First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1020 - The Secrets of the Record of the Netherworld

A’Cai then proceeded to ask Su Yi questions. Before long, she’d learned his name and origins.

When she learned that Su Yi was from the Dark and Gold Star Realm, and that he’d entered this stretch of chaos through the Netherworld, A’Cai was stunned, and she guessed numerous possibilities.

But when she asked about the Record of the Netherworld and the mysterious power he’d used to neutralize the Laws of Primordial Unity, A’Cai didn’t get the answers she was after.

She was quite unresigned about this.

She’d lived for countless years, and she had indeed witnessed the births and deaths of generations of stars. She’d visited all manner of planes and worlds throughout the stars, and she’d seen countless shocking, legendary experts.

Their cultivations were incomprehensibly greater than Su Yi’s.

However, this was her first time seeing a Profound Illumination Emperor capable of controlling the secrets of reincarnation or manipulating the power of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara.

And this was her first time seeing a young man shatter the supreme laws of the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm, the power of Primordial Unity!

All of this was so mysterious that A’Cai longed to understand the full truth.

Alas, Su Yi’s lips were tightly sealed.

“Might you do me a favor?”

In the end, A’Cai asked Su Yi to send her off.

After the battle earlier, the leaf reflecting the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm had been badly damaged, and it had lost its vitality.

This meant that the Path of Rebirth she’d taken to get here had been severed! Her heaven-defying talent and ability to traverse time, space, and the boundary between worlds were useless if the path was severed.

“Aren’t you afraid your sect leader will pursue and kill you if you go back?” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer couldn’t help but ask.

“In a fight, I might not be a match for them, but if I run…” A’Cai’s pink lips arced into a confident grin. “Even if the gods and Buddhas of heaven attack all at once, they cannot stop me.

“Oh,” said Su Yi.

A’Cai froze, suddenly a bit embarrassed. There was no doubt about it; she was recalling how Su Yi had left her with no place to run or no place to hide.

“I can agree to help you with this, on the condition that it’s within my abilities,” said Su Yi.

A’Cai was a bit surprised. And here she’d assumed Su Yi would seize the opportunity to haggle and get some benefits out of her.

Su Yi didn’t waste any more time talking. He immediately got to work.

With the Record of the Netherworld, repairing one of the leaves of the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara wasn’t overly difficult.

Furthermore, he wanted to use this opportunity to improve his understanding of the Record of the Netherworld.

About ten minutes later.

As the chaotic power of the Netherworld’s source enveloped the withered leaf, it burst with new light. Misty light shone, and the illusory projection of the Thousand Opportunities Star Realm appeared once more.

Su Yi’s spirits soared. The Record of the Netherworld really was incomparably wondrous, like a key to controlling the power of the Netherworld’s source. It had innumerable wondrous applications.

Even Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer was briefly dazed, and his heart shook.

Although he was once the Infernal Monarch who’d ruled the Netherworld, this was his first time entering its source. He had never even considered using the Record of the Netherworld like this!

“Baby Brother Su, your big sister is sure we’ll meet again one day,” said A’Cai. Her eyes shone, and she was smiling.

She’d already reached the leaf, and her rainbow raiment swayed around her, making her seem even more like a lady immortal from the nine heavens, transcendent and ethereal.

Baby Brother Su? Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer almost laughed. She really won’t let go of any opportunity to exert her seniority over Old Monster Su!

The corners of Su Yi’s lips twitched.

Whoosh!

Misty golden light surged forth, stopping in front of Su Yi, where it transformed into a perfectly round talisman.

The talisman was quite distinctive. It was tiny, only the size of an elm leaf, and it was formed of threads of golden silk. Its surface was emblazoned with the strange, wondrous image of a silkworm swallowing its tail.

“This is an Undying Talisman I condensed with the power of my innate abilities. It can neutralize an otherwise lethal threat. Consider it a gift, Baby Brother Su.” A’Cai laughed. “Until we meet again.”

Then, with an unrestrained wave of her jadelike hand, the young woman turned and entered the world projected on the leaf. Her ethereal figure reminiscent of an immortal beauty disappeared in a flash.

“Hehehe, she called you ‘Baby Brother Su’ quite affectionately!” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer ultimately failed to repress the urge to laugh. His expression was mocking and ambiguous.

Su Yi glanced at the old-timer. “It seems to me you ought to change that personality of yours. You don’t act anything like a sovereign of the Netherworld should.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer shook his head. “Personalities are innate. They can’t change!”

“Yes, they can,” said Su Yi. “All I have to do is send you back into the cycle of reincarnation.”

“....” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer coughed dryly, but he dared not tease Su Yi any further. Instead, he immediately changed the subject. “Old Monster Su, you struck so ruthlessly earlier. I thought you were really going to kill her. Why’d you suddenly change your mind in the end? Don’t tell me it was because of her extraordinary good looks?”

“Was there a grudge between her and us?” Su Yi asked right back.

“No.”

“Was she working with Qing Xiao?”

“Most…. Likely not.”

“Then why kill her?” said Su Yi, a hint of a strange light in his eyes. “In any event, I’m afraid I couldn’t kill her even if I wanted to.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer exclaimed, “Don’t tell me you know what her origin actually is?”

“In my past life, I once saw records of a certain Xiantian spirit in an incomplete ancient tome,” said Su Yi. “At the time, I thought it an unreliable rumor, but after seeing that woman, I suspect the description of that Xiantian spirit was factual.”

“What did it say?” Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s curiosity was piqued.

Su Yi said leisurely, “In ancient times, an immortal silkworm was born of chaos. Its spirituality is eternal, and it feasts on the waters of golden springs and the essence of silver. It’s as old as the chaos itself, and it’s witnessed the cycle of countless seasons, gathering the power of the Laws… When it metamorphoses into a butterfly, its wings will carry it through space and time, and across the barrier between worlds… In ancient times, they called it the Celestial Fairy.”

Despite himself, Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer was tongue-tied. “That woman wasn’t lying after all! She really was an… immortal silkworm born of ancient chaos?”

If she was eternal, that implied she was also undying.

It was no wonder the Primordial Unity Daoist Sect called A’Cai the Undying Spirit Venerate!

“That’s most likely the case,” said Su Yi as he fiddled with the Undying Talisman A’Cai had given him. He could sense the strange, wondrous power emanating from this treasure. “Her innate divine ability most likely has something to do with eternal life.”

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer couldn’t help but sigh. “The depths of the starry skies really are unbelievable.”

“Don’t you think it’s about time you told me about the Record of the Netherworld’s origins?” Su yi put away the Undying Talisman and asked.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer grinned. “No problem.”

It was just as Su Yi had guessed. The Record of the Netherworld really was born of the Netherworld’s source, and it was emblazoned with the most primordial of secret chaos markings. Generations of Infernal Monarchs had pondered it, and in the end, they reached the conclusion that these markings contained the core secrets of reincarnation!

However, not even Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer had known that the Record of the Netherworld had so many miraculous applications here in the Netherworld’s source.

“So that means the Record of the Netherworld most likely contains the Mysterious Truths of the End?” asked Su Yi. Su Yi had mastered several Mysterious Truths related to reincarnation already: Rebirth, the Far Shore, Oblivion, and Withering and Flourishing.

The Mysterious Truths of the End were the only ones he’d yet to master.

This Grand Dao was the core of the power of reincarnation. Without mastering it, it wouldn’t matter how many of the profundities of reincarnation he mastered; His understanding would still be flawed.

“That’s most likely the case,” said Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer. He thought for a moment, then said, “In the past, the Mysterious Truths of the End were forbidden. Even amongst the Infernal Monarchs of the Netherworld, only a handful ever mastered this particular Dao. But I can say with certainty that the Record of the Netherworld contains leads regarding these truths.”

He paused, then said, “We’re in the Netherworld’s source, where the Record of the Netherworld was born. Why not seize this opportunity to glean enlightenment? You might well touch upon some of the secrets of the End.”

Su Yi nodded.

He then led Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer far from the Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara and took out the Record of the Netherworld, which hovered in midair.

Both of them then sat down to meditate. Su Yi wanted to seize this opportunity to grasp the Mysterious Truths of the End within the Record of the Netherworld.

Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer, meanwhile, wanted to seize this opportunity to gather the source energies of the Netherworld to help repair the natural order of the Reincarnation Grounds.

Time slipped by.

Soon, seven days had passed.

Weng!

The hovering Record of the Netherworld trembled, and a rain of misty light floated up, as if new pages were opening in the air. action

Line after line of secret chaos markings moved within the light and shadows, surging with the energy fluctuations of various Laws.

Before long, a streak of dim yellow light silently condensed into a secret chaos marking. The chaotic energy throughout the surrounding area surged, and off in the distance, the towering Tree of the Ten Thousand Worlds of Samsara swayed.

Su Yi, who’d been meditating this entire time, suddenly opened his eyes. Shockingly, an identical secret chaos marking had appeared in the depths of his gaze. His eyes flowed with mysterious, dim yellow light.

“I finally caught you.” Su Yi raised his hand and tapped the air.

Weng!

The Record of the Netherworld shook violently, and the dim yellow chaos marking disappeared.

A moment later, the Netherworld’s source returned to its former tranquility.

“You grasped it?” Disbelief was written all over Old Ghost Coffin-Bearer’s face.

“I only grasped the barest hint of its secrets. I wouldn’t even call it getting my foot over the threshold. Still, that’s already enough.” Su Yi’s distant gaze shone like the stars. “The Grand Dao of the End really is full of taboo power, and it’s incomparably difficult to grasp. However, its power is terrifying. It really is the core of reincarnation.”

“I’ve only grasped a few bits and pieces, but I’ll master this Dao completely sooner or later, no matter how much time or effort it takes!” Su Yi said with conviction.

He could tell that the Mysterious Truths of the End were incomparably mighty. Grasping even just traces of it had made his power of the Grand Dao surge, and it had even resonated with the aura of the Sword of the Nine Hells floating dormant within his sea of consciousness!

In the past, no matter what type of Grand Dao Su Yi had mastered, the Sword of the Nine Hells hadn’t reacted like this.

All of this was unquestionable proof of how mighty and mystical the Mysterious Truths of the End were!

And the profundities of the End were part of the core Laws that made up the Grand Dao of Reincarnation!

Su Yi couldn’t even imagine what it’d be like when he grasped the full Grand Dao of Reincarnation. It was sure to be unbelievably powerful!