Lord of the Endless Fire Domain

Su Lin's Heavens Chat Group interface was frantically shaking as private messages arrived one after another.

Xiao Yan: "Bro, hurry up and say you're joking. There's no romance arc."

Xiao Yan: "He's the future me. My sixth sense is screaming warnings."

Xiao Yan: "I understand him. I have to save my future!"

Su Lin had no idea what Xiao Yan was talking about, but he vaguely sensed that his boat of friendship with Xiao Yan might capsize at any moment.

"Eagles strike the vast sky, fish glide through the shallows. The young man who left Wutan City in the borderlands must have endured no small amount of hardship and suffered many emotional setbacks over these past three years. It truly makes one curious about how he grew." Su Lin recited that passage in an almost flat tone.

"Yes, those three years of bitter cultivation are truly unforgettable."

On the other side of the image, Xiao Yan, Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, wore a nostalgic expression.

"So you're the future me?"

No more needed to be said. The Xiao Yan of the current timeline had surpassed his past self in intelligence. Past, present, and future now achieved a unified sublimation of the self.

"Did future me end up with Xun'er?" Xiao Yan looked like a young boy curious about everything, his voice filled with anticipation and longing for the future. "Xun'er and I definitely got together, right? I think about being with Xun'er all the time. Is future Xun'er doing well 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 could you calm down a little?" Xiao Yan of the Endless Fire Domain sighed inwardly. As expected of himself.

Those words were filled with genuine emotion as well. No matter which point in time he came from, his love for Xun'er was deep.

But still, was it really no wonder he was himself...

They actually worked together so well.

Not far from where Xiao Yan stood within the Endless Fire Domain, a beautiful figure watched this scene with the corners of her lips raised, humming a cheerful tune.

"How am I supposed to calm down? Just thinking about you, you bastard, being all lovey-dovey with Xun'er every day while I have to suffer from longing here—I'm so jealous of you!" Xiao Yan's eyes reddened slightly, and he looked consumed by envy and jealousy.

Ye Fan poked Lu Mingfei and transmitted his voice. "Don't you feel sick?"

Lu Mingfei's eyes shifted, his mouth slightly open as if he wanted to speak but stopped himself.

"Look at the group chat."

Su Lin: "I can't take this anymore."

Ye Fan: "Who's going to give him a hit? I can't take it anymore either."

Zhongli: "The future Xiao Yan actually reached that step, transcending the constraints of a point in time and forming a closed loop between past, present, and future."

Zhongli: "There truly are countless possibilities on the path of seeking the Dao."

Klein: "Mr. Zhongli, I'm afraid that isn't the important part right now..."

Lu Mingfei: "Luffy, stop eating. Leave some for me."

Ye Fan: "You still aren't 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 now? What is everyone talking about?"

Ye Fan: "A single Door to the Nine Secrets. 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 also felt that continuing any further would be overdoing it. 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 spreading through past time, so I traced time and space back. To my surprise, I discovered that a timeline from the past had begun to develop an independent branch. How strange."

"Still, it doesn't matter. The river of time will ultimately converge at the same source."

"I am the beginning of the past and the end of the future."

Xiao Yan, Lord of the Endless Fire Domain, drew a diagram in Aether. The golden dotted branch on it represented Xiao Yan after obtaining the chat group.

"That thing is called the Heavens Chat Group, isn't it? I'm looking forward to this different experience in the spacetime of the past."

"Enjoy it well, past me. This will definitely be a wonderful journey. I very much look forward to seeing what kind of resonance there will be when you become me."

A golden flame crossed the limits of space and time, blazing simultaneously from the right hands of the Lord of the Endless Fire Domain and the current Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan was stunned, but he did not panic too much.

"Hehe, the Dayan Pearl. A rare little thing, though its grade is somewhat lacking." Xiao Yan of the Endless Fire Domain chuckled softly as the Heavenly Flames of heaven and earth became a medium, transmitting great power into another spacetime.

"This way, this pearl can last longer and won't shatter after opening a passage just once."

Xiao Yan of the Endless Fire Domain shifted from his cross-legged pose in Aether, 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 satisfaction. Who would have thought that after spending his whole life refining pills and making mistakes at every turn...

After being betrayed by the disciple he had regarded as his own son, he had still taken in a good child like Xiao Yan when he had nowhere left to turn...

This life held no regrets.

Space flickered, and the image returned to how it had been at the beginning. Xiao Yan of the parallel world was undergoing the waterfall's pounding, 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 brother amazing?

"Xun'er, I miss you so much~." Ye Fan recited with deep affection.

"Brother Xiao Yan, 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?"

"Everything's great, hehehe." Xiao Yan caught the fruit without caring, then jumped back to his spot and crossed one leg over the other in a leisurely manner.

"Crunch, crunch." Xiao Yan took a bite from the spirit fruit and passed the Dayan Pearl to Su Lin. "Here, Old Su. Enhanced version."

Su Lin no longer cared in the slightest what his golden finger was. This was the value of crossing worlds and time.

[Unable to retrieve parallel worlds related to the user]

"Hehe, thanks a lot." Su Lin rolled his eyes.

"Who's next?"

Lu Mingfei said nothing, merely staring at Ye Fan, who was still standing beside him. His meaning was clear: if Ye Fan wanted to use it, he should hurry up. Once he was done, it would be Lu Mingfei's turn.

"Showing off." Ye Fan sneered, then drew the Dayan Pearl into his hand and injected a thread of pure spiritual energy into it.

Energy spread and reassembled in the Aether, forming a new scene before everyone's eyes.

Compared to the stark contrast of Xiao Yan's parallel world, there were not many differences in Ye Fan's.

He was either chasing others down or on the road to being chased down.

Battling heavenly prodigies, fighting bloody battles.

Exploring ruins, seeking opportunities.

All to break the Saint Physique's shackles on cultivation.

"My fate is mine, not heaven's!"

Those were the words Ye Fan shouted at a multitude of pursuers in one parallel world.

After saying that, he leaped into an ancient ruin and vanished through teleportation.

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