568: Death By A Thousand Cuts

Death By A Thousand Cuts

"They are not illusions, we are just in the Six Paths Reincarnation.", Zhong Yue stared at the giant, he said, "His six Yuan Shen secret realms were already cultivated into the mini Six Paths Reincarnation. From the moment we step into the city, we have already walked into his Six Paths Reincarnation. His Six Paths Reincarnation is the place where all the deads are sealed in, including the Fuxi gods and his own army of gods. All of the gods' souls were ensnared in his Six Paths Reincarnation. These souls would reincarnate one time after another in his Six Paths Reincarnation, their prowess and spiritual energy would be extracted out every time they reincarnate and absorbed by him."0

Mother Da Zhen was a little puzzle, she could understand a little but not all of them. Even though she was a mother god, her attainments in the Six Paths Reincarnation were way inferior than Zhong Yue.

Zhong Yue continued, "All of the scenes and events we have experienced felt real because they are really happening. But all of them were just the replays of what happened in the past. His mini Six Paths Reincarnation is able to reincarnate the trapped souls in his Yuan Shen secret realms, that's why he could revive the dead gods and replay the scenes and even conversations of what happened. He is the one that is pulling strings behind the scenes, he bestowed the skeletons with flesh and meat, and placed the trapped souls back into their respective corpses. Then, he controlled them to replay the scenes one time after another."

The Six Paths Reincarnation was one of the strongest force in the universe, and reviving the dead was just one of its many uses.

However, even when the mini Six Paths Reincarnation had only one use, it was more than enough to torture and confuse them for mistaking themselves traveling between times.

Because it was too real, even Zhong Yue was having the same thought for sometime. He really did thought that he was sent back in time to witness and even partake in the historical moments.

Not only him, even Xin Huo was deceived as well. He has been keeping quiet all this while, thinking that he was really time-travelling between the past and present.

But he couldn't have been blamed; after all, even the wisest man would have doubts and questions he couldn't answer. Not to mention that when Xin Huo had went into the deep slumber, the Six Paths Reincarnation was yet to be created. It was only natural for him to not know anything about it.

But the Six Paths Reincarnation of the giant was still flawed and incomplete; otherwise, Zhong Yue wouldn't be able to see through it as well.

Mother Da Zhen was clueless, she mumbled, "Then how did you discover it?"

The young man glanced at her and said, "You."

"Me?", Mother Da Zhen was puzzled.

The giant stopped groaning and also listened carefully. It was also curious about what went wrong that allowed Zhong Yue to see through it all.

Zhong Yue said placidly, "When I was standing in front of the bottomless pit, the light beam from the Fuxi skeletons is directly on me. That time, you were still far away from me, there is no way for the light beam to be in contact with you. But when the lights faded away, I noticed that you are still with me in the battlefield. That's when I started suspecting; that maybe, the Fuxi skeletons weren't the source of the divine lights? After all, they are already dead, there is no way they can still possess such strong arcane energy to send me back in time. Furthermore, you are not beside me, why are you with me as well?"

Mother Da Zhen startled, she has never thought of it before.

"The divine lights are just a cover for me to think that it's the Fuxi skeletons that sent me back in time to witness the historical moments. But in fact, we are sent from one Yuan Shen secret realm to the other. And what sent us away, was the huge eye in the underground."

Zhong Yue was like a chef, slowly peeling away the onion layers to get to the truth, "But I was just having suspicions, the scenes are too real for one to deny its genuinity. So real that only those who have cultivated the complete Six Paths Reincarnations can avoid showing themselves in the scenes.

"At first, I was just thinking that the strong figures have wiped away their faces. But when thinking back again, the real reason is that he doesn't have the strong figures' souls, that's why he can't have replicate their images in his Yuan Shen secret realm. While in the underground bridge, I am sure that you are not on the bridge, or you might even be outside of the tunnel still. But then again, you are still with me. That proved my suspicions even more."

Mother Da Zhen was dawned, she beseeched, "Which means, we have never traveled in time, nor did the gods under Bi Xie Celestial Emperor have time traveling. All that is happening is that they were making circles round and round in his six secret realms, trapped in this endless loop and eventually died in here?"

Zhong Yue pointed at the words written on the sharp teeth, he said, "'Danger, don't enter. Run!', these words proved that they were some of the gods that reached to where we are now, back in front of the City of Nature where the second loop is about to start. The 'Disaster' left the gods in despair and hopelessness, which was why they left a warning behind. This, is the truth of the City of Nature!"

Although one of his eye was blinded, the giant's other eye still showed commendations to Zhong Yue's perspicacity.

Mother Da Zhen raised her head, she looked at the giant and mumbled, "Why is he doing so? He could kill us all in just the snap of a finger. Mortals, Qi Practitioners, and even the gods are no much different to him than any other ants. Why is he doing all these just to kill us?"

The question was like a dark curtain that covered Zhong Yue's face, he gave a cold sneer, "A lone cat and a school of mice, a hunter met with a group of preys. Like a child, he enjoys toying his preys, slowly torturing them to death."

Mother Da Zhen shivered.

The giant lowered his hand and said in a shuddering voice, "No, you are wrong. I wasn't toying with you all, I am just… lonely."

It wasn't clear if the giant was crying or laughing as it said, "I am so lonely, way too lonely. I am trapped in here for more than 80,000 years!"

"We are also lonely—", many souls surged out, trying to come out from the light wheels behind the giant. They were shouting and crying, "We are also lonely, we are also here for 86,000 years already…"

The souls and the giant were crying together, their voices were loud and sharp.

"Is that giant… Patriarch Nature?", Mother Da Zhen asked softly.

"Yes.", Zhong Yue answered in a placid voice, "But the real Patriarch Nature is already dead, it is impossible for him to still be alive now. This giant is only Patriarch Nature's spirit, controlling Patriarch Nature's Six Paths Reincarnations but trapped in this city formed by his own mortal body."

Mother Da Zhen was stunned, "Patriarch Nature's spirit is trapped in his own mortal body? Who did this?"

"Might be himself, but more probably it's his own father.", Zhong Yue jeered, "His father didn't want his own name to be polluted, that's why he killed his own son—so he could bury the events that happened here. Patriarch Nature's spirit is trapped in his own mortal body and anyone who enters the city will die in this endless loop of Patriarch Nature's Six Paths Reincarnations."

"From the moment we stepped into the City of Nature, we have already fallen into a series of traps. The Zhong Yue and Mother Da Zhen we saw walking into the city are just mirror images, and the City of Nature here is actually Patriarch Nature's spirit. If we had rushed into the city to stop 'us' from going into the city, we are really just rushing into his mouth. By then, we will be one of the souls in his Yuan Shen secret realms, chained to this endless loop of Six Paths Reincarnation."

Mother Da Zhen was swallowed in fear and terror, she mumbled, "His father, what kind of evil existence is he…"

Zhong Yue continued, "When no one can live to tell the tale, no others will know of the secret and the histories that happened here. But even the most well-built prison will still have a tiny hole on it, a flaw that can be save us from death."

He stamped on the ground and said, "We are standing in front of Patriarch Nature's spirit, right in front of his mouth. Walk into the city, we will enter his mouth and he will eat us. Step back and return, we will fall into the endless loop of his Six Paths Reincarnations again. Only this place, right where we are standing at now, is unaffected by his Six Paths Reincarnations. His Six Paths Reincarnations, the six Yuan Shen secret realms, they are like the worlds he creates, it is impossible to even injure him at all in there. But right where we are at now, this is the only place he can be hurt; the only flaw, the tiny hole we can use to save ourselves. Thus, I have cast the saber here and blinded one of his eyes."

Mother Da Zhen praised in her heart, even though when he was her enemy.

Patriarch Nature gave a cold hum while smiling, "Then what? One is a god, but just an insect, and still gravely wounded. Another one, not a god, but a Fuxi rebel; yet, you aren't even a halfblood Fuxi! So I ask you, why does it matter if you have discovered my secrets? Do you think you can still leave alive?"

Mother Da Zhen's face turned pallid, Patriarch Nature was right. He was so strong that he could simply recreate the gods in his mini Six Paths Reincarnations, while any single one of these gods could easily kill them both.

Let alone Patriarch Nature himself.

He was probably be able to just perish them into ashes in just the swing of a hand!

What use does it have for Zhong Yue to have cleared the mysteries? What does it matter if they knew the truth of the City of Nature? They still couldn't have escape death.

"It's true, I can't kill you.", Zhong Yue nodded, he admitted himself to be weak and powerless, "A god like you, you are even tens of times stronger than Bi Xie Celestial Emperor in his peak state, let alone a mere Qi Practitioner like me."

"Bi Xie Celestial Emperor?", Patriarch Nature jeered as he answered, "I saw him before. He came once after the deaths of his subordinates, but stood far beyond my reach and left immediately after he saw me. Hehe, the Fuxi gods that died in my hands are even stronger than that little child."

Zhong Yue nodded, "I am not a god, I am tens of times weaker than Bi Xie Celestial Emperor."

"More than tens of times!", Patriarch Nature said.

"So, I am not your match.", Zhong Yue said in an honest tone, "Not a single living in the Ancestral Star can match your strength, not even the Deity Overlords. We can't be saved, not at all. But thankfully, I still have a helper, she should be here anytime now."

Just as he said, sounds of zither filled the surrounding. It sounded as if there was a goddess sobbing beside a clear lake.

It was unclear where the zither sounds came from, it sounded so far, like it came from another dimension.

Patriarch Nature's face changed drastically, he suddenly muffled a deep groan and shuddered violently as if something hard had bashed on him!

His skins cracked and his muscles cut opened. The zither sounds were slicing across his body like swords and sabers, lacerating him bit by bit!

Patriarch Nature roared, he burst out away but couldn't have left the City of Nature formed by his own mortal body; while the zither sounds were still following him, no matter where he goes!

Moments later, there wasn't a single spot on his body still remained untouched.

Yet, the zither sounds never stopped. It wanted to cut him down one piece after another!

Zhong Yue stood there quietly and watched. Patriarch Nature's roarings have softened, he started groaning, then slowly turned into cryings. Mother Da Zhen was completely terrified as she watched.

For three days straight, Patriarch Nature's Yuan Shen was lacerated, torn, cut and sliced into parts until he dies. Zhong Yue stood there and watched without even blinking his eyes.

After seeing Patriarch Nature's death, Zhong Yue closed his eyes and murmured softly while blood tears rolled down his cheeks, "My people, my ancestors, can you see it…"

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