Chapter 518 - 517: The Wretched Ancient Emperor, Chu Sheng’s True Choice
His body left a thick trail of blood on the ground, but he no longer cared.
His eyes were fixed on one thing—that gate!
’As long as I can be reborn, reborn back to when I was alive, I can start everything over! When that time comes, I’ll never repeat the same mistakes and end up in this miserable state!’
"That gate is mine! It’s mine!"
"You can’t go in!"
Qin Wudao crawled faster and faster! In the end, he even abandoned Qin Wudao’s body! His Divine Soul shot out of the physical form, hurtling madly toward the gate!
Although forcibly separating from the body would cause immense damage to his Divine Soul, he couldn’t be bothered with that now.
Meanwhile, Chu Sheng paid no mind to the commotion behind him, his gaze fixed motionlessly on the scene behind the gate.
It was a pitch-black space-time tunnel, surging with a violent Power of Space-Time.
’All I have to do is go in, and I can return to the past?’
Chu Sheng hesitated for a second, then, BUZZ~ he flew in!
"No!"
The Ancient Emperor’s Divine Soul let out a silent scream. Because he had forcibly separated it from the body, his Divine Soul was in terrible shape, no longer even resembling a human form.
Seeing the mosquito enter the tunnel, he was overcome with anxiety!
At the same time, because Chu Sheng had already entered, the Gate of Rebirth began to rapidly dissipate!
’No!!! I have to get in!’
The Ancient Emperor had gone completely berserk! He once again activated some kind of Divine Soul Secret Technique, accelerating at the cost of burning his own Divine Soul!
Finally, just before the Gate of Rebirth vanished completely, he actually managed to charge into the space-time tunnel.
However, the space-time tunnel was also rapidly dissipating! The Ancient Emperor had no time to find his own timeline!
At the very instant the space-time tunnel was about to disappear, he had no choice but to hastily find a random node and burst out...
...
「Earth Star, February 2026. The Spring Festival was in full swing.」
In a pigsty on a rural farm, a large white pig, sleeping on its back with all four hooves in the air, suddenly snapped its eyes open.
’I... I was successfully reborn?!’
’Hahaha, in the end, I still made it in... That damn mosquito, how dare it steal this Emperor’s destiny!’
’Wait, what’s that smell? Why does it stink so bad!’
’And why does my voice sound so weird? OINK OINK...’
’Holy shit! How the fuck did I get reborn as a pig!!!’
That’s right.
The soul inside this large white pig’s body was none other than the Ancient Emperor, who had hastily plunged into the space-time tunnel.
He never would have imagined that he’d actually been reborn as a pig in a different world.
At this moment, the Ancient Emperor was on the verge of a complete mental breakdown!!!
But, the Ancient Emperor was the Ancient Emperor for a reason.
After a brief moment of despair, he quickly pulled himself together.
’This Emperor... even if this Emperor is reborn as a pig! I can still make a comeback! I’ll just have to start my Cultivation from scratch and find a chance to possess a new body!’
Just as the Ancient Emperor was brimming with ambition, several figures walked into the pigsty carrying ropes and a butcher’s knife... It was the New Year, time for the pig slaughter!
Hearing the sounds, the Ancient Emperor instantly sensed something was wrong. His eyes filled with shock and fury.
"OINK OINK, OINK! (What are you doing to this Emperor?! How audacious! Stop it!)"
The Ancient Emperor struggled frantically, and it took several men to hold him down! But in the end, he was struck hard with a wooden club and knocked unconscious.
SQUELCH... The butcher’s knife went in clean and came out red.
A once-great Ancient Emperor, gone.
...
「Blue Star, Jing University.」
Outside Secret Realm Zero, a group of teachers waited anxiously.
Of the ten students who had entered for training, seven had already come out. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. However, a few of them were exhibiting strange afflictions.
Especially the female student who had aged rapidly... All the teachers were at a loss as to what to do about the situation.
Currently, three students remained inside: Lin Dong, Qin Wudao, and Gu Yuexi—along with Chu Sheng.
"We’ve already sent people in to search, but there’s no trace of them? The students who came out said there’s a second level inside, but no one can find it."
"Sigh, what are we going to do? The three remaining students are the most promising ones our university has."
"I just hope they all make it out..."
Amid the atmosphere of worry...
「Secret Realm Zero, Third Level.」
In a world of pure white, a figure lay prone. It was covered in blood and barely resembled a human. It was Qin Wudao, abandoned by the Ancient Emperor.
Meanwhile, a mosquito buzzed as it circled twice above the figure before landing.
’Hm? Why is there another mosquito?’
’Didn’t Chu Sheng enter the Gate of Rebirth?’
Not at all, not at all!
’How could this mosquito possibly have gone in? If I went in, what would happen to the Little Empress?’
「A few minutes earlier.」
Chu Sheng had actually made his decision long ago: he would not enter the Gate of Rebirth. However, he didn’t want to let this opportunity go to waste.
So, he came up with a solution: send a clone in his place.
He had several clone Skills: Water Mirror Clone, Celestial Thunder Illusion, and the Blood Shadow Clone he had just acquired through Bloodline fusion and evolution.
The Water Mirror Clone and Celestial Thunder Illusion both had time limits, so they wouldn’t work. The Blood Shadow Clone, while the weakest, was also the most unique.
It was practically an independent individual that was still completely under Chu Sheng’s control! It possessed a certain degree of its own Divine Soul will. Therefore, the Blood Shadow Clone was perfectly capable of taking his place in the rebirth.
Chu Sheng gave it a mission: to return to the past in his stead... and take care of a few things.
Some... very important things.
In other words, the real Chu Sheng never entered the Gate of Rebirth. He was watching everything unfold from the rear the entire time.
...
"BUZZ... (’Looks like things are pretty much settled.’)"
Chu Sheng glanced around. There were no other opportunities left on this third level, only an incomplete time maze that he had partially absorbed.
’I still don’t understand the ’time singularity’ Lin Dong mentioned. But it doesn’t matter. With the Candle of Time, I can come back here whenever I want.’
’Well, it’s time to get out of here. The Little Empress must be getting anxious. Here on the third level, the connection from the Blood Covenant between me and Gu Yuexi has become extremely faint.’
’When the gate opened just now, I could barely feel it at all due to the influence of the time tunnel inside.’
’How do I get out?’
The moment this thought appeared in Chu Sheng’s mind, another gate surprisingly materialized in front of him.
Chu Sheng pushed it open and found that it led directly to the second level. ’It seems getting in is hard, but you can leave whenever you want.’
He was about to go through when he noticed a sudden movement behind him.
It was Qin Wudao himself.
For some reason, his soul hadn’t been destroyed by the Ancient Emperor; he was still alive. He had finally regained control of his own body.
It was just that this body had been almost completely wrecked by the Ancient Emperor.
He gathered all his strength and reached a hand out toward Chu Sheng.
"Save... save me. Please, save me."
"I’m willing to give you all the resources in the Qin Family’s treasury, I only ask that you save my life."
"I, Qin Wudao... swear on my Divine Soul..."
Chu Sheng couldn’t have been bothered to deal with Qin Wudao, but he stopped short when he heard his second sentence.
’Heh, that could work.’
...
Back in Secret Realm Zero, Chu Sheng, having reaped a bountiful harvest, cheerfully left the third level.
Second Level, the Still Forest.
Chu Sheng’s figure appeared out of thin air.
However, the moment he appeared, he saw Gu Yuexi suspended in mid-air, bound and with blood pouring from her mouth.
In an instant.
His countless compound eyes turned... an incomparably deep crimson!