Chapter 148: This Era Will Not See Anyone Truly Die, We All

Don’t make it sound so simple! Can we just easily accept something like this?!

Three Celestial Treasures! These are three Celestial Treasures! The Wangquan Baye template, the Flame Dragon armor—the strongest under the Emperor in the Shadow Armor line—and Ryūjin Jakka, the strongest Fire-type Zanpakutō! Even for Ye Shen, possessing three Celestial Treasures is absurdly excessive!

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Of course they knew Ye Shen had used the Flame Dragon Armor last time on West Lake—but if that’s true, then doesn’t that mean Ye Shen possesses three Celestial Treasures?!

Three! That’s three!

The Wangquan Baye template alone is already powerful enough; once fully developed, it reaches at least the fourth rank. The Flame Dragon Armor has no upper limit—the stronger its wielder, the greater the enhancement, and it can even unleash overwhelming power in short bursts through sheer will.

As the strongest and oldest Fire-type Zanpakutō, Ryūjin Jakka’s Bankai grants its wielder absolute fifth-rank destructive power.

Not to mention Ye Shen possesses cultivation talent stronger than nearly every character in the anime—he mastered the Wangquan Sword Intent in just ten days after obtaining the Wangquan Baye template, surpassed the template itself within months, reached fifth rank, and ascended to the top of the Transcendent Rankings!

Even the Great Xia could only place him on equal footing with Zhong Lao, never claiming Zhong Lao was stronger.

Under these circumstances, Ye Shen becoming the master of the Flame Dragon Armor all but secures his future as one of Great Xia’s top—and possibly strongest—figures.

That alone is enough to make anyone envious, yet now you tell me Ye Shen also obtained Ryūjin Jakka?!

One person, three Celestial Treasures—all of them powerful—and on top of that, Ye Shen himself possesses the strongest cultivation talent known among all human Transcendents.

How can we, who’ve never even seen one Celestial Treasure, accept this so easily?!

Still, despite all that, they were secretly a little happy.

How to put it? When they saw the third-rank mutated monkey that ate the Gura Gura no Mi, they’d been tense—not just because the monkey had consumed the fruit, but because they feared humanity might not be as special as they’d assumed.

True, many Celestial Treasures invading reality can only be obtained and used by humans—but there are also Celestial Treasures like the Devil Fruits, usable by anyone.

Humanity is special, but not unique.

Moreover, all known third-rank humans so far are Celestial Treasure holders; not a single pure Ability user has been reported.

They didn’t know whether the pure Ability users were hiding, waiting for the first human to reach third rank before revealing their own power, or whether there truly were no pure third-rank Ability users at all.

So even after Gu Che, Shen Mo, and Lin Ruoxi brutally subdued the mutated monkey, they still felt uneasy about the future, wondering if one day a mutated creature might emerge that even Ye Shen and Zhong Lao couldn’t stop.

But now, seeing Ye Shen alone possess three Celestial Treasures, they suddenly felt at ease.

Of course they were envious—but Ye Xuan was still one of them.

It was far more terrifying to imagine a mutated creature, impossibly lucky and powerful, appearing than a human who, through sheer fortune and unmatched talent, obtained three Celestial Treasures within months of the Qi Revival.

Countless wars are inevitable in the future; beast hordes won’t just attack Qingshan County. But no matter how the future changes, humanity will remain the strongest force of this era.

Of course, that’s not enough—but at least with this truth, humanity’s future won’t be too bleak.

As for the deaths caused by the beast horde in Qingshan County, and the casualties among the Tian Shu Bureau during its defense, the Bureau never hid these facts, and no one ignored them—grief was real.

But unlike the past, when death meant finality—“dead is dead, no return”—now, due to the Qi Revival and dimensional invasions, resurrection has become a tangible possibility, even a likely one.

With the hope of resurrection, people naturally accepted death more readily.

The Tian Shu Bureau actively promoted this mindset, even issuing official announcements.

{To all citizens of Great Xia:

In the battle against the beast horde in Qingshan County, we lost many brave warriors; they built our defenses with flesh and blood, sacrificing their lives to protect the lights behind them.

The Tian Shu Bureau extends our deepest condolences to all fallen members—their names and deeds shall be forever engraved in Great Xia’s history.

But we wish to say more than this.

In this new era, the miracle of resurrection is no longer beyond reach.

The Tian Shu Bureau hereby guarantees to all:

Should a Celestial Treasure capable of resurrection appear, or should any Tian Shu Bureau member awaken such an ability, we will immediately disclose it to all citizens of Great Xia and spare no effort to bring back every fallen soul.

This day may take ten years, a hundred years, or longer;

Perhaps our generation will never witness it in our lifetimes;

But believe this—there will come a day when the departed shall reunite.

Until then, we inherit their will, and we forge their future.

Great Xia endures; the heroic spirits never fade.}

This guarantee caused unprecedented upheaval—especially when issued under the Tian Shu Bureau’s name, it would elevate the public’s hope for resurrection to its peak. If this promise were ever broken, the blow to public faith would be unimaginable.

If this world were merely experiencing Qi Revival, the Tian Shu Bureau would never dare issue such a statement. But how could they not, when the very fantasies of humanity—Devil Fruits, Zanpakutō, Armor Templates—had now materialized in reality?

In such a world, if they lacked even this belief, what reason would they have to guide the people toward hope?

As for the old arguments from countless stories—“playing with the souls of the dead is disrespectful”—those were words spoken by fictional characters. What do they have to do with real people?

If you could bring back your dead loved ones and friends to life, and if you yourself could be resurrected after death—who would willingly die?

Of course, once Great Xia truly masters this power—or if a being emerges who can reverse the river of time and resurrect everyone—there will be limits on resurrection.

But those who died defending Great Xia’s citizens, those innocent civilians lost in the beast hordes, absolutely deserve resurrection.

They have the right to enjoy, in this new world, the peaceful lives they were meant to live.

(End of Chapter)