Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 258 Eye of Samsara

Li Zhao's pupils suddenly contracted, clearly reflecting the slowly opening eyes deep in the void.

A chill spread throughout his body like an electric current, and cold sweat soaked his clothes on the back in an instant.

What kind of eyes were those! They were covered with intricate spiral patterns, each gleaming with colorful light, like a miniature projection of the universe and the galaxy, magnificent yet terrifying.

Those streams of light seem to have their own life and consciousness. They flow, rotate, and intertwine continuously, forming an extremely mysterious and gorgeous picture.

At the moment when those eyes were fully opened, the entire space seemed to be suddenly grasped by an invisible giant hand and then pulled hard.

A powerful force beyond dimensions suddenly descended, tightly enveloping everything around it.

Li Zhao and the other two felt their bodies suddenly become lighter, and then they lost control of themselves and floated up involuntarily like leaves falling in the wind.

"This... this is... the Eye of Samsara?"

The mysterious old man's voice came out with difficulty from his trembling lips, filled with undisguised fear and awe.

His originally neat white hair was now dancing wildly in the turbulence of the alien space, like countless white poisonous snakes baring their fangs and claws in the air.

"Legend has it that these eyes belong to the supreme being who controls the reincarnation of the three thousand worlds. They can see through the cycle of life and death of all things in the world..."

The old man's words were intermittent, but every word seemed to weigh as heavy as a thousand pounds, hitting everyone's heart.

The ice blade on Su Mengyao's waist, which was emitting a biting chill, suddenly burst out with a heart-shaking trembling sound like a dragon's roar!

The strange half-black and half-white sword began to tremble violently and uncontrollably, with the sharp edge pointing straight into the depths of the bottomless cave.

The balance crystal that Li Zhao held tightly in his arms also began to develop spiral patterns identical to those in the hole without any warning.

These mysterious lines flickered with a faint and strange light, forming a creepy and strange resonance with the eyes hidden in the void.

In an instant, the spiritual user who had been in a coma suddenly straightened her body, and her soft long hair seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and moved without wind.

What is even more shocking is that the spirit messenger's eyes have completely changed at this moment. The originally normal pupils have turned into the eyes of reincarnation that are exactly the same as the ones in the hole!

These eyes, filled with mystery and terror, would fill people with fear at a glance.

"7,200th reincarnation executor, welcome here..."

The spirit messenger's voice became unusually ethereal and distant, as if it came from a distant time and space.

This sound did not seem to come from just one person's throat, but rather sounds from countless dimensions overlapping and echoing with each other, interweaving into an extremely strange melody.

After she finished speaking, the spirit messenger slowly raised her snow-white arm.

In an instant, chains woven from brilliant starlight began to emerge in the surrounding void.

These chains seemed to have life, sweeping towards Li Zhao and Su Mengyao at an extremely fast speed, and accurately tied up their limbs.

Faced with this sudden change, Li Zhao's face was filled with astonishment. He looked at the spiritual envoy in front of him in disbelief, who seemed to have been reborn, and stammered, "Who... who are you?"

Because he was in this mysterious and strange space, his voice produced a strange overlapping effect in the air, sounding as if there were many Li Zhaos speaking at the same time, which was chilling.

"I am a spiritual messenger and the overseer of samsara." The ethereal, cold voice seemed to come from an endless void, devoid of any human emotion. As the words fell, a powerful, invisible pressure instantly enveloped the entire place.

"Your actions have seriously disrupted the reincarnation order of Universe 7200. The forced purification process is now initiated."

The spirit herald coldly announced their fate, like a ruthless judge reading out the final verdict.

Su Mengyao struggled with fear on her face, trying to gather the spiritual power in her body to resist this unknown force, but no matter how hard she tried, she only felt that her dantian was empty. The originally surging spiritual power disappeared without a trace!

"You...what did you do to my spiritual power?"

Su Mengyao widened her eyes and questioned the spirit messenger in disbelief.

All she got in response was dead silence and the spirit messenger's expressionless face.

At this moment, the ice blade in her hand suddenly turned into stardust, floating in the air, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The Eye of Samsara, which had been tightly closed, slowly began to rotate, and a strange light shot out from it, shining directly on Su Mengyao.

The spirit's mouth curled up slightly in a mechanical, stiff arc, and he said in a creepy tone, "I have temporarily sealed her consciousness. From now on, let me take over this body."

Li Zhao on the side tightly grasped the crystal in his hand, clearly feeling that the powerful force contained in it was dissipating at an alarming speed.

He was burning with anxiety, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. Suddenly, a sentence that the mysterious old man had said in the other dimension flashed through his mind: light and darkness have the same origin.

Could this sentence really be the key to breaking this reincarnation nightmare?

Thinking of this, Li Zhao no longer hesitated. He resolutely bit his thumb and quickly dripped the gushing blood onto the crystal.

In an instant, a dazzling light burst out from the surface of the crystal, and a huge Tai Chi pattern suddenly emerged.

This Tai Chi diagram was spinning rapidly, releasing a tremendous amount of energy, which actually formed a counter-force with the light emitted from the Eye of Samsara, causing the entire space to tremble violently!

"Hmph, it's useless!" The cold and contemptuous voice of the Eye of Samsara seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hell, echoing in the endless darkness.

"You are a bunch of insignificant ants who overestimate your own abilities. You are nothing more than the seven thousand two hundredth insignificant ant trying to break free from the shackles of samsara!"

Its voice contains the vicissitudes and heaviness accumulated over billions of years, as if it has witnessed the birth and destruction of countless stars, the rise and fall of countless civilizations.

"From the dawn of the universe until today, countless civilizations have been reduced to ashes in this endless cycle, completely lost in the torrent of time."

Just at this moment, Su Mengyao, who had been in a coma, began to regain consciousness slowly in this pitch-black world.

After opening my eyes, what I saw were countless images of myself flashing in different dimensions of time and space.

These figures are either dressed in gorgeous crowns that symbolize the supreme power of the Queen of Darkness, or in pure white robes that represent the purity of the Holy Maiden of Light.

What were more numerous were the cold and stiff corpses lying in pools of blood.

"So that's it..."

Su Mengyao looked at the shocking scenes before her and couldn't help but murmur, "All of us are just pitiful sacrifices in this reincarnation game!"

Although her words were as light as the flapping of mosquito wings, they were clearly heard by Li Zhao, who was also trapped here not far away.

Li Zhao was startled by the sudden sound and instantly came back to his senses from his thoughts.

He looked in the direction of the voice, and through the layers of dark fog, he finally caught sight of Su Mengyao's slightly haggard but still determined gaze.

The two of them faced each other across the void. There was no need for them to communicate with each other through words. Just a glance was enough for them to understand what the other was thinking.

Li Zhao reached out without hesitation and took out the crystal ball emitting mysterious light from his arms, and carefully placed it on the palm of Su Mengyao's open hand.

Su Mengyao also tightly grasped the extremely sharp ice blade in her hand, then took a deep breath and resolutely stabbed it towards her heart.

In an instant, an extremely powerful energy wave surged out from Su Mengyao as the center and spread out in all directions.

The crystal power given to her by Li Zhao and the icy energy stimulated by herself collided and clashed extremely violently in her body.

For a moment, lightning flashed, thunder roared, the wind and clouds changed color, and the entire space became shaky due to the confrontation between these two terrifying forces.

At this critical moment of life and death, a strange black and white light suddenly gushed out from the wound on Su Mengyao's chest.

Looking closely, it turned out to be two yin and yang fish, connected head to tail and entwined with each other, swimming out happily.

They were like two nimble lightning bolts, circling and dancing rapidly around the Eye of Samsara hanging high above, and as their rotation speed became faster and faster, they gradually formed a new balance matrix.

"You are seeking death!" The Eye of Samsara began to fluctuate for the first time. "The Eye of Samsara without a host will cause the universe to collapse!"

"Then let's destroy them together."

Su Mengyao smiled bitterly, "At least we should strive for opportunities for those who come later."

Her body began to become transparent, and the ice blades and crystals merged into the Eye of Samsara, exploding into brilliant fireworks in the void.

Li Zhao tried his best to push Su Mengyao out of the hole, but he was sucked in. Her last whisper echoed in his ears: "To find the true balance..."

When Li Zhao opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on an unfamiliar grassland.

The sun is shining, the sea of ​​lavender flowers is swaying in the breeze, and the sound of shepherd's flute can be heard in the distance.

He sat up suddenly and found that the balance crystal was still in his arms, but Su Mengyao and the spirit messenger were nowhere to be found.

"Welcome to the 7201st reincarnation." The voice of the mysterious old man came from behind.

Li Zhao turned around and saw the old man standing under an ancient Bodhi tree.

His face was no longer haggard, but full of vitality, and the dark pattern of the Rinnegan was embroidered on his white robe.

&34;Where is this? Where are Su Mengyao and the others?&34;

老者微笑道：&34；这里是轮回之外的 &39； 原点 &39；。至于她们......&34； 他指向花海尽头，&34；看。

Li Zhao followed the finger and saw Su Mengyao and the spirit envoy standing at the end of the grassland. Su Mengyao held a half-black, half-white ice blade, and the spirit envoy held a rainbow-colored staff.

When they turned around, Li Zhao took a breath of cold air - the patterns of the Eye of Samsara were flowing in their pupils.

"Remember, true balance is not about eliminating darkness, but about allowing light and darkness to coexist." The old man's voice gradually faded away.

The key to the 7,200th reincarnation is in your hands...&34;

Li Zhao looked down at his palm and found a spiral mark identical to the Eye of Samsara emerging there.

In the distance, Su Mengyao raised her ice blade and pointed it toward the sky. There, a black sun and a white moon were slowly approaching each other, their edges beginning to merge, forming the prototype of a Tai Chi pattern.

Li Zhao felt dizzy, and memories came flooding back like a tide: he saw himself meeting, fighting, sacrificing, and being reborn with Su Mengyao in countless reincarnations.

And the end of each reincarnation is this strange sun and moon shining together.

&34;It turns out we have been repeating...&34;

Li Zhao muttered to himself and clenched the crystal in his hand.

The sound of horse hooves came from afar. He looked up and saw Su Mengyao riding towards him. Her ice blade reflected seven colors in the sunlight.

&34;This time, we're going to rewrite the ending.&34;

Su Mengyao pulled the reins, the sea of ​​stars flashing in her eyes.

Li Zhao stood up and looked at the sun and moon gradually merging in the distance: "Perhaps the true balance is hidden in the cracks of this reincarnation."

At the end of the grassland, the spirit messenger's staff suddenly burst out with thousands of feet of light, illuminating the entire world.

In the light, Li Zhao saw countless parallel versions of himself awakening, and the same spiral mark appeared in their palms...