One Year

Li Su took a ship back to the Mortal Realm.

There was no helping it—his condition was poor.

His realm kept falling. After being injured, the black qi's contamination had also made his wounds exceptionally troublesome to heal. His recovery was extremely slow, blocked by the black mud the black qi had transformed into.

Returning to the Mortal Realm seemed to have become inevitable.

Lü Qian had originally planned to go with him, but Li Su refused.

She was already at the peak of the Mana Realm. This was precisely when she should remain in the Earth Immortal Realm and begin preparing for the matter of transforming into the Dao.

Li Su soon set off, boarding a flying ship bound for the Mortal Realm and leaving the Earth Immortal Realm.

Having just returned, he found himself rather unaccustomed to it. Not only had the air grown murkier, but extraordinary particles were astonishingly scarce.

Li Su did not hesitate and went straight home.

His father and mother had naturally received news of his return as well. The two elders asked nothing; they simply prepared a meal and waited for him to come back.

After returning, Li Su no longer mentioned cultivation either. He truly lived like an ordinary person: getting up at dawn each day, going out for a run, eating breakfast, then browsing electronic texts and images.

Sometimes, he would buy a fishing rod and head out to fish, leisurely passing each day like that.

During this time, his teachers often kept in touch with him by phone. The Earth Immortal Realm was simply too far from the Mortal Realm; it was impossible for them to come over often, and the travel time took far too long.

Wang Meng, on the other hand, did not have a high enough realm,