Chapter 1142: Chapter 589: Ming Yu’s Past, The Beginning of the Great Battle

Li Xuan sat leisurely in his chair, sipping Spiritual Tea, eating Spirit Cake, and watching the combat on the battlefield, taking it as mere entertainment. The stronger one’s strength, the higher the Realm, the more their state of mind tended towards the mundane.

To the strong, the battles of the weak were not worth a glance.

But for Li Xuan, who had reached the state of Returning to Nature, he watched the battles with keen interest through the eyes of an ordinary person. At this moment, he sighed, remembering his own past when he had carelessly misinformed Xu Yan about the Daoist ways being natural and about returning to their origins, about a state of mind almost akin to the Dao itself – it turned out there was such a thing.

Li Xuan felt that he had truly achieved that state of mind now, truly being above worldly affairs, traveling through the mundane world, with joy like that of an ordinary person.

“Perhaps this is because the loneliest of invincible beings devise their own ways to entertain themselves out of boredom,”

Li Xuan mumbled to himself.

Hearing Xu Yan’s query, Li Xuan tossed another piece of Spirit Cake into his mouth and said, “So-so, of course, to the weak, it would surely be strong, but to me, it’s not even comparable to my Jade Ruyi.”

Xu Yan inwardly sighed, regretting asking his master about strength. In his master’s eyes, nothing was considered strong; all could be dealt with a single slap.

Even King Chi Ni was crushed with just one hand.

Ming Yu looked curiously at Li Xuan, this was Xu Yan’s master? That carefree and unrestrained demeanor, could he really be a Supreme Expert?

But the more he appeared so, the more Ming Yu believed that his strength must be terrifying. Even though he seemed casual and like an ordinary person, showing no aura of a strong being.

“Ming Yu pays respect to the senior!”

Ming Yu greeted with a bow.

wuxiaworld.site

“Hm, no need for such formalities!”

Li Xuan nodded, continuing to observe the great clash on the battlefield.

Ming Yu hesitated but ultimately did not voice her question, yet Xu Yan seemed to know what she wanted to ask and inquired; “Master, do you know where the Taihao Divine Jade is?”

Li Xuan lifted his teacup and took a sip of the Spiritual Tea, then pointed with his chin and said, “Isn’t that it.”

Xu Yan was stunned, following the gaze, and landing on the figure of the Master of the Jade Court, he was utterly shocked, “Master, are you saying that the Master of the Jade Court is the Taihao Divine Jade?”

“Correct!”

Li Xuan nodded.

Ming Yu was both surprised and not. She had her suspicions, but it was hard to believe – the legendary Taihao Divine Jade, known to possess Spiritual Wisdom, and its strength, truly terrifying.

“The Taihao Divine Jade, it not only has Spiritual Wisdom, but such enormous strength!”

Xu Yan was deeply shocked. No wonder it was said that whoever obtained the Taihao Divine Jade could become invincible and could rule over the Taihao; such rumors were evidently grounded.

“Those Jade Puppets…”

Xu Yan thought of the Jade Puppets of Yu Ting and Ming Yu’s Jade Puppet body.

“Master, were the Jade Puppets created by the Taihao Divine Jade?”

Li Xuan smiled and said, “Not exactly ‘created’; it is just a power of the Taihao Divine Jade. The Dao Principles of the Jade Puppets are derived from it. All the Jade Puppets are merely developments of his essence, likely out of loneliness, creating companions for himself.”

He glanced at Ming Yu and continued; “Some of the Jade Puppets have Divine Souls, but these souls have become Jade Puppetized, those souls are the strong beings of Taihao who originally entered the Land of Imperishable.”

Xu Yan also thought of something. Ming Yu had tried numerous times to regain her memory, always to lose it and start afresh. Could the Taihao Divine Jade not erase this behavior of Ming Yu, or did it choose not to deliberately?

“Ming Yu’s Divine Soul…”

Li Xuan knew his apprentice wanted to ask something and spoke up; “This young lady’s Divine Soul is quite whole, and she has a destiny with that piece of jade, so she’s been indulged a bit, in a sense, letting her live a little more joyfully.”

Ming Yu, upon hearing this, cocked her head, recalling some hidden memories, and said; “Speaking of which, each time I am about to find the Exquisite Jade Token, I would be taken back, and upon waking up, I start anew, happily.”

“When the Domain appeared, I was also allowed to catch a glimpse of it, perhaps due to the Taihao, since the Domain shares similarities with Taihao.”

“But I don’t know when I became fated with the Taihao Divine Jade.”

Then, Ming Yu seemed to find something in her memories; her expression changed slightly, “On my first day in the Taihao Realm, in the lowest layer, I sensed something unusual. That aura affected some cultivators, and I, using the Exquisite Jade Mountain Secret Technique, purged that unusual aura.”

“When I was betrayed and critically wounded, on the brink of death, I sensed that unusual aura again, as if many cultivators were under its effect.”

“I don’t know what it was, but that aura gave an unpleasant feeling. I felt like I was about to die, and those people were preparing to seize the Exquisite Jade Token.”

“As if a voice in the depths of my mind urged me to flee to the Land of No Return, the great battle wasn’t far from that place. I don’t understand how, but I was suddenly determined, even risking death, not letting them succeed, and I exploded myself, sending a wisp of my Divine Soul with the Exquisite Jade Token into the Land of Imperishable.”

“Given my nature, faced with betrayal, faced with that situation, I would only become totally disillusioned, losing such a resolute thought. I don’t understand why I became so resolute at that time.”

Ming Yu opened up her hidden memories once more, uncovering some unusual aspects, and though they seemed complete, upon reflection, they were still somewhat incomplete.

For instance, how she became resolute enough to explode herself, and with a wisp of her Divine Soul carrying the Exquisite Jade Token to escape into the Land of Imperishable – that part of the memory was missing.