The Traitor Was His Own Adoptive Father

In the year 7000, you lived through your longest Future Prediction yet. Every day, you predicted the future, once seeing 219 hours ahead—a full nine days.

In the year 7207, you advanced to the 240th Heaven.

In the year 7305, on the final day of the future you had foreseen, you encountered Bei Chenguang.

He said joyfully, "Father Yun, before long, I'll be able to go and bring back Sister Yue Li!"

You: "???"

You instinctively sensed that something was wrong. "W-What happened?"

"The Calamity Force Field that has shrouded the Yuan Tian Realm all these years is fading. It's disappearing!"

"Fuck! Why!?"

You were nearly scared to death.

"Because those old seniors have been spreading alarmist nonsense all along!"

For the first time in many years, Bei Chenguang had swept away his gloom and returned to the childlike demeanor he had when you first took him in.

It was as though he had returned to more than three thousand years ago.

Delighted, excited, happy, sharing his tiny accomplishments with someone.

Only, back then it had been with Jiang Yueli. Now that Jiang Yueli was gone, it was with you instead.

"Those five ancient immortals claimed that the World Consciousness had instructed them not to kill the last Calamity Beast, or else they would draw out the true mastermind behind it."

"But that explanation is clearly wrong!"

"With the Yuan Tian Realm's scale, how could it possibly know so much? How could it casually bestow blessings that gave True Immortals such strength?"

"There must be something wrong with them!"

"Perhaps they were deceived, or perhaps they willingly cooperated with the Calamity Beasts, hoping to devour the fortune carried by great destiny bearers like me, Xiang Yang, Wu Chuan, and you, Father Yun!"

"Once you become an Immortal, Father Yun, that