Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 451 - 364: Kunlun and Ascension

Chapter 451: Chapter 364: Kunlun and Ascension

Upon hearing Lin Xing speak, Bai Yiyi too stood up and looked in the same direction, a hint of bewilderment on her face.

Then, a gust of wind suddenly arose before them, and a massive portal slowly appeared on the ground hundreds of meters away.

The gate looked neither of gold nor jade, engraved with strange patterns that radiated an ancient and noble charm.

Bai Yiyi gazed intently, seemingly able to see that the gate was adorned with scrolls, depicting Immortals teaching and passing down knowledge to the ancients, explaining the ways of Immortal Law.

Beside her, Lin Xing’s gaze became more focused. He sensed a faint trace of Immortal Qi emanating from the gate.

Bai Yiyi exclaimed, "What is this?"

"This is called Heavenly Gate," Lin Xing began, demonstrating his knowledge of the object, "It’s the passage that connects Kunlun and the Mirror World."

"Kunlun isn’t a place that has existed in the Mirror World since ancient times, but rather a Divine Mountain that emerged with the arrival of Immortals."

"This is why it’s said that Kunlun Mountain is the origin of the Immortal Dao."

"And ever since this Divine Mountain descended onto the Central Plains, it has been travelling day and night, wandering within the earth’s veins."

"Only by mastering its pattern can one seize the opportunity to enter Kunlun Mountain when the Heavenly Gate appears."

Lin Xing stretched out his hand and called, and the Reincarnation Platform rapidly shrank, soon becoming a size that was difficult for the naked eye to discern, landing in the palm of his hand.

And Bai Yiyi and Yun Hezi’s heads also followed as he directed them with his mind, flying towards the Heavenly Gate.

"It is said that by reaching the summit of Kunlun, one can become an Immortal and ascend by daylight."

"Of course, these are all tales that have been distorted in the telling. The true uniqueness of Kunlun lies in this: the mountain originates from the Immortal World, it is a Divine Mountain extended to this realm from the Immortal Court... right?"

Watching Lin Xing’s sweeping gaze, Yun Hezi felt a heaviness in his heart, "He already knows about Kunlun Mountain... did he see it from my memories?"

"Could it be that he has activated many time reversals without my knowledge and examined my memories?"

"Or has he actually interrogated many people, and I’ve disclosed all information without realizing it?"

As Yun Hezi was lost in his uncertainties, they had already arrived before the Heavenly Gate.

Just as they arrived, the gate seemed to sense something and naturally opened, as if to welcome any visitors seeking exploration.

With the gate’s opening, a majestic landscape filled with Immortal Qi—mountains rising and falling amidst the sea of clouds—appeared before everyone’s eyes.

In the very center, there stood a towering mountain, taller than all the mountain ranges they had ever seen in their lives combined.

Looking at that Divine Mountain piercing the sky, as well as the boundless sea of clouds, Bai Yiyi exclaimed in shock, "Is this... another world?"

Lin Xing said, "It’s not that big. According to the people of Kunlun, only a small part at the peak is accessible. The rest of the place, though visible, remains forever out of reach, more like an illusion."

While speaking, the two of them had already entered through the gate, arriving directly upon the Divine Mountain.

Looking toward the direction of the summit, a fragment of memory surfaced in Lin Xing’s mind, one where he had seen a view similar to the one before his eyes.

It was when he had first accessed Immortal Qi while mastering the Independent Immortal’s legacy.

At that time, his consciousness, like traversing boundless time and space, sensed Kunlun Mountain before him and even glimpsed people cultivating Taoist arts at the summit.

Thinking back, the strand of Immortal Qi he had obtained back then might have resonated with Kunlun Mountain, which is closest to the Immortal Court, thus allowing him to glimpse this place and even the people of Kunlun.

Next, Lin Xing and Bai Yiyi conducted a search of the area.

And as he had said before, while the place seemed vast, the actual area where one could move around was not large, merely about four to five square kilometers.

Once he surpassed this boundary and continued forward, he would gradually return to the Mirror World, back to the Gobi just now.

After searching for about an hour, Lin Xing had to admit that the people from Kunlun had withdrawn very cleanly, leaving behind only some empty Taoist temples and palaces, without any intelligence to be found.

Bai Yiyi couldn’t help but look at Yun Hezi, saying, "Doesn’t this guy have any more useful information in his memory?"

Lin Xing shook his head and frowned, saying, "This talentless thing has ninety-nine percent of various cultivation memories in his brain. Altogether, I’m afraid it amounts to several hundred years."

"I’m afraid if I continue looking... even my realm will be contaminated by his thoughts."

Hearing this, Bai Yiyi nodded her head and said, "With such poor talent, maybe his master never considered him his own, which is why he doesn’t know more important intelligence."

Yun Hezi’s face stiffened at these words, surprised that his dull memories were obstructing the other party from reading them, not sure whether to be happy or sad.

As Lin Xing continued to search for clues, a voice suddenly rang out from his bosom, "You’ll just be wasting your time if you keep looking like this."

Lin Xing’s eyes moved, and he took out the broken sword from his chest.

This broken sword was the very one that had pierced through the brain of the Sword Maiden from the Emei Sect.

However, since Lin Xing had obtained this broken sword, it never responded to anything he said, until now in the middle of Kunlun Mountain when it suddenly spoke.

"Sigh, Kunlun... it’s been a really long time since I last came here."

The male voice in the broken sword lamented, "So many years have gone by, yet there has been hardly any change here."

Lin Xing looked at the broken sword and asked, "Who are you?"

"Hehe, who am I?" The broken sword chuckled, its laughter seemingly filled with a desolate and solitary mood, "The founder of the Emei Sect... is not me."

"If I must say, I am just a memory he left behind."

Bai Yiyi curiously said, "Leaving behind a memory? Could it be to instruct the future disciples of the Emei Sect?"

The broken sword denied, "When I left behind so many swords, sublimated them, and passed on the legacy to the disciples in the sect, it was enough for them to dominate the southwest. If they still needed my help with such a rich heritage, then these worthless successors might as well die early to spare my name from shame."

"I was left behind as a contingency, a precaution before my own ascension."

Bai Yiyi wondered, "What do you need a contingency for ascension?"

He sighed lightly, "Humph, you both have achieved some minor successes in cultivation, haven’t you ever considered a question?"

"The experts from generation to generation, the stronger and more reckless they are, the more extreme the emotions needed to bring out the peak combat power."

"What would it be like then, when one ascends through the void, achieving the realm of an Immortal? What kind of extreme character would one have?"

"If the Immortal Court is filled with such powerful beings, then the place one ascends to... is likely not any Immortal Court or Heaven, but a world a hundred times more chaotic and cruel than the mortal realm."

"Ah." Bai Yiyi was shocked upon hearing this, as she had truly never considered this problem before, and she asked again, "If that’s the case, why do you still seek to ascend?"

The broken sword continued, "Because the Immortal Court is the source of all Immortal Dao techniques in this world. Since the Immortals were willing to pass down the teachings, maybe they are not maniacs or villains."

"Two possibilities, constantly wavering in my heart."

"On the other hand, I myself had already reached the peak of cultivation at that time, with nowhere further to progress, and my curiosity about ascension and the Immortal Court grew deeper."

"Yet none of those who ascended before me had ever sent back a message."

"So I finally couldn’t resist the urge to try for ascension, to see whether the Immortal Court was a hell or a paradise above."

"However, just to be safe, I left behind a memory in the mortal realm, as a backup for reincarnating."

Saying this, the broken sword sighed deeply again, "It’s unexpected that a thousand years have passed, and I’m still waiting for my original self’s response, while the spiritual essence of this realm fades, and no suitable reincarnated body for me has appeared."