novelraw Chapter 37 – Weak Heir
Chapter 37 – Weak Heir
Bu Fei waited at the entrance of the cave, a cold smile playing on his lips.
He had heard Luo Xiu's unwilling cries before his death. Facing the formidable Fifth-Order Twin-Headed Nether Tiger, not to mention a mere Qi Sea Martial Artist, even an Innate Martial Master would be doomed.
"Whoosh!"
A gust of wind filled with a fierce and bloody aura rushed towards him. The Twin-Headed Nether Tiger had returned, its left head opening its bloody maw, pointing with a paw.
"You ate him?" Bu Fei's face lit up with joy.
The Twin-Headed Nether Tiger nodded.
"And his belongings?" Bu Fei immediately asked.
The Twin-Headed Nether Tiger pointed again at its bloody mouth.
"You ate those too?" Bu Fei's expression changed.
"I told you to kill him and bring back his things. How could you eat them?" Bu Fei was on the verge of tears. He couldn't possibly crawl into the beast's mouth to retrieve them, could he?
But the Twin-Headed Nether Tiger ignored him. As a Fifth-Order Demonic Beast, it was intelligent, but its thought processes were ultimately different from a human's.
The massive creature squeezed into the cave, lying down in a corner, both heads yawning widely.
Bu Fei's face was as dark as thunderclouds, yet he dared not provoke this Fifth-Order Demonic Beast.
He immediately headed to the area shrouded in mist, searching for two or three days, but found nothing.
"Could it really have been eaten by that beast? What should I do now?"
Thinking everything was within his calculations, Bu Fei never expected such a situation to arise.
Unwilling to leave just like that, he decided to stay in the canyon, hoping that the Twin-Headed Nether Tiger's digestion wasn't too efficient and that it would eventually expel Luo Xiu's belongings.
The Lightsaber showed no signs of resonance, leading Bu Fei to speculate that Luo Xiu must have stored the Shadow Blade in a storage device.
...
In the darkness, Luo Xiu had no idea how much time had passed. His head throbbed with pain, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
Memories flooded his mind like a breached dam. He remembered being chased by a terrifying Twin-Headed Black Tiger, and just as it swallowed him, he felt a tremor deep within his soul before losing consciousness.
Soul? Tremor? Life and Death Pearl?
Thinking of this, Luo Xiu immediately surveyed his surroundings and found himself in a strange space.
All around him was like a vast starry sky, countless points of light hanging like stars, with a rushing river of stars that felt familiar to Luo Xiu.
He furrowed his brow, quickly recalling that when he treated Lu Mengyao's Severed Fire Yang Meridian, his consciousness had been swallowed by the Life and Death Pearl, entering a peculiar space.
But that time, it was just his consciousness entering the Life and Death Pearl, whereas this time, it seemed his entire body had entered.
"What is that?"
Luo Xiu looked up and was suddenly confronted by a scene that would be etched in his memory forever, leaving him utterly shocked.
Above him, a colossal wheel slowly rotated, exuding an ancient and unfathomable aura. Countless starlight points and the surging river of stars revolved around this massive wheel.
On the gigantic wheel, runes, marks, and patterns flickered, filled with endless mysteries, as if containing the ultimate truths of the Great Dao Laws.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, Luo Xiu sensed the Heaven's Life and Death Cycle in his dantian resonating with the enormous wheel in the starry sky, both rotating, even at the same frequency.
Moreover, the Heaven's Life and Death Cycle bore a striking resemblance to this gigantic wheel, like one was an infinitely magnified version, and the other an infinitely reduced version.
"Are you the inheritor of this generation? You're far too weak..."
Suddenly, an ancient and timeless voice echoed in Luo Xiu's ears.
"Who's there?"
Luo Xiu looked around, finally fixing his gaze on the massive wheel above. The voice seemed to emanate from it.
"Inheritor, I am not a person. You may call me the Spirit of Reincarnation, or the Spirit of Life and Death Origin," the ancient voice spoke again.
"I don't understand what you mean," Luo Xiu said, frowning.
The gigantic wheel rotated slowly, and in front of it, Luo Xiu was like a tiny ant facing an elephant.
"Though you are weak, since the Life and Death Pearl has chosen you, I shall naturally tell you what you wish to know."
The ancient voice continued, "In the universe, there are many laws, all following the operation of the Great Dao Laws. Each law has an origin, such as the Origin of the Law of Time, the Origin of the Law of Space, the Origin of the Law of Life, the Origin of the Law of Death, and so on..."
"And the Life and Death Pearl is a treasure formed from the Origin of the Law of Life and Death. The being chosen by the Life and Death Pearl is the inheritor of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death."
"In the universe, the cultivation of all beings can only reach the highest level by mastering the Origin of the Laws. Now, little one, do you realize how fortunate you are?"
"Are you saying that I am the inheritor of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death?" Luo Xiu asked.
"Yes, any law can only have one origin, which means that as long as you can cultivate to a sufficiently powerful realm, you can master the Life and Death Pearl and the Origin of the Law of Life and Death."
"Of course, you are currently so weak that you can almost be ignored. You may not be able to reach that point. If some powerful beings who cultivate the Law of Life and Death discover that you have the Life and Death Pearl, they can kill you to seize and refine it, thus mastering the Origin of the Law."
"Since the last great era's catastrophic destruction, I have been in a state of slumber. I never expected the Life and Death Pearl to choose such a weak being as its inheritor."
Hearing this, Luo Xiu felt a bit embarrassed. The ancient voice, calling itself the Spirit of Reincarnation, seemed quite dissatisfied with him.
According to the Spirit of Reincarnation, it was because he was under the threat of death that the Life and Death Pearl automatically protected its master, awakening it from its slumber.
"Weak inheritor, since the Life and Death Pearl has chosen you, I will naturally follow the will of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death to help you grow stronger within the bounds allowed by the Great Dao Laws," the Spirit of Reincarnation said.
"Where are you?" Luo Xiu couldn't help but ask.
"I am right before you. The reincarnation you see is me, weak inheritor."
"Reincarnation?"
Luo Xiu murmured to himself. In many legends, reincarnation held extraordinary significance.
"Do you see those light points around the reincarnation, like stars, weak inheritor?" the Spirit of Reincarnation suddenly said.
Luo Xiu nodded, then asked, "Can you change the way you address me?"
"If you are weak, you must acknowledge your weakness. If you want me to change how I address you, you must make yourself stronger, weak inheritor," the Spirit of Reincarnation's voice was calm, without any emotional fluctuation.
Luo Xiu shrugged helplessly, "Suit yourself then."
The Spirit of Reincarnation continued, "In the universe, from the moment any being is born, a Mark of Destiny appears in the Origin of the Law of Life and Death, recorded in reincarnation. The light points you see represent a being in the universe."
"And when any being dies, its Mark of Destiny will dissipate, but its lifetime memories will be recorded in the reincarnation of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death."
Hearing this, Luo Xiu found it unbelievable and couldn't help but ask, "Among these countless light points, which one is my Mark of Destiny?"
"Your Mark of Destiny is not here. As the inheritor of the Origin of the Laws, your Mark of Destiny has already merged with the Origin of the Laws."
The Spirit of Reincarnation said, "However, weak inheritor, I must remind you that given your current weakness, if you are killed by other beings or die accidentally, your Mark of Destiny will also dissipate, and the Life and Death Pearl will carry the Origin of the Laws to select the next inheritor."
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a beam of black and white light descended from the massive reincarnation, entering Luo Xiu's forehead.
At the same time, a surge of information appeared in Luo Xiu's mind.
This part of the memory was a description of the 'Heaven's Life and Death Cycle,' mentioning that it contained the mysteries of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death, with a total of nine Origin Law Diagrams.
However, these nine Origin Law Diagrams were extremely difficult to comprehend, deep and profound.
"Weak inheritor, the Heaven's Life and Death Cycle is a cultivation method derived from the Origin of the Laws, and it is a mandatory cultivation method for every inheritor. If you can comprehend the nine Origin Law Diagrams thoroughly, you will be recognized as the master of the Origin of the Law of Life and Death."
The Spirit of Reincarnation's voice sounded, "Following the constraints of the Great Dao Laws, I will only save you the first time you face a threat of death. If you wish to enter the Origin Space in the future, you must wait until your cultivation reaches a higher realm. Moreover, each breakthrough will grant you a gift from the Origin Laws."
"What is the gift from the Origin Laws?" Luo Xiu asked curiously.
"I have already mentioned that all memories of beings in the universe are recorded in reincarnation. Even if they die, these memories will not disappear from reincarnation. The gift from the Origin Laws is the memories of countless beings."
Luo Xiu's eyes lit up, "So, according to you, I can obtain the memories of other beings?"
"Yes, but it must be within the bounds allowed by the Great Dao Laws. You are currently at the Qi Sea Realm and can receive one gift, but this gift is random," the Spirit of Reincarnation said.
"Random?" Luo Xiu couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed because if it was random, he might not get what he wanted.
"The gift from the will of the Origin Laws will tend to enhance your abilities and will not gift you useless memories," the Spirit of Reincarnation added.
Hearing this, Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that made sense.
"Weak inheritor, do you want to receive the gift now?" the Spirit of Reincarnation's voice came.
"Right now!" Luo Xiu said without hesitation.
He decided to quickly enhance his strength and shed the title of weak inheritor.
"Whoosh!"
A beam of light shot out from the massive reincarnation, like a dazzling pillar of light, enveloping Luo Xiu's body, bathing him in its glow.
Suddenly, Luo Xiu felt images appearing in his mind, of a person whose face was indistinct, wielding a long sword...
"In the world of martial arts, speed is the only unbreakable force. In the way of the sword, adhering to rigid forms and techniques is a minor path. Only by making the sword in your hand reach the pinnacle of speed can you surpass countless sword techniques, which is the true path!"
Memories of how to cultivate the Swift Sword continuously flooded into his mind, leaving Luo Xiu entranced, completely absorbed and unable to extricate himself.