Young Lord, He Has Already Broken Free of This World's Limits!

Chen Changqing looked at her small face, caught between anticipation and confusion, and could not help shaking his head with a soft laugh.

"Don't worry, it wasn't a dream."

"As for how I did it..."

"I created a new cultivation method, called the Divine Ability Method."

"The means I used just now to reshape your body and restore your cultivation came from an Immortality Divine Ability I comprehended!"

He paused. Seeing the even greater confusion in Lin Wan'er's eyes, the corners of his lips lifted slightly as he added, "From now on, you won't die again."

"As long as I'm here, no one can take your life from you."

Lin Wan'er stared blankly at him for a long while without speaking.

Then—

Her eyes reddened again.

This time, she did not throw herself at him. She merely lowered her head, rubbed her eyes hard, and muttered in a small voice, "Young Lord, you're coaxing me again... You clearly promised not to make me cry..."

Chen Haotian stood to one side, watching the scene with a smile as he shook his head.

A million years had passed.

This brat's way of coaxing girls was still as old-fashioned as it had been back then, yet that little girl just happened to fall for it.

"Little girl, Changqing really wasn't wrong. The Divine Ability Method he created is simply beyond all reckoning..."

"If you don't believe me, look at this old ancestor's vitality and blood. Haven't they returned to their peak? Can you see even the slightest sign of aging?"

Chen Haotian explained with a smile, releasing his vigorous vitality and blood at the same time.

There was no helping it.

Chen Changqing's Divine Ability Method was simply too outrageous!

If one had not experienced it firsthand, no one would ever believe it.

"Ah?"

Lin Wan'er instinctively sensed the fluctuations of vitality and blood emanating from her ancestor, Chen Haotian.

In that instant, her clear eyes suddenly widened.

Vigorous.

Far too vigorous.

The vitality and blood within her ancestor burned like a blazing sun at its zenith.

How could this resemble an elderly Quasi-Emperor Realm expert who had cultivated for countless years?

He was clearly a Quasi-Emperor Realm expert of the current age at the height of his power!

Lin Wan'er remembered clearly that her ancestor, Chen Haotian, had already been a Quasi-Emperor Realm expert when she had still been very young.

Back then, before Chen Changqing had been sealed within Divine Source, her ancestor's lifespan had already begun to decline, and his vitality and blood had gradually shown signs of decay.

Logically speaking,

after a million years, given the lifespan limit of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, even if her ancestor had survived through preservation in Divine Source, he should have been barely clinging to life, his vitality and blood exhausted.

But now—

the intensity of vitality and blood radiating from her ancestor not only showed no trace of decline, but was even several degrees stronger than she remembered it being a million years ago!

That crimson-gold river of vitality and blood coiled around him. Every strand contained a life force so vast that none could withstand it, with not the faintest trace of aging in sight.

This was simply... defying fate and changing one's destiny, living another life!

Then she recalled what she herself had just experienced.

She had clearly been reduced to a wisp of remnant soul on the verge of dissipating, yet through Chen Changqing's means, she had regained a complete body of flesh and blood, with even her cultivation restored.

Lin Wan'er's heart trembled slightly.

Could it be... that Young Lord had truly comprehended some extraordinary means?

A means capable of defying fate, changing one's destiny, and reversing life and death?

All at once,

a fierce interest surged within Lin Wan'er's heart—one could even call it an uncontrollable longing.

A million years ago, after Chen Changqing had been sealed in Divine Source, she had begun cultivating with near madness.

She had refused to waste even an instant. Day and night, she cultivated bitterly, her sword never leaving her hand, charging time and again into perilous secret realms that even the foremost experts dared not enter.

Why?

Because she had always held onto one thought in her heart: she wanted to become immortal!

Only by becoming immortal could she gain enough lifespan to wait until she met Young Lord again.

Though "becoming immortal" had been an almost impossible fantasy in that era!

The rules of the Great Dao were incomplete, the Immortal Road had long since been severed, and across the entire Great Desolate Realm, no one knew how many eras had passed without anyone knocking open the immortal gates.

But—

what if?

So long as there was even the slightest possibility, so long as there remained a way in this world for her to see Young Lord again, she could never give up.

Even if she had to exert a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold more effort than others, she was willing.

It was precisely by relying on this obsession that she had reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Yet when she truly stood at that height, she discovered there was no road ahead.

The position of Great Emperor required one to be chosen by the Mandate of Heaven, while the Immortal Road was even more elusive than mist.

She had tried countless methods, explored countless ancient ruins, and pored over countless damaged ancient texts, seeking an opportunity for a breakthrough, seeking a way to extend her lifespan...

Even if it could only be extended by a little, enough to let her wait a few more days, that would have been enough.

But regrettably, she could not find one.

Upon reaching the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, it was as though she had crashed into an invisible ceiling. No matter how hard she tried, she could not advance another step.

And lifespan was an irreversible final limit. With every passing day, there was one less day remaining.

She had long since fallen into despair over this, convinced that there was simply no way in this world to transcend its shackles.

But now—

Young Lord had not only broken free from his seal, he had also comprehended a heaven-defying means capable of reversing even life and death.

The lifespan limit at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm had been broken.

She, who had been left with only a remnant soul, had been revived.

This had completely surpassed everything she knew about cultivation.

"Young Lord, what is the Divine Ability Method?"

Lin Wan'er asked impatiently, her voice filled with curiosity and longing.

It was not for any other reason. She simply thought...

If she could possess such means as well, would that mean she could remain by Young Lord's side forever, never again worrying that her lifespan would run out?

Chen Changqing looked at her shining eyes. The corners of his lips rose slightly as he chuckled and explained, "The so-called Divine Ability Method..."

"Is a method of proving the Dao different from the cultivation system of the Great Desolate Realm."

"The Divine Ability Method does not rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."

"Even an ordinary person who has never cultivated before may have a chance to master divine abilities, so long as their comprehension is sufficient..."

"Once one comprehends a divine ability, it is equivalent to possessing a Dao uniquely one's own."

Chen Changqing slowly and thoroughly explained the fundamentals of the Divine Ability Method.

Lin Wan'er listened with starlight filling her eyes, the admiration in them nearly overflowing.

She had cultivated for so many years and reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm. She had thought her understanding of the Great Dao had long surpassed that of ordinary people.

Yet everything Young Lord described had utterly exceeded the scope of her understanding.

"Young Lord... Your Divine Ability Method has completely overturned the cultivation system of the entire Great Desolate Realm!"

Lin Wan'er could not help praising him, her tone filled with wholehearted admiration.

As expected of the Young Lord of Lin Wan'er.

As outstanding as ever, as awe-inspiring as ever.

Even though she was now an expert at the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm, with extraordinary knowledge and experience, when she stood before Young Lord, she still felt like that little girl from back then who understood nothing.

No.

It was even more so than before.

Back then, although Chen Changqing's talent had surpassed all others of his generation, she could at least barely understand it, for it still lay within the established cultivation system.

But now, while only in the Great Sage Realm, Chen Changqing had created a method of proving the Dao entirely independent of the Great Desolate Realm's system.

Such a gap could no longer be described as the difference between a firefly and the stars.

Though the stars were distant, they still lay beneath the same vault of heaven.

But Young Lord had already stepped beyond this sky, standing at a height she could not even see!