novelhk Chapter 91 Taking Control of the Book of Life and Death
Chapter 91 Taking Control of the Book of Life and Death
(For those of you who have been following the updates, the last chapter has been revised. You can go back and take a look, otherwise you won't be able to connect.)
"Boom..."
Shiva concentrated all his divine power into his staff to meet the sword strike, but his arm was still severed. Using the force of the impact, his body was violently thrown back, and he left the border of Great Xia without looking back. If he had dared to turn back, he would have found that the sword's edge, having already consumed most of its power when it pierced the mist, had vanished completely after being blocked by him.
"Sigh...it's still too far."
Mingchen Naifan Wucheng Tiangong sighed softly. He casually swung his sword, forgetting to consider the energy consumed in crossing the mist.
On the frontier of a southern town, Mahoraga slowly fell, his head severed from his body. Zhou Ping, sword in hand, looked into the void. He had a feeling that if Mahoraga wasn't a beast god, he probably wouldn't be able to kill him.
Is it true that humans cannot slay gods?
The longsword in Zhou Ping's hand emitted a clear ringing sound, seemingly denying his idea. A human should be able to slay a god.
He raised his head and looked up at the sky. His pure and deep eyes saw through the layers of mist beyond the void and clearly saw the true source of power above the void of this world. All the laws of this world were reflected in his eyes.
At this moment, Zhou Ping saw countless laws belonging to the gods: the law of frost, the law of time, the law of the underworld, the law of life... One after another, the power of the laws swirled outside the void, yet they were closely related to those gods.
So, are gods mysterious beings who are born with and can control the power of laws?
However, these laws have nothing to do with mortals, and nothing to do with him.
There wasn't even the power of the laws he wanted to touch here. Zhou Ping slowly withdrew his gaze. Since there was no power in the void that he, as a mortal, needed, he lost interest in that place.
Naturally, he wouldn't even think about seizing the power of any god's laws, since there wasn't anything there that he could even look down on.
But if even we ourselves can't do it, does that mean mortals are truly limited to this?
Suddenly, Zhou Ping thought of the Wuwang Squad, where there seemed to be two precedents of people becoming gods despite being mortals.
However, Si Xiaonan was the agent of the God of Tricks. After Loki, the God of Tricks, fell, his divine essence was stripped away and given to Si Xiaonan to absorb completely. As for Leng Xuan, he was actually taken in as a personal disciple by an ancient god and was even appointed as one of the Ten Kings of Hell by the Emperor of Fengdu.
The paths these two took to godhood are not representative at all! In fact, they are completely impossible to replicate. The possibility of a god waiting for the god he represents to die is far lower than the possibility of the agent dying in battle himself.
Zhou Ping shook his head, no longer thinking about the two of them, and then looked down at his sword.
He wanted to pave a path for humanity, a path for mortals.
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Ten minutes later, the supreme gods of each divine kingdom simultaneously raised their eyes to look beyond the void. They clearly sensed that a new aura of law had appeared in the place where laws converged.
The Sun God and Du Ziren Luo Feng Liu Tian simultaneously raised their eyes and looked out into the void.
"A new aura of law! And it was actually carved by a human?"
"Indeed, everyone in my Great Xia is like a dragon..."
"Unfortunately, his mortal body is absolutely unable to withstand the power of this law, and he will die soon."
Du Ziren sighed, turning to look at Ling Yunxiao, a hint of reproach in his eyes. Such a remarkable person, was he to perish simply because his leader was absent?
Ling Yunxiao had already heard these exclamations. After a moment's thought, he realized that it was Zhou Ping who had become a sword immortal.
"Hahahaha... The Red Dust Sword Immortal of my Great Xia has been born, let us drink a big cup of wine."
As Ling Yunxiao spoke, he reached out his hand to Si Xiaonan. Si Xiaonan was a little puzzled, but still took out a few bottles of baijiu for him.
Ling Yunxiao distributed the liquor in his hand to the people beside him, and even called back Yang Jian and Du Ziren. Everyone looked at Ling Yunxiao with different expressions, wondering what was wrong with him.
Meanwhile, in a small town on the southern border of the Great Xia Dynasty.
Suddenly, a cloud of blood mist burst open on Zhou Ping's shoulder, and fresh blood trickled out of his body, turning into specks of white starlight that disappeared into the air.
Before Zhou Ping could react, Ye Fan and Yuanshi Tianzun descended from the clouds and appeared before him.
However, before either of them could speak, a verdant leaf slowly appeared between Zhou Ping's brows. After the leaf's outline and veins became completely clear, it fell from between Zhou Ping's brows and appeared in his palm.
Zhou Ping opened his palm and held it up to his eyes, trying to see the leaf clearly. With a breath, a warm light flashed, and the leaf transformed into a thin book. The pages turned automatically, without any wind.
"Zhou Ping
Live to death
愈
remove"
The book contained only these four very short lines of text. At this moment, the words "facing death to live" and "healing" were emitting a faint light, and streams of golden warmth flowed from the pages into Zhou Ping's body.
Meanwhile, far away in Sun City, Ling Yunxiao was drinking and listening to the crisp sound of the judge's pen in his ear. For the first time, he discovered that being charged could put him in a good mood.
"Using the 'Face to Death' technique on Zhou Ping will heal him, deducting 10 points of Reincarnation Power."
After this announcement was broadcast seven or eight times, the voice finally stopped, and Ling Yunxiao's lips curled into a wide smile. He had just harvested eight Yuan Shen and 1600 million Reincarnation Power. After deducting a mere 80, he could exchange them for a Great Xia Red Dust Sword Immortal. It was a perfect deal. Even if he had to spend another 80, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of heartache.
As soon as Ling Yunxiao had this thought, a reminder sounded in his mind.
"Increase Zhou Ping's lifespan by 80 years, minus 80 units of reincarnation power."
Ling Yunxiao blinked. "They've already become immortals, why would they need you to extend their lifespan? Are you just going to start blatant robbery like this?"
“（￣e（￣）☆╰╮o（￣皿￣///） 凸（艹皿艹 ） （* ￣︿￣） o（一︿一+）o▄︻┻┳═一…… ☆（＞○＜）”
At this moment, Ling Yunxiao swore extremely foully.
Summer.
Yuanshi Tianzun gazed at the Book of Life and Death in Zhou Ping's hand, which had gradually quieted down. As it turned into leaves again and slowly returned to Zhou Ping's brow, he couldn't help but ask a question.
"This thing seems to be the Book of Life and Death? How can you possibly control it?"
"Huh? I didn't!"
Oh……
I remember now. More than a year ago, when I was on the snow-capped mountain peak in northern Xinjiang, Ling Yunxiao summoned a judge from the underworld dressed in a bright red official robe.
He advised me to give up my sword, but I refused.
Then he gave me this.
Zhou Ping spoke slowly. He pointed to his brow, reorganized his thoughts, and then began to speak slowly.
"He seemed to have said something like, 'From that time on, I will take control of the Book of Life and Death.'"
Yeah, it seems to truly mean "My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."
Zhou Ping smiled, recalling a famous quote from the novel.
Ye Fan lowered his eyes silently. If the judges of this underworld had such methods, would Huo Qubing be able to lie on the dragon vein?
Yuanshi Tianzun, however, thought of Ling Yunxiao. This boy was definitely a national treasure of the Great Xia Dynasty! If he still had his eye on Nezha when he returned, then let him take him away!