The Cycle of Reincarnation in the Four-Courtyard House: A Journey Through the Heavens

It was late one night in February 1945. Li Xiao had just returned from No. 27 Beibingmasi Hutong and was about to go to sleep when the system's voice echoed in his mind again.

"Hello, host!"

Li Xiao was startled by the sound.

"System...you...you're awake?"

Li Xiao, who has always been strong-willed and composed even in the face of adversity, had a trembling voice this time.

"Yes, host!"

At this moment, Li Xiao was no longer sleepy at all. He felt his blood boiling as the system suddenly woke him up.

"Didn't you say it would take another six or seven years to fully recharge?"

After a moment of silence, the system replied, "The host's actions in this world have significantly altered many events, even bringing the female protagonist Qin Huairu back ahead of schedule. This system has absorbed a large amount of causal power and world power, thus waking up ahead of time."

"We have enough energy to reopen the parallel world. I can take you away from here now. Are you ready?"

Li Xiao was startled and quickly spoke up to stop him, "Wait a minute!"

"System, if I leave here, can I come back?"

"This world was accidentally transported to by me because of the void storm. Does the host intend to stay here?"

Li Xiao fell silent for a moment...

He had lived here for more than two years and had already developed a deep bond with the family here. He would definitely be reluctant to leave.

Furthermore, the War of Resistance Against Japan was not yet over, and Li Yunlong still needed him to continue providing supplies. If he were to give up halfway, as a veteran party member in his previous life, he himself would not be able to get past this hurdle.

Since the arrival of new weapons and equipment, the strategic situation of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army against the Japanese has become one-sided.

Most of the rural areas occupied by the Japanese have now been recovered by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

Now the Japanese can only withdraw their remaining troops to some cities and rely on the urban terrain to fight street battles with our army.

However, the Japanese plan was ultimately thwarted. After Australia began to continuously transport iron ore to steel mills in Borneo, 155mm howitzers were quickly developed. Li Xiao immediately used the Space Supermarket to send these advanced artillery pieces to the front lines.

It must be said that with these large-caliber artillery pieces, our casualties in urban warfare were significantly reduced. Moreover, the Japanese painstakingly built concrete bunkers were blasted to smithereens by these powerful weapons!

After all, there was no such thing as C140 concrete back then.

The current situation of the War of Resistance against Japan is very good. Even the Japanese troops stationed in Beijing have begun to withdraw completely.

After learning of this intelligence, Li Xiao is now preparing to contact the surrounding Eighth Route Army and anti-Japanese guerrilla forces to launch a general offensive against Beijing and completely wipe out the Japanese troops there.

With him and his top henchmen working together from within and outside the city, the chances of taking over Beijing are still very high.

If I suddenly disappear, my plans will definitely be greatly affected.

The system seemed to sense Li Xiao's change of heart, so it said, "If the host is unwilling to leave this place, then you can treat this place as the main world. After you finish your mission in other parallel worlds, you can return here."

"Is it really possible?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiao's spirits immediately lifted.

He suddenly thought of another problem: "System, what will happen here if I go to other worlds? And what about my 20 subordinates?"

"Host, rest assured, the flow of time here will stop after you leave and will only resume upon your return!"

"Furthermore, your 20 subordinates can also travel with you through other worlds. You can summon them at any time in other worlds!"

"Phew~ This is wonderful!"

Li Xiao seemed to remember something else, so he asked, "System, if I spend many years in a parallel world, will my appearance change when I return?"

Li Xiao was worried that if he had lived in another world for many years, he wouldn't know how old he would be when he returned.

But time is frozen in this world, and he won't be able to explain it to his family then.

"Host, please rest assured, after you and your subordinates transmigrate, your physical bodies will remain in the main world. You will travel to other worlds via soul transmigration, and the system will arrange a suitable identity for you!"

"After you finish your mission in the parallel world, you can choose to return to the main world immediately, or you can choose to live out your life there."

"I see!"

Li Xiao was finally completely relieved. In this way, he had effectively extended his life.

Even if he spends his entire life in that world, he will still have this young body when he returns. The only thing he will need to overcome is probably the enormous amount of extra memories.

"What is the first world we're going to travel to?"

Li Xiao was filled with anticipation and curiosity at this moment.

"The world of 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils'!"

"Just as I expected!"

"Host, are you ready?"

Li Xiao glanced outside; it was already 10:30 PM, a time of utter silence. He closed his eyes and said, "Ready? Let's begin!"

......

When Li Xiao opened his eyes again, he saw a vast mountain range, but he could clearly hear a faint sound of fighting.

Just then, a wave of memories implanted by the system rushed into his mind, and Li Xiao closed his eyes to begin digesting them.

In the world of Tianlong, his identity is the second son of Li Shen, the prefect of Pingjiang Prefecture (now Suzhou) in Liangzhe Road. His name is still Li Xiao, and he is eighteen years old this year.

Because he loved martial arts since childhood, he often traveled the world with his sword.

When he was young, Li Shen always urged him to study the classics, histories, philosophical works, and literary collections. However, Li Xiao had no interest in them whatsoever, and Li Shen was extremely helpless about his second son.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the status of military men was far lower than that of civil officials. The national policy of "using civil officials to control military officials" had already been established during the reign of Emperor Taizu.

Li Jizu, the first patriarch of the Li family in Jiangnan, was one of the founding generals who established the Northern Song Dynasty alongside Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin.

After Zhao Kuangyin released Li Jizu from his military command over a cup of wine, Li Jizu resigned from his post and returned to his hometown, Jiangning Prefecture in Jiangnan East Circuit.

After returning to his hometown, Li Jizu began to urge his three sons to study hard.

Although Li Jizu was a military general, he had a very sharp eye.

After returning to his hometown, he realized from Zhao Kuangyin's subsequent efforts to elevate the status of civil officials by expanding the scale of the imperial examination that the voice of military men would certainly be less powerful than that of civil men in this newly established country.