Guarding the River of Time

Chapter 224: Ninth Reincarnation Complete—The Peak You See Is Not Always the True Peak


To verify whether the conjecture in his heart was correct, he slowly closed his eyes and entered a dream.

Soon, his memories began to blur, and at the moment his realization became completely clear, his original memories were thoroughly sealed.

Su Mu slowly opened his eyes, and what appeared before him was a rich and glorious continent.

His perspective was overlooking the entire continent.

The next second, with a blink, his perspective changed to snowy mountains.

With each blink and shift of his mind, he saw mountains, amber, rivers and seas, humans, cities, the seabed... all the myriad things of the world.

Now, it seemed he had merged with the entire world, every mountain, every lake, every tree, every leaf, and even every grain of dust on this continent was his embodiment.

Everything in this world could change with just a thought, all things moved at his will.

With a single thought, they could be destroyed, and with another, they could be reborn; he was the supreme ruler, overlooking all people.

At this moment, he began to recall, finally realizing that he was the "Heavenly Dao" and also the "Great Dao" of this world.

He was the root of the Great Dao, the formulator of all laws, the controller of rules, all creatures were under his control!

The lifelong pursuit of innumerable cultivators was none other than to stand at the supreme position, overlooking and controlling everything, wasn't it?

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After becoming the Great Dao of this world, Su Mu began to overlook the earth from above the nine heavens, watching the birth, old age, illness, and death of countless creatures, observing the changes of dynasties, witnessing peerless geniuses emerging out of nothing, their unmatched elegance, ultimately turning into a handful of yellow earth...

Gradually, as the Great Dao, he began to play games with the world.

He turned into a poor boy, experienced broken engagements, was expelled from his family, betrayed by brothers, and finally rose step by step, completed revenge, became famous across the land, becoming a supreme in the continent, enjoying countless expectations and moments of satisfaction in life.

After this life of play, he transformed into the emperor of an Immortal Dynasty, expanded territories, with three thousand beauties in his harem, fought bloodily on the battlefield, enjoyed the joy brought by military achievements, and in leisure, indulged in luxury and decadence in the harem, with fine wine, women, and revelry...

Later, he became a Prince Xiaoyao of a certain dynasty, eloped with a confidante, roamed the world, traveled across beautiful lands, saw the myriad facets of the world, and enjoyed countless pleasures.

Then he transformed into an Immortal Doctor, traveled barefoot across the continent, hung his shingle to help the people, became a beloved Divine Doctor, earned countless admiration, and saved countless lives...

Slowly, finding this life boring.

He then became a Carefree Wine Sword Immortal, spent his days drinking and making merry, roaming the ends of the world with a sword, settling scores as he pleased, befriending soulmates, clearly defining love and hate, upholding justice, and became a legendary hero among the people, discovering a special delight!

Later, he transformed into a Second Generation Immortal of an Immortal Dynasty, enjoyed the highest treatment since childhood, befriended Holy Maiden Fairy, displayed extremely strong talent, received only top-level treatment, and was undefeated among the same generation.

Then he became a blacksmith in a small town within the Mortal Empire, had a virtuous wife, gave birth to a son and a daughter, lived a harmonious family life, married off the daughter, passed the forge to the son, the daughter-in-law bore him a grandson, and gradually, with a large family, lived to see the grandson become a Champion Scholar, took office in the court, died without regret in his later years, life fulfilled.

Then he became an ascetic monk, traveled barefoot across great rivers, begged for alms all the way, sincerely prostrated himself, pursued the most genuine and noble belief in his heart, ultimately reached the Holy Land in the Far West, knelt three times in the Holy Land, successfully passed away in meditation, became a Saint Monk of a generation, left legends behind, setting an example for future generations....

Then he transformed into a teacher of an academy, passed on teachings, had students all over the continent, each one became important figure on the continent, not confining to the academy thereafter, he began to travel around the continent to lecture, established academies and schools, whether in flourishing martial cities or impoverished backward towns and villages, left academies he founded, let countless people come into contact with cultivation, and he also became a revered Saint Master on the continent, savoring the joys of nurturing many students....

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Later, he became the Clan Leader of a cultivation family, bore the fate of a clan, under his leadership, continuously strengthened the family's power, nurtured one talented genius after another within the clan, over hundreds or even thousands of years, a once small family, under his leadership, grew into a major cultivation family on the continent, and he went from a generation clan leader to the family's elder, penned a magnificent development history for the family.....

Later, he became the supreme powerholder of the continent, governed everything, led everything, became the highest legend, spanned ancient history, became the strongest cultivator ever, savoring the feeling of being at the peak....

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Thus, Su Mu assumed countless identities, lived through countless lives, and experienced many kinds of satisfaction in the world.

Ultimately, as the Great Dao, he overlooked everything on this continent....

He found out that he seemed to have everything, lived as long as heaven, seemed to have reached the highest end, with no desires or demands....

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In fact, losing memory, the sealed memory was the most dangerous reincarnation of Su Mu's nine reincarnations.

On this continent, he was the Creator, he was Supreme, he could enjoy all the pleasures of the world, precisely because of this satisfaction, Su Mu continuously sank into it.....

If this continued on, he would continually sink in this cycle of dreams, never able to wake up, and never able to complete the last reincarnation....

Thus, Su Mu never knew how long he had sunk.

No cultivator could extricate themselves from such sinking, let alone Su Mu with his memory sealed, at this moment in Su Mu's mind, he was already standing at the supreme of this continent, he did not know how to break through, nor would he realize he was sinking in reincarnation....

Until one day.

Su Mu, continuing his game with the world, was walking down a street in the city and met an old beggar.

With one glance, Su Mu could tell the extraordinary past of this old beggar.

"Sir, have mercy, I haven't eaten in days...." The old beggar kowtowed to Su Mu.

Upon hearing this, Su Mu took out a Spirit Stone from his sleeve and tossed it into the old beggar's iron bowl.

Seeing this Spirit Stone, the old beggar looked up at Su Mu and stammered, "Sir, you are an immortal from heaven."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu showed astonishment and asked, "You can still tell?"

This old beggar had no cultivation, yet his bones were extraordinary, likely crippled by someone, thus becoming a beggar.

"Though I'm a cripple, my eyes are still sharp..."

Upon hearing these words, Su Mu became interested, squatted down, and asked, "Old one, let me ask you a question."

"Please ask, Immortal."

"What do you think is the highest pursuit in life?"

He spoke, and the old beggar looked down in silence for a long time before raising his head to say, "I believe..... there is no highest pursuit in life; what you think is the peak is not necessarily the peak."

Upon hearing these words, Su Mu's pupils suddenly contracted, standing there in a daze.

In the next second, his gaze changed, and countless memory fragments flashed through his mind....

After standing up, he took out a brocade bag from his sleeve and tossed it in front of the old beggar, saying, "For you."

The old beggar looked at the bag in front of him and immediately kowtowed in fear, saying, "Sir, this old man cannot accept....."

"This is what you deserve, take it."

As he spoke, Su Mu transformed into a stream of light and flew toward the nine heavens.

The old beggar kept kowtowing toward the void; on this day, he met a true "Immortal."

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Su Mu arrived at the nine heavens, overlooking the earth, recalling all the memories in his mind.

Recalling the memories meant that the reincarnation of this life was successful!

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