Aba asked a question he should never have asked.
Li Xiang had no way to answer. His home in the present and his home in the future sat at opposite ends of a scale, and he could not set down the weight that would balance them.
And so Li Xiang set out on his journey once more.
This time, he and Aba visited many races and saw all manner of strange creatures. Each race had evolved its own civilization over the years, far from the Immortal Court.
Many immortals remained innocent and unknowing. Even some Heavenly Immortals would hand authority over their laws to Li Xiang after a pleasant conversation, if he merely asked.
In the tribe of an ancient race.
Li Xiang witnessed the birth of a demon firsthand.
That race collapsed. By the time the immortals discovered the demon, that thing had already become an existence more powerful than they were.
Just as Li Xiang was about to leave.
The light of heaven surged furiously. Li Xiang froze for a moment. "The aura of heaven and earth. A Great Luo Golden Immortal."
In an instant, winds rose and clouds churned. An immortal stood in the heavens and raised his right hand high. A star actually fell from beyond the sky into his palm, becoming a thread of black light. The demon trying to flee had already surrendered its soul to the void.
"Teacher... let's get out of here!" Aba cried. This was not the Immortal Court. Just watching someone seize a star with one hand was terrifying.
Yet Li Xiang remained unmoved.
He raised his head and gazed at that Great Luo Golden Immortal, who had evidently noticed him as well.
It was as though the upheaval between heaven and earth had never happened.
Aba caught a