Chapter 149 ·The Honest Immortal Reincarnates into the Little Luo Grotto-Heaven

Gu ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍Yan withdrew his gaze, his expression calm.

The ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍great heavenly and earthly calamity.

It ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍sounded rather terrifying.

But ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍truthfully, he was not very anxious about it.

First ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍of all, although this calamity would sweep across the myriad heavens of this world, it absolutely would not affect his Supreme Creation Lesser Luo Grotto Heaven.

Even ‍​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍if the Immortal Realm descended into complete chaos and the myriad heavens shattered into dust, his grotto-heaven would still remain peaceful and untouched.

Secondly, Gu Yan calculated the timeline.

The great calamity was indeed not far away.

But this “not far” was measured in units of great cycles.

One great cycle was 129,600 years.

And before the next great calamity truly descended, several great cycles still remained.

Gu Yan was currently eight hundred and forty-nine years old and at True Immortal Fourth Layer.

With the amplification of all his entry effects, he was confident that reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm before the age of three thousand would not be difficult.

Perhaps he might even surpass the Immortal Emperor Realm.

So what did this great heavenly and earthly calamity have to do with him?

By the time the calamity truly descended, he would already be an existence transcending everything.

At that time, perhaps he could even sit within the grotto-heaven, holding the Haotian Mirror while watching those Immortal Emperors and Immortal Kings of the Immortal Realm smash each other’s heads bloody.

......

One year later, Supreme Creation Lesser Luo Grotto Heaven, Taiyi Dao Sect.

On this day—

The weather was pleasant, with clear skies stretching for ten thousand miles.

Suddenly, a streak of seven-colored light descended from the heavens, streaking across the sky before falling directly toward a courtyard somewhere in the rear mountain of the Taiyi Dao Sect.

The light was dazzlingly brilliant, dyeing half the sky in seven-colored radiance.

Countless cultivators within the grotto-heaven raised their heads in shock.

“That is...”

“A heavenly phenomenon descending!”

“Has some treasure appeared?”

“No, wait—that light fell toward the disciples’ residences in the rear mountain!”

Rear mountain, within a small courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, a young couple anxiously waited outside the room.

From inside came the painful groans of a woman.

The man paced back and forth, sweat covering his forehead.

He was an inner sect disciple of the Taiyi Dao Sect with the Daoist title Mingyuan, possessing Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.

Inside the room was his Dao Companion, Qingyun, likewise a Nascent Soul Realm disciple.

The two had been Dao Companions for fifty years and had finally conceived a child.

Today was the day of birth.

But at this very moment, the seven-colored light descended from the heavens and directly entered the room.

Mingyuan’s expression changed as he prepared to rush inside, only to hear the loud cry of an infant from within.

“Waaah!”

Immediately afterward, the door opened and a middle-aged woman emerged, her face filled with delight.

“Congratulations, Senior Brother Mingyuan! It’s a boy! Both mother and child are safe!”

Mingyuan did not even respond. Taking three steps in place of two, he rushed into the room.

Qingyun lay upon the bed, her face pale yet smiling.

In her arms rested an infant, currently staring curiously at the world with wide-open eyes.

Mingyuan leaned closer for a look and saw a faint seven-colored mark upon the infant’s forehead.

Subconsciously, he raised his head toward Qingyun.

Qingyun also looked back at him, complicated emotions within her eyes.

“That seven-colored light just now...”

Mingyuan took a deep breath and lowered his voice.

“I saw it.”

They were both cultivators and naturally understood what this meant.

A heavenly phenomenon descending.

This child was absolutely extraordinary.

......

Within Longevity Hall.

Gu Yan opened his eyes and raised a hand, causing the Haotian Mirror to appear once more.

With a turn of the mirror, the scene within that small courtyard on the rear mountain of the Taiyi Dao Sect was clearly reflected.

Looking at the infant with the seven-colored mark upon his forehead, a strange expression flashed through Gu Yan’s eyes.

If he remembered correctly, there had once been another child born with special effects.

That child was named Lin Fan.

Golden light filled the heavens at his birth.

Back then, Gu Yan had curiously used the Haotian Mirror to deduce his origins, only to discover that the infant had actually been the reincarnation of a Mystic Immortal from the Divine Court of the Immortal Realm.

And now another one had appeared?

Activating the Haotian Mirror, Gu Yan looked toward the infant and deduced his origins.

A moment later—

The corner of Gu Yan’s mouth twitched slightly.

Good heavens.

Another one from the Immortal Realm.

In his previous life, this child had been a Golden Immortal.

A Golden Immortal.

That was a truly immortal realm.

Upon reaching such a level, one theoretically would not fall easily.

Yet this fellow had directly been beaten to death.

And who killed him?

An Immortal Emperor.

An Immortal Emperor was an existence standing at the peak of the Immortal Realm pyramid.

Immortal Kings before an Immortal Emperor were like ants, much less a mere Golden Immortal.

That Immortal Emperor slapped down with a single palm, instantly shattering this Golden Immortal’s fleshly body and primordial spirit from his previous life.

Logically speaking, he should have suffered complete destruction of body and soul, disappearing entirely from heaven and earth.

But this fellow had good fortune.

At some point during his life, he obtained a treasure. At the moment his fleshly body shattered, that treasure protected a strand of his remnant soul and sent it into reincarnation in search of a thread of survival.

Afterward, he reincarnated into this world within the Supreme Creation Lesser Luo Grotto Heaven.

Looking at the karmic deductions displayed within the Haotian Mirror, Gu Yan fell into thought.

That Immortal Emperor was named Emperor Haotian.

As for why he killed this Golden Immortal, Gu Yan continued his deductions.

After a while, he roughly understood.

In his previous life, this Golden Immortal had been an honest immortal.

And just how honest was he?

While serving in the Haotian Divine Court, he worked diligently and conscientiously, enduring hardship without complaint. He neither provoked trouble nor took sides.

He simply minded his own business and cultivated peacefully.

But even honest immortals could encounter misfortune.

One day, he accidentally witnessed something.

As for what exactly he saw, the Haotian Mirror’s deductions were somewhat blurry. After all, the matter involved an Immortal Emperor and was further interfered with by calamity aura.

But roughly speaking, he had stumbled upon one of Emperor Haotian’s unspeakable secrets.

How could the secrets of an Immortal Emperor be viewed by a mere Golden Immortal?

Emperor Haotian could not even be bothered to explain.

He directly slapped down with a single palm.

The Golden Immortal instantly perished.

Had it not been for that treasure protecting a strand of remnant soul and sending it into reincarnation, this person would have long ceased to exist in the world.

After reading everything, Gu Yan sighed inwardly.

What did honest people ever do wrong?

Shaking his head, he put away the Haotian Mirror.

Forget it. Since the child had arrived within his grotto-heaven, he would simply let things take their natural course.

As for the previous Lin Fan, he could not be bothered to interfere.

And this one—he likewise could not be bothered.

As for that Emperor Haotian, he would never know that the fish who slipped through his net was hiding here.

Within this grotto-heaven, protected by 【Body Without Self and Form · Red】, even heavenly dao itself could not discover anything, much less an Immortal Emperor.

But then another thought crossed Gu Yan’s mind.

This was already the second immortal from the Immortal Realm to reincarnate into his grotto-heaven.

What about in the future?

Would there be a third? A fourth?

Or perhaps one day...

Would an Immortal Emperor reincarnate here as well?

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