The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 819: Chapter 769: Is it Still Him After Resurrection?

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Success would mean ascending to the heavens in one leap, while failure would see the accumulations of thousands of years go down the river.

So, should they attempt it or not? For these first-rate forces, it was actually a difficult question to decide.

After careful consideration, most of the first-rate forces with the qualifications to take the gamble chose to follow suit, for if they missed this opportunity, the future would be even more difficult, and it was uncertain if they would encounter such a rare opportunity again.

Of course, for those first-rate forces that gave up, their choice was not necessarily wrong, because they still had the opportunity to follow after the ascension of heaven and earth, albeit a step slower. As long as they persisted, there was still a slim possibility of catching up.

Regardless of the choice to gamble or to conservatively step back, the consequences they faced after making such a decision needed to be borne by themselves, with no chance of regret and certainly no opportunity for a redo.

As for all this, Pei Xuanjing was not at all concerned, because it had nothing to do with him. While everyone was focused on these matters, his true body stepped out of the Longevity World and descended quietly into the Taihe Mountain True Martial Sect.

After more than twenty years, with Pei Xuanjing’s substantial help in the beginning, the Zhenwu Plan of the True Martial Sect finally reached a critical moment—the incarnation of the True Martial Emperor deity was about to be born.

Everything that followed was crucial for the True Martial Sect—its rise or fall hinged on this battle.

“How are the preparations?”

Pei Xuanjing’s words rang in Qingxu Taoist’s ears.

The Qingxu Taoist, who had long prepared for this moment, was not too surprised by the sudden voice. He turned around and said, “Everything is ready. What’s left is to place the divine sword that accompanied our founder into it, allowing for the fusion of the founder’s remaining True Spirit with the nurtured deity.”

As he spoke these words, even someone with a heart as cultivated over the years as Qingxu Taoist couldn’t help but become agitated. He was unable to maintain his usual calm composure; the excitement in his expression was unmistakable, and his voice altered slightly as he spoke.

No wonder Qingxu Taoist was excited. They had waited too long for this day. Ever since the revival of heaven and earth, when they enfeoffed gods during the revival, they had this plan in mind.

To this day, the True Martial Sect had thrown everything into this plan, paying a sufficient price, staking all possibilities on it. However, should they fail, the sect would completely lose the chance to rise again. Even if they continued to pass down their legacy, they’d become mediocre like everyone else, without any chance to ascend to the heavens in one leap.

Therefore, this plan could only succeed; it could not afford failure.

“Actually, I am somewhat curious,” Pei Xuanjing’s gaze fell on the center of the formation, where the Power of Incense Fire enshrouded the area.

With the deputy volume of the Golden Book and Jade Scroll that Pei Xuanjing controlled, and the Divine Position he held akin to that of the Jade Purity True Monarch, he could clearly sense that indeed, life was being nurtured within, almost ready to transform and succeed.

“What would you like to ask, Master?” Qingxu Taoist looked at Pei Xuanjing with slight confusion.

He had shared almost everything about this plan with Pei Xuanjing, as withholding any information would have prevented Pei Xuanjing from helping them wholeheartedly.

They needed Pei Xuanjing’s power to help shape the Innate Deity, while Pei Xuanjing needed to observe the birth process of this deity to refine his own Tao. It was a mutually beneficial situation, without any secrets.

So now, hearing Pei Xuanjing speak thus, Qingxu Taoist couldn’t help but startle, worried if he had overlooked anything.

“I wish to know, when Master Sanfeng’s remaining True Spirit fuses with it, will the born deity True Martial Emperor be a rebirth of Master Sanfeng?” Pei Xuanjing’s eyes then shifted to the divine sword in Qingxu Taoist’s hands.

As the pioneer of the Longevity World, Pei Xuanjing, through the existence of the Longevity World, had some characteristics of a True Immortal. As long as his Primordial Spirit was not completely annihilated, he could be reborn after a lengthy time, nurtured and healed by the Longevity World.

But would such a rebirth still be himself?

If it were a complete Primordial Spirit, Pei Xuanjing could ensure that the resurrected being would be him. But what if it were only fragments of the Primordial Spirit, patched and nurtured by the world’s will—would the reborn person still be him?

On this matter, Pei Xuanjing was actually quite doubtful.

It wasn’t that he underestimated Master Sanfeng—the talent and mastery of this Taoist School predecessor were undeniable, and Pei Xuanjing admitted this, considering the other to be a culmination of his Daoist generation.

But there was one thing: the other’s era had not yet witnessed the revival of heaven and earth, and even if he attained a Divine Soul by strength and preserved a True Spirit, it definitely was not complete; otherwise, there would be no need to be housed in a divine sword.

With Pei Xuanjing’s current power, even with the bolstering of the Longevity World, he could not be certain that if his Primordial Spirit was incomplete, he would still be the same upon revival.

So, with this True Spirit lodged in the divine sword, even if it merged with the True Martial Emperor deity, accomplishing the spectacular feat of substituting a mortal for a god, who would the resulting deity be in the end—the True Martial Emperor or Master Sanfeng?

Upon hearing Pei Xuanjing’s words, Qingxu Taoist fell silent for a moment.

After a long pause, he spoke heavily, “To tell the truth, I do not know.”

It was but a sliver of hope for them, an implementation of doing all that is humanly possible and leaving the rest to Heaven’s will.

In truth, they didn’t really believe that this sliver of True Spirit could resurrect their founder; they merely hoped that after merging with the deity, the resulting True Martial Emperor would possess some of the founder’s memories and thus feel a sense of belonging and closeness to the True Martial Sect.

“I understand now,” Pei Xuanjing nodded, saying no more.

From the other’s response, he could roughly grasp the True Martial Sect’s thoughts and expressed his understanding.

Both fell into silence, then focused their attention on the continuously operating Zhenwu Array before them.

And just as Qingxu Taoist welcomed Pei Xuanjing’s arrival warmly; in fact, if Pei Xuanjing hadn’t taken the initiative to visit, he would have extended an invitation.

Using a cultivator’s force to induce the birth of a deity was an unprecedented act; at the very least, the True Martial Sect had no prior example of such a precedent.

Until now, their plan had indeed been running smoothly, but until the final step was completed, they were unaware of any accidents that might occur.

Initially, if they had condensed a deity of the Seventh Level of the Spiritual Realm, even if the deity was hostile, the True Martial Sect’s own strength would have been sufficient to cope with a malevolent deity.

But the fact was not so.

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