The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 568

Chapter 568: Chapter 564: Five Daoist Residual Souls Chapter 568: Chapter 564: Five Daoist Residual Souls “A calamity led to the shattering of a precious treasure, the 'Map of Mountains and Rivers', after Tang Sanzang tragically died, he reincarnated again. His disciples, too, took fragments of the Map of Mountains and Rivers and reincarnated, leaving one by one. Without the ordained five Pilgrims, the situation combating the demon disaster became more pessimistic, ultimately turning into the present circumstance,” Li Jing stated.

Hearing this, Shen Luo thought for a long moment before asking,

“When and where did this demon disaster specifically erupt, you should still remember these details, shouldn't you?”

“I can't remember the details of the demon disaster's eruption, the process of the Heavenly Court's fall, or the circumstances of the Immortals' and Buddhas' deaths in battle- I can't even remember who killed me,” Li Jing shook his head and said.

“So, you're saying, Elder, that you've not remembered any important matters?” Shen Luo asked incredulously.

“No, I always remember the most important thing,” Li Jing immediately refuted.

“What is it?” Shen Luo's expression subtly changed as he hurriedly asked.

“The failure of the Ling Mountain plan that year was because Chiyou, the Demon at the center of the seal, secretly split his divine soul into five residual souls before the demon disaster erupted. These all reincarnated in their own time and later became the triggers of the demon disaster explosion,” Li Jing said, his brow furrowing.

“When did these five residual souls reincarnate?” Shen Luo pondered for a long time before asking.

This question was of great significance. If the time of the five residual souls' reincarnation happened before his present time, then after going back, he only needed to notify the Great Tang Dynasty Government about this matter in advance. They could contact the Heavenly Court, cooperate to strengthen the seal, prevent the reincarnation of the residual souls, and then they could stop the demon disaster from descending.

“The Heavenly Court does not know how his residual souls were divided and how they escaped the sealed place, so the exact escape time cannot be determined. However, according to post-analysis, they were most likely reincarnated at the same time as the five ordained Pilgrims,” Li Jing gave an answer that immediately made Shen Luo's heart sink.

In his current real time, it was nearly one hundred years after the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang and the others, and this meant that the five residual souls of Chiyou had already reincarnated.

“Elder, do you know who these five residual souls have reincarnated into?” Shen Luo immediately asked.

He knew clearly that if they could find out their identities and kill them in advance, they could also stop the demon disaster from descending.

Upon hearing the question, Li Jing's eyebrows furrowed deeply as if he were trying hard to recall something.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and said, “I can only remember two clues, about two of them. One seems to have reincarnated in Chang'an, and one… seems to have reincarnated in the Western Regions.”

“What are their names, who are they?” Shen Luo's heart leaped, and he immediately asked.

“I vaguely remember, the one in Chang'an City… is a woman with a plum blossom mark on her wrist, and the person in the Western Regions seems to be a monk,” Li Jing said.

“Is that all? Don't you even know their names?” Shen Luo pressed.

“As I have mentioned, my residual soul has missing memories, It's impossible to remember all details. Moreover, those five reincarnated residual souls didn't have Chiyou's memories before awakening, they themselves don't even know who they are. They will only see their true selves at the moment of awakening and then fulfill their mission. Therefore, before they do anything unusual, no one will pay attention to them, which is why not much information about them has been circulated,” Li Jing explained.

Listening to these words, Shen Luo sighed quietly in his heart, Chang'an City is so large, with a population of at least tens of millions. How easy would it be to find a person with a five-petaled plum blossom mark on her wrist among the vast sea of people?

The Western Regions are miles away. Although the population is not as large as that of Chang'an, the area is almost boundless. It would be no less difficult to find a monk in this vast area.

“Regarding Chiyou, you can go to the East Sea Dragon Palace to find Dragon King Ao Guang. If he is still alive, he can perhaps tell you something,” Seeing Shen Luo deep in thought, Li Jing seemed to remember something and reminded him.

Shen Luo felt frustrated. Ao Hong had already told him earlier that the Dragon Palace had been breached by the demons. He was not even sure whether he would get to see the Old Dragon King anymore.

At this moment, Li Jing's expression suddenly changed. He softly chanted a few times, formed a magic seal with one hand, pointed at the mid air, a golden shine abruptly emitted from his hand and struck the floating golden Heavenly Book.

The golden Heavenly Book trembled violently, the surface lit up dazzling golden light, turning into a projection dozens of feet giant in size, which densely displayed the names written in ancient seal script.

These names twisted and turned as if they were living beings, sending out bursts of strong Mana fluctuations from within.

Just as Shen Luo was astonished, a beam of golden light suddenly refracted from the golden Heavenly Book, projected downwards like a spotlight, caging him within.

At the instant when the golden light fell onto him, Shen Luo only felt his whole body stiffen, and the back of his head became as heavy as if he had been hit by some blunt object.

The next moment, a shrill and intense ringing sounded in his mind.

“Ah…”

Shen Luo felt an intense pain coming from his divine soul, as if he were being torn apart. He couldn't help but clutch his head and let out a heart-wrenching howl.

Up to now, Shen Luo had experienced all sorts of pains and thought he had a decent tolerance for pain. But today's pain was unbearable to him like never before.

Fortunately, this pain only lasted for a few moments before it disappeared.

Slowly lowering his hands, Shen Luo lifted his head to see a glimpse of spiritual light emerging slowly from the middle of his brows, forming a human-shaped phantom that looked exactly like him, slowly flying high into the sky.

At the moment this human-shaped phantom left, Shen Luo felt as if a part of his divine soul had been split off. But this feeling was quite subtle, there was still some vague connection between them.

“Elder, what are you doing?” Shen Luo asked.

With unchanged expression, Li Jing paid no heed to Shen Luo's inquiry, and continued making magic seals and striking towards the golden Heavenly Book.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Luo's human-shaped phantom dissipated and flew into the golden Heavenly Book projection in the high sky. Under the flash of golden light, it formed two large ancient seal script characters: “Shen Luo”.

Once the characters were formed, the radiance on the golden Heavenly Book began to gradually recede. After a moment, it restored to its initial state.

Li Jing raised his hand and beckoned, the golden Heavenly Book obediently flew back, falling into his hand.

“Although I cannot grant you an immortal magic charm, your divine soul has already merged into the Heavenly Book, temporarily making you the controller of this Heavenly Book. However, if you wish to fully control the Heavenly Book, you still need to find the other Heavenly Scroll Fragments,” Li Jing elaborated.

Hearing these words, Shen Luo did not feel joy but rather a touch of apprehension in his heart.