A thousand years later.
Gu Lisheng now looked steady and seasoned, carrying an innate air of nobility. Standing atop the mountain, he cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Uncle Burial, may everything go smoothly on your path to ascension."
A chubby little boy followed behind him, shouting noisily, "Great-Grandpa Burial, have a good journey~~~"
Gu Lisheng's gaze turned slightly cold, and the fist within his cupped hands secretly clenched tighter. Damn fatty, today I will surely kill this bastard. He cannot be allowed to live!
The little fatty chuckled and patted his round belly, clad in a yellow Daoist robe.
Corn stood in the sky with his back to them. He smiled and nodded, then waved again as he walked farther and farther away...
Gu Lisheng's eyes dimmed somewhat. In the past, Uncle Burial had always faced him and waved, his figure drawing ever closer. Today, it was entirely the reverse. Moreover, a constant sense of dread churned in his heart.
"Your Highness, life and death—"
"Ten million Bujiang!!!"
"A thunderous boom from the sky!"
"The earth suddenly shook, mountains and rivers trembling!!"
"Immortal General, Heavenly Dragon!"
"Immortal General, Earth Tiger!"
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
"Ah?!"
The little fatty's smile gradually froze on his face. In an instant, he let out a soul-rending scream that shook heaven and earth, beaten in a group assault until he could no longer tell east from west... until he no longer knew what heaven and earth were.
Desolate Star Sea.
Corn completely sank into its depths as stars shifted and constellations changed!
The reserves hidden within him erupted with a roar. A vast, boundless Life-and-Death Law Rune condensed upon his brow, opening the Life-and-Death Immortal Path. The Immortal Path of Life and the Immortal Path of Death should never have been separated.
Though Corn