First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1019 - The Undying Spirit Venerate

The young woman quickly calmed down.

When she saw Su Yi treating Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s wounds, she hesitated, then said, “The Meteor Arrows are emblazoned with the Laws of Primordial Unity. They’re incomparably tyrannical, and once they’ve entered the body, ordinary methods cannot possibly remove them.”

She paused, then added, “But if you draw his treatment out, his wounds will only get worse, until finally, his blood, qi, and soul are devoured.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s expression shifted, and he inwardly cursed, That bastard Qing Xiao really was no good!

His face was pale, and the wound on his chest hadn’t knit back together. Furthermore, he could clearly sense the power the silver arrow had left in his body; it still hadn’t dispersed.

This told Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer that the young woman wasn’t simply trying to scare them.

Su Yi thought for a moment, then said, “If you help treat him, I’ll leave you a path to life.”

He’d examined Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s wound, and it was indeed troublesome. He trusted that he could use the Sword of the Nine Hells to shatter the power of Laws of Primordial Unity, but if he did, the Sword of the Nine Hells would likely hurt Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer too.

Su Yi’s words displeased the proud, aloof young woman, and her willowy eyebrows furrowed.

But in the end, she held back. The situation was not in her favor, and she had no choice but to lower her head.

“If you want my help, you should be a bit more polite. It’s true that I can’t defeat you, but you can’t necessarily kill me either,” said the young woman. She raised her fair hand, and golden light gathered at her fingertip. “Step aside.”

Kcch!

She shook her wrist.

Golden light flashed through the air and shot into Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s body. Before long, he shook, then coughed up black blood.

A moment later, rosiness returned to his cheeks, and the wound in his chest knit back together at speeds visible to the naked eye. Some of his withered qi and vitality recovered too.

“Wondrous! What kind of secret art was that?” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer exclaimed.

Even Su Yi couldn’t help but be surprised, and he took another look at the moving beauty in the rainbow raiment.

Her arms were crossed in front of her chest. Her bearing seemed to say, “This was a trivial matter, so no need to even bring it up.”

Su Yi and Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer glanced at each other. Both found this quite funny. I wouldn’t have thought that the woman the silkworm turned into would be so proud.

Su Yi said directly. “Answer some of my questions, and I’ll let you leave.”

The young woman blinked her bright eyes, and said in a pleasant, ethereal voice, “Then can you answer some of my questions too?”

There was no doubt about it: the numerous unbelievable methods Su Yi had displayed earlier had successfully piqued the young woman’s interest.

“Of course.” Su Yi nodded.

A hint of a smile tugged at the young woman’s pink lips. She remained seated there, twirling the dark hair growing by her temples. “Go ahead and ask.”

Su Yi didn’t even pause to think. “Who are you?”

This young woman’s origins were far too mysterious and extraordinary. She was the human form of the golden silkworm they’d seen eating the leaves of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara. It was simply unbelievable!

The young woman laughed. “You can call me A’Cai. ‘Big Sister Cai’ is okay too. After all, I’m older than you, and my cultivation is higher too. There’s no shame in calling me big sister.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer had a strange look in his eyes. This woman is deliberately using her seniority to take Old Monster Su down a notch!

“But you can’t beat me,” Su Yi said calmly.

The young woman’s smile froze, and she recalled how Su Yi had almost killed her. Indignation arose on her picturesque face.

“Also, I wanted to know your origins, not your name,” reminded Su Yi. “Don’t play tricks when you answer my questions. Get to the point, and don’t try to distract me with trivial details.”

This young woman was incomparably beautiful, but she was incomparably crafty, too. Su Yi most certainly didn’t think she’d truly accepted her defeat.

“My origins…” A’Cai’s gaze was complicated and inscrutable. “As you saw, my true body is a golden silkworm. I was born in the source of a stretch of chaos, and I’ve witnessed the rise and fall of countless Grand Daos. I’ve watched the births and deaths of stars, and I’ve wandered amidst the red dust of mortality, experiencing the joys and sorrows of mortal life, with all its meetings and partings. I’ve also escaped the world, spending tens of thousands of years with only a lamp for company…”

But Su Yi interrupted her before she could continue. “Stop.”

“What is it this time?” A’Cai said in displeasure.

“There’s no need for that garble of truth and lies.” Su Yi rubbed his forehead. “Just tell me your current status and where you came from.”

A’Cai was instantly irritated, and she glared viciously at him. “Anywhere else, I’d have long since crushed you for your impetuousness many times over.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer couldn’t help but laugh. Nothing makes you seem more helpless than resorting to threats. If you were really that capable, you wouldn’t just sputter. You’d attack!

But A’Cai had only just treated his wounds, so in the end, he refrained from mocking her.

Perhaps because she’d sensed that Su Yi wasn’t easy to fob off, A’Cai no longer tried any tricks. Before long, Su Yi learned that she came from a distant Star Realm called Thousand Opportunities.action

A’Cai had been cultivating quietly in the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm’s top faction, the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect, for a long time.

The Primordial Unity Daoist Sect’s foundations were incomparably ancient, and it was the uncontested sovereign of the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm. It was also the uncontested hegemon of that entire stretch of stars.

And the young woman’s status in the Taoyi Daoist Sect was transcendent and extraordinary. They called her the Undying Spirit Venerate!

The white-haired man they’d encountered earlier, Qing Xiao, was a grand elder of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect. He might have looked young, but in truth, he was an old monster who’d lived too many years to count.

Ten years ago, Qing Xiao obtained a heaven-defying stroke of fortune while wandering outside the sect. This fortune involved a spacetime tunnel.

After investigating further, Qing Xiao confirmed that the spatial tunnel led to reincarnation. It was a Path of Rebirth!

When he explored it personally, and in the end, he discovered the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara growing in the Netherworld’s source.

Qing Xiao then returned to the sect immediately and shared this information with the leader of the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect.

In the end, their leader ordered Qing Xiao to take the Undying Spirit Venerate, A’Cai, with him through the spacetime tunnel and deliver her to the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara.

Su Yi couldn’t help but find this surprising.

Qing Xiao had actually discovered a Path of Rebirth leading from the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm, and he’d followed it to deliver A’Cai to the Tree of Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara!

This was simply unbelievable!

“Qing Xiao doesn’t get credit for this,” said A’Cai. “There was endless time and space at the end of the Path of Rebirth. No one could cross it. Even Qing Xiao could at most use a divine skill to appear reflected on one of the leaves of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara. He couldn’t enter this place in the flesh.

She paused, then said calmly, “But I’m different. I have an innate divine skill that lets me cross space, time, and the barriers between worlds. Of course, even more importantly, my talent lets me neutralize the power of reincarnation.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer was stunned. What kind of heaven-defying natural talent can counter the power of reincarnation?

Su Yi, meanwhile, gazed at the golden imprint on A’Cai’s forehead

The imprint was like a divine cycle, self-sustaining and self-perpetuating. It had neither beginning nor end, and it was utterly strange and mystical.

Su Yi suspected that the “natural divine ability” A’Cai spoke of was connected to what that imprint symbolized!

Alas, she didn’t describe her ability in detail. There was no doubt about it; this was her personal secret.

“Did you come here to undergo metamorphosis and break through?” asked Su Yi.

The depths of A’Cai’s clear, spring-like eyes shone with subtle, murderous light. “No, I mostly came here to survive. It was a coincidence that I profited from this disaster, that’s all.”

“To survive? What do you mean?” asked Su Yi.

“That… involves my natural divine ability,” said A’Cai a bit glumly. “The daughter of our sect leader has suffered a severe Dao wound, and no heavenly material or earthly treasure can fix her, nor can any secret art or magic incantation cure her. There’s only one thing that can save her now: reincarnation!

“And my natural divine ability lets me gather the ambient power of the Laws. When Qing Xiao discovered this palace at the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara, our leader wanted me to gather the power of rebirth to help his daughter reincarnate.”

Here, her exquisite features frosted over with irrepressible murderousness. “If that were all, I wouldn’t have minded helping. But I would never have guessed that our leader had other plans! Once I’ve gathered the power of reincarnation, he plans to help his daughter possess me!”

Possession!

Su Yi and Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer were instantly solemn. If that was true, the leader of the Primordial Unity Dao Sect was truly ruthless.

“Their greed knows no limits. They’re like snakes trying to devour an elephant. Our leader is well aware of how heaven-defying and powerful my natural divine ability is. He knows that if his daughter takes over my fleshly body, it’ll both cure her Dao wounds and let her inherit my natural talent. It would give her hope of undergoing further metamorphoses in the future, too!”

Here, A’Cai laughed coldly. “Qing Xiao was well aware of this too. They thought they kept this perfectly under wraps, but little did they know, before we left the sect, I visited the leader’s daughter in private.

“I went to investigate her Dao wound. Who’d have thought that I’d discover this plot when I examined her soul?

“So I feigned ignorance and left with Qing Xiao, but all the while, I knew that I’d meet with disaster upon my return, so I’ve lingered here all this time.”

Here, A’Cai looked at Su Yi and sighed. “I never anticipated that I’d bump into you two here.”

A moment later, she smiled sweetly. “But it’s because I met you that I profited from this disaster, broke through, and sublimated. I’ve fully cast off the fetters that have restricted me for countless years, and I’ve stepped onto a new path of metamorphosis. I’m completely different from before!” Her eyes sparkled with delight.

By now, both Su Yi and Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer understood.

No wonder A’Cai remained uninvolved during their battle with Qing Xiao. No wonder she’d made no attempt to help him!

And it was no wonder that Qing Xiao had been so frantic and angry when they tried to attack the golden silkworm!

This was why!