Chapter 1295: 仙武傳說

After leaving Tianjue Star Domain, the two entered a new star domain.

Ye Chen remained silent throughout the journey.

Jian Shen Dao Shen was the same, and they moved as quietly as the still night.

Ye Chen spent most of his time sprinkling wine, perhaps ever since he first set foot in the myriad domains of the heavens, as if performing a ritual for old friends, his silence overflowing with deep sorrow.

The ninety million heroic souls of Da Chu did not all reincarnate as cultivators; many must have become ordinary mortals.

From the time Ye Chen left Da Chu until now, more than a hundred years had passed. Those heroic souls reincarnated as mortals were mostly reduced to dust by now, never awakening their past memories, never knowing they had a homeland called Da Chu, and they could no longer reincarnate, vanishing completely.

Jian Shen Dao Shen glanced at Ye Chen more than once, as if knowing whom Ye Chen was mourning.

It was unclear when, but the two finally arrived in the starry sky of this star domain.

Just like in Tianjue Star Domain, Ye Chen repeated his old method, borrowing Jian Shen Dao Shen's prestige to summon all living beings in this star domain except mortals, collectively searching for reincarnated individuals—efficient and effortless.

They set out again, their journey endless.

In the vast starry sky, Ye Chen and Jian Shen Dao Shen walked side by side, both with white hair, their figures slightly lonely.

Whether it was the myths of the heavens or the ancient sacred body, each had their own stories. Every step they took bore the marks of time, and looking back after thousands of years, the world in sight was all full of vicissitudes.

The sun and moon alternated, day and night cycled.

In the blink of an eye, the two had been away from Bei Dou Star Domain for three months.

In these three months, they had successively visited dozens of star domains, each time causing a stir in the starry sky.

Ye Chen's harvest was quite substantial; every star domain had reincarnated individuals, and the numbers were not insignificant. Along the way, he had found a total of no less than three hundred thousand, though none were people he was extremely familiar with.

In the fourth month, the two stopped in a stretch of starry sky.

Far ahead was a massive chasm, spanning a million li across the starry sky. The chasm was pitch-black, like a spatial black hole, resembling the depths of Jiu You, and no one dared to venture into it recklessly.

Ye Chen frowned, his Xian Yan faintly activating, and then he narrowed his eyes, staring at the million-li chasm.

In a daze, he seemed to see a figure with its back to him, towering like a mountain, as firm as a peak, suppressing the vast heavens, like an ancient god overlooking the mortal world.

Compared to him, Jian Shen Dao Shen was much calmer, his ancient, still eyes filled with vicissitudes.

Ye Chen withdrew his gaze and looked at Jian Shen Dao Shen.

"Senior, what is the origin of that million-li chasm?"

"Have you ever heard of Xianwu Emperor?"

"Of course, the last great emperor of the myriad domains of the heavens—I have heard of him." Ye Chen's eyes were full of reverence. Great emperors ruled over all domains, supreme and unparalleled; their legends were all myths.

"That million-li chasm was created by Xianwu Emperor in the past."

"One sword strike created a million-li chasm." Ye Chen's heart trembled at the thought of such power.

"Perhaps no one in the myriad domains of the heavens knows that Xianwu Emperor was the enlightenment master of Jian Shen of the heavens." Jian Shen Dao Shen spoke leisurely, as if recounting an ancient story. "Through the changes of seas and mulberry fields, who would have thought that the final sword strike Xianwu Emperor made nine thousand years ago, when he led a million divine generals into Tai Gu Hong Huang, would end up forging a heavenly myth of later ages?"

"Xianwu Emperor was the enlightenment master of Jian Shen of the heavens." Ye Chen was stunned by what he heard.

"It's all ancient history."

"Senior, what exactly is Tai Gu Hong Huang?" Ye Chen looked at Jian Shen Dao Shen with a humble desire to learn.

"I don't know." Jian Shen Dao Shen gently shook his head. "Everyone in the myriad domains of the heavens wants to know what secrets Tai Gu Hong Huang hides, that it made a great emperor willing to lead a million divine generals there. Yet, after nine thousand years, no one has unraveled its mysteries."

"The myriad domains of the heavens are even more mysterious than Da Chu." Ye Chen took a deep breath.

"Can you tell me where you obtained your Xian Huo?" Jian Shen Dao Shen turned his head and looked quietly at Ye Chen.

"Da Chu." Ye Chen smiled. "It was a coincidence. I was expelled from my sect as a waste and happened to encounter it falling from the sky. It has accompanied me on the path of cultivation, helping me reach the peak of Da Chu."

"Do you know its origin?"

"I don't know."

"That is Jiu Wu Xian Yan, the original Xian Huo of Xianwu Emperor."

"The Xian Huo of a great emperor?" Ye Chen was shocked and instinctively looked into his Dantian Sea, where the golden flame was still flickering. He was astounded, never realizing his Xian Huo had such a shocking background.

"I wonder if you obtaining Jiu Wu Xian Yan was really a coincidence?" Jian Shen Dao Shen said softly.

"What are you implying, senior?"

"Xianwu Emperor entered the elusive Tai Gu Hong Huang, yet his Jiu Wu Xian Yan ended up in Da Chu. Was it a coincidence, or was the emperor trying to convey some message to the myriad domains of the heavens?"

"It has been with me for over a hundred years, and I've never sensed any unusual consciousness from it."

Ye Chen summoned the Xian Huo, letting it hover in his palm. The flame swayed, shining brightly, with no sign of anything strange.

"Perhaps I'm overthinking it." Jian Shen Dao Shen smiled slightly.

"Most likely." Ye Chen put away the Xian Huo, though neither he nor Jian Shen Dao Shen noticed that as the flame returned to his Dantian Sea, it trembled lightly for a moment before falling silent again.

"Senior, I have something I don't understand and would like you to explain."

"Ask away, and I'll answer as I can."

"Take Senior Donghuang Tai Xin, for example. She was already in Da Chu during the Chu Emperor's era. From that time to now, that's at least nearly a hundred thousand years. Can someone at the Quasi-Emperor level live that long?"

"She was originally from a hundred thousand years ago." Jian Shen Dao Shen revealed an eternal secret. "Her generation is two higher than Xianwu Emperor's, the only person in the myriad domains of the heavens besides Yan Emperor who has lived a second life. As for the hundred thousand years you mentioned, she spent most of it in self-seal. She only unseals herself when someone from Da Chu achieves emperor status."

"I see." Ye Chen scratched his head, seeming to understand but not fully, and his gaze at Jian Shen Dao Shen grew a bit strange. "Xianwu Emperor was the enlightenment master of Jian Shen of the heavens, so Xianwu Emperor is one generation above Jian Shen. Donghuang Tai Xin is two generations above Xianwu Emperor, so does that mean she's three generations above Jian Shen?"

"If we count her first life, yes, she's three generations above Jian Shen." Jian Shen Dao Shen smiled. "But if we count her second life, she's the same generation as Jian Shen. The generations and years of cultivators may defy worldly logic and can't always be explained clearly. This world is far more profound than you imagine. When you reach Jian Shen's level one day, you'll understand."

"It's indeed profound." Ye Chen pursed his lips; a hundred thousand years was an unimaginably long time.

"Have you ever entered the Ming Jie?" As Ye Chen pursed his lips, Jian Shen Dao Shen's ethereal voice rang out again.

"I have." Ye Chen answered hurriedly, without hiding anything. "I went to search for the lost soul and three spirits of Da Chu's reincarnated people, but I only remember entering. I have no memory of what happened in the Ming Jie."

"You're actually the first in the myriad domains of the heavens to bring souls back from the Ming Jie." Jian Shen Dao Shen's words were full of meaning as he placed a finger on Ye Chen's shoulder, his palm emitting Xian Guang that flowed into Ye Chen's sacred body, obliterating a mysterious force lurking within.

"Honestly, I'm very curious about the Ming Jie." Ye Chen sighed, unaware of the change.

"Don't enter that land of Gui Xu again."

"What about Tian Jie? What kind of place is it?" Ye Chen looked at Jian Shen Dao Shen with hopeful eyes, hoping Jian Shen could share some secrets of Tian Jie. "I once obtained a Da Shen Bian in Da Chu, but it was taken by the Si Ming Xing Jun of Tian Jie, who said it belonged to Jiang Tai Gong."

"That's a taboo; don't ask more. When you reach Quasi-Emperor, you'll understand." Jian Shen Dao Shen didn't elaborate on Tian Jie, but a trace of fresh blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Senior, what's wrong with you?" Ye Chen's expression changed; for someone of Jian Shen Dao Shen's cultivation, to bleed was alarming.

"In seeking Da Chu, did you have to resort to the forbidden zones?" Jian Shen Dao Shen slightly raised his head, gazing into the elusive void, as if he could see through countless star domains to the injured Jian Shen original body.

"Forbidden zones?" Jian Shen Dao Shen's voice was low, but Ye Chen heard it clearly, and his heart could not calm. "With Jian Shen of the heavens' cultivation and combat power, he was injured, and it even affected his Dao Shen."

"If the Jian Shen original body is injured, I could dissipate at any moment." Jian Shen Dao Shen continued gazing into the void, as if speaking to himself or to Ye Chen beside him.

"I understand, senior."

"Let's go." Jian Shen Dao Shen withdrew his gaze from the void and led Ye Chen, stepping across the million-li chasm.