Chapter 312

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

Although the Supreme Bone is called proof of the path to becoming a Supreme, and Supremes in the Upper Realm are all existences that can dominate one side.

No one has ever thought about what problem there would be if possessing a Supreme Bone could achieve the Supreme realm.

This was also the first time Willow Deity thought about this matter; when he searched for news of Supremes in his memories, he suddenly realized that among those at the Supreme realm, a portion of them possessed Supreme Bones.

The Supreme Bone accomplished them, but after stepping into the Supreme realm, the Supreme Bone's help was gone completely; they were thoroughly trapped in this realm, wanting to continue raising their cultivation realm became incomparably difficult, and in the end they stopped at this step — only a very few people could cross this step.

Xiao Budian's revival was the most important matter for the entire Shi Cun; because Shi Ziling and his wife had come, plus Qin Hao's existence, the people of Shi Cun were even more vigilant, afraid they might harbor ill intentions toward Xiao Budian.

Although they understood that as Xiao Budian's parents, Shi Ziling should not harm him, they could not be certain about Qin Hao and the others.

With Jiang Xuan here, it was impossible for anyone to make a move against Xiao Budian.

But Shou Hou and the others still took turns standing guard, not letting the place of Xiao Budian's revival be disturbed by anyone.

Shi Ziling and his wife deeply regretted that they knew Xiao Budian was alive yet had not properly communicated with him, and now Xiao Budian was leaving them once again.

Fortunately he could be reborn, but even so the two felt their son had suffered too much, their hearts twisted in pain.

Time passed day by day.

In the spring of the second year, when all things revived, a hand stretched out from beneath the ground.

Shou Hou and the others were dutifully guarding here; suddenly seeing a hand emerge, they were scared stiff, plopped down on the ground, and scrambled backward on hands and feet.

"Mama! In broad daylight a ghost is causing trouble — how is someone crawling out of a grave?"

Bi Ti Wa, who was with him, was even more frightened, kneeling on the ground begging for mercy.

"I really didn't do anything bad; before, raiding bird nests wasn't just me alone — don't only come after us."

Bi Ti Wa's body went limp, unable to stand up.

Shou Hou ran out and happened to run into Xiao Hong who was coming over.

Hearing that a hand had emerged, Xiao Hong ran over to check, first gave Bi Ti Wa a knock on the head to quiet them down.

"Have you two caused enough trouble? How can you have no brains?"

Shou Hou still didn't want to admit he had no brains, then heard Xiao Hong continue.

"There's only one person buried here — who is it?"

After hearing someone analyze it for them, Bi Ti Wa finally understood.

"So you're saying a hand is emerging now because Xiao Budian has revived?"

Both felt surprised, and equally overjoyed.

"Then hurry and tell the people in the village about this."

Xiao Hong did not leave; watching these two little fellows, she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

If you ask when Xiao Budian is most vulnerable to a sneak attack, it is right now — and both of them have run off.

No one is protecting Xiao Budian's dharma; Xiao Hong waits here.

Xiao Budian finally poked his head out from underground, took a deep breath, and burst out of the soil.

Jiang Xuan sensed Xiao Budian's aura, exchanged a smile with Willow Deity, tore through space, and the two appeared beside Xiao Budian.

"Master!"

Seeing Jiang Xuan, Xiao Budian was extremely excited.

Jiang Xuan gave a slight nod.

"Not bad; your cultivation realm is all still there — quickly test this body of yours, see if there's any place you're not adapted to."

This body now is the result of Jiang Xuan hollowing out the entire Life Forbidden Zone; all the divine medicines were used.

Only to make Xiao Budian's body even more indestructible; Xiao Budian closed his eyes and carefully sensed.

"Master, I can feel that the spiritual power in this body is incomparably surging; also, my runes and killing formations are all still there!"

Jiang Xuan reminded him.

"Actually you didn't die; it was just to let you experience reincarnation — the current you is like a divine sense that drifted and then returned to the body."

Xiao Budian understood what had happened to his body.

He thought of what he had seen and heard, and eagerly told Jiang Xuan.

"Hao'er!"

The sudden voice made Xiao Budian freeze for a moment.

"This name is unfamiliar to him, but in this world there is still someone who calls him this — only his own parents."

Xiao Budian looked up and saw Shi Ziling and his wife; not only that, but also that younger brother he had never met.

The two looked at each other; Qin Hao felt surprised.

His own body was actually expressing a sense of closeness.

"This is because of the Supreme Bone!"

His name, everything, came from Xiao Budian; he could not accept that he was merely a substitute.

Qin Hao wanted to pull distance from Xiao Budian, not wanting to get too close to him.

Before they even had a chance to catch up, the people of Shi Cun heard Xiao Budian had been reborn and rushed over in droves.

As the sound fell, the Green Scaled Eagle's family arrived first; seeing the Green Scaled Eagle's family, Xiao Budian felt very close to them.

Shi Yunfeng and the others arrived late; soon the place became extremely lively, and Shi Ziling and his wife were squeezed out, as if they were the irrelevant ones.

The two deeply regretted why they hadn't persisted in searching for Xiao Budian back then.

"Boy, it's been such a long time, and I've already reached the Inscription Pattern Realm. How about it, am I impressive?"

Shou Hou's body was originally a firewood stick, and now he was even straining to show off his muscles.

Bi Ti Wa stared at Shou Hou, releasing his body's spiritual power, competing with Shou Hou.

"I'm also in the Inscription Pattern Realm, as if you're so remarkable."

Shou Hou and Bi Ti Wa neither yielded to the other, nose bumping eye, almost coming to blows.

Seeing such a lively scene, Boy still actively walked up to Shi Ziling and his wife, their family.

"Father, Mother, thank you for being here."

Boy had not interacted with them; the feeling of "family" was something he gained from Shi Cun, not from Shi Ziling and his wife.

Now he felt he had two more people caring for him, and was very happy, but as soon as the words of thanks came out, Qin Yining burst into tears completely.

Caring for one's own child — where is there any need for him to thank her? Hearing Boy's thanks, her heart felt as if pierced by needles.

Boy had no other meaning; rather, somewhat bashfully, he brought them before Jiang Xuan.

"Master! These are my parents. From now on, I have two more people like Master who care for me."

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly.

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Boy's revival was a major event; Bird Grandpa and the Master of the Forbidden Zone sensed the aura of his rebirth at the first moment.

"It really succeeded. After this little pervert revived, the Upper Realm will get interesting, right?"

"Too much time has passed; no one cares about the truth anymore, only endless prejudice and punishment."

"It's time someone stood up to change all this."

The Master of the Forbidden Zone also held a very low opinion of the Upper Realm — not thinking about how to raise their own cultivation realm to face the Darkness Source, but scheming against each other, and even wanting to blame the Dark Turmoil on the people of the Lower Realm.

Bird Grandpa and the others were cultivating; their flesh bodies began to recover step by step. Looking at the Hongmeng Dao Tree before him, Bird Grandpa felt surprise in his heart.

Liu Shen's rebirth through lightning baptism had already reached the God Tree Level; no one dared imagine a tree body more powerful than that. Many had already fallen into darkness, becoming accomplices of the Dark Turmoil.

But the Hongmeng Dao Tree — he couldn't see its origins clearly, yet it could help them recover Immortal King power.

They hoped that after they recovered, all this could be changed.

Boy did not know that in places unknown to him, even more people were watching him.

Boy's rebirth was an extremely important matter for Shi Cun, worth celebrating.

They all busied themselves; they had to make this celebration especially grand.

Boy did not leave Jiang Xuan. While everyone prepared the celebration, Boy and Jiang Xuan were still on the spot.

"Master! This time I saw the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and I have some insights in my heart."

Jiang Xuan nodded.

"So it seems the matter I planned for you succeeded. How much understanding do you have of the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

Boy comprehended the Six Paths of Reincarnation for who knows how long, yet he placed all the previous events into his heart to ponder. He finally understood the meaning of 'facing death to live'. From the very beginning, Jiang Xuan hoped he could comprehend reincarnation through this matter.

Now, between life and death, seeing the Six Paths Reincarnation Millstone, he grasped a single thread of the true meaning of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Not only that, on his hand appeared a Reincarnation Mark — Boy himself hadn't even discovered it.

Seeing it, Jiang Xuan reminded Boy.

"This kind of mark will be of great help to you in the future, and many people are very interested in this kind of mark. They would act against you for it. You must hide it well."

After noticing, Boy also felt surprised.

"I hadn't noticed this yet. Master, is it because I was reborn that I have this?"

The reborn Boy had already grown taller, yet his speech still carried a childish, milky tone, which Jiang Xuan found quite interesting.

He rubbed his head.

"Not bad. It's precisely because you comprehended reincarnation, coupled with the rebirth, that this change occurred."

At the same time, he felt Boy was thinking of something, and gave him a reminder.

"It's because you couldn't fully master the Reincarnation Treasure Technique of the Supreme Bone that I let you go through this process."

"The road to immortality, though arduous, requires living out several lives to succeed. But that will require you to prepare yourself."

"So, in battle, don't think you can revive. Only this once!"

Jiang Xuan's tone became serious. Hearing this, Boy showed an embarrassed smile. He touched his head and apologized to Jiang Xuan.

"I understand, Master."

Jiang Xuan wanted to rub his head, but stopped and patted his shoulder instead. Boy had already grown up; he couldn't keep rubbing his head.

"Master, I feel I can already break through to the Venerable Realm. Also, the Supreme Bone in my body seems like it's going to emerge again."

Liu Shen listened to the master-disciple conversation from the side. Hearing Boy say his Supreme Bone was emerging again, even Liu Shen found it unexpected. A person has only one Supreme Bone in a lifetime. Even if lost and regrown, it should never surpass the previous one.

But on Boy, not only did a second one grow, but at the same time as the two were lost, a third appeared.

This is the innate destiny of a "Supreme"!

After this thought arose, Liu Shen's thinking even stalled. He finally understood what Jiang Xuan had told him before — this is a kind of mental limitation.

Achieve Supreme, then what? They seemed not to have thought about it, nor dared to, because Supreme is already extremely powerful.

But facing the Dark Turmoil, Supreme is far from enough.

"You're about to step into the Venerable Realm. So, what are your views on cultivation?"

Hearing the question, Boy thought seriously and spoke his heart's understanding of the Road.

"Master, my Road I decide myself. No person and no thing can make me change my mind."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan nodded slightly.

"Then, what kind of existence do you think the Supreme Bone is to you?"

Clearly a simple exchange, yet in Liu Shen's view it had already become a questioning of the heart.

This method of guidance surprised even him; Jiang Xuan's guidance ability was truly too strong, and he admired it greatly.

Although Boy did not yet understand the power of the Supreme, he was not satisfied with the Supreme Bone now in his body.

"Master, the appearance of this Supreme Bone will draw most of the power from my body; I do not yet know its effects, but to nurture it, my cultivation will surely be left behind. I do not want to make so much effort for it—if it succeeds, it succeeds; if not, it does not. Just do not affect my cultivation."

Willow God stood by, inwardly exclaiming how wonderful this was. He wished he could announce this scene to the world—these were words no one had ever spoken in the past ages.

Boy had decided his own path; he needed to walk it himself. He did not need to rely on the Supreme Bone to become Supreme, and could even go further.

"Master, I already have a rough idea. I want to walk a path that belongs only to me! Different from anyone else, all power comes from myself, and bears my own mark."

Jiang Xuan was very satisfied and took out a jar of beast milk.

"You have already found your direction, so I need not tell you anything more. This is the beast milk I prepared for you."

Looking at the beast milk, Boy was very excited in his heart, almost wanting to take a sip, but thinking he had already decided to give up milk, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should drink it or not.

"Beast milk is harmless. You just said you wanted to walk a special path, so why are you hesitating now? Remember, when facing things you like, you need to persist. If you are sometimes confused, think about whether it harms you."

"Beast milk is harmless to me."

Boy's eyes were full of light—the longing for beast milk.

Willow God covered his head.

Just a moment ago, he felt Boy had grown up, but now discovering Boy's attachment to beast milk, he felt Boy was still the same as in those days.

"In this world, if one's original intention remains unchanged, can one truly enter the realm of perfection, or will one hit a wall?"

Willow God had always harbored this doubt, but now looking at Boy and Jiang Xuan, he suddenly discovered that the unchanging rules of this world through the past ages were crumbling.

"Tomorrow is in your own hands, Boy. I am willing to use my own life to protect your Dao."

That day, Willow God secretly made a vow.

Bird Elder and the others were trying to escape their current situation, wanting to enter Shang Jie to see what trouble Boy could stir up.

"Have you ever doubted Jiang Xuan's origins?"

Bird Elder sent a mental transmission to the Master of the Forbidden Zone.

Normally the Master of the Forbidden Zone basically would not pay him any attention, but after hearing this, he very rarely replied to him.

"I have doubted, but in the River of Time, I never found his trace." (Chapter End)