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Li Xiaonan slightly tilted his head but did not look at Zhao Lingshan. He replied, "If you truly do that, then you will ruin your daughter's last bit of affection for you! In that case, when I see you next time, I won't hold back and will kill you to avenge Yanrong! Don't talk to me about immortality! Even the Demon Emperor wouldn't believe such nonsense!"
If immortality truly existed, then perhaps there would be no Li Xiaonan as he is now.
As he drew closer to becoming a deity, he increasingly sensed that being a god merely meant transcending all beings and rising above everything. But if we speak of true immortality...
In this world, aside from the eternal nature of time and space, perhaps there is no real concept of everlasting life.
No matter how strong one is, they cannot surpass the rules; one can live as long as the heavens, but the heavens can also be destroyed.
Zhao Lingshan furrowed her brow and did not respond, only staring blankly at Li Xiaonan, Sun Wukong, and Yuan Xian'er as they departed.
The others remaining at Cloud Sky Pavilion pretended not to see Zhao Lingshan and began the restoration work for Cloud Sky Pavilion.
The female leaders, including Ling Kui, naturally took charge, while the thousands of immortals brought by Chen Yaojin became laborers, moving stones, repairing lawns, and patching up Celestial Aura.
Although Li Xiaonan, the Demigod, was not present, the restoration work at Cloud Sky Pavilion proceeded at an astonishing speed.
Meanwhile, Chen Yaojin, who had overeaten during the Immortal Infant feast, let out a loud belch and slowly awakened from his meditation. He looked around and found no trace of Li Xiaonan!
He exclaimed anxiously, "Where's the boss? Where did he go again?"
"Brother Xiaonan went to the Ancient Star Domain. You..."
Before Lu Nishang could finish her sentence, she heard Chen Yaojin muttering to himself, "The boss is so inconsiderate! Why doesn't he take me along for some fun?"
As he spoke, a shadow vanished from Lu Nishang's sight.
On a desolate star, miles away from the Cloud Sky Pavilion, an incredibly mournful voice suddenly echoed.
"Boss—Boss—wait for me!"
Li Xiaonan turned back at the sound and saw a swirling mass of black mist, within which a handsome young man in green could be faintly discerned.
However, no matter how one looked at that handsome face, it bore a foolish expression.
There was no need for Chen Yaojin to continue pretending to be the Azure Emperor or act serious; he naturally reverted to his former silly self!
He flew over to Li Xiaonan with a grin and said, "Hehe! Boss, look at me, I completed the mission splendidly. Why didn’t you take me along for some fun?"
Li Xiaonan chuckled, "You did well this time, but don’t mess around right now. Your sister-in-law Xian'er and I aren’t just out for fun; we have serious business to attend to."
"What serious business? Bring me along! Fighting, eating—I’m good at everything!" Chen Yaojin blinked his starry eyes and said.
Sun Wukong glanced at Chen Yaojin with confusion and asked, "Li kid, what did you stuff into the Azure Emperor’s body? How did he end up like this?"
Upon hearing the term "like this," Chen Yaojin frowned and retorted, "Aren't you just a monkey yourself? How dare you laugh at me!"
Li Xiaonan shook his head and said, "This is your sister-in-law Xian'er’s master; show some respect!"
"Oh!" Chen Yaojin replied immediately, changing to a cheeky grin as he bowed and said, "Chen Yaojin pays respects to the master. I’m Ghost, not a bear or anything else..."
As soon as he finished speaking, both Li Xiaonan and Yuan Xian'er burst into laughter, while Sun Wukong asked seriously, "What is Ghost?"
Chen Yaojin scratched his head, pondering: Why doesn’t this old man know anything?
Li Xiaonan explained, "Ghost means spirit in my hometown dialect. This kid is a ghost cultivator, and his Ghost Body can't roam around the Immortal Realm. Since the Azure Emperor has just passed away and his body is suitable for this kid, we let him use it."
Sun Wukong nodded and circled around Chen Yaojin, saying, "Interesting, I like this kid!"
Chen Yaojin pouted and thought to himself: Who cares if you like him! I want the boss to like me!
Ah! No! I want the boss to introduce me to women who like me! Yes, that's right! I want women who are even more beautiful than the boss's women!
With curves in all the right places, those big, round women!
As Chen Yaojin pondered, his expression grew increasingly lewd, and he even drooled a little.
Li Xiaonan frowned and slapped him on the back of the head, saying, "What are you thinking about?"
"Nothing... nothing... Hehe... Boss, can I follow you?" Chen Yaojin mimicked a koala and climbed onto Li Xiaonan's back.
The latter sighed in resignation, "Alright, alright! I promise you, now get down! You really look ridiculous!"
With Chen Yaojin's addition, the atmosphere became much livelier along the way.
As the elder among the four, Sun Wukong led the other three in their teleportation.
After teleporting through dozens of stars, he gradually felt exhausted and stopped on one of the planets.
He held up a Star Compass and checked it against their surroundings. "We're still several hundred miles away from the Ancient Star Domain. At this speed, it'll take at least three more days to reach our destination."
The so-called star route refers to the straight-line distance between planets. Since there are no length units in the star domain, distances are recorded in this manner.
"Senior, why don't I help everyone move? You can take this opportunity to recover your Celestial Energy. There might be some powerful figures in the Ancient Star Domain, and we will still need your support then," Li Xiaonan suggested.
He had already noticed that Sun Wukong's Celestial Energy was depleted, but he was concerned about hurting Sun Wukong's pride if he said it outright.
After all, great beings often had their own arrogance, so Li Xiaonan chose his words carefully.
Sun Wukong sniffed and replied, "Why are you putting it so nicely? Old Sun knows that my cultivation is not as good as yours! No need to save face for me! What’s the worth of face? It’s strength that truly matters!"
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaonan held Sun Wukong in even higher regard.
He couldn't help but think of what he knew about Sun Wukong from Earth.
In "Journey to the West," Sun Wukong had two masters: one was Tang Seng, and the other was Bodhi Patriarch. He wondered who his master referred to here.
If Yuan Xian'er’s father was Tang Seng, Li Xiaonan would really want to find a piece of tofu to smash his head against; the destruction of his worldview would be unbearable.
Clearing his throat, Li Xiaonan said, "What you say makes sense, Master. I've learned a lot. Actually, I also come from the Soul Gate, and I'm quite curious about who Xian'er’s father really is..."
Sun Wukong replied, "Xian'er’s father is my master, named Yuan Pu. He is the second-generation leader of our Martial Soul sect and the eldest disciple of the founder of Soul Gate. He was the second person to ascend to the divine realm after our ancestor! And also the last one... Originally, our Martial Soul sect had a bright future, but who would have thought it would be disrupted by that woman Zhao Lingshan! Alas... since then, we have been doomed!"
Li Xiaonan felt even more puzzled and asked, "Master, why does Zhao Lingshan target our Soul Gate so persistently?"
"It all comes down to jealousy. Back in the day, my master was quite impressive. Both daughters of the Zhao family were interested in him at the same time. However, my master ultimately chose Zhao Lingyue—Zhao Lingshan's sister—as his partner. They had a great relationship and continuously researched the path to divinity, making significant progress! They were just one step away from becoming divine!"
As Sun Wukong spoke, he sat down on the ground and gazed at the starry sky, lost in memories.
"I remember my master telling me that he had thoroughly understood the methods to achieve divinity. Once successful, he would pass it down as part of the Martial Soul Technique inheritance. At that time, I was just a little wild monkey; I didn’t care much about becoming divine. But seeing my master and mistress happy naturally made me happy too."
"On that day, the sky was bathed in a golden-purple light. Master and Mistress held hands, their faces filled with happiness. Mistress said that the child in her womb would become the first child of the gods! Such extraordinary talent, the future was unimaginable!"
Sun Wukong said, his gaze slowly shifting to Yuan Xian'er.
"Then suddenly, there was a great explosion, and I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, Master and Mistress were gone! All that remained was a giant pit, and in that pit lay an egg, faintly imbued with the aura of Nuwa's descendants. I immediately knew this was Mistress's child!"
Yuan Xian'er exclaimed in surprise, "I came out of an egg?"
Sun Wukong scoffed, "What's so strange about that? Your master came out of a stone! Alas... perhaps it was a premature birth or some other reason; at that time, your aura was very weak, as if you would pass away at any moment! I didn't have time to investigate what happened to Master and Mistress; I could only take you and hide."
He couldn't help but sigh again, "I hid for a hundred years. I nourished you with Celestial Energy every day. Although your pulse stabilized, you still wouldn't come out. At that time, Zhao Lingshan somehow found me; she wanted to take you away, and naturally, I would never agree!"
As Sun Wukong spoke, his fists clenched tightly. "I was no match for her; she took you away and shattered the eggshell with a single strike! She left without saying a word!"
"I thought you had died. Just as I was about to seek revenge on that woman, I heard the cry of a baby—it turned out you had survived! But your growth was abnormally slow; it took thirty years for you to grow a year older. After a hundred years, you finally called me Master!"
"And during that hundred years, I figured it out. That explosion was probably caused by Zhao Lingshan! During that time, aside from taking care of you, I divined the future and finally deduced that Mistress was still alive, but Master had already left this realm. He must have successfully ascended in the end!"
As Sun Wukong said this, Li Xiaonan, who had been keeping her head down, furrowed her brows.
His inner thoughts: No! It shouldn't be successful ascension; it must be soul scattering!
There was no need to continue listening to this story; it seemed this monkey knew nothing at all. It would be better to wait until they rescued Xian'er's mother before discussing anything further!
Li Xiaonan slowly stood up and said, "It's getting late; let's continue our journey!"
Without waiting for anyone's response, Li Xiaonan had already moved with the three others.
For hundreds of star paths, he had never once taken out the Star Compass to check; all the routes seemed to be etched in his mind.
This was the benefit of the Spirit Tree!
Within him, the layers of the Divine Infant were stacked upon one another, with Demigod and True Essence swirling endlessly, never exhausting.
Li Xiaonan and his group landed on the main star of the Ancient Star Domain, a pink planet surrounded by mist that sparkled like starlight.
Sun Wukong glanced at him and sincerely remarked, "You're not far from becoming a deity!"
Yuan Xian'er chuckled, "You're just one woman away!"
The corners of Li Xiaonan's mouth lifted slightly; he understood perfectly well that it referred to "One Becomes One."
He looked around and noticed a deep blue pool that caught his attention. The faint white chill emanating from it indicated that the water was very cold.
Next to the Nuwa Cold Pool stood a snow-capped mountain, neither majestic nor tall, resembling more of a small mound.
Sun Wukong felt a surge of excitement in his heart and said, "Master's wife must be right here!"
As he spoke, he swept his divine sense across the area but was blocked by the unassuming snow mound.
He exclaimed in surprise, "Strange! My divine sense can't penetrate inside!"
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