Protect Our Patriarch-Chapter 55Book 5: : About the Reincarnation of True Immortals

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Inside the Blood Dawn Sanctuary.

Yin Snake Demon Concubine used her communication jade pendant to continue conversing with Chimei, instructing her to pack up and be ready to retreat swiftly when she came to assist.

Half an hour later, Chimei sent back a message saying everything was ready.

Only then did the Blood Child Demon Lord summon his demonic artifact.

It was a blood-colored cloak, with its surface flowing like blood and runes circulating within, exuding a terrifying aura of ferocity.

The Blood Demon Cloak!

A hint of dread and envy flashed in Yin Snake Demon Concubine's eyes.

This Blood Demon Cloak was said to be made from the skin of a peak Lingxu Realm Blood Demon. Not only did it have astonishing defense, but it also significantly increased escape speed, making it an excellent life-saving artifact.

Moreover, it was said that the Blood Child Demon Lord possessed three such artifacts, and this was just one of them.

Poor Yin Snake Demon Concubine had only recently advanced to the Lingxu Realm and was still pitifully using a Divine Spirit Artifact. There was no way she could afford a Dao artifact at the moment.

"Ke ke ke~~ Blood Child boy, you finally let me out." The Blood Demon Cloak fluttered behind the Blood Child Demon Lord, like a savage beast baring its fangs and claws, its voice hoarse and deep, filled with evil madness, "It's been a long time since I had a feast of weaklings' blood. Who's the opponent this time?"

The Blood Demon Cloak was extremely powerful, but it had a drawback: it required a large amount of the blood of intelligent beings for refining and nurturing. However, this was hardly a concern for those on the demonic path.

A blood sacrifice? No psychological barrier at all.

"This time, the opponents are three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors, over a dozen Divine Realm, and dozens of Purple Mansion Realm..." the Blood Child Demon Lord's clone said.

"Blood Child boy... I %%￥" the Blood Demon Cloak cursed loudly, "Do you think I'm a True Demon Artifact? No demonic artifact can withstand this! I'm not doing it..."

After all, the one present was just a clone of the Blood Child Demon Lord, and compared to the main body, his control over the Blood Demon Cloak was significantly weaker.

He had no choice but to coax, "We just need to hold on for the time it takes a stick of incense to burn. Once it's done, when I retreat from the Eastern Qian Kingdom, I'll pick a town of tens of thousands for you to blood sacrifice."

"Tens of thousands won't do? I want a hundred thousand, no, two hundred thousand," the Blood Demon Cloak bargained, "That's to deal with a bunch of monsters."

"Fine." The Blood Child Demon Lord's clone agreed without hesitation.

To him, the lives of two hundred thousand humans were no different from two hundred thousand ants. If it were in the True Demon Hall, he might feel a bit of heartache consuming his own population, but now in the Eastern Qian Kingdom, he had no such concerns.

Then, according to the plan.

Yin Snake Demon Concubine used her movement technique to hide, while the Blood Child Demon Lord controlled a blood-colored orb, detonating it among the Blood Nest Warriors, drawing their attention.

Afterward, he transformed into a swift blood shadow, leading the monster horde in a chase, shouting, "Yin Snake Demon Concubine, now! Remember, you only have the time it takes a stick of incense to burn."

"Rest assured, Demon Lord."

Yin Snake Demon Concubine used her movement technique, turning into a gray shadow that swiftly passed through the passage, arriving in front of the "treasury."

Before she could call out, Chimei Demon Envoy immediately opened the "treasury" door from inside.

"Chimei, let's pack up quickly and head home..." Yin Snake Demon Concubine darted inside, her voice urgent, but before she could finish, she paused, "Uh, why are you closing the door?"

"Master." Chimei Demon Envoy knelt before Yin Snake Demon Concubine with a thud, tears in her eyes, looking pitiful, "Master, we can't go back."

"What? Can't go back?" Yin Snake Demon Concubine's heart skipped a beat, her gaze fixed on Chimei Demon Envoy, "You, you, you betrayed us?"

"I, I betrayed..." Chimei Demon Envoy shrank back, speaking weakly.

"You ungrateful disciple, how dare you!" Yin Snake Demon Concubine was furious, her hair standing on end, as she raised her hand, a surge of energy rising instantly, "I will clean the house!"

"Spare me, Master~~ I had no choice~~" Chimei Demon Envoy shivered in fear, clinging tightly to her master's leg, speaking miserably, "I failed my mission and was trapped in this sanctuary, living worse than death. If I didn't surrender, I'd die!"

"Surrender just to survive, do you have no integrity?" Yin Snake Demon Concubine was furious, "Not only did you ruin yourself, but you also ruined our entire line."

"Master, what's so good about our line?" Chimei Demon Envoy's eyes reddened, her tone filled with resentment, "To put it nicely, we're part of the Lingxu line of the True Demon Hall. But we all know we're just livestock raised by the True Demon Hall, fattened up to be used as cauldrons for breakthroughs by the big shots!"

"Just like you, Master, haven't you already been reserved by the Little Demon Lord..."

"But we can't betray!" Yin Snake Demon Concubine's face turned pale, "I've been trying to find a way regarding the cauldron matter. As long as we help the Blood Child Demon Lord complete his mission, he will surely find a way to help us escape the cauldron position."

"Blood Child Demon Lord? Ha!" Chimei Demon Envoy sneered, "With his abilities, he thinks he can compete with Master Wang Shouzhe? He seems strong, but every step is calculated, being led by the nose. Now, Master Wang Shouzhe has already set up a trap, and he can't escape today."

"Master! Let me tell you the truth, the Blood Venerable's relic was emptied by the Wang Clan decades ago. What's left is just a shell, left to trap you! Every piece of intelligence you've received over the decades was deliberately fed to you by the Wang Clan."

"Wha, what? How is this possible?"

Yin Snake Demon Concubine gasped, feeling her scalp tingle, her spine chill, and even her mind go numb.

If all the information was false, what could be true?!

If what Chimei said was true, then she and the Blood Child Demon Lord had been played for decades? The methods of Master Wang Shouzhe were terrifying!

While the master and disciple were hesitating.

The once mighty Blood Child Demon Lord had already taken several hits from the Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors, suffering various critical hits while luring the monsters. Though protected by the Blood Demon Cloak, he was struggling.

Blood trickled from his mouth as he dragged the monsters back to the "treasury" door, shouting, "Yin Snake Demon Concubine, are you and your disciple done yet?"

Inside the sanctuary, Yin Snake Demon Concubine's expression was conflicted, clearly wavering.

"Master, we have no way back!" Chimei Demon Envoy clung to her master's leg, speaking pitifully, "This isn't a treasury, but a sanctuary for escape. Besides the food in the space storage cabinet, there's nothing else!"

"If you let the Blood Child Demon Lord in, we'll all die."

"Bang bang!"

At this point, the Blood Child Demon Lord realized something was wrong. While dodging and maneuvering, he desperately pounded on the "treasury" door.

Unfortunately, this treasury was a sanctuary built by the Blood Venerable to withstand the apocalypse. Even a True Immortal would struggle to break it. With the Blood Child Demon Lord's strength, breaking it in a short time was nearly impossible.

"Something's wrong."

"Yin Snake Demon Concubine! What's happening inside? Speak!"

He pounded on the Blood Sanctuary's door with a grim face, holding onto a last shred of hope.

What if Yin Snake Demon Concubine was just caught by a mechanism inside?

What if she came to open the door for him in a moment?

As time passed, the banging grew louder, the Blood Child Demon Lord's voice more impatient, and Yin Snake Demon Concubine's expression more uncertain.

Finally, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes.

Enough~ Opening the door now was a dead end. Not opening it, though it would surely lead to the Blood Child Demon Lord's revenge later, at least offered a slim chance of survival.

"Let's go for it!" Yin Snake Demon Concubine made up her mind.

Outside the Blood Sanctuary.

As the force pounding the sanctuary door grew stronger, the door remained unmoved, and the Blood Child Demon Lord's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, his gaze increasingly fierce.

He was unwilling!

He had prepared for so long, waited for so long, and finally had this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Just as he was about to succeed, he failed at the last moment. How could he accept this?!

However, the door before him was like an insurmountable chasm, and Yin Snake Demon Concubine, who should have opened it for him, seemed to have vanished, with no response. Even if he didn't want to believe it, he understood something had gone wrong.

"Boom~!"

"Boom boom boom!!"

The attacks from the three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors came relentlessly, shaking the entire passage with their overwhelming might.

The Blood Child Demon Lord had to deal with the Blood Sanctuary's door while fending off the three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors. Even with a Dao artifact in hand, he was struggling, his profound energy depleting like a flood.

In just a short while, his face turned even paler, and his injuries worsened.

"Damn it! At this rate, forget the Holy Gu Codex, I might lose both this clone and the artifact here."

"No choice, retreat!"

The Blood Child Demon Lord finally made up his mind.

In the next moment.

A monstrous blood-colored shadow appeared behind him.

Its entire body was shrouded in dense blood mist, and through the mist, one could vaguely see countless twisted, entwined blood limbs, thick blood vessels, and a pair of massive wings.

Scarlet eyes slowly opened in the blood mist, exuding overwhelming might.

In an instant, the Blood Child Demon Lord's aura surged.

As his robes fluttered, a hint of red appeared in his black eyes, and one blood-colored shadow after another emerged from his body, charging toward the Blood Nest Warriors with unparalleled terror.

In an instant.

Blood-colored light erupted.

Explosions resounded one after another, shaking the entire passage.

In the blink of an eye, several Purple Mansion Realm Blood Nest Warriors were torn apart by the blood shadows. Those close by in the Divine Realm were sent flying, severely injured. Even the three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors were blasted back several steps, covered in wounds, with one even losing an arm.

The Blood Nest Warriors surrounding him were forcibly blasted open.

Seizing the opportunity, the Blood Child Demon Lord's figure flickered, transforming into a blood-colored mist and shooting through the gap, racing toward the relic's entrance.

The Blood Nest Warriors wouldn't let him go. Seeing him trying to escape, they immediately gave chase.

Unable to tear through space to escape, the Blood Child Demon Lord, now heavily injured and exhausted, couldn't outrun the three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors. He couldn't shake them off, forcing him to lead them toward the relic's entrance.

Dozens of Blood Nest Warriors pursued him like a train, their thunderous footsteps echoing in the passage, creating a spectacular scene from afar.

"Almost there!"

After a thrilling chase, the Blood Child Demon Lord finally saw the entrance.

He knew that the Blood Nest Warriors were likely created to guard the relic's treasures. Once he escaped the relic, they probably wouldn't follow.

Then, he could tear through space and flee a thousand miles, making it difficult for Ancestor Dragon outside the relic to catch him.

However.

Just as the blood light formed by the Blood Child Demon Lord was about to escape the relic, a ripple appeared in the space outside, and a dark jade ruler appeared out of nowhere.

Invisible power waves emanated from it, instantly filling the surrounding space.

In the next moment.

Dazzling golden light burst forth.

Accompanying the golden light was a loud shout.

"Get back here!"

As the words fell, the jade ruler struck down.

In an instant.

The entire space seemed to weigh down heavily with the ruler's swing, spreading terrifying might.

It seemed capable of suppressing and shattering everything.

The Blood Child Demon Lord felt a darkness before his eyes as a terrifying force struck him, forcibly pulling him out of his blood mist form and back into human form, knocking him back several steps, causing him to cough up blood.

With such power, this ruler was clearly a Dao artifact!

"Measuring Heaven Ruler?!"

The Blood Child Demon Lord instantly realized, looking incredulously at the entrance, and sure enough, he saw the familiar figure of Jiang Zhencang. He couldn't help but blurt out, "Weren't you dealing with the Dragon Whale King in the Qingluo Garrison?"

Jiang Zhencang beckoned, and the Measuring Heaven Ruler returned to his hand.

He stood at the relic's entrance, one hand holding the ruler, the other behind his back, standing like a pine tree, exuding an aura of "one man holds the pass, ten thousand cannot pass."

Jiang Zhencang looked at him and said calmly, "Blood Child Demon Lord, as a Demon Lord of the True Demon Hall, since you dared to infiltrate the Great Qian and cause chaos, you can't blame me for being unkind."

As he spoke, dozens of Blood Nest Warriors swarmed out of the passage, charging at the Blood Child Demon Lord. The three Lingxu Realm Blood Nest Warriors led the charge, roaring as they pounced on him.

The Blood Child Demon Lord, beset on all sides, wore a grim expression: "Jiang Zhencang!"

However, before he could continue, the Blood Nest Warriors had already engulfed him.

He had no choice but to focus on dealing with the Blood Nest Warriors surrounding him.

The Blood Child Demon Lord's miserable fate seemed to have just begun.

Emperor Longchang's tall figure appeared at the entrance of the Expedition Hall, standing outside the formation, smiling, "Oh, isn't this the famous Blood Child Demon Lord... or rather, his clone?"

"Longchang!?" The Blood Child Demon Lord's heart sank, despair growing.

"Are you curious why we're here instead of dealing with the Dragon Whale King?" Emperor Longchang, hands behind his back, said smugly, "The reason is simple: I was deceiving you, to lure you into the trap."

His expression, his demeanor, was like a villain whose scheme had succeeded, causing Jiang Zhencang to roll his eyes. Was this really your plan?

This was all Wang Shouzhe's arrangement, wasn't it?

The Blood Child Demon Lord, pitifully resisting the onslaught of monsters, would have been beaten to death without the Blood Demon Cloak. But more than anything, he was furious, he never expected...

"Dragon Whale King, come out and greet the Blood Child Demon Lord," Emperor Longchang said, adding insult to injury, "Your performance in the scene with Ancestor Dragon was excellent."

"Hello, Blood Child Demon Lord~" Suddenly, a fair-skinned, mature, and voluptuous woman appeared at the Expedition Hall entrance, greeting him earnestly, "I rarely interact with humans and don't have a human name. But Kun'er gave me one, Dragon Jingjing, you can call me Jingjing."

Beside her, a slight spatial ripple appeared, and Wang Zongkun, about a foot long, emerged from the spatial rift, saying, "Sister Jingjing, we don't need to be friendly with villains, especially one who's about to die."

"Okay, Kun'er, I'll listen to you." The sea-dominating Dragon Jingjing, now like a docile bird, leaned against Wang Zongkun, obediently saying.

"Sister Jingjing, don't do this... we're not married yet." Wang Zongkun, in his big-headed fish form, said weakly, "Father said I can only marry after graduating from Clan School and coming of age."

"Just cuddling, don't worry, sister won't eat you." Dragon Jingjing smiled at Zongkun, "Kun'er, sister isn't that old, I can wait for you to grow up. And you don't have to worry about sister monopolizing you, someone as handsome and noble as you should find more partners with good bloodlines to spread your excellent lineage."

"Besides, you're busy with school. How about sister helps you find members for your harem while I wander around?"

Thank you very much.

Wang Zongkun rolled his eyes to the sky, looking like he was about to cry, I'm still young, I have no interest in any harem.

"Too much!"

Trapped among the monsters, the Blood Child Demon Lord couldn't bear it any longer, roaring as he tried to escape the Expedition Hall, only to be forced back by Jiang Zhencang and Emperor Longchang.

"It seems I won't be needed in this situation." Meanwhile, True Lord Yuling and Ancestor Dragon appeared at the Expedition Hall entrance. True Lord Yuling, in particular, wrinkled her delicate nose.

"True Lord Yuling of the Immortal Dynasty, and Ancestor Dragon?"

"Poof!" The Blood Child Demon Lord, distracted, was hit again by the Blood Nest Warriors, spitting blood. He had no fight left. The other side had deployed five Lingxu Realm experts to deal with him.

And it was clear, Yin Snake Demon Concubine and her disciples were traitors, feeding him false information.

"Rest assured, True Lord, I invited Holy Master Jiang and His Majesty to bring you here just in case," Wang Shouzhe's voice rang out, his tall figure exuding elegance and extraordinary charm, "Regardless of the outcome, the promised reward for True Lord Yuling will not be short by a single coin."

True Lord Yuling's frown relaxed, "I appreciate straightforward people like Master Wang Shouzhe." She paused, then explained, "It's not that I'm greedy, but although Jiang Zhencang and I are both in the Lingxu Realm, our circumstances differ."

"I'm in the Lingxu Realm aiming for True Immortal, with many expenses."

Since the topic came up, Wang Shouzhe was curious, "Is it true, as rumored, that True Lord is a reincarnated True Immortal? Do you retain memories from your past life?"

"Memories? Most ordinary people's memories are stored in the brain, and once the body dies, they easily forget their past, with the soul weak and quickly dissipating. However, cultivators gradually transfer some core memories to the soul, so high-level cultivators can survive in soul form, retaining most memories."

True Lord Yuling explained eloquently, "But in reincarnation, one must first reach the True Immortal Realm, and usually can only retain the most core true spirit imprint. The true spirit imprint contains the most essential elements of a being's existence, such as core life imprint, some accumulated Dao insights, core techniques, and a few core memories."

"So, according to True Lord, reincarnation doesn't carry memories? How do you determine you're a reincarnated True Immortal?" Wang Shouzhe asked, puzzled.

"A True Immortal lives so long, their memory information is too vast for the true spirit imprint to contain," True Lord Yuling said, "To determine if one is a reincarnated True Immortal, first look at the bloodline."

"When a True Immortal reincarnates, the true spirit imprint releases bloodline information in the womb, and the bloodline after birth will be the same as in the previous life, directly becoming an innate spiritual body. Of course, not every innate spiritual body is a reincarnated True Immortal; historically, most have nothing to do with True Immortal reincarnation."

"One must also see if they frequently experience Dao insights from their past life, allowing them to advance rapidly, and if they can recall their inherited techniques."

Wang Shouzhe's heart skipped a beat, Dao insights, recalling techniques?

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