novelraw Chapter 1054 1054 The Truth Revealed
Chapter 1054 1054 The Truth Revealed
The words of the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers seemed to be going in circles.
Yet Jun Xiaoyao did not think she was deliberately speaking in riddles.
"Would you be willing to elaborate, Senior?"
Jun Xiaoyao's expression was solemn.
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers looked at Jun Xiaoyao.
By all rights, given her position, she should have simply killed him on the spot.
But deep inside, some kind of emotion was stirring.
Looking at Jun Xiaoyao felt like looking at the most familiar, most cherished person she had ever known.
And so the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers simply could not bring herself to lay a hand on him.
Never mind that he was merely a member of the Jun family from the Immortal Domain.
Even if he had slaughtered the entire Other Shore Imperial Clan,
she likely still would not have harmed Jun Xiaoyao.
This was something carved into the very soul.
"Once upon a time, I was nothing more than an Other Shore Flower blooming in the unspeakable place, on the banks of the Styx."
"Through the baptism of countless ages, having passed through who knows how many eons, I grew step by step into an Immortal King."
"But when I sought to step into a deeper realm, I failed. I suffered grievous wounds, and the cultivation of countless lifetimes was on the verge of being destroyed."
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers spoke with a distant look, lost in memory.
The Other Shore Flowers possessed a special power of reincarnation.
For they were, by their very nature, the flowers of the Yellow Springs that ferried souls across.
This was an ability that few other living beings could possess.
They could also condense reincarnation seals, reviving themselves life after life.
But that time, the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers had been gravely wounded, suffering damage to the Great Dao itself, to the point where even her Immortal Dao Fruit was on the verge of shattering.
And it was at that moment that a woman wearing a ghost mask appeared.
She was not a being of the foreign realm, yet she strode into it openly and without restraint.
No one could block her path.
Even Immortal Kings trembled with fear before her.
All kings stepped aside.
The ghost-masked woman had come specifically for the Other Shore Flowers.
She wished to borrow the reincarnation ability of the Other Shore Flowers to live out another lifetime.
Annihilation, or coexistence?
The ghost-masked woman gave her a choice.
To erase her consciousness and take over her body directly.
Or to merge and coexist.
After one cycle of reincarnation, once the ghost-masked woman had fully mastered the divine abilities of the Other Shore Flower lineage,
the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers could reclaim dominion over her own will.
At that time, the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers did not hesitate, and chose fusion and coexistence outright.
For she could sense how terrifyingly powerful the ghost-masked woman was — absolutely the kind whose name would be etched into the annals of ancient history.
To merge with her was, in truth, no loss for the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers.
The only thing she could offer the ghost-masked woman was the reincarnation method of the Other Shore Flower lineage.
From there, everything followed naturally.
The ghost-masked woman was reborn in a new vessel.
She shed her old body, formed a divine embryo, and merged into the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers.
In that lifetime, the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers was the ghost-masked woman, and the ghost-masked woman was the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers.
And the Other Shore Imperial Clan was also founded at that time.
It was the ghost-masked woman's way of repaying the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers a favor.
"She was far too powerful. In just one lifetime, she fully comprehended every mystery of the Other Shore Flower lineage and created the Other Shore Reincarnation Immortal Art."
"A cultivation method worthy of standing alongside the greatest immortal scriptures."
"After that one lifetime, she departed."
"But she had already fully mastered the abilities of the Other Shore Flower lineage, capable of breaking free from the shackles of reincarnation and condensing reincarnation seals."
"Time could no longer hinder the steps of her pursuit."
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers sighed deeply as she said this.
It was hard to imagine that the supreme being revered by countless in the foreign realm — the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers herself — would speak of someone with such profound admiration.
Even she could only marvel at that ghost-masked woman.
Her reach was too vast. She wandered through ancient history, defying the passage of time, untouched by the erosion of eons.
Jun Xiaoyao felt a sudden clarity wash over him, like a veil being lifted, and many things fell into place.
Why the ghost-masked woman possessed the power of the Other Shore Flowers.
Why she could roam freely through ancient history.
And then there was the ghost-masked female Burial Emperor of the Ten-Thousand-Ages Burial Ground.
When Jun Xiaoyao had entered the Burial Realm, the ghost-masked female Burial Emperor had once helped him.
That ghost-masked female Burial Emperor had also been able to wield the power of the Other Shore Flowers.
Thinking about it now, that ghost-masked female Burial Emperor was perhaps a remnant shell from one of the ghost-masked woman's past lifetimes, which had been buried in the burial ground and reawakened with a new consciousness.
"So even now, Senior, you are still under her influence?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers said, "Indeed. A portion of her consciousness still lingers within mine. Otherwise, she would never have been inducted into the Other Shore organization."
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers glanced at Xuanyue.
Only then did Xuanyue understand why she had been chosen.
Perhaps her life experiences resonated in some small way with those of the ghost-masked woman.
Many of Jun Xiaoyao's mysteries had been unraveled.
Yet there remained one lingering regret.
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers was, after all, merely one of the ghost-masked woman's lifetimes.
Not even a complete lifetime at that, for it had only been a coexistence.
Where, then, was the true her?
Traces of her had been left in many places.
She had never truly met Jun Xiaoyao face to face, yet she had given him tremendous help on multiple occasions.
If it were merely a flower that resembled another.
Jun Xiaoyao felt he could not bear the weight of such a debt.
"Are you still wondering where she truly is?" The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers asked, reading Jun Xiaoyao's expression.
"Indeed." Jun Xiaoyao nodded.
"With your talent, perhaps it will not take long before you meet her."
"She is also waiting."
"Waiting for what?" Jun Xiaoyao asked in return.
"Waiting for you to fully grow, to become a being that truly looks down upon all of eternity."
"When that time comes, the truth she has been searching for may finally reveal itself."
"The truth?" Jun Xiaoyao heard this and smiled.
He did find himself wanting to meet this ghost-masked woman — one whose brilliance had astonished all of history, who had condensed reincarnation seals across countless lifetimes, and who wandered freely through the annals of ancient time.
"Thank you, Senior, for clearing up my doubts." Jun Xiaoyao gave a slight bow.
The clues he had sought, he had now obtained.
All he could say was that there was still some regret.
But then again, it made sense. Though the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers was powerful beyond measure,
she still fell short when compared to that ghost-masked woman.
"By the way, there is one more thing I can tell you — she once entered the unspeakable place." The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers said.
"Oh?" A new conjecture arose in Jun Xiaoyao's mind.
The ghost-masked woman had entered the unspeakable place.
Could she have encountered the ultimate calamity?
This stirred a sense of curiosity within Jun Xiaoyao.
On one side, a ghost-masked woman of breathtaking brilliance, wandering through ancient history.
On the other, the ultimate calamity of legend in the foreign realm — the unspeakable, the unsayable, the unnameable existence.
Why had the ghost-masked woman gone to the unspeakable place?
And had she truly witnessed the ultimate calamity with her own eyes?
Though questions lingered in his mind, the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers had not elaborated, and Jun Xiaoyao did not press further.
"Thank you, Senior. I shall take my leave."
Jun Xiaoyao prepared to depart.
"Leaving just like that?"
The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers suddenly spoke.
Jun Xiaoyao paused mid-step.
He watched as the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers raised her jade hand with a slight gesture.
Suddenly, something materialized within Jun Xiaoyao's spatial storage artifact.
"She actually gave you even this." The Mother of the Other Shore Flowers said.
Jun Xiaoyao was taken aback.
What had materialized was, unmistakably, a flower.
It was from the Ultimate Ancient Road, the Burial Emperor Star, the Ancient Chaos Tower, on the 999th floor.
A real flower sent across the river of time, imprinted by the ghost-masked woman.
"May I ask, Senior, this is…"
The flower appeared ordinary, with only four petals.
Even Jun Xiaoyao could not identify its origin.
"This is the Four-Soul Flower. Within it is fused a reincarnation seal. It seems she had already foreseen that you would one day face a life-and-death tribulation."
The tone of the Mother of the Other Shore Flowers grew heavy.