Read Novel Full Chapter 1330: Chapter 1324: Year 1022
Chapter 1330: Chapter 1324: Year 1022
[Year 1021]
[Your descendants, Li Changsheng and Li Changyao, journey to foreign lands to seek reinforcements.]
[Along the way, the siblings encountered fleeing members of the Wu Tribe. They learned that the Divine Phoenix, a divine bird totem, had been captured.
A Sage Elder of the tribe fought to the death against the Blood Moon in the Western Frontier, while the Rising Sun Sage Elder was reduced to a running dog within the Blood Moon.
The divine bird totem has been eradicated.]
[The other two totems suffered the exact same fate.]
[The siblings encountered an elder of the divine bird totem on their journey. From him, they learned that the Wu Tribe factions belonging to the three major totems outside the Blood Moon gathered to resist it.
The Wu Tribe’s Great Emperor, Qi Zhu, sharing old ties with the Phoenix and the Golden Dragon, charged furiously into the Blood Moon.
He was ambushed by the Human Race, causing the heavens and earth in Sunreach Prefecture of the Western Frontier to change color.
Mountains and rivers collapsed, turning the region into a death zone, and Great Emperor Qi Zhu fled in defeat.]
“Even a Great Emperor was defeated!” Li Changyao stared bloodlessly at the mighty, fleeing Wu Tribe army. “Brother, we…”
The words caught in her throat. No matter how hard she tried, she simply couldn’t bring herself to utter the word “flee.”
At the very least, facing a terror as absolute as the Blood Moon, her normally timid older brother had never once mentioned the word “flee.”
“The outcome has not yet been decided. We’ve endured so many hardships in the past and survived them all, haven’t we?” Li Changsheng offered a strained smile.
The Immortal Infant in his arms sucked its finger, a cold sneer forming at the corners of its mouth.
“You humans are truly laughable, daring to cooperate with us. And to even attempt to use our hands to eradicate the Emperor-realm experts of the Wu Tribe!
You want to be the fisherman, utterly ignorant that you are already in the most dangerous domain. Take care that you don’t end up on the dinner plate instead of reeling in the fish.”
“You have no right to laugh.”
Li Changsheng wasn’t the least bit angry. He placed the Immortal Infant into the cradle in Li Changyao’s hands and sprinkled itching powder on it.
“You lost a long time ago. Besides, you are a captive.
You even left your tens of thousands of years of accumulated cultivation base to Banshu Weide. Right now, you are even inferior to the most ordinary of immortals.”
“You are nothing more than emergency rations for us siblings now.”
The Immortal Infant wailed and cried. As Li Changsheng’s eyes turned pitch-black, It didn’t dare to utter another word.
This boy possessed the eyes that only the Human Emperor wielded.
The Human Emperor suppressed the world, and the Human Emperor’s Eye of Authority could even suppress an immortal’s immortal power.
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[Year 1022]
[Your descendants, Li Changsheng and Li Changyao, arrived in the Auric Empire.
In the lands their family elders had once tread, they investigated the situation of the two major Human Race nations through the estates of the Hall of Heavenly Principles.
While seeking every possible source of assistance, they also accumulated foundational resources for the family to help Li Changyao seek her path to a breakthrough.]
[The two found themselves in Auraria City, the city where Li Yaoqing had once stayed as an apothecary.
They were received by the City Lord of Auraria City. Even as a City Lord, this person remained completely ignorant of the matters concerning the immortals.]
[…]
[Congratulations! Your descendant Li Tianming, after a year and a half of interaction with the White Jade Immortal, has finally assimilated the White Jade Immortal’s immortal power.
Acquired Trait: Half-Immortal!]
At this time, back in the family, everyone gathered to stand guard for Li Tianming’s breakthrough, fearing he might suffer side effects after becoming a half-immortal.
However, this worry was clearly superfluous.
After becoming a half-immortal, the numerous brothers inside Li Tianming’s mind finally let the White Jade Immortal off the hook.
The White Jade Immortal knelt numbly in the terrifying, black-rain-soaked world, weeping bitterly.
Its flawless, uncarved jade-like body hunched over as It pounded the muddy earth, crying, “Animals!”
A year and a half… No one knew how It had survived this year and a half.
Fourteen personalities had ravaged It endlessly. These consciousnesses, brimming with evil thoughts, seemed to possess an inexhaustible supply of torturous ideas.
The White Jade Immortal finally understood exactly what a terrifying existence Li Tianming was.
This was a creature that ought to suffer divine retribution. It couldn’t fathom why, out of the four people present back then, It had chosen this specific monstrosity.
What was supposed to be a smooth possession and coexistence had turned into a desperate battle royale for survival.
“I must escape… I absolutely must escape, even if it means death!”
At this time.
Li Tianming sat cross-legged, staring blankly. He confirmed once again that he was not the master of his own body.
The kneeling White Jade Immortal within him was continuously funneling Spiritual power into him.
That was half of the Spiritual power the White Jade Immortal had consumed from the Dao-Comprehending Linghu Xian, more than enough for him to break through to the Body Integration realm.
Everything before his eyes was changing; all things in the world were magnified to the microscopic level.
Becoming a Nascent Soul opened the gate to rules, and even the Dao methods used at the Body Integration realm still involved gathering the rules between heaven and earth to become a master of a specific domain of rules.
But after becoming a half-immortal, he seemed to finally understand why immortals were so incredibly powerful.
It was because they commanded higher-tier ‘laws’; they were inherently a part of heaven and earth themselves.
Li Tianming stretched out his hand.
Wielding the White Jade Immortal’s immortal power, his hand gradually took on the appearance of white jade, blending seamlessly into the air and the environment, becoming a part of heaven and earth as well.
He was certain that even if a Body Integration mighty figure stood right in front of him, they would not be able to detect his presence in the slightest.
He slowly picked up a rock.
In an instant, the rock disappeared bit by bit. It didn’t turn to dust, but rather faded into nothingness, entirely erasing the existence of what he touched.
Inside his mind, many ‘him’s were sitting cross-legged.
The ‘Calm’ version of himself smiled faintly and said, “Go, find a deserted place. The Spiritual power on his body is enough for us to push open the Dao Gate.”
“Dao Gate…”
Li Tianming’s eyes lost their focus, filled with bewilderment and fear. He couldn’t see the Dao Gate, but the many ‘him’s in his mind all could.
“The Dao Gate of Pollution and Plague.”
Hearing the ‘him’ answer, Li Tianming subconsciously said, “Should we go ask Grandpa Old Tree?”
“No need, jie jie jie. What could that reddish Old Tree possibly understand?!”
The ‘Arrogant’ version of himself sneered fiercely.
Li Tianming stood up in a daze, stumbling sleepily toward the sea.
On his way, he ran into Tianqi, who had come to stand guard.
Li Tianqi had been overjoyed, but seeing Li Tianming so absent-minded, his smile gradually faded. “Did you… did you just send me a voice transmission asking me to stand guard?”
“I didn’t.”
Hearing Li Tianming’s reply, Li Tianqi frowned. He was just about to say something when Li Tianming suddenly turned his head, leaving Li Tianqi stunned in place.
Li Tianming, who had always been so obedient, was now facing him with tears streaming down his face.
Gripping his shoulders tightly, Li Tianming choked out a question, “Tianqi, am… am I even myself?”
This was Li Tianqi’s first time seeing Tianming like this.
He looked at Li Tianming’s bloodshot eyes. The joy of Tianming’s breakthrough instantly evaporated entirely. “If you aren’t yourself, who else could you be?”
“But… there are so many people inside my body.”
In the cloudy sky, tears blurred Li Tianming’s face.
“I am afraid of them, I have always been afraid. I don’t even know when I was born.
It’s as if I suddenly appeared right beside you all. I know who you all are, but I just can’t remember what we ever did together.”
Li Tianqi’s expression changed.
Li Tianming gripped Li Tianqi’s hand tighter and tighter.
“Many people are very afraid of me, but I don’t know what I have done. I have never cultivated a day in my life, yet power and knowledge just appear in my mind.
Every single ‘me’ inside my body knows more than I do, and I am different from every single one of them!”
“Tianqi, tell me, am I truly me?”
“What is real, and what is fake?”
“Am I real, Tianqi? Did I ever truly exist?”
Li Tianming tightly embraced Li Tianqi, weeping helplessly. He didn’t understand. He had never understood, not until the fear finally took over.
He could even clearly feel the people in his mind absorbing this very fear. He might even forget today’s crying and confusion altogether.
Just like he did so many times before.
“Tianming…”
Li Tianqi’s eyes lost their focus. His shoulder was a bit wet; he couldn’t tell if it was Tianming’s tears or snot.
He could feel Tianming’s fear, but he was unable to answer…
He had almost forgotten what kind of existence the former Li Tianming was.
Tianming loved to kill; it was the kind of inexplicable, indiscriminate slaughter that only their eldest brother could suppress.
Li Tianqi had never even liked the former Li Tianming; mostly, he only felt vigilant around him.
But later, the well-behaved Li Tianming appeared, having forgotten everything and becoming a good child with a Childlike Heart.
He never caused him any trouble. Whenever Li Tianqi was injured, this Li Tianming would pace around anxiously.
Although this Li Tianming was very timid, whenever Li Tianqi was in danger, he would still muster up his courage and follow him into a fight.
He never knew that Tianming cared so much about this matter, or perhaps it was because he, as a brother, was too selfish, believing that having such a brother by his side was better.
Li Tianqi also fell into bewilderment and dejection. He could only grit his teeth, then put on a smile and said to Li Tianming, “You are my brother; how could you be fake?”
“Brother… brother…”
Li Tianming muttered helplessly a couple of times.
Suddenly, his eyes turned clear. He tilted his head and smiled at Li Tianqi,
“Tianqi, are you here to stand guard for me? Where are we going to prepare for the breakthrough? I feel like my breakthrough is going to take a long time.”
Li Tianqi stared blankly as Tianming headed toward the South Sea. Tianming seemed to have completely forgotten his bewilderment and helplessness from just a moment ago…
With trembling hands, Li Tianqi took out the ancestral spirit tablet.
“Old Ancestor, is Tianming… truly real, or is he fake?”
The Old Ancestor did not respond.
At Ancestor Lan’s location.
Li Wei, who was exploring the Dao of rules, looked at the interface before him and sensed everything that had just transpired between the two brothers.
His face was also filled with bewilderment.
There were too many things within the passage of time—gains, losses, efforts… all that remained was to accept the destiny they had already desperately fought against.
He let out a sigh and looked at the interface before him.
[Your descendant Li Tianming has obtained the shared Spiritual power of the White Jade Immortal.]
[Acquired Immortal Art: Nothingness. Immortal traces are hard to find.]
[Acquired Immortal Art: Hand of Annihilation. Objects touched instantly vanish.]
[The numerous ‘personalities’ inside your descendant Li Tianming’s body are currently digesting the Spiritual power of Linghu Xian shared by the White Jade Immortal.
They have glimpsed their own Dao Gate, gathering the most extreme evil thoughts between heaven and earth to form pollution and plague.]
[The year and a half of pursuing and fleeing with the White Jade Immortal was merely a smokescreen put up by the ‘Calm’ personality.
The ‘Born Bad Seed’ possesses formidable observation skills and extremely high commanding abilities.
Through fear, they have been parsing everything about the White Jade Immortal bit by bit. Acquired Trait: Immortal Eater]
[Even the desires and bewitchment of an immortal cannot erode the consciousness of the ‘Born Bad Seed’.
The unique characteristics of immortals being ‘hard to kill’ and ‘powerful’ filled Li Tianming’s personalities with the desire to hunt and toy with them, granting a high probability of acquiring the immortal’s immortal arts.]
Li Tianming sat cross-legged on the surface of the South Sea.
Li Tianqi sat on the lotus platform where the trio once known as the ‘Three Thieves’ used to stay, lost in thought for a long time, so much so that his eyes became bloodshot.
He was intimately familiar with numerous grand arrays.
When He Hao passed down his array inheritance to him, he told him that grand arrays concealed all the secrets of heaven and earth.
However, he searched through all the grand arrays but still couldn’t find the answer for Tianming.
Nor did he find the answer he sought; the Li Tianming before his eyes seemed as if he could disappear at any moment.
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