Free Web NovelChapter 515: Chapter 10: Great Secret of Transcendence, The Truth of the Demon Ancestor, I Am Your Father
As it spoke, the majestic figure stood up and pleaded,
"The lost Transcendent Traits have been sundered; they are not unified as [one]. This has left me in a state between Transcendence and non-Transcendence.
I need your help to unify these Transcendent Traits as [one]. If you do, I can escape my predicament. In return, I will grant you a great Creation, a great opportunity."
After a pause, it continued,
"I know that you established the foundation of a Daoist Ancestor at The Beginning of Ancient Times. This has given you the qualification for Transcendence. With my help, you could become the next to achieve it—to truly leap beyond everything, to surpass all."
Lu Xuan asked calmly,
"What must I do?"
"It is exceedingly simple."
The majestic figure replied,
"Take the merits of Fu Xi, the Virtue of Houtu, the Essence of the Goddess, the Qi of the Demon Ancestor, the Cause and Effect of Haotian, the origin of Sun Wukong, and the half of the [Innate Uncertain Number] that is with Taiyi.
Gather all of these unto yourself, then attain the status of Daoist Ancestor at The Beginning of Ancient Times, and you will achieve Transcendence."
Lu Xuan asked again,
"May I ask, Wa Huang, if I do this, what will become of them?"
"Fu Xi will lose his merits, Houtu will lose her Virtue, and Sun Wukong has never even touched the Celestial Intent Dao Rhyme within him, so there will be no effect.
Haotian will lose my Cause and Effect, but he is no longer the Celestial Emperor, so there is no real loss. Taiyi will only lose the [Uncertain Number]; he has already become a Dao Fruit, so he will also be unaffected."
"And what about the Lady and the Demon Ancestor?"
"The Goddess’s physical body will become yours, and the Demon Ancestor’s Cultivation will become yours."
Lu Xuan narrowed his eyes.
"The Lady was born from her physical body. It is the very basis of her Existence. If I take it, what will become of the Lady?"
The majestic figure faltered for a moment, then said,
"Once you’ve achieved Transcendence, you can do as you please. Reviving someone whose soul has been scattered and True Spirit annihilated would take but a single thought..."
After a moment of contemplation, she said,
"If you are unwilling to do that, there is another way. You can help the Goddess reclaim the merits, Virtue, Qi, Celestial Intent Dao Rhyme, and Innate Uncertain Number. By then, you will have already become a Dao Fruit, so it will be no loss to you. The Goddess will become whole, and I, stuck between Transcendence and non-Transcendence, can also escape my predicament."
Lu Xuan was silent.
A thousand thoughts raced through his mind. After weighing the consequences, he looked up, meeting the majestic figure’s gaze, and asked,
"One is missing. Of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the ’Spirit’ is missing."
The majestic figure said faintly,
"As I said, this body, this Sea of Transcendence, is that wisp of ’Spirit’. If you choose to make the Goddess whole, you can simply hand it over to her then."
"Furthermore, the Virtue of Houtu lies within the position of Emperor Earth Deity, which already belongs to you. You can hand it over to the Goddess along with the rest. For now, however, you can probe it and uncover the [Transcendent Trait] hidden within the position of Emperor Earth Deity."
After a pause, she looked down at Lu Xuan and said again,
"Well? Child, will you agree or not? The Demon Ancestor will surely try to slay the Goddess, to merge the Essence and Qi, the body and the Cultivation... You have no choice but to agree."
"You are right."
Lu Xuan lowered his head, suppressing the doubts in his heart, and said softly,
"No wonder the Demon Ancestor can harm the Lady. No wonder she’s been relentlessly pursuing her... I agree."
"Good."
The majestic figure remained perfectly calm, merely nodding before saying,
"I will first grant you a small Creation as a down payment. When you or the Goddess becomes [whole], I will give you the great Creation, the great opportunity."
With that, she disintegrated into vast swaths of Transcendence Light Spots, melting into the Sea of Transcendence.
The Sea of Transcendence then churned, pulling Lu Xuan’s True Spirit to its depths and slowly saturating him, bit by bit.
It was a continuous process.
"There isn’t much time."
As he was submerged, the lingering echo of her voice resounded by Lu Xuan’s ear.
"You must complete this task before the Years of this great era reach their absolute End, or there will be a great change, a great disaster..."
"I see that although you have become an Innate Divine Demon, you have not yet given birth to your own Dao. Thus, when you have assimilated a new part unto yourself, I will grant you a second small opportunity. I will give you a Dao to become your symbol."
Lu Xuan, submerged in the Sea of Transcendence, felt himself enveloped, compressed, and permeated by a substance that was both viscous and illusory. He managed a strained nod before closing his eyes.
His heart was cold and still, but he showed no sign of it.
Lu Xuan temporarily discarded all stray thoughts and entered a state of Supreme Forgetting Emotions, allowing the Sea of Transcendence to slowly saturate and cleanse his True Spirit.
......
「Above the stream of Years, within the Great Chaos.」
A blurry figure slowly opened its eyes and began to pace back and forth.
After a long moment, he sank into his consciousness and whispered to a certain majestic existence,
"As you said, I will gather everything unto myself and help you escape your predicament... I knew there was a reason Lu Xuan was so similar to me. So in a sense, he is my other half?"
After a pause, Taiyi continued,
"Rest assured, the Demon Ancestor is already under my control, and Lu Xuan has fallen into my scheme as well. The day when all returns to one will not be far."
「In another place, a realm of shadows.」
The Demon Ancestor was also whispering within her own mind,
"I am you, and you are me... You will all return to me. My other self will escape her predicament, and I will become the next [Me], stepping toward Transcendence."
After a pause, she gave a faint smile.
"Taiyi is already under my control. The Goddess is naive and childlike, well within my calculations. The day when all returns to one will not be far."
「In the Kongtong Immortal Realm, a sea of nothingness in a crack of the Current World.」
Within the deathly silent world beneath the Stone Stele,
an exquisite woman with her eyes closed was speaking to a majestic existence in her mind.
"Get out!"
"You don’t even dare to appear before my very eyes. Are you afraid I’ll see through everything?"
"Get out, get out, get out!"
She abruptly opened her eyes and, under the stunned gazes of Haotian, Ben Bo’Erba, and Xiaoyan, raised her soft palm and slapped herself on the forehead three times.
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
After making sure the presence in her head had been scattered by the slaps, the exquisite woman shook her dizzy head...
