Read Novel Full Chapter 1350: Chapter 1344: Who Am I?
Chapter 1350: Chapter 1344: Who Am I?
The northern edge of the Western Frontier bordered the Demon Race.
The blood-red hue of the Western Frontier dyed everything; this place was already virtually devoid of human presence.
Beside the official road, Li Xinnian sat atop an cloud, gazing intently forward.
From becoming the Patriarch, to the great war with the Wu Tribe in the Western Frontier, and having experienced endless slaughter in the Underworld, he had never been in such mental turmoil.
Even trying his absolute best to keep a clear head, his mind remained a tangled mess.
“Everything is still undecided. Qingya has recalled her cycles of reincarnation time and time again; therefore, this time, I can stop everything.”
According to the events in Nangong Qingya’s memories, he found Su Chen decades later, but by then it was already too late.
The Blood Moon had completely occupied Clearpeak Prefecture and reached Westfall Prefecture.
Su Chen, who had successfully completed his mortal transformation, joined the family in charging into the Blood Moon.
He established illustrious military merits, only for news of his death to follow.
And then there was Nangong Qingya… Qingya hadn’t said anything, but Li Xinnian could tell from his wife’s eyes that her memories perhaps came to an end on the day of that great battle.
“Find Eldest Brother and bring him back to the family. We already know so much information. I can change the past. There will be no more reincarnations, absolutely not!”
Li Xinnian suppressed the unease in his heart.
“The clues are in this direction. Qingya described Eldest Brother’s attire: ordinary cloth clothes… stained with mud… he should be living as a farmer.
Wearing a dog-tooth necklace. Eldest Brother never had such a habit; it must have been given to him by someone after his mortal transformation, an item he cherishes deeply.”
“Who would wear a tooth on their body? Where did the tooth come from? It must have been hunted, from the mountains. I just need to deduce the type of tooth…”
Two hours later, Li Xinnian was sweating profusely, but a brilliant light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
“I’ve found you, Eldest Brother!”
One month later.
Li Xinnian floated in the cloudy sky above a small village.
At this time, his eldest brother, Su Chen, wasn’t yet wearing the dog-tooth necklace.
He stood guard silently outside the village, soundlessly watching as Su Chen—chased by a group of mountain bandits and fleeing wretchedly into the village—was rescued by the burly men of the village.
…
[Year 1070]
[Through Nangong Qingya’s memories, your family has obtained the most crucial intelligence:
in the year 1142 of the clan, your family will engage in a bloody battle with the immortals of the Blood Moon in Westfall Prefecture.
Cultivators will charge into the Blood Moon one by one, while the immortals within the Blood Moon will invade Westfall Prefecture and Clearpeak Prefecture.]
[Special Event — Memories of Reincarnation]
[From the memories of reincarnation, your family acquires intelligence regarding the future.
It is only after years of war and continuous sacrifices by family members that the secret of the Blood Moon is discovered.
The only way to stop the Blood Moon’s expansion is to use Li Zhiheng’s ‘Azure Cloud Realm’ to combat it.]
“Zhiheng’s Azure Cloud Realm is very similar to the Western Frontier under the Blood Moon.”
Li Wei took a deep breath and continued to comprehend rules, racing against every second.
Everything happening to Nangong Qingya felt unimaginable to him.
Through continuous cycles of reincarnation, Nangong Qingya had experienced many, many things.
It wasn’t just Li Xinnian whose thoughts were in turmoil; even he felt the exact same way.
Time… reincarnation…
Events repeated time and time again, just like loading a save file and restarting in a game.
But there was absolutely no load interface in this game, not even a quit button.
Imperceptibly, he had already begun to feel that he had become a part of the game.
Even his bloodline felt close to that of the children; without a doubt, this blood connection could not be faked.
The clearer his thoughts became, the more terrified Li Wei felt in his heart, like the loneliness and bewilderment of being trapped deep within an infinite universe.
He happened to be mastering the rules of time and space.
More than once, Li Wei suspected that his immortality and imperishability, growing through everything in the game, could even be a grand setup arranged by his future self.
Perhaps he was wandering through time and space…
Or perhaps he was continuously reloading the game’s save files, or maybe he was also just a part of the game, and someone was actually manipulating him.
He began to ponder the meaning of it all.
Everything began to change.
He stood on an open expanse of land, which then became a village, then a town.
In the vast town, he was merely a grain of sand. Then his field of vision grew larger and larger; in the entire world, he wasn’t even worth a single grain of dust.
Yet even the entire mortal realm was like a grain of dust within the vast cosmic galaxy!
“Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?”
“This game, my family, everything here… what is it all?”
“Where is the boundary between reality and the game?”
Li Wei murmured, as faint traces of Dao rhythm materialized around him.
He seemed to stand within the vast universe, piercing through everything, gazing at everything.
Yet no matter what, he could not see through the dense fog surrounding him, falling deep into distressed contemplation.
…
The Old Ancestor was thinking.
Everything within the family was in perfect order. After Li Zhiheng became the will of Azure Cloud Prefecture, Azure Cloud Prefecture thrived and prospered.
The greatest beneficiaries were undeniably the artifact refiners and alchemists across all of Azure Cloud Prefecture, thereby benefiting everyone as a whole.
[At Li Yaoqing’s request, your descendant Li Zhiheng has begun to use the will of Azure Cloud Prefecture to explore methods of creating spiritual medicine.
By continuously gathering heaven and earth spiritual qi into spiritual medicine, he discovered that to create something, he must thoroughly study the internal structure of the spiritual plant.]
[Acquired Trait: Replicator]
[Can master the technique of ‘Cloning’ through the will of Azure Cloud Prefecture and the Heavenly Dao Divine Heart.]
[It took eight years to forge a single stalk of spiritual medicine, but with a beginning, everything gradually became easier.]
[Li Zhiheng gradually realized that as the will of Azure Cloud Prefecture, he could establish rules—such as maintaining eternal spring, or ensuring that killing intent resulted in severe injury…
With these rules established within the borders of Azure Cloud Prefecture, he wouldn’t need to constantly keep a watchful eye on everything.]
Inside the City of Merit.
Although Li Zhiheng had not yet been able to conjure up a massive amount of high-tier spiritual herbs, absolutely all the spiritual herbs previously hidden away in the nooks and crannies of Azure Cloud Prefecture had fallen into Li Yaoqing’s pockets, resulting in a massive amount of medicinal pills being refined.
On this day, the iridescent glow in the sky surged dramatically, and the entire City of Merit caught the refreshing, mind-soothing fragrance of pills!
[Your descendant Li Yaoqing has refined a Tier-3 Immortal Pill: Nine-Revolutions Immortal Grace Pill]
[Gathers the Dao Qi of the world, increasing cultivation base by 2,500 to 3,000 years. When refining the Immortal Pill, one receives the protection of the world’s rules simultaneously, which can elevate comprehension of heaven and earth rules. Beneath the Immortal Pill, one is guaranteed to obtain the ‘Spirit-Protected Physique’. The spiritual qi of the Immortal Pill remains within the soul, elevating soul strength.]
Yet, holding this very Immortal Pill in her hand, Li Yaoqing showed no joy whatsoever.
Just this single Immortal Pill, even with Lu Niang’s help, had taken her several years to refine.
The time Qingya had spoken of was running out.
But soon, Li Yaoqing forced a smiling face, happily holding the spirit tablet and saying, “Old Ancestor, your child has refined an Immortal Pill for you!”
However, she quickly froze.
[Good child, the Old Ancestor doesn’t need it. You eat it.]
The Old Ancestor’s voice echoed from the spirit tablet.
This time was different. The Old Ancestor was usually ethereal and elusive, but now, the Old Ancestor’s aura was seeping directly out of the spirit tablet!
However, she quickly steadied her mind. After thinking it over repeatedly, she gave the pill to Yunlin.
…
[Year 1075]
Time continuously slipped away. The family cultivated diligently, preparing to face everything.
The entire Southern Frontier was changing.
The family did not hide the future seen in Nangong Qingya’s memories; they informed everyone in the Southern Frontier.
In just 67 years, the Blood Moon would reach Westfall Prefecture, and the war between the Southern Frontier and the Blood Moon was imminent.
Time was like a ravenous tiger, frantically chasing down the entirety of the Southern Frontier.
Inside the Xuanyuan Clan Courtyard.
The Xuanyuan Clan’s Old Ancestor Xuanyuan Liqun, Patriarch Xuanyuan Yuanhua, and the high-ranking members of the Zhangsun family gathered together.
Some of them had pale faces, clearly having just fought their way out of the Blood Moon not long ago.
“Xuanyuan Liqun.”
Sitting in the secondary seat, Zhangsun Feng let out a sigh.
“The Blood Moon has already occupied half of Clearpeak Prefecture. Tomorrow, my Zhangsun Clan will retreat. You…”
“I will also relocate.”
Xuanyuan Liqun spoke without hesitation, startling Zhangsun Feng. She hadn’t expected this stubborn old mule, Xuanyuan Liqun, to agree so quickly.
Yet she saw Xuanyuan Liqun tightly clench his fists, his nails digging almost deep enough to pierce his palms.
This normally frivolous and shameless old man growled in a low voice, “I cannot hold it, I cannot hold it!”
Hearing this, the crowd fell silent.
They too knew of Nangong Qingya’s memories.
In Nangong Qingya’s memories, Xuanyuan Liqun was truly stubborn.
Facing the Blood Moon, he refused to take a single step back, leading all the people of Clearpeak Prefecture who were unwilling to leave and holding the final piece of land in Clearpeak Prefecture.
When the crimson Blood Moon struck, the last remaining Xuanyuan clansmen, as well as the people of Westfall Prefecture and Azure Cloud Prefecture, advanced and retreated alongside him.
But that was not a good outcome.
Nangong Qingya said it was a massive, crushing defeat. His stubbornness resulted in cultivator after cultivator losing their lives in Clearpeak.
Xuanyuan Liqun walked to the door, tears streaming down his aged face.
“With this retreat, what face do I have left to meet the ancestors of my Xuanyuan Clan?”
…
[Year 1078]
[The entirety of Clearpeak Prefecture retreats to the rear; cultivator after cultivator heads to Azure Cloud Prefecture.]
Spirit boats one after another, and the Verdant Bamboo Forest of the Xuanyuan Clan, flew through the sky toward Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Led by Li Chang, the Li Clan members brought the Xuanyuan Clan to find a good place to temporarily reside.
In the cloudy sky.
Zhangsun Buhuo of the arriving Zhangsun Clan gazed at the vast, mighty, yet utterly despondent cultivators of Clearpeak Prefecture.
She turned to Li Chang beside her and said, “Little Friend Chang, this retreat has drained all their morale.”
“It’s better than dying.” Li Chang’s face was pale.
The Blood Moon was drawing closer and closer; all that remained was the fear while desperately seeking a sliver of survival.
Inside the City of Merit.
Nangong Qingya sat bewildered in her room.
It seemed her memories had caused everything to change.
Her husband had sent word that he had already found Su Chen.
The cultivators of Clearpeak Prefecture had also retreated, avoiding meaningless sacrifices, but it had also triggered a chain reaction.
Her son, Li Zhiheng, appeared beside her and said to Nangong Qingya, “Mother, everything is getting better.”
“Mhm.”
Nangong Qingya affectionately patted the head of her foolish son squatting beside her, smiling gently. “Yes, everything will get better.”
From this day forward.
Nangong Qingya did not cultivate. In her free time, she had Li Zhiheng accompany her, and she would go visit Yuanshang, her big, chubby grandson, teaching Jianguo, Jianshu, and Jianning the principles they hadn’t had the chance to learn from her before.
She murmured toward the clear sky.
“Everything will get better.”
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