Chapter 655: The Origin of the Lord of Saha
Jiang Li held down the Immortal Elder, forcing him to calm down. “I met an immortal in the Changliu World. He knew nothing of past events, as if he were newly born. He can use spatial Dao without needing immortal power. I suspect he is like the Mortal World Celestial, once one of the Heavenly Dao’s incarnations.”
【Nine Provinces Age Serial Number 001 — Immortal Elder Changcun】
【Danger Level: Late-stage Earthly Immortal】
【Special Containment Measures: Long-term residence in the Secluded Cave. Will not leave the cave dwelling except under special circumstances. When entry into the Secluded Cave is necessary, personnel must be at least at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and be prepared to be deceived at any moment.】
【Description: Immortal Elder Changcun can be divided into two states. The first state: steady, reliable, omniscient. Even if he doesn’t know something, he can fabricate it as if he does. Relevant personnel may ask Immortal Elder Changcun any question, but accuracy is not guaranteed. Most of the time, Immortal Elder Changcun is in this state.】
【The second state: loses rationality, talks nonsense, poses a risk of utilizing Earthly Immortal immortal power.】
【Note: Do not mention ██ Celestial or words related to Mortal World ██ in front of Immortal Elder Changcun. This will cause Immortal Elder Changcun to change from the first state to the second state.】
【Note: When Immortal Elder Changcun is in the second state, be sure to contact Jiang Li.】
【Personnel who have entered the Secluded Cave: Jiang Li, Bai Hongtu, Yu Yin, Holy Maiden Jingxin】
Seeing Immortal Elder Changcun’s agitated state, Jiang Li couldn’t help but recall some strange and peculiar matters in his mind.
Immortal Elder Changcun calmed down and looked at Jiang Li with a strange expression. “I have a feeling you’re thinking something very rude.”
“Not at all,” Jiang Li denied without a hint of blush or a racing heart.
Immortal Elder Changcun dropped the matter. “You saw one of the Heavenly Dao’s incarnations?”
“Most likely.”
“Let’s go. Take me to see.”
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“Indeed, it resembles a physical living being whose original soul vanished, with a new soul being born within the body.”
“The timing also matches up. It’s only a few hundred years off from when the Mortal World Celestial’s soul was born.”
The Mortal World Celestial lived tens of thousands of years ago. Originally, Immortal Elder Changcun thought the cause of her death was the exhaustion of her lifespan. Now, upon reflection, it was likely the Heavenly Dao recalling its clone’s consciousness, leaving behind an empty shell.
The Heavenly Dao manifested countless clones to walk the mortal world, experiencing the myriad facets of human life, ultimately merging back into one. The various insights and the wishes of all living beings caused the Heavenly Dao to give birth to a soul.
The original Mortal World Celestial and the Lord of Saha both died around that time.
“If we say the Mortal World Celestial represents the ‘Beauty of the Heavenly Dao,’ where anyone who sees her is captivated by her beauty, unable to free themselves.”
“Then you should represent the ‘Spatial Power of the Heavenly Dao,’ possessing a portion of the Heavenly Dao’s authority, freely using spatial Dao without being restricted by immortal power.”
“Just as the Mortal World Celestial cannot control her ‘Heavenly Dao Beauty,’ you also cannot possess spatial power identical to the Heavenly Dao’s.”
The Mortal World Celestial appears infinitely charming, but this is actually a manifestation of her inability to control her power.
The Lord of Saha is the same. When he previously revealed his true form, causing everyone to feel a sense of suffocation, it wasn’t his original intention, but because he couldn’t control his own power.
“The Immortal Emperor’s statement about the ‘Venerable One’s former self’ also proves this point. The Divine Vault Sovereign is formed from the convergence of the consciousnesses of the Heavenly Dao’s clones.”
Immortal Elder Changcun analyzed the existing intelligence point by point. The Lord of Saha listened with shining eyes, nodding constantly.
He finally understood his own origin.
However, he still didn’t understand matters concerning the Immortal Realm and the Heavenly Dao. Only after Jiang Li explained to him did he realize what that place teeming with immortals he went to that day was, and who the imperial-robed man was.
“The Immortal Realm knows of your existence and won’t leave you alone. Once the Divine Vault Sovereign has the capacity, he will most likely deal with you personally.”
Jiang Li had a feeling the Immortal Realm might be planning a major move.
If the Heavenly Dao acts, the Lord of Saha would have absolutely no chance of survival.
“What should I do?” The Lord of Saha cherished his life.
“You can come to the Nine Provinces. I can guarantee your safety.” Jiang Li spoke, his tone flat yet containing immense confidence in his power.
The Lord of Saha had witnessed Jiang Li’s methods. Even the Immortal Emperor subduing him wasn’t as effortless as Jiang Li.
“I believe you. I’ll go to the Nine Provinces. However, matters should have a beginning and an end. I cannot abandon the Saha Land. I want to inform the people I selected that the life-and-death trials have stopped.”
“Perfect. There are a few youngsters from our Nine Provinces in your hands. Let me see how they’re doing.”
“Please.”
The Lord of Saha tore open space, revealing a scene from the other end of the universe—a cultivation planet.
“The Confucius Sage said: ‘I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I been disloyal? In intercourse with friends, have I been untrustworthy? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?’…”
Confucian Envoy Wang Bian stood in a simple classroom, explaining the classics of the Confucius Sage to a group of babbling children. The children struggled to recite, their speech unclear.
In the back row of the classroom, several passing cultivators, hearing the clear sound of reading, moved involuntarily and quietly sat down at the back, afraid of disturbing the teacher.
Wang Bian’s behavior had changed greatly. In the past, Wang Bian would directly find the high-ranking officials of a nation to teach them how to follow the Confucian Dao. He never went to the very bottom to personally teach children.
His demeanor had also changed. His every move was no different from a mortal’s, as if he had forgotten he possessed cultivation.
The cultivators sitting in the back row only thought he was a knowledgeable teacher, never imagining he was a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator on par with their Supreme Elders.
One cultivator grew restless, thinking Wang Bian was so learned he should be brought back to their sect to teach. This cultivator was pulled back by the leader of his group.
The group leader lowered his voice. “Don’t move. This is a man of great learning. We must learn to respect the teacher.”
That cultivator felt there was no need for this, but couldn’t defy the group leader, so he gave up.
Wang Bian noticed the small movements of the cultivators in the back row but said nothing. He now only wanted to teach the children as a mortal.
Through performing tasks, he discovered the people here didn’t even know how to read characters, let alone follow the Confucian Dao.
Wang Bian never imagined there were such backward areas.
He reconsidered, recalling the past, and realized he seemed to have never paid attention to the lower social strata.
He wanted to use this opportunity to settle his mind and stay here for a few years.
He dispatched his junior brothers and sisters to other villages to do the same work he was doing.
Thinking of his junior brothers’ and sisters’ reluctant expressions, Wang Bian saw his former self.
It didn’t matter. There was plenty of time; he could slowly change their perspectives.
Jiang Li could foresee that this Wang Bian would inevitably clash with the cultivators and local powers.
He believed Wang Bian could handle it.
The Lord of Saha explained, “I’ve been keeping an eye on the outsiders. This one named Wang Bian, after clearing the first life-and-death trial, chose to stay on the planet where the trial was located, teaching people to read and write.”
“Do you need me to call him back?”
Jiang Li shook his head. “This is an opportunity for his growth. Don’t interfere.”
Immortal Elder Changcun held the same view.
“By the way, can you establish a spatial passageway spanning worlds?” Jiang Li asked.
“Hmm—never tried. Let me try.”
The Lord of Saha drew a circle and pushed it forward. The entrance to a spatial passageway appeared. On the other side of the passageway was the busy Brahma Tower.
A fixed spatial passageway was established between the Changliu World and the Nine Provinces.