Chapter 1981 – The Will of the Dead

Chapter 1981 – The Will of the Dead

Lu Yun fell silent when he heard Jin Huo’s words. That was something he was worried about too. Would the tree god that came back to life in the Land of Reincarnation still be the tree god of old?

Life and death were entirely different worlds. There was an indestructible barrier between them and no one knew what existed on the side of death.

Everyone who died, whether they were a great sage who sacrificed themselves for the good of all or someone who hated life so much that they killed themselves, was seized by the desire to live again. Yet those who were resurrected forgot what they’d encountered on the other side or why they wanted to come back to life at all costs.

Jin Huo was one such example.

She’d willingly gone to her death for the sake of humanity and the tree god’s last hope of revival. But in death, she’d reached an agreement with Chu Xun’s parents because deep down inside, she ardently desired to live again.

When Lu Yun appeared and offered her hope, she agreed to his terms without hesitation. Yet now that she was alive, she immensely regretted her actions. She’d forgotten what existed in death and what compelled her to escape from it.

The living feared death and the dead wished to live. There must be something in the world of death to cause this, making it a bottomless abyss that the living feared.

After Jin Huo came back to life, she forgot everything related to death. All she knew was that she’d died and come back to life again.

That was it.

Since she craved to live again when she was dead, other existences in death felt the same way. Thus, what came back to life might not be them. Perhaps they would possess their past memories, experiences, and even souls, but they were someone else entirely.

Like Miao.

Countless wills of the dead congregated in the burial mound and what came back to life was no longer the original person. That was why would-be adventurers had been forewarned to avoid using Lifeline and Resurrection Talismans.

The two talismans could save lives, but that split second of death was sufficient opening for the dead to occupy the living’s body.

Jin Huo was different because one third of the order of life had protected her at all times. It was something that the dead didn’t dare approach. She’d been revived by the order of life, so the only person she could possibly be was herself.

The Land of Reincarnation gave hope to countless dead, so they also gathered in that realm and waited, yearning to live again.

The weak also wanted to come back to life, but they lost against the stronger existences. All of the dead viciously fought over any chance for resurrection. Thus, they usually congregated in places such as the tomb of the empyrean supreme or the Land of Reincarnation, amongst other reasons.

But there’d been no true death before the Land of Reincarnation ended, the dead hadn’t had any opportunities. They didn’t bare their fangs until it was terminated. What the Plumed Empyrean Supreme had told Jin Huo was the guaranteed way to revive the tree god, which was why she’d fallen for it. Being an empyrean supreme, the Plumed Empyrean Supreme could see the horrific hordes of the dead.

……

“Don’t worry,” Lu Yun said with resignation as he didn’t know how to comfort Jin Huo. “I can’t speak too candidly of certain things, but you have to believe me that the one who comes back to life will be the tree god.”

“Mmhmm.” Jin Huo nodded noncommittally.

“Let’s go in then.” He could tell from her expression that she was distracted, so he set the matter aside.

Jin Huo nodded again.

The white bone doors were open and yin winds gusted behind them. It was pure yin qi and the only type of energy that could be found. Lu Yun even saw a great dao of yin here and its orders. He’d never seen such a pure dao of extreme yin. This was a world for the dead! Any ghost that came here would see their strength grow explosively.

“Not here,” he suddenly said without offering an explanation. Jin Huo looked curiously at him.

His Yama Kings were fighting in the ancient burial mound and repeatedly died and came back to life. They’d grown much stronger and rivaled Cen Sui after the Tome of Life and Death transformed, but they still continued to die against their enemies.

Numerous wills of the dead tried to seize a chance of resurrection whenever the Yama Kings died, but they were stymied since the Yama Kings came back to life through the Tome of Life and Death.

Lu Yun had thought they were fighting inside the tomb of the shamanic ancestor, but he discovered they weren’t here when he himself visited the location. All the same, this tomb was a key point of the burial mound and the intersection of all major happenings. The blood demons from the evil coffins were sentient because of this tomb.

He’d thought that the dark empyrean supreme was behind all this, but now realized that the empyrean supreme would have to descend in person to manage the deed.

If he did so, the elder giant wouldn’t let him leave alive.

Lu Yun found that everything in the tomb had been occupied by the power of extreme yin. No other strength could make it inside. Extreme yin could fall under darkness, disorder, or even order.

Gusts of wind screamed at him and tousled his long hair, but he acutely perceived something different in it.

“This yin wind is from a combat art, someone’s fighting up ahead,” Jin Huo said before he could make further deductions. “It’s not the Disordered Empyrean Supreme or the god of Mount Tai.”

“So there is indeed more than one person who made their way here. Let’s go take a look.” Lu Yun moved toward the source of the wind.

There were no passageways or burial chambers in the tomb of the shamanic ancestor. It was just one massive and extremely dark world. Even the Spectral Eye couldn’t see where it ended. There was no light; it was a world darker than the Dark World or Darkstar major world.