The monster roared, struggling with all its might.
The appearance of the divine fire made the monster feel a great threat, and it unreservedly impacted the confinement within Taixu Old Man's body.
"Beast! Today, I will perish with you." Taixu Old Man grunted, a complex expression on his face.
Zhang Ergou stared at Taixu Old Man in horror. The monster's roars were filled with a demonic, devouring power that almost made him lose his mind.
"Taixu, five thousand years, do you really want to fight to the death?" A ferocious and terrifying roar came from within Taixu Old Man's body.
"Yes, five thousand years, it's time for a conclusion," Taixu Old Man said faintly.
"If I die, you won't live either, Taixu, what are you trying to gain?"
"I've lived for over five thousand years, I've lived enough, haha!"
After a long time, Zhang Ergou no longer heard that roar, and Taixu Old Man remained sitting quietly.
When the divine fire left his body, Taixu Old Man was so weak that he looked as if he would dissipate into dust at any moment.
Zhang Ergou quickly took out a bottle of Qi-Restoring Pills. "Senior, take a pill."
"My lifespan is exhausted, it's not something medicine can solve, young one, don't bother yourself." Taixu Old Man said calmly.
Zhang Ergou shook his head, transforming a bottle of pills into essence and slowly injecting it into the old man's body, trying to stop him from weakening further.
"Young one, don't waste your effort, look into my eyes." Taixu Old Man's voice grew weaker.
Zhang Ergou looked up. They were eyes without pupils. Although he didn't know what the old man intended, Zhang Ergou looked as instructed.
Taixu Old Man's vacant eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of time, imbued with mystery. Gazing into them, it was as if they contained the vast universe.
Zhang Ergou even saw the changes of the great thousand worlds. On the surface of those hollow pupils, it seemed a colossal wheel of time was being etched.
As he fixed his gaze, that colossal wheel of time seemed to turn once.
"These eyes are too mysterious. What kind of tribulations have they endured to contain so much meaning?"
"These eyes of mine are the Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes. They are my most prideful possession in this life. Today, I shall entrust them to you."
...
Ah...
On the altar at the bottom of the cliff, Zhang Ergou cried out, covering his eyes. Blood flowed from between his fingers.
His mind felt like it had been struck with a heavy blow, a cacophony of roars echoing within, making him feel like he was about to explode.
Puff, puff, puff!
Spitting out three mouthfuls of blood, Zhang Ergou fell backward, lapsing into unconsciousness.
At this moment, Taixu Old Man, having given his Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes to Zhang Ergou, now had eyes that were black holes, hollow and terrifying.
His body was also slowly dissipating, as if his wish had been fulfilled, a look of relief on his face.
The valley floor fell into complete silence at this moment.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Ergou woke from his unconsciousness, patting his throbbing head. He still felt a bit dizzy.
Rubbing his temples, Zhang Ergou sat up.
"Little one, you're awake?" Taixu Old Man's gentle voice sounded. Though he had lost his eyes, he could still sense the changes in Zhang Ergou.
He offered Zhang Ergou a gentle smile. His body had already dissipated by more than half.
In the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, his body would be completely gone.
"Senior!" Zhang Ergou hastily stood up and bowed towards the dissipating body of the old man, his voice choked with emotion.
Watching Taixu Old Man's body grow fainter and fainter, he felt helpless.
"Little one, feel the changes in your eyes."
Taixu Old Man smiled slightly, reminding him.
Hearing this, Zhang Ergou finally felt the change in his eyes.
He was astonished to feel that his eyes had undergone a massive transformation. They were no longer those of an ordinary mortal. They contained immeasurable profundity.
Especially that colossal wheel of time, which seemed to contain all sorts of great principles. Though minute, it was imprinted with endless Dao.
He could now clearly sense the vast, astonishing energy contained within his eyes, a power that made his heart pound.
"Senior, this...?" Zhang Ergou looked up, his gaze questioning Taixu Old Man.
The shock in his heart was beyond words.
"These are the Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes, which only one person from my Divine Race has the chance to awaken once in tens of thousands of years."
"Divine Race?" Zhang Ergou looked at the old man, startled. He had never heard of a Divine Race before.
"Senior, what is the Divine Race? Are you of the Divine Race?"
Taixu Old Man nodded gently.
"The Divine Race is one of the nine great races from ancient times. People have always regarded it as a legend, but in fact, the nine great races truly existed."
Ancient races? Zhang Ergou stared at the old man before him in shock. He had never imagined that this emaciated old man was from an ancient Divine Race.
It was simply unbelievable.
The ancient Divine Race had never appeared in Zhang Ergou's memories. Perhaps it was due to the immense age of history, or perhaps his cultivation was too low to reach such a high level.
"People of my Divine Race are already rare, and awakening the Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes is a matter of incredible luck. I never expected such a good thing to happen to me."
Taixu Old Man continued to explain to Zhang Ergou slowly.
"When I truly awakened these Six Paths Reincarnation Eyes, I felt their power, and it made the young me even more arrogant and unyielding."
"I thought that with the vastness of this world, there was no place I couldn't go. It was precisely this arrogance that led me to an extreme, offending a demon I shouldn't have, and costing me five thousand years of my life."
As he was about to dissipate at the brink of death, Taixu Old Man recalled the past. A hint of melancholy appeared on his aged face, slowly turning into relief and acceptance.
Thousands of years had passed; what needed to be let go had been let go...
Although he was once an incomparably powerful cultivator at the Mahayana realm, he was now about to turn to dust, dissipating into the heavens and earth. The old man, having experienced the vicissitudes of time and seen through life, was at peace...
"Senior, how could you bear to bestow such a precious gift upon me? This is something of your Divine Race." Su Dan Novel Net
Zhang Ergou glanced cautiously at the old man.
"Perhaps, you might still be able to live."
"Five thousand years have long since exhausted my lifespan. Even if a Divine Emperor were to appear, they would have no power to turn the tide. All of this is fate, predetermined by the heavens."
Zhang Ergou's eyes grew moist. Witnessing a former powerhouse dissipate before his eyes, he naturally felt a pang of sadness.
"Finally, I have a few words of advice for you. You must remember them." In his final moments, Taixu Old Man's tone became serious.
Zhang Ergou quickly bowed. "Please speak, Senior. Your junior will engrave it in his heart."