137: Classic reincarnation of the Celestial Venerable

Mo Ran suddenly felt a blur before his eyes. He quickly rubbed them and shook his head, trying to dispel the strange sensation.

When he reopened his eyes and looked forward, the Senior who had been sitting on the stone stool with an arrogant posture was now standing before him.

From Mo Ran's perspective, Zhou Yan stood still in front of him, his face handsome, not particularly striking at first glance.

However, his golden, flowing eyes held an ancient majesty, and the Immortal Qi swirling around him gave him a detached, otherworldly aloofness.

It was this extraordinary bearing that made his otherwise merely refined appearance exceptionally profound, making it difficult to look away.

A faint smile played on his lips, softening the oppressive feeling brought by his golden eyes. His ordinary robes, amidst the ethereal Immortal charm, added a touch of unfathomable depth.

Mo Ran unconsciously held his breath, needing a moment to compose himself before he could look directly again.

Seeing the other party's stunned expression, Zhou Yan knew that his show of power this time was quite ideal.

Regarding the usage of Dim Dawn, Zhou Yan already had some understanding.

Although he didn't have the Law of Time as a foundation, he possessed an item that could temporarily substitute for the Law of Time: the time pocket watch.

Essentially, both accomplish editing by accelerating or rewinding the scenes within Dim Dawn.

However, due to the lack of Law power, Zhou Yan relied entirely on consuming magic power to perform editing.

Different editing targets consumed varying amounts of magic power.

When testing the Dim Dawn's functions previously, Zhou Yan tried using it on animals, plants, insects, and even humans. The result was that he could rewind time to watch, but couldn't complete any editing.

He speculated this might be related to a problem with his 'skipping class' method; after all, it wasn't a true Law of Time, and being able to make it work at all was a blessing.

It was during that period, with his confidence boosted by acquiring the Dragon form, that Zhou Yan, in his leisure time from writing incriminating evidence, challenged Long Tianxing again.

Although he still suffered a crushing defeat, he unexpectedly discovered that he could use real-world items in the instance, and the time pocket watch could also affect these items.

Since he had never tried it before, Zhou Yan wasn't sure if this was a new feature after an update or if it had always existed.

However, being able to only apply acceleration to items was not very useful, unless it was a fully automatic firearm, which might increase its rate of fire.

But it was this attempt that led Zhou Yan to discover a peculiar phenomenon.

Dim Dawn could also edit products from the instance, namely the boss Wang Yao and the hidden boss Long Tianxing. However, the edited results were all blank silhouettes, perhaps because as instance products, they had neither a past nor a future. But this also meant that using the System's built-in time-related items allowed Dim Dawn to edit things within the System.

But this also meant that using the System's built-in time-related items allowed Dim Dawn to edit things within the System.

So just now, Zhou Yan had a new idea.

Could Chen Huai, who had become a 'treasure chest' of spoils, also be edited using this method?

Indeed, he succeeded.

Although the quality of this silhouette was extremely poor, not even a single skill could be extracted, the success itself was a good beginning.

Given time, he could, through special editing techniques, forcibly create a Nascent Soul-level Chen Huai silhouette without the Law of Time.

However, with his current editing efficiency of 18x speed, facing this old monster who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, it would probably be difficult to complete the editing quickly; the required time might be very, very long.

Because of this, Zhou Yan was determined to acquire this corpse.

At the same time, another updated function of the System could also come into play. This meant that Zhou Yan wanted the corpse, the Legacy, and even Mo Ran himself.

Mo Ran didn't know how to react at this moment.

This person's appearance was originally ordinary, at most handsome, so how could he suddenly transform into this?

He didn't know how to describe it; he wanted to say it was an Immortal descending, but Immortals were clearly just legendary beings.

After waiting a moment and seeing Mo Ran not speak, Zhou Yan had to break the silence first.

"Lost lamb, that was merely a trial I set for you."

"I am truly a Heavenly Venerate Reincarnation, descending to this world solely to save all living beings."

"A group of evildoers intends to stifle me, to prevent me from spreading blessings to the human realm."

As soon as Zhou Yan spoke, Mo Ran almost couldn't maintain his composure.

This lie was told without any sincerity.

Although he didn't know how Zhou Yan created such an aura and special effects, he didn't believe a single word of it.

However, for his Master's remains, whatever Zhou Yan said now, he could only accept.

Zhou Yan saw the disbelief in the other party, but he wasn't flustered at all.

"Little Mo."

A familiar voice came from behind. Mo Ran trembled all over, his eyes wide open, and he slowly turned his head in disbelief.

Then, he saw his Master's familiar figure standing behind him.

But, at his feet, was clearly his Master's remains.

"This... how is this possible? Ma-Master, didn't you already..."

Looking at Mo Ran's dazed appearance, 'Chen Huai' glared, stepped forward, and punched him on the head.

"You brat, are you happy I'm dead?"

"After all this trouble just to see this last time, you heartlessly ask why I'm not dead yet?"

Feeling this familiar sensation, tone, and aura, Mo Ran could no longer control himself and threw himself into Chen Huai's arms.

At this moment, he even suspected that he had been killed by Zhou Yan and reunited with his Master in the underworld.

But all the sensations were so real that he forgot everything, only weeping.

"I'm sorry, Master, I was useless, and in the end, I even needed you to come back to collect my body."

"You didn't have to do this. If you had gone directly to the Eastern Region, none of this would have happened. You shouldn't have come back."

Next was a moment of heartfelt confession, as the two continuously expressed their emotions and regrets.

People are always like this, only realizing the preciousness of time when it's about to be lost.

They seemed to have endless things to say, becoming more engrossed as they talked.

Unfortunately, time was running out.

"Master, you... you're doing what?!"

Watching 'Chen Huai''s figure gradually dissipating, Mo Ran panicked.

The other party, however, shook his head and said calmly.

"As you can see, I am already dead."

Chen Huai turned to Zhou Yan, and Mo Ran followed his gaze. At this point, even if Mo Ran was dull, he should have understood that his Master's 'resurrection' was entirely due to this person's power.

He quickly knelt down, wanting to beg Zhou Yan to let his Master stay, but 'Chen Huai' spoke first.

"Little Mo, there's no need."

"My life force is exhausted, and I suffered a backlash; my Lifespan is over. Although I died miserably, it can be considered a natural death."

"For someone whose Lifespan is over, even resurrection is meaningless."

"This person before you is not a Mortal; he is indeed a Heavenly Venerate Reincarnation, who came to save all living beings."

"Even though I harmed him, he was still willing to let me return to bid you farewell. What great benevolence is this..."

"You don't need to grieve for me. Separation by life and death is common on the path of cultivation."

"Being able to speak with you one last time, I am already content. I must go now; in the days to come, you must take good care of yourself."

"Remember, within the Eastern Region, you can live very comfortably as long as you have money, but the Eastern Region is also more treacherous than the other four regions. From now on, you must act cautiously; no one will shelter you from the wind and rain anymore."

Before his words finished, 'Chen Huai' had completely dissipated.

Mo Ran trembled all over, collapsing to the ground.

"Now you should believe me, right?"

"I already knew that you both had your reasons and were not inherently bad."

"Precisely because of this, I deliberately set up a test to examine your Heart-Nature."

"Now you have passed the test."

"You may take your Master's remains and bury them in my Divine Kingdom."

Listening to Zhou Yan's words and looking at the increasingly divine smile on his face, Mo Ran no longer felt any of his previous emotions; only reverence remained in his eyes.

At this moment, he only knew that whether the person before him was a Heavenly Venerate Reincarnation or a Great Demon Rebirth, he was the one who allowed him to see his Master one last time.

Although he understood that his Master's death was unrelated to the other party, it would certainly be false to say there was no resentment in his heart.

It was only because Zhou Yan had the least connection to his Master's death that he couldn't bring himself to hate him, and was even willing to submit to retrieve the remains.

But now, everything was different.

Mo Ran prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowing devoutly.

"Heavenly Venerate above, your believer Mo Ran, is willing to serve you for life."

[Ding, detected recruit-able Family member 'Mo Ran', recruit?]