Chapter 311: Book of Life and Death

Chapter 311: Book of Life and Death

Tianyi’s wedding with Daoyi was scheduled for five years later. Mengfei wanted a year at max, but Sect Master Xia wanted it to be a sect-wide event to boost morale upon hearing of the news.

We’re in a war? What war? It’s so easy that we can hold a grand celebration in the midst of it.

Sect Master Xia almost failed, but only after promising Mengfei it would be the grandest event in the recent history of the Buzhou Immortal Sect did she agree. While Sect Master Xia had been begging, Tianyi just sat at the side with a surrendering expression.

After that debacle was over, Tianyi spoke separately to Sect Master Xia about his experiences in the different timeline. More specifically, he spoke about the continued survival of Emperor Begonia and how he turned into Boddhisattva Begonia. He would let Sect Master Xia worry about all this mess, he didn’t want to hold over a position of power for this reason, after all.

Having successfully passed the hot potato to Sect Master Xia, Tianyi made his way to Broken Heaven Valley. Behind him, Mengfei followed. When the two reached the entrance, they felt an invisible force blocking them.

Tianyi and Mengfei waited for the force to disappear. When it did, they entered, and Tianyi saw the vestiges of the once-grand Immortal Court. The two walked through the solemn yet silent grounds before finally reaching the central palace.

There, outside of the palace, stood Immortal Court Spirit.

“Grand Elder Xi, Elder Xi,” Immortal Court Spirit greeted, giving a slight bow to Mengfei in the process.

Staring at Immortal Court Spirit, Tianyi felt a chill crawl up his spine. Noticing Tianyi staring at him, Immortal Court Spirit looked over. “I trust my other self passed the message on to you?”

‘Did the other Immortal Court Spirit not come to this timeline and die there? Either way, the base is still the same, and I have to be careful if, for some reason, he decides to blow up this Huang Realm.’ Tianyi managed to force a smile. “Yes, he did. I’m here to deliver the Three Lives Stone.”

“Excellent, I didn’t expect you to actually succeed,” Immortal Court said. He turned around and said, “Please follow me.”

Tianyi and Mengfei followed behind the artifact spirit. They didn’t fly through Immortal Court, so the trek took several hours. During this time, no one spoke a single word. However, Tianyi did notice Mengfei’s constant stare.

He had thought it was his imagination, but now, he was quite sure that his mother’s eyes had never left him for the past few hours.

Tianyi tried to ignore Mengfei’s gaze to the best of his ability. He looked for anything that would distract him. He saw a magnificent palace with a plaque above the entrance. ‘Oh, Heaven Bearing Palace.’

“We’ve arrived,” Immortal Court Spirit said as he stopped to enter Heaving Bearing Palace. “Come inside.”

Tianyi and Mengfei followed. When they entered the gates, they didn’t see any rooms but rather a bleak landscape under perpetual twilight.

“This is the Nether Realm?” Tianyi asked. Having visited the Nether Realm before, he couldn’t be more familiar with the landscape.

“To be more precise, it’s nothing more than a miniaturized replication,” Immortal Court Spirit said. He waved his hands, and Tianyi and Mengfei instantly arrived at Youdu Palace within Heaven Bearing Palace.

Tianyi couldn’t feel that space had shifted. Even if it was the Law of Space at the divine level, he should have been able to sense it. Since he couldn’t, it meant that they were transported through other means.

“I’ve sealed this place from the Heavenly Dao and any external perception,” Immortal Court Spirit said and opened his hand. “You can hand over the Three Lives Stone now.”Findd new stories at novelhall.com

Tianyi nodded and walked over. He held his hand in front of Immortal Court Spirit’s. A portal appeared, and a giant stone appeared. To his shock, when the stone touched Immortal Court Spirit’s hand, it turned into a book.

On the front, Tianyi could read “Life and Death.”

“Are you surprised?” Immortal Court Spirit asked.

Tianyi nodded. “I thought the Three Lives Stone and the Book of Life and Death were two separate artifacts.”

That was nearly a year ago. Jinshu had thought the next time his master would summon him would be at least a few more years, not now.

Still, he obediently greeted his master, Monarch Nine Heavens.

Monarch Nine Heaven’s expression didn’t change. He waved his hand, and a rectangular jade slip appeared in Jinshu. Jinshu took it and saw it was a Xiyi Talisman.

During the hundred years, Xiyi Talisman exploded in popularity. The thing the disciple most liked to do was watch fights between immortals, and such fights weren’t rare nowadays. Those scions with immortal elders begged them to record their fights with the Xiyi Talisman, and then the scions would upload them.

Naturally, Jinshu also had one, and the top-of-the-line one too. So, why would his master give him another one?

“I recently had an inspiration and constructed a false world. There, you can become another person and experience another life. From the Qi Gathering Realm, you can reach the Mortality Shedding Realm even if your true self is not in that realm. But the most important feature is that you can experience death without truly dying,” Monarch Nine Heavens explained to Jinshu. Seeing him still confused, he said, “Go experience it. You will understand.”

Jinshu nodded and returned to his abode. Inside his cultivation chamber, he took out the new Xiyi Talisman. He inputted his spiritual sense into the talisman and activated it.

Instantly, he felt this consciousness darken. When Jinshu regained awareness, he discovered that he was in a simple hall with windows but no doors. At the front, he saw a beautiful lady dressed in an attendant’s uniform.

The strangest thing was that he couldn’t release his spiritual sense or feel his qi. It was as if he had returned to being a mere mortal. However, Jinshu didn’t panic. He had confidence that his master wouldn’t hurt him.

Jinshu first walked to the window and looked outside. There, he discovered that the building he was in was actually floating high in the sky, and he could see a vast expanse of land filled with different biomes, including the sea.

He walked over and greeted the girl that had not moved. Had it not been for her lifelike features, Jinshu would have thought that she was a statue. In fact, he couldn’t get rid of the suspicion that she was an artifact, like a puppet.

[Welcome to Cultivation Online. You can call me Youxi. Are you ready to register?]

Jinshu furrowed his brows but still said yes.

[Okay, begin registration. Pulling up information. You are Disciple Jinshu, a World Mergining Venerable of the Buzhou Immortal Sect. Gender, male...]

As the attendant continued on, Jinshu had to hit back the creeping feeling crawling up his back at how much the unknown girl knew.

[Begin registration. First of all, what username would you like to use?]

“Lushu,” Jinshu said after a moment of thought.

[What gender would you like to play as?]

Jinshu’s eyebrows nearly reached his hairline. What kind of question was this? “Male!”

Youxi asked several more questions, and after the twenty-fifth question, an illusion of the new body Jinshu customized appeared.

[Here is your avatar, would you like to make any changes?]

Jinshu shook his head.

[Okay, would you like to enter the new and exciting world?]

Jinshu hesitated for a moment but finally nodded.

[Okay, preparing to transfer consciousness. Transfer complete. Player Lushu, please enjoy Cultivation Online.]