After I Died My Dao Companion Drowns in Endless Regret Chapter 101

Wei Yunshu understood Xie Zhichao’s good intentions and did not press her on the unsaid latter half of her sentence, only saying warmly, “Alright.”
Xie Zhichao and Ran Xiuyun were both at the Nascent Soul realm. Their cultivation was similar, and their cave dwellings were adjacent, so they could look after each other. As for Ying Yue, they would certainly not forget about her. After some idle chat, Wei Yunshu bid them farewell. She leaped up, sensed the location of the Tianque Blessed Land, and instantly transformed into a brilliant sword light, cleaving through the layered clouds and descending to the other side.
It was almost dusk, with the sunset clouds and rosy clouds, and from the heavenly gate, it looked like a rolling fire. The archipelago was indistinct in mid-air, like chess pieces on a board, and the Tianque Blessed Land was indeed as remote as Yue Ying had described, located at the edge where few people tread. Wei Yunshu didn’t care whether she was being deliberately tormented or if her luck was just too bad. When she arrived before the Tianque Blessed Land, she activated the restriction tablet and descended.
The wind, fire, water, and lightning on the island had not been sorted out, and it looked like chaos. Spiritual energy churned and rushed, extremely fierce. It could not be directly collected and absorbed but had to be taken into the acupoints and carefully refined. Wei Yunshu looked at the barren land, flicked her sleeve to sweep away the rolling waves, and her gaze fell on the cave dwelling in the center of the floating island. There was a formation built there. Entering it, one would not have to worry about the harshness of the island. But Wei Yunshu thought for a moment and did not enter the cave dwelling. Instead, she sat down in a place where the flames rolled as if they were connected to the sky, patiently polishing her spiritual energy.
Three months passed in a flash. During this time, Wei Yunshu went nowhere, only regulating her spiritual energy in the Tianque Blessed Land. This was of endless benefit to her. In her control of spiritual energy, she became more and more proficient, able to send and receive freely. When she realized that her cultivation had gradually grown but still needed the assistance of killing, she walked out of the blessed land and transformed into a streak of escape light, heading towards the Shangong Hall.
In the Wu Xiang Heaven Domain, dealing with the demons born in the Demon-Hiding Cave in exchange for merit points was the most common thing. This was also Wei Yunshu’s original intention, but when she arrived at the Shangong Hall, her gaze fell on another line of words on the light screen. With a cast of spiritual energy, the floating, blurry characters immediately became clear. It was about capturing the Xuan Tian Ji creations that had escaped to the Wu Xiang Heaven Domain. That group of creations was now hiding in a place called “Hengjue Mountain,” five hundred miles southeast of the Yulei Immortal City. Because they could not be killed directly, the sect at the Yulei Immortal City was also helpless and could only post notices to the outside, waiting for a capable cultivator to help.
The Xuan Tian Ji creations were reviled in the other five major heavenly domains. After the Wu Xiang Heaven Domain opened, they would surely flee to this place.
Wei Yunshu’s brow furrowed slightly as she stared at the words. She vaguely felt that the three words “Hengjue Mountain” were very familiar. With another cast of spiritual energy, she immediately received new feedback. This “Hengjue Mountain” was a place of utter desolation. Ten thousand years ago, it was the cave dwelling of a True Being who did evil. He caused trouble in one place and naturally feared that the cultivators in the divine realm would come to besiege him. Therefore, he used the heavenly treasures he had collected to build a cave dwelling with winding roads and hidden mechanisms. But later, he was still killed by a swordswoman. Most of the mechanisms outside Hengjue Mountain were destroyed, along with the True Being’s cave dwelling, and then it withered away in time.
She didn’t know how the Xuan Tian Ji creations found Hengjue Mountain.
Speaking of which, the predecessor of Xuan Tian Ji was the Xuan Qing Tian Ji Fu. The created beings with intelligence could secretly replace the great craftsmen in the Tian Ji Fu. They must have a deep understanding of mechanisms. How many of the mechanism paths in Hengjue Mountain had been repaired?
This matter was more difficult than killing demons, so the merit points given were not few. Wei Yunshu pondered for a moment and placed her name seal on the mission. However, this mission had not disappeared from the Shangong Hall, because it was not something that one person could solve. Wei Yunshu returned from the Shangong Hall and waited for nearly ten days before receiving the message to set out.
The two immortal cities were separated by tens of thousands of miles. Relying on her own escape technique was far less convenient than taking the formation gate. Wei Yunshu was willing to spend these merit points. Before reaching the formation gate, she suddenly caught sight of two familiar figures. She was hesitating whether to go over and say hello when Yue Ying had already pulled Yuan Chu over.
“Fellow Daoist Bo, what a coincidence. I didn’t expect to meet you here,” Yue Ying said with a bright smile to Wei Yunshu. “I originally wanted to invite you, but who knew that your blessed land didn’t even have a single child servant? I never got a message.”
Wei Yunshu smiled, raised her hand, and returned the bow, but did not answer Yue Ying’s words. She certainly knew that many cultivators, after moving into their blessed lands, would start to make arrangements, with butlers, stewards, retainers, child servants, etc., all in place. But she always remembered that she was not a person of the Shang Qing Divine Realm and did not want to leave too deep a mark here.
“Actually, that’s fine. Fellow Daoist Yuan also has no child servants, but she often comes out and can be met in the Zhaowen Hall. On the contrary, Fellow Daoist Bo, you—don’t you go to listen to the True Beings teach the Dao?” Yue Ying’s beautiful eyes were filled with a strange brilliance.
Wei Yunshu said warmly, “I want to consolidate my cultivation and accumulate merit points first.” Listening to someone teach the Dao and reading scriptures were different. If the person teaching the Dao had a higher cultivation than oneself, one’s original perception might be invisibly twisted, and one would gradually come to accept the True Being’s reasoning. Wei Yunshu did not approve of the “Severing All Selves” Dao, so naturally, she had no desire to seek the Dao from those True Beings. Fearing that Yue Ying would ask some more difficult questions, Wei Yunshu spoke first, bringing the topic to “Xuan Tian Ji.”
“Now that the created beings with intelligence have hidden in Hengjue Mountain, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to capture them.”
This sentence seemed a bit superfluous, but Yue Ying didn’t care at all. Her face was hung with a bright and enthusiastic smile, and she said, “Indeed, but it is precisely because the Yulei Immortal City itself cannot solve it that it gives us a chance to earn merit points. These created beings with intelligence cannot be killed, only imprisoned in prison, which is really annoying.”
Wei Yunshu added, “If the number of imprisoned created beings with intelligence increases, I’m afraid it won’t be too stable either, right?”
“Yes,” Yue Ying answered, sighing with emotion. “Those that are really uncontrollable are all dragged to the Path-Walking Dao Palace and killed, letting those ‘non-selves’ flow into the Demon-Hiding Cave. If the Realm of Ruin were still there, we wouldn’t have this trouble.” By the end, a hint of disgust appeared on Yue Ying’s brow.
Yuan Chu stood by Yue Ying’s side, a gentle smile always on her lips. At this moment, seeing Yue Ying’s mood drop, she said, “Heaven never seals off all paths. There must be a glimmer of hope in this matter.” But as she spoke, she did not look at Yue Ying. Her gentle, autumn-water-like gaze was always on Wei Yunshu, shallow and moving.
Yue Ying did not deny Yuan Chu’s words. She reached out and pulled Yuan Chu, laughing, “Fellow Daoist Yuan is right, a glimmer of hope has already appeared. Gan Yuan has been broken, and the whereabouts of the Realm of Ruin are also clear.” Her eyeballs rolled, and she couldn’t help but slander the Four Lords of Gan Yuan, “They were fine, why did they get involved in demonic and crooked paths? My Shang Qing Divine Realm has its own methods, how could they take matters into their own hands? If it weren’t for them, how could Shang Qing have come to this!”
Yuan Chu was noncommittal, only saying, “The way of heaven is constant.”
Yue Ying turned her head to look at Yuan Chu. After a long while, she pursed her lips and smiled, “Fellow Daoist Yuan is truly a true disciple of the Emperor Wu Xiang.” Not getting an affirmation from Yuan Chu, Yue Ying turned her head again and went to harass Wei Yunshu. She grabbed Wei Yunshu’s wrist and said with a bright smile, “Fellow Daoist Bo, what do you think?”
Compared to the actual grip on her wrist, what Wei Yunshu felt most clearly was Yuan Chu’s suddenly sharp gaze. She was a little strange. When she looked at Yuan Chu again, she found that she was still a gentle and humble person, like a pool of spring water. As for that cold sharpness—it was probably just an illusion. Wei Yunshu thought. She calmly withdrew her hand from Yue Ying’s and said, “It’s time to pass through the formation gate.”
Yuan Chu also said, “Those creations, they are from the Heavenly Mystery Institute. They are very skilled at defiling magic artifacts, especially flying swords. When you get there, you two fellow Daoists must be careful.”
Yue Ying’s thoughts were immediately diverted. She smiled, “I know. It’s still Sister Yuan who is thoughtful.” Even her address had changed, looking quite intimate.
Yuan Chu smiled faintly, her gaze still on Wei Yunshu.
Yue Ying looked at Wei Yunshu and added, “My sister Yuan and I are both older than you. Logically, you should call us ‘sister’.”
Wei Yunshu: “…” She turned and stepped into the formation, her back looking very flustered.
Yue Ying laughed and also pulled Yuan Chu into the formation gate.
The scenery before their eyes was constantly changing. In a few breaths, they had already arrived at Yulei Immortal City. Wei Yunshu looked around and saw that the houses and buildings in the city were intertwined like stars, no different from the two immortal cities of Jade Capital and Jade Terrace. It was just that there were not many cultivators coming and going here. The ones who had just passed through the formation gate were all cultivators from the Wu Xiang Academy who had received the order to capture the Xuan Tian Ji creations.
“It’s in the southeast direction of the immortal city,” Yue Ying stopped, looked towards the southeast, raised her hand, and pointed, “That mountain that reaches into the clouds is Hengjue Mountain.” The mountain range cuts across heaven and earth, and even birds find it difficult to fly over. The mountain is high and the clouds are deep, with steep cliffs. It is a good place to build a cave dwelling, but if it becomes a den for hiding evil people, then everything becomes less wonderful.
Yue Ying said, “They have all gone over. Let’s go too.” It’s useless to just put your name seal down. You have to put in the effort yourself to get the corresponding merit points. As for the merit points, of course, the more effort you put in, the more you get. If you don’t want your fellow Daoists to take all the benefits, you can’t fall behind. As soon as these words were spoken, the three immediately set off. They were all cultivators at the Cavern Heaven realm, and five hundred miles was just a matter of breaths. When they arrived outside Hengjue Mountain, looking at the mountain range in the clouds and mist, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of vast, impenetrable mystery.”
Yuan Chu’s brow furrowed slightly. “This is not cloud mist, but mirage qi. An aura this vast and dense… I’m afraid it’s not cast by some magic artifact, but there is a mirage demon within.” It was not just the Xuan Qing Heaven Domain that had created a Heavenly Machine Institute; the demon tribes of the Wu Shi Heaven Domain also severed their “non-selves,” letting the “non-selves” flow into the created beings. Most of the demon tribes were naturally fierce and unruly. If they wanted to glimpse the upper Dao, they could only sever this kind of evil nature. Therefore, the created beings with intelligence born from the demon tribes were mostly extremely fierce.
Wei Yunshu had also seen mirages in the Fu Li Immortal Realm, but those mirage demons had not cultivated to the Cavern Heaven realm, let alone plucked the Dao fruit and become immortals. The mirage demon’s true body was actually very weak, and its offensive divine abilities were not strong. But they were best at weaving illusions and breathing out clouds and smoke, and they were very good at hiding their tracks, making them troublesome to deal with.
They were still observing outside the mountain when not long after, a cultivator with a severed arm staggered out of the mist. His Dharma crown was messy, his expression haggard and frightened, and the brilliance of the treasure robe on his body had been worn away. The severed arm seemed to have been torn off by some force. He saw the three of Wei Yunshu and reminded them, “Fellow Daoists, that mirage qi can defile treasure light, you must be careful.”
Yue Ying said, “Thank you,” and threw a bottle of pills to the cultivator. After catching it, the cultivator didn’t say anything and directly turned and left.
Wei Yunshu pondered for a moment and said, “We can only know the situation by personally stepping into the mountain.” She turned to Yue Ying and Yuan Chu and asked, “What do you fellow Daoists think?”
“Naturally so,” a strange light flashed in Yue Ying’s eyes. She let out a cold laugh, “I’d like to see if that mirage qi is more powerful, or my fierce fire floating light malevolence is more capable.” Saying this, Yue Ying turned and was the first to step into the mountain.
Wei Yunshu closely followed Yue Ying’s footsteps. As soon as she entered the mountain, she sensed a cold qi like a continuous fine needle invading her body, wearing away the brilliance on her treasure robe little by little. Looking down, her collar and sleeves were stained with wisps of black ash. This black ash climbed very quickly. If she did not resist, the treasure robe would probably only last for an incense stick’s time. Wei Yunshu thought to herself. Suddenly, a clear water droplet rolled onto her collar, transforming into a transparent fish. It leaped among the black ash, and in an instant, it was dyed the color of ink. But the clear spiritual energy on the fish did not dissipate. Instead, it maintained the appearance of an ink fish, like an embroidery on her clothes. Wei Yunshu turned her head and saw Yuan Chu’s smiling face. She opened her mouth and sighed softly, “Thank you, Fellow Daoist Yuan.” After a pause, she added, “Fellow Daoist Yuan need not be so troublesome.”
Yuan Chu smiled faintly, “It’s just a small effort.” Her entire body was enveloped in a cloud qi even more mysterious and profound than the mirage qi, ethereal and lofty, and even encroached on the mirage qi in reverse. Perhaps seeing that it could not succeed, the mirage qi automatically retreated, not a single bit staining Yuan Chu’s body. Looking at Yue Ying in front, her body was enveloped in a layer of fire malevolence. Any mirage qi that surged over was worn away by the fire malevolence, not a single bit remaining. She walked freely in the mirage qi, without any hindrance. Wei Yunshu secretly praised the Dao cultivation of these two people and increased her vigilance in her heart. After all, these two people, their stance was different from the Fu Li Immortal Realm. If they could not agree, in the end, there was only the path of fighting each other. She had been in the Fu Li Immortal Realm for less than half a year and had only gone to a few places, but she had met two such powerful Shang Qing cultivators. It was conceivable how great the pressure on the Fu Li Immortal Realm was.
Suddenly, Wei Yunshu sensed a few different auras. Her eyes suddenly darkened, and with a raise of her hand, she sent out a bolt of lightning. With a bang, the purple lightning collided with an arrow that had suddenly appeared in mid-air, and the spiritual tide immediately pushed open like a great wave. As if it were a trigger, countless arrows appeared out of thin air, densely packed together, radiating a dazzling cold light. Wei Yunshu moved, and both Yue Ying and Yuan Chu became alert. Their spiritual energy surged, and firelight and water light simultaneously shot out, instantly rolling up the arrows, not letting a single one get close.
Wei Yunshu took a step back, her eyes as if containing a dazzling divine light, directly penetrating the mirage qi. She caught sight of a dozen large bows on the ground, but in the blink of an eye, those large bows had changed their positions, continuously shooting arrows towards the middle. The speed of their movement was very fast. Perhaps before the offensive could fall, it had already disappeared. The most convenient way was to use a great divine ability to directly sweep away the existence of this area! As Wei Yunshu’s thought arose, she immediately had an idea. Her aura suddenly rose, and the moment her spiritual energy spread out, it formed a giant thunder net that covered the sky. Countless bolts of thunder and lightning moved in the mist, and then crashed down! The thunderous offensive was continuous. The sound and color of heaven and earth were all stolen by the lightning light. In a dozen breaths, the earth had cracked, the mountain ridges had collapsed, and it was a mess. The floating mirage qi dispersed, and all that was visible were the scorched marks left by the thunder.
Yue Ying looked at Wei Yunshu with surprise and murmured, “Fellow Daoist Bo’s thunder technique is becoming more and more powerful.”
Wei Yunshu smiled. When she was polishing her spiritual energy in the Tianque Blessed Land, she had also comprehended something from the violent earth, fire, water, and wind, integrating the fierce malevolence into the One Qi Nine Dominance Heavenly Thunder, and its power and ferocity had increased by a few points. The thunder net had dissipated, but the strong aura on her body was still like boiling water, like a round of fierce sun, which was very dazzling.
In the depths of Hengjue Mountain, a Daoist with a white face and long beard narrowed his eyes, looked at a crystal wall in front of him, and said with surprise, “Which heavenly domain’s disciple is that? How is her spiritual energy so strong?” This Daoist was the created being, the mirage demon. He was of a different species and had no dragon lineage. He had an instinctive fear of heavenly thunder, and even after cultivating to the Cavern Heaven realm, he had not been able to break free from that confinement.
To the left of the mirage demon sat a middle-aged Daoist with a square crown and wide sash. His eyes were filled with a scarlet strange light, and his face was blank. “No matter whose disciple she is, when she enters the ‘Bewildering Heart Path,’ she will confuse herself. At that time, we can take the opportunity to rescue our compatriots.” He was of created being origin. In his eyes, the created beings were fellow Daoists. As for the “true selves,” they were just other species that had usurped their names and occupied their standing.
“It’s a pity Gan Yuan was destroyed, otherwise they could still share some of the pressure for us,” another Daoist said with a smile, his tone full of regret.
“Gan Yuan was destroyed, but the Dao lineage has not been so easily severed. At least in this Wu Xiang Heaven Domain, there can be traces of them.” The Daoist who spoke revealed a playful smile, a sharp light flashing in his eyes. He paused for a moment and then said, “When we have rescued enough of our compatriots, we will leave Hengjue Mountain and go find the traces of the Gan Yuan Dao lineage.”
“What does the character ‘Que’ on this wall mean? Can you comprehend the sword marks?” the speaker was a female cultivator in green clothes with her hair down. But no one paid attention to her. She was a little different from the created beings with intelligence here. She was a “Dao-seeking heart” severed by a certain True Being of Xuan Qing Mountain. The True Being’s true form was exceptionally talented, and her cultivation speed far surpassed that of ordinary people. Her pursuit of the Dao was so obsessive that she became attached, and this created being with intelligence was her unextinguished obsession. When they entered the Wu Xiang Heaven domain, the others did not intend to bring her along. But her cultivation was the highest. They could not beat her or persuade her, so they could only let her be, only hoping that she would not ruin things at a critical moment.
Outside.
The three of Wei Yunshu had already passed the road full of arrows and continued to move forward. After not walking for long, they heard a roaring explosion. Several completely different auras collided together, and heaven and earth shook because of it. The spiritual tide spread outwards. Wherever it went, existence instantly turned into nothingness, forming one vortex after another. From a distance, it was as if several holes had appeared in the sky.
A strong bloody smell was blown by the wind. The expressions of the three of Wei Yunshu changed slightly.
“There are peers fighting. Could it be that they have already found the created beings with intelligence?” Yue Ying said.
“The situation seems a bit wrong,” Yuan Chu’s brow furrowed, her face covered with a layer of worry.
But no matter what, the three could not stop. With a circulation of spiritual energy, their bodies were suddenly filled with a swirling profound qi. One after another, vast and majestic profound energies shot into the sky, instantly colliding with the aftermath of the spiritual tide. The bursting sound was even more terrifying. The three moved forward, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they had reached the place where the fighting was most intense. Looking over, they saw a group of people in a chaotic battle, with many familiar faces. And, the same face appeared twice!
Wei Yunshu was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, saying with shock, “It’s not an avatar, it’s their created beings with intelligence?” The current situation was that the created beings with intelligence were fighting with their true selves, and with other created beings with intelligence. The scene was extremely chaotic, and perhaps even their own consciousness was confused!
“That’s not right—” Yue Ying supported her forehead and whispered. She suddenly repeated “not right,” her voice becoming extremely mournful. Her body swayed slightly, and another figure identical to her walked out, her eyes not blinking as she looked at Wei Yunshu and Yuan Chu.
“Fellow Daoist Wei, Sister Yuan,” her voice was exactly the same as Yue Ying’s. She pointed at the person on the side and said anxiously, “She is a created being with intelligence, I am the true self!”
Wei Yunshu: “…” Because of the chaos of the created beings in the Shang Qing Divine Realm, they had developed a magic artifact to distinguish the created beings. They also had one on them. Wei Yunshu immediately took out the magic artifact, but as if the aura was shielded, the pointer trembled a few times and then completely stopped.
Yuan Chu frowned and said, “This place is shielded by a magic artifact.” The created beings with intelligence were also constantly improving. They inherited the business of the Xuan Qing Tian Ji Fu and also had corresponding methods. The most powerful way to identify them was to kill the other party and see if it was a wisp of dark energy or a dissipated primordial spirit. But doing so would make everything meaningless.
Wei Yunshu looked at the two “Yue Yings” who had suddenly started fighting with doubt. But very quickly, she discovered a new problem! She had never cultivated the “Severing All Selves” method, so she had no created being with intelligence and would not be reflected by the demons. Then what about Yuan Chu? The disciples of the Wu Xiang Heaven domain had no created beings, but they practiced the “Severing All Selves method,” and would be reflected by the demons. However, in the Demon-Hiding Cave, not a single demon had transformed into Yuan Chu’s appearance! This matter had been ignored by Wei Yunshu before. At this moment, like a surging tide, it washed over her, covering all other thoughts.
Was she actually a member of the Gan Yuan lineage? That’s why she had an inexplicable closeness to herself? That’s not right. Even if she was a member of the Gan Yuan lineage, having been separated from the Fu Li Immortal Realm for so long, it was impossible for her to know about her or recognize her! Wei Yunshu felt as if she had been immersed in a cold pool, as if she were in an invisible prison, her body trembling slightly.
“Why is Fellow Daoist Bo looking at me with such eyes?” Yuan Chu asked with confusion, her voice still soft. “It seems as if I am the created being that needs to be eliminated.”