Chapter 37

Bu Fei stood at the entrance of the cave, a cold smile playing on the corners of his mouth.

He heard Luo Xiu's last, unwilling scream as he faced the powerful fifth-stage dual-headed Spirit Tiger. Not to mention a mere Qi Sea martial artist, even a先天武师 (Xiantian Wushi, a higher-level martial artist) would surely die.

"Whoosh!"

A fierce, bloodthirsty wind blew in his face, and the dual-headed Spirit Tiger returned. Its left head opened its massive mouth and pointed with a claw.

"Did you eat him?" Bu Fei's face lit up with joy.

The dual-headed Spirit Tiger nodded.

"What about the things he had on him?" Bu Fei asked immediately.

The dual-headed Spirit Tiger still pointed to its massive mouth.

"You ate them too?" Bu Fei's expression changed.

"I told you to kill him and bring back the items. How could you eat them?" Bu Fei felt like crying, he couldn't possibly crawl into the beast's mouth to find them.

But the dual-headed Spirit Tiger ignored him. As a fifth-stage beast, though it had gained some intelligence, its thought patterns were still different from humans.

The massive body slithered into the cave, and the dual-headed Spirit Tiger lay down in a corner, yawning with both heads.

Bu Fei's face was dark, but he didn't dare do anything to the fifth-stage beast.

He immediately went to the area shrouded in white mist, searching for two or three days but found nothing.

"Could it really have been eaten by that beast? What should I do?"

Bu Fei had thought everything was under his control, but he never expected this situation.

He was unwilling to leave, so he stayed in the canyon. The dual-headed Spirit Tiger would go out to hunt every one or two days, and he could only hope that the beast's digestive system wasn't too good, and it would eventually excrete the items from Luo Xiu's body.

The light sword showed no signs of vibration, and Bu Fei deduced that Luo Xiu must have stored the dark sword in a storage device.

...

In the darkness, Luo Xiu didn't know how long he had been unconscious. His head throbbed with pain, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

Memories flooded his mind. He remembered being chased by a terrifying dual-headed black tiger, and just as it was about to swallow him, he felt a deep stirring in his soul, followed by a loss of consciousness.

Soul? Stirring? Life and Death Pearl?

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu immediately checked his surroundings and found himself in a strange space.

The surroundings were like a vast starry sky, with countless points of light hanging like stars, and the star rivers flowing like rivers and seas, giving Luo Xiu a sense of familiarity.

He frowned, quickly recalling that when he treated Lu Mengyao's Fire Yang Meridian, his consciousness had been swallowed by the Life and Death Pearl and entered a strange space.

This time, it seemed that his body had also entered.

"What is that?"

Luo Xiu looked up and saw a scene that would be etched in his memory forever, an incredibly huge wheel slowly rotating, exuding an ancient and profound aura. Countless star points and surging star rivers revolved around the massive wheel.

On the massive wheel, various runes, imprints, and patterns flickered, filled with endless mysteries, as if containing the ultimate truths of the universe's laws.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, Luo Xiu felt his Dantian's All-Heaven Life and Death Wheel resonate with the massive wheel in the starry sky, both rotating at the same frequency.

Moreover, the All-Heaven Life and Death Wheel was very similar to the massive wheel, like a miniature version of the latter.

"Are you the successor of this generation? You are too weak..."

Suddenly, a voice filled with ancient沧桑 (cāngsāng, meaning "ancient and weathered") entered Luo Xiu's ears.

"Who is that?"

Luo Xiu looked around, his gaze finally settling on the massive wheel above him. The voice seemed to come from the wheel.

"Successor, I am not a person. You can call me the Spirit of Reincarnation, or the Spirit of Life and Death."

"I don't understand what you mean," Luo Xiu said, frowning.

The massive wheel slowly rotated, and Luo Xiu felt like a tiny ant in front of an elephant.

"Although you are weak, since the Life and Death Pearl chose you, I will naturally tell you what you want to know."

The ancient and weathered voice continued, "In the universe, there are many laws that follow the great principles. Each law has its origin, such as the origin of time, the origin of space, the origin of life, the origin of death, and so on."

"The Life and Death Pearl is a treasure formed from the origin of life and death. The being chosen by the Life and Death Pearl is the successor of the origin of life and death."

"Only by mastering the origin of a law can one become the supreme existence in the universe. Now, little one, do you understand how fortunate you are?"

"Do you mean I am the successor of the origin of life and death?" Luo Xiu asked.

"Yes, there can only be one origin for any law, which means that if you can reach a sufficiently powerful realm, you can master the Life and Death Pearl and the origin of life and death."

"Of course, you are so weak that you might not be able to reach that level. If some powerful beings who cultivate the law of life and death know you have the Life and Death Pearl, they can kill you and take it, thus mastering the origin of the law."

"Since the last great catastrophe, I have been in a state of deep sleep. I didn't expect the Life and Death Pearl to choose such a weak being as its successor."

Luo Xiu felt a bit embarrassed. The ancient voice, calling itself the Spirit of Reincarnation, seemed dissatisfied with him.

According to the Spirit of Reincarnation, the Life and Death Pearl automatically protected its master when it sensed the threat of death, which woke it up from its deep sleep.

"Weak successor, since the Life and Death Pearl chose you, I will follow the will of the origin of life and death and help you become stronger within the limits allowed by the great principles," the Spirit of Reincarnation said.

"Where are you?" Luo Xiu couldn't help but ask.

"I am right in front of you. The reincarnation you see is me, weak successor."

"Reincarnation?"

Luo Xiu murmured. In many legends, reincarnation represented something extraordinary.

"Do you see the star-like points around the reincarnation, weak successor?" the Spirit of Reincarnation suddenly said.

Luo Xiu nodded, pouting, "Can you change the way you address me?"

"Since you are weak, you must acknowledge your weakness. If you want me to change how I address you, you must become stronger, weak successor." The voice of the Spirit of Reincarnation was calm, without any emotional fluctuations.

Luo Xiu shrugged, "Whatever."

The Spirit of Reincarnation continued, "In the universe, any being that is born will have a destiny imprint in the origin of life and death, recorded in the reincarnation. The points you see represent beings in the universe."

"Moreover, when a being dies, its destiny imprint will dissipate, but its memories will be recorded in the reincarnation of the origin of life and death."

Luo Xiu found this hard to believe and asked, "Which of these countless points is my destiny imprint?"

"There is no destiny imprint for you here. As the successor of the origin of life and death, your destiny imprint has already merged with the origin of the law."

The Spirit of Reincarnation said, "However, weak successor, I must remind you that given your current weakness, if you are killed by another being or die unexpectedly, your destiny imprint will also dissipate, and the Life and Death Pearl will choose the next successor."

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a light of black and white colors fell from the massive reincarnation, instantly merging into Luo Xiu's forehead.

At the same time, a flood of information appeared in Luo Xiu's mind.

This information described the 'All-Heaven Life and Death Wheel,' which contains the mysteries of the origin of life and death, with nine origin law diagrams.

However, these nine origin law diagrams were very difficult to comprehend, deep and profound.

"Weak successor, the All-Heaven Life and Death Wheel is a cultivation method derived from the origin of the law, and it is a must-learn for every successor. If you can thoroughly understand the nine origin law diagrams, you will be recognized and become the master of the origin of life and death."

The voice of the Spirit of Reincarnation continued, "Following the constraints of the great principles, I will only save you the first time you face the threat of death. To enter the origin space in the future, you must reach a higher cultivation realm, and each breakthrough will also grant you a gift from the origin law."

"What is the gift from the origin law?" Luo Xiu asked curiously.

"I have already said that all the memories of beings in the universe are recorded in the reincarnation. Even after death, these memories do not disappear in the reincarnation. The gift from the origin law is the memories of countless beings."

Luo Xiu's eyes lit up, "So, according to you, I can obtain the memories of other beings?"

"Yes, but only within the limits allowed by the great principles. You are currently at the Qi Sea realm and can receive one gift, but this gift is random," the Spirit of Reincarnation said.

"Random?" Luo Xiu felt a bit disappointed, as a random gift might not be what he wanted.

"The gift from the will of the origin of the law will be biased towards enhancing your abilities and will not give you useless memories," the Spirit of Reincarnation added.

Luo Xiu sighed in relief, thinking this made more sense.

"Weak successor, do you want to receive the gift now?" the voice of the Spirit of Reincarnation asked.

"Right now!" Luo Xiu said without hesitation.

He decided to quickly enhance his strength and get rid of the title of weak successor.

"Whoosh!"

A beam of light shot out from the massive reincarnation, like a brilliant pillar of light, enveloping Luo Xiu's body. Bathed in the light, Luo Xiu suddenly felt images appearing in his mind, a person with an indistinct face swinging a long sword...

"The only way to defeat martial arts is speed. The way of the sword is not about rigid forms and techniques; it is about making the sword in your hand as fast as possible, surpassing countless sword techniques, and that is the true path!"

Memories of how to cultivate the fast sword continuously flooded his mind, making Luo Xiu completely engrossed and unable to pull himself away.