Origin Shard

"Three months, three months—just three more months, and I'll be able to see my parents!"

Everything felt like a dream. Sanbao had never imagined that one moment he would be imprisoned by others, and the next, he would be smoothly setting out on the road home.

By the count, Sanbao had been away from home for nearly forty years. If his parents were still alive, they would already be elderly people in their nineties.

"Heavens, Dad and Mom are already over ninety... they couldn't possibly...?" All at once, a terrifying worry welled up in Sanbao's heart.

All these years, Sanbao had been thinking of how to return to Earth. But now that he had truly embarked on the journey home, the worry in his heart began to swell, gradually taking over his mind.

When he had left Earth, an ordinary person's lifespan had generally only been seventy-odd years. Those who lived longer might make it past eighty, but people who could live to ninety were few and far between.

Especially since his parents had worn their bodies down long ago to support his schooling. His sudden disappearance must have made them even more heartbroken.

Sanbao could fully imagine his parents weeping day after day after he had left.

Though he desperately hoped from the bottom of his heart that his parents could live to a hundred, deep inside, Sanbao felt bone-chillingly cold.

"Dad, Mom, you must wait for me. I've brought many divine pills with me—I'll definitely let you live to a hundred," Sanbao silently vowed. Before he knew it, his speed increased by several degrees.

"Young sir, where are you heading?" As Sanbao hurried onward with his head down, an incomparably distant thought transmission suddenly entered his mind.

Sanbao abruptly turned around. From the direction of the Fire Forbidden