Earth!
Fu Province!
In peaceful Little River Village!
"Heng, Heng, are you home?"
"You worthless bastard. You won't find a wife, you won't do any work. What did your parents do to deserve a son like you?"
"Quick, go to your parents. They... were hit by a car..."
Distant memories, the warmth buried deep in his heart-at the sight of the house his family had built back home, familiar beyond measure, Zhou Heng's heart trembled.
And in that instant of turmoil, Zhou Heng felt boundless darkness assail him. Then an indescribable sense of suffocation rushed at him, making him feel as though he were dying.
Then Zhou Heng lost consciousness...
When Zhou Heng woke again, he found himself back before the "Boundless Gate."
"I was... remembering scenes from before I transmigrated..."
"But why..."
Zhou Heng looked at the hundred million majestic gates before him, then at the endless depths behind him. His gaze flickered as he vaguely guessed at something.
"Is it because Finality's power has yet to invade the Real Universe, or are you helping me hone something?"
With these thoughts, Zhou Heng took a deep breath and once again set foot on the road through the endless depths.
"Hahaha, Zhou Heng, you bastard, why didn't you marry me? If you'd married me, the Longevity Species wouldn't have ended up like this. Everyone would have been fine."
"No... you can't do this. Zhou Heng, save me. I'm one of your own..."
First came relatively superficial insults and emotional blackmail, followed by the scenes from before his transmigration that Zhou Heng had to confront.
This time, Zhou Heng appeared not inside his family's house, but on the riverbank in Little River Village. He had only just gotten a clear look at his surroundings when he heard cries of alarm