314: Fifth Incarnation: Heavenly Physician (106)

Gui Xu Passage?!”

Dao Lord Shang Qing’s eyes suddenly narrowed. The Dao Rhyme around him, which had seemed eternally unchanging, showed its first obvious fluctuation, revealing unprecedented solemnity and shock!

“It… would actually manifest on its own at this moment? And… it’s interfering with the feedback process of ‘Dao-Usurpation to Mend the Heavens’?!”

Countless thoughts and long-sealed memories instantly surged in Dao Lord Shang Qing’s mind.

He knew the true nature and terrifying aspects of this “Gui Xu Passage” better than anyone!

Within the Dao Realm of Shang Qing, the six Jedi (Absolute Lands) were not naturally formed; rather, they were… the places where six ancient Dao Lords had fallen!

It was he, Dao Lord Shang Qing, who, untold ages ago, to perfect his own Great Dao and seek the path of transcendence, underwent bloody battles, one by one slaying and refining six Great Dao Lords. After their Great Daos shattered, their grievances lingered, intertwined with the Laws he suppressed, forming these “Dao Calamity Absolute Domains”!

The Deep Dream Marsh originated from the fall of the Illusory Dream Dao Lord.

The Yiluan Abyss originated from the fall of the Yishu Dao Lord.

The Creation Furnace originated from the fall of the Dan Ding Dao Lord.

The Disintegration Plain originated from the fall of the Bing Ge Dao Lord.

The Five Elements Absolute Domain originated from the fall of the Five Elements Dao Lord.

Although these five Absolute Lands were extremely perilous, their core Laws and residual consciousness had all been gradually refined and controlled by Dao Lord Shang Qing using supreme Divine Abilities, becoming resources and testing grounds for him to wield the seven Daos and deduce the path of Soul Transformation!

In a sense, these five Absolute Lands were his Shang Qing’s “back garden”; though risky, they remained under control.

Only this sixth Absolute Land—the Gui Xu Passage—was the sole exception!

It was a… special case that even he, Dao Lord Shang Qing, deeply feared and had yet to fully control!

Because the ancient existence who fell here and transformed into this Absolute Land was the one who controlled the Netherworld Reincarnation Dao—the Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord!

This Dao Lord’s Dao path was mysterious and unpredictable, directly pointing to the secrets of all things’ end, the Soul’s ultimate destination, and Reincarnation, deeply connected to the “cycle of creation and destruction” Law within the Origin of Heaven and Earth, and even touching upon some… ultimate mystery transcending the framework of this world!

When Dao Lord Shang Qing battled him back then, although he ultimately slew him by virtue of his control over the Dao of Karma and Heavenly Mandate and other advantages, the process was extremely perilous, almost dragging him into endless Reincarnation, to be lost forever!

More crucially, when the Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord fell, he actually sacrificed his own Reincarnation Great Dao Origin to forcibly communicate with some obscure “ultimate destination” that existed above the Laws of this world. His residual consciousness and Dao Laws did not completely dissipate or get refined by Shang Qing; instead, they formed an inseparable connection with that mysterious place, transforming into this eerie “Gui Xu Passage”!

This Passage, seemingly within the Dao Realm of Shang Qing, was actually semi-independent of this world, with its other end connected to that unknowable, unfathomable “destination”.

The rules within it were chaotic yet supreme, and the true meaning of “Reincarnation” and “Annihilation” it contained made it difficult even for Dao Lord Shang Qing, who controlled Karma and Heavenly Mandate, to fully comprehend!

It was sometimes dormant, sometimes active, automatically devouring vast amounts of death Qi and ownerless Dao Laws, as if nourishing the existence on the other end.

Dao Lord Shang Qing had tried many times to delve into and even control this Passage, but all his efforts were in vain. Instead, he sensed that deep within the Passage, a detached, ancient will, as if having experienced countless kalpas of Reincarnation, was “watching” him, causing even him a hint of trepidation!

He suspected… that Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord might, like the Illusory Dream Dao Lord, not have truly perished!

His most core consciousness might have, through that mysterious “destination,” survived in some inconceivable way!

It might even be more bizarre and troublesome than the state of the Illusory Dream remnant spirit!

And this Gui Xu Passage was its “tentacle” and “anchor point” in the human realm!

“Netherworld… it really is you! You ultimately… couldn’t hold back, could you?”

Dao Lord Shang Qing’s heart tightened. Xu Yuan’s “Dao-Usurpation to Mend the Heavens” this time caused too much commotion, especially his final act of “martyrdom,” which was almost equivalent to a small-scale “re-establishment of heaven and earth.” How vast were the death Dao Rhyme and ownerless Origin generated?

This undoubtedly startled the existence lurking deep within the Gui Xu Passage!

At this moment, the Gui Xu Passage actively manifested and forcibly absorbed those seven Dao Lord Dao Foundations; its purpose was by no means simply to “get a share of the pie”!

This was more like… seizing control of “Dao-Usurpation to Mend the Heavens”! It might even be trying to use this opportunity to interfere with the direction of Heaven and Earth Law’s restoration, guiding the restoration process towards a direction beneficial to its “Reincarnation Great Dao”!

Or rather… that Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord also wanted to seize this excellent opportunity to share in this Karma of mending the heavens, or even… try to “mend the heavens” in an alternative way with his Dao of Reincarnation?

“Troublesome…”

Dao Lord Shang Qing frowned deeply.

The intervention of the Gui Xu Passage and the potential Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord behind it had completely disrupted the situation!

This had exceeded his original plans, introducing completely uncontrollable variables!

Just as Dao Lord Shang Qing’s thoughts raced—

The Gui Xu Passage’s rotation speed suddenly accelerated!

The speed at which it devoured the seven Dao Lord Dao Foundations surged!

At the same time, an even more vast and pure Reincarnation Dao Law, mixed with pure yin-death Origin, surged back from deep within the Passage. It was not destructive, but rather began to “weave” and “guide” the devoured Dao Foundations in an extremely profound way, seemingly intending to integrate them into some grand “Reincarnation sequence,” and then feed them back to Heaven and Earth!

This method was completely different from Xu Yuan’s straightforward Order of the Humanity Contract and Heaven and Earth’s instinctive absorption. It carried an eerie aura of “destiny,” “Karma,” and “rebirth”!

The restoration process of Heaven and Earth’s Laws consequently underwent a subtle deviation!

A rule signifying “Karma cycles” and “retribution” began to quietly strengthen!

“Netherworld! How dare you!”

A cold light flashed in Dao Lord Shang Qing’s eyes; he could no longer sit idly by!

While he was happy to see Xu Yuan weaken other Dao Lords and benefit Heaven and Earth, he would absolutely not allow the “control” and “rule direction” of mending the heavens to be stolen by the Netherworld Reincarnation Dao Lord!

This concerned the foundation of his own Great Dao and the ultimate destination of his future path to Soul Transformation!

The Dao Rhyme around him began to rise, Karma lines appeared, and the Heavenly Mandate trajectory flowed; he was about to intervene!

However, in that imminent moment—

“Buzz…”

As the Gui Xu Passage frantically devoured and fed back, the detached, ancient will deep within it seemed to… once again penetrate the endless Void Realm, precisely “looking” at Dao Lord Shang Qing.

This time, that “gaze” had a little less indifference and a little more… unspeakable profound meaning?

Immediately afterward, an even more shocking scene unfolded for Dao Lord Shang Qing!

The last wisp of “true spirit imprint,” which had already begun to slowly dissipate and return to the Void Realm of Heaven and Earth after Xu Yuan’s martyrdom, the complete shattering of his Golden Core, and the outpouring of all Dao Law torrents, actually underwent an incredible transformation under the illumination of the extremely pure, ethereal light surging back from the Gui Xu Passage, which contained the profound mysteries of “true spirit uncorrupted” and “Reincarnation imprint”!

The spiritual light point, which was originally like a flickering candle in the wind, about to be completely extinguished, not only did not continue to dim, but instead seemed to have been infused with some… supreme power that defied life and death Reincarnation, beginning to tremble slightly, and then… solidifying from ethereal, gathering from dispersed!