All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

Five years was just the maximum expectation Han Chunming held in his heart.

If I really don't show up for five years, perhaps this world will have nothing to do with me anymore, and I might have already left this world.

If that's really the case, then we can only let it be!

After arranging his political affairs, Han Chunming is now starting to make arrangements for the people around him.

His biggest worry right now is Lü Su.

Lu Su had been with him for several years but had never gotten pregnant, which puzzled him. However, he also secretly guessed that the stronger his abilities, the lower the chances of having offspring.

Previously, because he had already achieved immortality, he didn't have a strong urge to have offspring. But now, if he were to leave, how would Lü Su, a weak woman, survive?

Han Chunming was having a headache for a while. He still had two elixirs of immortality, and he had once thought of giving one to Lü Su, but in the end he gave up.

The premonition that he might leave this world had always been in his mind. He had thought it would be decades later, or even hundreds or thousands of years later, but he never expected that it would be five days later.

If he were to suddenly pass away one day, how long would Lü Su, who had taken the elixir of immortality, suffer?

One hundred years? A thousand years? Or even longer?

So Han Chunming had already decided that if he were to leave this world one day, he would stay with Lü Su for the rest of his life.

His only regret was that he was unable to leave Lü Su with any children.

However, Lü Su now has a godson, Liu Ying, Yi Xiaochuan's son. The little guy is eight years old this year and lives with Lü Su. It can be said that this fulfills Lü Su's regret of not being a mother.

Previously, when "Yi Xiaochuan" suddenly appeared, Han Chunming wanted to give Yi Xiaochuan a surprise, but the other party gave him a "surprise" first!

Han Chunming sighed helplessly, then sent Lü Su and Liu Ying out of the palace and found a house in Xianyang City to settle them temporarily.

He had a truly loyal guard of his own. He gave them a one-year deadline. If he did not appear within a year, they would escort Lü Su and Liu Ying out of Xianyang.

They were sent to Shu to find Liu Bang. As for their fate afterward, they could only drift along with the tide, and no one knew what would happen next.

If he hadn't returned, Liu Bang might have actually been able to establish a small dynasty in Shu, which would have lasted for hundreds of years.

After arranging everything, Han Chunming changed into casual clothes and quietly left the palace on the morning of the fifth day, carrying the Starry Sky Sword.

At a tea stall outside Xianyang City, Han Chunming indeed saw "Yi Xiaochuan" wearing a straw hat and eating breakfast.

Yi Xiaochuan didn't even look up, just said casually.

"You're here!"

Han Chunming snorted and didn't answer. He put the Starry Sky Sword on the table, asked the shopkeeper to bring tea and breakfast, and then the two of them ate breakfast in tacit agreement.

Han Chunming didn't ask any more questions. He had already witnessed the abilities of this "Yi Xiaochuan". Since the other party was a god, why should he ask more questions? The other party must have already guessed what he wanted to ask him because he had invited him today.

So why bother making a fool of yourself?

After finishing their breakfast, the two walked out of the city one after the other. Yi Xiaochuan didn't say anything, just kept walking forward. His steps seemed slow, but his speed was getting faster and faster. Han Chunming even felt that he was gradually falling behind.

Han Chunming was also somewhat surprised, and felt an urge to compete with him. He then mustered all his strength and began to quicken his pace. He even started to jog as he walked, but his opponent was still three to five meters ahead of him, walking forward at a leisurely pace.

Han Chunming cursed inwardly, "What the hell?" He started running, his speed already exceeding 100 yards, and reflections appeared all around him, yet the other person's figure remained clear, their steps unhurried, heading towards the mountain path ahead.

After running for about ten minutes, Han Chunming finally had to admit defeat and slowed down to follow behind his opponent. The two walked into the mountains one after the other.

After walking for about an hour, the two crossed a high mountain and finally stopped in front of a waterfall. The terrain here was treacherous, and the surrounding cliffs were all smooth rocks.

Above the rocky cliff, a magnificent waterfall, as if cascading three thousand feet, descends from the sky, inspiring awe. Even when dozens of meters away from the waterfall, one can feel a rush of water mist and dare not take another step forward.

Yi Xiaochuan looked at the waterfall, a slight smile appearing on his lips, then turned around and said with a smile.

"Come on, the answer you've been searching for is right here. Let's go in together!"

As he spoke, Yi Xiaochuan reached out to take Han Chunming's hand. Han Chunming felt a little awkward when he saw the other man's hand reaching out, and he didn't want to let him hold his hand. He quickly coughed twice to cover his embarrassment and said something.

"You go first, I'll be right there!"

Yi Xiaochuan smiled and said no more. He withdrew his hand, turned around, and slowly floated up. In three or five steps, he had already passed through the thick waterfall and disappeared into the center of the waterfall.

Han Chunming was dumbfounded and wanted to shout.

"Damn, if you're going to go up like that, what's wrong with me holding your hand?"

If I had gone forward with Yi Xiaochuan just now, wouldn't I have been able to experience that kind of godlike teleportation-like movement?

Thinking about it made him regret it. Han Chunming sighed, looked up and looked around. His face immediately fell. The waterfall was so big and the rocks were so smooth. How was he going to climb it?

Han Chunming gritted his teeth, stared at the waterfall, and finally gritted his teeth again. He walked to the bottom of the waterfall, found a slightly protruding rock face, and began to climb.

The stone wall was incredibly smooth, and the waterfall's flow felt like a thousand-pound boulder crashing down on him. Han Chunming's muscles tensed, and even on a stone wall without any protrusions, he used the strength of his muscles to carve a mark into it.

If it were an ordinary person, let alone rock climbing, even getting close would instantly break all the bones in their body.

Han Chunming climbed step by step for a full half hour before reaching the top of the several hundred-meter-high rock wall. Finally, when his fingers gripped a depression, he felt the pressure and jumped up, landing steadily in a cave inside the waterfall.

The cave was too secluded and small, and the traces of human excavation were very obvious. Han Chunming was a little curious that someone had actually dug a cave tunnel out of the middle of the waterfall. This did not seem like something an ordinary person could do.

Han Chunming walked deeper and deeper into the tunnel, and he finally realized that something was wrong. It seemed that the tunnel was not dug from the waterfall, but rather from the inside out.

Although the cave was pitch black, it didn't bother Han Chunming. He estimated that he had walked for a full ten miles in the tunnel, which was only one person wide, and still hadn't seen the end. A sense of unease began to rise in his heart.

But having come this far, Han Chunming had no choice but to move forward. He chose to believe in "Yi Xiaochuan," since at least the other party hadn't yet "forced" him to come; it was a matter of willing participants taking the bait.

After walking a few more miles, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared ahead. Han Chunming was overjoyed and quickened his pace. Finally, he crossed a passageway, and a small, open stone door appeared before him.

Han Chunming stepped out of the stone gate, and what he saw before him stunned him.

A sun shone brightly in the sky, so dazzling that it hurt Han Chunming's eyes. He didn't know if it was because he had just experienced too much darkness or what, but the sun was just too intense. As soon as he stepped out of the stone gate, the intense light caused his eyes to water.

Han Chunming covered his eyes, and after a long while, he slowly released his hands.

The sun in the sky was still as scorching as ever, but Han Chunming had gradually gotten used to it.

After a short while, he realized something was wrong. This was not the sun, nor was this outside; it was a place shrouded in enchanting mist.

The "sun" in the sky is like a giant light bulb shining directly on your head. The light shining on you even gives you a feeling of floating on air.

Is this the Heavenly Court?

No, there's oxygen here. Gods can't breathe oxygen, right?

Just as Han Chunming was wondering, Yi Xiaochuan's figure slowly appeared in the celestial mist. He waved his hand, and the surrounding celestial mist cleared away, revealing the true face of the place.

This is a platform, a platform floating in the air, and below the platform, countless clay terracotta warriors are densely packed and suspended in mid-air, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Han Chunming finally realized where he was.

"The Heavenly Palace?"

Across from him, Yi Xiaochuan looked at Han Chunming with a puzzled expression and suddenly asked a question.

"You know about the Heavenly Palace too?"

After confirming that he had only come to the Heavenly Palace, Han Chunming finally felt much more relaxed. He looked at the "sun" in the sky and said directly.

"That must be a meteorite that fell from the sky, right?"

Seeing that Han Chunming seemed very familiar with the place, Yi Xiaochuan nodded and said.

"Yes, that meteorite was from outer space. Tell me, what other meteorites do you know about?"

Han Chunming shook his head helplessly and said.

"That's all I know. I also know that the elixir of immortality is made from the fragments of this meteorite. I really don't know anything else."

Upon hearing Han Chunming's words, Yi Xiaochuan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then revealed another inscrutable smile and slowly walked up to Han Chunming.

"In that case, let me tell you about the origin of this place!"

Han Chunming nodded and waited quietly for what was to come.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Secret of This World

Yi Xiaochuan looked up at the sun in the sky, his face full of vicissitudes. He sighed and then slowly spoke.

"I wasn't originally looking for you. Your appearance was both an accident and a pleasant surprise!"

Han Chunming was stunned and waited quietly for what would happen next.

A melancholy tinge appeared on Yi Xiaochuan's weathered face. With a wave of his hand, a gleaming stone appeared in his palm. The light emitted from this stone was brighter than the sun in the sky, illuminating Yi Xiaochuan's face in a way that made it appear and disappear.

Yi Xiaochuan looked at the stone in his hand and said.

"This stone is what you saw when you opened that treasure box. It was with it that you came to the Qin Dynasty."

Han Chunming was taken aback and pointed at the stone, asking in confusion.

"Can this stone travel through time?"

Yi Xiaochuan shook his head and sighed.

"It cannot travel through time, but it can open a spacetime tunnel."

Han Chunming was even more confused by what he said, so he could only wait for the other party to answer on his own.

Yi Xiaochuan looked up at the "sun" in the sky and said.

"More than a hundred years ago, this meteorite fell from the sky into the Qin Kingdom. The moment it fell, it triggered a spatial channel, connecting to a place more than two thousand years later. At that time, I accidentally entered this channel and came to this world."

Upon hearing this, Han Chunming suddenly understood something. He didn't interrupt and just continued listening.

Yi Xiaochuan continued.

"Back then, when I crawled out of the meteorite crater, I saw an era I had never seen before. Later, I found out that it was the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. I was both excited and nervous, thinking that I was a time traveler and that I would definitely be able to make a name for myself in this world."

Later, I met Ying Quliang by chance, who later became Duke Xiao of Qin. I adopted the alias Wei Yang and we became close friends. I offered him reform policies and advised him to move the capital to Xianyang. From then on, Qin entered a period of great prosperity. But you should know what happened next. After Duke Xiao of Qin died, I was falsely accused of treason, my entire family was executed, and I was torn apart by chariots.

Han Chunming was shocked, but continued listening.

Yi Xiaochuan sighed and said.

"I faked my death and left the Qin Dynasty. I went to the Yan State, established a resistance organization, and later overthrew the Yan State, establishing a country called the Han State. I spent fifty years unifying the six states and establishing the Han State..."

"Wait...you just said you unified the six kingdoms?"

Han Chunming indeed thought he had misheard, and quickly asked the question he wanted to ask.

Yi Xiaochuan nodded and continued.

"The Han Kingdom I founded took over 150 years to enter the steam age. At that time, I disguised myself as a descendant for four generations, watching the Han Kingdom grow stronger and stronger. My ideal then was to take another 500 years to let the Han Kingdom break out of Earth, leave the Milky Way, and enter the interstellar age..."

Han Chunming felt his head buzzing, so he quickly called for a stop, continued to ask his question, took two steps forward, coughed twice, and asked.