Xiang Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "I miss Long Ju. All the other brothers are still here, but he left us too early."
"Does the Overlord want to resurrect Long Ju from the Chu-Han world?" Hao Jiu could tell.
“That’s right. We didn’t have the ability before, but we should be able to now. If I could turn back time, I would definitely not let him die before me.” Xiang Yu closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
Memories buried deep in my heart for so long burst forth...
Snap!
During the court assembly, Xiang Yu, dressed in magnificent robes, slammed his fist on the table.
"Hmph! Treachery and betrayal, they are all cowards! However, Han Xin's sneak attack on Qi has given me a chance to regain control of Qi... Men, muster the troops and march out! I, the king, will go and meet that Han Xin!"
Grand Marshal Long Ju stepped forward, “Wait! The Overlord is now the overlord of the world, how can he easily leave the capital? Besides, why should the Overlord personally go for a mere Han Xin? I, Long Ju, am sufficient!”
"This..." Xiang Yu hesitated.
Ying Bu made the greatest contribution in the campaign against Qin and was enfeoffed as a king, while Long Ju only received the title of Grand Marshal. Now is the perfect opportunity, but Han Xin is no easy opponent.
"Very well! Then the Grand Marshal will lead the army to rescue Tian Guang of Qi. If he wins this battle, he shall be enfeoffed as the King of Mount Tai! Go forth!"
"Yes!" Long Qi was overjoyed!
Chapter 618 Method
It turns out that Xiang Yu had never forgotten Long Ju, but he had been too weak to do so before, so he kept it buried in his heart.
Hao Jiu sighed, "I can understand the Overlord's desire to revive Long Qi, but Long Qi in the Chu-Han world has been dead for a long time, even before I became the system."
Furthermore, the Chu-Han plane doesn't have an underworld; after death, the soul's whereabouts are unknown, and it's even possible that it simply dissipates. The chances of finding a solution are slim.
"Just do your best. Besides, aren't you the strongest system? There's always a way, right?" Xiang Yu said with a smile.
Hao Jiu gave a helpless wry smile. "Alright, I'll do my best. There are probably three methods we can try."
"Which three?" Xiang Yu's eyes lit up.
"The first possibility is that there's a dragon in the Soul Technology plane..."
“That Long Ju is not my brother.” Xiang Yu resolutely refused to look for a replacement, even if it was the same Long Ju, or even exactly the same.
"It's not what you think. Let me finish. We can try to use Long Qi's soul from the Soul Technology plane as a guide and use soul-summoning tools to gather Long Qi's remnant soul. Even if we only find a trace, there is still hope of reviving him."
"Excellent! This plan is brilliant!" Xiang Yu thought it was feasible. Searching for Long Ju's remnant soul in the Chu-Han plane was originally like finding a needle in a haystack, but now that there was another Long Ju's soul as a reference, the hope was much greater.
"Don't get your hopes up too high, Overlord. After so much time, it's very likely that even a remnant soul has disappeared. So we need a second method to assist us," Hao Jiu said with a pained expression.
"What method?"
"Keep using the time-reversal item to see if we can reverse time and go back to when Long Qi was alive, then we can save him."
If we could go back to when Long Qi had just died, we could try the first method again; it would be much more hopeful than it is now.
"The time reversal item was my initial idea, but I don't know how many I'll need to achieve it." Xiang Yu sighed inwardly; this time, the God of Wine was really going to have to spend a fortune.
Hao Jiu calmed himself down. "If it were just a matter of quantity, it wouldn't be a big deal. I'm worried that using the time reversal item too much might cause unexpected problems. So, even if we do this, we need to test it in another dimension first. After all, we can't afford to gamble."
"The God of Wine is very thoughtful. What about the third method?" Xiang Yu knew that if this method worked, Hao Jiu would have to provide at least double the amount of super time reversal items.
"The third method is to go to the mortal cultivation world to find the time treasure, the Heavenly Bottle. With it, you can travel through time and go back to the past. However, this treasure should have been obtained by Han Li ten thousand years later. We don't know if we can find it."
In fact, Hao Jiu had sent people to look for the Heavenly Bottle before, but naturally they couldn't find it. In the story of mortals cultivating immortality, the Heavenly Bottle was found by Han Li in the Rainbow Cloud Mountain of the Seven Mysteries Sect in the human realm.
However, where was the Seven Mysteries Sect ten thousand years ago? It wasn't even established yet, okay? Even Rainbow Cloud Mountain might not have been called that.
This wasn't even the most difficult part. Hao Jiu even suspected that the Heavenly Bottle hadn't been gathering dust on Rainbow Cloud Mountain for ten thousand years at all, but rather that the mysterious Lord of the Samsara Palace placed it beside Han Li after Han Li entered the Seven Mysteries Sect.
Otherwise, how could the Lord of Samsara Palace who appeared in the Immortal Realm chapter of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, who is also another Han Li, have accurately predicted that this Han Li would definitely enter the Seven Mysteries Sect and become Mo Lao's disciple?
If Han Li joins the Wild Wolf Gang, wouldn't he never be able to find the Heavenly Bottle again?
"The Heavenly Bottle... let's go find it right now." Xiang Yu decisively chose the most economical and practical method, which also offered the greatest hope.
After many days, when he returned to the mortal realm, Qing Yuanzi had already entered the Integration stage, even though he had deliberately slowed down his leveling speed.
If this cheat were used at full power, it would probably have already ascended to immortality.
"The Feather God is going to the plane where I was born?" Qing Yuanzi asked, puzzled.
“Excellent. You will come with me, and bring some more people skilled in treasure hunting to help me find it. If he finds the treasure I'm looking for, I guarantee he'll become a Dao Ancestor in the Immortal Realm,” Xiang Yu said solemnly.
Qing Yuanzi's lips twitched violently. Dao Ancestor? My goodness, this thing can be packaged?
"I will certainly do my best."
"Very good, we'll depart in half an hour." Xiang Yu said, then sat down quietly.
While Xiang Yu appeared to be resting, he was actually mobilizing the domineering energy from several surrounding planes, as well as the domineering energy from various mortal planes in the lower realm of the spirit world, to conduct a comprehensive and three-dimensional investigation.
The search was launched not only for the plane where Qing Yuanzi, or Han Li, would be born, but also for all other mortal planes.
Meanwhile, Xu Fu was also divining, determined to find the whereabouts of the Heavenly Bottle.
All the shadow systems also issued a task: to find the small green bottle, the Heavenly Bottle, with a generous reward. No one could resist it.
Of course, they would do their best to find what Xiang Yu was looking for.
In the Immortal Realm, Xiang Yu's avatar, along with Yu Ji, Li Canghai, and others, arrived at the headquarters of the Samsara Palace, where the Palace Master was most likely to know the whereabouts of the Heavenly Bottle.
"You are the Feather God?" The Lord of Samsara cursed inwardly. Was the grand formation outside just for show? And those deputy lords, not one of them noticed, allowing a stranger to enter his secret realm so easily.
“That’s right. I would like to borrow the Heavenly Bottle. The reward is generous. Feel free to make any requests you may have,” Xiang Yu said frankly.
“My men told me that Gu Huojin personally took action to capture and kill you, but now Gu Huojin has disappeared, while you have come here unharmed. Interesting, hahaha…”
The Lord of Samsara Palace didn't know much about the inside story, but one thing was certain: Gu Huojin disappeared after personally taking action.
The most reliable rumor before was that after Gu or Jin killed Xiang Yu and Yu Ji, he discovered an incredible secret, which was likely related to his ascension to the Chaos Dao Ancestor. Therefore, he didn't tell anyone and went to seek the opportunity for transcendence on his own.
Of course, there are also cases like those in ancient or modern times who encountered a powerful enemy and were seriously injured, and then broke through the encirclement to find a place to heal their wounds, but such cases are in the minority.
After all, Gu Huojin is the ruler of the Immortal Realm. He could easily take on two ordinary Dao Ancestors. Who could seriously injure him?
Xiang Yu frowned. "Are you going to lend it to me or not? Do you know the whereabouts of the Heavenly Bottle?"
The Lord of the Samsara Palace flicked his sleeves, "Do you know what a treasure the Heavenly Bottle is? Why should I lend it to you? And what reward can you give me?"
"I told you, you can make any requests you have," Xiang Yu said coldly.
If this 'Han Li' can't reason with me, then I'll just have to make him suffer the pain of soul searching.
The Lord of Samsara Palace also sensed Xiang Yu's anger. After a moment's thought, he chuckled and said, "Very well, since you managed to escape with your lives from Gu Huojin, you must be quite powerful. Want the Heavenly Bottle? No problem, but trade Gu Huojin's head for it!"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yu laughed as well, "Don't go back on your word. Whether in ancient or modern times, here we are, and you can take your own head!"
Thump!
Extremely weak, Gu Huojin accidentally fell out of the alternate dimension. Slowly raising his head, he met the gaze of the bewildered Lord of the Samsara Palace...
Chapter 619 is nearing its end.
The Lord of Samsara Palace, who is also Han Li's true self, has a lifelong goal of killing Gu Huojin.
Now, Gu Huojin is like a drowned dog that has been starving for seven days. His cultivation level has actually degenerated to the level of a half-step Dao Ancestor. Heaven knows what he has been through.
"Overlord, what exactly is going on?" The Lord of Samsara Palace hated Gu Huojin to the bone. He could recognize Gu Huojin even if Gu Huojin turned to ashes, so this Gu Huojin was definitely real.
However, the truth behind Gu Huojin's disappearance is that he was seriously injured and captured. Even though the Lord of the Samsara Palace once jokingly mentioned this possibility, it is still hard to believe.
"He wanted to kill me, but he wasn't strong enough, that's all. You're not going to back out, are you?" Xiang Yu was so eager to find the Heavenly Bottle that he didn't want to waste a single moment.
Glug...
The Lord of Samsara swallowed hard and cupped his hands, saying, "Your Majesty, please let me explain. The Heavenly Bottle is not in my possession. To be precise, I don't know where it is."
"What did you say?" Xiang Yu's tone suddenly turned cold.
"Please calm down, Your Majesty, and allow me to explain slowly." The Lord of Samsara's heart suddenly raced. He was just about to avenge his great grudge when he made an even more ruthless enemy. Moreover, he was truly in the wrong. But how could he have imagined that such a hard-won condition as the head of an ancient or modern person would be given away for free?
"You said it, be quick." Xiang Yu suppressed his anger. Hao Jiu's analysis was very clear. On the surface, the Heavenly Bottle was said to have been stolen from the Nine Yuan Temple in the Immortal Realm by the Skeleton Immortal, but in reality, it was all a scheme by this Lord of the Samsara Palace.
The purpose is to have a powerful ally in the future to kill Gu or Jin. At that time, with the Law of Reincarnation and the Law of Time, they will be able to fight Gu or Jin.
The Lord of Samsara sighed, "Overlord, I originally cultivated the Law of Time, but I was defeated in the struggle against the ancient or the present, and my family was destroyed."
By a stroke of luck, I poured all the time laws I had cultivated throughout my life into the Palm Heaven Bottle, then changed my name to cultivate the laws of reincarnation, and painstakingly built up the power I have today.
But relying solely on these is still too difficult to defeat the ancient or the modern. Fortunately, after the Heavenly Bottle absorbed my Time Law, the Wisdom Bottle Spirit was born.
So I decided to use the Heavenly Bottle to plan something big…
"Get to the point," Xiang Yu interrupted him.
The Lord of Samsara smiled awkwardly, "The key point is that in order to deceive Gu Huojin and the Prophecy Ancestor, I instructed the Bottle Spirit to disappear for about ten thousand years after leaving the Immortal Realm, and only reappear after sensing another version of myself. During this period, I didn't even know where the Heavenly Bottle was hiding."
"Is this true?" Xiang Yu narrowed his eyes.
"My wish has been fulfilled. If I truly had the whereabouts of the Heavenly Bottle, why would I deceive the Overlord?"
"Very well, if you have any news about the Heavenly Bottle, contact me as soon as possible, and I will reward you handsomely! Farewell!" Xiang Yu could tell that this Lord of Samsara Palace was not lying.
"Don't worry, Overlord, I will go to the lower realm to search for it. Perhaps the spirit of that bottle will sense my presence and show itself." The Lord of Samsara Palace did not expect Xiang Yu to let him go so easily, and was somewhat incredulous.
"Hmm, bind it. Half of my ability to defeat Gu Huojin is thanks to this." As Xiang Yu spoke, he tossed down a shadow system, took Yu Ji and Li Canghai, and instantly left the Immortal Realm, heading towards the Demon Realm.
Hao Jiu remembered that the body of the Heavenly Bottle appeared next to Han Li, while the bottle spirit was in the Spirit Cleansing Pool of the Demon Source Sea in the Demon Realm. When Yu Ji went to the Spirit Cleansing Pool to bathe and consume the Spirit Cleansing Lotus, Xiang Yu also went with her.
At that time, both Hao Jiu and Xiang Yu had explored the bottom of the Cleansing Spirit Pool, but they found no trace of the bottle spirit.
At that time, however, they were not determined to obtain the Heavenly Bottle, or rather, they were not in a hurry to find it, and they were also somewhat worried about attracting the attention of the powerful Lord of the Samsara Palace.
So going again would be very necessary, but the chances of that happening are still slim.
Sure enough, after Xiang Yu and the others searched the area, they found no trace of the bottle spirit; the little rascal had vanished without a trace.
"Don't worry, Overlord. Perhaps we'll hear from the Lord of the Samsara Palace in a few days. He's already bound to my Shadow System," Hao Jiu reassured him.
Xiang Yu smiled. "Of course I'm not in a hurry, since so much time has passed anyway. But why did the God of Wine's intelligence fail to come true this time, when it's usually so accurate?"
"Uh, cough cough. Actually, I underestimated the Heavenly Bottle. The bottle spirit is quite intelligent, and the Heavenly Bottle also has the ability to travel through time and space. If I were the Heavenly Bottle, as long as I am still in this world, I would inevitably be found by others."