Gu Yifeng and Nangong Wan spent a day at the Three Trials of Refining the Heart before finally arriving at the Three Trials of Knocking on the Dao.
The tenth level is called the Ten Reincarnations. Your mind will be drawn into a separate small world and experience ten reincarnations. This world is said to have been created by the ancient sage of Taihang and was originally stored in your dantian. With the fall of the ancient sage, this small world was left in this secret realm.
Gu Yifeng sat cross-legged on the futon. After receiving confirmation from the puppet, he was jolted unconscious. It was as if he had passed through a long, dark tunnel, with the sound of flowing water and the fragrance of flowers all around him.
After passing through the passageway, they were transported into a giant roulette wheel. When they regained consciousness, they had no memory of being a cultivator.
Although he still retains consciousness, everything about Gu Yifeng is sealed away and obscured by chaos.
"Eeya!"
Gu Yifeng opened his mouth as if to speak, but only made babbling sounds. He then turned to look at himself, who was now an infant. In front of him were a beautiful woman and a sturdy man.
These two people were his parents in his first life.
Gu Yifeng was born into a prominent family. His father held military power, and his mother was a stunningly beautiful princess who was highly regarded by the emperor. His birth was also given great importance.
His name was still Gu Yifeng. From a young age, he was well-versed in poetry and literature, and practiced martial arts and swordsmanship. His father trained him to be proficient in both literature and martial arts. It seemed that from the day he was born, he carried a sense of mission to accomplish something in this life.
Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye. The emperor passed away, and the crown prince ascended the throne. However, the other princes launched a rebellion at this time, trying to overthrow the crown prince. Gu Yifeng's father was old and had no choice but to send him to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.
After a bloody battle, all the rebellious princes were killed. Gu Yifeng, covered in blood, was invited to a banquet by the current emperor. After a few drinks, the military power was returned to the royal family, and the Gu family was granted the title of Duke and allowed to enjoy a life of leisure.
As his parents closed their eyes, Gu Yifeng sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, a sudden question arose in his mind: what was it that he was pursuing?
The throne that was once within easy reach? Or the wealth that rivals that of a nation today?
Gu Yifeng was puzzled, but then he looked up at the sky and suddenly realized that what he wanted was this world.
With his mind at ease, he no longer hesitated and went straight to a cliff outside the city. He leaped into the air, pursuing the great Dao of Heaven and Earth, fearing neither life nor death.
Just as he was about to land, a special aura surged from his dantian, protecting his body. He rolled over and was not injured, only his blood and qi surged due to the impact.
Thus, Gu Yifeng successfully navigated the path of cultivation in this life. Unfortunately, his enlightenment came too late, and he ultimately failed to break through several realms before passing away peacefully, leaving behind a legend for the dynasty.
In his second life, Gu Yifeng retained his name, but was reborn as a beggar, losing his memories of his previous life, and continued to live on this land.
In this life, the little beggar did not seek wealth or glory, but only wanted to earn enough to eat and survive. Unfortunately, fate was unkind, and he contracted a plague, dying at the young age of ten.
Before his death, he harbored no resentment towards the injustice of fate, but lamented the hardships of the world and wondered when a world where all beings were equal and had no worries about food and clothing would come.
In his third life, Gu Yifeng became a powerful minister who held immense influence in the court. He called a deer a horse and forced the emperor to recognize him as his father, enjoying immense power and influence. He spent his life manipulating people's hearts, completely unaware of the existence of cause and effect.
In his later years, his children schemed against each other and even coveted his inheritance.
Before his death, Gu Yifeng lay on his bed, his eyes vacant.
"Was I wrong...? What was my original intention...?"
Gu Yifeng murmured to himself, recalling his youth when he was a coward who was bullied by everyone. Back then, he made a great vow to become someone that everyone feared and dared not bully. Although he spoke such harsh words, what he really wanted was to create a peaceful world.
In each of his incarnations, Gu Yifeng experienced different lives, unable to recall his past lives. In each life, he had different initial aspirations and different regrets.
Through ten reincarnations, until the final one, the memories of the previous lives surged forth like a tide, along with the true memories of the original self, and only then did he sense a vague aura.
That is the way!
"What is the Dao? The Heavenly Dao is the forty-nine, one of which is removed. After ten lifetimes of reincarnation, one finally attains the Dao. My Dao is to obtain a perfect heart no matter how much wind and rain the world may bring."
Gu Yifeng murmured to himself, sat up cross-legged on the spot, and a surge of spiritual energy vibrated within his dantian, instantly restoring his cultivation level, from perception to gathering spirit, stabilizing essence, opening the mansion, and concentrating the mind.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, his cultivation level had recovered to the early stage of the Concentration Realm.
In this final life, he will use the power of these ten reincarnations to forge his own path.
As he closed his eyes, nine illusory figures appeared behind him, each representing one of his lifetimes. Nine is the ultimate number, and nine lifetimes represent perfection. The tenth lifetime was something he had fought for to condense the Dao Fruit.
"I want this sky, it can no longer hinder my will; I want this earth, it can no longer confine my heart. Break!"
With a furious roar, Gu Yifeng unleashed his full cultivation power, and the nine illusory figures condensed into one, eventually transforming into his appearance. The figure gradually degenerated from its old age form, eventually becoming a seed that fell into his dantian.
Almost simultaneously, the entire world roared in fury, lightning flashed, and gales howled, as if enraged by Gu Yifeng's disobedient will, and the will of heaven and earth wanted to destroy him.
"Trying to steal my Dao Fruit? Impossible! Get out of here!"
Gu Yifeng roared again, his spiritual power erupting completely. Only then did blood-red chains appear on his body, representing ten lifetimes of reincarnation and ten lifetimes of shackles.
The previous nine lives followed the way of Heaven, which left behind such constraints, clearly indicating that they did not want cultivators to take the Dao Fruit. Unfortunately, everyone makes different choices, and Gu Yifeng chose to refuse.
He demanded perfection, and the spiritual energy in his dantian surged wildly towards the surface of his body, causing his spine to emit a lustrous glow and his sword to resonate continuously, all within three breaths.
The shackles on the body broke off inch by inch, one, two, three... until all nine were broken, and the seed was completely imprinted into the dantian.
A powerful aura emanated from Gu Yifeng's body. Although his cultivation was still in the early stage of the Condensation Realm, the aura within him continuously emitted a pressure comparable to that of the Void Realm.
This is true cultivation, Gu Yifeng's cultivation has broken through to the Taixu Realm, completely different from the inherent symbolism of the realm. From now on, he is a Taixu Realm cultivator!
"I trade my years for my years."
Gu Yifeng let out a soft shout, and at this moment he suddenly understood the second sword of the Time Sword Technique. With a single slash, a special aura of law emanated from the Mountain and River Sword, which was formed from spiritual power, and slashed towards the heavens and the earth. The huge sword light filled the world.
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