Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 258 The Decisive Battle Against Enlightenment

With nine human faces, its enormous body hovered in mid-air by the flapping of its wings, and lightning crackled around its black and white fur.

Above the largest human face in the center, Kaiming's mouth was half-open, revealing sharp teeth and scalding breath. For the first time, this incredibly fierce ancient beast showed a hint of fear in its eyes as it faced the fearless human.

All of this was reflected in Qin Xiaochuan's eyes. Not only that, Qin Xiaochuan also discovered a strange phenomenon: among Kaiming's nine fierce-looking faces, two of them had their eyes closed as if they were asleep.

He clearly remembered that it wasn't like this at the beginning. Could it be because...?

Suddenly, a bold idea popped into Qin Xiaochuan's mind. The Blazing Fist only hit the opponent twice, and Kaiming just happened to have two faces with their eyes closed. Did that mean that Kaiming had nine lives? To completely defeat it, at least seven more real hits were needed.

This is not a very good discovery. Everyone says that cats have nine lives, but I didn't expect that Kaiming also has nine lives. Could it be that cats and Kaiming were originally one family in ancient times?

A strange thought flashed through Qin Xiaochuan's mind, and the next moment Qin Xiaochuan went to meet it.

"Blazing Fist!" Qin Xiaochuan unleashed another powerful strike containing Samadhi True Fire into the void to his right.

Indeed, Kaiming used the same trick again, but still could not escape Qin Xiaochuan's attack. Kaiming roared in the flames, and another face closed its eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

"roar!"

The deafening roar seemed to tear the soul apart. To Qin Xiaochuan's astonishment, Kaiming's body suddenly swelled, and spiritual power surged wildly from its body, causing the entire spiritual space to tremble.

"Foolish humans, I will make you pay the price!" A deep voice came from Kaiming's mouth. At this time, his body was twice the original size. Not only that, he also pulled the consciousness of Han Kexin, Xiaoying and Zhou Bin into the mental space.

Different faces kept changing on his remaining conscious face, and the energy fluctuations in his mental space became increasingly intense.

"Oh no! Is it going to self-destruct?" Qin Xiaochuan's eyes widened. This move caught him off guard, and if he didn't stop it in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, he had no time to think, as more and more energy poured into his mental space, and it looked like the intense mental energy was about to burst his mental space.

A circular pattern suddenly appeared in the sky above the mental space. After the circular pattern appeared, it kept rotating. As it rotated, all the violent energy in the mental space was absorbed. Even Kaiming's figure was shrinking rapidly until it was only the size of a kitten.

After absorbing all this energy, the circular pattern slowly disappeared into the air.

"Is that the pattern from the Ring of Witchcraft? Could there be some secret hidden in this spiritual space?" Qin Xiaochuan stared intently at the spot where the pattern disappeared in the air.

"But we've managed to escape this crisis at least." He thought to himself as he looked down at the ground, where the small, kitten-sized Kaiming was still waving his limbs in frustration.

Qin Xiaochuan lifted Kaiming off the ground. Kaiming's huge head was still letting out its last roar, but at this moment, it didn't seem to pose any threat at all.

Mental energy invaded Kaiming's mind, and phantoms appeared before his eyes. Looking at the densely packed phantoms in front of him, which contained the memories of countless people, Qin Xiaochuan's scalp tingled instantly.

Finding the memories of enlightenment itself among so many memories is essentially no different from finding things related to enlightenment in the Heavenly Stele; both are like finding a needle in a haystack.

"Sigh, I was just too young and naive, and I underestimated things." Qin Xiaochuan sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Roar!" As Qin Xiaochuan withdrew from Kaiming's mental world, Kaiming roared angrily once again.

Looking at the six clear faces of Kaiming, with their constantly changing expressions of anger, Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but recall what the monk Hui had said: "After taking away too many people's memories, it has forgotten who it is."

"You say you've absorbed so many memories, how can you not get lost?" He pointed at Xiao Kaiming, angrily berating him, "Is it fun always playing other people? Do you even remember who you are?"

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind.

He lifted Xiao Kaiming up to his face, staring intently at the gray eyes in the center of its face. His expression was serious and earnest as he slowly asked, "Do you know who you are?"

Upon hearing this, Kaiming was stunned. His body suddenly froze completely in mid-air, a look of confusion swirling in his eyes. Six heads, each with a different face, changed at an even faster pace, yet he could never find his true self.

"Who am I?" Kaiming murmured to himself, his childish voice carrying endless vicissitudes. This simple question is also a question that has troubled countless wise people, and it is now tightly binding him as well.

Qin Xiaochuan took a slight breath and continued to speak slowly and loudly: "You are enlightened, you serve under the Queen Mother of the West and guard the Heavenly Gate for her."

Kaiming's eyes lit up, and in an instant, all the complexity and falsehood seemed to gradually fade away, leaving only the memory that truly belonged to him becoming clearer.

"I am Kaiming," it murmured to itself, as all its memories began to flood its mind.

"I am enlightened!"

"I am enlightened!"

After two loud shouts, the faces on his head finally stopped changing and all turned into the same face, his own.

At this moment, his gaze toward Qin Xiaochuan was so clear and unambiguous.

Qin Xiaochuan let out a long breath and said, "Now that you've regained your memories, shouldn't you return the memories of the others as well?"

"Although I am very grateful to you for helping me regain my memories, I cannot return all the memories you want right now." Kaiming's voice became calm and aloof, giving people a sense of superiority without arrogance. If you only listened to the voice, you would think it was some noble child speaking.

"Why?" Qin Xiaochuan asked, puzzled. Things weren't going according to plan at all. "Do you have any other conditions?"

"You could call it a condition," Kaiming glanced at him, "or rather, a request."

"you say."

"I am a divine beast under the command of the Queen Mother of the West, and only the Queen Mother of the West can be my master. But now my Contract Stone has fallen into the hands of others, and I need your help to retrieve it," Kaiming said slowly.

"Who stole your Contract Stone?" Qin Xiaochuan asked hurriedly. Just as he had guessed, Kaiming did indeed have the Contract Stone. After finding the Contract Stone, even if it was unwilling, it could force him to release Jiang Qingxue's memories, which was originally part of his plan.

"It's a demon."