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Xie Que slowly opened his eyes.
At that moment, he suddenly felt that his thoughts became extremely heavy, as if he had suddenly woken up from a deep sleep that had lasted for tens of millions of years.

His consciousness also became extremely weak at this time, just like a young creature that had just been born, feeling unfamiliar and powerless to everything around him.

Not only that, he found that he could not feel his eyes, ears, nose, and throat, which were his normal senses. Even the perception of every part of his body had completely disappeared.

This sudden change startled Xie Que, and he quickly released his weak spiritual consciousness.

I began to scan my body carefully, trying to find out where the problem was.

When his spiritual sense swept over his whole body, Xie Que was shocked to find that he had turned into a huge stone without knowing when.

At this moment, it was standing alone on the top of a mountain, next to an ancient temple.

This huge rock has experienced countless years of wind, sun, frost and rain, but it still stands there firmly, motionless.

And because the cliff faces due east, the huge rock can absorb a little purple air from the early morning sunrise every day.

In addition, monks in the temples recite scriptures devoutly or write scriptures silently on stones every day.
These spiritualities gradually seeped into the boulder, causing it to slowly give rise to spirits and intelligence.

It was not until this moment that Xie Que finally recalled all his previous memories, and his heart was filled with astonishment.

"This……"

Xie Que recalled vaguely, shouldn't he be chasing Jidu Tianjun in that long river of time?
Why did it become like this at this moment? And was it in a completely unfamiliar environment?

Just when he was filled with doubt and uncertainty, he suddenly felt that the Death Judgment Talisman within his true spirit was still firmly in place.

Feeling this, Xie Que suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

He knew that as long as the basic foundation of the Death Judgment Diagram was still there, he would still have enough confidence to face any strange and unpredictable situation.

This is his guiding light in this unknown world!
At first, Xie Que felt extremely uncomfortable with this sudden change.

Although he is now a spirit stone, possessing extraordinary powers,

But his thinking did not change, and he still retained human wisdom and perception.

In addition, he couldn't move at all at this moment, nor could he sense the world around him, and he couldn't even sense the existence of his own body.
For ordinary people, this feeling of helplessness and loneliness is enough to drive them crazy.

However, for Xie Que, it didn't take long before he gradually adapted to this state.

The days passed quietly, and Xie Que persisted in training his spiritual consciousness every day, as if this was his only hope in these long years.

He had seen countless mornings when the first rays of sunlight fell on the earth, and hundreds of monks would perform martial arts together in the square in front of the temple.
Their movements were vigorous and powerful, with great momentum, as if they wanted to encompass the heaven and earth into their fists and feet.

He had seen countless sunsets. When the afterglow of the setting sun filled the mountains, the sound of chanting scriptures slowly rose with the beating of the evening drum.
The sound is melodious and profound, as if it can penetrate people's hearts and wash away the fatigue and worries of the day.

Or during festivals, there are many tourists and pilgrims coming.

With their own wishes in mind, they set out on the mountain road and entered the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.

There are many different kinds of people. Some pray devoutly for money, some make silent wishes for a bright future, and some implore Bodhisattvas for good health or sexual matters.

In the temple's wing, Xie Que once saw a young monk who became food for his master's Taoist practice, and in the end not even his bones were left. This made Xie Que feel an indescribable sadness in his heart.

He had also seen a great monk who disguised himself as the Buddha and bewitched an infertile lady who came to ask Guanyin for a child, and donated his own body to her.

During a famine, Xie Que saw that all the monks in the temple had fled, and only a few monks remained in the temple.

They recite scriptures every day and ring morning bells and evening drums, as if using their faith and perseverance to bring a glimmer of hope to this land.

In the year of the great disaster, Xie Que saw many martial monks coming down the mountain to perform chivalrous deeds. They used Buddhist teachings to rob the rich and help the poor, and helped the villagers overcome difficulties.

For decades, the ancient temple was attacked by foreign enemies because of doctrinal disputes. In the brutal conflict, the monks in the temple were slaughtered and only a few were left. The entire temple was almost in despair.

Even so, the surviving monks still relied on their faith to preserve the temple's heritage with great difficulty.

During these long years, the evil and good in the world continued to occur and evolve in front of Xie Que.

He witnessed countless joys and sorrows, life and death, but he was powerless, unable to move or speak, and could only watch and listen silently.

Perhaps only he himself can deeply understand this helplessness and loneliness.

After who knows how many years, an earth dragon turned over, turning the once glorious temple into ruins.

However, due to the excellent feng shui of this place, a new Taoist temple was built on the ruins of the temple soon after, becoming a new place of faith.

As time passed, even this Taoist temple was demolished by the government a thousand years later and turned into the ancestral tomb of an official.

The ancestral tomb then underwent changes and became a manor, the manor then became a temple, and behind the temple there was an orchard.

As time goes by, life is like a dream, and everything is constantly changing.

The only thing that remained motionless was the huge rock in front of the cliff.

No matter who the owner of this mountain was, no matter how the times changed, they left it alone.

It is like a silent witness, silently witnessing the vicissitudes of history and the passage of time.

Gradually, in this never-ending change and cycle, Xie Que didn't know how many years had passed.

Due to his unremitting efforts in training his spiritual consciousness every day, he has become much stronger than when he first woke up.

Although he had become a spirit and possessed extraordinary powers, for natural objects like rocks and rivers to become spirits, it would take millions of years before they could truly achieve anything.

This meant that he was still unable to move at all, and could only rely on his powerful spiritual sense to see, hear, and feel the changes in the world.

So many things in the world are like a drama, constantly changing scenes between prosperity and decline, and going back and forth between sorrow and joy, as if there is no end.

As a bystander of all this, Xie Que has experienced countless joys and angers. He has experienced almost every kind of emotion that a person can have countless times.

However, over time, these feelings eventually turned into numbness.

After all, no matter how unpredictable these things are, he cannot intervene in them and can only watch them happen, develop, and disappear.

The numbness made Xie Que stop thinking, and his mind was almost about to stop functioning.

He no longer thought about the complicated and multitudinous trivialities of the world, but only focused on the most basic daily training of his spiritual consciousness.

Just before Xie Que's thoughts were about to stop completely and fall into endless silence,

A sentence suddenly appeared in his mind as clearly as the morning bell and evening drum.

"Be patient and unmoved like the earth, ponder deeply like a secret treasure!"

This sentence comes from the Sutra of the Ten Wheels of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

"Reincarnation..." Xie Que silently repeated this word in his heart.
Suddenly, he seemed to be struck by lightning and everything became clear.

He realized that the way of reincarnation is not just a simple reincarnation, but all kinds of changes in the world, the vicissitudes of life, and everything is constantly experiencing reincarnation. It was because he had been too stubborn and had a too narrow understanding of reincarnation that he did not realize the true way of reincarnation.

Xie Que knew it in his heart, and this understanding was of great significance to him.

He knew very well that if he had a chance to return to his body, then the Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power, which had stopped progressing for a long time due to various reasons, would usher in a new breakthrough because of his complete understanding of reincarnation.

He believed that as long as he could return, he would be able to transform the dragon elephant in his body into a divine elephant, break through to the third level of the divine elephant's prison-suppressing power, and reach an unprecedented height.

"No wonder Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva can suppress the underworld and control thousands of ghosts. His understanding of the way of reincarnation can be clearly explained in just a few words. It is really amazing."

Xie Que couldn't help but sigh in his heart. As he continued to comprehend, he understood more and more deeply the profundity and mystery of the way of reincarnation.

He discovered that the way of reincarnation and the way of time overlapped at a deep level, and that the two were inextricably linked.

In many places, these two avenues can learn from each other.

Just as Xie Que was immersed in the contemplation of the way of reincarnation,
Suddenly, a cold and slightly sarcastic voice sounded quietly beside him, breaking the silence.

The voice was like a chill wind that pierced the bones: "After so many years, you are still so vulgar. You haven't made any progress at all."

Immediately, he felt as if his consciousness was being pricked by needles and the pain was unbearable.

In order to protect his spiritual consciousness from harm, he immediately took his external spiritual consciousness back into his body.

Even so, the familiar yet unfamiliar aura allowed Xie Que to instantly recognize the identity of the visitor.

Ketu Heavenly Lord!

"When I first came into this world, I was just an ordinary, insignificant person. I thought it would be difficult for me to achieve anything in this life, but I didn't expect... you are even more miserable than me. You are still a piece of stone that cannot move!"

"After three hundred thousand years of rebuilding and honing, I finally regained my good fortune in this space and time."

Jidu Tianjun's gaze lingered on the boulder for a moment: "But you are still just a piece of stone, unable to speak, unable to move, and can only silently endure the erosion of time and the passage of time."

At this moment, Jidu Tianjun looked like a handsome and elegant young man. He chuckled and said:
"It seems that I have won."

"In this fight, I finally got ahead of you."

Perhaps it was because Jidu Tianjun had been holding it in his heart for many years, and at this moment he kept telling the huge stone that Xie Que had transformed into everything he had experienced.
Emotions are constantly changing, sometimes excited, sometimes emotional, sometimes angry, sometimes helpless.

After saying this, Jidu Tianjun clicked his tongue a few times, as if he was recalling the past.

Then he sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I can't really kill you now."

He stretched out his hand, gently placed it on the boulder, and stroked it several times, as if he was feeling Xie Que's presence.

Then, he slowly said: "You and I are still immersed in the time node that I traveled back to with the Tao Foundation of the Other Shore, and we cannot escape this endless reincarnation."

"Throughout the reincarnations of the past, you and I will fight. No matter how many times you and I die, we can live again and continue this unfinished fight."

“Only by cultivating to the other shore can one escape from this time and space and gain true freedom and liberation.”

"And... only one person can break free from the constraints of this time and space! The loser will be completely wiped out by the long river of time and disappear forever in the dust of history!"

Having said this, Jidu Tianjun suddenly started laughing wildly. The laughter was so loud that tears even rolled down from the corners of his eyes and dripped onto the dust under his feet.

He laughed so wildly, as if he wanted to release all the frustration and repression he had accumulated over the years.

Finally, he sighed deeply, with a hint of regret in his tone:
"It's a pity that you have a bad fate. You were born as a piece of stone that can't move. How can you compete with me?"

Hearing this, Xie Que instantly understood his situation over the years.

In simple terms, he and Jidu Tianjun were both sent to the past time and space by the "Seven Stars to Prevent Disasters and Question the Heart" method.

The one who has not reached the other shore first can return to the original time and space, while the other person will be ruthlessly erased by the long river of time.

"Little Stone, even if you become a wonder in the world, so what?" Jidu Tianjun's tone revealed a hint of contempt, "Even if you achieve something, the best you can do is just the God Realm."

"And I am already on the road to the other side. How can you compare with me?"

After saying this, Jidu Tianjun retracted his hand and no longer touched the stubborn stone.

He turned around and prepared to leave, leaving behind one more sentence:

"Let you hone your skills here slowly. I will go back first."

"Next time I come to see you, I hope you can give me some surprises and don't let my victory come so easily!"

Just when Jidu Tianjun was about to leave, he suddenly realized that the surrounding space and time had been sealed by an invisible force, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape from this area.

"What? What is going on?" Jidu Tianjun's face darkened and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Although Xie Que couldn't communicate with the outside world at the moment, and couldn't move at all,

But over the years, with the help of many terms, the results he has achieved in his practice are by no means simple.

He concentrated on cultivating his spirit and soul without getting involved in any other Taoist practices. This made his spirit and soul so huge that it was simply astonishing.

He merely released his soul, and the powerful force was enough to distort the river of time.

Moreover, after tens of thousands of years of hard training, he fully realized the way of reincarnation, so that his soul was filled with the reincarnation energy of the passage of time. This power was extremely terrifying and was in no way inferior to the light of the universe.

The next moment, Jidu Tianjun felt the threat, perhaps from Xie Que.

He exploded in an instant, and all his strength poured out towards the boulder like a storm.

Xie Que was no less capable. He condensed his spiritual power into a huge force and smashed it hard into Jidu Tianjun's body like a sledgehammer.

Blood flowed from the corner of Jidu Tianjun's mouth, and his divine body was immediately damaged. A trace of anger and unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

His eyes turned red, and he aimed directly at the huge rock that Xie Que had turned into and smashed it hard.

Xie Que's soul was suddenly shaken, and he felt the great terror between life and death, as if he would be completely annihilated in the next moment.

He had a premonition that if this huge rock was damaged, he would no longer be able to practice further in the future.

But at this time, Xie Que was helpless. He could not stop Jidu Tianjun's steps, nor could he escape this disaster.

Therefore, he had no choice but to perish along with his foe.

Blow up!

Only in this way can he escape from this huge stone body and make up for the gap created by Jidu Tianjun.

In an instant, a grand fireworks display exploded on the top of the mountain. (End of this chapter)