Chapter 1079 - 164: The Dao of Life and Death (First Update)

Chapter 1079: Chapter 164: The Dao of Life and Death (First Update)

Life and death are interdependent, and reincarnation is a constant ebb and flow.

Amidst the extreme flames, Mu Qingge’s body continuously transforms, at times rotting to ashes, and at times reviving with vitality. Originally, the two were distinct, yet within Mu Qingge’s body, they gradually fused together. The intertwining of two principles, the experience of life and death, manifest on Mu Qingge.

She suddenly becomes a skeleton, suddenly bursts with vitality again!

This strange scene is luckily unseen, as Yin Chen and Yuanyuan seem sealed and unaware at the moment. Otherwise, witnessing Mu Qingge like this would likely cause them great worry and terror.

This alternating scene of life and death is not truly beautiful.

However, Mu Qingge seems unaware, completely immersed in her enlightenment. Life or death, to her, is not unfamiliar. After all, she has experienced and felt both.

Previously, it was always an unconscious experience without careful contemplation of the connection.

This time, leveraging the power of this peculiar flame and her prior understanding of the One Thought Finger, she seems able to perceive the difference within.

’Life accompanies death, death accompanies life. The end of life is death, and after death, reincarnation is life. Life and death are interdependent; they are not opposites but one entity. Blossoms mark life, withering marks death. The sun rises for day, sets for night; yin and yang, life and death, are indispensable. One thought stands on the edge of life and death, yin and yang. A step forward is life, yang; a step back, then, is death, yin... This is the essence of the One Thought Finger. This is the principle of life and death!’

Reflecting deeply, experiencing carefully, savoring repeatedly, Mu Qingge summarizes in her heart.

Life and death, yin and yang, are not difficult to understand, but hard to see through.

People will feel heartache and shed tears over the departure of their closest and dearest.

People will cry tears of joy and feel excited over the continuation of bloodline, the arrival of offspring.

Facing life, people’s hearts are joyful. Facing death, people’s hearts are sorrowful. Clearly they are both experiences, why is it like this? Clearly, this is fulfillment, why can’t we see through it?

Mu Qingge questions herself in her heart; each time she does, past experiences surface in her mind.

In her previous life, she felt the struggle at the edge of life and death. No matter how difficult the environment was, she struggled for survival, never contemplating death.

In her past life, the sacrifice of comrades made her heart ache terribly because she couldn’t accept it. She couldn’t bear losing someone she lived with daily.

In this life, she seems stronger, yet still faces the separation of life and death!

A sealed memory slowly opens...

Images in Mu Qingge’s mind of her past life start to blur. What she sees is her present self. The disappearance of the original soul, the fierce battle against Cold Inch, Yuanyuan’s sacrifice, Jiang Li’s disappearance, those heart-wrenching moments she had to swallow.

And...

Her memory seems to return to the desperate battle in the Holy Yuan Empire’s Trial Space.

’If I die, I will surely take you all with me!’

At that time, she watched Dragon Teeth fall one by one in front of her, saw Jiang Li’s death, saw countless hideous faces, and the collapsing space.

Tears of blood streamed from her eyes, her heart shattered.

And this time, as a spectator, she witnessed it all, yet felt differently.

Boom—!

She saw the rewound erased images, the shattered Trial Space, witnessed herself killing those who wished her harm, yet on the brink of death.

She saw herself numbly pulling everyone back to her side, saw Si Mo tearing space and appearing before her in panic.

She heard his words, ’No, what I want is infallible assurance; I dare not gamble on this.’

Mu Qingge, as an ’outsider,’ suddenly felt a stinging nose, as if warmth flooded her chest, an emotion needed to be released from her heart.

This memory vanished during Si Mo’s reverse action.

Yet now, as she comprehends the principle of life and death, it returns to her memory. At that time, she hadn’t given Si Mo a definite promise of emotion, yet he still forged ahead so unwaveringly.

Life accompanies death, death accompanies life...

’She is everything to me!’

Such steadfast words from Si Mo touched Mu Qingge sitting cross-legged and immersed in enlightenment, leaving a tear despite her closed eyes, as her emotions were profoundly affected.

The black and white flames burned more intensely. Hidden amid the clouds, the mysterious presence seems to watch everything with cold indifference.

It watches Mu Qingge.

’Reverse, turn!’

When Mu Qingge ’personally’ witnessed Si Mo utter the Reverse Curse, even though she already knew everything, she was still shocked beyond words, unable to express her feelings.

At that moment, Mu Qingge felt her heart, whether moved or pained, she couldn’t distinguish.

The reverse uses the principle of time and space, tracing everything back to a certain node, returning to a time before events occurred, granting an opportunity to change everything.

Doesn’t this also prove that the other side of death is life?

Life and death are like a sheet of paper, occupying each side, indivisible!

’I understand! I understand!’ Mu Qingge’s memory vanishes. She comprehends the relationship between life and death, yet struggles to peacefully accept death.

No, she should say she can accept her own death but finds it hard to accept the departure of those around her.

She understands it’s because there’s an emotional connection, leading to reluctance.

’I cultivate the Heaven-defying Dao, not the heartless Dao, nor the submissive Dao! If I am reluctant, why should I let go? Life and death are one entity. Then I shall master life and death, grasp yin and yang!’

Boom—!

Mu Qingge suddenly opens her eyes, bright light erupts from her clear eyes.

Black and white flames interwoven over her body burn more fiercely, as if wishing to scorch away her rebellious thoughts.

Is life and death truly easy to control?

Seeking death is easy, seeking life is hard!

Yet, she insists on seeking life! She refuses death; her companions she won’t allow to die easily!

Thus, she must defy the heavens!

She must comprehend principles, master principles, act according to her heart, be beyond the world!

"One Thought Finger, One Thought of Life, One Thought of Death, one finger saves lives, one finger kills!" Mu Qingge disregarded the raging flames on her body, ignored the alternating life and death, she slowly extended her right index finger to gently touch the black flames.

Boom boom boom—!

Her fingertip meets the flames, erupts with a tremendous sound, the black flames struggle as if attempting to stop Mu Qingge’s actions...