I Shall Be Everlasting In the World of Immortals 199

## Chapter 198: The Changes in the Seal Tablet

The first three frames on the Jiu Yin Bei remained unchanged.

The handsome young man from the first life, the white-bearded old man from the second life, their imprinted images were all illuminated.

The third life, a man in white robes whose light flowed, was identical to Lu Chang An in image and demeanor.

The real change came from the fourth blank frame on the Jiu Yin Bei.

Based on previous assumptions, this represented Lu Chang An’s “fourth life”.

At that moment.

On the fourth blank frame, which was once silent and gray, a hazy white light spun, grinding a jade-green, glistening insect into microscopic particles.

Threads of pure, crystalline white light were born, pouring into the fourth blank frame.

The originally lifeless blank imprint gradually illuminated a small area at the top.

“The ‘fourth life’ on the Jiu Yin Bei can actually be lit up ahead of time?”

Lu Chang An’s heart trembled.

Although only a corner was lit up, it shattered his understanding of the past two lives, achieving a breakthrough from nothing to something.

Lu Chang An had always thought that only death in this life could unlock the next reincarnation.

Based on the current situation, this was likely not the case.

“If the fourth blank frame is fully illuminated, does that mean I can freely control a new cycle of reincarnation? Or are there other unknown abilities that I can use?”

All sorts of speculations arose in Lu Chang An’s mind.

“Why can the Jiu Yin Bei devour the ‘Hundred Night Soul Gu’ and illuminate an area? What are the conditions?”

In his previous life, Lu Chang An had made many attempts to explore the Jiu Yin Bei’s abilities.

He had once captured Yin spirits and malevolent ghosts, but the Jiu Yin Bei did not react.

This included the rare and valuable materials that he could obtain with his limited resources.

Recalling the recent events, Lu Chang An found two special points.

First, his mind had been invaded and occupied, somewhat similar to a soul-seizing technique.

Lu Chang An had never experienced this in his previous two lives.

Soul-seizing was very risky and had many restrictions, requiring a certain level of cultivation and soul power from the caster.

In the vast world of cultivators, soul-seizing was not uncommon.

However, for individual cultivators, the probability of encountering it was actually very low.

Second, the Hundred Night Soul Gu was a legendary celestial insect, a special kind of soul technique that even had a connection to reincarnation techniques.

“The soul gu from earlier was not very high level, just reaching the third stage. But its bloodline was very high, and its soul essence contained much more refinement than ordinary creatures.”

The Hundred Night Soul Gu, a legendary creature, had a bloodline that could potentially exceed the celestial level, nearing the “True Spirit bloodline” level.

The fact that the “fourth life” on the Jiu Yin Bei could be partially lit up ahead of time might be related to one or more of the above characteristics.

“Hmm? Did the Jiu Yin Bei steal memories after devouring the ‘Hundred Night Soul Gu’?”

Lu Chang An had a sudden realization and looked at the small lit area on the fourth blank frame.

The reason he had this thought was because the soul imprints engraved in his past two lives had given him memories and abilities, including a feedback of soul power.

However, the fourth frame remained unreactive, perhaps because it was incomplete or didn’t belong to Lu Chang An.

“I’ll explore it later.”

Lu Chang An suddenly remembered something and immediately exited the Jiu Yin Bei, returning to reality.

Because he was on a conscious level, the experience he had just had was very brief compared to the real world.

…

In the secluded room, the restrictions were intact.

A pure and delicate young woman in a yellow dress lay nearby, blood seeping from her mouth.

“Her mind is injured, she’s fainted?”

Lu Chang An observed the woman, muttering to himself.

Zhou Qing Xuan’s face was pale, her eyes closed, and a look of pain appeared on her brow.

She was in a very bad state, not only with physical injuries but also mental trauma from the Hundred Night Soul Gu being extracted from her consciousness.

The Hundred Night Soul Gu and its host coexisted, which was significantly different from soul-seizing.

Therefore, after being extracted, the Hundred Night Soul Gu left a deep wound in Zhou Qing Xuan’s mind without killing her.

Lu Chang An believed that the Hundred Night Soul Gu had left a backup in Zhou Qing Xuan’s mind, a contingency plan in case the occupation failed.

After all, the Hundred Night Soul Gu’s power depended mainly on its host.

Without a host, the soul gu was like a rootless weed.

“She should not wake up for a while…”

After confirming Zhou Qing Xuan’s condition, Lu Chang An placed several layers of restrictions on her.

Lu Chang An had not yet decided how to deal with the woman.

Apart from the Hundred Night Soul Gu, he had no grudge against Zhou Qing Xuan herself, and even had some connection with her, having enjoyed a period of good relations with the Zhou family, masters of beast taming.

If he killed Zhou Qing Xuan, Lu Chang An would likely have to run for his life.

Although Zhou Qing Xuan visited in private, her arrival at Xiao Gui Feng was not without a trace.

Lu Chang An pondered for a moment, stretched out a hand, placed it on Zhou Qing Xuan’s forehead, and examined her mind.

Zhou Qing Xuan’s cultivation surpassed his, and as a beast-taming prodigy, her mental power was only slightly inferior to his.

With her current weak state, it was effortless for Lu Chang An to plant a deep restriction in her mind.

“As expected…”

Delving into Zhou Qing Xuan’s mind, Lu Chang An found a transparent green insect egg, radiating a strange and dangerous aura.

This was an extremely high-level gu insect restriction, one that even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would have difficulty dismantling.

The dangerous aura contained in the green egg was slowly spreading, and after a certain period of time, it would erupt, taking Zhou Qing Xuan’s life.

This gu insect restriction was more sophisticated than the restrictions Lu Chang An had used in his previous life.

Therefore, the meaning of him planting a restriction in Zhou Qing Xuan’s mind was already insignificant.

Unless Lu Chang An mastered the method to break this gu insect restriction.

“Live or die, it’s up to your fate.”

Lu Chang An’s expression remained impassive, his eyes closed, and his consciousness entered the Jiu Yin Bei.

Since the restrictions in the room were intact, the commotion that had occurred earlier did not reach the outside world.

…

Lu Chang An’s consciousness attempted to merge with the “fourth life” on the Jiu Yin Bei.

A vast area of silent, pitch-blackness remained unreactive.

When he touched the lit area, Lu Chang An’s mind went blank, and his body sank into the endless abyss.

The next moment, he felt himself transformed into a gu insect, experiencing a series of scenes and memories, a massive flood of fragmented memories.

That immersive feeling was like experiencing a dream.

In terms of immersion, it was inferior to the reincarnation experiences of his previous two lives.

The biggest difference was that the skills and instinctive experiences he had mastered in his previous lives would be integrated into this life.

However, for the soul gu’s life memories, Lu Chang An was more like an empathetic reader, unable to transfer its abilities and experiences into reality.

“Tian Heng Continent… the Central Land… the pursuit of the Three Sacred Temples…”

“The strongest host of the main gu died, forcing it to split and flee. One split soul gu, by chance, passed through a spatial rift and escaped to the remote Qingzhou region.”

The memories that Lu Chang An experienced were not complete. Perhaps due to the limited size of the lit area, its capacity was limited.

Most of the memories involved the Hundred Night Soul Gu’s experiences after taking residence in Zhou Qing Xuan.

Earlier memories were scarce, especially those of the main gu before it split, in the Central Land.

Lu Chang An had heard about the Central Land in his previous life after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

It was said to be the oldest place of cultivation civilization on the Tian Heng Continent, with a fifth-order spirit vein.

The “Feng Hua Zhou”, where the Great Jin Dynasty existed, was a later rising cultivation region. In terms of historical heritage, it was not as ancient as the Central Land.

The Three Sacred Temples were top-tier cultivation forces in the Central Land, and they had pursued the Hundred Night Soul Gu’s main body.

The relevant memory information was incomplete.

Lu Chang An could only deduce that the Nascent Soul cultivator in which the Hundred Night Soul Gu resided could easily kill ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, turning the tides and showing great power.

However, under the pursuit of the Three Sacred Temples, the Hundred Night Soul Gu was powerless to resist.

A fleeting image in the memory fragments seemed to show a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, a fleeting glimpse of a heaven-shaking attack that changed the color of the sky.

“The Central Land is truly terrifying!”

The mere experience of fragmented memories sent a shiver down Lu Chang An’s spine.

The late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Three Sacred Temples was likely at the level of the legendary cultivator “Yan Donglai”, a figure so powerful that even the Hundred Night Soul Gu could only flee in terror, relying on splitting to survive.

“So that’s it. Decades ago, the celestial moon wolf I encountered in the Black Mist Mountain Range was parasitized by a split gu. This gu might be the sole survivor, becoming the new main gu.”

“This new main gu split off a sub-gu, first parasitizing the ‘Chen Fu Hai’ of the Qingzhu Gate, lurking in the sect and silently developing.”

“I don’t know who leaked the information, but Chen Fu Hai’s actions in the ‘Qingming Secret Realm’ were not smooth, he encountered constant obstacles, and was very irritated.”

“Chen Fu Hai decided to go for broke, and in the chaos, transferred to the younger, more potential Zhou Qing Xuan.”

As more memory fragments emerged, Lu Chang An understood the cause and effect.

“The Jiu Yin Bei devoured a sub-gu, and the fourth life illuminated a smaller area. If it could devour more sub-gu, or even the main gu…”

Lu Chang An’s heart burned with excitement.

This was an opportunity to uncover the secrets of the Jiu Yin Bei.

His goal in this life was to reach the Nascent Soul stage, ultimately to unravel the mystery of the reincarnation stone tablet.

To that end, he was willing to take some risks.

In the past, he had been wary of the Hundred Night Soul Gu, keeping a respectful distance.

But from his experience just now, the Jiu Yin Bei was a natural counter to the Hundred Night Soul Gu, at least he didn’t have to worry about being parasitized.

Even when Lu Chang An’s second life arrived, with its overwhelming soul power, it hadn’t achieved this kind of effect.

“From the memories of this sub-gu, the main gu on the other side, due to limitations in cultivation and distance, cannot know the specific details here. It can only sense the general state…”

Lu Chang An’s eyes sparkled, planning whether he could exploit this information gap.

The celestial moon wolf was currently at the early third-stage cultivation level, a stage that took a long time to advance.

As a beast, it wouldn’t dare to roam openly in the human world.

At most, it would sneak in to scout the situation.

“If I can advance the Body Tempering Art to the quasi-third stage, and reach the late-stage Foundation Establishment, I might be able to use a tactic to lure this main gu before it grows.”

The thought flashed through his mind, but Lu Chang An shook his head.

It wasn’t a matter of success rate.

He suspected that, given the cunning and cautious nature of the celestial moon wolf back then, after the sudden demise of its sub-gu, it wouldn’t dare to come snooping around.

Even if it did come to investigate, at most it would use a split sub-gu method, the least risky approach.

“Hmm? The gu insect restriction in Zhou Qing Xuan’s mind, there’s related information in the memories…”

After a long while, Lu Chang An found useful information in the gu insect’s memories.

That gu insect restriction was extremely difficult to deploy, a natural ability of the Hundred Night Soul Gu that was difficult for human cultivators to learn.

Breaking it completely was also very challenging.

However, if he only mastered the control switch for the restriction, it wouldn’t be difficult for Lu Chang An to comprehend with his previous life’s understanding at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.

…

Black Mist Mountain Range, within a deep valley.

A gigantic wolf, with fur like silver frost and sturdy limbs, lay coiled at the bottom of the valley, absorbing the moonlight descending from the nine heavens.

“Instant annihilation? No information transmitted? Unless it was a Nascent Soul cultivator or an Immortal Golden Core who made the move!”

The celestial moon wolf shuddered, its fur standing on end.

“Could that kid be the reincarnation of the legendary cultivator ‘Yan Donglai’ himself?”

Yan Donglai was one of the most mysterious and long-lived late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators on the Tian Heng Continent.

Rumor had it that this cultivator had not died completely, but was laying out a plan for the future in some way.

“The plan failed! I can’t stay in the Black Mist Mountain Range around Liang Guo…”

(End of Chapter)

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