Chapter 230 - Saving the Demons (1/2)

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“Everything I did was for the sake of the Three Realms,” The Godfiend said, retreating. He said gravely,”Shen Ying, didn’t you guess that things were strange? I only presented myself to you to explain all these things to you.”

“No.” Shen Ying shook her head. “More accurately, I lured you out.”

“…” The Godfiend pursed his lips. “Alright, I believe that you’re not an unreasonable person. Otherwise when I sent that first divine punishment, you would have forced me to show myself in the demon realm. You would not have waited for me to summon you to the divine world even though you spotted me.”

“No!” Shen Ying was clearly confused. “I did not see you!”

“When you raised your head, didn’t you…” See me?

“Oh, I just wanted to sneeze.” She was just about to drink a sip of tea to warm herself when she got summoned here.

“…”

Pu~

What was this sudden urge to spit a mouthful of blood at her?

A while later…

“Let’s talk about the matter between the immortal and demon realm.” The Godfiend took awhile to calm himself down and return his twisted expression to normal.

“I am no longer interested in chatting now.” Shen Ying calmly waved the fruit knife around, starting to get up.

“Wait!” The Godfiend paled and subconsciously took another step back. He looked down at his feet and suddenly pointed downward. In the middle of the great lotus flowers, two figures were floating. They were Lonemoon and Yi Qing.

“Master!” Yi Qing walked toward Shen Ying instinctively.

“Shen Ying!” Lonemoon looked utterly confused as well. “Where are we? What happened?”

“The divine world,” Shen Ying replied, sticking her chin out at the Godfiend. “This is the Godfiend.”

“Godfiend!!” The two of them jumped back,, eyeing the man cautiously. This is… the Godfiend?

“Their bodies cannot withstand being in the divine world, but it’s not a problem to summon their primordial spirits.” The Godfiend smiled at Shen Ying. “Well… are you willing to listen to my explanation now?” Fighting would result in unnecessary animosity.

Shen Ying stopped frowning for a second, then she set down and kept her fruit knife.

“Talk.”

The Godfiend grinned even wider and his smile looked warmer. “I wanted to merge the two realms, not only for the demonic realm but for the Three Realms.”

As he spoke, he raised his hand. The blue skies and waters suddenly darkened. The water body began to dry up and a golden zigzag path was formed. There was very little water. They could faintly see the water forming a path about as thick as a forearm. The water was pulsating, and the entire path looked like a vein. It brought with it a rich golden light and drifted far and wide.

“Do you recognise this river?” The Godfiend asked.

“River?” The three of them looked down. This river was way too upper class. “What river?”

“This is the main branch of the River of Forgetfulness, which leads to the demonic realm.” The Godfiend sighed.

“…” Forgetfulness?

“I think you know that in the beginning, this world was split into three realms – the heavens, the earth and the mortal. The River of Forgetfulness was the only river that flowed through all three realms. It works just like meridians – it splits into three branches that lead to the corner of each realm. This river is not filled with water, but is filled with the souls of all beings.”

Souls! Shen Ying narrowed her eyes.

“The River of Forgetfulness gathers the souls of all the beings and brings these souls to every corner of the three realms. Each drop from the river is equivalent to a soul. Whether a demon or a divine being or a mortal, everybody’s soul started out in this River of Forgetfulness and would return there in the end. This is the truth behind the reincarnation of all beings.”

So it was. No wonder it was said that reincarnation would cleanse everything – even demonic Qi. When Chen Ge sent Xuan Tong to be reincarnated in the beginning, this was the reason. There were nothing but souls in the river, naturally it would not be able to tolerate any foreign entities. Xuan Tong was unable to rid herself of the demonic Qi even though she reincarnated three times because Chen Ge sent her to be reincarnated by force. Her soul did not even remain in the River of Forgetfulness for very long.

“Even beings that live long lives like the immortal, demons and divine beings, face the chance of falling one day. When that time comes, they will return to the River of Forgetfulness to be reincarnated. The demonic realm was like that too…”