Chapter 314
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Chapter 314: Breakthrough
“You’re overthinking it. Wang Yulun and I are just brothers,” Xu Fan said, feeling a bit frustrated.
He couldn’t deny that the woman’s words made sense. If it weren’t for this cursed system, he would’ve just done his best to save Wang Yulun without sacrificing his own life.
Just then, a massive thunderbolt tore through the sky, shaking the entire Peach Blossom Spring.
“We’re running out of time. Let’s get started,” Xu Fan said, noticing the woman’s odd expression but choosing not to dwell on it.
“I’ll give you one last chance to decide. Your cultivation is already at the peak of the Golden Core Stage. Even if I reverse time halfway, you’ll still advance to the Nascent Soul stage.”
“But by then, your path to immortality will be shattered, and you’ll never ascend to the Thousand Worlds in this lifetime,” the woman said, her tone softening as she looked at Xu Fan, who had once loved the same man as she did.
“I’ve been with my husband for countless lifetimes, and I’ve never seen a man love him before,” she added, her voice still strange but now tinged with a reluctant acceptance of this ‘rival.’
“Maybe you should try looking at other men instead.”
“………” Why are you looking at me like we’re kindred spirits or something?
Suddenly, several more thunderbolts struck the Peach Blossom Spring, and cracks began to spread visibly across the sky.
“Mother, I’m scared,” a young child whimpered.
In the distance, a man appeared.
“Hurry up, or this secret realm will collapse,” Xu Fan urged, exasperated. Why was she so fixated on this?
With a single motion, the woman reached across space and sent Xu Fan hurtling into another dimension.
Xu Fan found himself in a chaotic world where the laws of heaven had crumbled, and time and space were tangled together.
All around him were fragments of shattered worlds—a broken reality.
He watched in shock as his hands began to shrink, eventually becoming as small as a baby’s.
“What’s happening?!”
On the smooth surface of a world fragment, he saw his reflection—a baby staring back at him. Then, time seemed to reverse, pulling him back one hundred years, two hundred years, all the way to five hundred years—the limit of his Golden Core lifespan.
A beam of light, infused with the power of the heavens, broke through space and enveloped Xu Fan.
Meanwhile, Wang Yulun stared at the now-aged Xu Fan, tears streaming down his face as he realized what Xu Fan was about to do.
“Big Brother Xu, why are you doing this?”
“I’m not worth it.”
Two streams of tears fell as Wang Xiangchi stood nearby, stunned. His master’s condition clearly signaled that the end was near.
At that moment, a burst of five-colored spiritual light crashed into Wang Yulun’s courtyard.
“Master!!”
Xu Gang, who had been meditating moments earlier, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if someone vital to his life had been torn away.
His thoughts immediately turned to his master.
In the Void Realm, Li Xingci, who had been training, suddenly clutched his chest, his gaze fixed on the Void Gate, which had resisted all his previous attempts to breach it.
“Master, what’s wrong with you?”
This wasn’t the first time something like this had happened in the Void Realm.
In the teleportation formation of Lin Sen Fairy City, Xu Yuexian flew frantically toward the Hidden Spirit Sect.
In Wang Yulun’s courtyard, Xu Fan’s body, which had just shown a faint sign of life, now lay completely lifeless.
Kneeling on the ground, Xu Gang and Wang Xiangchi stared at Xu Fan’s aged and lifeless body in disbelief.
“Grape! Didn’t Master leave you any instructions?!” Xu Gang shouted, his eyes red, his body enveloped in a chaotic swirl of five-colored spiritual light, resembling a god or demon.
“It’s just standard procedure, no need to worry,” Grape’s voice sounded oddly calm in the tense moment.
As everyone stood in shock, a beam of light infused with heavenly power descended upon Xu Fan, and countless scriptures surged from his body, forcefully pushing everyone except Wang Yulun away.
At that moment, spiritual energy began to gather within a ten-thousand-mile radius, and strange phenomena appeared around the Hidden Spirit Sect.
Everyone looked up at the sky, and their worries eased.
“Master must be breaking through; there’s no need to panic,” Xu Gang said, patting Wang Xiangchi, though he was still visibly shaken.
“As long as Master is alright.” Wang Xiangchi suddenly found himself pondering a question: which mattered more, a father or a master? The moment Xu Fan’s breath faded, he began to wonder…
“The way of the five elements: wind, thunder, light, darkness, time, space,…………”
“What has Master been cultivating?” Xu Gang muttered, gazing at the phenomena in the sky.
The strange occurrences above covered all the paths Xu Gang had ever known.
A graceful figure carrying a long spear appeared beside Xu Gang.
“Is Master about to break through?” Xu Yuexian sighed in relief, glad that everything seemed fine.
At that moment, all the phenomena began to converge toward Xu Fan.
Meanwhile, in the secret realm, Xu Fan felt tears welling up as he sensed his Nascent Soul stirring within him.
It hadn’t been easy; after countless trials, he had finally reached the Nascent Soul stage.
But then, Xu Fan began to feel something was wrong.
“Keep going; I still have plenty of lifespan for you to absorb!”
A force emerged nearby, trying to pull Xu Fan out of this space.
“Don’t stop! Keep going!”
Just as Xu Fan was about to leave this realm, he swiftly grabbed a small world fragment and absorbed it into his mind.
Xu Fan found himself back in the Peach Blossom Spring.
“It’s only been two hundred years; keep going,” Xu Fan said, confused.
“Never mind. I suddenly feel your ‘brotherly bond’ is quite precious, so I’ve decided to let this life go,” the woman said lightly, though the curious glint in her eyes made Xu Fan uneasy.
You’re not thinking of watching us spar, are you?
The woman waved her hand, and the surroundings transformed into a chaotic world filled with world fragments.
A layer of green light enveloped Xu Fan, shielding him from the pull of time.
“What world is this?” Xu Fan asked.
“This is the world where my husband and I first fell in love, shattered by someone,” the woman replied calmly.
“What a shame. I’m actually a cultivation genius. Give me a few years, and I can perfect my current realm,” Xu Fan said.
“I know you’re a genius, but you prefer to hold back your breakthroughs.”
“What are you implying?” the woman asked.
“You could use my endless lifespan to maintain your secret realm or even repair this world,” Xu Fan suggested, pointing to the two stitched-together fragmented worlds.
“Is your endless giving truly because of your love for your brother?” the woman questioned.
“I………”
“No need. Let this life go. Your talent is peerless. If possible, I hope you can help your brother ascend to the Immortal Realm.”
“One day, when your brother becomes a Golden Immortal, I will reward you greatly.”
“Alright, you can leave now. The lifespan I sped up to absorb—I’ve returned it to your brother.”
“Take care of yourselves from now on,” the woman said, preparing to push Xu Fan out of this space.
“Wait,” Xu Fan said.
“What is it? I’ve already done so much for you,” the woman replied.
“Please give more of my lifespan to my brother. Just leave me five years,” Xu Fan said earnestly, his eyes filled with genuine emotion for Wang Yulun.
Xu Fan felt he had no choice but to put on a performance.
