Chapter 581 - 289: Celestial Immortal

Chapter 581: Chapter 289: Celestial Immortal

Darkness, boundless darkness...

When Chu Xuan’s consciousness awoke, he was filled with confusion. He couldn’t feel his body and didn’t know where he was.

After pondering for a long time, he finally remembered that he should be dead.

Chu Xuan laughed at himself. Luckily, although he was dead, he hadn’t reached the point of having his soul utterly destroyed, which meant there was still a chance for reincarnation.

As for Shangguan Yu, Chu Xuan wouldn’t encounter him on the Yellow Springs Road.

This was because in the "Five Declines of Celestial Beings," one of them is the "Decline of Soul Essence." Shangguan Yu’s soul had already turned into a soul essence, and since the soul essence was destroyed, he naturally dissipated completely.

However, a trace of his intangible true spirit might return to the heavens and earth. This sliver of true spirit is the original imprint of life, bearing no memories or emotions.

Perhaps hundreds or thousands of years later, this trace of true spirit could be replenished within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, forming a brand new soul, and even reincarnating.

But that person would no longer be Shangguan Yu, having inherited none of his past, as pure as a blank slate, at best akin to a similar flower.

Chu Xuan’s thoughts returned to himself. After this death, would Ming Yu and any other women be saddened?

He felt a bit remorseful in his heart, but unfortunately, he no longer had the chance to make amends for them...

Speaking of which, is this Yellow Springs Road really this dim? Am I the only one here? Where are the Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the underworld emissaries?

And when I reincarnate, it should be a normal rebirth in this world, right?

This time, there’s no backup plan to restore my memories; once I drink the Meng Po Soup, I’ll forget the past, then queue up for reincarnation, emerging as a newborn crying brightly...

Oh wait, there’s still the matter of judgment in the underworld. Considering the Celestial Evil Period, I’ve committed numerous evil deeds. What if I end up in the eighteenth level of hell?

No, wait, there’s another possibility. Might I be "sent back to my original homeland," reincarnating on Earth?

Uh, that’s unlikely. I crossed over because of the Six Souls Banner, and even if I could return to Earth, it would have to be the Six Souls Banner sending me back.

Chu Xuan had been letting his chaotic thoughts wander aimlessly, but as he reached this point, his gaze suddenly focused. Right, I said I left the Six Souls Banner to Ming Yu, but can she truly control it?

Wait a minute, is this really the Yellow Springs Road? The more Chu Xuan looked around, the more familiar it seemed. How does this resemble the inside of the Six Souls Banner?!

Before he could think further, he suddenly felt a burst of "headache," wanting to cover his head but finding he had no hands.

Luckily, the pain came swiftly and left quickly. At this moment, Chu Xuan finally restored all his memories from the Celestial Evil Period, down to the smallest detail.

From this, he also recalled his original "resurrection plan."

Before the third great war between good and evil began, Chu Xuan extracted a complete backup of his memory, storing it deep within the Six Souls Banner.

Until he perished on the battlefield, the Six Souls Banner directly swept up his shattered body, fragmented soul, and trace of intangible true spirit.

Then the Sun Moon Time Scale inside the banner activated, directly reverting these "fragments" to the state of an infant.

Finally, the Six Souls Banner infused Chu Xuan with the "Essence of Heaven and Earth," and imported the backed-up memories, completing the entire process seamlessly.

Moreover, the reason why Chu Xuan slept within the banner for over six hundred years before awakening also had a cause.

Due to the damage to the Sun Moon Time Scale, an Immortal Artifact, it would shatter immediately upon expending its last bit of power, causing temporal turbulence.

Chu Xuan was concerned the aftermath would affect him, potentially reverting him from an infant to an embryo, which would be a significant problem.

Thus, he preset a command for the Six Souls Banner to suppress the effects at the crucial moment, allowing the aftereffects to dissipate naturally over time, avoiding temporal turbulence and preventing any unexpected incidents.

This manifested externally as the time around Chu Xuan being frozen, or rather, flowing extremely slowly, nearly to the point of time suspension.

This approach had another benefit: avoiding subsequent investigation and pursuit, as Chu Xuan knew Shangguan would certainly become suspicious, and if capable, he could delay ascending for centuries, waiting in the world for him.

Even Chu Xuan hadn’t expected the time to be over six hundred years, and that Shangguan Yu had indeed been waiting all along, albeit due to Chu Xuan’s machinations...

Recalling these details, Chu Xuan felt a bit rueful.

Then he looked around the darkness once more, confirming that he was indeed inside the Six Souls Banner!

Well, Chu Xuan truly hadn’t expected that after dying once again, he would be drawn back inside it. So where was the Six Souls Banner now? In the living world? Or the underworld?

At that moment, Chu Xuan suddenly heard a movement, probably transmitted from outside the banner.

First, there was a trembling, somewhat shrill voice:

"My lord, how should we dispose of this item?"

Then came a low, authoritative voice that sounded somewhat troubled:

"Look at you all, bringing anything and everything here! Couldn’t you just pretend you didn’t see it?"

The shrill voice immediately kowtowed, pleading, with a tone of grievance:

"But this banner mingled within the group of wandering souls, floating on the Yellow Springs Road, appears out of place and strange. We dare not touch it, as it seems ready to devour us if we do."

"If it weren’t for the emissaries leading it here, had it gone mad and rampaged through the city, devouring lost souls and disrupting the netherworld’s order, disturbing the Six Paths of Reincarnation, what would we do then?"