Chapter 19
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Chapter 19: White Emperor Comes to Me
The moonlight of Yao Xia Bay hung still in the distant sky.
People who ventured to the East Wilderness, chasing the Blood Demon, had spread an astonishing piece of news.
It began like this——
The cold moon hung like frost, chilling even the hearts of those beneath it.
“Alas,” the woman in white sighed, her gaze fixed on the figure of Chen Fu, whose white hair reflected the sorrow of the moment.
She didn’t know how to describe it, only that she felt an uncomfortable tightness in her chest.
She shook her head and, with a small sigh, said, “Thanks to the female cultivator’s magnanimity. Otherwise, both Martial Master and Elder Martial Brother Gu would be dead.”
The woman in black beside her smiled and remarked, “It’s not just magnanimity—she’s like a bodhisattva!”
“Bodhisattva?” The woman in white turned her head, puzzled.
Bu Qingxiao replied, “Of course, after all, she is the famous White Emperor, Bai Lian!”
“White Emperor Bai Lian…” The woman in white repeated the name softly.
After a brief pause, understanding flickered in her eyes.
“White… is she the reincarnated Immortal Emperor, Bai Lian?!”
Her exclamation rippled through the air, drawing the attention of those around her, as though she had just dropped a bomb into a quiet pool.
“What? What happened to Bai Lian?”
Bu Qingxiao sighed and nodded. “Yes. When she faced Gu Jiu, I observed her with my magic eyes and noticed a very conspicuous ★ in the corner of her eyes!”
The woman in white nodded slowly.
It was the unmistakable symbol of Bai Lian—said to be the crystallization of her understanding of the Great Tao of Stars. Inside that ★ lay a mysterious [Field] of stars and moon!
However, it wasn’t enough to conclude that the female cultivator was Bai Lian just from the ★ in her eyes.
Many of Bai Lian’s followers imitated her by drawing symbols like ♥, 
, and, of course, ★, under their eyes. But their ★s were merely copies.
They could never fool Bu Qingxiao’s discerning gaze.
“No doubt it was Bai Lian.”
And then, Bu Qingxiao remembered the time when she tested Bai Lian’s strength.
Her eyes filled with admiration.
Bai Lian’s composure was incredible.
“Even when my Black Sea Fog reached her belly, she stood unfazed, her expression unchanging.”
At that moment, Bu Qingxiao was shocked.
She was certain that if it had been her, she would have reacted immediately, jumping to fight back.
But Bai Lian didn’t.
That was the White Emperor Bai Lian.
How could she not react to such an attack?
The more Bu Qingxiao thought about it, the more she realized that it wasn’t just a matter of strength. It was a difference in the breadth of the mind.
She could never be as calm as Bai Lian.
Bai Lian—so deep, too deep.
After thinking for a long time, Bu Qingxiao couldn’t match Bai Lian’s face with any of the ones she had known.
But that didn’t matter.
The Immeasurable Disaster was coming, and many Immortal Emperors who had vanished for countless years might return to vie for immortality.
Bu Qingxiao knew a lot.
In this world, every 129,600 years is considered one “Yuan,” and every ninety-nine “Yuans” marks a great reincarnation.
In each Immeasurable Disaster, a new blank way of the Great Tao is born. Even a mortal can become immortal if they can grasp that path and carve themselves into it.
Such a person is called a “Faramita Immortal.”
A Faramita Immortal isn’t just a cultivation realm but a method of achieving longevity by becoming a part of the world.
In a great reincarnation, there’s only one such new Faramita Immortal.
But this time, things were different.
No one had yet become a Faramita Immortal as the Immeasurable Disaster approached.
This meant that, after the Immeasurable Disaster, there would be two blank ways of the Great Tao in the chaos.
Those who had once stood at the peak of the world would never let this opportunity slip by.
And Bu Qingxiao would seize it too.
She would go to the “Faramita” and break free from the confines of the “World.”
That was her only hope now.
As Bu Qingxiao sighed, her words—like deep-water bombs—shocked those around her.
“It’s no surprise. Only Bai Lian would rather hurt herself than harm innocent civilians.”
“She’s a Natural Saint! Compared to her, Elder Martial Brother Gu is just… alas…”
“This is terrifying!”
“What’s so surprising? Two months ago, Bai Lian killed an old demon at the Transparency Stage in the Duxian sect, right?”
“I heard Bai Lian has awakened the power of an Immortal Emperor. There can’t be many who can defeat her now.”
“It’s okay. It won’t be long before she ascends to the Immortal World. When she leaves, no one will even dare to look at her and think, ‘Why can’t I be like her?’”
“You’re probably overthinking it. I think my Shifu will say it more often.”
“…”
Damn it!
The rumors spread quickly, and in just one day, Bai Lian’s deeds in Gucheng County had become known across the East Divine Land.
The light of the White Emperor Bai Lian once again illuminated the world!
But, as always, rumors are distorted in the telling.
“Elder Chen Fu of Thousand Sword City was so terrified that he killed himself on the spot!”
“Fairy Bai Lian was magnanimous, saving Chen Fu with her supreme power!”
“What?”
An Lan shot up from her bed, terrified.
How could Bai Lian cause such chaos?
Not long ago, she had offended the Hades Hall and the Wuheng Snow Valley in the Snow Sea. It wasn’t even a month ago that she angered the powerful Thousand Sword City.
This is bad.
The people from Thousand Sword City were madmen. Bai Lian scared their elder into suicide. They must hate her now. Someone might already be on the way to kill her.
“I’m so angry!”
An Lan stared at the hole in the wall, wanting to vent her anger, but she held herself back.
This wasn’t the time for such things.
She arranged a magic array in her cave and snuck out from the back hill of Qiongming Peak, careful not to attract attention.
An Lan arrived in Gucheng County in no time.
She initially intended to teach Thousand Sword City a lesson so they would stop bothering Bai Lian.
But when she got there, her face paled.
“Who told me that Chen Fu killed himself because of Bai Lian? Didn’t he stab himself to make amends?”
An Lan quickly recalled.
Yes.
At that moment, her Divine Sense had wandered to the Duxian sect, where she had overheard Tong Yao telling the younger Martial Brothers and Sisters about Bai Lian’s “heroic achievements” in Gucheng County.
“Under Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian’s leadership, the Duxian sect ushered in development. But we must remain humble and prove ourselves worthy of the sect’s cultivation!”
Well…
So it was you again?!
An Lan flew back in a fury.
She found Master Qin, dragging her “sick body” behind her.
“Younger Martial Brother…”
Master Qin rushed to support An Lan with his spiritual Qi. “I’m your Elder Martial Brother.”
That didn’t matter.
An Lan declared, “I’m stronger than you, so I’m your Elder Martial Sister!”
An Lan pulled a bottle of wine from her robe and said, “This is my gift for Tong Yao, for accompanying Bai Lian to the Snow Sea.”
Master Qin’s face darkened.
What was this?
An Lan was gifting Tong Yao wine?
He tried to refuse, but An Lan was too stubborn.
Take it!
Fine.
After all, An Lan was now a “patient.”
Master Qin reluctantly accepted the wine, though he didn’t plan to give it to Tong Yao.
An Lan returned to her cave, content.
That night, news came that Tong Yao had been caught by Master Qin trying to steal the wine. She was hung up and beaten hard, then locked in her room for a month.
An Lan took a bite of watermelon.
It tasted sweet!
…
In Guangchang Prefecture,
The second night after Gongliang Shu’s arrival, he passed by a wine shop and overheard a conversation about the battle in Gucheng County.
He crept closer to listen.
The storyteller was saying, “It turned out that the female cultivator was Bai Lian of the Duxian sect. Do you know Bai Lian?”
“Of course! She is White Emperor! I have her memorial tablet on my wall.”
“When will White Emperor unite the East Divine Land?”
The wine shop buzzed with excitement.
Everyone began recounting Bai Lian’s heroic deeds.
From the moment she slayed the dragon and defeated the bandits, to when she helped the elderly lady cross the street and comforted the wife left behind by her husband for so long, Gongliang Shu’s eyes grew brighter as he listened.
Bai Lian.
Is this truly Bai Lian?
Did the White Emperor come to assist me?
Gongliang Shu’s body trembled slightly.
It dawned on him that even he—someone so despised by others—could be touched by the hand of the Natural Saint.
Another voice interrupted, “I heard that the White Emperor was once a lonely girl wandering the vegetable market before she joined the Duxian Sect.”
“Huh?”
“Then, Bai Lian’s master must be a kind person!”
“That’s true. If she could recognize the White Emperor immediately, she must possess a heart full of kindness. May she always live in peace!”
In the wine shop, many voices united, chanting in unison, “May she have a peaceful life.”
This scene, so full of harmony, stirred something inside Gongliang Shu.
Yes.
This is the spirit of the White Emperor.
The world holds not only hardship and ugliness.
Let it go.
Gongliang Shu suddenly found his eyes brimming with tears.
Just then, someone in the wine shop called out, “Little brother, are you hungry? Come in and share a meal with us. As long as you support the White Emperor, we are family!”
Gongliang Shu wiped away the tears that had gathered in the corners of his eyes.
He shook his head, “Thank you. I’ve just had some dry food. I’m not hungry.”
He had made a decision.
He needed to stand on his own first, to rely on his own strength, and then follow in Bai Lian’s footsteps.
This was a path he had never imagined before!
—
[The next spring.]
[Beside the Wei River.]
Gongliang Shu encountered Zhao Haiya, who was traveling eastward.
“A brighter tomorrow is waiting for us!”
…
Meanwhile, Bai Lian and Ling Xuan finally reached Yao Xia Bay.
“It’s strange. Why is it that nearly every cultivator here is talking about me?”
As Bai Lian stood at the entrance of the Hot Spring Hotel, just stepping into the vast harbor built on the sea, she was taken aback by the attention.
