Chapter 65: Karma
Under the blood mist, a barrier from soft to firm blocked his fingers, preventing further penetration.
Li Weiyi used his hands to peel away the blood mist layer by layer, but he could vaguely see outside. He discovered that the towering and majestic Fusang Divine Tree and the boundless Tanggu Sea flashed before his eyes, replaced by a piece of brownish-red desolation.
Just now… he must have been seeing things!
Walking toward several other directions, he still couldn’t get out, blocked by the blood mist in a narrow spatial area.
Only a few zhang in radius.
Spirit Tablet Senior was unclear about the exact situation and analyzed: “Your mind power is probably not strong enough yet. To walk to farther places, to fully control the mysterious power of Shaoyang Star, you need more spiritual light and a higher realm.”
Li Weiyi asked: “Three Masters, how did you ascend to Shaoyang Star back then, why gather here, and what was the great battle a thousand years ago?”
Silence lasted for a long time.
Stone Coffin Senior spoke first again: “For you now, knowing too much is actually not a good thing. Just cultivate steadily.”
Jar Master was more direct: “Actually, we don’t know much either.”
Spirit Tablet Senior said: “That’s right. Although the three of us know some things, we only half understand them. Speaking them out might mislead you instead. Whether you treat it as a planet or as Buddha’s Sarira, you need to walk further on the Spiritual God Path to uncover its secrets.”
“This is your path; you have to explore it slowly yourself.”
Stone Coffin Senior thought of something and added: “There are two points I can tell you. The first is that the participants of that battle back then could all return to Shaoyang Star to heal injuries or nourish soul. The premise is that you personally guide them.”
“That’s right!”
Jar Master was as excited as at the beginning: “Bury my ashes in this blood mud to nourish, then shape into human form. In the future, I might grow bones and flesh and blood, gaining an alternative rebirth. Although the chance is very slim!”
Spirit Tablet Senior said: “I can’t. My physical body annihilated, leaving only a tiny remnant soul.”
Stone Coffin Senior said: “You yourself walk the Spiritual God Path, cultivating mind power. The physical body is not that important. The remnant soul can also be nourished and strengthened on Shaoyang Star, walking the path of Departed Spirit Cultivation. This millennium, if not for the Bronze Ship malfunctioning and isolating from the outside world, we might not be in this miserable state now.”
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Listening to their conversation, Li Weiyi was dumbfounded, increasingly unable to understand this planet… or rather Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish. What kind of existence was it?
The karma behind it felt beyond imagination.
Li Weiyi asked: “On the Bronze Ship, how many people are not fully dead? Why not bury them all on Shaoyang Star? Wouldn’t they all have a chance for alternative rebirth?”
Jar Senior sighed deeply: “The not fully dead ones are just us three, plus Zen Sea Observing Mist and Yu Tuo Nan. Otherwise, why would the owner of the Bronze Ship send us three as your guides? Because we also need your help, though the chance is very small.”
“A thousand years ago, we should have been buried on Shaoyang Star, but the Bronze Ship malfunctioned. Its owner seems off in condition too.” Stone Coffin Senior said.
Spirit Tablet Senior said: “In the great battle a thousand years ago, there were many participants. Those carried on the Bronze Ship were just one percent, one thousandth of them. There were many survivors, and many lingering like us… All participants are your karma. You definitely can’t understand now; you’ll know in the future. Perhaps some survivors from back then will come to you on their own… fortune or misfortune is hard to predict.”
Stone Coffin Senior said: “The second point I know about Shaoyang Star is that it has extraordinary spatial characteristics.”
“The light particles you absorbed in an extremely short time can compare to the amount a top genius on the Spiritual God Path absorbs in seven days, and opening the Forehead Spirit Realm should have a large part due to the help of Shaoyang Star’s spatial power.”
“It is this spatial power that madly pulls light particles from the surrounding space to your side.”
Spirit Tablet Senior said: “Simply put, with Shaoyang Star’s spatial power, your mind power cultivation speed will be more than ten times that of those so-called geniuses. Of course, after reaching the Spirit Mind Master level, the speed will definitely slow down; it won’t be just absorbing light particles then.”
“More than ten times… wouldn’t that catch up to others’ ten years of hard cultivation in one year? To catch up to a hundred years, ten years? The task is heavy and the path far!”
Li Weiyi couldn’t see the three Masters gnashing their teeth; of course, he really couldn’t see. He secretly guessed that his Fusang Divine Tree meditation method should also have bonuses, feeling both happy, shocked, and worried.
Worried because he had reason and wouldn’t get carried away.
Spatial power could indeed make the Spiritual God Path easier, but absorbing large amounts of light particles would definitely cause drastic environmental changes. For example, dim light in the surrounding area.
This would be too easy to be targeted!
Unless cultivating in places with no human presence.
“Right, three Seniors, if Shaoyang Star is a planet, why does it hang around my neck with no weight? And… how should I go back…”
Before the words finished, Li Weiyi felt a strong sense of weightlessness, and his vision darkened.
Just like being pulled to space or Earth’s Core in an instant.
…
In the dense forest.
Xue Zheng had already smelled Li Weiyi’s scent. Holding a long saber, he circulated magic power in his body to make his body as light as possible, proceeding cautiously.
Looking from afar, he couldn’t help but be stunned.
At the end of the scent trail, there was no Li Weiyi at all.
Only a shallow red bead-like thing floated three chi off the ground. Countless light particles enveloped it.
“This is?”
Xue Zheng was extremely curious. Could the dim light in this area earlier be caused by it?
Gradually, the light particles around the bead became fewer and fewer…
“Crash—”
Ripples appeared in the space within several zhang. Li Weiyi’s body appeared out of thin air, thudding to the ground.
He immediately checked the Dao Ancestor Tai Chi Fish and found that Buddha’s Sarira had returned to the fish eye of the bronze fish.
Could it really have been on this small sarira just now?
Before Li Weiyi could think more, he sensed danger. Looking up, he saw Xue Zheng leaping and cleaving down.
The saber shone brightly, with abundant magic power.
Picking up the Yellow Dragon Sword from the ground, Li Weiyi swung his sword to counterattack.
He knew deeply that Xue Zheng’s power was even more terrifying than the naturally divine-powered Yao Zheng Sheng, so he didn’t clash hard but used the agile coiling force of sword technique—one touch and coil, then roll to escape.
“How did he catch up so fast?”
While fleeing forward, Li Weiyi looked up.
Only then did he realize.
It wasn’t early morning anymore; it was past noon, already afternoon.
At the same time, he discovered that in just half a day, his injuries had recovered fifty to sixty percent. Especially the internal injuries; his five viscera and six bowels no longer had that burning, splitting pain.
Just relying on that spiritual light flame in the Forehead Spirit Realm clearly didn’t have such healing ability.
Xue Zheng chased closely behind Li Weiyi, his gaze sharp.
He naturally realized that the young man ahead possessed an extraordinary spatial treasure.
Such a spatial treasure was absolutely not a storage-type magic tool; it was more like the legendary rare treasure that could help martial cultivators open the sea of qi and help mind masters expand the Forehead Spirit Realm during breakthrough.
What value would this have?
Not to mention Yang Qingxi; even Sui Sect Leader Yao Qian would go mad for it.
Such an opportunity was now known only to him.
“Twang!”
The bowstring sound rang out deep in the dense forest.
A four-feathered arrow two meters long flew out faster than the sound, piercing through ancient trees one by one, the qi flow making fallen leaves swirl up.
When Li Weiyi sensed the danger, this hidden arrow was already within inches; he could only roll sideways, dodging wretchedly.
His shoulder was slashed.
“Boom!”
A water-bucket-thick tree ahead was hit by the arrow, the trunk snapping with a boom.
Murong Xiao’s arrow technique was superb, enhanced by the Magic Tool Giant Bow.
Hidden in the darkness, she was even more dangerous than when in the sky.
Spirit Tablet Senior’s voice rang out from Buddha’s Sarira: “Try mind power. Use the spiritual light flame in the Forehead Spirit Realm to sense behind and the outside world. From now on, your body doesn’t exist.”
Li Weiyi was extremely talented; even in such a crisis, he could quickly turn Spirit Tablet Senior’s theory into reality.
After clashing saber and sword with Xue Zheng for over ten exchanges, Li Weiyi’s perception became clearer.
His brow was like a burning lamp, his skull transparent, eyes without blind spots, seeing all directions. To be precise, it wasn’t the eyes seeing; it was mind power seeing.
Murong Xiao’s second arrow crossed dozens of zhang from behind, launching a sneak attack.
Li Weiyi didn’t even turn; he just shifted slightly and dodged it.
This was the advantage of dual cultivating martial arts and mind power. A pure martial cultivator or pure mind master wouldn’t easily dodge this arrow.
“Your spiritual light flame is now very weak and sparse; this state won’t last long. End the battle quickly. If you can’t deal with them, lead them to Cang Wang Tomb; I’ll guide you next. But my mind power is limited; I can’t sense outside continuously. Every hour, I’ll give you directions once. Head south first!” Spirit Tablet Senior said.
“Then end the battle first!”
After repelling Xue Zheng once more, Li Weiyi didn’t hesitate at all and took out the Black Iron Seal.
He madly injected magic power from his body, striking the seal with the sword hilt.
Li Weiyi had long wanted to give Xue Zheng a harsh blow, feeling that his metallic Silver Half Immortal Body should attract lightning well.
He didn’t use it during the Sui River Chase because the Black Iron Seal had huge momentum; at a glance, it wasn’t a low-tier magic tool and would definitely draw Yang Qingxi to act personally.
“Boom!”
Thunderous sound rang out.
A bright bolt of lightning flew out, wrist-thick.
“How is there still a magic tool…”
Xue Zheng glared angrily, teeth gritted, unsure how to describe his mood at the moment. Frightened, he immediately dodged, but since it really attracted lightning, the bolt curved and chased him.
Even though he blocked with his saber in time, he was still struck flying, crashing heavily into the fallen leaves, his clothes turning to ashes, his silver-colored arms charred black.
