Son
Suddenly, a cold wave arrived overnight, and winter was coming. The extraordinary era came to an end. Within Transcendent Immortals days, the immortals either died or returned to the ordinary.
A large number of Supernatural Practitioner fell from the sky and became ordinary people.
What should he do next? Wang Xuan was pondering this question.
Deep down, he didn't want to leave. He had parents, friends, and all the people he knew and was familiar with in this familiar world.
Unlike Transcendent Immortals, he was not detached from the world, and his feelings for his homeland had faded over time, so leaving was not a difficult choice for him.
He wanted to be with his Marriage Alliance and didn't want to sever those bonds.
But if he stayed in this world, could he truly forge his own path? He didn't really know; he wasn't absolutely certain.
"The north wind sweeps across the land, breaking the white grass. Under the eternal winter's dark night, myths wither and are swept away, disappearing forever."
Standing in the spaceship, Wang Xuan looked at the vast universe through the large screen. He felt that he was insignificant as an individual, not even a speck of dust in the vast starry sky.
However, in this vast universe, there is now no place of extraordinary existence to be found. Cultivators have no way out and have lost their last pure land.
He worried about the Shadow couple. Where did they want to go? Was it even possible? Having just witnessed the white-haired woman's tragic and beautiful blood explode, he really didn't want anyone else around him to embark on a path of no return.
"I want to have a good talk with them about the world after the Earth element, listen to their opinions, and discuss our paths together."
The silver-white spaceship traveled far, and the two sides were not too far apart, meeting six hours later. The Shadow couple's spaceship was enormous, entirely silver-gray, like a steel mountain floating over, exuding a strong sense of oppression.
"Wang Xuan!" They opened the hatch, traversed the void, and flashed into Wang Xuan's spaceship. As Earth Immortals, they were now the ceiling of the mortal world.
Now, they have revealed their physical forms. These are the physical bodies they reconstructed before the Great Barrier collapsed after obtaining the supreme treasure; they are no longer in a shadow state.
One is a handsome, mature man with a great presence. Although he has long hair like someone from ancient times, his clothing is actually quite modern.
The other is a beautiful woman with phoenix eyes. She is alluring but not frivolous, and even when she is quiet, she is cold and elegant, with an air of dominance over the world. In the past, she was Twelve-tailed White Fox, the lord of the celestial foxes.
The two grabbed Wang Xuan. As Earth Immortal level experts, they could tell his condition with a single thought and a slight touch, and that he was alright.
Moreover, both of them sensed that he was very strong; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to kill the terrifying, monstrous spirit at the Earth Immortal level that was possessing Qi Tian's body.
"It's good that you're alright!" The two breathed a sigh of relief. They truly treated him like family, having watched him grow up.
"Son!" Yan Mingcheng, the demon lord's father, grinned and patted his son's shoulder.
That address almost made Wang Xuan explode. What was that all about? He looked at the handsome older man; the man's eyes were burning with desire.
The demon lord's mother Bai Jingshu, was immediately delighted.
Yan Mingcheng looked at him and said, "What, you don't like to hear this? I know you better than anyone else. I even know about your embarrassing moments when you were little, like when you beat up other kids and gave flowers to little girls."
How could they expose his shortcomings like this? Wang Xuan couldn't stand it. When did this mess happen? He had no recollection of it at all. It seemed like his parents had been called in a few times when he was in kindergarten.
The Demon Lord's mother, Bai Jingshu, laughed and said, "Incredible! I've watched you grow up since you were a child, and I still haven't seen through you. You actually killed a terrestrial immortal in the mortal world. Even if my husband and I were to face the terrifying ghost inside Qi Tian alone, we might not be able to capture or kill him."
"You don't want me to call you son, but do you want me to call you son-in-law? Let me be clear from the start, in modern terms, I'm a fiercely protective father. Judging from your behavior, it's hard not to get angry. I might break your legs in the future!"
Yan Mingcheng said that he thought of his prayer not long ago: as long as Wang Xuan was alive, even if he had health problems or was disabled, he was willing to marry his daughter to make amends.
But now that he's alive and kicking and seems fine, Yan Mingcheng feels a little jealous, thinking that there are too many women around him.
Wang Xuan wiped his sweat, unable to respond to his words, feeling as if they were not on the same wavelength.
"For example, there's a girl on the spaceship. I know her; she's known as the Number One Person of Near Antiquity Land of Immortal Dao in recent times. She's... in trouble. Are you going to use the Nurturing Life Furnace to save her?" Yan Mingcheng looked at the Sword Immortal.
"Yes, saving lives is the priority. We can talk about other things later." Wang Xuan nodded, took the Nurturing Life Furnace, and fitted it with the lid. Only then was it complete, regaining the aura of a supreme treasure, with a few traces of rules remaining inside!
This is the extraordinary nature of Imperial Dao Level treasures—they are supreme and, in this special era, still possess considerable power.
However, as time goes by, it is unknown what will become of these treasures, whether they will also fade into obscurity and lose all their Dao principles.
When Wang Xuan sat cross-legged and his primordial spirit left his body, he felt a slight sluggishness, and the difficulty had become much greater than before. He quickly carried the Nurturing Life Furnace into the Earth of His Life.
All of this was a reminder that times had changed, and that there would be fewer and fewer people who could astral projection in the future.
He rushed down to the bottom of his life earth, heading towards the Land of Nothingness. On the way, he couldn't help but frown, noticing something was wrong. His life earth was becoming somewhat hazy, with mist churning around it.
However, there were no unexpected events on the way, except that the speed... slowed down, which made him slightly lost in thought. Could it be that in this era, the Fate Land and the Land of Nothingness would also fall into the mortal world?
He arrived at the rough Immortal Pool, where the silvery immortal liquid was still rich and radiant. Several mounds of Life Soil Mountain were adjacent to the pool, each planted with celestial herbs.
"Will this place decline and all the celestial herbs wither away?" He didn't know. He used the Nurturing Life Furnace to collect the silver immortal liquid, then gathered some celestial herb leaves and picked a large pile of tea fruits.
He spent several times longer than before returning to the Real World, and he was worried. If this continued, would he still be able to freely enter and leave the world behind the Destiny Land?
"Taking destiny from within? There's some skill involved. It's very much like the way those people in those vague legends do," Yan Mingcheng nodded, making a guess.
"I'll tell you everything in a bit!" Wang Xuan said.
He was now no weaker than an Earth Immortal, and even in this Exhausted Era, he still possessed some powerful methods. He activated the fragmented rules contained within the Nourishing Nurturing Life Furnace, causing it to expand significantly. Then, he picked up Jiang Qingyao and placed her inside, subsequently adding some of the crimson Divine Fluid from the Spiritual Blood Pool.
"I refuse to believe that with the Supreme Treasure Nurturing Life Furnace here, containing silver immortal liquid and blood from the Spiritual Blood Pool, it still can't save a person!"
Sure enough, he sensed that the Sword Immortal's condition was improving immediately. Her vitality was increasing, and there was even a faint heartbeat every few minutes.
Without Supernatural Power, in the real world, even the heartbeat would have stopped long ago, and the person would simply be considered dead, with no way to save them.
"The little girl is incredibly lucky to have survived!"
The Shadow couple sighed, for few would survive being pierced by Shang Yi's sword light; they were destined to die a very tragic death.
"Hmm?" At this moment, Yan Mingcheng received a message from his spaceship, a very important signal, and he quickly returned to the massive ship.
A moment later, he returned and said, "Fang Yuzhu and the Super Peerless who controls the Life Pool chased after Shang Yi, fighting their way into the Highest Mental World. Although they severely injured him, they failed to kill him."
Wang Xuan was startled upon hearing this. In normal times, it was dangerous to even try to enter the Highest Grade Mental World, and it was even more terrifying now.
"Shang Yi is probably going to take that road. Moreover, he has very powerful helpers there, and he has set up a complete second killing formation. He successfully escaped the pursuit and disappeared."
"However, he has been killed three or four times in succession, and his physical condition is worrying. In this era, even if he obtains the Highest Mental World creation, he will hardly recover without more than ten years of recuperation, and he will not dare to come out and cause trouble."
"Moreover, he may not be able to get out. As the Great Universe Error Correction, the Mental World is closing one by one, and it will be very difficult to open it again."
"There is only one choice left for Shang Yi's true body: he can only break through from the Highest Mental World, take that difficult secret path, and search for the extraordinary world that no one has ever come into contact with, and that may not even exist."
Then, Yan Mingcheng and Bai Jingshu mentioned Shang Yi, who intercepted Wang Xuan, smashed out the Nurturing Life Furnace in space, and destroyed the Shang Yi.
"I suspect that he encountered an unknown and formidable enemy and self-destructed his Inner Scenery Realm. I sensed a peculiar aura from the collapse of the inner realm there. In that case, even if he survived, he wouldn't dare to come out without a decade or two of recuperation."
At this point, Bai Jingshu suddenly froze, then looked at Wang Xuan with alarm and asked, "Your... Inner Scenery Realm also had an accident?"
The couple's expressions changed completely. After the Inner Scenery Realm naturally decayed and closed, there was no major problem. However, if it were to be blown apart by external force, it would be very harmful to their health.
In severe cases, the very foundation will collapse, resulting in a severe loss of vitality.
"I'm fine." Wang Xuan shook his head and told them that his physical body, primordial spirit, and inner vision were all undergoing nirvana, condensing into three specks of light, with a new inner vision being conceived that could appear at any time.
"The decaying Inner Scenery Realm was already on the verge of falling apart." He didn't hide it.
"The physical body is one thing, the primordial spirit is another, but..." Both of them were stunned. They had never heard of anyone's Inner Scenery Realm undergoing nirvana and being able to regenerate a new one!
Wang Xuan prepared to tell them his story in detail, including the story of the white-haired woman who went forward with unwavering determination to seek the Dao until her death.
"Let's go back to the Old Earth. Once we're all there, we can discuss things in detail. Yanyan, Xu Fu, Zhang Daoling, and Ming Xue are all here. Fang Yuzhu has also made a difficult return from the Highest Mental World. Let's go back to the Old Earth. With more people, we can have more ideas and discuss them with you to see if the path you mentioned is feasible."
The Shadow couple roughly understood the strangeness within him, which they found quite unbelievable. Historically, Super Civilization had left vague records, but these were only suggestive statements, requiring later generations to guess.
As a result, Wang Xuan gave them a surprise; he actually did it and went very far.
"Son, you really know how to keep your mouth shut. It's fine that we didn't reveal our relationship to you before, or sit down and talk about it, but you've known Yanyan for a long time, and you haven't mentioned it to her?"
Yan Mingcheng was dissatisfied. It was obvious that after the couple returned, he had been taking care of his daughter to make up for the lack of companionship, which had become the norm.
Wang Xuan sighed and said, "Sister Yanyan was the number one villain in my mind in the early days."
"What are you saying?!"
Jiang Qingyao's physical condition is improving. While sleeping in the Nurturing Life Furnace, she not only has an extremely faint pulse, but her primordial spirit also occasionally glimpses light, indicating that she is undergoing repair.
They passed through the wormhole and rushed back to the Old Earth that same day, where they met Fang Yuzhu, whose armor was tattered and stained with blood. She had hurriedly returned from the exit of the Highest Mental World corresponding to the New Star. They also met Xu Fu, Zhang Daoling, and others.
These people gathered in the empty manor left behind by Qing Mu.
Everyone stared at Wang Xuan, their expressions showing surprise. They were quite astonished and somewhat disbelieving of his feat of killing a mortal immortal in the present world, a truly astonishing achievement.
Demon Lord Yanyan, Xu Fu, Zhang Daoling, and the Nether Blood Sect Ancestor all believed that if they were to encounter "Qi Tian," they would surely meet a tragic end.
Those who have survived to this day almost all possess a Super Peerless. The fact that they can wield such powerful weapons proves that they have unparalleled strength.
In the past, Super Peerless in the sky, and all the Transcendent Immortals bowed down to him.
In the Real World today, only the Earthly Immortals reign supreme, while all other immortals decay and decay.
"Everyone, it's not that I want to hide it, but I was too weak in the past. I was really worried that if the news leaked out, I would be Transcendent Immortals, or even skinned alive by you all for analysis and research." Wang Xuan said, deciding to reveal his secret. He didn't forget to glance at the Demon Lord Yanyan at the end.
"What do you mean? Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you believe me?" The Demon Queen's beautiful eyes flashed with light as she glared at him.
Wang Xuan retorted without flinching, saying, "You've always been like this, trying to capture me time and time again. In the beginning, you wanted to cripple me and bring me back."
"Speak properly, we're all family. Back then, she didn't even know who you were." Yan Mingcheng always protected his daughter.
"My path contains near-real matter, and even at its deepest point, there are real energy crystal particles surging..." Wang Xuan slowly explained.
In this extraordinary era, for those who refuse to abandon their extraordinary path and wish to continue forward, the choice of what to do is a difficult one. None of the paths seem secure, requiring collective wisdom and discussion to explore the way forward—whether or not to leave this world altogether.