Chapter 4244: Reincarnation Established, Six Paths Born
The White Jade Divine Emperor was in a moment of despair, besieged by gods from across the entire universe, including Primordial Ancestors like Zhang Ruochen, Ji Fanxin, Lin Ke, Heavenly Mother, and Lady Shiji.
Half-Ancestors, Heavenly Venerables, God Kings, and God Venerables were too numerous to count.
Gods blanketed the sky and earth.
The number of Divine Throne Planets was like a boundless, endless sea of stars.
A siege of this scale against a single individual had never occurred since ancient times.
The White Jade Divine Emperor was not the Beginningless Beginning End, yet he received the highest level of treatment. With such an arrangement, even if he died in battle, it would be spectacular, his name remembered for ten thousand ages, and even the Human Ancestor would envy him.
Divine abilities and war weapons submerged the center of the battlefield. Rules and order wove together into a cage of heaven and earth.
"Roar!"
The tiger's roar shook heaven and earth, causing the star sea to tremble, but it carried a tone of grief, anger, and unwillingness.
Even a peerless Primordial Ancestor felt a sense of being at the end of the road.
"Don't let him self-detonate the Ancestor Divine Source. Suppress him together with divine thoughts and spiritual power. Capture him alive, and divide the tiger meat and tiger blood." Xue Tu was extremely excited, his face flushed red, having never fought such a richly rewarding battle.
"Tiger bones are the real treasure." Ming Gu laughed with a cackle, truly delighted.
Jing Daoren's eyes were fervent. While executing the Five Elements Dao Technique, he said in the same tone, "That's right, tiger bones are perfect for soaking in wine. The bones of an Immortal who has lived for billions of years as a Primordial Ancestor—I can't even imagine how potent the medicinal properties of that wine would be."
Ming Gu became wary, feeling that this fat Daoist was not a good person. Could it be that the Five Elements Temple had soaked many divine bone wines and ancestral bone wines?
Someone who could be in cahoots with Xu Fengjin—how could they be a good person?
"Then why not just soak the tiger's penis directly?" Xiao Hei suggested.
Xiang Chunan said, "I think we should use the tiger skin to make a Heavenly Dao Great Emperor banner for Big Brother, standing at the center of the universe. How majestic would that be?"
Many top-tier gods were discussing how to divide the White Jade Divine Emperor.
After all.
The Human Ancestor had fallen in the Great Calamity, and the Dark Sovereign had self-detonated his Ancestor Divine Source, leaving nothing behind.
As for the remains of Emperor Xuan and the corpse of Truth Great Emperor, they had to consider the attitudes of the Xuan Yuan Family and the Inverse God Clan, making it difficult to divide them.
Counting it all up, the White Jade Divine Emperor was still a treasure from head to toe.
Even getting a piece of meat or a bone would be as precious as a divine medicine.
Zangjin Baihu was with Chi Yao, having learned from Heavenly Mother about its relationship with the White Jade Divine Emperor—they were siblings from the same mother but different fathers.
But this familial bond spanning countless billions of years did not weigh on Zangjin Baihu's mind; its heart was utterly calm.
If the White Jade Divine Emperor had even a shred of sibling affection for it, he would have sought it out long ago, not let it drift outside, needing to exchange paths with others to cultivate.
All Zangjin Baihu could do was not participate in this hunt.
Hao Tian very much wanted to personally rush to the hunting battlefield, to avenge the Heavenly Court gods who died under the Beginningless Endless God Mountain. However, the signs of the Great Calamity were becoming increasingly evident.
The stars in the universe were growing more unstable.
He and Yan Wushen had first rushed to the Gray Sea of the Desolate Universe.
Establishing reincarnation in the Gray Sea was the result of their discussions with Hao Tian, Yan Wushen, and Heavenly Mother.
To establish reincarnation, they had to use the Santu River.
The tributaries of the Santu River extended to every life planet and major world in the universe, forming the meridians of various star domain spaces.
After living beings died, their living souls could use the Santu River as the path of yin and yang, with all tributaries converging at the Gray Sea, to enter reincarnation and gain a new life in the next world.
The two entered the Desolate Universe.
From afar, Yan Wushen could already see the vast fire domain floating in the void at the end of the Santu River.
It was very expansive, with the entire starry sky burning.
That fire domain was formed by the self-detonation of the Ancestor Divine Source of Ksitigarbha King, combined with "Ancestral Flame Daylight, Orchid and Mugwort Burn Together."
Compared to thirty thousand years ago, the destructive energy of the fire domain had diminished significantly.
But it was still a forbidden zone in the universe!
"The Gray Sea is the foundation of the Nether Ancestor, and the Santu River is the medium through which the Nether Ancestor absorbs the death energy of the world. Do you think she will allow us to establish reincarnation in the Gray Sea?" Yan Wushen said.
This "she" naturally referred to Ji Fanxin.
Ji Fanxin had delayed her action by more than ten days, making any cultivator suspect her intentions.
"The more so, the more we must establish reincarnation in the Gray Sea. Isn't this a test of her? At the same time, we can use this opportunity to break the Gray Sea foundation of the Nether Ancestor and the Santu River, this medium she has arranged for ten thousand ages."
"Can you accept that all life planets and major worlds have been threatened by the Santu River?"
"Thirty thousand years ago, I went through the Minor Calamity of Life and Death. This kind of thing absolutely cannot happen a second time."
Hao Tian also did not trust Ji Fanxin, but with Zhang Ruochen's current battle prowess, coupled with the possible return of the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable at any time, even if the Nether Ancestor truly rose from the ashes, it could no longer affect the overall situation.
Hao Tian spread his palm.
In his palm appeared a three-inch-tall exquisite divine temple. The temple was red-gold, containing the Fire Essence and flame ancestral patterns.
"Whoosh!"
The red-gold divine temple flew out, hovering above the endless fire domain, collecting the flames there.
These flames could be called ancestral flames. Even Half-Ancestors would face extreme danger breaking in.
To establish reincarnation, they naturally had to first remove the fire domain surrounding the Gray Sea.
Yan Wushen, lost in thought, said, "The Great Venerable and the Nether Ancestor's enmity is indeed irreconcilable. If he returns, it will be the greatest check on the Nether Ancestor. By the way, Kong Fanni has also become part of this endless fire domain, hasn't she? What kind of story did you have with her back then?"
Hao Tian looked at him: "We don't seem to be that familiar yet."
Yan Wushen felt he had asked a pointless question and smiled indifferently, flying into the fire domain first.
Soon, he passed through the Wangchuan region, crossed the Gray Sea, and arrived at the southern shore of the Gray Sea, beneath the Biluo Pass.
The pass gate was majestic and ancient, exuding a momentum that stirred even a Primordial Ancestor's heart.
The two celestial gates above eternally emitted the light of life and death.
On the ground.
Ruins stretched in patches, with broken walls and collapsed beams.
This was the devastated battlefield left from the battle thirty thousand years ago. The Eight Divisions Followers had turned to ashes, and the eight huge war cities on the planets had become the ruins before them.
"Truly incredible. How many billions of years have passed? Even Primordial Ancestors have decayed, yet you stand unyielding. In that battle thirty thousand years ago, how many heroes fell? The entire Meng Clan perished, yet you never fell."
Yan Wushen was very interested in this pass gate, looking up at it, deeply shaken inside.
He touched it with his finger, closing his eyes to feel the immortal patterns formed on the pass gate after being scoured by the torrent of billions of years.
In the ruins, the sound of footsteps echoed.
A hoarse and aged voice: "Beneath the celestial gates, south of the Gray Sea. Eight Divisions Followers, life and death both difficult. All dead, leaving only silence."
Yan Wushen withdrew his hand and looked toward the direction of the voice.
He saw an ugly, hunchbacked old woman, holding a wooden staff, slowly walking out from the ruins.
She was extremely old, with white hair, staggering forward.
Yan Wushen's tiger-like eyes were sharp. Observing carefully, he found that this old woman was actually surrounded by a Primordial Ancestor's order field, and he couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.
When had such a formidable figure emerged in the universe?
"Old one, where do you come from?" Yan Wushen asked.
The old woman raised her head, her eyes cloudy, as if she had just noticed Yan Wushen: "Love Mountain."
"Where is Love Mountain?" Yan Wushen asked.
The old woman pointed with her finger, touching her heart.
"In the heart?" Yan Wushen said.
The old woman nodded.
Love Mountain was the crystallization of Gandharva's entire spiritual power cultivation, absorbed by Meng Huang'e into her divine heart and comprehended for thirty thousand years.
Gandharva's spiritual power, nearly reaching the ninety-fifth level, along with the Love Mountain Primordial Ancestor order field, had already been mastered by her.
Yan Wushen was Yan Wushen after all. Soon, he deduced the Heavenly Secret aura belonging to Zhang Ruochen on the old woman, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "How should I address you?"
"This old body doesn't know how to call herself. I only know my surname is Meng." The old woman smiled bitterly.
Yan Wushen said: "Do you have a connection with Di Chen?"
The old woman shook her head without speaking, leaning on her wooden staff as she walked toward the Gray Sea, her voice drifting back: "The Life and Death Old Man refined the 'Book of Life and Death' at Biluo Pass, the Fate Ancestor refined the Lamp of Life and Extinction here, and the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable found the Creation Life Iron and Creation Death Iron here. The power of life and death coexists here. It is indeed a good place to establish reincarnation."
Yan Wushen looked toward the Gray Sea, watching her gradually receding figure, and laughed: "You even know my intention?"
"This was told by Miss Fanxin a few days ago."
Yan Wushen pressed: "What state is she in now? Is she the Nether Ancestor?"
There was no response.
The old woman walked out of the Gray Sea, arriving at the void where Wangchuan had been destroyed thirty thousand years ago. First, she struck out the Six Desires Divine Furnace to collect the flames of the endless fire domain.
At the same time, the Corpse Bone Plain of Wangchuan quickly reformed beneath her feet.
"It seems she is a survivor of that battle. Surname Meng, a descendant of the Meng Clan?"
Heat surged into the Gray Sea, and the rules of heaven and earth became active.
Yan Wushen sensed that the vast universe was undergoing some intense change. The ominous pressure of the apocalypse had already reached the Gray Sea. Stars flickered, and even the Desolate Universe grew brighter.
He wasted no more time.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Seal rose behind him. He fully mobilized the six types of Ancestor Divine Qi within his body, striking them toward the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror slowly rotated, the surrounding space fluctuations gradually intensifying. On the mirror appeared the light and shadow of six completely different worlds, corresponding to the six Dao techniques Yan Wushen primarily cultivated: Yama Heavenly Dao, Space, Origin, Buddha, Darkness, and Yellow Spring.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror flew out, overlapping with Biluo Pass.
He intended to use the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror to refine Biluo Pass, merging the two into one.
Yan Wushen's Primordial Ancestor divine thoughts were released, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Seal behind him rapidly expanded into the universe, mobilizing all the rules of heaven and earth of the six paths in the universe.
"Boom!"
Affected by this, the Life and Death Realm behind Biluo Pass shone brightly, emitting a soul-shaking sound like thunder.
The Gray Sea boiled, raising monstrous waves that surged toward Yan Wushen.
"Whoosh!"
Clear radiance filled the sky. Hao Tian descended holding the red-gold divine temple, channeling the ancestral flames within the temple to block the Gray Sea waves surging toward Yan Wushen and Biluo Pass.
The endless fire domain outside had already been collected by him and Meng Huang'e.
As the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror continuously refined Biluo Pass and the Life and Death Realm, the cosmic phenomena grew more terrifying. The rules of heaven and earth and space crazily surged toward the Gray Sea, toward Yan Wushen, as if to devour him.
The Yellow Spring Star River shook, and the flow of the Santu River increased several times.
Various heavenly counterattacks followed one after another. Even with Hao Tian's help in blocking, Yan Wushen still couldn't withstand it, feeling as if his body and soul were being torn apart.
"The power of entropy has not weakened; instead, it is accelerating in growth," Hao Tian said.
"I know! Establishing the Six Paths Reincarnation is opposing the order of heaven and earth, and will inevitably suffer the backlash of the universe. But isn't this proof that this is the right path?"
Yan Wushen's eyes were wild. Instead of panicking, he rejoiced. The divine blood within his body burned, and he was determined to use everything—reincarnation, Biluo Pass, and the Life and Death Realm—to connect the six paths of the universe.
His body transformed into a source of energy, burning fiercely.
If he could establish the Six Paths Reincarnation, what did it matter if he burned to ashes?
Baozhu Dizang, wrapped in a monk's robe and holding a silver-white tin staff, arrived at Wangchuan and joined Meng Huang'e. Together, they gazed at the Gray Sea.
They saw that the entire universe had turned into six colors. All the rules of heaven and earth were divided into six parts, turning into rolling tides that surged along the Santu River toward Biluo Pass.
"Boom!"
In the Desolate Universe, stars flickered and exploded, forming dazzling destructive ripples.
The establishment of the Six Paths Reincarnation did not stop the increase in entropy; instead, it accelerated the arrival of the Great Calamity.
Meng Huang'e said: "Establishing reincarnation is defying heaven's will, and will surely incur heavenly punishment."
"Heavenly punishment?"
Baozhu Dizang smiled charmingly, her beauty not like a Buddhist: "Yan Wushen and Hao Tian, though Primordial Ancestors, have just entered the Primordial Ancestor realm, so naturally they cannot contend with heaven and earth. But the Heavenly Dao is in the mortal world. So what if we defy heaven's will? Look, he is coming!"
Meng Huang'e's wrinkled eyelids lifted, looking toward the dark and deep end of the universe.
She saw an infinitely enormous Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram flying across the Yellow Spring Star River, coming horizontally through the sky, passing over their heads, and entering the Gray Sea.
The young, heroic figure wielding the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram had a profound and domineering aura, with unmatched divine power and Dharma. He pressed his palm toward the direction of Biluo Pass.
The "Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram," transformed from the Heavenly Dao Origin, followed his palm and collided with the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror.
Yan Wushen and Hao Tian immediately retreated to the left and right.
"He wants to use the Heavenly Dao Origin to establish reincarnation?" Yan Wushen found it unbelievable.
"Relying on the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror alone cannot resolve the Great Calamity. The Heavenly Dao Origin is the foundation for establishing reincarnation."
Ji Fanxin's voice appeared on the sea of the Gray Sea.
Yan Wushen turned his head warily and saw that Ji Fanxin's aura had become even more vigorous. She stepped on an eternal divine sea, walking step by step toward Biluo Pass.
It seemed the White Jade Divine Emperor was dead beyond dead! Heavenly Mother, Lady Shiji, and Chi Yao arrived one after another.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Beams of Primordial Ancestor light struck toward the direction of the Heavenly Dao Origin, the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror, Biluo Pass, and the Life and Death Realm.
The four rapidly merged.
Lady Shiji sensed something and said: "Do you feel it? The entropy in the universe is being mobilized by him, flowing into reincarnation, becoming the energy needed for reincarnation to operate."
"It's true! The increase in entropy is beginning to reverse!"
"Now it depends on whether reincarnation can stabilize."
Everyone, even though their cultivation had reached the Primordial Ancestor realm and their minds were steady, was now extremely excited.
"Boom!"
The moment the Heavenly Dao Origin, the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror, Biluo Pass, and the Life and Death Realm completed their fusion, Zhang Ruochen suddenly soared into the air, holding the Creation Divine Sword, and swung his arm to slash at the universe.
A bright Primordial Ancestor sword light split the entire universe.
Instantly, Lihentian and the broken Divine Realm were forcibly separated by him.
"What is he doing?" Hao Tian was very puzzled.
Ji Fanxin discerned Zhang Ruochen's intention: "To make the Six Paths Reincarnation completely stable, the universe must be divided from the former three realms into six realms, or six paths. This strike of his separates the former Lihentian and Divine Realm, which can be called the Heavenly God Path."
"Who will go first to support the Heavenly God Path?"
"I'll go!"
Hao Tian released endless clear radiance, entering the Heavenly God Path.
"With such will, he divides heaven and earth. From now on, gods will probably have to enter the Heavenly God Path to support it from collapsing," Yan Wushen said.
"Whoosh!"
Zhang Ruochen's second sword strike cut out, separating the Yellow Spring Star River from the Heavenly Court Universe and the Sword Realm Star Domain, forming a sword qi barrier.
The "Hell Path" was born, and Heavenly Mother went to support it.
The third Creation Sword strike split out, separating the Abyss of Darkness, forming the third path of the Six Paths Reincarnation, the "Primordial Path."
Lady Shiji rushed to the Abyss of Darkness to support it.
The fourth Creation Sword strike swung out, separating the Desolate Universe, turning it into the fourth path.
This fourth path included Wangchuan and the Gray Sea, and was the location of the Six Paths Reincarnation.
Zhang Ruochen did not raise his sword again. The remaining two paths were the "Human Path," where the Heavenly Court Universe and the Sword Realm were located, and the "Non-Life Path," where the Void World was located.
With this, the Six Paths Reincarnation was initially established. The six realms were independent of each other, completely separated.
A new cosmic structure was born, and a brand new era had arrived.
If the six paths did not collapse, reincarnation would not be extinguished.