the totem said, she still couldn't control the excitement in her heart...
Here comes another person who has discovered her identity!
"Don't worry. This world is a fault realm. Since I was sealed here, no one in the extreme region has been able to penetrate this world and get a glimpse of the situation."
As if sensing what she was thinking, the totem's voice sounded again.
Jianchou frowned.
The light spots around her brows were still gathering together, and the soul orb was already covered with a large area of imperial purple, and it was already 90% complete.
Although I don’t know what this means, the comfort that my body feels cannot be faked.
After thinking carefully about what happened before and after, Jianchou realized that the existence of this totem, or the nine-headed bird, even if it was "sealed", could easily kill her.
Therefore, the possibility that the other party is helping her is actually very high.
It's just what it says...
Jianchou looked at the totem, staring directly at one of the nine heads. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke respectfully: "Junior Jianchou is indeed a cultivator from Yashan. By chance, I was trapped in this world. I wonder what your origins are, and what your name is?"
"origin?"
A sound mixed with memories actually came from the nine-headed bird totem, as if Jianchou's question had brought back all the memories of the past.
At that moment, endless white light suddenly shone!
The feeling of being swept away by the mind just now reappeared. She actually felt that her consciousness turned into a ray of light and merged into this snow-white light...
Thus, an endless galaxy spread out.
The nearly eternal universe also slowly unfolds.
A large snow-white bird spread its wings and slowly passed through the void of the universe. A tall figure could be vaguely seen standing on its back...
"My name is Jiu Tou, and I am the mount of the Great Lord Pangu."
"The Great Master led the human race to migrate, split the eternal chaos with one axe, entered this world, made the stars of the universe their home, and established reincarnation..."
"From now on, I will be in charge of escorting living souls."
It is a snow-white nine-headed bird, swimming upstream from the westernmost end of the Jiutou River.
On the vast land of the Nineteen Continents, countless souls emitting faint light were all attracted by it and gathered on the river bank. When it passed by, they threw themselves on it and lived under its wings...
So, we crossed the left three thousand in the Central Region, the Sea of Tomorrow Stars, and arrived at the easternmost point of the entire Nineteen Continents...
That was the edge of the land of Nineteen Continents. Across a narrow strait, there was an isolated island on the other side!
However, in this strait, there is not a single fish or shrimp, nor any monsters or demons, and there is not even a trace of life.
Except, there is a huge peach tree growing in the middle of the strait!
The tree has been standing in the strait for who knows how many years, with its tangled roots and strong branches. The tree is full of blooming peach blossoms, and its lush branches and leaves cover the entire strait!
It is so huge that standing in the strait, it looks like a huge forest!
The nine-headed bird carried the countless souls and flew towards the southeast branch of the peach tree...
Then, a dark door opened instantly.
Inside the gate was the extremely evil land that Jianchou was already very familiar with...
Black mountains and withered grass everywhere.
There is a vague city, built on the barren soil...
But this picture is actually upside down!
It’s like the 19 continents and the polar regions can be folded together through the piece of land in the middle - like a mirror image!
"I came from ancient times, and have experienced the ancient times. I have led countless souls..."
"The Underworld in the Extreme Region is growing stronger day by day."
"I didn't expect that the world has spirits. The reincarnation rules established by the great master in the past actually gave birth to spiritual wisdom from nothingness..."
The rules of reincarnation gave rise to spiritual intelligence
Suddenly, Jianchou felt a chill down his spine.
The scene before my eyes suddenly collapsed.
In the blink of an eye, a dark surface of water appeared in front of her, with a plank road extending from the edge to the center.
Standing at the end of the plank road and looking down, the water is very shallow, and it seems to be just a pool of water.
Below the water surface, one could vaguely see a series of huge deep purple wheels, with rune-like flashes of light flashing between them.
One after another, souls walked onto the plank road and threw themselves into the pool!
Thus, all the past was forgotten.
Their souls, as the wheels rotated, moved from one to another, and finally turned into a vast point of light and disappeared on the last wheel...
Above the water surface, there is a blurry shadow.
It was like a book, engraved with ancient, golden words. Every time a soul was thrown into the reincarnation pool, the words on the pages would change accordingly.
Jianchou vaguely understood: This should be the reincarnation pond. As for this book, its outline...
The image of King Qin Guang suddenly flashed in my mind!
—Book of Life and Death!
Almost at the moment when these three words appeared, something transparent seemed to rush over from the edge of the reincarnation pool and passed over the top of the Book of Life and Death!
Crash!
The pages of the book that were originally spread out flat suddenly began to turn rapidly, and the golden words on them also trembled continuously!
At this moment, a ray of purple smoke emerged from the pages of the book and floated on the Book of Life and Death.
In the blink of an eye, I don’t know how many years have passed...
The endless purple smoke gradually became thicker, as if it had crossed a certain boundary, and finally condensed into a deep purple soul bead.
Imperial purple!
That was actually the color that Jianchou had seen!
The color of her own soul bead at this moment!
This soul bead shattered instantly after it appeared.
The shattered purple light, like pieces of purple jade, actually pieced together a ethereal human figure on this reincarnation pond. As time passed, it gradually became complete...
Covered with a crown and dressed in royal robes.
He had majestic eyebrows and a murderous look hidden in his pupils. He just stretched out his hand and grasped the phantom-like vocabulary book in the air!
“Boom!”
At that moment, the entire polar region was shaking!
Throughout the world, countless souls howled to the sky!
Thousands of golden lights emerged from the Book of Life and Death, and then retracted like a whale sucking water, and it turned into a real Book of Life and Death...
He stood on the reincarnation pool, and at this moment, he had control over reincarnation!
This person, Jianchou knows—
Bafang City, the number one Yama King, King Qin Guang!
"King Qin Guang was born from the rules of the Extreme Domain Reincarnation, and he himself is the rule."
"Once the rules have intelligence, it will be the most terrifying thing in the world. In the days that followed, the souls of other monks who were unwilling to leave gradually gathered in the Extreme Domain..."
Thus, before Jianchou's eyes, Bafang City gradually took shape, and the seventy-two cities became increasingly prosperous...
The entire polar region is like another empire.
"At the end of the ancient times, that is, ten generations ago."
"For unknown reasons, the Jiyu suddenly cut off the reincarnation of the Nineteen Continents. At this point, many cultivators in the Nineteen Continents noticed this and wanted to correct it. Unexpectedly, the Jiyu refused, and soon a war broke out between the two realms..."
On the vast evil land, countless black ghosts jumped out from the ground; the flowing Yellow Spring water washed away, bringing countless earth power and Yin essence to nourish and replenish the evil ghosts.
On the other side of the evil land, there are countless monks from the Nineteen Continents wearing long robes...
At a quick glance, Jianchou was actually inside, and saw a few familiar faces...
However, in the blink of an eye, all the images went dark.
"This battle will be called the Yin-Yang World War in later generations."
"In this battle, I was ordered by the Great Lord Pangu to guard the reincarnation, but was killed by the Eight Directions Yama Palace. My nine-headed bird body was knocked off, and only my remnant soul remained, which is sealed here."
"Thousands of cultivators in Yashan were burdened by the Nineteen Continents. All of them died, their souls scattered..."
"It has been nearly six hundred years..."
The old voice, with an inexplicable heaviness, slowly pulled Jianchou back from the various illusions he had just had.
She blinked, and in front of her eyes, there was that huge, snow-white totem again.
At this moment, the nine heads of the nine-headed bird have all turned around and looked at her.
She was a little dazed.
I never thought that King Qin Guang in the Eight Directions Hell Palace had such a terrifying origin.
What kind of terrifying existence is that? It is the rule itself!
Everything became extremely clear.
But at the same time, countless doubts arise from the bottom of my heart.
Why did King Qin Guang suddenly cut off the reincarnation of the monks from the Nineteen Continents
What happened in the war between Yin and Yang that led to the death of thousands of cultivators on Yashan? What is the meaning behind the Nine-headed Bird's words "burdened by the Nineteen Continents"
"Senior Jiu Tou, I wonder..."
Jianchou wanted to get things straight, so he opened his mouth to ask.
Who would have thought that as soon as she opened her mouth, the voice of the nine-headed bird also rang out: "If you have any doubts in your heart, if you return to the Nineteen Continents, you can find all the answers..."
Jianchou frowned immediately and said no more.
The sound of the nine-headed bird continued.
The voice is hoarse, and it is impossible to tell whether it is male or female. Or maybe...
There is no male or female at all.
"After the war between Yin and Yang, the two worlds were locked and sealed by a great formation. The same was true for the Black Wind Cave. From then on, it was impossible to return to the Nineteen Continents."
"The only way out is still in front of the Shitian Creation Array."
"You are a disciple of Yashan, and your soul is incomplete. Even if the emperor's purple aura surrounds the soul bead, it will not work. I have a request, and I beg you to agree. Although I cannot repair your soul, I can help you break the soul bead and reach Nirvana."
One step to break the soul bead!
Ascend to Nirvana!
Jianchou's eyelids jumped and he almost couldn't believe his ears. Looking at Totem, he couldn't help but feel a little more surprised!
Pangu split the chaotic universe, and the terrifying existence of the nine-headed bird was his great mount.
Even if it is a remnant soul, it has the ability to pull itself out from the Eighteen Levels of Hell and cut off the connection between the tripod ring and the outside world. Its strength can be seen.
The other party actually said that he would help her break the soul bead and achieve Nirvana
There has always been a crack in her soul bead, like a thunder that could explode at any time, killing her at any time.
When cultivating in the Nineteenth Continent, Fudaoshanren once mentioned that if one leaves the body, one will die.
From this we can see how dangerous it is to have an incomplete soul!
Even if the other party said that he could not repair her soul and could not eliminate the danger during her cultivation, it would be of great benefit to her if she could achieve Nirvana in one step!
But, there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world.
At this moment, all the light spots have sunk into Jianchou's brows.
The last trace of deep white color of her entire soul bead was also covered by purple light spots. In the blink of an eye, it had turned into pure imperial purple!
Except for that crack, it's almost perfect!
A faint purple light shone from the orifice between her eyebrows into her eyes.
For a moment, a strange deterrent force surged out from her body. Even though she was just sitting cross-legged on the dark river, she exuded a majestic aura!
But this feeling came so naturally that Jianchou didn't notice anything unusual.
She frowned slightly and looked at the totem of the nine-headed bird. The caution in her voice did not change: "Senior Jiutou, firstly, you have a history with Yashan, and secondly, you just helped me. I am very grateful. But I don't know why you are helping me?"
"This is not difficult. When you return to Yashan, you only need to inform your master, Master Fudao, that my remaining soul is still here."
On the snow-white totem, the nine-headed bird's eyes were gloomy and it sighed.
"In the battle between the Yin and Yang worlds, please put aside the grudges within the Nineteen Continents for the time being, focus on attacking the Extreme Realm first, and reorganize the cycle of reincarnation!"
Attack the extreme domain first and reorganize the cycle of reincarnation!
Jianchou took a deep breath when he heard this, and at that moment, he was speechless!
The nine-headed bird turned its gaze away and looked somewhere in the void, as if it had seen through the void and seen something else...
The voice gradually became colder.
"However, among the people traveling with you, there is a mayfly, a great and evil monster born of heaven and earth! It is extremely important to reorganize the reincarnation cycle. If this monster finds out, it will ruin the plan..."