High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

Chapter 302 Attempting to Deduce the Ruthless Person in the Samsara Palace

"That ninth-level expert is named Tianji Daoren. He became a ninth-level expert by relying on the Great Dao of Cause and Effect."

"The Taoist Master of Heavenly Secrets?"

Lin Hanzhou stroked his chin, a thoughtful glint in his eyes.

"A powerhouse who has reached the ninth level through the Great Dao of Cause and Effect is indeed qualified to glimpse a trace of heavenly secrets."

"That's right."

Nightshade nodded, his tone carrying a hint of complexity.

"In that era, the Celestial Mystery Master was the 'eyes' of the entire cultivation world in the New World. His divination skills were said to be able to calculate everything from ancient times to the present, and he was omniscient."

"When the demons invaded again, the ninth-tier powerhouses of the New World were caught in a fierce battle, yet they were completely baffled by the origins and motives of the demons. Naturally, they thought of the Heavenly Mystery Daoist."

"They asked the Taoist Master Tianji to deduce the truth of the matter and find out the root cause of the demon invasion."

"Then……"

Nightshade's voice deepened.

"Then, everything was exposed."

"The Celestial Mystery Master not only deduced that the Demon Clan came to find the Immortal Sword, but also followed the clues to uncover the truth behind the 'shattering of the Ascension Platform' and the existence of those reincarnated beings hiding in the shadows, stirring things up!"

"The moment the truth was revealed, all the ninth-tier powerhouses in the New Continent were utterly enraged!"

"They finally realized that the culprit behind all this was none other than this group of reincarnated beings of unknown origin."

"It was the reincarnated ones who ruined their path to ascension, it was the reincarnated ones who attracted the demon army, it was the reincarnated ones who drove them into a desperate situation!"

"Old and new grudges, all erupting at once!"

"Thus, more than thirty ninth-tier powerhouses abandoned their frontline defenses and joined forces to hunt down the remaining less than ten reincarnated individuals across the world!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

Thirty-odd ninth-tier warriors chased down fewer than ten people?

This isn't a chase; this is a devastating attack!

"Faced with such a formidable force, those reincarnated individuals probably have no chance of survival, right?"

Lin Hanzhou asked.

"No, they survived."

Nightshade shook his head, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

"Although confronting them head-on would be suicide, every reincarnated person of that generation was at the ninth level of cultivation."

"When they were being hunted down and had nowhere to run, they used a special spatial treasure to forcibly open a passage to the Old World."

"Furthermore, after their evacuation, they joined forces to cast a forbidden spell, deeply concealing the spatial coordinates of the entire Old World."

"It was precisely because of this move that they were able to temporarily escape the pursuit of those ninth-tier powerhouses and eke out a living on this abandoned old continent."

……

"I see."

Lin Hanzhou nodded, his doubts largely resolved.

But then, something else occurred to him, and he asked again:

"But even if they escape to the Old World and hide the coordinates..."

"But as long as that 'Celestial Mystery Master' is still around, with his ability to deduce cause and effect, finding the location of the Old World shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

"After all, you can run away from the monk but not the temple; the thread of cause and effect can ignore spatial distance."

Upon hearing this question, Nightshade suddenly laughed.

His smile was somewhat strange, even tinged with schadenfreude.

"You're right, that's how it is under normal circumstances."

"But the problem is, that Taoist priest is dead."

"Dead?"

Lin Hanzhou was slightly taken aback.

"How did you die? Were you killed by a reincarnated person?"

"No."

Nightshade shook his head, his tone becoming somewhat eerie.

"He brought this upon himself."

"Initially, after deducing the existence of reincarnated beings, he was not satisfied with that."

"He wanted to know more. He wanted to know where these reincarnated beings came from, what kind of existence was this so-called Palace of Reincarnation, and why so many souls from other worlds could descend upon it continuously?"

"then……"

Nightshade's voice carried a deep chill.

"He's recklessly trying to deduce the origins of the Samsara Palace!"

"puff--!"

Lin Hanzhou spat out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk.

His eyes widened as if he were listening to a fantastical tale.

"Holy crap?!"

"That's a ruthless person!"

"They actually dared to attempt to deduce the Samsara Palace?"

What is the Samsara Palace?

It was a colossal entity that reigned supreme over all the heavens and myriad realms, controlling the endless cycle of time and space.

Let alone a mere ninth-order Mahayana cultivator, even a true immortal would be nothing more than an ant before the Palace of Reincarnation!

You, a mere ninth-rank native, dare to pry into such a level of taboo?

How is this any different from an ant trying to understand the Big Bang?

"Before you made your deductions, why didn't you consider why the Samsara Palace could allow a ninth-tier powerhouse to reincarnate in your world? Why can it manipulate time and space at will and resurrect the dead?"

Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but complain.

"I'm a little curious how this guy died. Was he struck by lightning?"

"It's much worse than that."

Night Shadow said calmly.

"According to records, when the Daoist of Heaven first began his divination, he only touched upon a faint trace of energy..."

"His soul shattered instantly amidst the watchful eyes of numerous ninth-level beings!"

"His physical body, his Dao fruit, and the laws of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles all vanished into nothingness in an instant!"

"This is the backlash of cause and effect!"

"A terrifying backlash from a higher dimension, one that cannot be directly observed!"

"At that time, several ninth-level runners were too slow and also turned into nothingness."

……

Upon hearing this, Lin Hanzhou couldn't help but gasp.

Indeed, curiosity killed the cat.

Especially for fortune tellers who possess the ability to grasp "cause and effect," knowing too much often leads to their demise the fastest.

"Although the Taoist Master Tianji is dead..."

Nightshade changed the subject, his tone becoming serious again.

"But one of his relics—the Heavenly Compass—has been taken over by the Demon Slayer Hall."

"That's a genuine ninth-tier supreme treasure, and it's specifically used for divination of celestial secrets!"

"Although its power is greatly reduced without the guidance of the Heavenly Mystery Master, its deductions also require a high price to be paid."

"But it can be used to deduce the location of us reincarnated beings."

"This is why the Demon Extermination Hall was able to accurately locate the Old Continent and send people across realms every so often to hunt down reincarnated individuals!"

"As far as I know, they located the Old World around 100,000 years ago."

"From that time on, whenever a new reincarnated being arrives, the Demon Extermination Hall's hunting squad will arrive as scheduled!"

"Even... some unlucky reincarnators, if they are born in the New World, basically die right after birth."

"So far..."

Nightshade held up one finger and gestured.

"The number of reincarnated beings who have died at the hands of the Demon-Slaying Hall has probably exceeded one hundred!"

"Among them are many seasoned veterans, and even powerful individuals with special talents."

"But in the end, they all died in the pursuit of the Demon Extermination Hall."

At this point, Ye Ying gave Lin Hanzhou a deep look, his eyes becoming meaningful.

"The reason I was able to escape this calamity and survive until now is because I used an extremely precious and special reincarnation item—the [Identity Substitution Card]."

"This allowed me to impersonate a core member of the Demon Extermination Hall, thus deceiving the [Heavenly Compass]'s perception."