Chapter 1274

The Wanggu Heavenly Dao is reshaped; from now on... one Dao is eternal, ninety-nine Daos continue the path of cultivation.

For Wanggu, this is merit.

For the myriad races, this is hope.

The path of cultivation has finally been continued!

The obsession from the Ancient Spirit Emperor will use his former status as a Xia Immortal to light a lamp in the darkness ahead of the myriad races.

While dispelling the fog, walking toward the direction of the lamp, one can reach the other shore!

"There are still some things that need to be dealt with."

Above the firmament, Xu Qing gazes at the earth, murmuring as he takes a step forward.

Zhou Zhengli and the others follow behind, together with him.

Just like this, time passes, and three days go by.

In these three days, Xu Qing went to many places.

His figure descended one by one upon the powerful races where those gods reside.

There were also places suspected of having traces of external power, and Xu Qing also walked into them.

Finally, he pulled out almost all the external chess pieces on the surface one by one.

After doing all this, his own immortal-god fusion also reached its limit and could not be sustained; at dusk on the third day, in front of Ghost Emperor Mountain, they separated.

The god body was stripped away and merged with the godhead.

To a certain extent, the god body... could already be seen as a clone of the Upper Desolation.

It was shaped by the flesh and blood of the Upper Desolation, and now it also has the godhead of the Upper Desolation.

Although it is still connected to Xu Qing in the dark and closely related, there exist too many uncertainties.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Qing did not let it return to the underground palace.

Instead, it sank into the depths of Wanggu.

Subsequently, returning to his immortal body, in this dim twilight light, he stood in front of Ghost Emperor Mountain, gazing at this vast mountain body.

Behind him were Zhou Zhengli and the others who followed silently.

As for in front of him... on Ghost Emperor Mountain, there was also a person.

That person, sitting cross-legged on the top of Ghost Emperor Mountain, his clothes a bit dirty, his expression haggard, was closing his eyes and sensing.

"Third Senior Brother."

Xu Qing says softly.

That figure sitting cross-legged on Ghost Emperor Mountain is precisely the third disciple of Seventh Master, Xu Qing's Third Senior Brother!

Back then, under the catastrophe of Wanggu, Seventh Master went into seclusion, Xu Qing went out, Erniu went to Huangtian, Second Senior Sister stayed behind to guard Seven Blood Eyes, and the third one... he came to Ghost Emperor Mountain.

Sitting cross-legged on the top of the mountain.

Once sitting, it has been nearly half a cycle of sixty years.

He wanted to return, wanted to use the power of his past life to protect the people he cared about in the present world.

Because he is the reincarnation of the Ghost Emperor!

And this kind of relationship between him and Ghost Emperor Mountain... Seventh Master was clearly aware of it, and in Xu Qing's past memories, traces had also appeared many times.

Back then, the Ghost Emperor passed away in Yinghuang Prefecture, his three souls turned into mountains, and his seven spirits became malevolent spirits.

His spiritual power dispersed, nourishing the living beings of Yinghuang Prefecture.

But clearly, his life-bound essence still existed, dispersing with the spirit; perhaps it was reincarnation, or perhaps it was the action of external force, causing him to be reborn in Yinghuang Prefecture one day many years later.

In his childhood, he experienced hardships, experienced hatred, and was finally sent to Seven Blood Eyes by a servant.

He took Seventh Master as his master.

He became the third disciple of Seventh Master.

But clearly, there existed an invisible chasm between his past life and his present life; wanting to return, wanting to merge, wanting to take back the power of his past life, was not easy.

The three souls did not return, the seven spirits did not move.

The life-bound essence... was also just life-bound essence.

Therefore, the third one, who had been sitting on Ghost Emperor Mountain for nearly thirty years, did not succeed.

Perhaps, if Xu Qing had not returned, then under the Ancient Immortal Tribulation, the black tower of the Ninth Star Ring behind the third one would have sent assistance, allowing him to successfully merge with his past life.

Becoming a larger chess piece for the black tower to lay out in Wanggu.

However, at that time, he might also no longer be himself.

But Xu Qing's return and line-drawing ended the Ancient Immortal Tribulation, and at the same time, the black tower of the Ninth Star Ring was the only one among the four God-Sovereigns that chose to cut off all karma.

Thus, Third Senior Brother... was free.

At this moment, as Xu Qing's voice echoed, the third one sitting cross-legged on the top of Ghost Emperor Mountain slowly opened his eyes and spoke hoarsely.

"Fourth Junior Brother..."

Xu Qing's relationship with this Third Senior Brother, compared to Second Senior Sister and First Senior Brother, was much more distant, and there was very little interaction between them; the most profound impression in his memory was that princess of the Mermaid Race back then at Seven Blood Eyes.

At that time, that princess fled onto Third Senior Brother's magic ship during his pursuit, and was then pinched to death by Third Senior Brother with a gentle smile.

That scene once brought a strong impact to Xu Qing.

But it was precisely because of this that wariness rose in his heart, which also made him rarely deal with him afterward.

Recalling the past at this moment, and looking at the present, Xu Qing also has sighs in his heart.

So he took a step and appeared on Ghost Emperor Mountain, standing beside Third Senior Brother.

Gazing at the haggard-looking Third Senior Brother, Xu Qing speaks softly.

"Third Senior Brother, do you need me to help you return to your past life?"

The third one is silent, a hint of confusion appearing in his eyes, and after a long while, he shakes his head.

"Fourth, do you want to hear my story?"

Xu Qing nods.

The third one raises his hand, takes out a bottle of old wine, takes a sip, and says hoarsely.

"I was born in this Yinghuang Prefecture... and after I was born, I originally didn't know about my relationship with the Ghost Emperor."

"But there was a voice that kept calling..."

"The direction it pointed to was precisely this mountain."

"And as I grew up, this calling became more and more intense, and it also gave me a sense in the dark that it seemed... this mountain was me."

"Until Master went into seclusion, this voice became more frequent, so I came here."

"You disappeared, First Senior Brother also disappeared, I could guess that you went to find a way to help Master, I also wanted to..."

"So I am here, wanting to merge with this mountain, and in this process... I saw a black tower."

"That tower told me that all these years, it wasn't Ghost Emperor Mountain calling me, but it; it was calling, it wanted my soul, my flesh, everything of mine, and it promised that it could protect Seven Blood Eyes."

"I agreed."

The third one murmurs.

"Actually, I also don't know whether the relationship between me and Ghost Emperor Mountain is really past life and present life..."

"But I wanted to try, so with the help of that black tower, I began to merge with Ghost Emperor Mountain; this process was long, until finally, I vaguely saw you, Fourth, I saw you drawing a line in the starry sky."

"I also saw that mysterious black tower break its connection with me and give me freedom..."

"But..."

The third one raises his head and looks toward Xu Qing.

"At the moment it broke, I discovered that the voice that had appeared in my childhood and called me for half my life... was actually still there!"

"This voice was not transmitted by the black tower at all, and I can be very certain that it wasn't transmitted by Ghost Emperor Mountain either... before that, the black tower deceived me."

"That voice... came from that direction..."

The third one raises his hand and points to the north.

"There is a person there who has been waiting for me... for many years..."

Xu Qing follows Third Senior Brother's pointing and looks to the north; at this moment, ripples rise in his heart.

That is the direction of the Taichu Liyou Pillar, that is... where the Ghost Cave is!

"You asked if I want to merge with the Ghost Emperor; I don't want to, Fourth, I want to go there, want to find the source of the calling voice... want to see the person who is calling me."

The third one looks toward Xu Qing.

"Alright."

Xu Qing raises his hand and waves, and suddenly heaven and earth twist, the void blurs, and the next instant... his and Third Senior Brother's figures have disappeared from Ghost Emperor Mountain.

When they appear, they are actually on the ice field north of Yinghuang Prefecture.

Standing in the firmament.

Amidst the howling cold wind, the Taichu Liyou Pillar stands astonishingly in the wind and snow.

And as Xu Qing and the third one appear, this huge Liyou Pillar suddenly begins to tremble, and the originally dim seal runes on it instantly brighten one by one.

Finally, the entire Taichu Liyou Pillar shines with brilliant light.

But Third Senior Brother does not pay attention to this change in the Taichu Liyou Pillar; his gaze at this moment, without any distraction, is gathered on the ground.

To be precise, what he is looking at... is the place where the Taichu Liyou Pillar connects with the earth!

Which is the entrance to the Ghost Cave!

"The voice that kept calling me all these years, it turns out it was here..."

The third one's voice is a bit trembling; murmuring, he instinctively raises his hand and presses it toward the Taichu Liyou Pillar.

As he raises his right hand, perhaps it is the continuous merging with Ghost Emperor Mountain over these past thirty years, or perhaps it is the lack of external influence from the God-Sovereign black tower, making his connection with this Taichu Liyou Pillar tighter and no longer distorted.

Thus, the Taichu Liyou Pillar immediately begins to rumble.

Amidst the shock of the cultivators in the surrounding tents, that Taichu Liyou Pillar actually rises slowly under this huge sound.

In this process, the ice field trembles!

And the Taichu Liyou Pillar rises higher and higher, finally pulling out directly from the ground!

Flying into the sky!

The wild wind on the earth sweeps across, howling in all directions, countless tents are lifted, and the cultivators of various races living here to cultivate also retreat in shock one after another.

There are even some Sword Holders here who now change their expressions and ascend into the sky one after another, wanting to see what happened.

And on the ground, as the Taichu Liyou Pillar ascends, a huge and pitch-black cave entrance actually appears!

That cave entrance is precisely... the Ghost Cave!

While bursts of cold air disperse from within, there is also the sound of a woman singing, echoing faintly within that Ghost Cave.

"Past life does not come, rebirth is always there, cutting off lovesickness to paint dust..."

"Wandering in this life, the rest of life buried long, who is waiting in the cycle of reincarnation..."

The sound is beautiful and sad, like weeping and complaining.

As if carrying countless regrets and reluctance from the past life, bit by bit, kneading the confusion of this life and the loneliness of the rest of life into this melody.

Every word seems to be ground from endless lovesickness and desolation, swirling in this wind and snow, dragging long tails, like the love threads that cannot be cut and are still chaotic, weaving a sad and melancholy picture between heaven and earth.

It makes one seem to see the various things missed in the past life, those loves sealed in time, which can only helplessly turn into dust, dissipating in the wind of the years, leaving only a faint sorrow lingering in the heart.

Rising and falling...

Outside the dream of three lives, old memories are hard to change, leaving only remnant thoughts swaying in the wind.

Four lives of sadness, obsession becomes failure, tears spilled on the bridge of Naihe.

Five lives of empty waiting, fate is hard to have again, alone leaning in the cold cave to tell of love's blockage.

Six lives of lonely sorrow, old dreams become haze, even if the beauty is scattered, it is hard to be there...