The System Granted Me Invincibility, Setting Me on the Path to Becoming the Heavenly Emperor

153: Level 89, the girl with missing eyes.Qin Gelan shattered the Pass Guardian with a single palm strike and headed straight for the next pass.

The Opportunities within these passes were already useless to Qin Gelan; his goal was to reach the end.

Watching Qin Gelan leave, the Demon Prince did not depart but instead headed toward a small heaven and earth mentioned by Qin Gelan.

”What strange power. Is this Reincarnation?”

The group arrived in the small heaven and earth and felt the mysterious Power of Reincarnation, a force they had never seen before.

”I’ve heard that the Power of Reincarnation is the lost Eternal Dao. I didn’t expect it to actually exist on the Heavenly Road.” Yin Shengge’s knowledge was vast; she had heard the Literary Sage mention the Power of Reincarnation before.

”We must not be careless. If we cannot resist the Power of Reincarnation, we will be assimilated by it,” the Demon Prince cautioned everyone before stepping forward.

The Power of Reincarnation was formless and invisible, with no physical manifestation. Fortunately, the Power of Reincarnation here did not actively attack outsiders.

”It seems this boulder is what Qin Gelan was talking about.”

The group passed through the Cloud Forest and arrived at a boulder marked by Qin Gelan.

”Even Qin Gelan took two hundred years to comprehend the Power of Reincarnation. It seems we need to pick up the pace as well.”

The group was not in a hurry. The Heavenly Road had only been open for two hundred years, and so far, no one had reached the end. As long as they comprehended the Power of Reincarnation, their strength would increase greatly... Time passed slowly, and three hundred years went by. Qin Gelan was still walking the Heavenly Road alone.

During this time, Qin Gelan entered Secret Realms, sometimes contemplated the various states of the world, and sometimes entered the Mortal World like an ordinary person to experience a world without Cultivators.

There were also some indigenous people on the Heavenly Road, and Qin Gelan integrated among them.

Thwack~

In a small mountain village, the crisp sound of wood being chopped rang out. Qin Gelan, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, was chopping wood.

A young girl with her eyes covered by a white cloth held a wooden stick, tapping it on the ground as she slowly approached Qin Gelan.

The girl wore simple green cloth clothes. Although her eyes were covered, it could not hide her pure and beautiful face.

”Xiao Yi.” Qin Gelan smiled at the girl and stepped forward to support her.

Fifty years ago, Qin Gelan reached the Eighty-ninth Pass, entered the Mortal World, and came to this place.

By chance, Qin Gelan discovered the girl’s family, but the girl was someone born with missing eyes.

The reason Qin Gelan stayed was that he discovered a familiar power within the girl. Just like Feng Ling, Qin Gelan guessed that the girl was likely also a Reincarnator.

When they first met, the girl was only in her teens, but several decades had passed and her appearance remained unchanged, further confirming Qin Gelan’s suspicion.

”I heard from Father that Big Brother Qin is leaving?” Xiao Yi clutched Qin Gelan’s clothes, her voice full of reluctance.

Qin Gelan stopped his work and gave Xiao Yi a gentle smile, saying, ”Xiao Yi, I have more important things to do. At the same time, I’m very happy that you and your parents could take me in.”

He had to leave. Although Xiao Yi was suspected to be a Reincarnator, Qin Gelan didn’t know when she would undergo Awakening.

But Qin Gelan couldn’t wait for Xiao Yi to awaken her past life; even Feng Ling hadn’t awakened after an unknown amount of time.

There were ninety-nine passes on the Heavenly Road, and he had now reached the 89th. In the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms, he was the only one to have come this far.

”No, no, it’s not like that. After Big Brother Qin came, our family’s life only started to get better.” Xiao Yi waved her hands, looking flustered.

Xiao Yi lowered her head, feeling somewhat sad. ”If it weren’t for Big Brother Qin, we might not have survived that cold winter.”

Qin Gelan reached out and rubbed Xiao Yi’s head, smiling slightly. ”After I leave, Xiao Yi must live well.”

”Then...”

”Will Big Brother Qin come back?”

Xiao Yi’s voice was filled with hope.

”I will.”

Qin Gelan’s answer instantly brightened Xiao Yi’s mood. Isn’t living all about having expectations and hope?

Afterward, Xiao Yi’s hands felt around Qin Gelan’s face, making him let out a wry smile.

Since Xiao Yi couldn’t see, she molded clay figures of everyone she knew to remember their appearances. This action was her remembering the contours of Qin Gelan’s face.

Qin Gelan didn’t stop her, allowing Xiao Yi to examine his face.

”If only... if only I could see Big Brother Qin,” Xiao Yi whispered, feeling a bit dejected.

”Xiao Yi, wait for me in the courtyard tonight,” Qin Gelan said suddenly.

”Okay!”

Although Xiao Yi didn’t know what Qin Gelan was going to do, she was very obedient to him.

In fact, Qin Gelan had thought about curing Xiao Yi’s eyes many years ago, but he found that her missing eyes were congenital, not caused by an Acquired condition.

It was as if Xiao Yi was born without eyes, just as humans are born with only four limbs and nothing extra.

This puzzled Qin Gelan. Over the years, he had found many people with missing eyes and had cured them, but those were all Acquired conditions.

Qin Gelan didn’t know if it would succeed, but he had to try.

Late at night, the moonlight was hazy, and its clear glow shone on Xiao Yi’s pure and beautiful face.

”Xiao Yi, do you want to have eyes?” Qin Gelan looked at her.

Xiao Yi was also stunned by Qin Gelan’s sudden question. She looked up, but soon lowered her head again. ”Xiao Yi was born without eyes. Even the doctor in town said it couldn’t be cured.”

”They can’t cure it, but perhaps I can. It might not succeed, though, and the process will be somewhat painful,” Qin Gelan said seriously to Xiao Yi.

”I... can I really?”

Hearing Qin Gelan’s words, Xiao Yi was excited, her whole body trembling.

As long as she could see the light, or at least see Big Brother Qin, she would be satisfied. She could endure any amount of pain.

”Are you ready?” Qin Gelan asked.

”Yes! Big Brother Qin, please go ahead,” Xiao Yi nodded heavily.

The vertical eye on Qin Gelan’s forehead opened, and the entire sky seemed to split open. The moonlight was obscured by the aura of the Dao.

The heavenly dao origin power of the Eye of the Heavenly Dao surged into Xiao Yi.

Boom!

A thunderclap rang out. Xiao Yi’s face turned pale, and the white cloth covering her eyes fell away. There were only hollow sockets, no eyes—a congenital defect.

Xiao Yi seemed to be enduring immense pain, but she clenched her teeth and didn’t make a sound.

One by one, bloody threads began to condense within Xiao Yi’s eyes.

Qin Gelan looked delighted. It really worked!

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao was formed from the heavenly dao origin. Since the heavens would not grant it, Qin Gelan would.

The bloody threads slowly condensed, and a pair of bright eyes was taking shape.

Just then, two incredibly massive bolts of lightning appeared in the sky, locking onto Qin Gelan and Xiao Yi.

The two bolts of lightning were like a pair of eyes watching them.

Qin Gelan’s face turned cold, and he shouted toward the sky.

”If you do not pity her, why should I pity this world!”