Chapter 215

Crack-crack!

A terrifying scarlet thunderbolt crashed down with a boom; in the shock, you only had time to cast one last glance at Di Jun.

He wore an expression of relief; a false life holds only false meaning, and even though his memory clearly told him he was that ancient great emperor, his true self knew he was not.

In this false life, he longed for a real death; even when Jin Bing ordered him via the Blood God Son not to die, his true heart never changed.

Now, the long-awaited death has finally arrived!

As you gave him your final glance, he also gave you his last look, his eyes filled with gratitude.

"Thank you."

Besides, there's the heavenly tribulation of a Golden Immortal; although you still don't know the exact principle, you can roughly guess it.

Di Jun smiled faintly, and then became eternal…

"Primordial power, save me!"

"Choose B!"

Of course, these things no longer concern you, who have turned to nothing…

At the same moment, a streak of scarlet light shot from the starry sky, roughly a humanoid figure…

"Revive the Heavenly Court, return to the ancient capital!"

So, acting decisively, your aura finally stopped being concealed and revealed itself… Golden Immortal cultivation!

Such a startling change directly obliterated the bloody, blurry humanoid figure rushing from the starry sky; before its obliteration, its face still bore a bewildered expression…

Ordinary scarlet qi is sent to the starry sky and the underworld, while a Golden Immortal's imperishable gold nature is singled out taken by the River of the Underworld… In short, the danger is maxed out!

Should time be rewound, returning to the previous life node?

Although Jin Bing is not the official version, he's certainly no novice; he furrowed his brows, thought, and directly let you set your terms… he didn't refuse, because adding a Golden Immortal's combat power to the gang is absolutely a great advantage.

... Faced with the pirated Jin Bing's semi-coercive recruitment, you couldn't help but want to save your progress… you choose (?)

After a moment's thought, Jin Bing nodded, his voice deep: "From now on, you are the reincarnation of Xuandu!"

"River of the Underworld, what do you want this for?"

So after pondering a moment, you resolved to try to coexist peacefully with him as much as possible, using him as research material to see what hidden secrets lie behind this…

"Time reversal!"

Boom!!!

Seeing Xue Xuan this kid, after having blown up the Western Wasteland at age eight, once again wreak havoc on its people, Zhao Si's mouth twitched:

"Good, good, good… indeed still that extreme Xue kid; the folks of the Western Wasteland having you as a fellow townsman truly is eight lifetimes of bad luck…"

To avoid falling under a sage's control, actively using primordial power to end oneself is, of course, a necessary thing, for once caught by a sage, one basically can neither live nor die.

A mighty Golden Immortal, yet with not a shred of resistance, perished thus in the thunderlight; the scene was so smooth it even gave you a strange déjà vu: Di Jun seemed like a bubble that popped at a single poke of thunder…

When the bubble burst, the gas surged out.

"The Heavenly Emperor's kindness is not yet finished!"

You, once again, have devastated the Western Wasteland's territory, the dead too numerous to count!

But what's reasonable isn't necessarily fair!

You, who have once experienced a reckless breakthrough, did not lose your temper this time; you clearly know that this pirated Jin Bing, aside from wanting to use the Blood God Son to forcibly control and subdue you, harbors no ill intent, and indeed he truly regards himself as the Golden Heavenly Emperor, his nature extremely close to the original.

"Impossible! Breaking through to Golden Immortal will draw the heavenly tribulation; this is something we've long tried out…"

This golden light is naturally familiar to you; it is precisely the "imperishable gold nature" condensed by a Golden Immortal, and while the three flowers and five qi are the manifestation of a Grand Golden Immortal's dao fruit, the imperishable gold nature is the Golden Immortal's dao fruit.

Zhao Si, accustomed to this kid's various inhuman antics, couldn't be bothered to dwell on his world‑destroying deeds; even he, a game native, thought it irrelevant, so why would the player bother to get upset for him?

You grin.

You choose option B, no rush, just mess around with him!

"Your subject has no excessive demands; I only wish for you to acknowledge my identity as the reincarnation of Xuandu."

You were surprised by his courage and composure, but this actually suited your purpose… so you got straight to the point, declaring yourself out of the ordinary, hence able to break through to Golden Immortal, and now you want to join the group!

Vast amounts of scarlet qi surged forth and then sank straight into the ground, as if summoned; the sight inevitably reminded you of the last moments of your previous life in the "Immortal Realm," when countless true immortals transformed into scarlet qi that was sent in this very way to the starry sky and the underworld.

"What are your demands?"

You died; the wrong choice led to a wrong ending… your recklessness caused your death, but your death was meaningful—you successfully pierced the secret of "Jin Bing" and his ilk, learning they were artificially manufactured, and their creator is likely the River of the Underworld.

Having received a satisfactory answer, you smiled even more brightly…

Locked by that eerie gaze, you instantly felt a chill run down your spine, certain you had reached your final moment… surely the earlier sight of a Golden Immortal's demise attracted this being's attention, leading it to notice your peculiarity.

"Loyalty! Sincerity!"

Jin Bing: …

"So what mindset does the River of the Underworld have to pull off such an abstract maneuver? After killing people, it then creates pirated versions of them…"

Having made up his mind, Zhao Si clicked to continue the game:

To avoid getting stuck, Xue Xuan's decisive response was quite correct and reasonable.

Time has already been rewound…

A sage whose hostile attribute is extremely strong… can you really defeat him?

But here, Jin Bing and the others are actually people deliberately made as cosplayers, which is quite thought‑provoking!

"Why does the River of the Underworld bother with role‑playing when it has nothing better to do?"

"In chapter three, all mythological figures disappear; although I think the River of the Underworld doesn't have the power to kill them all, for now we can only pin it on him…"

Your strange request caused Jin Bing to narrow his eyes…

"So I should return to the previous node, have Xue Xuan find a way to join the fake Jin Bing's retinue, and carefully observe what hidden information they might carry…"

But you didn't mention anything else, only saying you were willing to nominally acknowledge his "Golden Heavenly Emperor" identity and to be listed as a feudal lord in his pirated troupe.

Zhao Si began to think carefully:

It's not surprising that Jin Bing and Di Jun, characters from chapter one, appear in chapter three; history before and after makes this exactly as it should be.

【The Jin Bing who was trying to recruit you was shocked: you actually have Golden Immortal cultivation?!】

【Endless yin souls pile up layer upon layer on the seabed, one layer stacked on another, stacked who knows how many layers; the upper layer's dazed souls still retain their former shapes, the middle layer gradually deforms……and the lower layer is pressed into crystal-clear solid bodies, containing the purest spiritual qi.】

【Alarm bells ring in your heart, you're about to self-destruct and restart!】

【All the mysteries are tied by an invisible rope to Minghe's body; this unexpected sage, who surpasses your expectations, has become the focal point of the contradictions of the Primordial Wasteland Heaven and Earth, seemingly indicating to you one thing: to resolve the Primordial Wasteland's dilemma, you cannot avoid confronting Minghe head-on.】

【The seven-colored little bird on your shoulder tilted its head……】

【But no one is fortunate enough to witness this splendid sight, for at the very moment the Sea of Blood evaporates, the prosperous market district along the shore instantly evaporates as well—cities, people, and all their dreams reduced to nothing under the eruption of Primordial Wasteland power.】

【This so-called heavenly tribulation is inseparable from Minghe in the starry sky; it is likely a layer of insurance he set up for the Immortal Realm, serving as a supplement to the Immortal Realm's nutrition processing station, lest any fish slip through the net continue to develop in the Primordial Wasteland.】

【The Sea of Blood evaporates, the spiritual layer is revealed—what a magnificent sight!】

【Indeed, a smart person!】

【……】

【With a cough, you pat your chest, emulating the ancients in mythological tales, and shout passionately at Jin Bing.】

Normal people would hesitate or even feel scared when destroying the world, after all so many innocents would be buried with them; if it were Jiao Ming, after restarting he'd probably just be devastated……

【Just then, you suddenly seemed to hear a sound of surprise, you alertly looked up, and then froze.】

【But unlike the death of a True Immortal, after Di Jun's death a speck of golden light flew from his body and drifted toward the horizon, as if this golden light had another purpose……】

【"Good!"】

【With irresistible crimson thunderbolts of tremendous force, they struck him squarely!】

Can only say it's abstract!

"But no matter how abstract this is, that gang of pirated people must certainly have been handcrafted by Minghe; their very existence hides some unknown information……If we can uncover their secrets, we might also uncover the whereabouts……or fate of ancient mythological figures."

【Jin Bing hasn't yet recovered from your Golden Immortal cultivation, and is shocked again by your remark about joining the party: you're already a Golden Immortal, why bother joining? Normally, you should just go on a killing spree, right?】

【But strangely, your cultivation has inexplicably turned into a pool of dead water, unable to be stirred no matter how you try.】

【Oh no!!】

【This is power enough to destroy the world!】

【Heaven actually manifests the sight of sun and moon shining together, and the two ancient stars that appear simultaneously are like two eyes staring at you!】

【You, anxious beyond measure, grit your teeth.】

【But since you're a Golden Immortal, the notion of force control naturally becomes a joke; even if you don't kill him, he'll find it astonishing……】

【The sun-and-moon double pupils were also blinded by the eruption of Primordial Wasteland power, basically like having swallowed a whole flashbang, leaving you blind at that moment……】

【A sun explodes violently, emitting ultimate light and heat accompanied by destructive aura, rushing in all directions.】

【Under the apocalyptic crisis, the all-pervading crimson aura instantly manifests, pressing in from all directions toward the sun fireball.】

【Seeing your Golden Immortal cultivation, Jin Bing's first reaction is not fear but disbelief, after all this transcends common sense.】

【The calm Sea of Blood is violently struck, half its water instantly evaporates, revealing the seabed scenery unseen since the creation of heaven and earth—no one has ever seen such a sight under the sky!】

【Moreover, the sun-like fireball still far from exhausting its power, with the Sea of Blood as its explosive core, it plows across the entire Primordial Wasteland!】

【Ultimately, like rootless duckweed, the Primordial Wasteland power gradually fades under pressure, leaving only a deep abyss piercing the strata, leading from "being" to the edge of "non-being"; looking down from above, you see only endless darkness—that is "non-being"……】

【After all, he previously wasted your time for ages, his acting skills so poor he couldn't even hold them himself; he never expected to win you over by words and deeds, but prepared to use the Blood God Son to forcibly control you.】

But Xue Xuan, you won't feel that way!

"You little brat, you really get it……"

【If you have something on your mind……】

"However, he also gathered quite a bit of intelligence this time."

【A: Directly turn against him, kill this poor-acting fake Jin Bing! B: No rush, play along with him!】

【Right! Staring at you!】

【I always feel you're a bit abstract.】

……

(End of chapter)