Ten million years?
How long would that have to be?
Liu An had already lived for over a million years, but ten million years was still a stretch of time far beyond his reach.
He could feel his vitality draining away. Death was pressing in on him. He did not even have the strength to rise. That terror left him unable to weigh his choices for long.
"I... am... willing..."
Liu An spoke with difficulty, his whole body trembling. He had already used the last of his strength.
The corners of Gu An's mouth lifted. As he looked down at him, he swept his sleeve. Immediately after, Liu An felt drowsiness surge over him like a tide, and his eyelids drooped.
Liu An, covered in blood, sank into deep sleep at once, while the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Liu An had a dream. He dreamed that he reunited with his childhood friend Wei Ye. Wei Ye questioned him, asking why he had killed the Righteous Path Alliance Leader and his daughter. Liu An explained that he had been schemed against, that a power had controlled his fleshly body and made him kill that pair of enemies, but Wei Ye did not believe him. He even said that the world was about to face unprecedented turmoil, and that the chief culprit behind it all was him.
Wei Ye's disappointed, furious gaze stabbed deep into him, making him start awake.
He opened his eyes. What entered his vision was the azure dome of the sky. He instinctively sat up, only to see a sea turtle as huge as a small mountain sprawled ahead, staring at him. It frightened him so badly that his whole body shuddered, and he instinctively leaped up, ready to