Immortal

Keisha was not good at comforting people, but after forcing herself to comfort He Xi for two and a half minutes, He Xi's emotions finally stabilized somewhat.

Yet the way she looked at Xu Yi still carried a trace of fear!

Xu Yi's stunt had left an enormous psychological scar on this thirty-thousand-year-old baby.

Taking a trip inside a black hole—was that something a sane person would do? One wrong move and they would be reduced to ashes! Terrifying! Di Lena had thoroughly enjoyed watching the spectacle today. This was far more exciting than anything on Earth.

"Teacher, what exactly is inside a black hole? Can our technology analyze it?"

Once her teacher had calmed down, the study-loving Zhi Xin could not help asking.

It would have been better if she had not asked. The moment she did, He Xi broke down again.

"..." Keisha.

In the end, to spare He Xi's feelings, Keisha had the other angels leave and told them not to spread word of this.

Otherwise, given He Xi's personality, she might run away from home for the next ten thousand years.

In the end, only He Xi, Keisha, Di Lena, and Xu Yi remained beside the bonfire on the grass.

"You're already so old, yet you're still crying and sniveling. As a main god, pull yourself together," Di Lena advised.

"... I'm crying and sniveling? You little brat, if you've got the guts, take a walk through a black hole yourself. Black holes are the greatest terror in the Known Universe, okay?" He Xi shot back.

The black hole Xu Yi had taken He Xi into was one naturally born in the universe. It was completely different from the black holes later created by Hua Ye's Black Hole Engine.

The Black Hole Engine was a Void Engine fused with Void Particles. Based on known data, it created a simulated black hole embryo that continuously devoured everything.

Put simply, one was artificial, while the other was natural.

Artificial ones had limited energy. Natural black holes possessed far more profound and difficult-to-calculate data, making them much more powerful.

"I'm not going. I'm not sick," Di Lena said.

"So you mean I'm sick? Did I want to go?" He Xi snapped.

"Enough, I'm not arguing with you. I respect my elders."

Di Lena waved a hand. There was still some rabbit meat left on the carpet, and she took another piece. The moment she ate it, she felt as if she were floating in the clouds—utterly blissful.

Only then did He Xi notice the tempting rabbit meat on the plate. She picked up a piece and ate it as well.

That vigorous essence energy surged into her internal organs in an instant, then shot straight to the depths of her crown. A warm current continuously flowed through the meridians of her body.

Her mood became wonderful, and all negative emotions vanished without a trace.

Keisha looked at Xu Yi. She had many questions she wanted to ask, yet she did not know where to begin.

For instance, why was Xu Yi so powerful? There should not have been any Super Gene within his body, yet he could enter and leave black holes at will, appearing billions of light-years away in an instant.

Over the past tens of thousands of years, Keisha had never known of any civilization possessing such extraordinary abilities.

At the very least, none existed in the Known Universe. Could he have come from the Unknown Universe?

The universe was vast and boundless. The regions that had already been explored and discovered were called the Known Universe, while the unexplored regions were the Unknown Universe.

Even the Angel Civilization, the strongest civilization in the Known Universe, lacked the ability to explore the entire universe.

It would require too much time and too many resources, over far too long a period. It simply was not worth it.

"Ask whatever you want to ask," Xu Yi said casually, as though he knew what Keisha was thinking.

"I don't even know how to ask, because your appearance and the abilities you've displayed are difficult to comprehend—simply unimaginable," Keisha said with a smile.

He Xi came back to herself and wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth without saying anything.

"What's so difficult to understand? I've merely gone farther than you.

It's like when you appear before ordinary mortals. You can fly through the sky and burrow through the earth, live forever, command thunder and lightning, and control blazing flames. Mortals would not understand how you do it either," Xu Yi said.

"So, are we fundamentally the same?" Keisha asked.

"No. Although I look human, having transformed to my level, I can no longer be considered human.

You are gods, but you still remain within the bounds of the God River Body as you define it," Xu Yi said.

"You're not human?" Di Lena froze.

"It's just a figure of speech," Xu Yi said.

"I don't want to be human either. Teach me, okay? I want to be as amazing as you," Di Lena said.

"You can't learn it. You're too stupid," Xu Yi said flatly.

"..." Lena.

"What about me? I'm the foremost scholar of the Angel Civilization, a symbol of wisdom."

He Xi was feeling inspired. Although Xu Yi had left an indelible shadow on her, if she could become this powerful, then a little more shadow would not be unacceptable.

"Your wisdom is decent enough, but your temperament is too unstable. You're too mischievous. You're not suited for it," Xu Yi said.

"... What does that have to do with temperament?" He Xi asked.

"If I say it has something to do with it, then it does," Xu Yi said.

"Xu Yi, does your path have a name?" Keisha asked.

"Cultivation," Xu Yi said, without hiding it.

"Pfft..."

"No... you really cultivate?"

Di Lena exclaimed. When they first met, she had told Xu Yi that she was a god, and he hadn't believed her.

When Xu Yi said he cultivated, she hadn't believed him either.

"Cultivation? What is that? Why is there no information about it in our database?" He Xi asked curiously.

"What is an immortal?" Keisha asked.

"Immortals... I don't know either. Some seek freedom and ease, some seek eternal life, some hold the Nine Heavens in their grasp, while some abandon emotion and desire. So it's difficult to define exactly what an immortal is," Xu Yi explained.

He had only cultivated for a few years. Yet because of his cultivation technique, he seemed to have become invincible right away. He had no need to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, temper his heart in the mortal world, or experience life in all its forms.

As for life experience, he might not even have as much as He Xi and Keisha, who had lived for thirty thousand years.

As for his state of mind, because he felt capable of anything, it naturally became unshakable. He was simply a little lazy—despite possessing such strength, he had no desire to pursue fame or profit.

"You don't even know yourself, so how did you get so strong? Does that make any sense?" He Xi complained.

"It really doesn't make sense, but that's reality," Xu Yi said.

"..." Keisha, He Xi, and Di Lena.

At that moment, the three women felt a little depressed. Comparing oneself to others really could drive a person mad. It was practically as if the heavens had fed him with a spoon.

"Forget all that vague stuff, Xu Yi. Just tell us how you became so strong," Di Lena said.

"Right." He Xi nodded.

"How about I take you for a stroll inside a Black Hole? Let it break you down a few more times. Maybe you'll develop resistance. If it keeps breaking you down, perhaps you'll evolve," Xu Yi said.

"..." Keisha and He Xi.

"Wouldn't that kill us?!" Di Lena said.

Seeing this, Xu Yi raised his index finger and wrote a character in the air.

"What is this?" Di Lena asked.

"A character," Xu Yi said.

"Obviously. This goddess knows that," Di Lena said.

"Can you understand it?" Xu Yi asked.

"I don't recognize it. And the longer I look at it, why am I seeing afterimages? Ah, my head is spinning—it's splitting apart."

As Di Lena continued staring, blood spurted from her eyes, nose, and ears. She collapsed and fell unconscious.

Keisha and He Xi were looking at it as well, analyzing it. Their condition was much the same, blood flowing from all seven apertures. However, they held on a few seconds longer than Di Lena before neatly falling unconscious as well.

This character was the very first character at the beginning of the incomplete fragment of Xu Yi's cultivation technique. He did not recognize it either, yet he could grasp its meaning and essence. It could merge with him, bringing about his transformation and an increase in strength.