254 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (1)
Life and death, and a human soul.
Even among the practitioners of the Dao who reached the peak of cultivation within the Ancient Xia Continent, no one could claim that they fully understood the intricate mysteries of a human soul.
Mortals only knew the end of life is death, while those who cultivate knew that with profound cultivation, lifeforce could be extended thus prolonging one’s life. Those practitioners who happened to specialize with the unorthodox arts, mostly dealing with yin-attributed or death qi, could at most scrape the tip of the iceberg.
Yet cultivation could only delay death, not stop it.
In the end, a life that began would reach its end, and the soul would enter the c
255 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (2)‘Oops, I forgot.’Little Yin wanted to smack her forehead for having high expectations of a mere judge.Judges might be almighty existences that managed the souls of the dead in a certain world, but in the bigger view of things, they were merely nothing more than low-level officers among the servants of the King of the Underworld.To put an example in terms of the Ancient Xia Continent, if the White Tiger Immortal Wuwei was King Yama, then this judge was only at the level of the Leaf City’s City Lord. The things they knew, the world that they could perceive, had stark differences from each other, and their knowledge were like heaven and earth apart.Like Little Yin, K
256 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (3)Being surrounded by inky darkness would normally cause one to feel great discomfort, but for Little Yin, it was the opposite. She was in fact in her element. That was why she didn’t feel there was a need to hurry.‘As long as I and this judge are here in a standoff, Old Fogey’s soul wouldn’t be able to enter the underworld.’Truth be told, causing disturbance was all Little Yin could do given the current state of her soul. She had suffered too much damage ever since the Iron Fan Mistress captured her, forcing herself over and over again despite her body’s limits.Though the underworld was a place that functioned under the laws her original body governed, Little Yin simply held a fragment of her origin
256 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (3)‘What…?’Ye Mo found himself frowning as he looked around.There was nothing to be seen but darkness. It was such an odd sensation, because he could still see his body with perfect clarity, his fingers, his hands, his limbs, yet his surroundings were pitch black in color.It was as if he was floating in nothingness.Empty.Alone.The silence was deafening.“Where am I?” he asked himself out loud.He could hear his voice, which was something he felt thankful for, but aside fr
257 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (4)An empty darkness.Ye Mo found himself in a state that was hard to describe—he was neither floating nor stepping on flat ground—and yet he found his body stably fixed in an upright position. He must have been in this place for a long time, but there was no feeling of fatigue or dissonance. It was as if he’s an existence that didn’t belong in that darkness, though he was being welcomed and accepted by it.‘What am I?’‘Do I even exist?’‘What’s the purpose of me being here?’It seemed meaningless to move in a place where the concept of space didn’t seem to operate, yet Y
258 - The Terms Need Revision, I Think (5)However, the memories in Ye Mo’s head remained elusive as a butterfly in a dream. Things that mattered to him, people that were important to his life, none of their images stayed in his mind. Something was urging him to let it go, to simply embrace the nothingness, but at the same time, he felt that he should resist that urge.‘If I let go…it will really be gone.’It was a strange thought, but he trusted his intuition. Ye Mo felt that as long as he gave it his all, he could remember the things he had forgotten. It would be slow, but it would work if he tried hard enough.So he stopped walking.He sat down cross-legged amidst the inky black darkness and waited.
259 - Even if the Mind Forgets, the Soul Remembers (1)‘Where…?’At first, Ye Mo was slowly walking as he tried to figure out where the voice came from. It did not take long for those steps to quicken, and soon, he was running.“Is anyone there? Can you hear me?” he called out, but there was no response. He tried to focus on his hearing, but aside from the sounds that his body was making, there were no other noises.It was as if the voice he heard a while ago was all a figment of his imagination.‘No! I clearly heard it!’He swore that he heard another voice. It wasn’t a man’s voice, but rather, a little girl’s.
260 – Even if the Mind Forgets, the Soul Remembers (2)“Where the hell am---"Slash!Feeling the sharp wind headed his way, Ye Mo did not even had time to flinch as he rolled out of its path on instinct. Bloody mud covered his body, but he paid that no attention as he grabbed the weapon nearest him—a sword with a broken blade---probably a remnant of one of the fallen soldiers on the battlefield.“Eurachaaaaa!” he heard someone bellow furiously, and he felt another attack coming towards his back.Behind Ye Mo stood a warrior that looked way too large and hairy to be considered human, rock hard muscles bulging underneath its soft leather armor.Ye Mo’s body moved on its own, perfectly receiving the enemy’s sword as he parried the attack. He was bewildered by what was happening, but he wasn’t in a good position to worry about useless thoughts when his life could be r
261 – Even if the Mind Forgets, the Soul Remembers (3)A fair-skinned human girl no taller than the height of his waist, wearing a satin robe that was neither stained by blood or mud. Big eyes on a small face, perfectly arranged black hair in a style of braided bun, delicately balanced features that indicated she would surely grow into a gorgeous young lady given a few years.Her adorable appearance made one have an urge to pinch her chubby cheeks, and if there were any females around, Ye Mo felt that they would fawn over how the little girl looked like a beautiful living, breathing doll.‘And it’s not a sight that should be seen in the middle of a battlefield.’Ye Mo tried to open his mouth to say something, but he remained unable to utter even a s