Ch 287: Reincarnation Again… Chu Mo:? No, is there something wrong with the identity of this reincarnation?

So, what exactly did Dao Ancestor truly communicate with Chu Mo at the moment the door closed? This was enough to force a being comparable to a Sage to die! Could it be that the things Dao Ancestor said to Chu Mo might one day summon them into the Purple Cloud Palace and tell them… or even make them commit suicide one day in the future?

And Dao Ancestor couldn’t possibly explain this, or rather, he couldn’t find a way to explain it!

The most direct consequence of losing the trust of the Sages was that many Sages… felt a sense of crisis in their hearts!

As a result… they would remain cautious.

Fear directly turned them, who had been Sages for countless eras, high above and unafraid of everything, into beings constantly watching the mortal realm…

Therefore, although the disciples of the Primordial Celestial Lord and the disciples of the Master of Heaven still bet on the Shang and Zhou dynasties, they no longer had the deep connections they once had… Under the subtle manipulations of the Sages behind the scenes, the battles were limited to point-to-point engagements.

Although dynasties were still changing, only a few insignificant figures made it onto the List of Gods! This directly broke the Great Heavenly Emperor’s mentality…

“…This butterfly effect is truly off the charts.” Chu Mo sighed, then realized that he was seeing the end of the River of Time—this tributary of the River of Time was still surging forward relentlessly.

“The River of Time has an end… then, does the main River of Time have an end? If it really exists, where is its end?” Chu Mo turned his head, lost in thought, and came up with a bold idea… Should he…?

However, as soon as he took a step against the current, this tributary of the River of Time underwent earth-shaking changes.

In the different time nodes formed by each drop of water, Dao Ancestor Hongjun simultaneously raised his head, with a consistent attitude.

“…It’s you again?”

“Who are you?”

Chu Mo paused, somewhat surprised as he scanned the Dao Ancestors in these water droplets. “Discovered again? And at the same time? That’s really strange… Which of my actions caused them to discover me?”

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mo silently shook his head and returned to the mainstream of the River of Time, drifting downstream…

He ignored the Dao Ancestors in the mainstream of the River of Time who had also noticed his existence and were asking questions. He watched as time flowed by bit by bit…

Until…

The Qin Dynasty era, the world unified.

The First Emperor standardized writing, cart tracks, and realm boundaries, opening up the passages between the many worlds that had been shattered by the great battles of the Sages at the end of the Investiture of the Gods, truly establishing a unified and vast empire…

Allowing this world, which had been divided since the intersection of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, to reunite once again. Giving the divided realms a channel to connect!

Then, establishing a divine dynasty, gathering luck, and subduing many powerful individuals.

Chu Mo gazed with great interest, seeing shadows of many later dynasties.

This era should perhaps be called the Immortal Qin! There was no essential difference between the gods of the Heavenly Court and the immortal cultivators and Qi refiners on earth; they were all walking the same path.

It hadn’t been long since the separation of gods and humans!

Compared to the many divine generals at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who possessed earth-shaking power comparable to the gods of the Heavenly Court, but whose life essence had not completed its transformation and could starve to death if they didn’t eat… this era had a fundamental difference.

Of course, based on immortal cultivation, the Immortal Qin also controlled the art of luck. They could gather the power of everyone in the world… all the immortal cultivators who submitted to the Immortal Qin, onto the body of Qin Shi Huang alone!

This was also the foundation for him to strike into the Heavenly Court and slay the heavens!

That was undoubtedly an earth-shaking battle… It’s just a pity that Qin Shi Huang ultimately underestimated the Great Heavenly Emperor, or rather, the power contained within the Heavenly Court. He died and his Dao extinguished… even causing the Great Heavenly Emperor to develop malice towards the Immortal Qin, guiding this nation step by step towards destruction…

“…So, this group of terrors cannot be offended!” Chu Mo complained, recalling that the reason the Shang Dynasty was overthrown was also because it offended Nüwa… or rather, Nüwa was one of the most important instigators, perhaps even the only one.

Then…

He saw that at the moment Fusu died, the Heavenly Dao perished.

“…No, this timing?!” Chu Mo choked. He was suddenly very curious about what the Great Heavenly Emperor, who was guiding the Qin Dynasty to its downfall, felt when he saw the Heavenly Dao die at the moment Fusu died. He must have been so panicked that he almost fell from the sky, right?

Although from his perspective, this was likely a coincidence!

Silently shaking his head, Chu Mo chose to descend, and then…

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On a bumpy divine chariot.

Chu Mo slowly opened his eyes, clenching his fists and feeling the meager divine power within his body… Huh?

He was a cultivator? This was truly rare! Chu Mo’s expression became strange, although the divine power within his body barely reached the third level…

Chu Mo slowly got up, then saw that across from him in the carriage sat a middle-aged man with a serious and dignified face, tinged with panic. He also wore a long sword at his waist.

Wait, the more he looked at this person, the more he felt that…

The man suddenly stood up, his face twisted with a mix of ferocity and helplessness, and kicked towards Chu Mo.

Chu Mo: “???”

Damn it… it really is Liu Bang! Liu Bang, I’ll fck your… uh, okay!

In that instant, Chu Mo seemed to realize what his identity was and even which point in time he was in… Wasn’t this when Liu Bang kicked his son off the divine chariot to escape? No… this actually happened? He thought it was fabricated!

Before Chu Mo could think further, Liu Bang’s face twisted as he tore open the wall of the chariot, and terrifying primordial light spread out. Hiss… wait a minute, was this a crossing between realms?

You’re too damn showy! Even if Liu Ying had the strength of the third level, entering the gap between worlds would most likely lead to his death… As for the remaining small probability, it was to be captured by the Chu Overlord’s army that might be pursuing them!

Yes, being captured was the only way to survive!

“Get out of here…”

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“You can’t do this… Ying-di will die!” A slightly terrified voice sounded, and a young girl rushed towards Liu Bang.

“You get down with him!” Liu Bang expressionlessly kicked the girl again.

“?” Chu Mo was expressionless. Old thing… you’re really a dog! Fine, then you get down, Chu Mo thought, beginning to retrieve the power of the Heavenly Dao, and his body surface emitted sparkling light.

However, in the next instant, Chu Mo’s pupils contracted. He felt a vast and mighty force surging from the depths of his body, as if a certain existence was about to fully revive from within him.

“?? “Chu Mo forcibly suppressed the further awakening of the Heroic Spirit, feeling a heart-stopping fear. So… seizing the position of Heavenly Dao just as the Heavenly Dao died would cause the Dao Ancestor to revive directly within his body?

This, this, this… this doesn’t make sense?!

Chu Mo couldn’t understand. This contradicted what he had initially thought… that absorbing primordial black Qi to become a Sage might make him a backup body for the Dao Ancestor’s revival.

If becoming the Heavenly Dao would cause this… then why didn’t this problem occur when he became the Heavenly Dao in the Tang Dynasty or other time periods?

Could it really be because the Heavenly Dao had just died… or was it related to the fact that the world at that time had completely degraded?

Or was it that the primordial black Qi was actually not a problem… that the Dao Ancestor truly wanted to nurture him well, to make him the strongest Sage, and even prepared to pass on the position of Heavenly Dao to him? Was he just planning to seize his body at the moment of his own death, when Chu Mo became the Heavenly Dao?

The more Chu Mo thought, the more chaotic his thoughts became. At that moment, the little girl had pounced on the old rogue, angrily grabbing his hair. Huh? She actually pulled some out?

Chu Mo: “???”

Chu Mo finally noticed something was wrong. Although he couldn’t accurately judge the old rogue’s cultivation level at the moment… but to be conservative, this was already when he had begun to clash with the Chu Overlord. Even if he wasn’t at the eighth level, he was at least at the seventh level… the sixth level was the minimum! It couldn’t be too low.

He had also walked this path step by step, and he was very clear about the difference between the sixth level and the third level… Yes, the little girl was also at the third level! To put it bluntly, an attack from the third level wouldn’t even break the defense of someone at the sixth level! How could she really make the old rogue grimace in pain?

Moreover, with such a large difference in strength… did the old rogue need to kick Chu Mo and the little girl off the divine chariot several times? With a wave of his palm, releasing his divine power… wouldn’t he be able to sweep them all out?

This was more like…

In the next instant.

This terrifying divine chariot slowly stopped.

“…Xiahou Ying! What are you doing?” The old rogue roared, drawing his sword from his waist, his voice shaking the void. “Didn’t you hear the dragon hooves getting closer? Xiang Yu’s pursuers are right behind us… Why did you stop?”

Xiahou Ying expressionlessly entered the chariot, first patting Chu Mo’s head, then using divine power to touch the little girl’s face, restoring her swollen cheek that had been caused by the old rogue’s slap.

Then, Xiahou Ying gently exhaled. The walls of the divine chariot that had been torn open by the old rogue gradually recovered at that moment.

After seriously glancing at the old rogue, Xiahou Ying turned around again, and the terrifying divine power within his body began to vent. The chariot began to move again.

His voice was low, “If the Great King wants to kill his subject, this subject will not resist… However, this subject will not leave his monarch, and hopes that the monarch will not abandon the young master and princess! This is the way of the monarch and subject, father and son.”

Chu Mo frowned even more tightly. He clearly saw the old rogue’s face stiffen, then actually exhale a long breath, gazing at Xiahou Ying’s back, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes. Finally, his whole person returned to calm.

Interesting… this situation became very interesting!

Chu Mo sorted through the existing information, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes. So, these two were testing each other?

Yes, the old rogue was using the act of throwing Chu Mo and the little girl off the divine chariot to indirectly test… Xiahou Ying’s loyalty! After all, in this situation, if Xiahou Ying drove the chariot around and drove to the Chu army’s camp, he could sell the old rogue for a very good price!

After all, the Chu Overlord at this moment was the undisputed hegemon of the world! And Bangzi had lost his army and could only flee in panic.

And Xiahou Ying’s choice to save Chu Mo now not only meant that Xiahou Ying chose to be loyal to Liu Bang… but also meant that Xiahou Ying had done a favor to the eldest son of the Han Dynasty. If Chu Mo ascended the throne in the future, considering this act of saving him… he would inevitably treat Xiahou Ying and his family behind him with great kindness!

In other words, this series of actions… was essentially Liu Bang testing Xiahou Ying and making a political promise, telling Xiahou Ying that you would not only be awesome while I’m alive, but your position with my son would also be completely fine after I die. In response, Xiahou Ying expressed his loyalty to Liu Bang, so the old rogue breathed a sigh of relief…

“…The old rogue deserves to be called a natural-born emperor!” Chu Mo clicked his tongue. However, in this situation…

After a brief silence, Chu Mo gazed at the old rogue with great interest. “Bangzi, why don’t you slap yourself twice to vent my anger? If I feel better… I’ll go wipe out the Chu army pursuing you right now!”

Although Chu Mo hadn’t re-ascended to the heavens, and even his energy was still at the third level… he just hadn’t ascended to the position of Heavenly Dao; he had still regained the ordinary Heroic Spirit rank.

This also meant that he could now summon… the Blood River! And the many dead souls sleeping within it.

This was a power that was invincible in the current world! Chu Mo could feel that the world had begun to degrade… Not to mention just the Chu army, even if the Great Heavenly Emperor and the Chu army joined forces, Chu Mo would still slap them away.

“…Huh? Little brat!” The old rogue was stunned, then his face turned green. Who are you calling Bangzi? This wasn’t just being disrespectful! He had to strike hard.

The old rogue gritted his teeth and took off his shoe, about to rush up and give Chu Mo a good beating. This time, even the little girl didn’t rush over to protect Chu Mo, her face blank, even subconsciously cleaning her ears, obviously suspecting that she had misheard!

Then…

The old rogue stopped in front of Chu Mo. His expression changed, and he repeatedly sized up Chu Mo with some surprise and uncertainty.

“What’s wrong? Bangzi?” Chu Mo raised his eyebrows.

After confirming that Chu Mo had indeed said that name, the little girl only felt her vision go black.

“Who exactly are you!” Taking a deep breath, the old rogue’s voice had no fluctuations, cold and ruthless. He repeatedly sized up Chu Mo, as if he had instantly entered the state of a political machine, abandoning all useless emotions.

“His current name should be… Liu Ying?” Chu Mo mused, sorting through the information in his mind. “The future… Emperor Hui of Han?”

Emperor Hui of Han? The old rogue repeatedly chewed on this term, lost in thought.

“So… you’re saying you came back from the future? Not that some great power… is playing a joke? Or, you’re simply a Qi refiner who defected to Xiang Yu, using a transformation technique?” Liu Bang thought for a moment, then shook his head. “It can’t be a transformation technique, or you would have already caused trouble, letting Xiang Yu capture us!”

“…Aren’t you surprised?” Chu Mo was shocked. This old rogue was a bit outrageous.

“If you feel that you’ve traveled back from the future… and have future memories in your mind!” The old rogue scoffed, answering irrelevantly. “That’s most likely some great power using you to set up a scheme… A classic trick! It’s just putting the possible future that they deduced directly into your mind, right?”