Chapter 1149

Side Story 2

The manifestation of the three ancient Immortals during a tribulation is an unprecedented event in history, enough to be remembered for generations and passed down through the ages.

No one expected such a situation to occur during the tribulation; one must know that although Li Haoran has outstanding talent, he is only on the same level as Man Gu and Tao Yaoye, and still falls short of Lu Yang's talent.

Lu Yang never encountered the manifestation of the three Immortals when he crossed his tribulation!

Many people were puzzled as to why the Ying Tian Immortal did not manifest, but fortunately, with Gu Junye's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

"So it's because the Ying Tian Immortal is too weak."

"What a formidable junior!" the Jiu Chong Immortal exclaimed in admiration.

"He reminds me of an old friend."

"Are you thinking of the Ying Tian Immortal? Indeed, this junior has the potential of Ying Tian."

The three Immortals sighed repeatedly, their attacks even fiercer than before, precisely because he was an excellent junior, he needed their tempering.

"That's enough, I am the Ying Tian Immortal!" Li Haoran finally seized the opportunity and shouted angrily.

The three Immortals hurriedly supported Li Haoran, who was severely injured during the tribulation.

"What, you are Ying Tian! Why have you changed so much? We didn't even recognize you!" The Qilin Immortal looked at Li Haoran in shock, never expecting that Li Haoran was actually the reincarnation of the Ying Tian Immortal.

"You few, cough, cough, just you wait!" Li Haoran grimaced in pain; these three old bastards were truly ruthless.

"Senior Brother Li says he is the Ying Tian Immortal?!"

"What is going on?"

The members of the Congwendao Sect were incredibly shocked, unable to understand the reason, as few knew about the concept of reincarnation.

"Haoran!" Su Yiren and Qin Yanyan, seeing Li Haoran injured like this, hurriedly flew over to show their concern.

The three ancient Immortals felt a bit awkward seeing the mother and daughter; upon seeing Li Haoran awaken his past life memories, they were so happy that they forgot Li Haoran's wife and child were still here.

"It's all your fault, why did you have to start a fight for no reason!" The Suiyue Immortal took the initiative to blame the Jiu Chong Immortal for being unkind.

"Wasn't it your idea!" The Jiu Chong Immortal retorted angrily, exposing the hypocritical face of the Suiyue Immortal.

"Haoran, are you alright?" Su Yiren asked with concern.

"I'm fine, just minor injuries," Li Haoran said, patting the location of his wounds, not caring at all.

"Former Dad, are you really the reincarnation of the Ying Tian Immortal?" Qin Yanyan asked, her expression very complex.

Li Haoran had spent so long with Qin Yanyan that he naturally could tell what she was thinking, and he explained with a smile: "You don't need to worry about my identity changing; nine lives of reincarnation, merged into one, now I am the Ying Tian Immortal, I am Qin Haoran, and I am also Li Haoran; you can just treat me as you always have."

Upon hearing this, a smile bloomed on Qin Yanyan's face again.

The Qilin Immortal smirked from the side: "Oh, I heard that in your fifth life you were reincarnated as a nun, and in your seventh life you were a palace maid in the Great Xia Imperial Palace engaging in schemes; are those identities also you?"

"You, you, you, you are not allowed to mention that!" Li Haoran was so agitated he became incoherent; this was the dark spot of his life, and he would get angry with anyone who brought it up!

"It seems you have already remembered the experiences of your first life?" Lu Yang walked over with a smile to help Li Haoran out of the situation.

"Senior Brother Lu." Li Haoran bowed respectfully; after obtaining the memories of his first life, he understood many things, such as why Senior Brother Lu rarely communicated with him after reaching the Spirit Transformation stage—it was all to protect him and prevent him from attracting the attention of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Junior Brother Li, congratulations." Man Gu and Tao Yaoye came to offer their congratulations.

"Junior Brother Li possesses the prototype of the Samsara Dao Fruit, so does that make him a half-immortal like me?" Meng Jingzhou laughed. Previously, Li Haoran possessed the prototype of the Samsara Dao Fruit but could not use it; now that all nine lives of memories had awakened, he could surely use the prototype of the Samsara Dao Fruit, making him a true half-immortal.

It was a pity that they were both half-immortals and could no longer show off their realms in front of Junior Brother Li.

"Senior Brother Meng, perhaps I might even become an immortal today."

"Hmm?"

Li Haoran turned and bowed to Yun Zhi, who had been silent all along: "Senior Sister, may I consume the Feathering Immortal Grass?"

Lu Yang's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Feathering Immortal Grass, that's right, you are the most suitable person to consume the Feathering Immortal Grass!"

The Feathering Immortal Grass is an immortal herb left over from the ancient era; its former owner was the Kunlun Saint Son, and after the Kunlun Saint Son was defeated by the Decayed Fairy, the whereabouts of the immortal herb became unknown.

It wasn't until the five of them—Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou, Tao Yaoye, Man Gu, and Li Haoran—were traveling in the East Sea that they accidentally encountered the immortal herb and brought it back to the medicine garden.

The medicinal effect of the Feathering Immortal Grass is overbearing; consuming it can directly increase one's cultivation, but this act is no different from pulling up seedlings to help them grow, lacking the insights of the realm.

Therefore, although the immortal herb is precious, no one in the Congwendao Sect has consumed it.

But there would be no drawbacks for Li Haoran to consume it; after awakening the memories of his first life, he lacked no insights into the realm.

Not to mention his insights into the prototype of the Samsara Dao Fruit; nine lives of reincarnation had already brought his insights to the limit.

"I have shed blood for the Congwendao Sect, I have bathed in the Congwendao Sect, you cannot treat me like this!"

In the medicine garden, the Feathering Immortal Grass was dragged out from underground by the little medicine kings working together, howling like a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered, while Lu Yang and the others formed a circle to observe the immortal herb.

"Lu Yang, you are unkind; when we were in the East Sea, you swore in the name of the Ying Tian Immortal that you wouldn't eat me!" The Feathering Immortal Grass struggled; this was not what was agreed upon at the beginning.

"Don't worry, the Ying Tian Immortal has no objections to this matter," Lu Yang said with a mischievous smile, reaching out toward the Feathering Immortal Grass.

The Feathering Immortal Grass fell into despair; the hearts of the human race are too dark. If it had known, it would have stayed in the East Sea living its carefree life. Letting someone who just entered the Tribulation Transcendence stage ascend to the Great Perfection and become an immortal—this would probably require eating it all up.

"Ah, my leaves, I'm going to be torn apart!" The Feathering Immortal Grass closed its eyes and screamed.

"Stop screaming, your leaves are all there," Meng Jingzhou said, covering his ears, unable to stand the noise.

"They're all there?" The Feathering Immortal Grass opened its eyes and found that Lu Yang was holding a leaf, but its own leaf surface was complete.

What was going on?

This time the Feathering Immortal Grass didn't close its eyes and saw clearly.

After Lu Yang plucked a leaf, a phantom appeared where the leaf was missing, and then the phantom solidified, turning into a new leaf to replenish its body.

This was Lu Yang using the Source-Tracing Dao Fruit to restore the body of the Feathering Immortal Grass.

Leaves, leaf stems, roots... every part of the Feathering Immortal Grass's body was plucked by Lu Yang and assembled into another Feathering Immortal Grass.

The Feathering Immortal Grass watched in a daze.

"Can you even do that?"

"Junior Brother Li, here." Lu Yang handed the assembled Feathering Immortal Grass to Li Haoran.

Li Haoran thanked him and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Why is it thundering again?"

The members of the Congwendao Sect were surprised to hear the thunder; it hadn't been long since Li Haoran's tribulation, so why was there another heavenly tribulation?

"Is someone else about to ascend to the Tribulation Transcendence stage?"

"The power of this heavenly tribulation doesn't look right... No, this is an Immortal Ascension Tribulation!"

"Immortal Ascension Tribulation?!"

"It's over at the medicine garden!"

"The person crossing the tribulation is... Senior Brother Li Haoran?!"

Everyone's expressions were blank, and they rubbed their eyes in unison, thinking they were hallucinating. Hadn't Li Haoran just ascended to the Tribulation Transcendence stage? How could he become an immortal so soon?

"Junye, you don't seem surprised?" The Xiantian Daoist noticed that Gu Junye's expression was normal, and he showed no emotional fluctuation even after witnessing Li Haoran become an immortal.

Upon hearing this, the corners of Gu Junye's mouth revealed a thought-provoking smile.

"Didn't I just say it? Senior Brother Li's strength attracted the test of the Immortals; if he can pass the test, he can obtain an unparalleled opportunity."

The Xiantian Daoist felt as if he had been struck by lightning; everything Gu Junye said had come true!

The process of Li Haoran crossing the tribulation and becoming an immortal was broadcast live.

"Someone else has become an immortal?" Civilizations across the universe were surprised, constantly paying attention to every move in the Cultivation Realm.

"Who became an immortal this time?"

"I heard it's the Junior Brother of the Sword Lu Jianxian."

Above the medicine garden, lightning flashed and thunder roared. The little medicine kings were so scared that they hurriedly followed Lu Yang and the others away from the medicine garden, staying far away from Li Haoran.

"Hmm? This strange feeling." Lu Yang raised an eyebrow, being the first to sense the changes in the world.

If Li Haoran was the person with the deepest insight into reincarnation, then Lu Yang was the second.

Lu Yang whispered softly: "That's it, the Dao Fruit represents the rules; Junior Brother Li's Dao Fruit is shaped perfectly and without flaws, which means..."

"The rules of reincarnation are about to be established," Yun Zhi added. As a half-step Integration realm cultivator, she could vaguely perceive the changes in this world.

The appearance of the Samsara Dao Fruit had a subversive impact on the world.

Death is like a lamp going out, with no afterlife; there was no concept of reincarnation in this world. Even the Underworld established by the Xinhuo Dynasty could not control life and death; it was merely somewhat similar in function.

The only person who had reincarnated was the special case of Li Haoran.

And now, as Li Haoran became an immortal and the Samsara Dao Fruit solidified, the rules of life and death reincarnation outlined the world, and the Underworld appeared in the true sense.

"So cold." Meng Jingzhou shivered. As a half-immortal and the strongest single spirit root in history, how could he feel cold? The source of this extraordinary chill was right before his eyes.

What he felt was not coldness, but the innate fear of death that living beings have.

Meng Jingzhou looked at Li Haoran, who was bathed in the heavenly tribulation, as if he saw Li Haoran becoming the boundary between life and death, controlling the reincarnation of life and death.

"So it really will shape the rules of life and death reincarnation," the three ancient Immortals whispered. They never thought that the concept from the Xinhuo Dynasty era would be realized thirty thousand years later.

Runes representing the rules of life and death emerged from Li Haoran's chest, endless and boundless, turning into an ocean of runes that submerged the entire Cultivation Realm.

"What are those symbols!" The live broadcast room exploded. Civilizations felt a connection to the rules of life and death reincarnation in the dark, but this connection was indescribable and unclear.

The runes fell to the ground, attaching themselves to every corner of the Cultivation Realm, as if it had snowed.

The runes of the rules of life and death were stripped from the Cultivation Realm and constructed into a vast and boundless great world.

The great world was filled with gloomy ghostly energy, empty, full of strangeness and terror, repelling the living and welcoming the dead.

"The world of the dead, the Underworld; it seems that all the dead in the future will appear here," Lu Yang revealed the name of the great world, and this sentence was also broadcast live.

Lu Yang glanced at Meng Jingzhou next to him; he was the one hosting the live broadcast.

"Point the camera at Junior Brother Li, don't film me," Lu Yang forcibly turned the camera away.

"What does this Sword Lu Jianxian mean? What is the world of the dead?!"

"Didn't he explain it later? The dead will all appear in the Underworld."

"That's the sentence I didn't understand. Does it mean our consciousness won't disappear after we die?"

Civilizations were shocked; the information behind this sentence was too massive. Li Haoran had actually built the world where people go after they die, completely overturning their cognition.

After Li Haoran became an immortal, the feeling he gave off was completely different; his whole person was glowing, and there was an intangible aura that could be sensed even through the screen.

Seeing this scene, the world praised Li Haoran's honorable name.

He flew in the air, sensing the power of faith surging from all directions, his chin slightly raised, his thoughts wandering, finally turning into a long sigh.

"Nine lives of reincarnation condense the Dao Fruit; only today do I know who I am."

Although he lost the Tribulation-Crossing Dao Fruit, he relied on the Samsara Dao Fruit to take it one step at a time, reshaping the universe, achieving the status of an Immortal, returning to the peak, and even becoming stronger than before!

It sounds simple, but only he could deeply understand the loneliness of nine lives of reincarnation over thirty thousand years...

"Junior Brother Li, come down; Old Meng has already turned off the live broadcast," Lu Yang shouted.

"Alright."

Once the live broadcast was off, there was no need to keep posing.

"Let's go, knowing you would awaken the memories of your first life, I specially prepared a celebration banquet for you," Lu Yang said, putting his arm around Li Haoran's shoulder, looking every bit the good Senior Brother.

The group walked and talked, stopping and going until they reached Tianmen Peak.

"The fire is too big, turn it down."

"Third Master, don't let your hands shake; cooking requires boldness and meticulousness. Add salt when it's time to add salt. Ying Tian just crossed the tribulation to become an immortal and established the Underworld; he must be exhausted and is in need of salt replenishment."

"We're running out of Wutong wood; Lianyi, go get some more."

At the top of Tianmen Peak, the Decayed Fairy directed the women in an orderly fashion, very much like a master chef. Under her direction, dish after dish of delicious food was brought out from the kitchen.

"Fairy, I've brought him back," Lu Yang shouted, his hand around Li Haoran's shoulder tightening, fearing that Li Haoran might run away.

Li Haoran's legs were trembling, his face pale; with the Underworld just established, was he going to be the first one to move in?