The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 249, Extra Chapter 12: Ascension of Bashima! All Time and Space…

Peach Blossom Island, Finger Peak.

Lu Chen stood atop the peak, hands behind his back, facing the wind, seemingly gazing at the distant sea, yet his eyes seemed unfocused, as if he had seen through the void and even time, falling to an unknown distance.

"Brother Chen, everything is ready! All the irrelevant people on the island have been cleared out, leaving only Father, Yao'er, and Silly Girl. The boats have also been towed to the beach...Brother Chen?"

Looking at Lu Chen, who stood motionless in front of her, Huang Rong pouted, leaped onto his back, wrapped her legs around his waist, and put her arms around his neck. She whispered in his ear, her breath sweet as orchids:
"What are you daydreaming about? Rong'er is talking to you."

Lu Chen snapped out of his daze, cupped Rong'er's thighs in his hands, and said with a smile:
"It's nothing, I just remembered it again..."

……

The main world, Hidden Sword Island.

Before the divine sword, towering like a pillar of heaven and radiant like the sun.

Lu Chen was as insignificant as a speck of dust.

But what he saw was not the sword.

Instead, it was a Taoist figure sitting cross-legged on the hilt of a sword, seemingly real yet illusory.

The Taoist's figure was only the size of an ordinary person.

But when Lu Chen stared intently, he felt as if he saw the boundless universe, as if he saw the creation of chaos, the separation of purity and turbidity, the division of yin and yang, the birth of all things, and then the decay of all things, the confusion of yin and yang, and the return to chaos.

Within the Taoist's figure, there seemed to be an infinitely looping "circle".

"Birth, growth, decay, death... from nothing to something, and from something back to nothing. This is the eternal and unchanging Dao, from the smallest living things to the largest sun, moon, stars, and all of space and time."

A faint voice, seemingly from beyond the heavens yet originating from within his own heart, echoed in Lu Chen's mind:
"The sword is the fruit of the final path. To wield this sword is to bear the weight of all time and space, the final calamity. Are you ready?"

Lu Chen remained silent.

After a long while, as if asking himself, he asked the question in his heart:
"Why me? Why did the Immortal Execution Sword Intent choose me?"

"Purely coincidental."

"..."

……

At this moment, on Peach Blossom Island.

Huang Rong lay on Lu Chen's back, whispering softly:
"Brother Chen, is it really possible to fly to the sky from such a big Peach Blossom Island?"

"It's not simply flying into the sky, but ascending into a higher dimension of spacetime. From now on, Peach Blossom Island will become a 'cruise ship,' freely traversing the universe and the myriad worlds and all of spacetime. Wherever Rong'er wants to go, it can take her there."

"Then, will you stay with me?"

"of course."

"You've always been with me?"

"of course."

"I suddenly realized, there are no hot springs on Peach Blossom Island!"

"Hengshan Hot Spring or Lishan Hot Spring, whichever hot spring Rong'er likes, we'll move to Peach Blossom Island."

"Move a hot spring? Is that really possible?"

"No matter which place you like, you can move to Peach Blossom Island."

"There are so many places I like, but Peach Blossom Island is only so big..."

"Don't worry. Peach Blossom Island will become a special 'time-travel cruise ship,' and even a small cave can contain an entire world."

"Hehe, now that you mention it, I feel like we've become immortals!"

"They were originally gods. And far beyond ordinary gods."

They spoke softly for a long time.

Huang Rong jumped off Lu Chen's back, looking at him with a smile:
"I'm ready too!"

Lu Chen smiled slightly at her, raised his right hand, and a sword light slowly emerged from his palm.

The sword light shot straight into the sky, hovering a thousand feet above the ground, radiating a dazzling sword light that spread in all directions.

The spreading sword light intertwined into a net, turning upside down and enveloping the entire Peach Blossom Island.

Then, Peach Blossom Island trembled slightly. As the seawater surged, the entire island seemed to be lifted up by an invisible giant hand, steadily rising from the sea and ascending into the sky.

The seawater surges back to fill the void left by Peach Blossom Island.

But then a flash of light appeared in the void, and a giant meteorite, though different in shape, but similar in size to Peach Blossom Island, appeared out of thin air at the original site of Peach Blossom Island.

Lu Chen still values ​​public morality; whatever he takes from a place, he makes up for it.

When the meteorite filled the void left by Peach Blossom Island, the waves quickly returned to calm.

Peach Blossom Island, guided by the sword light, rose steadily into the air without the slightest tremor, ascending higher and higher until it was already high in the sky.

The island was shrouded in sword light, and even though it had risen to a height of ten thousand feet, the temperature and air pressure remained unchanged.

It rose again.

The sword light that had been drawing Peach Blossom Island ever higher suddenly leaped away from reality, soaring into the void and entering a higher dimension.

Peach Blossom Island, which had transformed into stars in the daytime, also entered that higher dimension, completing its true "ascension".

When Peach Blossom Island leaps into a higher dimension and "ascends".

A mysterious and ingenious energy began to slowly grow on Peach Blossom Island.

On the island, the natural caves, under the will of the sinking land, have expanded into "secret realms" with vast interior spaces, much like rooms on a cruise ship.

From now on, Rong'er can move into any of those secret realms, wherever she likes.

At the same time, all sorts of bizarre and fantastical visions kept appearing in the void surrounding the island.

Huang Yaoshi, holding Lu Yao, calmly watched the bizarre and fantastical illusions. Seeing his little granddaughter reaching out her chubby little hands as if to grab a giant octopus illusion that was devouring stars, and smacking her lips in a drooling manner, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Grandpa can't catch that big one. I'll ask your dad to catch one for you later."

The grandfather and grandson were talking.

On the peak of the snap of fingers.

Rong'er nestled in Lu Chen's arms, also curiously watching the illusions.

What are those?

"It is a projection of things from other universes and spacetimes into this dimension."

"Can we go to any of those places?"

"Of course, you can go wherever you want."

"Isn't this too dangerous? Look at that giant octopus, it's devouring stars!"

"It's alright. If Rong'er wants to eat grilled octopus, I can cut off one of its tentacles."

"...I'm not that greedy. But...Yao'er probably really wants to eat it, so let's cut off a tendon for Yao'er and make some dumplings."

"Ha ha……"

Are you making fun of me?

"No. I just thought of something funny."

"Hmph, you're just making fun of me. Don't think you can fool Master Rong."

"..."

"You'll have to be punished properly tonight."

"..."

Where to next?

"First, we'll go to the main world to pick up Mochou and Feng'er. We'll stay there for a while longer. Now that we've taken the sword, we have to clean up the world."

"And then what?"

"Next, it will be up to Rong'er to decide... She can go wherever she wants, in any time and space."

In a soft, gentle voice.

This magical cruise ship, capable of navigating through all times and spaces, sped off towards its next destination.

(End of this chapter)