A Dream from Youth Fulfilled

The courtyard was quiet. The golden pine tree was drenched in morning glow, every needle crystalline and full of vitality. A squirrel hugged a pinecone, lazily sitting atop the tree and basking in the sun.

Wang Xuan had spent more than two months in the Mysterious Sea, yet it felt like only yesterday. There, stars filled the sky, and it was always night. Now, beneath the brilliant sunlight, he faced the rising sun and bathed in golden radiance, warmth suffusing his entire body.

Back then, he had longed for the legendary Transcendent Immortals—traveling the Northern Sea by day, lodging at Mount Buzhou by night, attending the Jade Pool Grand Gathering. How carefree and unfettered that would have been.

He had been born in the wrong era. By the time he had the ability to go, mythology had fallen and the immortals had gone silent. Of places like the Jade Pool and Guanghan Palace, only he remained to stand quietly there.

In the Supernatural Central Great World, however, there was no need to worry about such things. Supreme lineages stood in great numbers; they were civilizations from beyond the heavens, and mythology was incomparably dazzling.

"Now, with a single step, I can cross over more than twenty star domains, physically roam the Mysterious Sea, and soon head to the immortal realm for another grand gathering. The twists and turns of life are truly unpredictable." Wang Xuan muttered to himself, feeling somewhat moved.

Of course, even if he ever wrote memoirs, he would never mention that he had been fished away by a Silver Strange Fish and passively entered the Mysterious Sea.

The squirrel basking atop the golden pine suddenly scrambled up, swishing its fluffy tail. With strikingly humanlike movements, it clasped its paws toward Wang Xuan and held out its pinecone