Chapter 1340: The Waiting of Six Lives

Eastern Wanggu's Dao was reforged, thereafter……one eternal path, ninety-nine continued cultivation routes.

For Eastern Wanggu, this is merit.

For the myriad races, this is hope.

The path of cultivation, finally continued!

The obsession from the Ancient Spirit Emperor, with the status he once held as Xia Xian, will light a lamp in the darkness before the myriad races.

Dispelling the mist, moving toward the lamp's direction, one can reach the other shore!

"There are still some matters to attend to."

On the azure sky, Xu Qing gazed at the earth, murmuring as he took a step forward.

Zhou Zhengli and the others followed behind, walking with him.

Thus, time passed, three days went by.

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

His silhouette descended one by one upon the powerful clans where those spirits resided.

He also entered places where traces of external power were suspected to exist.

Ultimately, he pulled out one by one nearly all the external chess pieces on the surface.

After doing these, his own fusion of immortal and divine also reached its limit, could not be sustained, and at dusk on the third day, before Ghost Emperor Mountain, he separated.

The divine body detached, merging with the divine essence together.

To a certain extent, the divine body……can already be regarded as an avatar of the Upper Wasteland.

It is the Upper Wasteland's flesh and blood shaped, now also possessing the Upper Wasteland's divine essence.

Although still connected to Xu Qing in the dark, closely related, there are too many uncertainties in its existence.

That is also why Xu Qing did not let it return to the underground palace.

Instead, he sank into the depths of Eastern Wanggu.

Subsequently, returning to his immortal body, he stood before Ghost Emperor Mountain in this dim daylight, gazing upon this vast mountain.

Behind him, Zhou Zhengli and others followed silently.

As for his front……on Ghost Emperor Mountain, there is also a person.

That person, sitting cross-legged on the summit of Ghost Emperor Mountain, clothes somewhat dirty, expression also weary, is closing his eyes to comprehend.

"Third Senior Brother."

Xu Qing spoke softly.

The figure sitting cross-legged on Ghost Emperor Mountain is precisely Seventh Grandfather's third disciple, Xu Qing's Third Senior Brother!

Back then, during the Eastern Wanggu catastrophe, Seventh Grandfather entered seclusion, Xu Qing went out, Chen Erniu went to Huangtian, Second Senior Sister guarded Seventh Blood Pupil, while Old Three……he came to Ghost Emperor Mountain.

He sat cross-legged on the summit.

Sitting thus, it has been nearly half a Jiazi.

He wants to return, wants to use the power of his past life to protect those he cares about in the present world.

Because he, is the reincarnation of the Ghost Emperor!

And his relationship with Ghost Emperor Mountain……Seventh Grandfather clearly knows of it, and in Xu Qing's past memories, traces have appeared multiple times.

Back then, the Ghost Emperor, when sitting in meditation to welcome Huangzhou, transformed three souls into mountains, seven souls into slaughter.

His spiritual power dispersed, nourishing the beings of Huangzhou.

But obviously, his natal essence remains, scattered with the spirit, perhaps a reincarnation, or perhaps due to external force, causing him to be reborn one day years later in Huangzhou.

In youth, he experienced hardship, experienced hatred, ultimately being sent by a servant to Seventh Blood Pupil.

He took Seventh Grandfather as his master.

Became Seventh Grandfather's third disciple.

But obviously, there exists an intangible chasm between past and present lives, wanting to return, wanting to integrate, wanting to reclaim past life's power, is not easy.

Three souls not returning, seven souls not moving.

Natal essence……is merely natal essence.

Thus, Old Three, sitting on Ghost Emperor Mountain for nearly thirty years, did not succeed.

Perhaps, if Xu Qing had not returned, then under that Ancient Immortal Calamity, the Ninth Star Ring Black Tower behind Old Three would send aid, enabling him to successfully fuse with his past life.

Becoming a larger chess piece in the Black Tower's layout for Eastern Wanggu.

But at that time, he might no longer be himself.

However, Xu Qing's return and the demarcation ended the Ancient Immortal Calamity, and simultaneously, the Ninth Star Ring Black Tower, among the four Divine Sovereigns, is the sole one choosing to sever all karma.

Thus, Third Senior Brother……is free.

At this moment, as Xu Qing's voice echoes, Old Three sitting cross-legged on the summit of Ghost Emperor Mountain slowly opens his eyes, hoarsely speaking.

"Fourth Junior Brother……"

Xu Qing's relationship with this Third Senior Brother, compared to Second Senior Sister and Eldest Senior Brother, is much thinner, their interactions also few, the deepest impression in memory is when, at Seventh Blood Pupil, that merfolk princess.

At that time, that princess, fleeing her pursuit into Third Senior Brother's dharma boat, was then gently and smilingly strangled by Third Senior Brother.

That scene once gave Xu Qing a strong impact.

But precisely because of this, vigilance arose in his heart, causing him thereafter to have little interaction with him.

Now recalling the past, looking at the present, Xu Qing also feels a sense of melancholy in his heart.

Thus he took a step forward, appearing on Ghost Emperor Mountain, standing beside Third Senior Brother.

Gazing at the weary expression of Third Senior Brother, Xu Qing spoke softly.

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

Old Three fell silent, a hint of confusion appearing in his eyes, after a while he shook his head.

"Old Four, do you want to hear my story?"

Xu Qing nodded.

Old Three raised his hand, took out a bottle of old liquor, drank a sip, and spoke hoarsely.

"I was born in this Huangzhou... and after my birth, I originally did not know of my relationship with the Ghost Emperor."

"But there has been a voice, constantly calling..."

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

"And as I grew, this call became stronger, and it also gave me a vague sense, as if... this mountain is me."

"Until my master entered seclusion, this voice became more frequent, so I came here."

"You disappeared, and Senior Brother also disappeared; I could guess you went to find a way to help the master, and I also wanted to..."

"So I am here, seeking to merge with this mountain; during this process... I saw a black tower."

"That tower told me that over these years, the one calling me was not Ghost Emperor Mountain, but Him, He is calling, He wants my soul, my flesh, my everything, and He promised to preserve the Seven Blood Eyes."

"I agreed."

Old Three murmured.

"Actually, I also do not know whether I and Ghost Emperor Mountain are connected across past and present lives..."

"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, and ultimately, I vaguely saw you, Old Four, I saw you drawing lines in the starry sky."

"I also saw that mysterious black tower, severed its connection with me, and gave me freedom..."

"But..."

Old Three raised his head, looking toward Xu Qing.

"At the moment of severance, I discovered that the voice that had appeared since my childhood and called me for half my life... was still there!"

"This voice was not from the black tower at all; even sitting here, I can be certain it is not from Ghost Emperor Mountain... before that, the black tower deceived me."

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

Old Three raised his hand, pointing north.

"There is a person there, who has waited for me... for many years..."

Xu Qing followed the direction pointed by his third senior brother, looked northward, and at this moment, waves rose in his heart.

That is the direction of the Taichu Li You Pillar, that is... the Ghost Cave!

"You ask if I want to merge with the Ghost Emperor? I do not, Old Four, I want to go there, I want to find the source of the calling voice... to meet the one who calls me."

Old Three looked at Xu Qing.

"Good."

Xu Qing raised his hand and waved; instantly, heaven and earth twisted, the void blurred, and in the next moment... his and his third senior brother's figures had already vanished into Ghost Emperor Mountain.

Upon appearing, they were indeed on the northern ice plains of Huangzhou.

Standing in the azure sky.

Amid the howling cold wind, the Taichu Li You Pillar stood towering in the wind and snow, astonishingly.

And with the appearance of Xu Qing and Old Three, this enormous Li You Pillar suddenly trembled; the originally dim inscription runes on it instantly brightened one by one.

Finally, the entire Taichu Li You Pillar flashed with dazzling splendor.

But the third senior brother paid no attention to the anomaly of the Taichu Li You Pillar; his gaze at this moment had no distraction, focused entirely on the ground.

Precisely speaking, he looked toward... the junction of the Taichu Li You Pillar and the earth!

That is... the entrance to the Ghost Cave!

"These years, the voice constantly calling me, originally was here..."

Old Three's voice trembled slightly; as he murmured, he instinctively raised his hand and pressed against the Taichu Li You Pillar.

As his right hand rose, perhaps due to the continuous fusion with Ghost Emperor Mountain over these half a century, or perhaps due to the absence of the external influence of the Divine Venerable Black Tower, his connection with this Taichu Li You Pillar became tighter, no longer distorted.

Thus, the Taichu Li You Pillar immediately began to roar.

Amid the shock of the cultivators in the surrounding tents, the Taichu Li You Pillar actually rose slowly under this tremendous sound.

During this process, the ice plains trembled!

And as the Taichu Li You Pillar rose, higher and higher, it finally was pulled straight out from the ground!

Soaring and dancing in the air!

The earth was swept by raging winds, howling in all directions; countless tents were lifted up, and the various clan cultivators practicing here also all retreated in shock.

Moreover, some sword-wielders of this place, at this moment, all changed expression, successively rose into the air, wanting to see what had happened.

And on the ground, as the Taichu Li You Pillar rose, a huge and pitch-black mouth suddenly appeared!

That mouth was precisely... the Ghost Cave!

While waves of cold air seeped out from within, there was also the sound of a woman singing opera, echoing faintly within the Ghost Cave.

"In past life not coming, in afterlife ever present, cutting the lovesick painting dust..."

"In this life lingering, the remainder of life long buried, who in the cycle of rebirth waits..."

The voice was sorrowfully beautiful, like weeping, like lamenting.

As if carrying countless regrets and reluctance from past lives, thread by thread, it blended the confusion of this life and the loneliness of the remainder of life into this melody.

Each character, as if ground from endless longing and desolation, in this wind and snow spun round, dragging a long tail, like those inseparable yet tangled threads of emotion, weaving in heaven and earth a sorrowfully beautiful yet disconsolate painting.

Making one seem to see those various missed opportunities in past lives, those loves sealed in dust by time, only able to helplessly turn to dust, scatter in the wind of years, leaving only a faint trace of sorrow lingering around the heart.

Rising and falling...

Beyond the three-life dream, old memories hard to change, leaving only residual thoughts swaying in the wind.

Four lifetimes of sorrowful affection, obsession determines success or failure, tears shed beside the Naihe Bridge platform.

Five lifetimes empty waiting, affinity hard to renew, alone leaning against the cold cave to speak of the frontier pass.

Six generations of lonely sorrow, old dreams turned to haze, scattered fragrance cannot remain……