Free Web NovelChapter 1254: Chapter 1254: Nine Rounds of Reincarnation
Looking at the scene before him, Yang Yan was initially stunned, then a joyful smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth, and soon after, he fell heavily into a coma on the ground.
Buzz...
At this moment, a golden glow slowly emerged from his chest, as if branded onto it.
Faintly, a desolate and lonely voice came from the Void: "Cut the fruit of this life, cultivate the ties of other worlds. Only by passing through nine trials can one complete the cycle!"
Born in the Red Dust, the Dao Heart is not yet calm, how can one detach from the mundane?
Freedom, love, hatred, greed, arrogance, anger, laziness, jealousy, and ignorance, these are the nine challenges of life.
If the nine trials are not crossed, how can one achieve reincarnation?!
If Yang Yan could still see the dazzling golden patterns, along with the rapidly circulating memories of his past life, he would know it was indeed the legendary Reincarnation Seal.
In each life, Yang Yan would undergo a challenge, forming a golden pattern on his chest, with faint fragments of memories accumulating.
Under the flickering light, Yang Yan’s soul was taken to another cycle...
In the second life, Yang Yan was born in the Hanque Empire.
In this nation exists a Sin Slave system.
As the name suggests, if someone committed a major crime, it would implicate nine generations. However, without beheading, his entire family and future descendants would become eternal Sin Slaves, subject to others’ control.
In the empire, the status of Sin Slaves was the lowest, only slightly higher than livestock; women became maids, men became slaves, enduring endless exploitation.
Unless they achieved great merits and received royal pardon, they could never rise.
Yang Yan came to this world, born right into a Sin Slave family.
As usual, he lost all memories and became a common person.
Like all descendants of Sin Slaves, in the eyes of others, he was born with sin.
Life’s hardships were the only way to cleanse sin; no one would sympathize with them.
Yang Yan worked on heavy labor daily, eating the lowest quality food, day after day, year after year, with no hope in sight.
From a young age, he witnessed all the evils of this world.
He saw a gambler lose everything in his house, then gamble away his wife and children to others.
He also saw a drunkard, who after failing to molest a young girl, flew into a rage and killed her, only paying a little money as compensation since she was a Sin Slave and faced no other punishment.
Gradually, hatred twisted Yang Yan’s psyche in this life.
He wanted to know why people were born different.
He was discontent, he hated, he resented the world’s injustice.
And so, he exploded.
He began secretly gathering Sin Slaves who shared his ideas, developing his forces in the shadows, amassing strength.
Contacting other oppressed Sin Slaves like him.
Finally, after several years of development, his wings gradually filled out.
He challenged the royal family, the government sent troops to suppress him, but due to the long-standing tyrannical regime, they lacked public support, and their military was weak, returning with no success.
Thus, after fighting for over a decade, Yang Yan overthrew the corrupt regime, donned the green robes, and became emperor.
He granted amnesty across the nation, abolishing the noble and Sin Slave system, making everyone equal at birth, becoming a beloved wise ruler.
Unfortunately, good times didn’t last, as those former nobles hired assassins out of resentment, and he ultimately died a wrongful death.
In the third life, Yang Yan was born into a normal family but befriended the daughter of Landlord Wang’s family next door from a young age.
These two children grew up together, practically childhood sweethearts.
Gradually, affection developed between them.
However, when it came to discussing marriage, Landlord Wang felt the families were mismatched, so the couple was forcibly separated.
Thus, an awakened Yang Yan decided to pursue a career, studying hard for several years before setting off for the Capital City, where he encountered bandits and unexpectedly befriended a straightforward heroine.
Upon inquiry, they found they were heading in the same direction, so they traveled together to the Capital City.
Along the way, they admired each other, and the heroine expressed her affection for Yang Yan.
But Yang Yan knew someone was waiting for him back home, so he politely declined.
However, upon returning home after achieving his career success, Yang Yan found his beloved had already married another and disappeared.
At this time, the heroine came looking for him, and after several years together, they planned to wed.
But on the joyous day, the bride suddenly fell ill and died of a cold.
The celebration turned into mourning, and in despair, Yang Yan took the tonsure and entered a temple, living a life of asceticism.
Thirty years later, a young monk outside said a female benefactor wished to see him,
When they met, both had grown old, their hair grey, facing each other speechlessly.
By this time, Yang Yan was already the renowned Master Che Wu, and the daughter asked if he had seen a scholar heading to the Capital City for exams.
Yang Yan was silent for a long time before replying, "Benefactor, please return. This monk, in his seventy-odd years, never recognized any scholar heading to the Capital City for exams."
After the daughter left, Master Che Wu passed away in peaceful meditation.
When the young monk gathered the master’s remains, he discovered the wooden fish in front of the Puduan had been burned through by a single tear.
In the fourth life, he was born into a wealthy merchant family, traveling the Silk Road with caravans and sailing to the South Seas with fleets from a young age.
He spent most of his life accumulating wealth, eventually becoming as rich as a nation, yet he remained unsatisfied.
He craved more wealth, sought to gain more.
On one trade route, he heard locals mention a small island with endless treasures, and whoever discovered it could become the wealthiest person in the world.
Thus, driven by this belief, he set off, only to die in the furious waves.
In the fifth life, he was born into the martial world, unaware of his parents’ identities, raised by elders in a fishing village.
To uncover his lineage, he relentlessly trained in martial arts, later guided by a master, becoming a Grandmaster.
Yet, after achieving Great Success, he became arrogant, looking down on others, and ceased practicing martial arts.
After suffering defeat in a duel, unable to accept reality, he ended his life.
In the sixth life, he became a butcher’s son, with a bad temper and rushed behavior, earning the nickname Mo Taichong.
Named Mo Taichong to calm him, encouraging him to be less impulsive.
Once, Mo Taichong went to a tavern for a drink and angrily grabbed the chef’s neck for a re-cook due to excessive fatty beef.
The chef harbored resentment and told the passing waiter to spit in the dish.
Unbeknownst to them, the waiter had tuberculosis, infecting him, thus ending Yang Yan’s life in this cycle.
In the eighth life, he was born among commoners, striving hard, joined the army to serve the nation, achieving marquis status from a humble background, his great merit causing jealousy among the rulers, falling victim to court intrigues and eventually dying unjustly on the battlefield.
In the ninth life, he was born a fool, eventually dying from food poisoning due to ignorance.
Nine lives of reincarnation, nine lives of nine challenges, nine petals of Bodhi, the end of the reincarnation road, all is complete.
