Chen Changqing looked at her little expression, equal parts expectant and confused, and could not help shaking his head with a soft laugh.
"Don't worry, it isn't a dream."
"As for how I did it..."
"I created a new cultivation method, called the Divine Ability Method."
"The means I used to reconstruct your body and restore your cultivation just now 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 rose slightly as he added, "From now on, you will not die again."
"As long as I am here, no one can take your life away."
Lin Wan'er stared blankly at him, saying nothing for a long while.
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 softly, "Young Master, you're coaxing me again... You clearly promised not to make me cry..."
Chen Haotian stood to the side, watching this scene with a smiling shake of 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 wasn't wrong at all. The Divine Ability Method this brat created is simply beyond imagination..."
"If you don't believe me, look at this old ancestor's vitality. Hasn't it returned to its peak? Can't you see that there are no traces of aging whatsoever?"
Chen Haotian explained with a smile as he released his vigorous blood vitality.
There was no helping it.
Chen Changqing's Divine Ability Method was simply too outrageous!
If one had not experienced it personally, no one could possibly believe it.
"Ah?"
Lin Wan'er instinctively sensed the fluctuations of blood vitality on her ancestor, Chen Haotian.
In that instant, her clear eyes abruptly widened.
Profound.
Far too profound.
The blood vitality within her ancestor was blazing like a blazing sun hanging at its zenith.
How could this resemble an elder Quasi-Emperor Realm cultivator who had cultivated for endless years?
He was clearly a present-day Quasi-Emperor Realm expert at the height of his powers!
Lin Wan'er remembered clearly that her ancestor, Chen Haotian, had already been a Quasi-Emperor Realm powerhouse when she was still very young.
Back then, before Chen Changqing was sealed within Divine Source, her ancestor's lifespan had already begun to decline, and his blood vitality had gradually shown signs of decay.
By all reason.
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 blood vitality utterly depleted.
But now—
Not only did the intensity of blood vitality emanating from her ancestor show not the slightest trace of decline, it was even several degrees more vigorous than she remembered it being a million years ago!
That crimson-gold river of blood vitality coiled around him, every strand containing an irresistible and boundless life force. There was not the faintest trace of age to be seen.
This was simply... defying fate and changing destiny, living another life!
Then she thought of what she herself had just experienced.
She had clearly been left with only a wisp of remnant soul on the verge of dissipating, yet under Chen Changqing's methods, she had regained a complete body of flesh and blood—even her cultivation had been restored without exception.
Lin Wan'er's heart trembled faintly.
Could it be... that Young Master had truly comprehended some extraordinary method?
A method capable of defying fate, changing destiny, and reversing life and death?
At once.
A fierce interest surged within Lin Wan'er, even an irrepressible 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 a moment. Day and night, she cultivated bitterly, her sword never leaving her hand, charging again and again into perilous secret realms that even peak experts did not dare set foot in.
Why?
Because she had always held one thought in her heart: she wanted to become an immortal!
Only by becoming an immortal could she gain enough time to wait until she met Young Master again.
Although becoming an 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 for who knew how many eras, no one in the entire Great Desolate Realm had been able to knock open the immortal gate.
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 Master again, she absolutely could not give up.
Even if she had to put in a thousand, ten thousand times more effort than others, she was willing.
It was precisely through this obsession that she had made her way to 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 Heavenly Mandate, while the Immortal Road was even more illusory and elusive.
She had tried countless methods, explored countless ancient ruins, and pored over countless fragmented ancient texts, hoping to find an opportunity for breakthrough, hoping to find a way to extend her lifespan...
Even extending it by a tiny bit would have been enough, letting her wait a little longer.
But regrettably, she could not find one.
Once her cultivation reached the Peak Quasi-Emperor Realm, it was like crashing into an invisible ceiling. No matter how hard she struggled, she could not advance another step.
And lifespan was an irreversible final limit. Every day that passed was one day less.
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—
Not only had Young Master broken free from his seal, he had also comprehended a heaven-defying method capable of reversing even life and death.
The lifespan limit of the Peak Quasi-Emperor Realm had been shattered.
She, who had been left with only a remnant soul, had been resurrected.
This had already completely surpassed her understanding of cultivation.
"Young Master, what is the Divine Ability Method?"
Lin Wan'er asked impatiently, her voice full of curiosity and yearning.
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 Master's side forever, never again needing to fear her lifespan running out?
Chen Changqing looked at her sparkling eyes. The corners of his lips lifted slightly as he chuckled and explained, "As for this Divine Ability Method..."
"It is a method of attaining the Dao unlike 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 can 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 that belongs solely to oneself."
Chen Changqing laid out all the basics of the Divine Ability Method in a calm, unhurried manner.
Lin Wan'er listened with stars in her eyes, the admiration in them almost overflowing.
She had cultivated for so many years and reached the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm. She considered her understanding of the Great Dao to have long surpassed that of ordinary people.
Yet everything Young Master spoke of had utterly exceeded the bounds of her understanding.
"Young Master... 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 full of heartfelt admiration.
As expected of the Young Master of Lin Wan'er.
As outstanding as ever, as worthy of looking up to as ever.
Even though she was now a Peak Quasi-Emperor Realm powerhouse with extraordinary knowledge and experience, when she stood before Young Master, 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 eclipsed everyone of his generation, she could at least barely understand it within the framework of the cultivation system.
But now, while still in the Great Sage Realm, Chen Changqing had created a method of attaining the Dao entirely independent of the Great Desolate Realm's system.
This gap could no longer be described as fireflies and stars.
Though stars were distant, they were ultimately still beneath the same sky.
But Young Master had already leapt beyond this sky, standing at a height she could not even see!
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