High Martial Arts Era

Chapter 731 The Death of a Close Relative
Ink River Starfield, Northern Hill Mortal Realm.

Since Li Yuan became the master of the star field and basically controlled the origin of the star field, he established multiple stable spatial channels from the Mohe Star Field to the Northern Hill Mortal Domain, facilitating the travel of powerful figures throughout the Mortal Domain... Thousands of years have passed, and the Seven Star Civilization lineage has become extremely powerful.

There are even several celestial beings, such as Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai.

True gods? There are hundreds of them... It can be said that even if Li Yuan completely abandons the Seven Star Civilization lineage, they can still stand on their own in the vast divine realm.

Although the Seven Star Civilization has long since transcended the mortal realm, and its numerous descendants have spread across many star regions in the Divine Realm... the mortal realm of Beiqiu remains its foundation.

Within the Seven Star Civilization, Li Yuan's status has long been mythologized, and his reputation and status have far surpassed those of Dongfang Ji and Lant.

In the books of civilization, the East is defined as the 'pioneer and first leader of civilization's advance into the divine realm and starry sky'.

Li Yuan, on the other hand, is the 'eternal supreme leader'.

Li Yuan's contributions to the entire civilization are worthy of this title.

Blue Star.

As Li Yuan's home planet, it also received a wealth of resources as Li Yuan continued to transform and grow... It has long surpassed Fei Xing and become the number one planet in the entire Beiqiu Mortal Domain.

Blue Star, formerly Jiangbei City of Xia Kingdom, is now the administrative city of Blue Star, 'Jiangbei City', with a population of millions and highly advanced technology.

At this moment, two figures were walking in the middle of the city street.

Many high-speed vehicles are shuttling back and forth.

However, no one noticed anything unusual... and some vehicles even drove right through the young man's body.

It was as if the two existed in different spaces.

"I never imagined that Jiangbei City would change so much after not returning to Blue Star for hundreds of years," Li Yuan said with a smile. "It's completely different from what it was like back then."

“I think flying-level beings are quite common, and you can occasionally see demigods,” Li Yuan said.

Although I have bestowed a great deal of resources upon the entire civilization, it is for the sake of the civilization's future for tens of millions of years, and only those with talent and contributions can receive it.

Logically, there shouldn't be such a high density of flying beings and demigods.

Ultimately, the bloodline of the Seven Star Civilization humans is very weak. Even after thousands of years of bloodline evolution, it has not improved much and is far inferior to some powerful races in the God Realm.

"The changes are naturally significant."

Lin Lanyue, dressed in red beside her, smiled and said, "Nowadays, all the powerful figures in the mortal realm who have even a little status consider it an honor to live on Blue Star... Even the gods of the Seven Star Civilization in the Divine Realm will strive to obtain citizenship on Blue Star."

"In terms of cultivation, Blue Star has also undergone continuous transformation after obtaining the treasures you integrated, and is now a first-class holy land," Lin Lanyue said.

"The current population of the Seven Star Civilization is simply terrifying... Only the most elite are qualified to come to Earth."

"The convergence of abundant resources and powerful individuals has resulted in a large number of powerful cultivators on Blue Star," Lin Lanyue remarked. "The number of demigods is astonishing, there are also quite a few illusory gods, and even some true gods reside there permanently."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

More than four thousand years ago, the Seven Star Civilizations had a combined population of hundreds of billions. After unifying the entire mortal realm and advancing into the divine realm, with a massive supply of resources and an almost limitless territory, the population of the Seven Star Civilizations reached an unbelievable level over several thousand years.

With a large population, even if the bloodline is relatively weak, a large number of strong individuals will eventually emerge.

Blue Star... is the ancestral planet of civilization, and Li Yuan attaches great importance to Blue Star, investing a lot of resources in it. The few treasures integrated into the core of the planet alone are enough to make even the gods tremble.

Nature.

The entire Seven Star Civilization, from top to bottom, placed immense importance on Blue Star in order to follow the footsteps of its supreme leader. Furthermore, as the Lord of the Star Domain, Li Yuan specifically granted spatial access to the Northern Hill Mortal Domain, allowing even beings not born from it to freely enter and exit. The barriers between various dimensional spaces within the Mortal Domain were also completely eliminated by Li Yuan, making the entire Mortal Domain now a unified whole, with no longer any distinction between dimensional spaces...

Therefore, even some gods who already hold a certain position in the divine realm will try every means to obtain the 'right to reside' on Earth.

It should be noted that the total population of Earth is now limited to one billion.

Many factors have contributed to the current state of Earth.

"You've worked hard to make the Northern Hills Mortal Realm what it is today," Li Yuan said with a smile. Over the past few thousand years, after Dongfang Ji and Fang Hai went to the Divine Realm one after another, the actual center of the entire civilization had shifted to the Mohe Star Region.

The actual administrator of the Northern Hills Mortal Realm is Lin Lanyue.

She is also a true god, and given her special relationship with Li Yuan, no one dares to question her... Moreover, over thousands of years, Lin Lanyue herself has been one of the oldest elders of the Seven Star Civilization.

In the eyes of the younger generation of geniuses, Lin Lanyue belongs to the same generation as her predecessors such as Lant and Fang Hai.

"I just did what I was supposed to do." Lin Lanyue shook her head and said, "The entire civilization is what it is today because of you."

Lin Lanyue knew very well that if Li Yuan hadn't become the Lord of the Star Domain, the entire Seven Star Civilization wouldn't be where it is today.

even.

If it weren't for Li Yuan's help, how could she have become a true god so early with her six-star pulse foundation? Looking across the entire God Realm, how many seven-star pulse experts have failed to become true gods?
"It relies on the inheritance of civilization from generation to generation." Li Yuan smiled: "When we were young, we all grew up listening to the legends of the Eastern Elder and the Lant Elder."

"Back then, in front of the Elite Building at Guanshan District No. 1 High School, there stood a statue of the late Dongfang Ji," Li Yuan said with some emotion.

Lin Lanyue couldn't help but smile.

Her connection with Li Yuan stemmed from that period of time... Just as Li Yuan said, without the efforts of Dongfang Ji, Lan Te, and the others...

The entire civilization couldn't have survived until Li Yuan's rise to power.

"Li Yuan, why did you suddenly return to Blue Star? And come to see me? Is there something you need?" Lin Lanyue asked.

Although she had the authority to see Li Yuan at any time, in reality, since becoming the Lord of the Star Domain, Li Yuan had been in seclusion for a long time... Lin Lanyue rarely took the initiative to see Li Yuan.

Previously, the two sides had not seen each other for hundreds of years.

"What? Can't I come to see you?" Li Yuan joked, then sighed, "My uncle and aunt are nearing the end of their lives."

"Uncle and Aunt?" Lin Lanyue was taken aback. "They went back to Blue Star?"

"Ah."

“They returned a few days ago. I used time-space teleportation to send them back. They are currently in Jiangbei City, which is why you didn’t know,” Li Yuan said.

Lin Lanyue seemed to be in a daze.

She was very familiar with Li Changzhou and the others, and she regarded them as her elders... But for thousands of years before, Li Changzhou and the others had stayed at the headquarters of the Chaos God Court.

Since she spent most of her time in the mortal realm of Beiqiu, the two sides naturally had much less contact.

“Yes, my uncle and aunt are both illusory gods, just like my parents, with a lifespan of only 5000 years.” Lin Lanyue’s eyes dimmed: “If you calculate it, they are indeed nearing the end of their lifespan.”

Lin Lanyue's parents were both very talented; they were already flying warriors long before Li Yuan went to the Divine Realm.

Later, they persevered until the great expansion of the Seven Star Civilization, when they were granted abundant resources and, with Lin Lanyue's help, they all eventually became virtuous gods.

But in the end, he stopped at the Void God Realm.

"If the Star Vein doesn't transform, is it impossible to advance from the Void God Realm to the True God Realm?" Lin Lanyue couldn't help but ask.

“No.” Li Yuan shook his head and said, “A illusory god’s lifespan is five thousand years, and a true god’s lifespan is thirty thousand years… This is the rule of the universe.”

“Even the Chaos God Emperor, the founder of the Chaos God Court, could not defy it,” Li Yuan said.

In fact, let alone the Chaos God Emperor.

Even the Supreme Being cannot defy it... Breaking the foundational shackles of cultivators who have become gods is the pursuit of many Emperors and even Supreme Beings.

Unfortunately, based on the information Li Yuan had gathered, it seemed that no one in the entire history of the universe had ever succeeded.

"Is that so?" Lin Lanyue's eyes dimmed.

In her eyes, what kind of existence is Li Yuan?
Legend has it that Li Yuan stands at the pinnacle of the God King realm, which is considered the highest position in the entire God Realm. If even Li Yuan says it's impossible, then it's absolutely impossible.

Li Yuan felt a surge of emotion.

He could naturally see that Lin Lanyue longed for her parents to live longer, which was only natural.

"Lan Yue".

“Your father has 82 years and 64 days left to live.” Li Yuan’s gaze was deep. “Your mother has 85 years and 66 days left to live.”

Lin Lanyue looked astonished.

The lifespan of a virtual god is 5000 years, but in reality, 5,000 years is the limit. Most powerful beings may die at any time after living to 4990 years old.

This is a universal law.

Li Yuan was able to see exactly how many days his parents would live.
“I said they could live this long, and they certainly can,” Li Yuan said, though he had not yet developed his inner weapon.

However, the study of cause and effect and destiny has reached a very deep level.

Let alone the fate of just a few illusory gods, Li Yuan could deduce 99% of the fate of most true gods at a glance.

“Sixty years later.”

"Lan Yue, bring your parents to the Mohe Star Region to see me." Li Yuan looked at Lin Lan Yue: "I will take action again, and you will be able to see them again in the future."

Lin Lanyue's eyes lit up, a glimmer of hope rekindled, but she was also somewhat puzzled: "Li Yuan, didn't you say you couldn't help them break through?"

"I only said that I couldn't help them advance from the Void God Realm to the True God Realm, not that they couldn't continue living," Li Yuan said with a calm smile.

Lin Lanyue was both surprised and delighted.

"When I have the ability to reverse time and resurrect in the future, I hope to resurrect both of your brothers," Li Yuan said slowly.

Lin Lanyue was taken aback.

resurrection?

His two older brothers both died when they reached the end of their lifespan, at the level of demigods.

"Really?" Lin Lanyue asked hesitantly. She had a very high standard of living and knew many gods, but she had never heard of this before.

"Ah."

“However, I must first become a God Emperor; I cannot become a God King,” Li Yuan said with a smile.

He didn't explicitly say that he wanted to reverse time and resurrect, something even ordinary god emperors couldn't do.

Moreover, since Lin Lanyue's two older brothers have never left the Northern Hills Mortal Realm and have not left any trace in the Divine Realm, only a God Emperor of this universe could do so.

There are many restrictions.

but!

As long as one truly possesses that kind of strength, and as long as one doesn't reach the Void God Realm, resurrection isn't actually that difficult. In Li Yuan's plan, there are many people who will be resurrected in the future.

……

Except for Lin Lanyue.

Li Yuan then visited many friends, such as Tian Dazhuang, Jin Huguo, Tantai Feng, and Yu Jinghe. They were all individuals with considerable talent, and due to their special relationship with Li Yuan, they achieved demigod status early on. Later, they received a large amount of resources from Li Yuan in return for their civilization. Ultimately, they all achieved the status of virtual gods.

Unfortunately, of the geniuses from the same group at Martial God Mountain, some perished early on while venturing out into the world, and some stopped at the level of demigods. However, apart from Alicia and Lin Lanyue who eventually became true gods, the rest stopped at the level of virtual gods at best.

More than four thousand years have passed... and these friends from back then are all nearing the end of their lives.

Li Yuan made a special trip to see them to discuss how, when his lifespan was about to end, he could visit them to extend his lifespan... As for how to extend his lifespan, Li Yuan did not reveal anything for the time being.

Immediately.

Li Yuan then visited some elders, such as Teacher Li Yang and Dean Hai, etc. They were all kind to Li Yuan and received gifts from him, and eventually they all became virtual gods.

Now, I'm nearing the end of my life.

...Jiangbei City, Cemetery.

In front of a rather large mausoleum.

"Teacher, I haven't visited you in a long time. Please forgive me." Li Yuan personally pulled out a few weeds that had grown out of the cracks in the stone tablet.

The tombstone bears the name 'Xu Bo'.

“More than four thousand years.” Li Yuan sighed softly. “Even Teacher Chen and Uncle Wan have been gone for more than three thousand years.”

Teacher Chen, along with Xu Bo, was Li Yuan's homeroom teacher for both academic and physical education classes in high school.

And Uncle Wan, naturally, is Wan Qinghe... Back then, Xu Bo and Wan Qinghe played the biggest roles in Li Yuan's rapid rise and successful entry into Kunlun Martial Arts University.

With Li Yuan's help, Wan Qinghe eventually became a powerful figure in the Starfire Martial Hall, but he passed away at the demigod realm without ever reaching the Void God realm.

Not just Wanqinghe.

"Fei Qian, Li Tianyou, Tan Zhenlong, Qiu Jing, Song Yi..." A large number of figures from his life appeared in Li Yuan's mind.

My classmates and friends from my youth.

Or some of the elders with whom they had some interaction, most of them could not become illusory gods, or even demigods, and naturally they have all passed away.

When they passed away, Li Yuan himself was only at the Heavenly God Realm or even weaker, and his Inner Universe Realm had not yet evolved to perfection, so naturally he couldn't help them.

"but."

“Teacher, Xu Ling is already a true god. I have not failed your trust.” Li Yuan murmured to himself, “Teacher, when I become an emperor, I will resurrect you again.”

"To bring back to life many who have passed away."

In Li Yuan's heart, besides his parents, the person ranked at the top of the resurrection list is his teacher Xu Bo, who is Li Yuan's first true mentor.

……

Year after year.

Li Yuan still devotes most of his energy to cultivation.

Despite the turmoil in the universe, it did not affect the inner world of the Heart Dream Universe. The Chaos Divine Court remained as stable as Mount Tai, and most of the gods were unaware that their great 'Heart Source God King' had become the common enemy of the universe... The entire Seven Star Civilization naturally remained as peaceful as ever.

Li Yuan also devoted his energy to creating an avatar to accompany his uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters who had returned to Earth.

In Li Changzhou's words, "Fallen leaves return to their roots. Even if one dies, one should return to one's hometown to die. How can one wander outside forever?"

In the final years of his life.

Li Changzhou and his group have been staying inside the Seven Star Civilization.

On this day, in a villa in Jiangbei City, which was the Li family's residence on Blue Star.

In fact, because the Seven Star Civilization has a separate planet, for thousands of years, the Li family only sent a few people to be stationed there... until it was reactivated in recent decades.

call!
Li Yuan had already arrived at the depths of the villa, where a number of people had gathered. When they saw Li Yuan enter, many of them stood up.

"Uncle!"

"uncle!"

"uncle."

"Ancestor." Many illusory gods and a few true gods all stood up and bowed to Li Yuan with utmost respect.

"Yes, Xiaozhen, Xiaoyu, Qingqing... you're all here." Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Most of these people are the offspring of their younger siblings. For example, Li Qianqian's daughter Li Zhen, and Li Muhua's children Li Yu and Li Qingqing were all raised by Li Yuan and were very close to him.

In reality, most of them were born only a few decades to a century later than Li Qianqian and Li Muhua.

Over a timescale spanning thousands of years, the differences are not significant.

Of course, both Li Qianqian and Li Muhua had many children over the course of thousands of years... but the other children spent too little time with Li Yuan and had only met a few times in total, so their relationship was naturally very weak.

However, they are still very close by blood, and many of them have been given a lot of resources, thus becoming virtual gods.

Those few true gods were basically geniuses who had risen to prominence in the Li family over the past few thousand years.

"Big brother."

Li Qianqian and Li Muhua slowly stood up. They both looked extremely old: "Big brother, you've come."

Even the illusory gods are powerless to maintain their appearance through divine power, which shows how far their vitality has aged.

"Sit down, everyone." Li Yuan waved his hand, and everyone in the room sat down again.

"Uncle, Aunt." Li Yuan sat down next to the two elders in the center, who were naturally Li Changzhou and Chen Hui, the ancestors of the Li family.

"Xiao Yuan".

“There’s no need to be sad or upset.” Li Changzhou’s voice became a little weak: “Your aunt and I have had an incredibly wonderful life… Back then, my elder brother and sister-in-law risked their lives to keep us alive, and all I wanted to do was raise you.”

"Back then, I was just an entry-level martial artist, and I did engineering work, just trying my best to make your lives better."

Li Yuan listened quietly.

In his youth, my uncle worked incredibly hard to earn more money, often traveling all over Earth and even venturing to the front lines of war in the Star Realm.

"I didn't expect that either."

"You have achieved such great things, not only becoming a leader of civilization, but also standing at the pinnacle of the divine realm step by step." Li Changzhou sighed with emotion: "Your aunt and I have even become gods... traveled through the universe, and lived in the core of the divine realm for thousands of years. The gods are very respectful to us... we have lived for thousands of years."

Everyone dies eventually.

“There’s no need to feel sorry for us.” Li Changzhou smiled and looked at Chen Hui beside him: “In fact, you manipulated the flow of time to deliberately make me and your aunt, or rather, Qianqian Muhua, leave together… We are very satisfied, what regrets could we have?”

Li Yuan nodded silently.

In fact, it wasn't just Li Changzhou and Chen Hui... At the request of Li Qianqian and Li Muhua, Li Yuan also manipulated the flow of time, making their actual life experiences nearly synchronized with those of their parents.

According to Li Yuan's insight, their lifespans would all end on this day.

“Yes, brother, our lives have been wonderful and fulfilling enough. We have no regrets,” Li Muhua said with a smile.

For a long time, the Li family was controlled by Li Muhua, and now more than 80% of the family's bloodline are his descendants.

"If there's anything to regret, it's that you, Xiaoyuan, have never had any children. I'm afraid your parents will blame me when I meet them," Chen Hui sighed. "Lanyue is actually a very nice girl, but alas... alas! We were destined to be apart."

This has always been her regret.

"mom."

“That happened so many years ago.” Li Muhua shook his head and said, “My elder brother is different from us. He is a true being at the pinnacle of cultivation, and as far as I know, his strength is comparable to that of the God Emperors who were the founders of the Divine Court.”

"The God Emperor! He is an existence that has lived for hundreds of millions of years."

“Hundreds of millions of years from now, my elder brother will definitely still be here… What need does a cultivator who roams the universe so freely have for bloodlines and descendants? It’s meaningless.” Li Muhua shook his head and said, “He himself is as if he is eternal.”

"Besides, the Heart Source God Clan was created by my elder brother. How powerful is their bloodline? Several Heavenly Gods have been born today, and the Heart Feather Heavenly God even calls my elder brother 'Father'." Li Muhua said with emotion, "Having seen so much, are you still limited to the blood relations on Blue Star?"

"Live for hundreds of millions of years?"

"The Supreme God Emperor?" The people in the room were somewhat dazed. To them, the gods were already very distant.

God Emperor?

That's just a legend. If it weren't for Li Yuan, they would never have had any contact with such a being in their entire lives.

“Yes, I understand the reasoning, but…” Chen Hui shook her head.

"I won't say anymore," Li Changzhou said with a smile. "I've heard that in the end, cultivators all need to be in harmony with the Great Dao and become friends with the Great Dao... Perhaps, a long, long time from now, Xiao Yuan will be able to meet a Daoist partner whose heart is in harmony with his."

“Today, let’s only talk about happy things,” Li Changzhou said.

“Yes, we’ll only talk about happy things,” Li Qianqian said with a smile.

time flies.

It was mainly Li Changzhou, Chen Hui, and Li Qianqian who were talking... Occasionally, people like Li Yu, Li Qingqing, and Li Zhen would chime in.

As for the Li clan members on the outer periphery? They were already quite fortunate to be qualified to send off their ancestors on their final journey; how could they dare to speak?

A long time later.

"Haha, the time has come, I can feel it." Li Changzhou suddenly laughed, "Wife, Muhua, Qianqian, I'm going first, Xiaoyuan... live well."

next moment.

With a whoosh, his life force suddenly weakened, and his divine body began to decay and collapse layer by layer, quickly dissipating.

"Changzhou." Chen Hui felt the other hand in her hand gradually losing its life force, and remained silent.

Shortly after.

Chen Hui, Li Muhua, and Li Qianqian passed away one after another... Li Yuan silently watched this scene, watching their bodies completely lose their vitality.

And inside the house.

The atmosphere was extremely tense.

After a long time.

Li Yuancai slowly stood up and said softly, "Li Yangyu."

"Ancestor." In the corner of the room, an inconspicuous True God stood up, extremely respectful, wondering why Li Yuan was addressing him.

“From today onwards, you will be the new patriarch of the Li family,” Li Yuan said calmly.

(End of this chapter)