An Long finally understood that death was the best thing he owned.
He smiled and lowered his head, embracing the blood-covered young man into his arms. He traded having every inch of his body getting burned for this momentary clarity. He gently branded a kiss on his forehead; his lips burned inch by inch until its original appearance could hardly be seen. All for this final farewell.
The most painful embrace and the most painful kiss in the world, but he was perfectly willing.
The black lotus and the red lotus in the sky were forcibly merged into one, turning into brilliant gold, giving out the breath of death.
An Long gently lowered his head, still relying on Song Qingshi to push this lotus of death into his bosom.
The lotus instantly exploded, blasting away the hard scale armor, and piercing his chest. All his organs were destroyed, blood splattered everywhere, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. It swiftly dyed the gravel red and it penetrated bit by bit into the ground.
It turned out a half-demon’s blood was also red.
The auditory hallucinations in his mind had practically turned into frenzied alarm bells. His sea of consciousness was thrown into confusion. He felt his body being forcibly repaired bit by bit, depriving him of the right to die. This violated the laws of heaven and earth. His body was going through a strange transformation. Just what was happening?
An Long was somewhat anxious and alarmed.
The scorpion tail was disconnected. Song Qingshi urgently treated the wound and stopped the bleeding with gold needles and medicine.
He slowly crawled towards An Long. He checked the unreasonable changes in his body, and confirmed his own judgment. — Destiny had chosen An Long to be a chess piece to destroy Yue Wuhuan. And so, he was not allowed to die by his own hands.
In the absence of luck, he could only be killed by force.
“Don’t be afraid,” Song Qingshi comforted softly, “Death is not the real end, but a new beginning.”
The Golden Light of Merit in the picture scroll was very gentle.
It didn’t want to show him the pain of dying again and again. Instead, it wanted him to see the opportunity presented by being reborn again and again. If the death arranged by Heavenly Law could not be avoided, what he had to do was to seize every moment and give Yue Wuhuan enough reminders and promises, leave sufficient preparations for himself, and then wait for the beginning of a new cycle of reincarnation.
Phoenix Nirvana, towards death and birth…
This was the correct answer given by the picture scroll.
An Long looked at his calm expression and gradually calmed down the alarm and anxiety in his heart.
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Song Qingshi struggled to brandish the tattered Nascent Soul from his body. The self-detonation of a Nascent Soul cultivator could destroy all creatures within a radius of a hundred miles. He would destroy himself, destroy An Long, destroy the entire secret realm, and destroy everything.
Snfgs mgjmx bc tlr Rjrmfca Vbei kjr j rswybi bo atf wbnlcu bo tlr Lfjgaifrr Qjs.
After watching him for a long time, An Long finally asked the question he wanted to know since a long time ago, “Qingshi, do you regret it? You rescued a white-eyed wolf from the foul swamp, an ungrateful wretch who requited kindness with enmity…who hurt you again and again…”
Vbcu Hlcurtl atbeuta obg j ktlif, jcv rtbbx tlr tfjv. “P cfnfg gfugfaafv la.”
Cc Obcu jrxfv, cba vjglcu ab yfilfnf la, “Qts?”
Vbcu Hlcurtl rwlifv jcv rjlv, “Po P tjvc’a rjnfv sbe, tbk mbeiv atf kbgiv tjnf atf rtbmxlcuis jcv reqfgyis jwbgber Xe Blcu? Ktf jggbujca jcv ecslfivlcu ubv bo kjg? Ktbrf vjsr bo jvnfcaeglcu abufatfg…kfgf gfjiis tjqqs…”
He stopped his words, suddenly remembering that in the memory in the picture scroll, a majestic and domineering Black Dragon would occasionally appear next to the Phoenix.
The Black Dragon liked provoking the Phoenix. They would then fight amongst the clouds, they would fight until dark. After their fight they would reconcile and fly side by side…they seemed like good friends.
Song Qingshi was envious of this.
The black scales on An Long’s face, the vertical pupils in his eyes. They gradually overlapped with the Black Dragon in his memory. He had his dragon scales pulled off, his dragon muscles removed. He was turned into an ugly monster. He lost his former brilliance, lost all his pride, but he was still struggling, still resisting. He would rather die than be reduced to a chess piece controlled by Fate.
Song Qingshi looked more and more carefully, and looked more seriously.
An Long blocked his gaze with his hand. He said in fear, “Don’t look at me. I’m a monster.”
Song Qingshi: “Don’t be afraid, this is not the real you.”
An Long asked, “What should the real me be?”
Song Qingshi thought about the Black Dragon that accompanied the Phoenix to fly above the Ninth Heaven, “Probably very handsome.”
“What nonsense,” An Long couldn’t help laughing. The laughter pulled the wound in his chest, but he was very happy. He said loudly, “Kill me. Otherwise as long as I still have a breath, I will definitely kill you and Yue Wuhuan…”
The voice in his mind was becoming more and more intense, like a machine that was about to be destroyed, issuing wave after wave of dangerous hums.
An Long looked at him and softly said good-bye, “If we can meet again, there won’t be a third time.”
Song Qingshi smiled and nodded, “I believe you.”
His Nascent Soul gradually shattered, about to tear apart the plans of Fate.
……
Suddenly, a frantic alarm sounded.
A strange black hole appeared in the air, swallowing Song Qingshi in, blocking the power of the Nascent Soul’s explosion.
From the void, came the chaotic voice of the system. It stuttered, like an instrument that has been infected with a virus, consuming too much energy, and on the verge of crashing.
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one.”
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one thousand three hundred fifty.
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one.”
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one thousand three hundred fifty.
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one.”
“Tasker Song Qingshi, times failed: one thousand three hundred fifty.
“Revising plot. Dispatching tasker.”
“Revising plot. Dispatching tasker.”
……
Song Qingshi disappeared into the black hole. He only had time to leave one last statement to An Long, “Don’t kill Yue Wuhuan, you will regret it!”
An Long struggled to get up, wanting to stop him. But the injury affected his body’s movement, and in the end, he was half a step slower. He watched helplessly as the seriously injured Song Qingshi somehow disappeared. His mind was thrown into confusion. He couldn’t understand what had happened.
He tried to fish a handful of air, but he didn’t feel anything.
There was no undulation of a spell, no traces of sorcery.
He felt that Song Qingshi’s breath was erased by the world, as if he had never existed.
The demonization of his body gradually receded, and he returned to his human form.
This kind of thing had happened before; when Song Qingshi died.
An Long sat on the spot in a daze, until most of the serious injuries on his body were repaired. Nothing could be done to get him to come back to his senses.
The auditory hallucinations in his mind were much weaker, but it went on chattering as before.
“He-he’s lying…”
“Don’t-don’t believe it. You won’t regret it…”
“It-it was I who saved you.”
“Qui-quickly, go to the Medicine King’s Valley. Kill Yue Wuhuan.”
……
An Long sat for a long time. He pondered for a long time. Finally, he stood up.
Dragging heavy steps, he made his way step by step towards the Medicine King’s Valley.
Translator’s Note: Only a short chapter today but very eventful. (Sorry for having to cut it into two but the chapter as at an awkward length.)
Please check out CG’s 10k event on discord. Here’s an entry by Eira.
He LIVED for 1350 times.
He FAILED 1350 times.
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IM SOBBING NXBXKDKDHJD I AM PAINED FOR THEM
Ahhhhhhhh! Ok I have to stop screaming
Thanks for the chapter 🥰
….1350 times?
huhuhu😭
EVERYONE IS GETTING CENSORED BY THE SYSTEM IN THE COMMENTS LMAOO
I mean seriously tho, I think the Song Qingshi has already [System/Translator: REDACTED. The secret of Heaven must not be revealed.] before…
Sorry, I keep redacting. I remembered it wrong; that info was mentioned in this chapter so I reinstated their comment. So, I’m only keeping the redaction in the previous chapter. =)
Now I really want to know what YWH did to the heavens 😭😭😭😭
Damn, great, now wuhuan goes on the warpath?
I guess that’s fun to see too…
WHAT THE F**K HOW DID THE ART TURN OUT 3D- WHAT THE DUCKING FCK HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE REDONE THIS- THE FCKITY FCK IS EVERYTHING GONNA REPEAT?? QINGSHI REALLY CHOSE WUHUAN OVER THE OG PROTAGONIST 1350 TIMES??!! WHO EFFIN SHI—
breathes Amitabhā.
hugs past self It’s okay, doing homework and failing experiments repeatedly won’t hurt you.
Qingshi with his 30,000 mice and 1350 reincarnations: …
Is this why y’all said this book gets more and more complex? My brain just did a cartwheel
n u n
hehe..yeah.
In the next 40? or so chapters, we get to see a new Wuhuan..Don’t forget to keep tissues.
There is stil lone more part where it gets more complex,. i love this novel so much QAQ
@Killgore With the exam season popping up, I can’t cry and study at the same time – Will probably place the book on hold till then and sit down on a rainy day to sob myself into oblivion
Ahem, so Juhi-Kyon, congrats on strengthening your will and placing the book down for 2 whole months. MSVIL’s completed today, congrats to all the staff!!
HOLY SHIT OH MY GODDDD
Hahahahaha…… nice xD He failed over 1k times, how does he keeps his own sanity? lol
Thx for the ch (ㅅ˘ㅂ˘)
Wow that fanart❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the chapter
Damn wanna tear the heaven and author apart wuwuwu
How dare they do that to my babies!!!
SOBS A LOT I ALMOST CRIED
I made a same mistake. I thought the previous chapter mentioned the numbers. So my comment was redacted. Sorry translator-nim.
Now i could say that Qingshi didn’t give up on Wuhuan even if it is already 1350 times! This proves that Wuhuan is very important to him.
Thanks for the chapter
Oh, so persistence really works. 1350 times… it reminds me of how many times he failed when was researching medicine
thanks for the chapter~
1350 times he chose Yue over the real protagonist, i thought he had a weak system but in reality its not afraid to create black holes ig
I remember there was a chapter which mention a number but I don’t remember what number it was.
。:゚(;´∩`;)゚:。
What was that fckingly beautiful fanart of YWH.
Eira, you frigging god, I bow down to your skills
beeeetch
Are you
Are you for real?
I need a moment
Woah, the plot continues to through a curveball – loving it!!
Thanks for the chapter 💕
Omg this fanart is so pretty TT
Damn… failed over and over again
1350 what….
Maybe the black dragon in the phoenix will become friends(again?). 😭😭😭 Poor babies how miserable must this be?☹️
1350 times of failure yet he doesn’t gave up— 😭😭😭
Btw, the art is beautiful ❤️
I knew An Long is a dragon somehow. When I learn Yue Wuhuan might be a phoenix, the “Long” in An Long name made me think; ah so it is rivalry of phoenix and dragon brotherhood this story took route? When An Long is revealed as half demon I was secretly frustrated for being wrong but hey! The “heavenly law” played me with Qingshi. I wonder what the freaking jealous and envious thing this trashy “heavenly law” is exactly. Now I remembered Qingshi in the first chapter is interrupted during his transmigration and the system was abruptly cut off. It is that “heavenly law” works isnt it.
1350 times??? He must have loved YWH for 1350 times too and died for him for the same number of times. Oh my gosh, my heart hurts.
Thank you for the chapter!
Living, trying and failing for 1350 times !!! Repeating again and again in vain, yet never giving up .. His struggle kind of reminds me Yoo Junghyuk..
my brain was not made for these complex things, will keep reading tho
1350 is a new number to add to the list of numbers that bring me pain
LOL
me puse a llorar, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa , an long , dios, lo amo
He lived 1350 lives and chose Yue Wuhuan in every single one 😭
he is very bad as a tasker lol
I think if the system gave more tips and he saved the right protagonist and they just maintained a patient and doctor relationship it would be good