Su Lin's Heavens Chat Group window was rapidly shaking with one private message after another.
Xiao Yan: "Bro, tell me you're joking. There's no romance plot."
Xiao Yan: "He's the future me. My sixth sense is screaming warnings."
Xiao Yan: "I understand him. I'm going to save my future!"
Su Lin had no idea what this Xiao Yan was talking about, but he vaguely sensed that the little boat of friendship between himself and Xiao Yan could capsize at any moment.
"Eagles strike the vast sky, fish glide through shallow waters. That youth who once left Wutan City on the frontier must have suffered greatly during those three years, and endured many emotional setbacks. It truly makes one curious about how he grew." Su Lin practically recited those words in a flat monotone.
"Yes, those three years of bitter cultivation are truly unforgettable."
On the other side of the screen, Xiao Yan, Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, wore an expression of nostalgia for the past.
"You're the future me?"
No further words were needed. Xiao Yan's intelligence on the current timeline had surpassed his former self; past, present, and future had now achieved a unified sublimation of self.
"Did future me get together with Xun'er?" Xiao Yan looked like a young boy full of curiosity about everything, his voice brimming with anticipation and longing for the future. "Xun'er and I definitely got together, right?! I think about being with Xun'er every moment of every day. Was the future her happy being with me?"
"Did future Xun'er become even prettier?"
"How many children do we have? Are they boys or girls?"
"I understand that you're excited, but can't you calm down a little?!" Xiao Yan of the Endless Fire Domain inwardly sighed. As expected of himself.
Though those words were also filled with genuine emotion. No matter which period of his life it was, his love for Xun'er had always been profound.
But still, was it really as expected of me...
How had he cooperated so well?
Within the Endless Fire Domain, not far from where Xiao Yan stood, a beautiful figure watched the scene with a smile curling her lips as she hummed a cheerful tune.
"How can I calm down? Just thinking about how you bastard get to be lovey-dovey with Xun'er every day while I have to suffer here from longing makes me so jealous!" Xiao Yan's eyes reddened slightly, his face full of envy and jealousy.
Ye Fan poked Lu Mingfei and transmitted his voice, "Don't you feel sick?"
Lu Mingfei's eyes shifted slightly, his mouth half-open as though he wanted to speak but stopped himself.
"Look at the group chat."
Su Lin: "I can't take this anymore."
Ye Fan: "Someone give him a hit. I can't take it anymore either."
Zhongli: "Future Xiao Yan actually reached that stage, transcending the constraints of time itself and forming a closed loop between past, present, and future."
Zhongli: "The path of seeking the Dao truly holds countless possibilities."
Klein: "Mr. Zhongli, I'm afraid that isn't the important point right now..."
Lu Mingfei: "Luffy, stop eating. Leave some for me."
Ye Fan: "You're still not full?"
Lu Mingfei: "I'm about to throw up again."
Xiao Yan: "Your skin's getting itchy, Little Lu."
Shirou Emiya: "What's going on right now? What is everyone talking about?"
Ye Fan: "One Secret of the All Glyphs. Who's going to turn off his television?"
Ye Fan: "Brother Li?"
Han Li: "..."
Su Lin: "Why don't you do it yourself?"
Ye Fan: "Nonsense, the current me can't beat the future him!"
Fortunately, Xiao Yan himself felt that continuing would be trying too hard, so he began asking about other matters concerning his future, as well as why his future self had appeared in the observation.
"I sensed ripples arising in the time of the past, so I traced time and space backward. To my surprise, I discovered that one timeline of the past had begun branching off independently. How strange."
"Still, it doesn't matter. The river of time will eventually converge at the same source."
"I am the beginning of the past, and also the end of the future."
Xiao Yan, Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, drew a diagram in the Void. The golden dotted branch upon it represented the Xiao Yan who had obtained the Chat Group.
"That thing is called the Heavens Chat Group, isn't it? I look forward to this different experience in the spacetime of the past."
"Enjoy it, past me. This will surely be a wonderful journey. I eagerly await what resonance there will be when you become me."
A golden flame crossed the limitations of space and time, blazing simultaneously from the right hands of both the Lord of the Endless Fire Domain and the present Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was stunned, but he did not panic too much.
"Heh heh, the Dayan Pearl. A rare little thing, though its grade is somewhat lacking." Xiao Yan in the Endless Fire Domain chuckled softly as the Heaven-and-Earth Flames became a medium, conveying immense power into another time and space.
"This way, this jewel can last longer and won't shatter after opening just one passage."
Xiao Yan of the Endless Fire Domain shifted from his cross-legged posture in the Void, rose to his feet, and bowed in this direction.
"Teacher, I'll leave my past self to you."
Yao Lao's body solidified as he looked at his outstanding disciple with gratification. He had spent a lifetime refining pills, making mistakes at every turn.
Yet after being betrayed by the disciple he had treated as his own son, he had still taken in such a good child as Xiao Yan when he had nowhere else to turn...
He had no regrets in this life.
Space flickered, and the scene returned to how it had first appeared. Xiao Yan from the parallel world was enduring the pounding of a waterfall, while his surroundings once again became a landscape of birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Xiao Yan grinned, his eyes curving into crescents as if to say, See that? Isn't future bro awesome?
"Xun'er, I miss you so much~." Ye Fan recited passionately.
"Xiao Yan gege, I miss you so much at Jia Nan Academy. Are you sleeping well in the Magical Beast Mountain Range?" Su Lin picked up a fruit and threw it at Xiao Yan. "Are you eating well too?"
"Everything's great, hehehe." Xiao Yan caught the fruit without caring, then jumped back to his place, crossed one leg over the other, and looked utterly relaxed.
"Crunch, crunch." Xiao Yan bit into the spiritual fruit and passed the Dayan Pearl to Su Lin. "Here, Old Su. The upgraded version."
Su Lin no longer cared at all what his golden finger was. What did it mean to transcend worlds and time?
[Unable to search for or access parallel worlds related to the user]
"Heh heh, thank you so much." Su Lin rolled his eyes.
"Who's next?"
Lu Mingfei said nothing, simply staring at Ye Fan, who was still standing beside him. The meaning was clear: if you were going to use it, hurry up. Once you were done, it was his turn.
"Showing off." Ye Fan sneered, then drew the Dayan Pearl into his hand and infused it with a thread of pure spiritual energy.
Energy spread through the Void and reassembled, forming a new scene before everyone's eyes.
Compared to Xiao Yan's contrast, Ye Fan's parallel world did not differ much.
If he was not hunting others down, then he was on the road to being hunted down.
Battling geniuses in bitter fights, drenched in blood as he fought to the death.
Exploring ruins and seeking opportunities.
All to break the cultivation shackles of the Saint Physique.
"My fate is mine, not Heaven's!"
Those were the words Ye Fan shouted at numerous pursuers in one parallel world.
After saying that, he leapt into an ancient ruin and vanished through teleportation.
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(End of Chapter)