Chapter 443: The Scallion Calamity, the Reincarnation Seal

The vast sky stretched endlessly, where heaven met the sea of clouds, light and shadow interwoven, framing a majestic presence.

The aura of immortal spirit transformed into dazzling, colorful streams of light, as if echoing the voice of the Dao itself.

This was Shuijing Peak—the former Xianning Sect, now the Tianyi Sect—a mobile crystal base continuously fortified by Su Lin, gathering countless treasures from other worlds and scriptures and techniques of cultivation from myriad realms.

Boom—

The jade bottle of Zui Xian Niang fell onto the stone steps; shock surged from his wide, trembling eyes, revealing before him an eternal emerald stele, standing tall at the horizon's end, grand and solemn.

"I must've taken a wrong turn."

Su Lin once again worried about his alcohol-induced hallucinations—he really should quit drinking.

"Master, wu wu wu wu…"

He rubbed his eyes, ignoring the stares of those around him and the voice echoing from the clouds above, changed into his pajamas, and prepared to step into the historical fissure.

"Master!!! Help me…!"

Such a strong scent of scallion—probably just craving scallion lamb. I'll buy some lamb and cook it myself after I wake up.

"Avoidance won't solve the problem." Kleen extended his cane from the mist of history, pressing it against Su Lin's forehead: "Think with your fourth-dimensional pocket—something like shrinking the lamp… you should have something like that, right?"

In those few brief seconds, as the towering emerald entity stirred with emotion, a vast wave of verdant demonic energy swept over Su Lin.

Instantly, even his clothes were infused with the scent.

"..." Su Lin sniffed the overwhelming scent of scallion rising to his crown, permeating even the spiritual energy, making his cultivation power itself taste of it.

He finally understood why Song Shuhang and Yi Leina carried that scallion scent—the kind that never fades.

"Master! I'm wrong, I'm truly wrong, wu wu wu… Help me, Master my lord!" Each cry from the Scallion Maiden triggered a tidal wave of scallion-infused spiritual energy; as her emotions intensified, the scallion concentration in the surrounding spiritual energy continued to rise.

Su Lin stared blankly at the colossal green scallion piercing the heavens—its upper body gleamed like jade, its lower half white as sheep fat, towering like a mountain yet radiating shimmering light.

"No wonder it's the form of Heaven's will—already mastered the Law of Heaven and Earth so quickly." Su Lin sighed.

"Friend Su…" Han Li walked over from the bonfire where Weigong Shilang and others were roasting, holding a string of grilled scallion segments: "She's absorbed too much essence condensed from sun and moon—now she's already become… how many ten thousand years…"

Han Li paused, glanced at the scallion segments in his hand, then added: "Scallion Treasure."

Why not Scallion Demon??

"For the next ten years… a hundred years—I won't eat anything with scallion in it." Heihuang lay sprawled on the ground, clutching his stomach.

King Dou Dou pinched his nose: "Canine sense of smell is a curse right now!"

"Not so bad…" Ye Fan ate his skewer of roasted meat, expression calm: "Just won't want to fight anyone for a while."

He channeled divine power, gently raising his hand—ten thousand threads descended, each naturally formed, brimming with… scallion fragrance.

"We've been trying our best." Pang Bo, chewing his meal, said: "It's been over a week—you finally came back."

You've been eating for over a week?!

"The Sky-Controlling Vase… the spiritual fluid of the Sky-Controlling Vase…" Su Lin murmured, when suddenly the colossal scallion pulsed like a tide; the surrounding space twisted, and the mountain-like form swelled another circle.

Su Lin turned to Han Li, who replied: "The Sky-Controlling Vase is still beneath her. Zhongli has maintained the seal, tightly locking this space—otherwise, the Scallion Maiden would've already grown outside."

Could this idiot scallion have rooted herself into the Sky-Controlling Vase? Wasn't she still on the Enlightenment Stone?

In fact, as Su Lin suspected, the Scallion Maiden was now filled with regret.

As a plant-type demon, she naturally absorbed the spiritual fluid of the Sky-Controlling Vase—initially just occasionally sipping it like a drink.

Most times, after watering a seedbed, she'd reward herself with one drop.

Not for any reason other than it tasted good; she'd communicated with the other plants in the seedbed and learned that one drop each morning and evening was optimal—too much at once was hard to absorb.

But gradually, she noticed her internal spiritual energy accumulating more and more—the limit on how much she could drink each time no longer applied to her.

In other words, others needed to digest, but she, the Scallion Maiden, didn't need to digest—she could keep drinking forever.

Talent!

This was what they called talent!

After centuries of wasted time, after joining "All Demons of the World Unite as One Family" and being suppressed into studying Buddhist teachings.

She, the Scallion Maiden, had finally found her own protagonist-level talent to develop!

This discovery filled her with ecstatic joy—she even volunteered to take over Senior Brother Emperor Yufeng's duties, diligently and tirelessly watering the immortal herbs and spiritual plants on Shuijing Peak every day.

Of course, she'd modestly reward herself—say, one drop per seedbed watered.

Everything was fine—until one day she had a sudden idea: to drink her fill all at once…

When she came to her senses…

She couldn't pull herself out! Absolutely couldn't!

Not like rooting into the Enlightenment Stone—she'd grown too large, and couldn't be pulled free!

Upon learning the full story, Meng Qi clapped in admiration: "Impressive, truly impressive."

It's truly difficult for an ordinary person to pull off such a feat.

"Her body is now extremely hard—ordinary methods can't break through. We're waiting for you to return and rely on brute force to achieve a miracle." Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan tossed bundle after bundle of scallion chunks into the alchemical furnace, occasionally adding auxiliary ingredients:

"Who's going to bring Zhongli some food? Nine-Spirit Scallion Pills with Scallion Spiritual Fluid—honestly, I've never seen a heavenly treasure make me this nauseous… this is hell."

Weigong Shilang nodded, as if drained: "A hell where every ingredient is tainted with scallion flavor… Scallion Duck, Scallion-Braised Beef, Scallion-Lamb Stir-Fry—all end up tasting only of scallion."

Indeed—even wrapped in pancakes with soybean paste, it's still Scallion Hell…

"That doesn't make sense—even if it's tough, how tough could it be?" Su Lin disagreed with Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan: "Just give her a resurrection artifact, then unleash a few super cannons—brute force miracle, right?"

After speaking, Su Lin noticed everyone had fallen silent.

"Friend Su, do you still recall what the true origin of Han's Sky-Controlling Vase is?" Han Li asked.

Su Lin nodded: "Born from the primordial Dao, the first mysterious artifact of chaos—containing the laws of time, the laws of reincarnation, even all three thousand Dao principles… Wait, let me discuss with Ye Fan first—I'll erase Heihuang's memories."

Heihuang's dog eyes glowed—he instantly shot up at Su Lin's words, his red flowered shorts clamped tight around his tail as he flew skyward.

"No problem—I've been prepared for it since long ago." Han Li didn't care; ever since learning information could leak to other worlds, he'd taken precautions.

Of course, before he could fully unleash the Sky-Controlling Vase's power, storing the sun-moon essence-concentrated ripening fluid on Shuijing Peak was still a decent option… probably…

Han Li looked at the giant scallion and set aside his doubts for now, saying:

"The previous life of Scallion Maiden was the Fifth Heavenly Dao of the Shuhang world; she once sacrificed herself to fill the void in the Wheel of Reincarnation. Whether by chance or fate, something was triggered—now, Scallion Maiden is extremely difficult to harm truly."

The Fifth Heavenly Dao once established the Wheel of Reincarnation system and transformed her body into the Wheel itself, benefiting all beings. In every cycle of the next hundred, thousand lifetimes, after each reincarnation ended, her soul returned to the Reincarnation Seal to complete the Wheel.

The ripening power of the Palm Heaven Vase is in fact the most basic power; besides containing the temporal laws that condense the Supreme Nectar, it holds other mysteries.

Palm Heaven Vase, Reincarnation Law, Reincarnation Heavenly Dao, ripening spiritual fluid, plant-type demons—ok, all the elements are fully loaded...

"Where did that brat Emperor Yufeng go?"

Su Lin felt like he was being driven to laugh in fury; he searched everywhere but saw no trace of the kid: "I told him to take good care of the new junior sister, and this is how he takes care of her? Where is he?"

"He ran off two weeks ago." Ye Fan handed Su Lin a letter: "He suddenly said he wanted to go out for trials, and told us to guard a nearly mature immortal herb. Well, when we got here, we found nothing but a scallion."

Su Lin took the letter, which bore a note addressed to him—

Master,

Greetings upon reading this letter. This scallion keeps growing, and its taste is truly horrifying. It reminded me of the loneliness I felt when my divine source was sealed. I began to wonder: what is life?... It's time to go out and wander. Perhaps, through exploration and travel, I too can become a 【Protagonist】.

P. S.: I believe the junior sister's situation isn't serious. As the saying goes, misfortune leans on fortune, and fortune hides within misfortune. When I return as Emperor, I'll restore her to her original form. Of course, if you, Master, restore her first, that's also acceptable.

"You're dead." Su Lin tossed the letter into Especially Especially Especially Xiao Yan's dantian furnace.

"Master, Grand Elder, Second Elder, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth Elders... waaah..."

The spiritual tide came again, mixed with something else. In a sense, she truly has exceptional skill in causing chaos.

"Didn't you ask Shi Hao for help?" Su Lin asked.

Logically, using the Great Luo Sword Embryo should have cleanly cut off this scallion.

"Shi Hao did his best." Ye Fan's body began emitting scallion-infused spiritual power; Ye Qingxian walked over and patted his back to help him metabolize it.

At first Su Lin didn't understand, but when he reached the foot of the Scallion Mountain, he realized Shi Hao had truly done his best.

"Can't finish it. Impossible to finish." Shi Hao spoke muffledly: "It grew another circle bigger."

Holding the Great Luo Sword Embryo, his body shimmered with divine radiance; space was sliced into countless neat fragments, along with the chaotic laws and spiritual energy—all turned into neatly cut sections of scallion.

"These scallions are treasures!" Shi Hao stuffed pile after pile into his Sea of Qi, chewing: "They're not quite divine herbs or immortal plants, but they make up for it in sheer quantity."

He was still chewing scallion, and beside him, an unknown beast simmered in a pot; the only drawback was there was no meat aroma—only scallion scent.

These people...

They probably started out planning a full scallion banquet and never intended to solve the problem immediately.

Su Lin could somewhat understand Scallion Maiden's fear—after all, watching yourself being eaten is too cruel.

But it's her own fault too; it's punishment for her greed. The future punishment of the Sea of Questions Hell will be reserved solely for Emperor Yufeng...

Su Lin asked: "Is it about done?"

"It's not that I'm hoarding these scallions—though I did collect a lot over the years..." Shi Hao pointed to a tunnel carved at the foot of the Scallion Mountain:

"It's what's inside you need to see. If I went all out, the scene might become uncontrollable."

As Shi Hao spoke, his hands continued slashing; streams of sword light flew, performing a slimming surgery on the enlarged green scallion—his technique was practiced, as if he'd done this many times before.

"Could it be that the Fifth Heavenly Dao revived using the Palm Heaven Vase?" Meng Qi said beside him.

Su Lin's face twitched slightly; such possibilities occasionally arose—like how his former Divine Light God's Divine Core once reacted with the Dragon Baby, causing strange phenomena when certain things across the myriad worlds met.

But this time, Su Lin overthought it. When they stepped inside, they found it was no longer plant matter—it resembled a crystallized mine shaft, covered in countless array patterns and runes, with talismans for stabilizing space plastered everywhere.

Flashing images passed through the crystal: the life of a dragon girl, the life of a beast girl... Finally, after all races appeared, a sprout of scallion broke through the ground.

"..." Clever.

Su Lin looked at Zhong Li, dressed in brocade black robes, and the white-robed White Zunzhe, and asked: "What are these?"

"Probably... her past-life memories." Zhong Li's feet connected golden-immortal energy with array patterns on the ground; he explained:

"Perhaps influenced by the Palm Heaven Vase, or perhaps due to Scallion Maiden's growth, a phantom mark appeared on the scallion sprout. According to White Daoist and Shuhang's analysis, it's most likely a projection of the Reincarnation Seal."

"These past-life memories originate from that projection. Extracting the Palm Heaven Vase is easy—the key is preserving the mark without harming Scallion Maiden."

"Therefore, these past days, I've been using the Cave Heaven and Five Elements techniques to solidify this place, while Shi Hao prevents Scallion Maiden from growing further and reduces her size."

The crystal was small, its interior swirling with mysterious runes, yet it perfectly enclosed the Palm Heaven Vase.

To extract the Palm Heaven Vase, one must destroy the crystal—but before destroying it, all the giant scallions clinging to the crystal must be cleared away.

In a sense, Scallion Maiden is the final lifetime; when this life ends, the Wheel of Reincarnation in the Song Shuhang world will be completed...

"Why not just go with it?" Su Lin suggested. "Amitabha—completing the Wheel of Reincarnation is a great merit, my disciple."

To their surprise, a line of text appeared near the crystal in response: "No! My demon life has just begun, waaah (πーπ)", "Save me, I haven't even enjoyed demon life yet qaq", "I'll never steal again╥﹏╥"

"I'll use my Sleeve of the Void to take her away, then head to the Immortal Realm or your side," Meng Qi stroked his chin, proposing a solution:

"We should still try to preserve the crystal—if we can observe the mysteries within, it would be an unparalleled opportunity for cultivation."

White Zunzhe nodded. "I agree. But only you and Su Daoist can accomplish this."

Unexpectedly, Scallion Maiden had prepared a master-disciple gift—no wonder this group had specifically sent two "envoys" to Li Huowang's world to urge him to return.

"Let's do it this way." Su Lin nodded. Beside him, Meng Qi began guiding everyone to leave.

"Wait." Zhong Li walked over and tapped the crystallized wall: "Mr. Stark, it's time for us to leave."

A crack appeared in the wall; a door opened, and out stepped a figure clad in armor of white and green scallion skin, eyes glowing green... a Scallion Hero?!

"Phew—!" Tony Stark lifted his helmet, took a breath, and looked at Su Lin and Meng Qi: "My God, this smell is stronger than wasabi—pungent and fragrant."

"It's a miracle. I've considered bio-armor before, but using plant material? First time."

He pointed with his thumb to the makeshift workshop and piles of equipment behind him.

"Now those environmentalists won't have anything to say..."

"Now those environmentalists should have nothing to say..."