3 Reincarnation (1/2)

Long Tian opened his eyes after his contemplation. For a moment a complex look appeared in his eyes before he closed it. After a sigh he opened his eyes again. This time a thoughtful look appeared in them.

He knew that there was no way for him to have lived after that explosion. He had used up every drop of energy in his body while delivering that strike. He could not have defended against the devil emperor's counter attack. He should be dead.

'Whatever I should be grateful for being alive.' Long Tian thought. But figuring out why he was alive was extremely important. If this happened naturally or by accident, then it was fine. But if it was done by someone with ulterior motives then the situation would change.

He sat on the bed he woke up in and started to think. Without knowing the exact situation it was not suitable to walk around.

After he thought for a while Long Tian could only think of four ways in which he would be in this body.

The first was that someone had messed with hismemories. He quickly threw this out the window as doing so was pointless.

The second was soul possession. During the explosion, his soul would not have died, but rather flown far away. But soul possession required one to be awake, and doing it unconscious was next to impossible.

The third was reincarnation. But Long Tian knew that this was impossible, plain and simple. This was because once one entered the god step, they would be unable to enter the reincarnation cycle. This was because their soul would be branded by a heavenly dao god mark, and this made sure that any god who entered the cycle of reincarnation would have their souls destroyed. Besides he had not only reached the titled god level in qi, but also the god state in the soul system also, meaning that it was extremely difficult to kill him without completely destroying his soul.

The fourth method was if someone reversed time, and saved him from the explosion. Then that person could have put his soul in this body. But to do so one would have to be at least a titled god. And this was only the starting condition. To save him from the self explosion of the devil emperor would require the strength of an incredibly powerful titled god. On top of this he wasn't even certain if it was even possible to do so because of the terrifying heavenly dao undulations that were present at the time from the rift. Even now Long Tian had no idea what the rift was.

Long Tian decided to delve deep into his soul to see if he could get to remember what happened on that day. Even though he could not remember them, as a titled god, his soul should automatically remember what happened. Even though it was a bit dangerous to delve into his soul's subconscious, as someone who had once he reached god stage in the soul system, he was confident he had the required control necessary to pull himself out in case of something going wrong.

Long Tian closed his eyes and started to meditate. As he stayed in that state, time quickly flew by. As the night went on, the entire city started to move. A few of the strongest people on the city had observed the mysterious changes that had happened to the sky earlier. Orders were quickly given out and people started to move in order to find out what had caused the change. Many people were of the opinion that some kind of great treasure had been born, but it's birth had been quickly covered up by someone, and were now determined to find the truth.

Time quickly passed by and the night turned into morning. As the first rays of sunshine arrived, Long Tian opened his eyes. Unmistakable shock could be seen in his eyes.

The answer that he got by searching his memories surprised him by a great deal. He had actually reincarnated!

It was truly a series of coincidences that led to his reincarnation. When the reincarnation cycle of the universe senses a god level dao mark, that soul is destroyed by it. Even though there are only three major systems of cultivation in the world, it was not like there are no other systems of cultivation existing. There was the blood cultivation system, or the circle system for demon beasts, or the nether cultivation system for sprites and ghosts, and even the ancient cultivating system of the now extinct celestial race.

But the one common thing among all these cultivation systems is the god step and that the names and steps of the god step are the same for all the cultivation systems. And the dao mark that you get when you become a god is also the same across all cultivation systems.

It was theoretically possible for people below the god step to reincarnate. But due to the overwhelming power of the reincarnation system, one needed their soul to be as powerful as a soul in the immortal step of the soul system at the minimum. Otherwise no matter how powerful one was, or even with a powerful treasure protecting you, their souls would be destroyed.

And even then it was not possible for a immortal step soul cultivator to simply reincarnate. They had to take many steps before reincarnating. If you entered the reincarnation cycle after death, then your soul would be unconscious, and your unconscious soul wouldn't be able to put up any defenses.

Thus not only would you have to open a special path towards the reincarnation cycle, which requires the strength of a titled god, then you needed a soul treasure powerful enough to allow you to be conscious through the reincarnation process and also great knowledge of souls in order to remember their memories of their past lives.

Long Tian only knew of one person who had successfully done it and reincarnated. He also knew that that person had spend ten thousand years in preparation for it.