Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation - Chapter 386: Correcting the Heavenly Dao

“Kong Yang, oh Kong Yang.”

The voice of the young cultivator spoke with considerable ease:

“Taking my benefits but not keeping the agreement, isn’t that somewhat unbecoming?”

“Your words are mistaken. Where have I, Kong, not kept the agreement?”

Kong Yang looked with an indifferent expression at the young cultivator who had appeared in the shadows, saying this:

“It’s just that he wanted to find a Dao Basis, and I happened to know where one could be found, that’s all. If we’re being truthful, he should be thanking me properly.”

Standing within Caijun Tower, in the shadows, was the young cultivator dressed in plain daoist robes—it was Mr. You.

Currently, Mr. You’s actual cultivation level was still at the peak of the Dao Union Realm.

Facing Kong Yang’s rebuttal, Mr. You didn’t say much either. He just took a few more steps in the direction of Kong Yang, who was sitting on a meditation cushion, and then said:

“Among the three Immortal Ascension cultivators of Kongshan Sect, only you, Kong Yang, are most versed in the Dao of Cause and Effect. Have you ever speculated, what exactly is the true nature of the Heavenly Dao?”

“The Heavenly Dao is simply the Heavenly Dao.”

Kong Yang replied flatly.

“Can one act against the heavens?”

Mr. You continued to ask.

“Aren’t Lingxuan and Jingchen from Heavenly Summit Mountain currently acting against the heavens?”

Kong Yang continued:

“However, the backlash one must endure for attempting to alter causal relationships that have already occurred is not on the same level at all compared to changing the current cause after glimpsing a future effect.”

This point, Kong Yang understood very clearly.

Nine thousand years ago, it was precisely because he glimpsed the effect of Kongshan Sect’s destruction that he attempted to change its cause, which led to his own Dao Basis being damaged.

Not only did he change nothing, it also ultimately led to his own demise.

It could truly be said to be drawing water with a bamboo basket—all in vain.

The backlash caused by trying to touch causal relationships of the past was a hundredfold worse.

And the causal relationship of the level of Heavenly Summit Mountain’s destruction over sixty thousand years ago was a terrifying existence that even Immortal Ascension cultivators could not fully imagine.

Because whether Heavenly Summit Mountain existed or not represented infinite possibilities within those sixty thousand plus years.

The karmic backlash of this level could be said to be fatal for whoever touched it.

The reason the two Immortal Ascension cultivators of Heavenly Summit Mountain dared to attempt to manipulate the past and rewrite history through the Heavenly Summit Mirror was because all the karmic backlash from these sixty thousand plus years of past time was being borne by Chen Yan alone.

“Have you ever considered, how can that kid bear such terrifying, immense karma?”

Mr. You said with a laugh.

“Of course I’m curious.”

Kong Yang said:

“No cultivator skilled in divining the secrets of heaven would be uninterested in this matter. However, even if I’m curious, it’s useless.”

As he spoke, Kong Yang shook his head.

Indeed, it was so.

Because Kong Yang was not qualified enough, or rather, all Immortal Ascension Realm cultivators in this world were not qualified enough.

“Being able to say such words can only mean your understanding of cause and effect, of the Heavenly Dao, is still insufficient.”

Mr. You said while raising his hand and performing some calculations:

“The Heavenly Dao is the path from the sole starting point to the sole ending point. Because of the existence of you, me, and all living beings in the world, the path will deviate slightly. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao itself will come to correct its originally predetermined route.”

“……”

Kong Yang was silent, just listening to the theory Mr. You was expounding.

“And in the process of correcting the route, it will naturally touch predetermined causal relationships and trigger backlash. Thus, the Heavenly Dao needs to create a vessel capable of bearing this backlash.”

Mr. You continued.

“And this vessel is Chen Yan.”

Kong Yang said.

“Perhaps that is so, but personally, I am more inclined to believe that Chen Yan is the very tool the Heavenly Dao uses to correct its predetermined route.”

Mr. You said.

“……”

Kong Yang remained silent for a moment, then snorted lightly and said:

“Complete nonsense.”

He clearly understood that the young cultivator in plain daoist robes before him surpassed him both in cultivation level and in understanding of cause and effect.

However, Kong Yang could not agree at all with the theory Mr. You had just explained to him.

Because it would completely shatter Kong Yang’s original speculation about the nature of the Heavenly Dao.

“No, you will believe me.”

Mr. You just smiled and shook his head.

Hearing this, Kong Yang first looked at Mr. You in the hall with an expressionless face. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he also raised his hand and performed a few calculations.

Immediately after, this great power of the Immortal Ascension Realm, who was always expressionless and devoid of joy or sorrow, revealed a look of astonishment in his eyes, a very rare occurrence:

“Wind Ravine Valley… why?”

“This is because the Heavenly Dao itself is currently correcting its originally predetermined route.”

Mr. You said with a smile.

Ever since the day he conducted that initial experiment, he had already harbored this speculation.

Mr. You knew that Chen Yan had seen him before, in a situation where he had never met Chen Yan.

Otherwise, the future back then would definitely not have unfolded as he had glimpsed it.

As for how Chen Yan managed to glimpse him… Mr. You believed it was likely a timeline that had been annihilated by the Heavenly Dao.

And at this moment, compared to Mr. You’s composure, Kong Yang, this great power of the Immortal Ascension Realm who once presided over Kongshan Sect for four thousand years, fell into considerable confusion.

“The Heavenly Dao is correcting itself… If that’s the case, does it mean the Heavenly Dao possesses consciousness?”

Kong Yang asked.

“Not so.”

Mr. You shook his head.

“I believe the Heavenly Dao itself is merely a tool, currently completely incomprehensible to the people of this world, that connects the causes and effects set by a certain existence.”

As he spoke, Mr. You paused briefly again.

“To comprehend an existence of that level, one must touch a higher realm, a realm far beyond Immortal Ascension.”

Immediately after, Mr. You shifted his gaze onto Kong Yang within Caijun Tower:

“Do you wish to touch a realm far higher than Immortal Ascension?”

Kong Yang did not speak, and Mr. You laughed again:

“Then stop playing your little tricks.”

……

From Shengyuan Mountain to Wind Ravine Valley, Chen Yan used only a single day.

And from Wind Ravine Valley back to Shengyuan Mountain again, it was also one day.

Chen Yan’s spiritual sense detected Li Haowen’s true qi fluctuations, right in front of the small town’s tea stall.

He walked towards the direction of the tea stall, but when he saw the scene before it, a flash of astonishment passed through his eyes.

“Back?”

An emotionless voice came from the direction of the tea stall.

A lean man dressed in the daoist robes of Kongshan Sect’s Qingchan Peak was seen sitting in front of the tea stall, holding a teacup in his right hand.

Beside him, Li Haowen, with one black and one white long sword hanging at his waist, stood respectfully to the side.

The lean man raised his eyes and glanced in Chen Yan’s direction.

Then he extended his left hand, slowly opening his palm. In his hand appeared a luminous sphere interweaving deep black and bright white—

It was precisely the Dao Basis of True Person Minghua.