Fantasy: I'm Really Not A Supreme Master!

When the three of them wept with joy, having finally found a path to life,

outside the small mountain village, inexplicably, a stone bridge appeared, awaiting them.

The stone bridge extended down from midair as if leading to a world veiled in mystery.

Even a faint trail of yellow smoke seemed to spiral around it.

Just one glance at the bridge caused the complexions of all three deities—Xuan Yi God King and his companions—to undergo a drastic change.

For, they all felt an inexplicable terror, as if the bridge were the ultimate destination for all souls, as if it harbored the most horrifying secrets.

Instinctively, they wanted to flee!

However, they found themselves utterly immobilized.

"Naihe Bridge... Is this the legendary Naihe Bridge?"

Daowuyi stared at the bridge in disbelief, his pupils shrinking.

Hearing this, both Xuan Yi God King and Jin Chi God King were even more alarmed.

"Naihe Bridge... How could such a bridge really exist in this world?"

Xuan Yi God King muttered,

"It is said that above the Imperial Court, there once was a powerful figure who left to explore reincarnation and founded the Netherworld..."

"If this represents the cycle of reincarnation that is Naihe Bridge..."

He suddenly exclaimed in shock,

"Could it be... that the Senior Li we met just now was the very being who departed from the Imperial Court all those years ago?"

His face turned pale, considering the strong possibility.

The formidable powerhouse they had encountered in the courtyard was clearly a being on par with those of the Imperial Court, and now, the Naihe Bridge had appeared...

It forced them to recall the legendary figure from the Imperial Court who left in pursuit of the secrets of reincarnation.

Jin Chi God King was entirely numbed by shock, staring at the stone bridge, he said,

"Even something as defying as reincarnation... has appeared? It’s like seeing a ghost..."

It was just like being in a dream.

But then, all three suddenly felt a mysterious force guiding them, beckoning them to step onto the bridge.

Without any control over themselves, they walked forward.

"No... What’s happening?!"

"I don’t want to step into the cycle of reincarnation... I don’t want to!"

Xuan Yi God King and Jin Chi God King cried out in horror and desperation.

Great deities as they were, they were now completely controlled, unable to act of their own accord.

"This is the guide, an irresistible summoning..."

Daowuyi said with fear as he walked,

"It was him, he told us to start anew as humans, so the legendary Naihe Bridge has appeared to guide us into reincarnation and rebirth?!"

With this realization, all three were immensely shocked.

If Daowuyi’s speculation was true, it was an inconceivably horrific notion.

Could there really be someone in this world who, with a single word, could summon reincarnation?

It was preposterous, and if they were to tell others, they would be deemed mad!

But now it was about to become their stark reality...

"I knew it, damn it, how could he just let us go... I don’t want to die, I don’t want to be reborn!"

Xuan Yi God King’s sanity was on the brink.

As Divine Monarchs, they had each practiced for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years to attain their current Dao Fruit.

But now they were to start all over again?

To become mere mortals once more?

It was unacceptable!

"No, wait..."

It was then that Jin Chi God King suddenly began to tremble,

"That Senior, apart from saying ’start anew as humans’, he mentioned four more words..."

At these words, Daowuyi and Xuan Yi God King became even more panic-stricken.

Those four words were...

Atone for your sins...

At that moment, they had already stepped onto the stone bridge!

And on it, they saw an old woman.

The old woman held a kettle, as if she were peddling medicinal soup.

Seeing the three stepping onto the Naihe Bridge, a smile emerged in the old woman’s eyes.

This old woman... turned out to be Meng Po, who had previously appeared when the Naihe Bridge first arose—sending Tian An’s beloved Bing Ruo through reincarnation!

"Ever since last time, when a certain venerable figure awakened reincarnation and sent that girl named Bing Ruo into the cycle, you three little ones are actually the first group of visitors!"

"Sadly, with your sins... you cannot afford my dear potion," Meng Po said with a smile to Daowuyi and the others, apparently delighted,

"Black White Impermanence, Niutou Mamian, three sinners have arrived. Hell’s Mountain of Knives and Cauldrons of Boiling Oil, the Chamber of Skin-Peeling... you can reopen for business."

Upon hearing this, Daowuyi and the others trembled with terror!

Mountain of Knives? Cauldrons of Boiling Oil?

Skin-Peeling Chamber?

These things... really exist?

At this moment, they all came to a realization...

What that Senior said...

Atone for your sins...

This was his idea of "properly" atoning for their sins?!

At that moment, all three of them cried!

"The longest road I’ve walked is the way laid out by that dog of a Senior!"

Jin Chi God King had gone mad, realizing that he was about to plunge into great terror and misfortune, into the Mountain of Knives and Cauldrons of Boiling Oil, the Chamber of Skin-Peeling of reincarnation... surely the most terrifying places!

"Inescapable karma... Inescapable karma!"

Daowuyi laughed miserably, murmuring,

"Stepping into the cycle of reincarnation, there’s no escape from sin..."

"This is the real reincarnation... not an imitation by someone from the Imperial Court, nor a creation of the denizens of the Ghost Domain... This is true reincarnation!"

"Heh... With the arrival of real reincarnation, the whole world will be rewritten, the order in the Yang Realm utterly transformed... and I am to be the first to test it with my own body..."

Struggling to turn his head, he instinctively looked towards the deepest part of the Sky Vault, saying,

"Since time immemorial, the Yang Realm has been full of hypocrites, the Divine Court overrun with wolves... the Skin-Peeling Torture, Mountain of Knives, Cauldrons of Boiling Oil... Hell will not be empty, will never be empty, hahaha!"

In this moment, in his madness, he somehow took on an air of despairing resignation.

After all, he was a master from the Lineage of the Heavenly Mechanism and Divine Calculation, and now he had seen too much, as if he foresaw a complete rewriting of the world, a once-in-an-eternity change...

And they... would not be the last to step into hell.

"I don’t want to suffer! I’d rather die!"

The Xuan Yi God King and Jin Chi God King had completely collapsed!

"Die? Silly children, how could you think it would be that easy?"

Meng Po suddenly gave a faint smile, waved her hand, and the three were instantly swept into a mysterious realm and disappeared from the stone bridge.

That mysterious place seemed filled with the sounds of fiery oil, the clashing of swords...

And the earth-shattering screams of Daowuyi...

Afterward, the entire Naihe Bridge vanished without a trace.

As if it had never existed!

At the entrance of a small mountain village.

Yun Yinchen and Yun Qianshan stared blankly at the scene.

Perhaps because they were in the small mountain village, their memories were not severed this time after the Naihe Bridge disappeared.

It wasn’t until the Naihe Bridge had been gone for a very long time that they slowly came back to their senses.

After exchanging glances, shock was written all over the faces of the father and son.

"Was that... the Reincarnation Bridge?!"

Yun Qianshan’s lips were somewhat dry.

"So this is what Senior Li meant by ’start afresh and atone for your sins’..."

Yun Yinchen’s expression became even more complicated, realizing that these powerful beings indeed ensure that every word they utter pulls the strings of great terror in the entire world.

"To be able to summon the cycle of reincarnation with a single word..."

Yun Qianshan murmured:

"How should such an existence be described? Lord of Reincarnation? Supreme of Heaven and Earth?..."

Yun Yinchen shook his head, saying:

"Any description might be a blasphemy to Senior Li!"

"The honored titles and laudations of the world used to describe him... none are worthy!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qianshan nodded in agreement, saying:

"Indeed!"

"In fact, these titles are not even worthy to describe the villagers here..."

Yun Yinchen sighed deeply and said:

"I truly do not know what kind of karma Xi’er has accumulated over the endless ages to have a connection with Senior Li... I only fear that one day, the Yun family will not be able to bear such karma."

Hearing this, Yun Qianshan shook his head, saying:

"You think too much. This karma is not for the Yun family to bear."

"With Senior Li, everything is under control, don’t panic!"

Yun Yinchen also nodded and decided not to think about it anymore.

The two immediately stepped out of the small mountain village.

However, as soon as they left the small mountain village, their minds went blank.

The memories of what had just happened... vanished at an alarming rate!

The two were immediately bewildered.

"This..."

Yun Qianshan was full of confusion.

"Father, we must have seen something we couldn’t bear... We were unscathed inside the village, but once we left, our memories were severed!"

Yun Yinchen spoke up!

...

Meanwhile.

In a place that seemed to exist in the ethereal land of nothingness, the stone bridge was silently draped over gently flowing water amid billowing yellow smoke.

Upon the bridge, an old crone quietly waited alone, seemingly never feeling lonely or weary, listening to the eternal sound of the Forgotten River, imperturbable as ever.

At an unknown time, a middle-aged ghost in a black robe, with a tall black crown on his head, appeared behind her.

This was the Black Impermanence from the Netherworld.

"Did those three explode?"

Meng Po asked.

Hei Wuchang nodded and said:

"Yes, blasted to a golden crisp, quite fragrant..." Your journey continues with NovelBin.Côm

As he spoke, he sighed wistfully and said:

"During the war those years ago, the Netherworld’s cycle of reincarnation came to an end, oblivion lasted for eons, and even the Master... was left with only a lingering wisp of consciousness, the Netherworld broken, and the Forgotten River ceased flowing..."

"...I never expected that one day, someone would be able to ignite the yellow smoke again, awakening the cycle of reincarnation and the Netherworld from oblivion."

"I really don’t know who is still alive, who still remembers the Netherworld and reincarnation, who can reignite the yellow smoke for our sake..."

A hint of melancholy crossed his face.

An enigmatic smile emerged on Meng Po’s aged face as she said:

"An existence beyond our comprehension."

"Do you know? Who it is..."

Black Impermanence inquired with concern.

But Meng Po shook her head, saying:

"Unfathomable and unspeakable, a figure whose mere words could stabilize the cycle of reincarnation."

Hearing this, Black Impermanence looked lost in thought, murmuring to himself:

"Such an existence... there are only a few of those..."

However, he did not inquire further, aware that neither he nor Meng Po had the right to discuss it.

"When will reincarnation truly descend upon the world?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Po stood up and stretched lazily, saying:

"I don’t know..."

"But surely, we must wait."

Black Impermanence asked:

"Wait?"

Meng Po nodded, saying:

"Within the Netherworld, only a remnant thought of the Master remains, but I have a feeling that one day he will return... He may have already been fished out from the long river of time and the Sea of Karma by a Supreme being... "

"Only when the Master returns will reincarnation and the Netherworld fully descend."

She seemed to be speaking to herself as she said:

"Both Black White Impermanence have been awakened... His return, is it still far off?"

...

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