A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

Mei Gu and Xiao Lu'er have settled in the capital and bought a small courtyard.

Song Qingshu arrived at Mei Gu's doorstep and happened to meet Xiao Lu coming out. Xiao Lu's face lit up with a smile upon seeing Song Qingshu.

"Senior brother, what brings you here?"

Song Qingshu said, "Little Deer, look who's next to me?"

"Ah!" Luo Xiaolu exclaimed in surprise and delight, "Uncle Luo!"

Ever since Luo Cheng left Xianlin Star, she had been thinking of him constantly. Her and her mother's desire to cultivate immortality was not for eternal life, but to see Luo Cheng again.

Luo Xiaolu instinctively wanted to step forward and grab Luo Cheng's hand, just like when she was a child, and pester him to tell her stories.

However, when her gaze fell on the girl beside Luo Cheng, she didn't move, but simply said, "Uncle Luo, you're here. I'll take you to see your mother."

"it is good."

The group entered the house, and Luo Xiaolu hurriedly ran into the room, saying to her mother who was lying on the bed, "Mom, Uncle Luo is here!"

Mei Gu was taken aback at first, then tears streamed down her face as she whispered, "Let him go..."

She didn't want to see him again.

She has grown old.

She didn't want him to see her current appearance.

Luo Xiaolu understood her mother's thoughts and sighed softly, "Mom, Uncle Luo will have a way."

"I'm content to hear from him again. He and I... are ultimately from different worlds."

"Mom, haven't you been waiting for him?"

Little Deer had always known that her mother was waiting for Uncle Luo, and she was waiting just as long. Now that she had finally waited, her mother refused to see her.

Luo Cheng said to Lin Chen beside him, "Chenchen, go and take a look."

With Luo Cheng's supernatural powers, he could hear Luo Xiaolu and Mei Gu's conversation with just a little concentration, and he sighed softly.

"it is good."

Lin Chen entered the room and saw a woman with gray hair and an old face.

When Mei Gu saw who it was, she already had a guess in her mind, and a bitter feeling welled up inside her. She said in a complicated tone, "Heavens... why did I have to meet him?"

Lin Chen said softly, "He hopes you can live, he hopes you can live happily."

This was a topic Luo Cheng and Lin Chen had discussed before. During their casual conversation, Lin Chen asked, "Back then, why did you give Li Mengtian the cultivation technique?"

Luo Cheng's answer was: "I hope she lives."

Hundreds of years ago, Lin Chen didn't understand Luo Cheng's thoughts; hundreds of years later, she can now comprehend them.

Luo Cheng just wanted her to live!

At that time, Luo Cheng said to Lin Chen: "Chenchen, do you know how long the ancient gods' lives are? Billions of years... In this endless time, you will find that everything will eventually lose its meaning. At that time, you will wish that everyone is alive."

Millions of years have passed, and Lin Chen still cannot comprehend what kind of state of mind that was.

But she could imagine the scene—if, in the end, only she and Luo Cheng remained in the cultivation world, how lonely that would be.

As time passed and his cultivation level increased, Lin Chen gradually came to understand that state of mind.

When she returned to Earth last time, she couldn't see a single person she knew.

What kind of loneliness is it to look around and not see a single familiar face?

At that time, she wanted to talk to Li Mengtian.

Just as she once said to Li Mengtian: "Even plastic best friends are still best friends."

At this moment, Lin Chen looked at Aunt Mei, hoping in his heart that she could live.

Mei glanced at her daughter and asked softly, "Am I...can I still live?"

"able."

Clearly, Anita Mui also wanted to live. She knew she was her daughter's only family in the world. What would happen to her daughter if she were gone?

Lin Chen took out a drop of ethereal water and first used it to wash Mei Gu's body, restoring her vitality; then he fed her a Vitality Pill to help her recover her vital energy.

Mei Gu used her water mirror magic to look at herself in the mirror and said softly, "You all go outside and wait for me. I'll freshen up."

"it is good."

The two left the room, and Luo Xiaolu said gratefully, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

"What should I call you?"

"My name is Lin Chen, you can call me Aunt Chen."

"Aunt Chen!"

The two returned to the living room and found Luo Cheng sitting quietly without saying a word.

Luo Xiaolu remembers that when she was little, she loved to run into Luo Cheng's arms and listen to him tell stories.

Before long, Mei Gu came out of the room. In Luo Cheng's eyes, she was still as beautiful and young as she had been hundreds of years ago.

Mei Gu looked at Luo Cheng with a very complicated expression.

Luo Cheng spoke up, "Aunt Mei, I'd like to become sworn siblings with you. Would you be willing?"

Mei Gu's heart skipped a beat; she understood his meaning. When she saw Lin Chen, she thought: They are the perfect match. To be sworn brothers with him, what more could I ask for?

Mei nodded gently and smiled, "Then from now on, you'll be my younger brother?"

"Um."

Luo Cheng unleashed his divine power, raising Mei Gu's cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage and improving her talent as a result.

If other cultivators were to witness this divine ability to enhance talent, they would be utterly astonished.

Luo Cheng withdrew his divine power and instructed, "Sister, I have raised your cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage. From now on, your cultivation should focus on cultivating your mind."

"I've got it."

Luo Cheng then took out some spiritual artifacts and elixirs and handed them to Mei Gu and Luo Xiaolu respectively.

"Keep these safe."

Mei Gu and Xiao Lu did not refuse, but silently accepted the gift, keeping this kindness firmly in their hearts.

"Cultivate diligently, I will be waiting for you in the Immortal Realm."

"I definitely will."

Ning Xin'er stood silently to the side. She could see Mei Gu's feelings for Luo Cheng and was very moved by Mei Gu's persistence, but she couldn't say anything.

Afterwards, Luo Cheng left Song Qingshu some cultivation resources and said to him, "Qingshu, you should also cultivate diligently. After you become an immortal, come to the Heavenly Court to help me manage affairs."

"it is good."

After Luo Cheng, Lin Chen, and Ning Xin'er left Xianlin Star, a gentle voice echoed through the void:

"Luo Cheng, you've come all this way to the vicinity of my Huanlangtian, why don't you stop by and have a seat?"

As he spoke, a passage appeared in the void. Luo Cheng laughed, "I'm coming right now!"

He took Lin Chen's hand and led Ning Xin'er into the passage. Time and space shifted, and the three appeared on a lotus lake, where a girl stood barefoot among the lotus leaves.

When Lin Chen first met Master Yuan Gu, she was deeply moved—she had never seen such a beautiful and refined woman.

Lin Chen thought to himself: Is this what an immortal looks like?

She had met Dai Nanfeng before and thought she was as heroic as a warrior immortal; but Yuan Gu in front of her gave people a sense of ethereal beauty, untouched by any dust.

Luo Cheng introduced, "Chenchen, Xin'er, this is Master Yuangu, a person with great supernatural powers."

Lin Chen bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Venerable Yuan Gu."

Yuan Gu's expression softened as she walked step by step to Lin Chen's side, like a girl next door: "You are my junior brother's Daoist partner, so just call me senior sister."

"Senior Sister!"

Yuan Gu took out a magical artifact and handed it to her, saying, "This is a little trinket, you can take it."

"Thank you so much, Senior Sister!"

Lin Chen's cultivation level was not high, so Yuan Gu only gave him an interesting gadget. Of course, this little gadget had the function of saving his life.

Ning Xin'er stared longingly at Yuan Gu, but dared not speak. Even though Yuan Gu concealed his aura, Ning Xin'er still felt a sense of pressure.

Yuan Gu smiled gently and handed a small trinket to Ning Xin'er, saying, "Little girl, this is for you."

"Thank you, Venerable Yuan Gu!"

Luo Cheng asked, "Senior Sister, judging from your aura, you're not far from becoming a god, are you?"

"I've discussed this with the Azure Emperor. To become a god, I still need to make a trip to the Illusion Star Temple."

Luo Cheng knew that Yuan Gu was inviting him to the Illusion Star Temple, so he said, "I still need to make proper arrangements for the matters of the Origin Realm."

"Indeed. If things in the original realm are not handled properly, it will cause chaos in all realms."

When discussing the completion of the God and the Primordial Realm, Yuan Gu brought up another matter: "I heard from Qian Shanyong that you killed Huo Chi?"

"good."

"The Fire Demon wreaked havoc on Fengyuan Star, destroying formations and killing people. It's fine if he's executed. However, his brother, the Heavenly Difficulty God, is still with me."

Back then, the God of Heavenly Difficulty caused trouble in the Ancient God's Treasury and was sealed into the Shell-Forging Cauldron by the Primordial God, where he has not been released to this day.

Clearly, Yuan Gu was letting Luo Cheng make the decision.

Luo Cheng said, "Let's seal the memories of this Heavenly God and send him into the cycle of reincarnation."

"it is good."

"The Divine Treasure Pagoda has the function of reincarnation."

With just a few words, the fate of an ancient immortal was decided.

Lin Chenjing sat to the side, feeling both surprised and proud—the man before her was her Daoist partner.

Then, Luo Cheng mentioned something else: "By the way, when I was in Linming Star, I obtained something from his realm."

"Oh?" Yuan Gu became somewhat curious.

Luo Cheng took out the ring he had obtained from Lin Mingxing and handed it to Yuan Gu. After Yuan Gu examined it with his divine sense, he said, "I visited that realm a million years ago."

"What kind of realm is that?"

"That realm is extremely far from the cultivation world, and even with my current supernatural powers, I cannot go there. However, since you have this ring, you can go and take a look at that realm."

Luo Cheng guessed that a million years ago, Lingxu must have taken Yuangu on a journey to that realm.

"I'll go take a look after I'm done with things in the cultivation world."

Yuan Gu said, "That realm is primarily for cultivating divinity."

She didn't say much, because she had been there millions of years ago, and after so many years, she didn't know what that world was like now.

Then, the two talked about the Bona people.

"The crisis of the Bona people's self-destruction has been resolved; however, those ancient Bona immortals still want to enter the world of cultivation."

"It's better to guide than to block. I can open a passage at Xinbo Cape. If the Bona people cultivate to the Tribulation Transcending stage and can overcome the Heavenly Tribulation, they will be allowed to enter the Original Realm to cultivate."

"Hmm." Yuan Gu didn't say much about the original world, after all, Luo Cheng was the original owner.

"The cultivation world is our territory, and we will never allow the Bona people to set foot there."

That's how it should be.

"Then let's pick a day, get together, and have a talk with the Immortal Bonagu."

"Can."

After finishing their important conversation, Luo Cheng and Yuan Gu chatted about interesting anecdotes from the cultivation world.

Yuan Gu was an ancient immortal who had lived for millions of years. His knowledge and experience were extremely rich, which broadened Luo Cheng's horizons and increased his knowledge.

Lin Chen sat quietly to the side, like a curious child. When he heard something interesting, he would ask a few questions to satisfy his curiosity.

This time, Luo Cheng stayed in Huanlangtian for half a month.

After leaving, Lin Chen said, "Brother Cheng, I think Master Yuangu is very kind."

"yes."

Luo Cheng knew that Yuan Gu's kindness varied from person to person. In the eyes of the Bona people, she was an ancient immortal with terrifying power.

Immediately, Lin Chen's expression darkened: "Brother Cheng, I haven't even become an immortal yet, and you're about to ascend to the divine realm..."

Luo Cheng gently comforted her, "Chenchen, according to my calculations, I can stay in the mortal realm for over a thousand years."

"A thousand years...that's actually quite short."

For mortals, a thousand years is an extremely long time; for immortals, a thousand years is but a fleeting moment.

Immortals like Qian Shanyong could spend hundreds or even thousands of years in seclusion at a time.

"Yuan Gu said that Luo Xian is going to Tanbang Star."

Why is she going to Tanbang again?

"We should be searching for the Sea Soul Agate."

Lin Chen knew that Sea Soul Agate was a treasure needed by cultivators when they transformed into Loose Immortals.

Luo Cheng sighed, "It's been a long time since I've been to Heavenly Melody City. I wonder how the City Lord is doing? Come to think of it, Tian Hong must be ascending to immortality soon, right?"

Mentioning Tanbang Star filled Luo Cheng with mixed emotions.

This made him realize once again that time has no limits in cultivation; a thousand years can pass in the blink of an eye.

"Let's go to Tanbang Star and see if we can run into an old friend."