It turns out I'm a second-generation demon.

Chapter 768 The Shifting Stars

Divine light shone from the dark sky, like a ladder leading people to heaven.

That wasn't a door opened by God, but by the fruit. The fruit had ripened and was returning to its original world.

This door does not allow any living being in this world to pass through. The phoenix once tried to take the fruit into the world behind the door, but that world refused her.

He closed his eyes, and his spirit traveled back in time.

The world seemed to rewind, the waves went backward, the drifting ashes receded, and reformed into the image of Great-Grandma.

"I love you too!" He lowered his head and kissed his great-grandmother's face.

They were so close, yet it felt as if they were separated by the realms of life and death.

He left the coastal area and returned to New City, where he found Cuihua in the chaotic battlefield. He watched as Cuihua fought two top S-class warriors and died from exhaustion.

To avoid distracting him, she didn't ask him for help even as she died from exhaustion. She didn't run away either, because he had said that this battle was crucial and they had to win.

Then a missile fell, turning everything to ashes.

"No wonder I couldn't find you," Li Xianyu said softly.

After reading Bingzhazi's letter, he knew he could not escape his fate. He launched a decisive battle in New York City to prevent more people from dying.

Because those who are already dead will eventually be taken away by fate.

Only by ending the disaster as soon as possible can those who are still alive be saved.

That was his initial thought, but now he has a different idea.

Li Xianyu walked and stopped, and the scene changed. He left the battlefield of New York City and went back to the end of last year at Baoze headquarters.

He floated like a lost soul atop the Baoze building, where he saw a newly launched 2020 silver-gray Audi A9 speeding towards him. He was the one driving it, with his milk and his cat inside.

The silver-gray Audi A9 entered the underground parking garage, and he followed it down.

The car door opened, and the shameless grandmother and granddaughter stepped out hand in hand, looking every bit like a couple.

Watching them walk hand in hand into the elevator, Li Xianyu smiled sincerely. It was a feeling akin to looking at faded photographs years later—the beloved is gone, things have changed. But the mellow fragrance that has been nurtured by time only grows stronger with age.

If I hadn't had a moment of madness and said the wrong thing, my great-grandmother wouldn't have given me such a long cold war. You can't be impatient to win over a girl, and you can't win over my great-grandmother either.

Thinking of this, Li Xianyu sighed.

Last year, as soon as Li Xianyu stepped out of the elevator car, he seemed to sense something and looked around blankly.

The spirit Li Xianyu then departed, turning back time to the Shangqing Sect, precisely when Li Xianyu ascended to receive the milk.

At that moment, Li Xianyu and Dan Chenzi were sitting on the steps chatting. Li Xianyu said, "You have no idea, that idiot Li Peiyun is completely infatuated with me in Europe."

After saying that, he burst into laughter.

Dan Chenzi laughed so hard he fell to the ground: "Li Peiyun has finally met her match! This is hilarious, so hilarious! I'm going to call Jiese (a slang term for a woman who abstains from sex)."

"Two idiots..." Yin Shen Li Xianyu smiled, then bowed deeply: "Senior."

The old Taoist priest ignored him.

"senior!"

"Spit it out if you have something to say," the old Taoist priest said. "I've already told you I won't take action; I'll only act when the time is right."

"I'm not here to beg you, the matter has already been resolved," Li Xianyu said.

"You arrived even later?" the old Taoist priest suddenly realized.

"I only ask that you pass on a few words to this idiot for me, senior." Li Xianyu pointed at the person dressed as a woman who was flirting with the enemy, making himself look very powerful and capable.

"explain."

"First, fate cannot be changed. Second, in this life... I would rather be alone."

"Is it meaningful?"

"I just want to give it a try."

"Alright, you can go away now."

"Thank you, senior." After expressing his gratitude, Li Xianyu stepped across twenty years of time and arrived at the Pantheon.

Amidst the swirling mist, rows of lizard-man statues stand in the Pantheon, like guards protecting the palace.

The three young people emerged from the thick fog and arrived deep within the Pantheon.

The one in the middle was handsome, with a notch in his left eyebrow, and wore practical sweatpants and a black jacket. Although he wasn't wearing flashy bell-bottoms and a floral shirt, Li Xianyu recognized him as her biological father.

On the left is the younger version of the adoptive father. There's not much to say about his features; after all, I've seen this face for twenty years.

The young man on the right bears a resemblance to Dan Yunzi, but his eyes are sharper and more determined, and there is a lingering shadow between his brows.

The three sworn brothers from back then.

Li Wuxiang gave a few instructions and then entered the real Pantheon alone. Li Xianyu followed him in, and it felt like watching a 3D movie.

The Pantheon was also shrouded in thick fog. Li Wuxiang listened to the echoes of his own footsteps in the silent, empty space, feeling as if facing a formidable enemy, and dared not relax for a moment.

He was terrified that a horrible monster would leap out of the thick fog and bite off his head.

After walking for a while, as the temperature rose, the thick fog thinned, and visibility improved significantly.

He finally emerged from the thick fog, only to be startled by the scene before him, exclaiming, "What is that?"

It's no wonder Li Wuxiang failed; Li Xianyu himself was also quite frightened. What he saw before him was a humanoid creature, with veins and muscles outlining its human shape, as if it had been skinned alive.

Moreover, it was actually alive.

Two round, bulging eyes rolled before them, looking at Li Wuxiang.

This is the scene I saw in my dream, and at that time, my angle was exactly its angle... Li Xianyu's heart sank, and an ominous premonition surged in.

"You are the first creature to come into this world," it said.

To be precise, it didn't speak; it merely transmitted its spiritual will to Li Wuxiang.

"You, you... are the Lord of the Pantheon?" Li Wuxiang was terrified and trembled with fear.

"If you mean that bird, it's sleeping in the pool behind me. But it'll wake up soon," it said.

"Then, then you are..." Li Wuxiang was filled with doubt and suspicion, wondering if the monster was trying to fool him.

"I don't know what I am, but they call me fruit," it said.

It is the fruit, this semi-finished, ordinary creature is the fruit, and it is conscious!

Li Xianyu took a deep breath, her ominous premonition growing stronger.

So it told Li Wuxiang about the battle that took place countless years ago. It was simple, answering all questions without hiding anything or playing any tricks.

Li Wuxiang had heard about what happened back then; Qing Shi had mentioned it.

"Come with me, leave the Lord of the Pantheon, he will destroy the world."

"Destroy the world..." It thought for a moment and replied, "They just want to possess me and seize my power. I don't belong to this world, and I have to go back. If the people of this world possess me, they won't be able to enter higher worlds. I have no other use except for rewinding time."

"Going back in time?"

"Hmm, the person behind you probably wants to get me, going back to ancient times."

Going back to ancient times... Li Wuxiang swallowed hard: "Master Qing wouldn't."

"Why not?" it asked, looking confused.

Li Wuxiang did not answer and remained silent for a long time.

Much later, he gave a bitter laugh and said, "I'm finished."

Guozi asked blankly, "What does 'I'm finished' mean?"

"No other meaning." Li Wuxiang waved his hand. The creature in front of him, who called himself a fruit, was too naive and simple, like a newborn baby.

His gaze fell on the murals behind the fruit, and a thought struck him: "Did you paint these murals? And the ones outside too?"

Guozi admitted, "I've been awake for a very long time, and I can't get out of here, so I'm recording what happened before."

So it was you, the soulful artist!

"Then how can you leave this world? There are people out there who want you."

Guozi pondered for a long time: "This creature called the Phoenix devoured me and used my power. She tried to leave this world through me, but she failed..."

"...After suppressing the other eight creatures below, it fell into a deep sleep, and I gradually awakened within her and separated."

"My body is not complete; it is very strong, and I can only absorb a limited amount of nutrients from it."

This is why the ice shards fell to the bottom... Li Xianyu gave a wry smile.

Guozi continued, "In this world, I can no longer live parasitically on others, otherwise my power will be wasted. I need a body of my own. I hope you can help me."

How can I help you?

"I want your genes to complete myself. Let me become a complete life form. When I evolve into my final form, well, when I'm at the pinnacle of combat power in this world, I'll be mature, and I'll have to go back."

"Before that, I only need to parasitize you for a period of time. Your life level is not high, and I will be able to obtain your genes soon."

"I'm afraid I can't protect you on my own. Even if you have my genes, you'll attract a lot of attention. I need to find you a shield."

"What is a shield?"

"It's just to attract your attention."

"The Phoenix," Guozi said, "her fate is sealed, and she can no longer threaten me."

Li Wuxiang agreed, allowing the fruit to parasitize his body. To avoid suspicion, he cracked the eggshell and took away the phoenix's remains.

A sudden boom echoed in Li Xianyu's mind, and he could no longer feel anything.

All those seemingly disparate clues were now connected at that moment.

His adoptive father once wrote in his diary that after leaving the Pantheon, Li Wuxiang's backpack was stuffed full of things, and he had gained self-healing abilities. He easily defeated Tong Xuanzi.

That's how it is.

So that's how I came to be.

This is why I possess enhanced superpowers and the self-healing power of the Ice Shards. It's not that the fruit is on me; I am the fruit.

No wonder my birth mother is nowhere to be found; she simply doesn't exist.

It would be too easy to fool the great-grandmother. Li Wuxiang and she weren't inseparable. He could just find a pregnant woman to pretend to be, saying that she was his mistress who had gotten him pregnant, so he brought her home.

Li Xianyu was almost certain that this was the case.

Therefore, my great-grandmother said that she had met Li Xianyu's birth mother.

Just as Li Xianyu had guessed, after his adoptive father left the Pantheon, he hired a pregnant woman to pretend to be a member of the Li family and deceived everyone.

Soon after, Bingzhazi woke up, and the two reached an agreement that Bingzhazi would be sent to her adoptive father's home to be raised as his daughter.

Soon after, the fruit truly became a complete living entity, splitting off from Li Wuxiang's body. However, unexpectedly, the new life form also regained its intelligence.

Li Wuxiang handed the fruit to his sworn brother Li Xiong and took on the whole matter on his own.

The following year, Li Wuxiang died.

The Li family had no descendants; Li Wuxiang was the last generation of the Li family.

The so-called contemporary successor of the War Soul is nothing more than a monster capable of replicating genes.

......

The Yin spirit Li Xianyu has returned, still in the war-torn city of New City.

The experience of looking back in time did not exist in his mind.

Divine light pierced through the dark sky and connected with the human world. This miraculous scene occurred in a war-torn city, leading people to mistakenly believe that the gods, unable to bear the turmoil in the world, had descended the ladder to a heavenly paradise.

Li Xianyu felt a calling, a calling from the depths of his soul.

This made him feel the urge to leave.

Deep down, he was acutely aware that he did not belong to this world, but was a being from the four-dimensional world.

"I am the legendary angel who mistakenly descended to the mortal world..." Li Xianyu smiled.

"But those who love me, and those I love, remain in this world."

After reading Bingzhazi's suicide note, he made up his mind. Even if the gates of the divine kingdom were wide open at this moment, he would not be tempted.

"Time flies!"

He opened his arms as if embracing the whole world.

His body collapsed into dust and drifted away with the wind.

In the night sky, the divine light that had been waiting disappeared, and the gates of heaven closed.

.......

June 18, 2020, midsummer.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the air conditioner was blowing cold air. On this rare weekend, Li Xianyu, who had been playing games all night, was woken up by the shrill ring of his cell phone.

He frowned, looking agitated. His eyes were still closed as he reached for his phone on the bedside table and answered it.

"Hello, are you Mr. Li Xianyu?"

"it's me."

"I am a lawyer from Baoze Law Firm. I contacted you a few days ago and arranged to hand over your father Li Wuxiang's estate today."

"Oh, when are you arriving?" Li Xianyu remembered that a while ago, a stranger called him, saying that his dead father had left behind an inheritance.

He will inherit it when he turns twenty.

Li Xianyu immediately suspected it was a scam. His biological father did leave him an inheritance, an old house, but that inheritance was transferred to his adoptive father.

But the lawyer said that the adoptive father, Li Xiong, was also one of the notaries for this inheritance.

Upon hearing this, Li Xianyu called his adoptive father. "You old codger, you didn't tell me for twenty years! You're really good at hiding things!" he exclaimed.

The adoptive father said, "I don't know what inheritance is either, so what's the point of talking about it?"

On the other end of the phone, the lawyer said, "I'm already on my way and should be there in about five minutes."

Li Xianyu said, "Okay, okay."

After hanging up the phone, he sprang out of bed with a jolt, filled with anticipation for the unknown fortune.

I was thinking that maybe I could inherit two trillion and then walk the path paved with gold and smoke money like cigarettes to reach the pinnacle of life.

He had been enslaved by his older sister for too long and always wanted to make a name for himself and bully his superiors.

I turned off the air conditioner, put on my underwear, drew back the curtains, and saw that the sun was shining brightly outside. The weather was sunny.

Open the window, and a warm breeze rushes in.

His cheek suddenly felt cool. He touched it, froze, and his face was streaked with tears.

.....

The End!

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