Chapter 75 - We Who Play with Fate Shall Not be Shackled by Destiny Please follow please vote for monthly tickets

Huh?

Looking at the scene before him, where warblers and swallows surrounded his twelve elder sisters and his wedded wife, as well as a farewell letter left by the departing Xiao Xuan’er, Xu Shu couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

Huh??

Why is that?

This legend, this Sword Qi frenzy, wasn’t it supposed to be turned into a leveled-up-game, forcefully turned into butter by my own hands?

What’s the meaning of springing this on me all of a sudden?

Could it be some kind of masochistic love thing?

Who the hell makes an R18 game about masochistic love?

“You’re acting strange…”

“Wait, could it be that she’s actually the type who needs me to force myself on her?

Have I been respecting her wishes too much, making her sad?

That’s possible, last night when she said she wanted to observe, maybe it was a hint that she wanted to join?

It’s possible, alas, missed opportunities.”

Xu Shu caressed the Tai Chu Scroll, continuing to compose his legend:

You’re acting strange.]

[You know that Xiao Xuan’er hasn’t been unfaithful, nor is it likely that she’s seriously ill because if that were the case, you would be the only one in the world who could cure her.

But since she has decisively left, you can only let it be, though deep down you still feel some regret.]

[Similarly, your sisters hit their own bottleneck.

The strength of the Sword Sect was already mighty, a pinnacle among humans.]

[Including Nolan Qiushui, who once advanced at breakneck speed and stood peerless among her peers, has now stalled before the threshold of Sword Masterhood, having failed numerous times to weather the Sword Master’s Heavenly Tribulation.

Without you, she would have already been pulverized by the lightning tribulation.]

[Upon arrival, you witnessed a wider world; as soon as you entered Central State, you heard news that Emperor Hai of the Qin Empire, who was marching southward, did not reach Daqian before he was destroyed by the rebel Liu Family from the Han Kingdom.

The State Preceptor Xu Fu fled to the East Sea with the remnants, marking the end of the glorious Qin Empire in just two generations.]

[This broadened your horizons; you knew prodigies emerged in an endless stream in this world.

If you didn’t progress, your ship would sink while thousands of sails pass by, only to be discarded by the era.

Your drive to become stronger intensified.]

[Upon reaching the Wind Thunder Pavilion and finding it untenable to mount an assault, you attempted a trade, only to discover that the Pavilion, said to stand eternal as long as the heavens and earth did, was just obliterated by an unnamed passerby.

The towering spire that once pierced the skies had fallen.]

[The Destiny Binding Divine was hot, and so were you.

You hit it off immediately, wishing you could bind your fates on the spot.]

“Your sisters as well,” everyone got stuck at the Sword Sect realm, unable to progress further.

Between Sword Sect and Sword Master, a difference of one word signifies a world apart.”

“It’s been ten years since you roamed the continent.

Your sisters approached you and said that their dream of the Jianghu life was over, they didn’t want to wander anymore, they wanted a home.”

“You agreed, your cultivation had long stagnated, and your enthusiasm had waned.”

“You decided to settle in the Burning Incense Valley, which you had previously destroyed.

Here, with your sisters, you lived a shameless life, day and night, over and over, and had many children, enjoying the bliss of family.”

“Only Nolan Qiushui, she was still tirelessly trying to break through to the Sword Master realm.

She couldn’t bear you a child; she always declined to give up the struggle of the sword path, and you respected her choice.”

“Sadly, it was both time and fate, as talented as she was, she ultimately had to yield to destiny and admit that not everyone could cross that Heavenly Human Boundary.”

“Time flies, a hurried hundred years pass by in the blink of an eye.”

“You are now a white-haired Old Sword Immortal, even though you can’t actually use a sword.

Your Recovery Technique keeps your body as strong as ever, but the marks of age cannot be erased.”

“Occasionally on the continent, legends of the Witch Demon King and Tianqi Thirteen Holy Knights would still arise, but those are long past.”

“From brother to husband, from husband to father, then to grandfather, until you became the old ancestor.”

“Your lineage continued generation after generation, most ordinary, though a few talented youths emerged.

You didn’t wish to worry, believing that progeny should make their own fortune, merely allowing them to recover if they could return to you at death’s door.”

“However, the lifespans of your sworn sisters gradually came to an end, having lived over a hundred years, they died in peace, preserving the youthful visage from the days you frolicked behind the Xiao Family hills, tasting the forbidden fruit.”

“Nolan Qiushui spent her whole life attempting the Sword Master realm, spared by heavenly tribulations because of you, yet she ultimately fell to the ravages of time.”

“Before passing away, she tearfully held your hand, ‘My lord, I’m sorry.

The one who caused your mother’s death was actually my own mother.

I’ve always wanted to make amends.

I spent my life devoted to the sword, and I’ve neglected you.

If there is a next life, I wish to be your wife again, to bear you a home full of descendants.'”

“You forgave her with a smile and said, ‘Alright, next time I’ll try doing it backward.'”

“On her deathbed, she finally cursed you for being an improper old rascal, and with a smile, she passed away.”

“The Holy Knights are all gone, and only you, the dirty Demon King, remain, your own time drawing near.”

“This life, you’ve reached the end.”

“Who in the world can escape death?”

“No matter how outstanding your splendor is, no matter how you dominate your era, you cannot elude time’s sharp edge, beauty’s skull, a handful of yellow soil.”

“You stand before your deceased wives’ graves, reminiscing about the tumultuous days gone by, filled with a thousand emotions, immobile, you gradually turn into a stone statue.”

“You fell into annihilation, yet you did not truly die.

Your descendants dared not bury you lightly, instead, they turned this place into the Xiao Family Ancestral Land, off-limits to outsiders.”

“Only those three soul rings continue to accompany you by your side; the Fourth-order Thunder Element Destiny Binding Divine Bull General continually jumps among the tombs, electric shocks incessant, as if maintaining the souls of your sisters undisbursed.”

“Another century passes, the Xiao Family you founded faces an existential threat.

The enemy claims to be the descendants of Burning Incense Valley, come to reclaim their ancestral land.”

“The enemy is numerous and appears to be a coalition of many forces.

Although the Xiao Family has grown strong over the years, they are no match and face extinction.”

“A young girl ran to the ancestral land, collapsing before your annihilated body, crying like rain, ‘Ancestor, save us…’ She was struck down by pursuing enemies into a pool of blood.”

“Fresh blood soaks into your decayed body, crumbling the stone patches on your surface.”

“Boom!

Infinite life force erupts from within you, the heavens and earth darken, and petals of lotus rain descend as if the Turquoise Pool itself shelters a fleeting glimpse of Buddha’s light.”

“Enigmatic chants resound in the sky: ‘The cycle of life and death, the impermanence of fate, Life Players, flowing with the tide, reversing the universe…'”

“Decay falls away inch by inch from your body, revealing a flawless, dignified Dharma body.”

“It is you!

You’ve comprehended for a century before the graves and achieved epiphany in an instant, breaking free from your shackles!”

“You blossomed amidst slaughter, like a dawn flower, understanding the true essence of a Life Player!”

“You ascend to the skies, and as all beings watch, you look upon the enemy army and laugh, —”

“‘Life and death, mere illusions, all in a single thought.'”

“‘Rise, my beloved!!!!'”

“With the sound of the great Dao, golden radiance spreads across the world, Holy Light shines upon all, and thirteen formidable figures rise from the Xiao Family Ancestral Land like Yaochi Immortals, descending to the mortal realm!”

“‘Heavens, it’s him!

The legendary Witch Demon King and Tianqi Thirteen Holy Knights!’, ‘We’ve been tricked, run!!'”

“The enemies suffer a crushing defeat, unable to escape, all consumed by the radiant light, their lives and flesh obliterated.”

“You recreate your sisters’ reincarnations in the void, Pure Light Dharma Forms, radiant as glass, and they are alive again!

All elevated to Sword Masters!”

“You’ve broken through the Fourth Realm pathway of medicine: Fertility Venerable!”

“Heavenly Defiance!

You’ve lived a second life!”