kingnovel Chapter 659 Help Me
Chapter 659 Help Me
Following Shi Yunyu's instructions, Jiang Liqian took off her shoes and socks and immersed herself in the sea of stars.
The cool, silvery stars slowly enveloped her mouth and nose, and she heard a deep sigh.
That was the beginning of chaos, the start of all things, a sigh from the creator god.
A door slowly opened before her eyes. Passing through the door, Jiang Liqian saw her own memories, memories that had been lost for a long time.
Li Qian, a daughter of the Jiang family in Dongjun, possessed unparalleled beauty, exceptional intelligence, extraordinary talent, and remarkable bearing. From a young age, she was doted on by her parents and protected by her brothers. Through a fortuitous opportunity, she became the most beloved youngest disciple of the True Person Chongdao of the Tianqian Sect. Within a year, she had already achieved Qi cultivation, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. Three years later, she faced the Purple-Gold Thunder Tribulation, forging her Golden Core body. Eight years after that, she broke through the Core and became the Nascent Soul cultivator, the youngest Nascent Soul cultivator in the history of cultivation.
By the age of twenty-five, he had reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, just one step away from the Divine Transformation stage. However, a great calamity befell heaven and earth, and demons emerged. Thousands of miles of desolation and yellow bones littered the landscape. Only the heads on the city walls stood starkly, their cries of agony never ceasing. The prosperity, peace, and tranquility of the past years were nowhere to be seen.
At this great calamity, the Tianqian Sect stepped forward to defend the city and led the immortal sects in a final battle against the demons. They perished together in the outer realm of the Xuanjie Heaven, and he was among them. The legendary genius of this generation came to an abrupt end.
Jiang Liqian stood there, dazed, soaking in the starry water. Her distant memories seemed like another soul, gently caressing her cheeks and her fiercely beating heart.
This is her first incarnation.
That was also her original destiny.
In this memory, she saw the shadows of many old friends, who smiled at her, were angry at her, were happy at her, and resented her—so vivid, as if it were yesterday.
She reunited with her mother, and also saw her master, senior brothers, senior sisters, and junior brother.
She finally remembered the moonlight under which they first met, and how his gaze upon her from the darkness was like a shimmering river of stars, sparkling and radiant—a memory she could never forget.
"Senior sister, will the Spirit Sea Flowers on the tree bloom forever?"
"Of course, as long as the Heavenly Spirit endures and the Eternal Longevity Flower blooms, the Heavenly Qian Sect will stand forever between heaven and earth, and no one can defeat it."
The young man in purple robes and arrow sleeves leaned against the flowering tree, looking down at the girl lying on her back beneath it. The light and shadow in his eyes flickered and disappeared into the pale blue petals fluttering in the air.
Jiang Liqian stared blankly at the painting, then belatedly realized that what he wanted to ask at that time was—Senior Sister, will you always be with me?
But the changes that followed happened too quickly, too quickly for him to tell her what was on his mind, too quickly for her to fully understand the myriad sorrows in his heart.
Everything then slid into the abyss of death.
The mountains are covered in snow, and he is covered in white hair.
He carefully protected her primordial spirit, traversing countless mountains and rivers, thousands of years, until he finally gained the mercy of the gods, who used their own bodies to guide her to the next life.
Time brews memories into the purest wine, scattering it on the canvas of years. In its mottled and shrunken form, blood and tears, sounds and shapes, past and future, are transformed into the ever-changing image of scriptures.
Second incarnation.
She was born into the renowned Jiang family, doted on by her parents and spoiled by her brothers, and then she ascended to the immortal sect. But this time, it wasn't her walking towards her junior brother; instead, it was him, with reddened eyes, rushing towards her.
The junior brother did many things, some right, some wrong, some out of helplessness, and some that brought him to the brink of death, but the catastrophe that would destroy the world still came.
One by one, her loved ones died, and one by one, her fellow disciples perished. Watching so many people die, she still couldn't protect the people of the city. Finally, she couldn't hold back anymore, hugged him tightly, and broke down in tears.
She begged him to save her, to save her.
And he actually did it.
I would give my all, even unto death.
In her junior brother's eyes, she had been missing for a long time.
She was a disciple of the Tianqian Sect. With her senior brothers and sisters falling one after another, it was time for her to take responsibility.
She did something.
It was something that caused her unbearable pain, yet she had no choice but to do it.
The Heavenly Pavilion is a place of outstanding natural beauty and spiritual energy.
She met Shi Yunyu in her second life, at the end of her life.
At that time, the young man on the cloud peak lay sprawled on the clouds, lazily scooping up water and playing. His eyes, reflecting the surging lake water, seemed to flow like the Milky Way, traversing ancient and modern times. In the blink of an eye, the fate of the universe trembled and fell from his eyes.
Jiang Liqian had never seen such eyes before.
It seemed that all secrets and all causes and effects were laid bare before him, like pearls stripped of their shells, perfectly round and lustrous, completely exposed.
He didn't need to do anything to know why she had come today.
But his thin lips were slightly pursed, his expression was unfocused, his eyes were empty and colorless, and he didn't even want to see her.
"If you don't want to, why wait here?" she said angrily, and even more resentfully.
When a great calamity befalls the world, those with the ability should go against the tide and seek a possibility.
Shi Yunyu smiled softly, her smile filled with desolation.
That was the despair that came from seeing through one's fate.
"I don't know why I'm waiting here."
"Jiang Liqian, can you give me an answer?"
Of course she could give him an answer.
She wanted to save the world, to stop this catastrophe from continuing; she didn't want to see more people die.
"Saving the world?" Shi Yunyu sat up and looked at her, her smile mocking and nonchalant. "How do you plan to save the world? And what price are you willing to pay for it?"
Jiang Liqian's eyes were firm, and her expression was solemn.
"all.
"Fellow Daoist Shi, I am willing to give everything I have."
Shi Yunyu paused for a moment, then smiled.
He roughly knew what she would ask and how she would answer.
However, he was still heartbroken.
"Jiang Liqian, that's not enough. Just you alone, pulling tendons and scraping bones, isn't enough..."
How can one person bear the weight of the world's crisis and fill the void?
How can a person resist the will of fate?
"Then tell me..."
"what?"
"Tell me how many lives you need, and I'll go get them."
The boy who was stirring the water was stunned.
This seemed to be an answer he hadn't anticipated, or perhaps he had never imagined she would be so calm, so decisive, so quick to act.
"What if it costs you the lives of your parents, relatives, friends, and loved ones from your sect? Would you give them up?"
A look of pain flashed in Jiang Liqian's eyes.
She was no different from any other ordinary person in the world; she too felt pain, pain that could kill her. But she knew better than anyone else what to choose at this moment.
She prostrated herself before the boy by the water, her voice hoarse and her eyes earnest, displaying the utmost devotion.
"I am willing to bear the sins of the world and end this calamity. I beg you, fellow Daoist, for your help."
Many years later, Shi Yunyu would still think of that scene. The girl in plain clothes and a cloth belt was the most envied and noble chosen one in the cultivation world. She had no arrogance or haughtiness. She knelt deeply in front of him, an unknown stranger, begging him to help her and save the world together.
For this, she was willing to bear all the sins and evils, and truly give up everything she had.
He had witnessed her make this choice countless times in his astrological calculations. He had hated her ruthlessness, her indifference, and her selfishness, but when it came to this choice, he was left only with a profound shock and a silent despair.
It was at that moment that he understood why, even knowing it was a dead end, he still stubbornly waited by the Yunshui River, waiting for this destined person to come.