Chapter 493: The Last Dream Reincarnation

A new dream reincarnation has begun.

After you were exploited to death in the capitalist world called Earth, your overwhelming resentment prevented you from entering the local reincarnation; your soul traversed the Chaos Universe and arrived in an unnamed space.

You have no autonomous consciousness, drifting in the unnamed space.

After an unknown amount of time, you see a river.

Perhaps it is not a river, but with your perception you can only describe its existence as a "river".

The long river runs through the universe, its source unknown, its end unknown.

You also see two massive silhouettes sitting by the riverbank, of unknown nature, larger than the stars.

Yet compared with that river of unknown origin and end, they appear so small.

You are even smaller, yet the two colossal beings have noticed you.

In the next instant, the river vanishes.

You and them arrive in a stretch of Starry Sky, where you feel far freer, without such oppressive pressure.

The two giants seem to be confronting each other, their voices like rolling thunder, incomprehensible to you.

They each emit a beam of light that envelops you.

"Ling Ya, your Immortal Soul path has reached its end; you cannot prove your Dao, and can no longer touch the realms above the Great Dao," the black giant says.

Suddenly you can understand their conversation.

"Xue Tun, your Physical Body path is no different; you cannot return to the origin universe, everything is illusory," the cyan giant retorts.

You think silently: Ling Ya? Xue Tun? Are those their names?

"No," Xue Tun says. "The loser is only you; even if I depart the origin universe and my consciousness is temporarily erased, my Physical Body will once again nurture consciousness."

"The Physical Body is indestructible, consciousness endures forever."

"On the path of the soul you walk, consciousness is erased, the soul body cannot be sustained, and everything will vanish like smoke."

"Nevertheless, I must thank you for letting me glimpse the true meaning of the soul's path; when my consciousness is reborn, I will follow this path, mend the primordial deficiency, and return to the origin universe."

Xue Tun radiates a dense aura of vitality.

Ling Ya lets out a sigh, "I will first extinguish your True Spirit; your consciousness‑less Physical Body will eventually decay."

Boom! The giant known as Ling Ya strikes.

A wave sweeps across the Starry Sky, passing over the black giant 'Xue Tun'; the latter shatters with a roar, unable to retain its form, turning into a mass of black mist that slowly writhes in the sky.

After Ling Ya 'eradicates' Xue Tun, its own shape can no longer be maintained, turning into a cyan mist.

You watch everything; the cyan mist dissipates far faster than the black mist.

"It seems Xue Tun is winning," you think silently.

But you soon realize something is wrong: the black mist writhes toward you, and you feel its thick malice.

It wants to devour you.

You possess only a simple consciousness, yet your will to survive is strong.

"Tiny Human Race soul, would you cooperate with me?"

You hear a voice; it is Ling Ya speaking to you, its consciousness not yet fully dispersed.

"Yes."

You agree, because you do not want to be swallowed by the black mist.

The moment your thought rises, the cyan mist envelops you, forcefully surging into your soul to restore your spiritual nature.

It says, "I will enter the primary Living Universe with you."

Shrouded by the cyan mist, your spiritual nature thickens, giving you more spirit to contemplate.

You ask, "Do you want me to help resurrect you? To defeat that thing called Xue Tun?"

"No."

Ling Ya says, "My path has failed, I lack the strength to sustain it; I will grant you all the cultivation I have achieved, and my soul will follow you."

"Remember, whether the Physical Body path or the soul path, reaching its extreme cannot remain in the source universe for long."

"Xue Tun and I were born in Chaos, destined as such, without choice; looking back, there is no way to return."

"You will walk forward for me."

"If you encounter my soul, you may treat it as a living being like yourself; it is no longer me."

After Ling Ya finishes speaking, it transforms into a stream of light, carrying you toward the distant Starry Sky.

You see the long river again.

Only this time, you witness a different scene.

The instant your consciousness touches the river, you see countless versions of yourself rippling in its currents.

The stream of light envelops you, soaring into the river.

You feel yourself torn into millions of fragments; many events have not occurred, yet you have already seen them.

This strange sensation makes you, for the first time, perceive the grandeur of Shikong.

Your consciousness gradually blurs.

You arrive at a Living World called Nine-phase World.

You are reborn on Mortal Earth of the Nine-phase World, within the Three Thousand Prefectures, in a small prefecture called Qingyun Prefecture.

Here stand three great dynasties; your parents are merchants of the Great Yan Dynasty, from Youliang County, Youshui County.

You also have a sister named Lin Yangyang.

As for the power Ling Ya bestowed, it merges into your primordial consciousness; you know you will forget the story of the source universe, Ling Ya, and Xue Tun.

To make Ling Ya's power more coherent, you define it as a "system".

This term often appears in online novels you read while living on Earth; transmigration is a common trope, and a system is essential for many transmigrators.

"Hmm, very reasonable."

"It's settled then."

You redefined the power of the Spirit Sprout; it is the system, and your consciousness grew increasingly hazy, ending the drifting of the Starry Sky.

A new life is about to begin.

This Dream Reincarnation has ended.

……

This Dream Reincarnation cannot grant any points; there is only one reward—the Soul Origin of the Spirit Sprout.

Lin Chuan suddenly opened his eyes.

"Spirit Sprout? Lü Ya?"

"Blood Swallow? Black Mist?"

"And the source universe beyond the river of time?"

What's more, the Dream Reincarnation provided by the system still narrated the story of the "system."

As a result, Lin Chuan could no longer distinguish truth from falsehood.

He also could not comprehend the grandeur of Shikong.

"Young master."

Beside him, a soft hum sounded, and Lü Ya stared at him with wide eyes.

Pure and innocent, clear to the point of being a little foolish.

It was still that Lü Ya.

Lin Chuan paused briefly and asked, "Lü Ya, have you had any strange dreams?"

"Strange dreams?"

Lü Ya shook their head, "No, not at all. By your side, Young master, I slept soundly."

"That's good then."

Lin Chuan didn't want to let the Spirit Sprout become a "Spirit Sprout"; staying in this state would be fine.

The Spirit Sprout didn't understand, "Young master, what do you mean by that?"

"Never mind, I just mean you're adorably silly."

Having said that, Lin Chuan stood up, his gaze fixed on the distant Starry Sky.

All of this should end.