Chapter 324: The Play Ends, the Person Returns (End of the Immortal Chapter.)

The Stone Book fell into Lin Chao's hands.

Inside the Stone Book, there were many characters.

They were dense and crooked, bearing a great difference from the Daxia Language.

Lin Chao's gaze was profound; he was very familiar with these characters.

These were the characters of the Lingxuan World.

Recorded above were the names of the God Generals, one by one.

Zhao Kuang, God General of the Greedy Tiger, 120,000 points of military merit, fell in the Final Battle.

Xia He, God General of the Red Cherry, 130,000 points of military merit, fell in the Final Battle.

Zhuge Jing, God General of the Heavenly Convergence, 110,000 points of military merit, fell in the Final Battle.

Inside the Stone Book, the names of martial arts were densely recorded.

There were God Generals, and there were also Ordinary soldiers.

It could be said that the Azure Army that perished back then was all recorded in this Stone Book.

This book also appeared when Xu Ling was truly born into this world.

"Two hundred and fifty-seven God Generals, and countless soldiers."

Lin Chao sighed.

These names appeared before his eyes once again.

He did not inherit much of Ling Xuan's memories.

But among these God Generals, there were quite a few he remembered deeply.

For example, Zhuge Jing, who had walked out of the mountain stronghold following Ling Xuan.

Zhuge Jing had a free-spirited personality, and a smile always hung on his face.

However, Lin Chao knew that he had a tragic childhood; when he was young, his village was slaughtered by the demon race, and he became a beggar in the city with his younger sister.

Naturally, he was also trained by gang members and worked part-time as a thief.

In order to support his younger sister, he was very diligent and worked very hard.

However, his younger sister once fell gravely ill and needed to see a doctor; the doctor held up ten fingers.

The treatment fee was ten large coins.

On his entire body, he did not have a single large coin.

He had no choice but to go to the street to steal, and even sold his own organs, yet he only obtained six large coins.

He knelt before the medicine hall, kowtowing continuously, begging the doctor to save his younger sister, but the doctor was still unwilling.

It was just short by four large coins.

Four.

Having sold his organs, he had absolutely no ability to go steal again.

His younger sister eventually died of illness.

Zhuge Jing felt very powerless.

These matters were told to Ling Xuan by Zhuge Jing once while drunk.

At that time, Zhuge Jing, who was a noble God General, was streaming with tears and snot.

It was just short by four large coins, what a pity he simply could not scrape them together.

When he was a God General, the wine he drank daily was worth more than four large coins.

Yet at that time, he was so powerless.

Two hundred and fifty-seven God Generals, and those hundreds of millions of soldiers.

One cannot say they were all good people, nor can one say they were evil people.

Each of them had their own story.

Perhaps ordinary, perhaps trivial, but that was their life.

Perhaps, after the Final Battle ended, there were still people who remembered the names of those God Generals.

But the names of those soldiers were known to no one.

Only this Stone Book still recorded these names.

Throughout the myriad worlds and the long passage of time, perhaps only Lin Chao knew of their existence.

"Is the order in which these names appear related to the Qi-Blood Martial Dao I practice?"

Lin Chao earnestly flipped through this Stone Book.

This Stone Book was somewhat similar to a Supreme Treasure he had seen before, the Luo Book, but it was different.

He also did not know why it was like this.

Perhaps, in the hundreds of thousands of years that Ling Xuan disappeared, it had some connection with the Luo Book.

"I have already cultivated the current True Spirit Art to Great Success.

This technique that represents myself is just one opportunity away from stepping into the realm of perfection.

So, the opportunity is here."

The opportunity was this Stone Book.

Lin Chao turned the book to the last page.

All the characters ended.

A few sparse words, yet they recorded the past of hundreds of millions of living beings.

However, at the end of these characters, a period was missing.

This period, however, requires Lin Chao to complete it himself.

When he fills in the period, it will mean that his cultivation technique will truly be perfected.

And he will then be able to truly step into the Ninth Tier.

It is just that Lin Chao knows writing that period is not such a simple matter.

"Cang Yi severed the Qi-Blood Martial Dao and isolated the Innate Gods.

Later, I alone chose to bear all the Innate Gods."

Lin Chao's gaze is profound.

This bearing is no ordinary bearing.

He still remembers that after the Azure Army was annihilated, many elderly, women, and children came to the battlefield.

Those people once said they were willing to keep vigil for the Azure Army.

If Ling Xuan's Reincarnation Method were truly effective, they would use their own lives to give the Azure Army a new birth, a new vitality.

"So... the living beings of this world, perhaps..."

Lin Chao understands.

If everything is true.

Then, the living beings revived by the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood might be that group of people who kept vigil for the Azure Army.

It could be them, and yet it might not be them.

If the Innate Gods revive and the Azure Army reappears, then all these living beings will die.

However, Lin Chao's current strength is already comparable to the Ninth Tier.

He knows that the difficulty of truly resurrecting a person is actually harder than imagined.

I fear that even if all the living beings in this world were to perish, the vitality provided would not be enough to support the awakening of the Azure Army.

Therefore, the final outcome might be that all the living beings of this world are extinguished.

And the Azure Army still never reappears in the world.

What the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood created will ultimately become a dream.

This world will return to its original desolate scene.

And Cang Yi changed this.

The Qi-Blood Martial Dao was stripped away, and Lin Chao alone bore the Azure Army.

"So... if the Azure Army returns, will my vitality also be stripped away?"

"The living beings of this realm cannot support the revival of the Azure Army.

What about the vitality of... a Longevity Being?"

Truly resurrecting living beings is a truly heaven-defying act.

This kind of difficulty is even harder than creating life out of thin air.

I fear that even the woman Lin Chao saw hanging in the sky when he first arrived in this world could not truly resurrect those who have passed away.

Moreover, the living beings to be resurrected have been gone for who knows how many years.

Perhaps... a kalpa?

Lin Chao looks at the Stone Book, his gaze calm.

Having experienced so much, Lin Chao actually had guesses in his heart long ago.

However, he did not care.

It is enough to live well in the present; considering so much is too tiring instead.

At this moment, Lin Chao closed his eyes.

Countless images surged into his mind.

Ling Xuan led his personal troops and the Princess sent for marriage into the heart of the demon race, only to be slaughtered by the demon race.

Those personal troops had fear, terror, despair, and anger in their eyes, but not one of them dropped their weapons.

Facing the formidable Outsiders, the Azure Army clearly could not win, yet they charged onto the battlefield without hesitation.

They seemed to be proving that the Azure was the strongest army in this world, and that they could roam the world at will.

Even though more than half of the soldiers were killed in action, they did not retreat a single step when facing the Outsiders.

In the end, all of the Azure Army, including those two hundred and fifty-seven God Generals, even went to their deaths generously, creating the invincible-in-heaven-and-earth Ling Xuan.

Repaying the lord's intent on the Gold platform, carrying the jade dragon to die for the lord.

Ling Xuan treated them as national scholars, so they naturally went to their deaths generously without hesitation.

Ultimately, Ling Xuan carried everyone's prayers and slaughtered all the enemies from beyond the sky.

This image reminded Lin Chao of the Ghost.

At that time, when he annihilated the World-Destroying Buddha, it was also countless Ghosts who sacrificed themselves to achieve him.

History always has similarities.

It is a pity that the once majestic Azure Army no longer exists.

What their history was like, what their battle records were like.

No one knows.

Even Lin Chao only knows a little through some fragments of Ling Xuan.

Yesterday, the lord went to his death, sleeping through the years.

Today, if it were Ling Xuan, he would likely also be willing to trade himself to bring these soldiers back to the human world.

At this time, Lin Chao opened his eyes.

He stretched out his finger and landed it on the last page of the Stone Book, on the final text.

A period is slowly forming at this moment.

Endless vitality begins to drain from Lin Chao's body.

In an instant, Lin Chao feels as if he has experienced ten thousand years.

The period is slowly forming.

His realm also begins to climb continuously.

The world undergoes a tremendous change at this moment.

A thousand miles away, Qin Yao looks up, a look of shock appearing on her face: "What is that?"

At this very moment, on the streets and in the fields, countless people look up at the sky.

They see countless images appearing above the Heavenly Vault.

It is as if there are countless soldiers wearing dark blue armor fighting on a battlefield.

Gold weapons and iron horses, the flames of war setting the plains ablaze.

Every breath, tens of thousands of soldiers die in battle.

Yet the soldiers in the rear charge forward one after another.

"What is going on?"

"What is that?"

Countless people look up at the sky, not knowing what has happened.

However, those scenes of slaughter seem to carry a contagious power.

Seeing those images, their hearts tremble, and unspeakable emotions spread—there is sorrow, excitement, and also guilt.

"... What exactly is it?"

The images on the Heavenly Vault become increasingly solid; those soldiers bathing in blood on the battlefield seem to be coming to life.

"Are those heavenly soldiers and generals?"

"Could it be that immortals and gods truly exist?"

Countless people watch the sky, wondering what it all means.

On the other side, Lin Chao stands straight, his vitality constantly fading, even though he possesses the talent of a Longevity Being and has infinite lifespan.

Yet... many of his hairs have turned white.

Strong as a Ninth Tier, his lifespan is nearly endless.

However, at this moment, Lin Chao experiences the feeling of aging for the first time.

"Is it over?"

He looks up at the sky, a smile in his eyes.

Perhaps ending like this is not bad. His lifespan is infinite; he cannot stay here for a lifetime.

"What a pity..."

Lin Chao sighs slightly.

It is a pity that life and death are equal.

He cannot truly see the resurrection of the Azure Army.

Once his vitality is completely exhausted, once he draws a perfect period on the Stone Book, he will truly dissipate.

And the Azure Army... perhaps they will truly return to the human world.

"This is also quite good."

If he were Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan would surely be the same.

Once, someone died for him.

Now, he dies for others.

This can be considered a kind of romance.

On the Stone Book, the period is filled in at this moment.

Lin Chao's figure finally dissipates.

Above the Heavenly Vault, countless figures appear, and countless whispering voices arise.

"I, Zhao Kuang, am still alive?"

"Your Majesty?"

"Has the Human Race... won?"

"Where is this? Where is Your Majesty?"

"Where are our clansmen?"

Great Xia Country.

Lin Chao opens his eyes.

"It is over."

This reincarnation has finally come to an end.

Compared to the previous few reincarnations, this one can be considered leisurely.

Or rather, he did not encounter any crises.

His mind did not need to be tense either.

After all, in the previous few reincarnations, he had many powerful enemies.

But this time, he could say he had no enemies.

It was as if he were a drifter in history, living peacefully, witnessing some things, and then, leaving.

To him, this reincarnation was ordinary, plain, and unremarkable, yet it was filled with the flavor of the passing years.

"The Azure Army... has it awakened?"

For some reason, Lin Chao thought of that group of Ghost.

Perhaps that group of Ghost also had an unknown past.

"In this life, there are a few more people to be concerned about."

Lin Chao sighed, feeling somewhat melancholy.

It was not a brilliant life, but looking back, it carried a faint sense of sorrow.

Perhaps this is the life of an ordinary person.

But fortunately, his goal was considered accomplished.

In the Ancient War World, when his vitality was finally exhausted, he had finally stepped into the Ninth Tier.

Moreover, it was not just an ordinary Ninth Tier.

After all, before even stepping into the Ninth Tier, he had been able to ambush and kill an Immortal Emperor and that Main God of the Evil God Alliance.

Having truly stepped into the Ninth Tier, Lin Chao did not have a standard for how strong his power was.

With the experience and insights of this Ninth Tier, Lin Chao would digest them.

Without using the Reincarnation Simulator, he could also step into the Ninth Tier.

【This reincarnation rating: Excellent.】

Lin Chao did not care about this rating, as it was merely Excellent.

By now, he did not care much about the Simulator's ratings.

Of course, he still desperately needed the rewards.

【Obtained rewards: 1 Talent Solidification Card; 【Small Reincarnation Method】 incomplete manuscript.】

"Small Reincarnation Method?"

A flash of joy appeared in Lin Chao's eyes.

The task rewards this time were not many, very few compared to the previous few times.

However, there was actually the Small Reincarnation Method; although it was an incomplete manuscript, it still made Lin Chao happy.

When he practiced the True Spirit Art, he had once thought: if what he practiced was not the True Spirit Art, but the real Small Reincarnation Method, would it be considered truly perfect?

In that case, when the Azure Army awakened, would it not require consuming all the life force of a Longevity Being?

"Small Reincarnation Method..."

Lin Chao received the information on the Small Reincarnation Method.

Although it was an incomplete manuscript, the information within it was incomparably vast, far beyond what the True Spirit Art could compare to.

It could even be said that the sophistication of the True Spirit Art did not even reach one ten-thousandth of this incomplete manuscript.

Moreover, Lin Chao discovered a small portion within the incomplete manuscript that was extremely similar to the True Spirit Art.

Perhaps the True Spirit Art was derived from the Small Reincarnation Method.

Lin Chao received the information with a calm gaze.

It took a full two hours before Lin Chao came back to his senses.

"With my talent, wanting to digest the Small Reincarnation Method to the Beginner level will likely take quite some time.

I had better... step into the Ninth Tier first, then study the Small Reincarnation Method seriously."

As strength increases, comprehension and talent will also increase.

At this moment, Lin Chao thought about digesting what he had gained in the Ancient War World and stepping into the Ninth Tier through his own strength.

"Ninth Tier." Lin Chao closed his eyes again.

All the memories and insights from the Ancient War World flooded into his mind at this moment.

The aura on his body was constantly climbing.

This time, the Simulator did not directly raise his status, nor did it raise his strength.

But he was not far from the Ninth Tier to begin with.

The Ninth Tier is actually more about comprehension and being polished by time.

Perhaps compared to those cultivators who polished themselves for a million years before stepping into the Ninth Tier, the time Lin Chao spent polishing was still very short.

But for him, it was enough.

Finally, the brilliance in Lin Chao's eyes dissipated: "Ninth Tier, reached."

In a single breath, he stepped into the Ninth Tier once more.

Thanks to 【、Chu Daoke】 for the tip.

PS: This arc was not written very well; many readers did not like it. Sorry, it is the author's fault.

Actually, when setting up this arc, there were no villains or big bosses set, just like the previous few arcs, and coupled with the author's limited writing ability, it looked a bit messy.

There were also readers who reflected that the author kept digging holes... actually, there were no holes dug; this arc was actually filling in the holes from previous content.

By the way, let me reveal that the name of the next arc is: God Game.

Finally, thanks to the readers who have supported me all along, thank you all!

(End of chapter)