Chapter 689 - 210: [Reincarnation Tribulation]_2
"How do you say that?" Chen Yan asked calmly.
"For example... Crossing the tribulation."
Crossing the tribulation?
Chen Yan’s eyes flickered: "The Celestial Tribulation of a Realm Breakthrough? That kind of heavenly lightning imbuement, the thunderous strikes, can be avoided?"
"Of course not!" Ouyang immediately changed color: "Crossing the Celestial Tribulation is a test of the Heavenly Dao. How could it give you the chance to fake it?
What I’m talking about... well, it can also be called a trial."
After a pause, Ouyang continued: "You’ve read many mythical stories, right? Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods, and such.
Those Immortal Great Powers, like the Daluo Golden Immortal, frequently undergo trials.
For instance, Tang Sanzang, originally the Golden Cicada, reincarnated for nine lives, and finally became Tang Sanzang. The previous nine lives were all about undergoing trials.
If it didn’t work once, then twice, if twice didn’t work, then thrice... Until the last life, this life of Tang Sanzang’s, completed the pilgrimage, returned to the Great Dao, and attained Buddhahood.
This is reincarnation trial."
"Reincarnation trial..." Chen Yan frowned.
"Sages, as they have already merged their Life Chart and fortune into the Heavenly Dao, can therefore peer into the Heavenly Dao and perceive all their fortune flows, even seeing a very distant future.
This is quite different from ordinary fortune-telling.
You know, we cultivators also learn a bit about face reading and fortune seeing, but sages are different—their Life Chart is already merged with the Heavenly Dao—Heavenly Dao! What an existence!
So, no matter how exquisite your spell is, you can’t use the Qi Observation Skill to see a venerable’s fortune flow.
See! Not easy at all!
Interfering is even more difficult!
The fortune and fate of a sage can only be seen and perceived by the sage themselves.
And at the most crucial moments... Ordinary people have trials and fates marked in their lives, and sages are no exception."
Ouyang suddenly sighed softly: "This thing called fate, when the fate has to be realized, so must the trials be met.
If an ordinary person encounters a trial marked in their life, a capable cultivator might help them resolve it.
But the Life Chart of a sage is far too vast to be interfered with!
Not even the sage themselves could interfere with their own fortune, unable to affect their own fate and trials.
Thus, where there is gain, there is loss.
Sages are indeed powerful and can be immortal and indestructible, but when a trial befalls them, they can’t escape it, they can only sit and watch, awaiting its arrival.
Therefore, throughout history, sages above the Venerable Realm have devised a way to resolve major trials they foresee.
Reincarnation trial."
Chen Yan’s eyes moved slightly.
"Sages are undying. Thus, they simply play on the concept of ’death’." Ouyang laughed and said, "So, when they foresee a trial they don’t wish to experience themselves, such as a death trial,
they pretend to die first—but leave the mark of Heavenly Dao intact.
Then, they create a reincarnated body for themselves to live a life through which the destined trials would manifest upon.
Once the reincarnated body’s trials are complete, that’s the end of the trial period—by that time, the Heavenly Dao mark will slowly awaken, retrieving all the original consciousness and memories, restoring the true self.
That’s when the trial is complete, and they can return home to continue being a sage."
Reincarnation trial...
Chen Yan pondered over it.
That array suppressed in the Ancient Tomb...
Was Lu Sisi a reincarnation for some venerable Great Power, used for these trials?
"Why go through reincarnation trials? According to what you said, sages are nearly immortal, even if they have trials, they can hold their own, so why reincarnate to undergo trials?"
"Because trials for sages are a big deal when fulfilled! If reborn as a mortal to undergo them, the scale and damage would be much less." Ouyang chuckled and whispered: "Just think... suppose a sage encounters a predestined trial that necessitates a once-perilous injury!
A sage might not die, but through the Heavenly Dao mark, they can resurrect. But the resurrection of a sage, imagine how long it takes, how much immense Divine Techniques must be spent, how big a commotion it would cause!!
I heard that if a sage’s physical body dies once, it takes at least several hundred years to revive through the Heavenly Dao mark! And even after resurrection, they are quite weakened and need a long time to recover their mana and Divine Techniques.
But... if using reincarnation trials,
it’s just a mortal’s body that dies, but the identity remains that of a ’sage,’ and upon death, they can revive in the blink of an eye.
Additionally... some trials, though trials, are also fates and even opportunities.
Sages have worries too. In their long life and cultivation, they may experience disturbances in the Mental Realm, moments of imperfect divine heart.
In such cases, undergoing reincarnation trials, experiencing a life journey, might even, after the process ends, lead to realizations in their Mental Realm, possibly greatly benefiting their cultivation.
Ah, in summary, for sages, such as Venerable figures, reincarnation trials are incredibly complex matters."
Chen Yan said nothing, silently watching Ouyang.
"Even for a sage, the cultivation of the Primordial Spirit is endless, breaking through various emotions is endless. Each layer of realization, each experience, can enhance the Mental Realm." Ouyang suddenly said in a low voice: "For example, our Gu Family... has a Cultivation Technique known as Supreme Forget Emotion.
I’ve heard that those who cultivate it ultimately become as hard-hearted as stone.
But forget emotion, forget emotion, requires feeling emotions first.
If there’s no emotion to begin with, never experienced emotions, then what’s there to forget, really!