The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1056: Chapter 1056: The Reason

The Creation Immortal Coffin has transformed into a celestial artifact, but compared to its previous appearance, it seems somewhat damaged!

The surface is covered with cracks and several gaps, as if it was shattered and then pieced back together, possibly affected by unknown powers nine million years ago when Fan Ying’s past life form and the entire Feather Realm were wiped out.

”After I awakened past life Wisdom, I discovered this Immortal Coffin appeared in my Dantian. The Artifact Spirit of the Immortal Coffin is severely damaged and has fallen into slumber, making it impossible for me to communicate with it. Possibly all these years, it has existed within the evil spirit of the Feather Realm, drifting through the cosmos along with the evil spirit. I have a bloodline connection with this Immortal Coffin, similar to a Lifebound Magical Artifact, allowing me to borrow some of its divine powers...” Fan Ying explained.

Fan Ying’s past life was born from the Creation Immortal Coffin.

In a certain sense, the Immortal Coffin is Fan Ying’s past life’s ”mother,” a relationship even tighter than the bond between a cultivator and their Lifebound Magical Artifact. Her ability to borrow the powers of the celestial artifact is not surprising, and her fluctuating spiritual energy is likely linked to the state of the Creation Immortal Coffin.

The information feedback from ”Insight into All Beings” Destiny also supports this point. In the Fan Ying Realm section, she is still at the late-stage Golden Core, not the True Immortal Realm!

As for the claim that the Creation Immortal Coffin existed within the evil spirit of the Feather Realm, Shen Mo feels it is not entirely impossible. His Drunken Immortal Pot and the Ice Hairpin given to Chen Mengze were snatched from the hands of the ”Disciple of the Immortal” within the ”Dharma-talking Thirteen Immortals evil spirit,” and he even salvaged many magic treasures and spiritual items from the bitter sea.

”Since you have inherited past life’s legacy, Fan Ying, you should stay within the sect to cultivate properly. With your Talent and fortune, the future hope of achieving a True Immortal Dao Fruit is not impossible. Why do you wish to flee the sect? Do you fear I will seize your immortal fate?”

When Elder Yang’s Incarnation perished and the evil spirit of the Feather Realm dissipated, Shen Mo was briefly lost in thought. Combined with Fan Ying borrowing part of the divine powers of the Creation Immortal Coffin, he did not immediately notice Fan Ying’s departure. Now that he knows the cause and effect, he naturally wants to understand the reason for her secretive departure!

”The disciple dares not!”

Faced with Shen Mo’s ”heart-piercing words,” Fan Ying’s face turned pale, panic-stricken, fearful, and somewhat aggrieved.

”If you, martial uncle, have taken a liking to the Creation Immortal Coffin, the disciple will respectfully offer it, no need for martial uncle to take it personally. However... first, many sect members died tragically within the Feather Realm due to evil spirits, their demise greatly connected to me, leaving me at a loss on how to handle it. Secondly, my past life form was deeply involved, with heavy causes and effects. If I achieve True Immortal again, I fear a world-ending disaster might befall, potentially disastrous to the sect. Therefore, the disciple departed without notice, with absolutely no disrespectful Evil Spirit intentions toward martial uncle.”

Though Fan Ying was a True Immortal in her past life, her lifetime from birth to demise was only a fleeting moment, her mind not surpassing a child’s. In this life, after two or three hundred years of cultivation, the overall peace of Red Flame Sect had not forged a deep strategy, so her true thoughts were hard to conceal from Shen Mo.

After hearing Fan Ying’s heartfelt confession, Shen Mo nodded in gratification, pondering briefly before speaking, ”The numerous sect disciples who perished due to evil spirits were subjected to their tribulation, not your fault. As for the latter...”

”After your past life form and the Feather Realm were devastated, much of the cause and effect on you has already dissipated. Coupled with reincarnation, you are now no different from normal creatures. Otherwise, upon awakening Wisdom, you might have faced a life-threatening tribulation annihilating your soul!”

”Moreover, when I brought you back to the sect, the bond of cause and effect between you and me, between you and the sect, was established, even if a disaster descends, leaving doesn’t mean it can be avoided.”

”...”

Shen Mo does not believe that Red Flame Sect will repeat the fate of Celestial Feather Sect and Feather Realm.

On one hand, though Fan Ying has awakened past life Wisdom, she remains Fan Ying, a normal creature born from the Yin-Yang union of Mr. and Mrs. Fan from Jade Verdant Cave, not like the Immortal refined by Feather Sect nine million years ago. It’s highly possible that her future Immortal Tribulation may be heavier than others.

On the other hand, having not obtained the immortal refining method, Red Flame Sect would not foolishly attempt to refine a True Immortal like Celestial Feather Sect did. Without touching upon taboos, naturally, they won’t be caught in the horrifying vortex formed by high-dimensional power clashes; besides, it may take ages until Fan Ying becomes a True Immortal. By then, if Shen Mo hasn’t perished, he should have cultivated into an Immortal, with a cultivation level far greater than now, possessing resistance even against disastrous calamities!

Under his earnest persuasion, Fan Ying ultimately abandoned the thought of leaving.

”There’s one more thing, the disciple dares not hide from martial uncle.”

”Hmm?”

”It concerns the evil spirit of the Feather Realm...”

As it turns out, similar to the Taihua Mirror, Death Jaw and other celestial artifacts, the Creation Immortal Coffin has an internal area resembling the ”Mirror Realm” or ”humble grass hut.”

Through her close connection with the Immortal Coffin, Fan Ying discovered that after the disappearance of the Feather Realm evil spirit, it descended into the coffin’s world.

”This evil spirit seems to have undergone a significant transformation, breaking the original cycle. Celestial Feather Sect believes that the refined True Immortal has been absorbed into cave paradise, no longer continuing the Plan of Immortal Refining, now restored to a normal sect’s appearance. The disciple vaguely senses that once the coffin is restored, the spirits of these evil creatures may manifest in the world through the principles of the Immortal Coffin, re-entering reincarnation!”

Even though Shen Mo has seen and experienced much, hearing this could not avoid feeling startled, upon reflection, found it logical.

The creatures of the Feather Realm had bestowed creation blessings upon Fan Ying’s past life and the transformation and promotion of the Creation Immortal Coffin. After turning into evil spirits, they pinned their hope for transcendence on the ”True Immortal refined within the coffin.” Now that the ”Immortal” has emerged, it’s equivalent to a resolution of an obsession, changing the form of existence for evil spirits from ”accomplishing the Plan of Immortal Refining” to ”disaster resolution and transcendence beyond life and death”;

Coincidentally, the coffin possesses creation power, allowing spirits within the evil spirit to transcend, through Fan Ying and the Creation Immortal Coffin, resolving the cause and effect from the past life!

Liu Yiyi, Feng Yu, Li Miaoshou, Long Zesheng, and other evil creatures resemble Lady Yu of Zuoli Country’s evil spirit, whose three souls and seven spirits did not completely perish in the world-ending calamity, able to transcend one day, re-entering reincarnation.

”A really wonderful treasure, if restored fully, might aid Fairy Pei Yu in condensing True Spirit and rebuilding her Soul Body!”

Shen Mo pondered secretly, years ago promising Fairy Pei Yu’s master ancestor Feng Wushuang that once he cultivates to the supreme, mysterious, and true realm, he would help Fairy Pei Yu ”Resurrect.”

However, currently, the Creation Immortal Coffin is severely damaged, with its Artifact Spirit in slumber, coupled with Fan Ying’s limited strength, she cannot fully master the celestial artifact. Hence, in the short term, it might be impossible to utilize this treasure to fulfill his past promise... In any case, having an alternative plan is always beneficial!