Cultivation: I Can Reincarnate Into Various Worlds

Her eyes were full of tenderness. "Thinking back, in the Shooting Sun Marquis Mansion, Yuhua Studio... we were bullied, but that was also the time we spent the longest together..."

Yellow Rhinoceros Beast Milk... Rivers and Mountains Map... And Huang Zhu's provocations, Xu Xing giving her Evergreen Qi to save her, his own birth mother... So many past events. Scene after scene replayed in Shi Yuyan's mind.

"Mom promises you,"

"I won't do anything foolish..."

At this moment, though the sorrow on Shi Yuyan's face was hard to conceal, she still tried her best to force a smile, looking at Xu Xing gently.

She raised her hand, wanting to draw closer and stroke Xu Xing's head, as she had when he was a baby in swaddling clothes. However... just as she raised her hand, she seemed to remember something and anxiously retracted her hand into her sleeve.

Seeing that his life was coming to an end, Xu Xing shook his head, waved his sleeve robe, and removed the array technique that separated him from Shi Yuyan. "Take me to Shangyi Mountain in Yinshui County."

Shi Yuyan was stunned for a moment, not knowing Xu Xing's purpose. She dared not delay this final request of his before his death.

"Put on this Conical Hat; it can temporarily protect your divine soul from the harsh sun and fierce winds..."

Without a word, she firmly placed the Conical Hat on Xu Xing's head. Then, she erected an air barrier to protect Xu Xing's Yin Soul and stepped through the void, heading towards Shangyi Mountain in Yinshui County.

At her cultivation realm, it took her less than a quarter of an hour to reach Shangyi Mountain.

This mountain was not famous in Yinshui County, just an ordinary mortal mountain.

Before long, the two landed on the mountainside.

"This is... part of my blood." Xu Xing's Yin Soul then slipped into the mountain's core and retrieved a Bronze Small Tripod. Several paper talismans were affixed to the surface of the Bronze Small Tripod; inside was a mass of Golden Liquid.

This Golden Liquid appeared calm, but when shaken, it surged like a raging river, from which emanated the roars of dragons and tigers.

"Take this blood; it will be of great use to you. I am already dead, but I hope my blood can still lend you a hand," Xu Xing said.

The immortal substance in this Small Tripod was only one-third of what he had stored.

He knew the principle of not putting all his eggs in one basket.

Although his cultivation in this world was inferior to Shi Yuyan's at this time, with the heritage of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace, his insight was not lacking.

Immortal substance... Even for Nascent Soul Daoist Lords or Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs, it would likely be considered a precious treasure.

This bond of kinship from one lifetime, to be repaid with his own flesh and blood at the end, could be considered a final closing chapter.

"Your blood..."

Shi Yuyan looked at the Bronze Small Tripod held in Xu Xing's hands, her heart conflicted.

She wanted to refuse but worried this would disrespect Xu Xing's kind intentions.

"Take it..." Xu Xing urged. "Mom!" His lips trembled. Finally, breaking through his mental block, he called out "Mom" to Shi Yuyan.

This bond of kinship was about to end. The awkwardness would only last this moment.

Moreover, Shi Yuyan's actions towards him truly merited him calling her "Mom."

If Shi Yuyan hesitated to consume the immortal substance in the Small Tripod—his blood—she would miss this opportunity, miss the chance to salvage her Dao path... He would never be able to forgive himself.

"Alright, Mom will drink it, Mom will drink it..."

Shi Yuyan's almond eyes welled with glistening tears, but she controlled her emotions, not letting them fall.

She picked up the Bronze Small Tripod, her crimson lips touching its rim, and drank the Golden Liquid in small sips. The moment the Golden Liquid touched her lips, it was instantly absorbed into her body.

Her aura grew increasingly powerful, seemingly mending the deficiencies in her Origin Energy.

"Xing Er!"

Just as Shi Yuyan had consumed half the immortal substance stored in the Bronze Small Tripod, Xu Xing's self-dispersing Yin Soul began to fade, inch by inch, like light and shadow.

At that moment, her entire body felt as if it had been drained of all strength. The Bronze Small Tripod slipped from her limp hands, falling to the ground, and the Golden Liquid spilled out.

The flowers, plants, and trees, nourished by the immortal substance, gradually developed spirituality, becoming extraordinary.

"You are an Innate Saint..."

"You won't die, you won't die. Xing Er, you won't die..."

Shi Yuyan's white hair billowed, and her eyes gradually turned crimson, as if she were about to succumb to her demonic nature once more.

However, Xu Xing's subsequent words gradually quelled her rising demonic intent.

"My departure this time isn't death; perhaps... it's another rebirth. Life and death, who can truly say?"

"Mom, since you've waited for me in this realm for a thousand years, perhaps in the next thousand years, we might meet again."

Xu Xing smiled and told a lie.

His words were half-truth, half-lie. Rebirth was true, but he would not seek out Shi Yuyan again.

Reincarnation, in any world, is a supreme rule. He didn't want to reveal his secrets, not even to his closest kin.

"A thousand years..."

Shi Yuyan was lost in a daze. She had painstakingly waited a thousand years for Xu Xing to finally arrive in this world, but now, she had to wait another thousand years.

Her right hand emerged from her sleeve, tentatively reaching out to touch Xu Xing's dissipating Yin Soul. Seeing Xu Xing didn't refuse, she spoke through tears and laughter, "Mom believes you. I believe you'll come back. You wouldn't lie to Mom. If a thousand years isn't enough, then two thousand, three thousand, even ten thousand years—Mom will wait for you..."

The dead cannot be resurrected; Shi Yuyan knew this truth.

Now, Xu Xing's Yin Soul had completely scattered. How could there possibly be a chance for him to reincarnate?

"Goodbye." Xu Xing closed his eyes, and his Yin Soul transformed into specks of white light, vanishing completely.

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「Shangyi Mountain.」

Shi Yuyan stared at the place where Xu Xing had departed, her gaze vacant for a long, long time.

「The sun rose and the moon set, day after day.」

It was not until the third year that her slender shoulders trembled slightly. Her white clothes disintegrated, and a flawless, jade-like body, as if a masterpiece of creation, emerged from a thin cocoon-like shell.

"Mom will wait for you..."

"Even if you don't return, Mom will find you and bring you back, even if it means defying the Reincarnation of this world..."

Crystal teardrops fell from Shi Yuyan's jet-black eyes. Her eyes were red, and she paid no heed to her current nakedness.

She bent down to pick up the Bronze Small Tripod and held it to her chest.

After a few breaths, she gradually regained her composure. Her fair arms stretched out, and in the blink of an eye, a white dress, similar to her previous one, materialized on her body, making her appear like an Immortal from a painting.