Chapter 130: How Could I Let Her Suffer?

Is 【Reincarnation Deduction】 ultimately illusory or real?

Gu Jiangming's earliest understanding was that it was illusory, but later on, Gu Jiangming discovered that this 【Reincarnation Deduction】 was becoming increasingly real.

This sense of reality almost transcended time and space.

Every person's choices, every person's changes, and every person's trajectory according to the situation were all carried out in accordance with their personality traits from the original history.

Gu Jiangming had always felt that he was lacking some kind of understanding, and now he had finally found it.

That is, the reverence for history, and the most basic respect for the things that might have happened in history.

Because he could change things, and was able to change them, Gu Jiangming had always maintained an indifferent attitude; he subconsciously treated 【Mie Changsheng】 as an online game, even though this online game could change things that had happened in the past.

However, within the 【Mie Changsheng】 screen, it is hard to imagine the people who appear in those information interfaces as living, breathing lives; you would only think of them as a set of data.

This kind of emotion is pathological.

The main reason Gu Jiangming had not noticed this abnormality before was that he had not poured any real emotion into it, simply treating it all as a good play.

A predetermined script.

But after seeing Gu Nianmo, and hearing those monologues spoken straight from the heart by his own son, Gu Jiangming discovered what he was missing and what he lacked.

It was empathy as a human, and emotion as a human.

Everyone in 【Mie Changsheng】 has their own life; it is only now that Gu Jiangming has discovered the root of the problem regarding this cognitive bias.

And Gu Jiangming finally realized what exactly was missing between him and Jiu Jiu.

Gu Mingyue, her precious daughter who was originally his emotional anchor, had disappeared in the process of changing Reincarnation, yet he had never noticed this change.

Because Gu Jiangming's understanding of Gu Mingyue was limited only to his understanding of his daughter within 【Reincarnation Deduction】; apart from that, he had nothing.

【Mie Changsheng】 did not grant Gu Jiangming inherited memories, nor did it grant him inherited cultivation; it was merely a tool that allowed Gu Jiangming to act freely while telling him what kind of changes his actions would bring.

"When I change Reincarnation and perform deductions according to my way of acting, the past history has already quietly changed."

"Liu Moran, she is not illusory, but my true wife in this lifetime, yet I simply treated all of this as a simple story."

"But."

"What cannot be changed is... her feelings for me."

"If I change my mindset and look at every line of text above, every sentence, and even the unlocked Golden Words, they all prove the sincerity of Liu Moran's feelings."

"If even this cannot prove it, then what else could be used to prove it?"

Most importantly

Gu Jiangming actually hadn't brought many memories to Gu Nianmo, and he had even fallen in the tide of pursuit in the very first year.

And even under such circumstances, Gu Nianmo still remembered him as a father; then there is only one possibility, and that is the change Liu Moran brought for him.

Whether a person likes you or not can be seen from many details; in Liu Moran's life, there is only Gu Jiangming.

"I am truly not a man," Gu Jiangming took a deep breath; now that he had come to his senses, he finally realized what kind of thing he had done.

He had treated Liu Moran entirely as a character to trigger the plot, thinking about how to properly make up for all the main storylines and converge the world line.

While she was earnestly treating Gu Jiangming as her own husband.

Therefore.

How could he let her suffer in this lifetime?

Gu Jiangming always wanted to follow his own script, wanting to set up his own script to fix the format and move toward a situation that was good for everyone.

But no matter how much he considered, the one person he did not respect was Liu Moran.

A blade?

I am going to kill my way back!

Precisely because it is real, he should leave no regrets for his wife and his child; when others need him, how can he retreat now!

【The obsession in your heart is infinitely magnifying the desires within; you do not want to regret, nor do you want the people around you to always look so pained.】

【"Nian Mo... where is he?" You endure the intense pain radiating throughout your body and stand up from the bed with great difficulty, "Was he... taken away by the Qilin Clan?"】

【Liu Moran says nothing; the blood-red color in her eyes can no longer be hidden. She nods and says: "I lost the child, I will find him for you."】

【She still believes to this day that it is her fault.】

【You fought with your life to find a glimmer of survival for you both, yet she failed to protect her own son.】

【You cough while dragging your broken body and say: "I will go find them."】

【"Your body right now..." Liu Moran's gaze returns to you; in her view, your current body is simply not enough to support you to continue moving forward.】

【"I must try even if I can't, I have to do it even if it's impossible; after all, he is my son, I cannot let him suffer, and I cannot let you suffer."】

【"Even if I burn this Immortal and Indestructible body to ashes, I will let the Qilin Clan see the backbone of the Human Dao."】

On the screen, a brand-new prompt appears.

【Proud Bone Born of Heaven】, 【Immortal and Indestructible】, and 【Cultivation to Immortality Through Hundred Refinements】 have formed a new bond, producing a new effect between them.

【When a character possesses the two Golden Words "Proud Bone Born of Heaven" and "Immortal and Indestructible" while simultaneously possessing the "Cultivation to Immortality Through Hundred Refinements" cultivation technique, they will automatically evolve into the brand-new technique "Reversal Ninth Layer Immortal".】

【Those who cultivate the "Reversal Ninth Layer Immortal" technique will possess nine layers of changing forms; the first, second, and third layers will grant recovery abilities far exceeding those of a Primordial Great Demon; the fourth, fifth, and sixth layers will burn the physical body to perform the effect of "Cultivation to Immortality Through Hundred Refinements," allowing the physique to present its strongest state and possess destruction capabilities near the level of Heaven and Earth Enlightenment.】

【Upon opening the seventh and eighth layers, the physical body gradually tends toward becoming a spirit body, no longer being a common mortal frame, and all severe injury states appearing on your entire body will immediately disappear.】

【Upon opening the ninth layer, you can briefly obtain the power that had already been sealed in this world and step into that realm once again; but by the same token, when you release the ninth layer of "Reversal Ninth Layer Immortal," your seven souls and six spirits will completely lose their seven souls.】

【And once the seven souls are lost, every time you reincarnate, you will lose the initial cultivation you should have inherited and will have to start a new path of cultivation all the way.】

Gu Jiangming had originally intended to use the strength of 【Immortal and Indestructible】 to see if he could withstand it head-on; after all, he had already been reckless against the Green-Eyed White Tiger, and apart from exhaustion, he was perfectly capable of fighting.

He knew he might not succeed.

But Gu Jiangming had to try.

The logic is simple: if you don't try because you can't do it, then you will stay at the first step for your whole life and never be able to take the second step.

Regardless of success or failure, going to try is the attitude.

If you don't try, what kind of man are you?

To know something cannot be done, yet to do it anyway—this is the mettle a great man should possess.

This is the response Gu Jiangming gives to the wife of this life and the child of this life.

After Liu Moran and Gu Nianmo provided emotional value, Gu Jiangming naturally had to repay them in his capacity as her man.

If the seven souls are lost, so be it.

One must not lose one's backbone.

【You no longer answer, bracing your stiff body, walking step by step toward the outside.】

【You know that this path is one you must walk, because behind you are people you cannot abandon.】

【Gu Nianmo is your son.】

【His life is something he should decide for himself.】

On the other side, Gu Nianmo's life is still in the process of continuing.

【You have been hungry for several days, and you are very clear that this is the Qilin Clan deliberately making things difficult for you, wanting to force you to submit.】

【However, you did not follow their wishes; although you think dying of hunger is a humiliation, whenever you think of your father and your mother who always smiles at you, you ignite with boundless fighting spirit, and you want to resist to the end.】

【"Kid, hungry?" A Qilin walked in and said arrogantly: "Letting you acknowledge your ancestors and return to your clan is not such a difficult thing."】

【"Our Qilin lineage is an ancient god race, a grade higher than monsters. Now, the most fertile Beidi in the Nine Provinces is under our feet. With this Qilin Divine Blood, your future achievements will only be higher than ours."】

【"As long as you are willing to bow your head, our Qilin Clan will naturally do our utmost to cultivate you."】

【"But I am human." Your childish voice remained the same, without the slightest change, only firm, "I can lead your Qilin Clan, but you cannot strip away my identity as a human. My parents can only be my parents; you cannot force titles upon me."】

【"You don't know what's good for you." The Qilin said angrily: "Is it so humiliating to let you acknowledge us Qilin as your ancestors?"】

【"We have already given you a chance." It said coldly, preparing to leave. Before leaving, it paused and said: "Lord Zhou Kai thinks you have this backbone and are a talent worth molding, which is why he has been lenient toward you and unwilling to punish you. Otherwise, your behavior would have long since overstepped the bounds of propriety and trampled on the dignity of our Qilin."】

【"You should know, it's not that the Qilin Divine Blood cannot be taken away; it's just that it exerts a better effect when in your body, which is why your life was spared."】

【"Ridiculous!" You shouted loudly: "You captured me, made me leave my mother, leave my father, and you still want me to be grateful for your kindness? Do you not think your behavior is laughable?"】

【"I will never acknowledge the kindness of your Qilin Clan; I only acknowledge my mother and my father."】

【"Sooner or later, my father will grind your Qilin Clan to dust."】

【"He will definitely save me and won't let me go hungry."】

【"My mother said that my father is the best man in the whole world, and I am the son of the best man in the whole world. Why should I acknowledge your kindness?"】

【"Then just wait for your father to come and save you." The Qilin only said coldly: "When he arrives here, he will only sigh at the foundation of the Qilin."】

【"Because once he sees Lord Zhou Kai, he will likely be terrified. After all, even the strongest among your Human Race in the past were no match for Lord Zhou Kai."】

【"No, my father will definitely come to save me. My mother said he would never abandon me, and my mother will definitely come back too."】

【The words fell.】

【A voice came from outside the hall.】

【"Loose cultivator Gu Jiangming has come to find his son. You Qilin Clan have abducted a child; do you dare come out and meet me?"】

【Gu Jiangming's breathing was not steady; the powerful efficacy brought by being Immortal and Indestructible also brought irreversible sequelae. He felt an inexplicable pain throughout his entire body, and this pain affected him at every moment.】

【Clearly, Gu Jiangming showing up at their door was completely unexpected by the Qilin Clan.】

【Because in the eyes of the Qilin Clan, Gu Jiangming's cultivation was weak. Even if he had defeated the Green-Eyed White Tiger, the Green-Eyed White Tiger was, after all, just a guardian beast watching the gate for the Qilin of Beidi.】

【Truly coming to their door was indeed a form of courage, but it was also an invisible provocation.】

【"My father is here." Gu Nianmo's eyes lit up, his voice filled with joy and anticipation, "My father is here, my father has come to save me."】

【"My mother said my father wouldn't abandon me, and he really came."】

【The Qilin that had just left heard the words inside the hall and couldn't help but sneer: "What are you proud of, kid? Your father daring to show up is a path to self-destruction. If he hadn't come, he might have been spared; now that he has come, it is a sign of disrespect toward us, and he won't be able to leave even if he wants to."】

【"If Elder Jin Qing steps out, he will either die or be injured. You should be glad it isn't Lord Zhou Kai facing him personally."】

【At this moment, Elder Jin Qing's voice sounded faintly, "You impudent junior, barging in here, are you trying to bully us Qilin as if we have no remaining might?"】

【"You speak this way because you want your son to hear it clearly, but how can you, alone, fight against our Qilin Clan?"】

【"Lord Zhou Kai gave me a message: if you can persuade your son to cultivate properly in the Qilin Clan, we will let this matter pass."】

【"Consider it building a good connection."】

【His voice was full of the arrogance of an ancient god; his disdain and pride were as if they were bestowing charity.】

【"You dare to bark so wildly after abducting a child? It would be true stupidity for me to leave my son in your hands. What could you possibly teach him?"】

【"To make him learn to be like you... turning into monsters who only think of their own selfish interests and pride themselves on their power?"】

【"Reverse Nine Heavens Immortal!"】

【Gu Jiangming stopped wasting words. Within his simple words was a Dao Rhyme that was clear and resonant. His body suddenly transformed into a pale blue spirit form, his flowing long hair shining like starlight across Heaven and Earth. In an instant, his surging momentum caused the entire Qilin territory to fall into a slight, chaotic turmoil.】

【"Seventh Layer, open!!!"】

【His opening move was one of the strongest forms of the Reverse Nine Heavens Immortal, and all the fatigue and weakness in Gu Jiangming's body completely vanished into thin air after activating the Seventh Layer of the "Reverse Nine Heavens Immortal".】

【His body slowly returned to its most normal, most comfortable state, and those tightly closed, remnant meridians reconnected.】

【Gu Jiangming's long sleeves fluttered outward, his long hair covering his eyes before his forehead.】

【He spoke slowly: "Nian Mo, you must remember one thing, and that is... no matter what kind of predicament you encounter, never give up."】

【"Even if the road ahead is difficult and hard to traverse, you must forge ahead with determination."】

【You know clearly in your heart what your obsession is.】

【Therefore, regardless of whether the outcome is successful or not, you will face final annihilation.】

【So, you must use yourself to set an example for him.】

【You lowered your voice, saying in a tone of tenderness that others could not hear: "Then, become my pride as much as you can."】

(End of chapter)