Immortal of the Ages

Chapter 617: Chaos Soul!

After the disappearance of Divine Dawn, silhouettes of majestic presence materialized in the sky, scrutinizing the corpses of the two Great Horned Immortals.

The Divine Gateway was the facade of the Celestial Court. Bloodshed here painted a rather unfavorable image for the entirety of the court.

The deceased were gatekeepers of the Divine Gateway, both mighty in combat and high in status.

Soon, someone came forth to clean up the scene.

As for the handling of the mischievous Princess Divine Dawn, no one knew. Before this moment, she had already died once; the Celestial Court mourned her passing, and then she was reborn, only to disappear again... Who could say if she was real or an impostor?

At any rate, the Celestial Court had yet to make an official statement.

"The Chaos Sovereign has arrived!"

The Immortals cleaning the Divine Gateway tensed up.

They quietly looked up, only to see above them, through the swirling mists of the high sky, the return of the Nine Dragons Agarwood Chariot. It hovered like the blazing sun, casting down golden radiance, majestic and commanding. Such divine might made the Immortals instinctively bow their heads, feeling the heat above them.

ROAR! The nine-headed, five-clawed golden dragons encircling the chariot focused their eyes in the direction Divine Dawn had left, issuing deep, rumbling growls.

Atop the lead dragon sat a man in a loose, white-golden robe, his hair wild and his beard nonchalantly unkempt, holding a pot of golden liquor, his face flushed from drink.

He, too, watched the way Divine Dawn had gone, his gaze deep and far-reaching.

He was none other than Lu Fan, the Greatest War God of the Celestial Court!

DING!

Suddenly, a crisp sound rang by his ear, followed by a golden lotus blooming before his eyes. Its petals unfolded, gradually forming a rectangular interface.

Lu Fan's face twisted in dismay, muttering, "You can't be serious, System, assigning me a mission now?"

As his words fell, the golden interface displayed a line of text—

「Regular Mission: Gain +100% Affinity with Divine Dawn II.」

Upon reading this, Lu Fan's mouthful of wine sprayed out in shock, stunned, "100% Affinity? That's asking her to fall in love with me, right? Damn it, Divine Dawn II? That means she's not the one who died!"

The golden lotus interface remained motionless, perhaps in affirmation.

Lu Fan hastily waved his hands, saying, "No way, System, I'm not doing this. It's too difficult; she's the toughest woman to woo in all of the Celestial Court, it's an impossible challenge."

DING! The golden interface flashed again, revealing another line of text.

「Mission Reward: Obtain the ancient spirit law, Karmic Spirit Ordinance.」

「Note: The Karmic Spirit Ordinance, the number one spirit law of the ancient dao realm, dictates that destiny remains unrevealed while karma reigns supreme. It binds the consciousness of all beings and spirits in heaven and earth with countless threads of karma, weaving various destinies and retributions. Those who comprehend the Karmic Spirit Ordinance can sever these threads of causality, sowing evil without reaping its fruits and basking in eternal glory.」

Lu Fan, still shaking his head in initial refusal, caught sight of this reward and nearly fell off the golden dragon he was mounted on.

"Sever the threads of causality? Sowing evil without facing consequences? Is this like escaping the judgment of the heavenly law? What kind of formidable spirit law is this? This is insane."

DING! The golden interface changed again, displaying a new message—

「Please confirm whether to accept this conquest mission?

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Lu Fan gritted his teeth and declared, "Accept, accept, accept. I've nearly conquered all there is in the Celestial Court, might as well take on the toughest challenge. Once I acquire the Immortal Asylum, I can leave this wretched place and continue my conquests elsewhere!"

After speaking, Lu Fan patted his groin, exclaiming, "My dear little brother, following me in this lifetime has really paid off. The realms you're exploring are downright divine."

DING!

「System: Host has accepted the mission, deadline one month. Failure results in self-castration.」

"Damn it, not self-castration again!"

Suddenly, the mission took on an urgent tone.

Yet, Lu Fan was accustomed to this by now; the system that rewarded him for conquering women wasn't new to him.

Over more than 10 years, he had wooed over 10,000 women. Despite the perils, given his current mastery in spirit, no challenge was too great!

He lifted his head, his eyes burning as he looked in the direction Divine Dawn had departed.

"A life without surfing the net needs these conquest missions to keep things interesting..."

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"Hmm?" Below, Blue Star peered out from Yun Xiao's embrace, his deep blue eyes fixated on the mist-enshrouded Nine Dragons Agarwood Chariot.

He remained silent, watching intently for a long time.

When the chariot soared into the clouds entering the divine land of the Celestial Court, he finally cracked a cold smile and said, "So that's how it is, that's how it is!"

"What?" Yun Xiao and the small dark creature headed towards the Divine Gateway, he asked softly.

Blue Star coolly replied, "I've finally figured out what this soul vessel really is!"

"Oh?" Yun Xiao glanced in the direction the Celestial Court's Greatest War God had left, saying, "Do tell."

"Its essence is a Chaos Soul," Blue Star said with a cold laugh.

"Chaos Soul? What's that?" Yun Xiao asked.

"It's a being that transcends Cosmic Immortals. After their fall, their powerful consciousness survives, forming a vessel that roams the realms, seeking a chance for rebirth," Blue Star explained.

"Even surpassing Cosmic Immortals?"

Yun Xiao remembered that Ye Xingchen's parents were Cosmic Immortals, while Ling Chen was the reincarnation of the Divine Sky Sword Emperor, another Cosmic Immortal.

And a Chaos Soul was even more formidable than a Cosmic Immortal?

"Such Chaos Souls are immensely powerful. Ordinary spirits cannot withstand their spiritual force, so they often capture wandering souls from other worlds to use as hosts, then find a recently deceased body to slowly cultivate and achieve rebirth," Blue Star said with some disdain for the method.

"A host? A parasite? You mean, a Chaos Soul parasitizes a wandering soul from another world, then enters the body of a native Immortal?" Yun Xiao asked.

He was piecing together how Lu Bufan had become Lu Fan.

"Yes!" Blue Star confirmed.

"And this other world... where is it?" Yun Xiao inquired.

"Beyond the dao realm? There are still some tiny worlds that aren’t fully formed systems, lacking even the basic energies of heaven and earth. Their creatures are weaker than oxen or horses, only capable of crafting mechanical devices. Their wandering souls easily drift into our realms, find it easy to merge with bodies of the recently deceased here, claiming they are transmigrators. However, most transmigrators don't possess a Chaos Soul, so they're generally unremarkable," Blue Star explained.

"So, you're saying..."

At this point, Yun Xiao grasped a stark truth. The real Lu Bufan had indeed died.

It was the wandering soul of a transmigrator with a Chaos Soul that had taken over his body, renaming himself Lu Fan and embarking on a meteoric rise against fate.

That’s why, from obscurity, he had transformed into the Greatest War God of the Celestial Court.

And because he was an outsider, he felt no affection towards Miss Yu, Lu An, or Lu Yao; he was too preoccupied with his ascent to return to a home that wasn't his, to a wife he didn't share a past with.

This made everything make sense...

Truth be told, this realization actually relieved Yun Xiao.

Because if Lu Fan had simply abandoned his wife and child, Yun Xiao would have sought justice for them. But after all, he was their blood father... what justice could he demand?

Now, the truth was clear: the nature of the Celestial Court's Greatest War God was a soul from another world, reborn in a borrowed body.

Just like Yun Xiao, under a borrowed name.

In their family, neither the father was truly a father, nor the son truly a son...