Chapter 365

Chapter 365: An Li’s Reincarnation

The emerald-green Tree of Enlightenment gently swayed its crown.

Strings of light danced like scattered rays of sunlight, landing on the Great Hall and seeping into its depths.

Lu Ye’s voice was calm, weaving mysterious Dao into simple phrases, with azure lotuses breaking through Chaos, bright moons illuminating eons, radiant dawns spreading, and celestial birds soaring.

Various miraculous phenomena emerged one after another.

The people of Heavenly Gate were dazed, entranced.

Lu Ye spoke casually yet coherently; it wasn’t chaotic at all.

Even though he spoke whatever came to mind, it flowed from shallow to deep, making it simple to understand yet leaving a lasting impression.

Hearing Lu Ye’s Dao was like having an esteemed scholar teaching university students.

A casual insight tossed out by him could easily lead a student to publish a paper in a top journal.

However, that description is a bit skewed.

What Lu Ye shared wasn’t just for this crowd to understand; it aimed to elevate everyone present in their understanding of Dao.

Even if you didn’t grasp every word, it was fine.

As long as you listened earnestly and immersed yourself, your Dao would improve.

What did the Lord teach?

No clue!

How much did your Dao improve?

At least fifty percent!

That’s the magic of a Celestial Lord’s teaching; even if you didn’t get it, you’d still grow.

If you did grasp it, oh boy, that would be something else!

During this lecture, figures continually broke through their limits.

A massive force from Heaven and Earth, coupled with the power of stars, converged here.

Lu Ye’s strength also surged; the energy was so rich that after just three days of teaching, he reached the Third Layer of the Star Realm.

His True Essence underwent constant metamorphosis, its quality skyrocketing compared to when he was in the Heaven and Earth Realm.

Time flew by.

Lu Ye finally wrapped up his teachings.

Everyone present closed their eyes at that moment, the vast power of Heaven and Earth howled even more fiercely.

Breakthrough!

Breakthrough!

Constant breakthroughs!

This was just a little gift Lu Ye gave to Heavenly Gate.

You could say this kind of gift was nearly a rare find.

No Celestial Lord could ascend to the Fifth Heaven; even if there were reincarnated powerhouses, they wouldn’t reveal themselves too early.

Not exposing one’s growth from reincarnation and revealing it would increase the difficulty geometrically.

That’s frightening.

But Lu Ye wasn’t afraid.

For others, exposing reincarnation could be fatal, but for Lu Ye, it was merely a thrilling boost, making his growth clearer.

The path to comprehension strewn with bones was certainly more exhilarating than stumbling through it blindly.

Lu Ye also took advantage of the cultivation he was doing.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Lu Ye’s strength reached the Fifth Layer of the Star Realm; his progression was astonishingly fast.

Mainly because the energy here was too rich, and a group of strong individuals was breaking through together.

Lu Ye found this to be an excellent cultivation method.

Way faster than just absorbing Spirit Stones.

One by one, figures succeeded in their breakthroughs.

Some from the Imperishable Realm broke through, while others ascended two or three smaller stages in a row.

“Thank you, Lord!”

“Thank you, Lord!”

Lu Ye was met with countless thanks; the reincarnated Celestial Lord was simply too impressive.

After such an event, Lu Ye basically secured his position as the Grand Lord in the Fifth Heaven.

Seeing that the majority had completed their breakthroughs, Lu Ye finally brought up something important.

That was, to search for the Darkness Origin!

The last time the Devouring Dao Beast betrayed them, it must have dealt a heavy blow to the Darkness Origin.

If the Darkness Origin wanted to resurrect An Li, it would definitely linger in the Fifth Heaven.

Because An Li was a being of the Fifth Heaven, even if she died and was reborn, she was still a part of this realm.

She couldn’t go to other heavens due to the rules set by the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens.

If An Li wanted to come back to life, she had to do so in the Fifth Heaven.

Thus, the Darkness Origin would wait here for An Li’s revival; as long as they could find its location, even if they couldn’t destroy the Darkness Origin, An Li wouldn’t be able to revive so easily.

But how to search was another problem.

Lu Ye had a solid understanding of the Darkness Origin.

Though the Heavenly Dao couldn’t sense its presence, living beings could.

Wherever it was, chaos and darkness would inevitably fill the area.

First, he would send the people of Heavenly Gate out to look for unusual locations.

He would then take Shen Xitang and search each spot himself; who knows, they might just find something?

On another note, Lu Ye needed to work on boosting his strength.

Right now, he was relatively weak; aside from being able to impact the Darkness Origin through the Heavenly Dao, he couldn’t do much else.

In this life, his cultivation speed was far quicker than in the last.

Originally, the demonic tide that should have erupted in the Fifth Heaven was still at bay for now.

But he also had to prepare for it.

After all, so many Ten Thousand Souls Banners were incredibly valuable resources for the Emperor’s Banner, and Lu Ye didn’t want to waste them.

Upon hearing Lu Ye’s orders, the people of Heavenly Gate, especially since this involved serving the Heavenly Dao, showed no signs of dissent.

Meanwhile…

An Li had been reincarnating numerous times.

Her True Spirit was gradually beginning to materialize into a soul body.

However, An Li clearly wasn’t particularly comfortable; being reincarnated under the protection of the Darkness Origin had its benefits.

But with every benefit came drawbacks.

The downside was that she couldn’t forge any connections with Heaven and Earth, meaning she appeared as an outcast to everyone.

Just standing there made her seem like a freak to all.

Since childhood, even her parents didn’t care for her much, let alone others.

One reincarnation like this, she could brush off.

But ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, a million times…

She felt suffocated.

This feeling of being isolated by everyone and bullied was incredibly painful.

Even when she finally gained the power to kill all those who had tormented her.

What would that matter?

She began trying not to kill.

Wanting to get along well with others.

But no one wanted to get along with her!

Everyone shunned her!

She had no one to trust, no one to rely on.

Never had, would never have!

She felt emptiness.

Everything seemed devoid of meaning.

Whether good or bad, everyone craved love.

Love, if you call it real, it is; if you call it fake, it is.

An Li was in agony.

Hmm…

Yeah, An Li needed love…

In such circumstances, if someone who was willing to believe in her and stand firm with her appeared,

An Li probably wouldn’t know how crazy she’d become.

She could only continue to ease her inner turmoil.

Another reincarnation concluded, An Li gasped, no, she needed to take a breather.

If she didn’t calm down, she’d lose her mind.

Right now, she didn’t want to be reincarnated; she wanted a break. Transforming from True Spirit back into Soul was tougher than she imagined.

In the Six Paths of Reincarnation, aside from the realm of reincarnation, the other six paths were in a sealed state, clearly intentional, unwilling to create any karma with An Li.

Where could she go?

An Li wandered aimlessly.

Unknowingly, she found herself at the very bottom of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

There, she came across Obsession…