Aspiring to the Immortal Path

Before Tang Jie were the rushing waters of the Yellow Springs.

It sprang from the unknown and flowed into the unknown.

But this time, he knew.

It was born from Life and flowed back to Life, passing through Death.

Reincarnation was an experience, a journey between positive and negative, Life and Death, Yin and Yang, a process, a neverending existence.

Every life, in this world or that world, would come to being in this way.

Tang Jie’s gaze followed the flow of the Yellow Springs upstream.

Though he had once found it interminable, his vision was now opened.

He saw that the Yellow Springs emerged out of a bizarre dimension.

Within this yellow fog, countless stars twinkled.

Tang Jie lightly tapped one of the motes of light, upon which countless images popped out like a naughty child jumping up. Just like when he had entered the Dao of Reincarnation to see his past lives, he saw the countless reincarnations and experiences of a single soul.

Just like when he had seen his own “past life”, this soul’s past lives consisted of both the ordinary and extraordinary.

They bloomed like flowers and faded like fireworks.

Tang Jie looked to the other motes of light and found that each light carried the countless past memories of a single soul.

Floating freely in this yellow fog, they formed a vast sea of consciousness.

Tang Jie realized that this was the world of Reincarnation.

The souls rushing into the Yellow Springs would find their past memories here, reuniting with lost pasts. But soon afterward, these soul lights would send out new individuals.

Pure and simple, these newborn individuals would fly out like fireflies and then disappear in a flash of light. Tang Jie knew that they didn’t actually disappear, simply leaving this dimension to head off to an unknown world.

The Yellow Springs was a manifestation of this process.

Space had no meaning here, for it was a world of pure consciousness. Only memories could remain, and only the unsullied and pure could depart.

After experiencing his past lives, Tang Jie thought that he had started to understand Reincarnation. It was only upon entering the Reincarnation Plane that he realized that he was still far from true understanding.

Here, Reincarnation was not merely destiny, but a real existence and power.

It was the starting point of the spirit, the world, and the soul, and it was also the ending point of the soul. Only when passing through here and experiencing the baptism of Reincarnation could one truly understand the meaning of Reincarnation and truly enter the Dao.

The Dao he had experienced before had still been too shallow!

When he comprehended this, everything around him suddenly became more complex and three-dimensional.

Countless scenes flooded into Tang Jie’s mind, an instantaneous rush of information large enough to explode the minds of a million people. Fortunately, this was the Immortal Tang Jie, his soul now a God, so if he focused, he could resist this sort of high-speed collision. Even so, it left his head spinning.

Tang Jie had to quickly filter out the information that was useless to him and choose only the most important contents.

This chance to peer into the elusive Plane of Reincarnation through the Blade of Reincarnation was his opportunity to create a Dao Art, completing the full set of the Twelve Great Daos.

His eyes flashed as the information rushed through his mind, and through all of this complex data, he gained a greater and greater understanding of Reincarnation. As he did, the plane grew larger and larger.

Yes, larger and larger!

The Plane of Reincarnation was a special plane that existed between Illusion and Reality. Though it was real, it did not exist in any corner of the cosmos, but in the minds of each and every person, with only those who understood Reincarnation being able to enter it. Here, they could find the memories of their past lives, and also bury information that they wanted to hide, just like…

‘Just like’ what?

Tang Jie thought hard, but he couldn’t think of anything, so he shook his head and put the matter to the side. There was too much information rushing into his mind, and he had no time to waste on some trivial idea.

He continued to improve his understanding of the Reincarnation Plane, and as he understood more and more, the plane grew larger and larger. Gradually, these profound understandings began to manifest as Dao Runes back on his avatar in the Rosecloud Domain.

One after another, they kept appearing.

Finally, the avatar Tang Jie erupted in light, and countless Dao Runes began to circle his body as a sacred chant resounded through the heavens. His vast will spread out across the Zephyr Mountains, and everyone prostrated in the direction of the Hall of Divine Conference.

In his small hut in the back mountain, even Yun Tianlan raised his head and gazed toward the hall. “Such a thick Great Dao power. Has he entered another Great Dao? He really is an incredible person. But why do I feel so uneasy?”

Yun Tianlan’s eyes were tinged with concern.

At the same time, the Dao Runes around him bloomed like flowers and began to mix together in the air, waiting for the moment to become fixed. When they became fixed, Tang Jie’s Dao Art would be complete.

Tang Jie’s main will was still in the Reincarnation Plane, experiencing the Great Dao laws unique to that space. The Blade of Reincarnation enabled him to deeply experience the Dao of Reincarnation, and there might not be such an excellent chance in the future.

As Reincarnation was based in the soul and mind, Tang Jie’s Divine Soul would be refined and enhanced here, his Godhood further sublimated. This Reincarnation Dao Art would also be a rare Divine Soul Dao Art.

Tang Jie was also thinking about what Dao Art would be best for him.

As he was thinking, he suddenly sensed something.

Far in the distance was an unremarkable mote of light.

Despite being so small and inconspicuous, it drew Tang Jie’s gaze.

His will extended a feeler and lightly tapped it, upon which information surged into his mind.

It was his past life.

Tang Jie laughed.

He had found his own slumbering memories in this place.

The contents were exactly the same as what he had seen in the Court of Myriad Domains, though at that time, he had experienced everything firsthand, while now, it was as an outsider and spectator, viewing everything from a higher perspective.

In this way, he was no longer affected by those past memories and could remain aloof and indifferent.

As he gazed at these old memories, he suddenly understood what kind of Reincarnation Dao Art he needed.

In the Hall of Divine Conference, the Dao Runes around Tang Jie gradually transformed into an enchanting image that settled onto Tang Jie’s shoulder.

Tang Jie stood up and teleported to the Basking Moon Sect’s underground prison.

The Basking Moon Sect had locked away some important criminals here, fiends and demons of Blood River who had attempted to rebel. They were locked up so that they could be brought out to be used for various purposes when needed.

Tang Jie needed such a criminal at this time.

He appeared in front of a Divine Division fiend’s cell. He seized it by the head and stared, upon which the fiend’s eyes lost their focus.

Countless images flitted before his eyes, images that he had never seen before yet seemed strangely familiar. A few moments later, the fiend felt like it had lost all strength and limply fell to the floor.

“You… What did you do to me?” the fiend cried out in alarm.

Tang Jie coldly looked at it. “Nothing. I just helped you recover the memories of your past life.”

The fiend was shocked. “Why?”

Tang Jie answered, “Only pure souls can be born and grow in this world, can serve as a vessel for a new will. This is why every soul must be thoroughly bathed in the Plane of Reincarnation upon death so that the pure and clean soul can be reborn. Now that I’ve made you recover your memories, your soul will have to bear the shock of your past lives and will no longer be clean.”

“But… but why?” The fiend was confused.

Tang Jie answered. “An unclean soul presents many opportunities. If you want, you can search its memories, like with Soulscour, but even more convenient. There’s no risk of turning the person into an idiot or killing them. You could also modify their memories and make them loyal to you. You could even discover long-lost secrets of the past from their memories. In short… there are far too many benefits.”

Tang Jie’s cold words made the fiend despair, and it howled, “No, no, don’t kill me!”

Tang Jie raised a finger and placed it on the center of the fiend’s forehead, smiling. “Thank you for becoming the test subject for my twelfth Great Dao Art, the Reincarnation Dao Art. I no longer need a Dao Art that makes me stronger. A Reincarnation Dao Art that can control minds can turn the tables, and this is what I need.”

“Tang Jie!” the fiend shouted. “As a cultivator, you should seek the utmost principles of the heavens. If you become obsessed with messing with minds and scheming, you will never reach those lofty heights!”

Tang Jie’s hand froze, and confusion appeared in his eyes. He muttered, “True—as an Immortal, I should be wholeheartedly seeking the Heavenly Dao, so why do I want this twelfth Great Dao Art to control the mind?”

As Tang Jie was asking himself this, in the Plane of Reincarnation, Tang Jie’s main will was still searching through his past lives.

He had already read through 99 and had finally reached that last and most majestic of memories.

That cultivator who looked somewhat similar to him was standing on a colossal dragon, his hands held behind his back.

He gazed into the distance with a profound gaze, a light over his face blurring his features.

Bizarrely, when one stopped looking at him, his face would disappear from one’s memories, utterly forgotten.

Tang Jie shivered.

He remembered what the Azure Dragon had said.

He gazed at that familiar yet unfamiliar face and whispered, “Immortal Emperor.”

The cultivator standing on the dragon slowly turned to face Tang Jie.

“You’ve finally come!”

In the small hut, the skeleton brought back from the Blood River raised its head, an eerie green light in its eyes.

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