novelraw Chapter 618: Thousand World Reincarnations (Third Update)
Chapter 618: Thousand World Reincarnations (Third Update)
Chen Qing took Chen Yuhan and left.
Although Qin Heng hadn't made a move, his ability to pluck a hair and transform it into a sword thoroughly stunned Chen Qing. The piercing aura emanating from the sword edge also greatly boosted his confidence!
After that, Qin Heng temporarily stayed with the Ye family, partly to help Ye Jiajia solidify her position as Family Head, and partly to instruct her in martial arts, teaching her the basics.
Qin Heng did not impart the Immortal Law to Ye Jiajia. After all, such a system, vastly different from the cultivation of the Martial Dao, would certainly cause a huge uproar if revealed.
Ye Jiajia's strength was insufficient to deal with such a situation.
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At night, a bright moon hung in the sky.
Qin Heng sat in the pavilion of the Ye family's residence, his eyes slightly closed as if in rest. At this moment, a palm-sized puppy tiptoed over and jumped onto the stone table in front of him.
"What exactly do you want? If you wish to kill me, just do it directly!" The puppy WOOFED twice at Qin Heng, simultaneously using the remnants of its divine soul power to convey its thoughts.
This puppy was none other than the reincarnated Wu He. He had originally cast a Secret Technique, intending to transmigrate into a wealthy family for a fresh start. However, Qin Heng's spell disrupted his plans, causing him to fall into the Animal Path and become a dog.
He now felt incredibly aggrieved. He, the dignified Grand Priest of Da Xia, one of the most powerful individuals on Earth four thousand years ago, had actually been reincarnated as a dog!
He'd actually become a dog!
"Wu He, how does it feel?" Qin Heng casually tossed a plate of exquisite dog food to Wu He and chuckled. "To be reborn with your memories, even as a dog, is a tremendous stroke of fortune. Instead of thanking me, you resent me?"
"Stop beating around the bush and say what you mean!" Wu He felt like he might explode with anger. Eyeing the plate of gourmet dog food before him, he almost wished he could slap it onto Qin Heng's face with one swipe of his paw.
"Fine. Then let me ask you, do you know why Earth has become what it is today?" Qin Heng looked at Wu He and said gravely, "Earth, over four thousand years ago, wasn't like this, was it?"
The ancient secrets of Earth were one of the most important pieces of "knowledge" for the present Qin Heng, as they could assist him in comprehending the Supreme Law!
"Do you think I would tell you?"
Wu He sneered. Then, he saw Qin Heng extend a finger toward him. In the next instant, he felt himself engulfed by a white light, and his surroundings became bizarre and chaotic.
The Reincarnation Channel! I've come to the Reincarnation Channel again!? How can he tamper with the Reincarnation Law so casually? Impossible! Could it be an illusion? No, that's also impossible. My divine soul is at the peak of the Great Saint level! That brat is merely Innate. How could he possibly pull me into an illusion? What kind of trickery is he up to?
Wu He was filled with shock and suspicion, yet a part of him still clung to a sliver of hope. After a moment's hesitation, he entered the Reincarnation Channel once again.
In this life, he found himself turned into an ant! His life lasted only three days!
He was ultimately crushed underfoot, dying without ever knowing where he had been reincarnated.
After dying, his divine soul remained undestroyed. He arrived at the Reincarnation Channel again, to be reborn.
In another life, he became a chicken.
Locked in a cage, raised for two months, and ultimately killed and cooked.
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In another life, he was a pig raised for slaughter... eventually killed and cooked.
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In yet another life, he was a buffalo on the prairie... only to have his lower body torn apart by wild dogs, dying in agony.
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In another life, he became a whale in the ocean... only to be hunted by a whaling ship and served on a dinner table.
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Lifetime after lifetime, Wu He discovered that no matter how he reincarnated, he could only be reborn as various kinds of animals, never having the chance to reincarnate as a human!
And almost every life ended unnaturally, always a terrible death!
Had Wu He's will not been so resolute, his spirit likely would have shattered long ago, losing himself in these endless cycles of rebirth.
Even so, after experiencing nearly a thousand lifetimes as an animal, Wu He was growing agitated.
With his understanding of the Reincarnation Law, this was clearly not normal! A true reincarnation cycle would never be like this. Some power had to be imprisoning him in the Animal Path! Forcing him to be an animal, lifetime after lifetime!
Finally, after a thousand rebirths, Wu He suddenly saw a flash of light. A brief moment of disorientation passed, and he found himself back in the body of the little puppy, right where he had started.
He hadn't reincarnated again. Instead, he was still standing on the stone table beneath the pavilion in the Ye family's estate. Qin Heng was retracting his finger, a faint smile on his face.
"How was the experience?" Qin Heng looked at Wu He and said, "Are you satisfied?"
"You tricked me! An illusion!?" Wu He bared his teeth at Qin Heng and said angrily, "Do you think you can crush my will like this? Make me answer your questions!? Dream on!"
"What you just experienced was an illusion, yet it was not entirely an illusion." Qin Heng drank a cup of tea and said indifferently, "That was a projection I divined for you—the potential experiences of your next thousand lifetimes, starting from this one."
"Nonsense! Do you think you're Si Wenming? Who do you think you are to divine a person's thousand reincarnations?!" Wu He simply did not believe it. To him, Qin Heng's words seemed absolutely exaggerated!
Calculating the trajectory of reincarnation was a highly taboo matter, even in the Ancient Era. Below the Saint King, no one had the privilege to interact with such a level or this type of Secret Technique.
Even if they gained access, they couldn't use it!
Moreover, this refers only to divining a single lifetime's reincarnation. Anything beyond that is impossible to ascertain, and forcibly attempting to divine it could even invite unforeseen calamities!
Yet Qin Heng spoke of a thousand lifetimes!
To Wu He, such a claim—
It was as if a three-year-old child were boasting about building a spaceship from scratch! It was so absurd it didn't even warrant consideration! Utterly impossible!
"With my Six Paths Reincarnation Finger, you are doomed to be an animal for all your lives to come." Qin Heng didn't care whether Wu He believed him or not and chuckled, "I have told you the truth. Whether you believe it is up to you."
"You! You think I would believe you!?" Wu He glared fiercely at Qin Heng, then turned, jumped off the stone table, and left under the moonlight!
"Immortal Venerable, didn't you have questions for it? Why did you let it leave?" Wang Jiuyin asked, puzzled, from the side. He didn't understand why Qin Heng, who clearly had inquiries, would let the "dog" go.
"He won't go far." Qin Heng smiled, his expression still serene.
Indeed, barely a minute later, Wu He, reincarnated as the small dog, scampered back. He leaped onto the stone table, looked at Qin Heng with his tiny eyes, and said, "If I answer your questions, you must lift this reincarnation restriction on me!"
"You are in no position to negotiate." Qin Heng spoke indifferently, casually extending a finger. "I can crush you with a thought right now and send you into your next life as an animal!"
The current Wu He was just a newborn puppy, possessing no strength whatsoever. Forget Qin Heng; even an ordinary child could kill him!
"..." Wu He trembled with rage. But, helpless, he could only lower his head and sigh.
"Four thousand years ago, the Divine Province of Da Xia was many millions of times larger than it is now. In that era…"