Time flies, and hundreds of years have passed. Time slips away quietly like a fleeting moment.
Deep within the Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, Han Xuanji sat upright on the Chaos Azure Lotus, cultivating his mastery of the Eternal Dao Principle, his aura profound and restrained.
Suddenly, he sensed a tangled change in cause and effect, not from his disciples or people from the Immortal Realm, but from a faint connection originating from the lower realm, which stirred his mind.
Han Xuanji's thoughts drifted away instantly.
As his cultivation level climbed to the Hunyuan Wuji Perfection, transcendence became effortless for him. His State of Mind was as calm as a still well, and his emotions were indeed somewhat indifferent compared to the past.
While still in the Mortal Realm, he would occasionally think of his parents and family in this life, after all, he possessed complete memories of both lives, which were the last ties he had as a human being.
But after ascending to the Immortal Realm, he no longer had the leisure to care about the mortal world.
It's like a human standing atop a high mountain, rarely noticing the life or death of the ants beneath their feet.
It's not indifference, but rather that social hierarchy and differences have already determined that there will be no connection between them.
One-sided contact will inevitably lead to estrangement and will not last.
Han Xuanji separated a wisp of divine thought, pierced through layers of spacetime barriers, and descended to the lower realm.
Wherever his divine sense reached, everything had changed dramatically.
After tens of thousands of years of sedimentation, the Great Void Spirit Realm is no longer what it used to be. Due to the extinction of the Devil Race and the return of the Heavenly Emperor, countless Spirit Realm have developed rapidly, with powerful figures emerging one after another, and the number of ascendants is more than dozens of times that of the past.
The " Han Household " has indeed grown into a prominent cultivation clan, but upon closer inspection, this Han Household is not the same cultivation Han Household of yesteryear. Instead, it is a new clan created by a descendant of Han Xuanji's sister's lineage.
This was also thanks to his planning before his ascension. He left behind a Devil Race servant who had reached the Immortal Ascension Realm, who then infiltrated the Han Household and generously provided them with a wealth of resources, including advanced Immortal Method, Peach of Immortality of immortality, top-grade pills, and Law Treasure.
The Han Household initially had a smooth and successful period, and Han Shou was also very responsible and diligent. Indeed, many talented members of the family had emerged, and some even successfully broke through to the Immortal Ascension Realm, wanting to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
Unfortunately, the path to ascension is extremely perilous. The Han Household prodigy was ultimately reduced to ashes in the tribulation of lightning, and the family's savings were also exhausted.
From then on, the Han Household declined, with no one strong enough to uphold its reputation. The resources left behind by Han Xuanji had long been exhausted by generations.
The Guardian Han Shou of that time, although he was once Devil Race in the Immortal Ascension Realm, was still a demon in his previous life. Even after being reborn Human Race, his cultivation in the later stages was not so smooth. He stumbled and bumped along the way, and after reaching the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, he could not make any further progress.
Ultimately, he died in battle protecting the Han Household, leaving behind only a remnant of his soul.
This also brought the Han Household's development to a standstill, leading to its gradual decline, while its former enemies came knocking on its door.
The Han Household home of the Han family was engulfed in flames and rivers of blood.
The once glorious Han Household has now become a living hell. The few remaining elders of the clan fought with all their might, but they were ultimately no match for the powerful enemy and all perished under the butcher's knife.
Amidst the ruins, a boy, covered in blood, slumped to the ground, heartbroken.
He was Han Yun, the most talented young man of the Han Household in this generation, who was escorted out by the elders of the clan at great personal risk and thus survived.
Han Yun clutched an ancient ring tightly in his hand. It was the ancestral heirloom of the Han Household, a treasure left behind by one of the Han Household's ancestors. It had always been a symbol of the Han Household's heritage and was now his only remaining hope.
"Kid, stop crying."
Just then, a weak voice suddenly rang in Han Yun's mind.
"Who?"
Han Yun was shocked and looked up abruptly, glancing around in terror, but quickly realized it was a telepathic message.
He subconsciously looked at the ring in his hand. It had been examined and was just an ordinary spatial ring, but it was used as the Han Household's token because of its historical significance.
"I am Han Shou, do you know that?"
The voice rang out again, carrying a hint of vicissitude and helplessness.
"Ancestor Han Shou?"
Han Yun was overjoyed, his eyes instantly lighting up.
In the long history of the Han Household, Patriarch Han Shou is an indelible figure – without him, there would be no Han Household as we know it today.
Patriarch Han Shou was a diligent and conscientious man with exceptional talent, yet he always cared deeply for his Lineage. It was rumored that he had already passed away, but unexpectedly, he still exists here.
"I am indeed dead, but not completely dead; a wisp of my soul still lingers."
Han Shou's voice carried a sense of helplessness. He had been entrusted by Han Xuanji to protect the Han Household.
Unbeknownst to them, this vigil had lasted for tens of thousands of years.
However, he thought he had failed because he had self-destructed in a great war thousands of years ago.
Even with the foundation of the Immortal Ascension Realm, it's useless; sometimes, some geniuses are just that powerful and unreasonable.
He fought to the death, exchanging blows with his opponent one for one, which allowed the Han Household to survive. He himself was left with only a wisp of remnant soul. Because it was a remnant soul from the Immortal Ascension Realm, its vitality was exceptionally strong.
That said, this ring was left behind by Han Xuanji back then, and he had it modified. Unexpectedly, it became his last lifeline, allowing him to survive until now.
He had long since given up on the rise and fall of the Han Household, intending to simply let his remaining soul Ji Mie and return to dust.
But just now, upon sensing Han Yun's cries, he vaguely saw the shadow of Han Xuanji from back then in this boy. The two were somewhat similar, which stirred his heart, and that's why he decided to show himself and take care of it.
However... his remnant soul was greatly weakened, and Han Yun's talent wasn't particularly strong either. He himself didn't know how far he could go.
He felt that extending the Han Household's life by another thousand years would fulfill the promise he made to Han Xuanji back then.
Mystic Heaven Dao Palace, Han Xuanji watched this scene with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
He had only sensed that the Han Household bloodline in the lower realm had not been severed, but he hadn't paid much attention to it.
After all, he wasn't the Han Household's nanny. If fate brought him to his doorstep, he might offer him a helping hand; if not, then so be it.
Han Xuanji looked at the boy who bore a resemblance to him and found himself inexplicably pleasing to the eye.
"She's just a bit prone to tears, unlike me."
Han Xuanji muttered something to himself, then proceeded to deduce Han Yun's fate, before raising an eyebrow.
This kid is actually someone with great fortune!
Even if one is merely a chosen one of destiny residing in the lower realms, it is still a rare find.
It should be noted that Han Xuanji possesses a system and is also an extremely rare Fate Void Physique, making his fortune unique and untouchable by others, let alone shared.
In other words, just because he is invincible in the world will not allow his relatives to rise to prominence or benefit from his good fortune.
It's truly a miracle that Han Yun was able to maintain such strong fortune even when his Lineage was destroyed.
Moreover, he had already calculated that these causes and effects were not interfered with by outsiders, but were all the result of fate.
"Holding Lu Fan's script is quite interesting."
Han Xuanji observed for a moment, then withdrew his divine sense and stopped paying attention.
He just kept a watchful eye on the situation: if this kid survived, he might be worth keeping an eye on in the future.
He now has no rivals in the Chaos, and is even close to leaving Chaos. Perhaps he could offer some assistance to the Han Household.
As for his parents and sister in this life, he had deliberately bestowed upon them a bit of good fortune so that their subsequent reincarnations would be smooth sailing, and even if they did not embark on the path of cultivation, they would not die in vain.
Returning to his own thoughts, Han Xuanji frowned.
Over the past few centuries, although he has made some progress in cultivating the Eternal Dao Principle, the progress has been minimal.
He had already thoroughly refined the origins of Chaos, destiny, time, and space, but even so, he had only touched upon a trace of the Eternal Dao Principle. There was still a chasm between him and the true Eternal Dao Master Realm, and a breakthrough seemed to be a long way off for him.