Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Rumbling--

Tens of thousands of points of light appeared from the clouds, and tens of thousands of cannons lit up, their deafening roars resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

The clouds were torn apart by a fleeting burst of artillery fire, and supersonic forces crashed down from the clouds, giving the earth below an unprecedented baptism.

"Frost, flames, thunder, hurricane..."

Countless forces exploded, and mushroom clouds of various colors rose from the earth.

In less than half an hour, the original battlefield was reduced to ruins.

The cries of anguish and wails echoed in all directions as the flag representing the Western Apocalypse was reduced to ashes by the gunfire.

Amidst the chaos, soldiers either hid in their tents, took cover in the trenches, or prostrated themselves on the ground, praying to the wrathful "gods" in the sky...

Amidst the chaos, a ball of purple lightning crashed down, turning everything below into dust.

In just one day, 400,000 Western Qi soldiers were reduced to ghosts under the cannon fire of the Tianqi warships.

……

July 15th, 96th year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

The Tianqi warships arrived at the front line and bombarded the Xiqi positions, washing the ground for fifty miles with artillery fire, achieving a great victory and killing 400,000 enemies.

In August, the western front suffered a complete defeat, and more and more soldiers retreated without a fight, turning their swords on the officers and soldiers who were supervising the battle.

Even more cunning individuals took advantage of the darkness to behead their own general and led their troops eastward to surrender.

The surrendered soldiers spoke earnestly and logically.

Eastern Qi and Western Qi are one family, all citizens of Great Qi. They were only sent to the battlefield because they were misled by treacherous people and their families were controlled by wicked villains.

Now that the royal army has arrived, we should naturally return to the rightful order and there is absolutely no reason for us to continue following the rebel king in his rebellion.

The Eastern Qi government welcomed all the surrendered soldiers without hesitation, and within just a few months, it had gathered nearly a million surrendered soldiers from the Western Qi government.

Under the orders of the commander at the Eastern Qi front, the surrendered troops were scattered and assigned to different units, marching towards the capital of Western Qi with the main army.

In the same month, the Great Empire launched a surprise attack, and the Second Celestial Legion marched north along the plateau, severing the connection between Western Qi and the desert kingdoms in one fell swoop.

In September, news from the front lines spread far and wide, plunging the capital city of Yu City in Western Qi into complete chaos.

Due to the Fire Feather Sect's deliberate concealment, Jiang Yunzhi, who was suffering from illness due to his approaching old age, did not receive the news immediately.

However, as the atmosphere in Yu City became increasingly tense, the disciples of the Fire Feather Sect also panicked. Against this backdrop, news of the frontline defeat and the Eastern Qi army's advance on Yu City still reached Jiang Yunzhi's ears.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse; Jun Changping's fate was unknown; and the sect could be destroyed at any moment...

Upon learning all this, Jiang Yunzhi, who didn't have many days left to live, coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted from the shock.

Despite all her efforts, Su Yun, his wife of several decades who came from the world of cunning and ingenuity, could not save Jiang Yunzhi's life.

Neither the "system" within his body nor the miraculous medicines collected by the Fire Feather Sect could save Jiang Yunzhi's life.

The once gossipy girl has become a composed woman, while the spirited young man has completely lost hope of living.

This time, there was no deserted pawnshop, nor a pawnshop owner who was always cold and sarcastic.

Even though Su Yun gave it her all, she still didn't know how to save her husband.

Jiang Yunzhi's physical deterioration in his early years was not a problem that ordinary people like them had the right to solve.

Su Yun had considered taking Jiang Yunzhi with her to Qing'an Prefecture to search for the Five Elements True Lord, but Jiang Yunzhi, who was lying in a sickbed, rejected the idea.

She met Mu An when she was a child, was saved by Mu An at the beginning of their encounter, and later became a waiter in Mu An's shop by chance, and has been with him for twelve years.

He cultivates martial arts, acquires knowledge, strives to rise above others, saves his mother, and is rescued by Mu An once again...

As time went by, Jiang Yunzhi acquired martial arts skills, found a loving wife, and rose to the top in Xiqi, becoming a high-ranking official and reaching the pinnacle of his life.

Jiang Yunzhi felt from the bottom of his heart that he owed Mu An far too much.

For the past twelve years, he has been the one who has benefited unilaterally, and there is no reason for him to trouble Mu An again now.

It was precisely this thought that led Jiang Yunzhi to immediately reject Su Yun's idea of ​​seeking help from Mu An.

Rather than praying for Mu An, Jiang Yunzhi hoped to die a peaceful and uneventful death.

He also wrote a letter to Mu An, in which he recalled his childhood and adolescence, briefly described his later achievements, and expressed his gratitude to Mu An as a junior.

Having made arrangements for his funeral, Jiang Yunzhi lay on his hospital bed, intending to spend his final days peacefully.

When news from the front lines reached Jiang Yunzhi, the elderly man, unable to withstand the shock, prematurely ended his life.

The moment Jiang Yunzhi collapsed, Su Yun found Chu Tian, ​​the current leader of the Fire Feather Sect.

Having been in the same sect and known each other for a long time, these two "transmigrators" already knew each other's identities and had a certain understanding of the "true situation" of the Nine Realms.

With two "transmigrators" among them, the Fire Feather Sect naturally became the most powerful sect in Western Qi.

Even so, they had no effective methods to deal with Jiang Yunzhi, who was nearing the end of his life. They could only stand by his bedside and watch as the old man's breath grew weaker and weaker.

"Please don't...please don't...please..."

"Please open your eyes and look at me... Please don't sleep, please don't sleep! I'm begging you..."

The intermittent sobs brought Jiang Yunzhi, whose consciousness was hazy, back to his senses.

The old man on the hospital bed slowly raised his right hand, which was nothing but skin and bones, as if he wanted to stroke his wife's cheek.

Su Yun immediately knelt down and pressed her cheek against Jiang Yunzhi's hand.

A cold touch came from my cheek; the skin-and-bones hand reeked of decay, and its touch was somewhat painful, far from comfortable.

But it was this one hand that Su Yun refused to let go of.

Amidst the intermittent sobs, the old man on the hospital bed opened his mouth and let out a faint groan.

Without thinking twice, Su Yun quickly came forward and gently stroked Jiang Yunzhi's thin cheek.

"It's alright, it's alright. Just rest if you're tired. Don't worry about anything else... Tomorrow I'll take you to Qing'an Prefecture. We'll go find the shopkeeper and the Five Elements True Lord. Everything will be alright, everything will be alright..."

Looking at his wife like this, Jiang Yunzhi forced a smile, but his face, which was nothing but skin and bones, could not produce a pleasant smile.

Amidst the soft sobs, a hoarse voice, as faint as a mosquito's hum, echoed in the room.

"Live well, and never go back to this place of trouble. The shop owner was a good man; please thank him for taking care of me back then..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and amidst the rising and falling cries, the old man's eyes slowly closed, and the hand held in Su Yun's grasp lost its strength.

……

At the end of the scene, Chu Tian, ​​the leader of the Fire Feather Sect, patted Su Yun on the shoulder and walked out of the dark room.

He stood atop the highest peak of the Fire Feather Sect, gazing at Feather City at the horizon.

The once prosperous city is now desolate, with even the gates sealed off by soldiers, cutting off all hope of leaving the city.

"It's all over now..."