Chapter 549: The Secret of Reincarnation and Shinto (Thanks to 'Shadow Fairy Qitian' for the reward)
In the severe dizziness, Li Xiao felt that endless darkness enveloped his consciousness, and he kept falling in the darkness, as if he was about to fall into an endless abyss.
When he woke up from the darkness, he found himself standing on a vast white land that stretched as far as the eye could see.
The white sand and stones cover the ground endlessly, as if connected to the sky.
Just when his eyes were filled with confusion, he heard cheers from the crowd.
Li Xiao turned around and saw a group of people shouting, "The Underworld! This is the Underworld! The legendary Underworld 18 stories underground in Kunxu!"
"The leader is right, reincarnation after death is real!"
"We can reincarnate now, we can reincarnate now!"
Listening to the shouting of these demon cult members, Li Xiao gradually reacted.
"I'm dead."
He recalled the scenes in Wanfa University City, the life-and-death battle between Zhang Yu and others for the Demon Cult's Golden Elixir, and the scene where he was finally crushed by Shi Huaiyu.
But the anger and pain in his heart were only fleeting, and the next moment Li Xiao's face was full of excitement and anticipation.
"What joy is there in life? What pain is there in death? It is better to perish in the twilight of life and be reborn in the cycle of reincarnation than to cultivate bitterly for a lifetime."
He recited the Yuhua Sect's slogan loudly, and then, like the other believers around him, began to laugh.
"Death is not the end."
"No wonder, no wonder we can't just die easily."
"They're just afraid that we won't continue to live like slaves, that we'll be reincarnated!"
At this moment, infinite hope flashed in Li Xiao's eyes. He seemed to have seen a future where he would be reborn on the 5th floor of Kunxu, the 10th floor of Kunxu, or even as an immortal.
Even if it doesn’t work in this life, there is still the next life and the next life.
"In one of my future lives, I will have a better background, better talents, and reach higher peaks on the path to immortality."
Thinking of Zhang Yu who was more talented than him, and thinking of Ji Yuanshu, Gongshu Jin, and Ying Xin who were born into a better family than him... Li Xiao's eyes revealed an immense desire for the future.
At the same time, lines of text began to flash in front of him.
"The Immortal Emperor of Samsara lamented the suffering of all living beings and felt hopeless in this life. He made a grand vow to rebuild the underworld, just to gain a glimmer of hope for the common people of heaven and earth."
"According to the contract, you can begin your 15th reincarnation."
Li Xiao, who was excited, was slightly stunned when he saw this line of words.
Then lines of text and data continued to appear in front of him.
That is his property line by line, after deducting debts, taxes, reincarnation fees and other necessary expenses, the calculation of the disposable property after death.
"-2.566 spirit coins."
In addition to the statistics of spirit coins, there are also various other currencies that Li Xiao has heard of or has not heard of, as well as things such as magical powers, immortal weapons, Taoist veins, merits, etc. that sound extremely expensive, but obviously Li Xiao's statistical results for the latter things are all zero.
As for the currency on the first level, it was not included in the statistics at all.
Looking at these numbers, Li Xiao felt a very bad feeling in his heart.
At the same time, another option popped up in front of him.
"Are there any additional assets that need to be registered after death? Anything that has been missed, hidden wealth, or techniques and knowledge not recorded in the Daoist Canon... Anything you think is valuable, you can try to register it."
"Warning: During the next reincarnation, there will be a large amount of items that require consumption. In order to ensure a good reincarnation, we hope that you will carefully register your property before reincarnation."
Li Xiao felt half disappointed watching this scene.
He then attempted to register his property, but none of the skills and knowledge he possessed could be converted into any value. Clearly, Li Xiao had nothing to convert into value. He even tried to share all the information he knew about Zhang Yu and the Demon Cult, but to no avail.
"Does he look down on it? Does the Samsara Immortal Emperor look down on these secrets? Or are the higher-ups compromising with each other? Secrets held by the dead shouldn't interfere with reality at will."
Li Xiao did not have the opportunity to verify his guess. After many failures, the additional process of posthumous property registration was skipped and he entered the formal reincarnation process.
A large number of options immediately appeared in front of Li Xiao.
Is the Kunxu level for reincarnation the 1st level or the 36th level?
Li Xiao wanted to choose the upper level, but found that every level except the first level required money. Since his disposable assets would be negative after his death, he could only choose the first level.
After choosing the first level, where will you be reborn? Which city? The city center or the suburbs?
Is the gender male or female?
Is the appearance beautiful or ugly?
There's also immortal aptitude, physical endowment... Is there a talent for refining weapons? A talent for martial arts? A photographic memory? Extraordinary intelligence?
Or was he born with divine spiritual roots? Immortal spiritual roots? Or even a congenital holy body? A divine fetus destined for immortality?
After each choice, Li Xiao can own these legally and legally in the next life, but each adjustment of qualifications requires high fees.
Then, is the family background good or bad? Is it a common family? Or is it the offspring of a company employee? What is the parents' profession? What level of status are they in? How much assets do they have?
Even one's own personality can be slightly adjusted.
For example, one of Li Xiao's personalities in this life is that he is inclined towards the path of immortality. If he wants to delete this personality, or add or adjust other personalities, he will still have to pay a fee.
There is another merit below that Li Xiao cannot understand.
It seems that because his disposable assets were negative after his death, this merit is also shown as -326.
Li Xiao didn't know what it meant to have negative merits in this life, but he felt that it was definitely not a good thing.
Looking at the reincarnation settings one after another, and the cost of every subtle adjustment, Li Xiao became more and more desperate.
He seemed to have seen that in his future life after life, he would become the poorest person because of poverty, life after life... and live like this forever.
Li Xiao couldn't help but start to think wildly. "If this continues, won't people get poorer and poorer? Will they always be drifting towards the first level of Kunxu? Where do the people above come from? What about those growing numbers of demons at Tianyao University? Are they all reincarnated from higher up?"
"Or is natural reproduction also possible? Not everyone is a reincarnation?"
"Perhaps, besides this cycle of reincarnation, something else is involved in adjusting the population... The reincarnation process before us is just a corner of the vast reincarnation system. Perhaps reincarnation at different levels and with different identities in Kunxu has different processes..."
But the next moment, he shook his head: "What's the point of me thinking about this now?"
The biggest problem facing Li Xiao at this moment is reincarnation.
Suddenly, someone nearby shouted, "You even want to control reincarnation?"
But then another person cried and laughed, saying, "In heaven and on earth, karma and reincarnation, there is nothing in this world that the immortals cannot control! There is nothing they cannot control."
"They're just playing with us. The immortals are playing with us, and the Yuhua Sect is also deceiving us, making us work for them for generations, making money for them, and every time we reincarnate, they will take advantage of us again..."
He smiled, sat down on the ground, and murmured, "I don't want to be reborn, I don't want to be reborn, I don't want to be poor anymore..."
But soon, because he had delayed in starting the reincarnation process, everything began to operate on its own, and this person had already transformed into a rainbow light that shot straight into the sky, heading towards a new life.
There are also people who want to commit suicide and want their souls to be completely shattered, but they find that they are just ghosts at this moment. They cannot even commit suicide in this pure white underworld. In the end, they can only turn into rainbows and leave with a look of despair on their faces.
Li Xiao looked at this scene, turned his head to look at the reincarnation options in front of him, and his heart became like a stagnant pool of water.
"In my next life, I will be even poorer, not even a member of the first-level Xiandu..."
"Even in the next life, I will be even poorer, and each life will be poorer than the previous one."
Thinking about the days when he would become a poor person in his next life, thinking about how he would be poor for generations to come... Li Xiao felt an unprecedented fear in his heart.
It’s just because he can’t see any hope for the future, all he sees is darkness and endless suffering.
At this moment, he just wanted to die... to truly and completely rest in peace.
Amidst cries of pain, anger, and despair, Li Xiao transformed into a ray of rainbow light, soaring into the sky and beginning his new life.
…
Kunxu 2nd floor.
Wanfa University, University Town.
Inside Ye Xingli's laboratory.
Listening to the questions raised by Zhang Yu, Fu Ji fell into deep thought for a moment.
"Sure enough... Zhang Yu did ask after all."
After temporarily solving Feng Yuhan's troubles, Zhang Yu continued to devote himself wholeheartedly to the refining of the prototype machine and completed the remaining steps.
But Fu Ji knew that Zhang Yu must have remembered the conversation with the evil gods in the dark spirit world.
But at that time, Fu Ji no longer wanted to hide it from Zhang Yu.
Maybe it was because Fu Ji was influenced by Zhang Yu.
Maybe it's because Zhang Yu has become more mature in Fu Ji's eyes.
This time, Fu Ji did not hide the information about Shinto from Zhang Yu, but directly said: "The so-called Shinto is a kind of spiritual practice."
"The most basic Shinto is naturally the path of gradually cultivating into a true god and becoming a formal employee of the Heavenly Court."
"The more advanced Shintoism accommodates the will of the righteous gods transmitted from the spiritual world, becoming their container in the material world and a tool for them to interfere with reality."
"If you're even more ruthless, that's the path Zhang Pianpian is most likely taking now..."
After hearing what Fu Ji said, Zhang Yu suddenly became serious and listened carefully to what Fu Ji said next.
"Become the reincarnation of God, and step by step master the authority, resources, and even memories of the righteous God."
"Ordinary gods certainly can't reach this level. A god who can reincarnate in this way must be a high-ranking god in heaven."
"And such a true god often has many reincarnations. After these reincarnations constantly compete and devour each other, the one that remains will become the new god."
Fu Ji sighed, "Zhang Pianpian is most likely taking this path."
"And during this process, the stronger Zhang Pianpian becomes, the more she will gain the memories of the righteous gods, until she defeats all competitors and becomes a true righteous god, completely integrating those vast memories into her body."
"Of course, during this process, Zhang Pianpian is also very likely to be defeated by other competitors and become nutrients for other reincarnations."
"And even if she succeeds in the end. Compared to Zhang Pianpian's own limited memories, the memories of the righteous gods are too vast and complex, as vast as the ocean..."
(End of this chapter)
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