Chapter 723 722: Am I Really the Reincarnation of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi? Chu Sheng and Immortal Venerable Shi Xi's Deal

"You're… Immortal Venerable Shi Xi?"

Gu Yuexi stared blankly at the woman before her.

Other than possessing a colder, more ethereal aura,

the woman was her exact mirror image in every other way.

Her mind went blank.

Before she was captured by the Celestial Derivation Sect,

she had always believed she was merely the reincarnation of the Empress.

Later, the Celestial Derivation Sect told her she was the reincarnation of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

She had been suspicious,

but it was merely a suspicion.

Until this very moment.

Seeing Immortal Venerable Shi Xi, who looked identical to her, with her own eyes.

Feeling that shared origin deep within their souls.

She finally understood.

She understood why the people from the Celestial Derivation Sect had captured her and brought her to the Spirit Realm.

Why they treated her as the reincarnation of Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

Because…

She was!

'I guess I can't say I was captured for no reason.'

Gu Yuexi complained silently to herself.

'No wonder they recognized me at a glance.'

'We're practically cast from the same mold.'

Then, she took a deep breath and asked the question that concerned her most.

"You laid out a plan ten thousand years ago for me to revive now. What was it all for?"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi explained softly.

"Ten thousand years ago, the Alien Race launched a massive invasion of Blue Star, plunging it into misery and suffering."

"I led all the powerful experts of Blue Star in a desperate resistance."

"Ultimately, we drove the Alien Race out."

"After that great war,"

"the rate at which Blue Star's Spiritual Qi was depleting accelerated once again."

"The conditions were no longer suitable for anyone to ascend to the Divine Realm."

"Moreover, the Alien Race could return in force at any moment."

"So, I established the Forbidden God Law."

"It prevents anyone on Blue Star from becoming a god."

"This way,"

"the Divine Realm experts of the Alien Race would also be unable to enter Blue Star."

"Only then could Blue Star have a chance to catch its breath."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi finished speaking and paused for a moment.

She waited for Gu Yuexi to digest the information before continuing.

"I calculated that in ten thousand years,"

"Blue Star's Spiritual Qi would recover."

"Therefore, I left behind a remnant of my soul."

"Which is you. I had you reincarnate and cultivate anew."

"According to my plan,"

"after you revived, as long as nothing unexpected happened, you would obtain the Time Trace Hourglass through some fateful encounter and summon my phantom."

"Then, you would receive my inheritance."

"Finally, you would become a god despite the Forbidden God Law."

"You would then lead the experts of Blue Star to counter the encroachment of the Alien Race and the Ancient Gods of the Divine Domain upon Blue Star."

As she spoke, a bitter smile touched Immortal Venerable Shi Xi's lips.

"I just didn't expect,"

"that in both of your lives, you would fail to activate the Time Trace Hourglass."

"In your first life, you became the peerless First Beast Taming Empress."

"Failing to activate the Time Trace Hourglass then was indeed a strange twist of fate."

"I had anticipated such a scenario."

"So, I left a path for you to be reborn."

"This allowed you to reincarnate with your memories intact."

"In your second life, you should have logically activated the Time Trace Hourglass and followed the path I paved for you."

"But you still failed to activate the Time Trace Hourglass."

"You didn't summon me."

"You had no way to deal with the Forbidden God Law."

"And you were unexpectedly captured by people from the Spirit Realm and brought here."

Gu Yuexi frowned but said nothing, continuing to listen to Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

"At first, I couldn't figure out what went wrong."

"It was only after following the mosquito and experiencing various events"

"that I came to understand."

"The variable in all of this was the mosquito's unexpected appearance."

"The moment you signed a contract with it,"

"my entire plan spun completely out of control."

Gu Yuexi listened quietly.

Flashes of her time with Chu Sheng since their first meeting crossed her mind.

Her contracting the mosquito

had been an accident in itself.

But,

she had no regrets.

"Immortal Venerable, if you've come to the Spirit Realm, what about the Alien Race and the Ancient Gods on Blue Star?"

Gu Yuexi asked worriedly.

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi looked up at the sky of the Ziwei Palace.

A hint of relief showed in her eyes.

"Your Contracted Beast has already taken care of them."

"What?!"

Gu Yuexi's eyes widened in shock.

She had never dealt with the Ancient Gods from the Divine Domain.

But in her first life,

she had fought those ferocious members of the Alien Race countless times and knew just how powerful they were.

Back then, even she could only barely hold them back.

She never would have imagined.

That so many powerful beings from the Alien Race and the Ancient Gods had all been dealt with by Chu Sheng!

However,

on second thought,

it was Chu Sheng who had solved every problem they encountered on their journey.

Every single time.

Every time Gu Yuexi thought she was strong enough,

Chu Sheng would reveal that he was even stronger,

bringing her an even bigger surprise.

The fact that he could solve the problem of the Alien Race and the Ancient Gods

actually stood to reason.

'That darn mosquito, is there anything he can't solve?'

Gu Yuexi thought to herself.

The corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

Once Gu Yuexi had recovered from her shock,

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi continued.

"I made a deal with the mosquito."

"I help him rescue you."

"And he helps me by protecting the Human Race one time."

Gu Yuexi nodded.

"Then your deal is complete, I suppose."

"By killing the Alien Race and the Ancient Gods, he secured ten thousand years of peace for Blue Star. That counts as protecting the Human Race."

But Immortal Venerable Shi Xi shook her head.

"No."

"Our deal is not complete."

"For now, I have only helped him rescue you."

"His promise to protect the Human Race has not yet been fulfilled."

Gu Yuexi was stunned.

A puzzled look appeared on her face.

"Immortal Venerable, the Human Race you mentioned…"

"Aren't you referring to the Human Race on Blue Star?"

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi didn't answer immediately. Instead, she spoke to the sky.

"Mosquito, you're listening, aren't you?"

At that moment,

Chu Sheng had already transformed into the shape of an ordinary White-striped Aedes Mosquito.

He was smaller than a fingernail,

hiding in a crack amidst some ruined walls.

He had activated [Formless Myriad Phenomena], a technique taught to him by Immortal Venerable Shi Xi, to completely conceal his form and aura.

Even a True God Realm expert wouldn't be able to see through his disguise.

Besides,

the disciples of the Celestial Derivation Sect

were completely preoccupied with the inheritance of Gu Yuexi and Immortal Venerable Shi Xi.

Who would pay any attention

to an ordinary little mosquito in the corner?!

The disciples of the Celestial Derivation Sect

had already turned the entire area upside down,

but couldn't find even a shadow of Gu Yuexi.

"Strange! Gu Yuexi was clearly right here."

"How did she suddenly disappear?"

Listening to the anxious shouts of the Celestial Derivation Sect disciples,

Chu Sheng yawned.

'In any case, Gu Yuexi is safe in the Ziwei Palace right now.'

'Once these people give up,'

'I'll just find a chance to slip away.'

Meanwhile,

Chu Sheng had been quietly listening to the conversation between Gu Yuexi and Immortal Venerable Shi Xi all along.

When he suddenly heard Immortal Venerable Shi Xi call out to him,

he sent a wisp of his Divine Thought into the Ziwei Palace.

"Immortal Venerable, I'd also like to know."

"Back when we made our deal,"

"what exactly did you mean by the Human Race?"

Only after Chu Sheng appeared did Immortal Venerable Shi Xi speak, her tone light.

"In the boundless cosmos, across the countless worlds,"

"be they immortal, god, or mortal, they are all part of the Human Race."

"The Blue Star you inhabit is but one among many ordinary planets."

"The people of the Spirit Realm collectively refer to planets like Blue Star as the Lower Realm, or the Human Realm."

"And above the Spirit Realm, there is the Immortal Realm."

"The Human Realm, the Spirit Realm, and the Immortal Realm are collectively known as the Three Realms."

"All who live within these Three Realms are the Human Race."

Immortal Venerable Shi Xi finished speaking and paused for a moment,

waiting quietly for Chu Sheng and Gu Yuexi to process this information.