Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Tianxie’s Confidence

The so-called Celestial Evil Demon Venerable, the so-called Transmigrator elder, and Chu Xuan are very likely the same person.

But Chu Xuan doesn’t understand!

Assuming Celestial Evil is his past life, when exactly was this past life?

Since Celestial Evil is a Transmigrator, it should follow this sequence:

Earth demise → transmigration to another world → rise of the waste → regretful defeat → reincarnation.

But here’s the problem: after reincarnation, shouldn’t all memories be reset?

Logically, the current Chu Xuan should have a purely native mindset, but he was born with all the memories from Earth and even thought he had just transmigrated here.

What’s this? Starting over again?

Could it be that the Mengpo Soup of this world can only erase memories from this world, so no matter how many times Chu Xuan reincarnates, he can at most be reset to the moment he first transmigrated?

Thus, the actual situation is:

Chu Xuan transmigrated here at least eight or nine hundred years ago, with Earth counting as the first life, Celestial Evil Demon Venerable as the second, and now being the third life.

But wasn’t Celestial Evil Demon Venerable shattered and utterly wiped out in the final battle? How could he reincarnate?

Anyway, all the records Chu Xuan has seen clearly describe Celestial Evil’s end.

Because the people dealing with him weren’t just one but a group, there’s no possibility of someone fabricating lies unless everyone was lying together.

In short, Li Xingchuan’s words made Chu Xuan’s mind a chaotic jumble, thoughts flooding in, even his head started to ache.

Until a voice from across said, "What’s wrong with you?" Chu Xuan was startled awake.

He composed himself and shook his head, "Nothing, just too shocked. How many people know about this?"

Li Xingchuan gave him a strange look and then said:

"Not many, it’s considered quite secretive. Otherwise, how could the Hundred Flowers Banquet still be going on smoothly until now? I only found out by coincidence."

"Thank you, senior brother," Chu Xuan clasped his hands, "Let’s leave it for today. I’ll remember this, and there will be a return in the future."

Li Xingchuan himself knew that casually saying a few words wouldn’t make Chu Xuan bring the Cultivation Technique’s sixth layer, so he just nodded.

With that, Chu Xuan, somewhat absent-mindedly, like a wandering soul, left the place.

As he stepped out of the straw hut, in the intersection of light and darkness, Chu Xuan suddenly remembered a line: We are all villains.

At this moment, this line from a past life’s movie has become a tremendous irony.

...

Back at his residence, Chu Xuan sat down, prepared to sort out his thoughts.

But before he started untangling the myriad of thoughts, he suddenly heard a voice:

"Chu Xuan, who exactly are you?"

Chu Xuan was startled! Only then did he realize there was another person in the room.

No, he should say, the person had been there all along, quietly sitting by the table.

He was so absent-minded when he entered that he overlooked the person’s presence.

This person was Jiang Yiyi, and Chu Xuan only then remembered that he had sent her here earlier.

He forced a smile, "Ancestor, what brings you to me?"

Jiang Yiyi, uncharacteristically, looked at him with a very serious expression and asked again: "Who exactly are you?"

In that instant, Chu Xuan felt a chill throughout his body. Did she see through him? Did she recognize him as the reincarnation of the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable?

Will the previous expulsion from the sect happen again?

"I, I..." Chu Xuan forced himself to calm down, "I don’t understand what you’re saying. I am Chu Xuan, who else could I be?"

Jiang Yiyi sighed, "You’re lying."

Saying this, she came closer and held Chu Xuan’s hand, "Do you remember our first meeting?"

Chu Xuan nodded because the intimate action made him inexplicably calm down a bit.

"The first time I saw you, I thought there was something strange about you."

Chu Xuan immediately recalled, "You said I had traces of certain Dao principles on me at the time..."

Jiang Yiyi nodded, "At that time, I just felt it was somewhat familiar, but I couldn’t remember, so I simply put it aside."

"Until today, your senior uncle Xuanji Zi came early to consult me about Time Dao knowledge."

"I could only embarrassingly tell him that I hadn’t recalled this part of the memory and advised him to work hard on his own, not to always rely on the ancestors."’

Chu Xuan listened with a trace of amusement. He could almost imagine Jiang Yiyi’s high-handed, lecturing tone when she spoke those words, and how the senior would just nod obediently like a chastised child.

"Then I remembered, the marks on your body are precisely the traces of the Time Dao laws." Jiang Yiyi’s tone was very serious, not at all like she was joking.

"And then? What does that mean?" Chu Xuan asked in confusion.

"Chu Xuan, how old are you this year?" she suddenly asked inexplicably.

Chu Xuan did a quick mental calculation, "Twenty-nine."

Jiang Yiyi shook her head, "No, you are at least several hundred years old, possibly even over a thousand."

"What?!" He looked astonished, unable to believe it.

"That’s why I asked, who are you really?"

"There was a time reversal that occurred on you once before, and it covered a massive span, at least over three hundred years." Jiang Yiyi held Chu Xuan’s hand, closing her eyes to sense carefully.

"This is an immortal technique to rejuvenate, because your lifespan was also reset, not just your outward appearance getting younger."

"For a mortal cultivator, even reaching the ninth realm, it’s nearly impossible to accomplish this through their own strength. This is equivalent to having endless life, immortality."

"Then, time froze on you for at least six hundred years, and only then did it start to flow again."

"Adding the two periods together, or rather the three, you’ve lived in this world for nearly a thousand years."

Jiang Yiyi’s words thundered in Chu Xuan’s heart like a bolt of lightning.

He realized something: he might never have reincarnated at all; he has always been the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable!

This could explain why, although Chu Xuan "reincarnated," he still retained memories from before his transmigration; it also explains why, despite the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable being shattered to pieces, a "descendant body" still appeared.

Because this wasn’t reincarnation at all, but time flowing backward!

In those days, knowing he had to fight a destined-to-die battle, the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable wasn’t resigned but couldn’t avoid it, so he devised a plan to come back from the dead.

In that battle, the Celestial Evil was indeed shattered by the righteous, and Shangguan Yu confirmed his complete death, with no possibility of reincarnation, only then did they leave the battlefield with relief.

But in reality, on the verge of death, the Celestial Evil experienced a miracle of time reversal. From being shattered to pieces, he returned to a state where his three souls and seven spirits were complete; from being obliterated, his physical body became intact; from being mortally wounded, he turned perfectly unharmed.

And more than that, his physical age gradually reversed, his cultivation, lifespan, and memories all regressed until he was completely turned into a clean slate, a newborn infant state.

This shouldn’t have been what the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable wanted; theoretically, he should’ve stopped the time reversal at a complete state.

But as Jiang Yiyi also said, such a nearly defying-heaven technique is not a power that mere mortals could control.

Once the process starts, it’s quite likely unstoppable, and not turning the Celestial Evil back into an embryonic state of life is already a fortunate outcome.

The plan went smoothly, the Celestial Evil turned into a baby and was taken away by the prearranged natal magic treasure, the Six Souls Banner.

He continued to slumber in the banner for six hundred years until the Six Souls Banner reappeared carrying an "abandoned" infant in some small village in the Yun Mountain area, adopted by an elderly couple.

If anyone else used this method to "revive", they would truly be a blank slate, but Chu Xuan was different, even if he regressed to a baby, he still had memories from before the transmigration, which was where the Celestial Evil’s confidence lay.

So what if it all starts over again? I can still return to the peak!

Chu Xuan even suspected that sooner or later, he’d recollect the memories of the Celestial Evil Period.

Since even the revival succeeded and the Six Souls Banner is present, this proves the original plan is progressing very smoothly.

The first step is "resurrection," the second is "memory retrieval," and the third is "return to the peak."

Chu Xuan could almost unconsciously deduce the entire plan because he was the Celestial Evil himself, fully able to guess his original train of thought.

Moreover, there was evidence to support the memory retrieval part.

Ever since Ji Mingyu stripped Chu Xuan of his cultivation and expelled him from the mountain, he’d occasionally have inexplicable dreams, the scenes in the dreams seemingly related to the Celestial Evil Period.

Additionally, whenever he heard the chirping of the lark, he would feel inexplicably melancholic, and this started from that period...

So as long as he continued his cultivation, Chu Xuan was almost certain that he would gradually recall everything.

This was almost like living through three lifetimes; such a serendipitous encounter was indeed nearly defying the heavens.

However, Chu Xuan felt conflicted and even wondered unbelievably, was I such a bastard before? Is this because different fates lead to different character traits?

True, during the Celestial Evil Period, his starting point was much more miserable than now; despite yearning to become immortal and enlightened, he ended up possessing a trash constitution unable to sense Spiritual Qi or cultivate.

During his quest for immortality and enlightenment, Chu Xuan was definitely looked down upon, endured countless hardships, and only by a stroke of luck did he come upon the Devouring Yuan Demon Technique, thus beginning his path of reversal...

Wait, another new question emerged in Chu Xuan’s mind:

If it was time reversal, how did my constitution change from a trash one to the Celestial Marrow type, an excellent cultivation constitution?

Could something else have happened to me during those six hundred years of slumber?

This point lacked clues and can only be temporarily set aside.

Then next, the final question remains, what exactly happened between Chu Xuan and Ji Mingyu?