NOVEL NEXT Chapter 405: Winter Is Coming
"Can you describe it in detail?"
After Wang Jixuan asked this question, the Three Realms Wanderer fell silent for a moment and voluntarily transferred this part of the memory into the Stone of the Past, pushing it to Wang Jixuan.
Master Wang read through it carefully several times, his expression turning from puzzled to more puzzled.
He originally thought the Immortal Gate was the gate to the Immortal Realm seen after ascension;
Only after viewing the old man's memories did he realize that the so-called Immortal Gate is a grand gate formed by the Tribulation Cloud after overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation. Inside, there are endless immortal realms, numerous auspicious signs, and Wang Jixuan's dream lover from years ago — fairies flying in flocks.
A rainbow ladder extended downward from within the Immortal Gate.
At that time, the Three Realms Wanderer straightened his attire, donned his robe, and ascended the rainbow ladder step by step.
He turned to bid farewell;
Only to find that the place he chose for crossing the tribulation was a desolate planet brimming with spiritual energy, already abandoned by some unknown civilization, with people from the Yina Civilization waiting outside the planet.
'Forget it, no need to say much to them; all the necessary reminders have been given, and the anomalies here can also prove the success of my ascension.'
'If they were to see the sights of the Immortal Gate, it might also arouse unnecessary greed.'
'Ultimately, I didn't leave behind a complete Tao legacy... Alas, their civilization has its own path to follow, and I am also without a guilty conscience towards them.'
'I do wonder, among the fairies of the Immortal Realm and the beauties of Yina, whose slender waist is more delicate.'
The old man stood before that Immortal Gate, holding his breath, clearing his mind of distractions.
He had one more step to take into the Immortal Gate.
Suddenly, a great sense of foreboding arose; the old man looked up ahead, his pupils sharply contracting.
The many beautiful scenes instantly collapsed;
A finger pointed out from within the Immortal Gate, pressing directly towards the old man.
This finger spanned universes, halted time, as if it flowed upstream along the River of Time, or as if it fell from upstream of the River of Time, cutting off any chance of retreat, intending to obliterate the Three Realms Wanderer.
The Immortal Gate instantly collapsed, revealing dark clouds within.
The Three Realms Wanderer struggled desperately, but he could not make any move in time. Even though he was now in a half-immortal body, needing only to step into the Immortal Gate to receive the cleansing of Immortal Spirit Qi to transform into a Primordial Immortal, the pointed finger made him only feel a sense of despair.
Then, his consciousness instantly vanished.
When he awoke, his residual soul was already within the Stone of the Past held by the Yina Civilization's Spiritual Servant.
When the Three Realms Wanderer ascended, he did not take this stone with him.
After all, this was the property of the Yina Civilization; it was lent to him for refining and comprehension for years, which made sense, but taking it with him would be too improper.
Yet, unexpectedly, he was brought back by this item.
Then, some discrepancies began to appear in the memories of the residual soul of the Three Realms Wanderer. That finger transformed into the second Heavenly Punishment, seemingly as if some force intentionally altered his memory.
What happened next, Wang Jixuan had already seen in the Stone of the Past before.
The Three Realms Wanderer, in despair and disappointment, languished for a long time.
The segment of altered memory was slowly corrected back by this Stone of the Past.
"That finger..."
Master Wang pondered with his head down.
The old man sitting opposite him smiled and sighed: "I don't know who it is, but it is very clear, I am not allowed to become an immortal."
"You and I are originally one, but of two different lifetimes."
Wang Jixuan exhaled softly:
"I will both correct the mistakes we made and find a way to avenge us both.
"That must be a finger from an expert in the Immortal Realm, right, do you have any thoughts?"
"Some ideas."
The old man murmured a few times:
"It's nothing more than two aspects, my own peculiarity, or the peculiarity of the items I carry."
"My own peculiarity actually refers to the fact that by borrowing the scientific and technological means of the Yina Civilization, I deduced formations and refining skills for thousands of years and came up with core circuits that could mass-produce spiritual cultivators."
"Core circuits without limitations can actually mass-produce experts beyond the Body Integration stage."
"Although these experts compared to true Body Integration Stage cultivators, not even ten might be able to match one, but if they have a numerical advantage, they can still play some role."
"But I thought again... that is the Immortal Realm, shouldn't everyone there start as immortals? Can't an immortal's breath extinguish a Body Integration Realm cultivator?"
Wang Jixuan nodded, deep in thought, then responded: "Could it be that it is the potential contained in that technology?"
"Hmm," the old man said, "this is actually the most probable conjecture... the items I carried at the time were nothing more than various treasures collected by the Yina civilization, thinking to go up to become an immortal, even if starting as a basic Heavenly Soldier, with more treasures, life becomes a bit easier."
Wang Jixuan raised a thumb.
Well, that matched his thoughts!
The old man continued: "If it's this magical Stone of the Past that triggered that strike, I can also understand it, as it is too divine, very much like something from the Immortal Realm, but I didn't carry it at the time."
"Could the memory have been altered?"
"No, the Stone of the Past helped me restore that part of the memory, innate clarity, completely without dimness, it can be determined to be genuine memory."
Wang Jixuan remained silent again.
At this moment, his body was actually already on the brink of collapse, and this collapse could not be healed.
As Hei Yao said, using too much power beyond the current realm inevitably comes with a price, and he was about to face the Ten Thousand Soul Devouring Heart, Demon Energy Rebound, Dao Body Inch Broken, and a series of pain.
But compared to his thirst for knowledge and his obsession with ascending to the Immortal Realm, Wang Jixuan had no time to contemplate such pain.