Urban Undying Lord
Chapter 737: 756: Return to the Human World

Chapter 737: Chapter 756: Return to the Human World

“Husband, don’t be anxious,” the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden said, not knowing how to comfort Ye Xuan, but she tried to ease his mind, hoping that he wouldn’t feel too much pressure.

“What did you say?”

Suddenly, Ye Xuan’s eyes widened in shock as he turned to look at the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden, which left her slightly stunned, not understanding what had happened to him.

“I said perhaps we can think of other methods.” The Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden bit her lip as she spoke.

“Not that sentence, the one before,” Ye Xuan said, his eyes deep, his voice trembling slightly.

“I… I said that arrays are also created by people… What’s wrong?”

“Yes, that’s it, that’s the phrase!”

“Arrays are also created by people!”

Ye Xuan’s breath fluctuated wildly, his eyes ablaze with a terrifying radiance; it seemed as though he had thought of something, his entire being plunging into a state of excitement.

“Husband, what in the world is happening to you?” Watching Ye Xuan’s aura become incredibly chaotic, the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden panicked, not knowing what had occurred to him.

Unfortunately, Ye Xuan did not respond to her. His expression kept changing, from disappointment to excitement, until it finally turned into a sense of regret and unwillingness.

“In years past, I had a close friend whose talent in arrays was unparalleled, truly a singular genius of the ages. If he were still alive, he would certainly be able to create an array comparable to the three Absolute Formations,” Ye Xuan sighed deeply, the image of a man dressed in white like snow appearing in his mind, as if he were nodding and smiling at him.

“There actually exists such a person? What is his name?” the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden asked in amazement.

“Liu—Bai—Yi!”

Ye Xuan spoke each syllable distinctly, his eyes slightly vacant, “A person of astonishment and unmatched beauty, a name unknown to the world. He was not only my close friend, Ye Xuan, but also the creator of the Reverse Immortal Array.”

Buzz!

Ye Xuan’s palm swept through the air, and the Reverse Immortal Array Map rippled forth, dots of starlight blossoming in the void, which left the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden beside him in a daze.

The Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden had always believed that Ye Xuan was the creator of the Reverse Immortal Array Map, not knowing how many formidable enemies it had warded off for him. Yet today, she learned that the Reverse Immortal Array Map was actually the work of another, and that person was the singular genius Liu Baiyi mentioned by Ye Xuan.

“Sadly, after Brother Baiyi created the Reverse Immortal Array Map, it scattered his soul and he perished. If he could have lived on, the unparalleled Killing Array of the Heavenly Court would surely have been able to shock the Three Realms, fearing nothing from the Celestial Stars Formation of the Ancient Demon Court,” Ye Xuan said, clenching his fists, a bitter look in his eyes.

“Do you miss this friend very much?” the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden asked suddenly, a soft, gentle look in her eyes.

“One cannot be brought back to life after death unless I could reverse time and space, reassemble his scattered soul fragments throughout heaven and earth, and then he could be resurrected. But to reverse time and space, I would need to become a Saint of all beings to achieve what I desire,” Ye Xuan said with a self-mocking smile.

“Husband, look what this is.”

Suddenly, the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden turned over her jade hand, and a Bronze Ancient Mirror appeared, currently shining a murky light, with the surrounding void subtly twisting.

“The Kunlun Mirror?”

Looking at the Kunlun Mirror in the hands of the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden, Ye Xuan’s eyes filled with confusion, not understanding why she had brought this object out.

“While the Kunlun Mirror cannot resurrect this Brother Baiyi, it has the ability to trace back in time, restore what once was, and allow you to reunite with your close friend once more,” the Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden said with a smile.

The Kunlun Mirror, an Innate Spiritual Treasure, is extremely famous in the Three Realms.

It’s said that this object can traverse through time and space, but that legend is a bit of an exaggeration. Its true power is to trace back a segment of time and space to reveal what happened in the past.

Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden could feel Ye Xuan’s pressure, as well as her own longing for Liu Baiyi. As his wife, there was nothing she could do now. If the Kunlun Mirror could allow Ye Xuan to see a glimpse of his old friends alive, perhaps it could also lead Ye Xuan out of his deep melancholy.

“Rewinding time and space to return to the origin?”

Looking at the Kunlun Mirror in Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden’s hands, Ye Xuan murmured to himself. His eyes flickered with complex emotions for quite some time before he finally took the Kunlun Mirror into his hands.

“Thank you,” Ye Xuan said earnestly.

“We are husband and wife after all. There is no need for such formality between us,” Nine Heaven Mysterious Maiden replied with a gentle smile.

On this night, the moon was full. Two figures nestled together under the moonlight, as if frozen into an eternal picture, perhaps to be forever etched in Ye Xuan’s memory.

…

All was calm, without a ripple, as the Heavenly Court operated in an orderly fashion. Although from time to time Quasi-Saints visited the Heavenly Court in hopes of uncovering news about the Hongmeng Purple Qi, they were deterred by the Court’s forcefulness and could only return in resignation.

Three great Quasi-Saints presided over the Heavenly Court, the Demon Master Kunpeng, the Peacock Great Ming King, and the exceedingly formidable Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad. Just these three alone were enough to deter other Quasi-Saints from recklessly causing trouble within the Heavenly Court.

Ye Xuan had gone into seclusion. No one knew when he would emerge. Currently, all eyes in the Three Realms were fixated on the Ancient Demon Court, paying little regard to Ye Xuan.

After all, a Heavenly Court on the brink of extinction would scarcely draw anyone’s attention.

Inside the Dou Niu Palace!

The reverse passage was opening, revealing the gate to the Human World. Ye Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, accompanied by the chubby yellow fellow. Clearly, Ye Xuan was about to make a trip to the Human World because it was where his roots lay, and where Liu Baiyi was buried.

“Master, it’s time for us to set off,” the chubby yellow fellow reminded him in a low voice.

“How many years has it been?”

“I can no longer remember clearly. Perhaps tens of thousands of years?”

Ye Xuan whispered to himself. It had indeed been tens of thousands of years since his last return to the Human World. People and things from that time must have already vanished within the Human World. He wondered what the Human World would look like after tens of thousands of years.

“Let’s go.”

Ye Xuan walked into the passage with slow steps, the chubby yellow fellow quickly following. As the gate of the reverse passage closed, both figures disappeared from the Dou Niu Palace.

One hundred thousand years. It had been a full one hundred thousand years since Ye Xuan had returned to his homeland. But now he had become a Quasi-Saint, no longer the youth of old. In the Human World of one hundred thousand years later, would anything familiar still remain?

…

Human World.

The sky was boundless, the land vast, with towering mountains rising from the ground. Ancient trees of the heavens were scattered throughout the mountains. The Spiritual Energy that drifted between heaven and earth was not as dense as in the Earth Immortal Realm, but it exuded a sense of tranquil serenity.

Hum!

A ripple in the void, a slight disturbance. An ethereal gate flickered high in the heavenly vault. As two figures emerged from the gate, the vast sky suddenly flashed with lightning, and the terrifying sounds of thunder exploded, causing heaven and earth to tremble slightly.

“Be still!”

With a sky-reaching gesture, heaven and earth came to a halt, and the alarming lightning in the sky dissipated. Clearly, the arrival of Ye Xuan, a Quasi-Saint, in the Human World posed a great threat to this realm. However, under his Law and Way, this world was quickly subdued.

Between the heavenly vault and the earth.

Ye Xuan’s Dharma Eye pierced through the entirety of the Human World, and a torrent of scenes unfolded before his eyes.