747: The great motherly love awakens me

“Disciple, can you allow a wisp of their Divine Souls to enter reincarnation? I can sever their memories of this life, sever all their merits and karmic luck, and let them be mere mortals,” Starry Sacred Mother turned to look at Gu Qing, negotiating.

“Yes!” Gu Qing agreed almost without hesitation.

Tian Xu and the other two couldn't contend with him now; once they became mortals, they would no longer be people of the same world.

Tian Xu and the other two were stunned, not expecting Starry Sacred Mother to still be willing to give them a ray of hope in the end.

“You are still you, but there’s no need for reincarnation. To have walked a path with Junior Sister, I can die without regrets,” Gu Jun smiled with relief, actively releasing the restriction, allowing the Chaotic Treasure Bottle to devour everything he had.

“I don’t need it either.”

Tian Xu and Ni Xiao also released their restrictions, neither wishing to enter reincarnation.

Because they knew very well that without memories, he would no longer be himself. What meaning would life or death then hold?

As for starting over, cultivating from a mortal to an Immortal Emperor, then to a Saint, a Celestial, a Master God... and recovering their original memories—that was impossible.

In their view, birth determined everything. Without karmic luck, without a cultivation partner, wealth, or land, even living would be difficult.

Rather than suffering in life, it was better to die and be done with it, severing all roots of trouble (trouble/annoyance).

“This is not for you to decide,” Gu Qing reached out and seized a wisp of the three men’s Divine Souls, handing them to Starry Sacred Mother.

His Master had, with great difficulty, opened her mouth to ask him for a favor for the first time; he had to handle it perfectly.

Let the three of them continue to experience trials as mortals.

Starry Sacred Mother felt as if she had been handed a hot potato, unsure what to do for a moment.

She had meant well, but it was not what the three of them desired.

“Leave us a little karmic luck,” Gu Jun sighed. He had come to realize that Starry Sacred Mother genuinely cherished old affections and could not bear to see them perish like this.

But this brat, Gu Qing, was truly wicked.

He wanted them to endlessly reincarnate through countless lives, experiencing the seven emotions and six desires, birth, aging, sickness, and death of mortals, forever enduring trials.

This was even more unbearable than killing them.

Starry Sacred Mother hummed, severed the three men’s memories, preserved a little karmic luck, and then, using her divine ability, sent the three into reincarnation.

Cang Yu watched as the three men’s true forms were enveloped by a Chaotic Treasure Bottle, remained silent for a long while, then spoke, “Dao Friend, I don’t need to continue reincarnating, do I?”

He was a Chaos Dao Lord; even if he perished, he was still a Dao Lord.

He would rather die than be an ant.

“As you wish,” Gu Qing couldn’t be bothered with him.

Cang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, then thought, “Although my inheritance cannot compare to Dao Friend’s, it still has some merits. Could Dao Friend place my inheritance in the Star God Sect’s scripture repository for those with destiny to cultivate?”

“You can!”

Something given for free, it would be foolish not to take it.

The inheritance of a Dao Lord was enough to make Celestials fight over it.

“The Universe Clock and the Light of the Universe are my associated supreme treasures; I’ll give them to you as well.”

With a face full of reluctance, Cang Yu handed these two supreme treasures, along with his lifelong inheritance, to Gu Qing.

Giving all his most important possessions to Gu Qing, even knowing it was a forced move, Cang Yu was still filled with resentment and indignation.

“Heh heh, even if you didn’t give me these two treasures, I would take them myself,” Gu Qing sneered.

“Furthermore, don’t expect me to give these two treasures to your successors; that’s impossible.”

“Alas!” Cang Yu sighed, “I know. I’m just unwilling.”

“This Lord was born divine and sacred. To pursue the Great Dao, I abducted goddesses to conceive offspring, using my descendants to cultivate an undying golden body, but in the end, it was all for naught.”

“I have nothing left. If I don’t leave my inheritance, my true name will no longer exist in the world.”

“You… you are truly a ruthless person,” Hearing this, Gu Qing’s mind was greatly shaken.

He was also well-traveled and knowledgeable, aware that some ethnic groups chose incestuous relationships for the purity of their bloodline.

But someone like Cang Yu, who raised offspring only to devour their bloodline to strengthen himself, was something he had never heard of.

Is this even a human being?

“After cultivating for countless years, I am already unrecognizable; Dao is not Dao, human is not human…”

Cang Yu’s expression was forlorn as he released his seal, allowing the Chaotic Treasure Bottle to smelt him.

“Disciple!”

Seeing Gu Qing unable to recover for a long time, still in shock, Starry Sacred Mother gently called out.

“Oh!”

“Disciple, there are countless people in the world similar to Cang Yu, and even more who are even more devoid of humanity.”

Starry Sacred Mother paused, then continued, “They all firmly believe that the Great Dao is emotionless, and only by being emotionless and desireless can one approach the Great Dao and comprehend the supreme Great Dao.”

Gu Qing’s lips moved, speechless.

Because there was indeed some truth to this.

If one had too many distracting thoughts and an impure mind, it would be difficult to align with the Great Dao, thereby making it hard to comprehend the Dao.

However, if one truly did that, even if one achieved immortality, even if one obtained the Great Dao, what then?

What was the difference from a puppet?

No, puppets had no consciousness; they did.

To be precise, such people were more like devout slaves of the Great Dao.

“Actually, at first, I also thought their philosophy was correct. Cultivators should not have the seven emotions and six desires; only by devoutly seeking the Dao and maintaining a sincere heart can one attain the Dao.”

Starry Sacred Mother touched her disciple’s handsome face, a look of reminiscence appearing in her eyes.

Gu Qing’s pupils widened: “Master, weren’t you always a staunch cultivator of the Emotional Dao?”

“Not at all.”

Starry Sacred Mother shook her head slightly: “After I severed distracting thoughts, severed the seven emotions and six desires, and got rid of the roots of trouble, I became closer to the natural Great Dao of heaven and earth, comprehending the Dao as easily as daily meals.”

“My many Divine Dao positions were comprehended through interaction with the Great Dao of heaven and earth after severing the seven emotions and six desires. Having obtained this creation, I became even more convinced of the philosophy that only by being emotionless can one attain the Dao.”

“What happened later? How did Master later abandon the Emotionless Dao and choose the Emotional Dao?” Gu Qing pressed.

“Later, ah…”

“Later, I experienced the mortal world, observed the myriad aspects of human life, wishing to create all living beings and things. Just as my Dao was perfected, I encountered a mother and son.”

“The woman had a Medicinal Spirit Sacred Body. She wanted to sacrifice herself to save her severely injured son, but her husband, family, clan members, and sect members all came to stop her. For this, they even killed her son, simply because she was a grandmaster alchemist.”

“However, she would rather self-detonate and go to the underworld with her son, perishing together with her son’s murderers…”

“She said she was human, not an emotionless puppet. She said she was a mother, and the hatred (grudge/hatred) of her son’s murder, she had to avenge.”

“So that’s it… Master, was it because of that mother and son that you decided to abandon the Emotionless Dao and choose the Emotional Dao?”

“Yes, her great maternal love awakened me. It was at that moment that I realized that without emotions, one is merely a devout slave beneath the Great Dao.”

“Exactly, without emotions, one is no different from a slave without self-awareness.”

“Does Disciple truly think so?”

“Naturally, I am like Master. If one day I lose my emotions, lose my self-awareness, then I would no longer be me. I would rather dissolve my body into the Dao than let my physical form live on.”

“Good disciple…” Starry Sacred Mother’s beautiful eyes were filled with tenderness; her disciple shared her aspirations.

“Did Master ultimately save the mother and son?” Gu Qing asked.

“Yes, I also gave them great opportunities.”

“Oh, are they doing well now?”

“Very well. Mother and son accompany each other for eternity, sharing in Free and Easy (carefree happiness).”

Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman watched the Master and disciple, their eyes full of affection, the sticky atmosphere seemingly isolating her from the outside world.

A bad premonition arose spontaneously.

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