The Reincarnation Compass represents the Nine Netherworld Emperor as the cycle of reincarnation, while Mo Bai represents destiny. The destiny they wish to change has always been entangled in the cycle of reincarnation…

The Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly looked at Gu Liyan and said, "So what if you know everything? I've said it before, no one can change fate! And you certainly can!"

Gu Liyan smiled bitterly, "You're right, fate is predetermined, and we can't change it. If we want to change it, we'd have to break the cycle of reincarnation..."

"I am the spirit of a divine artifact, and I can control the reincarnation of everyone. It is absolutely impossible for you to kill me!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor sneered, looking at Gu Liyan with disdain.

Gu Liyan smiled. "I never intended to destroy you, because I know that if you disappeared, many of us would cease to exist. You cannot die!"

The Nine Netherworld Emperor smiled smugly. "Hmph, it's good that you know!"

Gu Liyan smiled and then said, "But that doesn't mean you can live!"

The Nine Netherworld Emperor's expression changed drastically. "What did you say?! What do you mean?"

Gu Liyan smiled and took out a token from his pocket, which was engraved with the three words "Nine Springs Realm".

The Nine Netherworld Emperor's eyes widened as he pointed at Gu Liyan and shouted, "You brat, you actually dared to call in outside help!"

Gu Liyan smiled and said, "It's not an outside helper! It's..."

Gu Liyan crushed the Nine Springs Realm in her hand, and the space around her immediately distorted, with a colorful light radiating outwards. Mo Bai and Gu Liyan both covered their eyes.

Amidst the dazzling light, a figure appeared in the void. The person was dressed in white, with silver hair reaching their waist. Their slender, fair hands held a jade flute, Chang Shang. They coldly said, "He is merely calling upon another version of himself!"

Gu Liyan looked at himself, who was exactly the same as her, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Nine Netherworld Emperor stared in astonishment at the reappearance of "Gu Liyan," speechless with excitement, "You, you are..."

"Don't you remember me? I created the Nine Springs Realm, and I also created you!" This "Gu Liyan" said with a smile. "You threw me into reincarnation, and when I wanted to go back to find you, I couldn't find your original form."

"You can't, you can't possibly be here! I've calculated many possibilities, and at this moment, you're still undergoing the Seven Tribulations!" The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor panicked and pointed at him.

Gu Liyan smiled slightly and glanced at the pale and weak Gu Liyan. "It is indeed the seventh tribulation, but someone has already taken it for me!"

Gu Liyan smiled but didn't say anything.

"What?!" The Nine Netherworld Emperor looked at them in astonishment and denied it, "That's impossible! I control everyone's reincarnation, I know he would never take your tribulation!"

“Nothing is impossible!” Gu Liyan said. “As long as the primordial spirit leaves the body, it will be fine!”

Gu Liyan looked at the Gu Liyan who came after her and said, "I helped another version of myself overcome my tribulation, and I only discovered this when I was just resurrected. This body I have now is not my own!"

That's why Gu Liyan understood all of this!

“That’s right, exactly!” The other Gu Liyan nodded and continued, “I deliberately placed the Nine Springs Token on him, which summoned me after he understood everything. As long as I’m here, I have the ability to turn you back to your original form! So this time, it’s not you who won!”

The Nine Netherworld Emperor angrily exclaimed, "Heavenly Realm! You've tricked me again! You shouldn't have created me!"

Gu Liyan looked at his other self and was surprised. "His name is Tianyu? That name sounds familiar..."

Mo Bai stared at Tian Yu in astonishment. "Could it be! You are the founder and current patriarch of the Celestial Clan—Tian Yu?!"

Tianyu turned to Mobai and smiled, "That's right!"

Tianyu explained, “A friend and I were preparing to undergo reincarnation and tribulation. It has been three years in the Celestial Realm and three thousand years in the mortal realm. During this time, we created the Reincarnation Compass together. Who knew that it would develop sentience and send my friend and me back to our original era, forcing us to go through ten more tribulations before we can return.”

Tianyu looked at the Nine Netherworld Emperor and said with a smile, "However, he did not expect that my friend and I had completely replicated the Reincarnation Compass through the tribulation. Therefore, in order to prevent the Reincarnation Compass from doing things that we cannot predict, we created the Nine Springs Realm."

"So, the mission in the Nine Springs Realm is just to track down the whereabouts of the Reincarnation Compass?" Gu Liyan asked.

Tianyu nodded, then shook his head. "Most chaotic worlds are ruined by greed. It's precisely because the cycle of reincarnation malfunctions, bringing in more evil than good, that life forms become unstable. It's true that the reincarnation compass is at fault, but it's also because it's too absolute—"

"Hmph, stop exaggerating! What have I done to wrong you or the world?" The Nine Netherworld Emperor coldly said, "You think you can destroy me just because you created me? Let me tell you, absolutely not!"

“Xiao Li said he wouldn’t destroy you, so I won’t destroy you.” Tianyu smiled and glanced at Gu Liyan. “After all, you still have to send him back!”

Gu Liyan was stunned for a moment, wanting to say something but not saying it.

The Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor's eyes darted around, and he hurriedly activated his domain, preparing to flee. Seeing the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor preparing to escape, Tianyu sneered, "This entire Heavenly Palace is my territory. Where do you think you can escape to?"

Tianyu raised his hand, and the entire space trembled. The Nine Netherworld Emperor fell from the void.

Gu Liyan looked down, but couldn't see anything because it was too dark. "Is he alright?"

Tianyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, you won't die! Come on, I'll take you down." Tianyu extended his hand to Gu Liyan and Mo Bai.

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