Destruction and Rebirth

Seven years was neither long nor short, but nothing happened that interested Chen Zhixing. Either another Heavenly Pride had been born in Certain State, or some outstanding figure had appeared in the Eastern Profound Grand Competition, or yet another Secret Realm had once again manifested in the world, drawing countless cultivators to explore it.

There was no substance to it. It was terribly dull.

Not until the sixth year did something finally happen that rather surprised Chen Zhixing.

The cause of it was that the World Descent between the Heavenly Xuan Realm and the Universal Realm was about to close. Chen Zhixing personally went to the Universal Realm, intending to bring back his son and his two disciples, only for Soth to inform him that the three of them had already piloted the Azure Wood Longevity World out to explore the sea of stars, and had been gone for twenty-two years.

Chen Zhixing fell silent.

Exploring the sea of stars.

Just the three of them? In his heart, he felt it was somewhat absurd, but then he thought about it again. Those three children were already a hundred years old now. With their respective talents, their cultivation had probably long since reached the Longevity Realm. With the three of them traveling together, plus the Azure Wood Longevity World—a World Tree heart—as their vessel, it seemed quite normal for them to develop the thought of going out into the sea of stars to explore.

At the end of the day, time had simply slipped away too quickly, so quickly that Chen Zhixing had not noticed so many years had already passed.

His thoughts came to a halt there. Coming back to himself, Chen Zhixing said to Soth:

"When they left, why was I never notified?"

This was not a complaint, but