GBP Chapter 747 Great Motherly Love Awakens Me
Chapter 747 Great Motherly Love Awakens Me
“Disciple, may I allow a wisp of their souls to enter the cycle of reincarnation? I can erase their memories of this life, and sever all their merits and fortune, so that they may live as mortals.”
The Holy Mother of Stars turned to look at Gu Qing, trying to negotiate.
"Okay!" Gu Qing agreed almost without hesitation.
The three of them, Tianxu and his companions, are no match for him now. Once they become mortals, they will no longer be from the same world.
Tianxu and the other two were taken aback, not expecting that the Holy Mother of Stars would still be willing to give them a glimmer of hope in the end.
"You are still you, but you don't need to reincarnate anymore. Being able to travel with my junior sister for a while, I can die without regrets."
Gu Jun smiled with relief and took the initiative to release the restriction, allowing the Chaos Bottle to devour everything he had.
"I don't need it either."
Both Tianxu and Nixiao released the restrictions, neither wanting to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Because they know very well that if he loses his memory, he is no longer himself, and what meaning does it have to be whether he is alive or dead?
As for starting over, from a mortal to an immortal emperor, then to a saint, a celestial being, a ruling god... to find back one's original memories.
That's impossible.
In their view, one's birth determines everything; without good fortune, a partner, wealth, and a suitable place, even living is difficult.
Rather than suffer while alive, it's better to die and end all troubles.
"That's not something you can decide."
Gu Qing reached out and grabbed a wisp of the three people's souls, handing it over to the Star Saintess.
Since it was the first time his master had asked him for a favor, he had to do it perfectly.
Let the three of them continue to experience the tribulations of mortals.
The Star Mother seemed to have gotten a hot potato and didn't know what to do.
She meant well, but things didn't turn out the way the three of them wanted.
"Leave us some luck."
Gu Jun sighed. He could see that the Star Mother truly cared about their past relationship and couldn't bear to see them perish.
But Gu Qing is a really bad guy.
They wished that they would be reincarnated life after life, endlessly going through cycles of birth, aging, sickness, and death, experiencing the seven emotions and six desires of mortals, and undergoing tribulations for eternity.
This is worse than killing them.
The Star Mother nodded, severed the memories of the three, preserved a little bit of their luck, and used her divine power to send them into reincarnation.
Cang Yu watched as the three people's true forms were enveloped by a Chaos Treasure Bottle. After a long silence, he spoke up: "Fellow Daoist, I don't need to continue reincarnating, right?"
He was a Chaos Dao Lord, and even in his fallen state, he was still a Dao Lord.
He would rather die than be an ant.
"Whatever." Gu Qing ignored him.
Cang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment: "Although my inheritance cannot compare with yours, it still has some merit. Would you be willing to put my inheritance into the Star God Sect's scripture pavilion for those with the right affinity to cultivate?"
"can!"
Don’t take things that are given to you for free.
The inheritance of a Dao Lord is enough to make celestial beings fight tooth and nail for it.
"The Cosmic Clock and the Light of the Universe are my most precious treasures, and I'm giving them to you as well."
With a face full of reluctance, Cang Yu handed over these two priceless treasures, as well as his life's legacy, to Gu Qing.
He entrusted all his most important possessions to Gu Qing, and even though he knew it was a helpless move, Cang Yu was still filled with resentment and anger.
"Heh, even if you don't give me these two treasures, I'll take them myself," Gu Qing sneered.
"Furthermore, don't even think that I will give these two treasures to your successor; that's impossible."
"Sigh!" Cang Yu sighed, "I know, I'm just unwilling to accept it."
"I was born holy. In pursuit of the Great Dao, I abducted goddesses to bear children and used them to cultivate an indestructible golden body, but in the end, it was all for naught."
“I have nothing left. If I do not leave behind a legacy, my true name will no longer exist in this world.”
"You...you're really ruthless."
Hearing this, Gu Qing was deeply shocked.
He was quite knowledgeable and knew that some ethnic groups chose to have close relatives in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline.
But he had never heard of anyone like Cang Yu who had children just to devour their bloodlines to strengthen himself.
Is this guy even human?
"After endless years of arduous cultivation, I am no longer the same person, neither the Dao nor the human..."
Cang Yu looked dejected as he broke the seal and allowed the Chaos Bottle to melt him.
"Disciple!"
Seeing that Gu Qing was still in shock and unable to recover, the Star Mother gently called out.
"Oh!"
“My disciple, there are countless people in the world similar to Cang Yu, and there are even more inhumane people than him.”
The Holy Mother of Stars paused for a moment, then said, "They all firmly believe that the Great Dao is ruthless, and only by being ruthless and without desire can one get close to the Great Dao and comprehend the supreme Great Dao."
Gu Qing's lips moved, but she remained silent.
Because there is some truth to this.
If one has too many distracting thoughts and an impure mind, it will be difficult to align with the Great Dao, thus making it difficult to attain enlightenment.
But if you actually do that, even if you gain immortality, even if you attain the Great Dao, what then?
What's the difference between this and a puppet?
No, puppets don't have consciousness, but they do.
To be precise, these people are more like devout slaves to the Great Way.
"Actually, at first, I also thought their ideas were correct. A cultivator should not have the seven emotions and six desires. Only by sincerely seeking the Tao and maintaining a pure heart can one attain the Tao."
The Star Mother touched her disciple's handsome face, a look of reminiscence appearing in her eyes.
Gu Qing's pupils dilated: "Hasn't Master always been a steadfast cultivator of the path of compassion?"
"Not really."
The Holy Mother of Stars shook her head slightly: "After I cut off all distracting thoughts and the seven emotions and six desires, and got rid of the root of troubles, I became closer to the natural world and the Dao, and enlightenment became as easy as eating a meal."
"My many divine attainments are the result of severing the seven emotions and six desires, and communicating with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. I have gained this fortune and I firmly believe that only by being ruthless can one attain the Dao."
"And then what happened? How did Master abandon the Path of Ruthlessness and choose the Path of Compassion?" Gu Qing pressed.
"Later..."
"Later, I experienced the trials of the mortal world and observed all aspects of life. I wanted to create all things and all living beings. Just when I was about to achieve perfection in my Taoist practice, I encountered a mother and child."
"That woman possessed the Divine Body of Medicine Spirit. She wanted to sacrifice herself to save her seriously injured son, but her husband, family, clansmen, and sect members all tried to stop her. They even killed her son because she was a master alchemist."
"However, she would rather self-destruct than die alongside her son, taking her son's killer with her."
"She said she was a human being, not a puppet without feelings. She said she was a mother, and she had to avenge the murder of her son."
"So that's how it is... Did Master decide to abandon the Path of Ruthlessness and choose the Path of Compassion because of them, mother and son?"
"Yes, her great maternal love awakened me, and it was only at that moment that I realized that without emotion, one is nothing more than a devout slave to the Great Way."
"That's right, without feelings, one is no different from a slave without self-awareness."
"Does my disciple really think so?"
"Naturally, just like my master, if one day I lose my emotions and self-awareness, then I will no longer be myself. I would rather disintegrate and transform into the Dao than let my body live."
"Good disciple..." The Star Mother's beautiful eyes were filled with tenderness; her disciple shared the same ideals as her.
"Did Master save them, mother and son, in the end?" Gu Qing asked.
“I not only saved them, but I also gave them a great opportunity.”
"Oh, are they alright now?"
"That's wonderful. Mother and child can live long and enjoy each other's company."
The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden looked at the master and disciple with their eyes locked in a sticky, lingering gaze, the atmosphere of which seemed to isolate her from the outside world.
A bad feeling arose spontaneously.