All the heavens begin with the love in the courtyard.

"Hey, Brother Xiaochuan, why are you getting more and more fantastical? Let me sort this out. When you first transmigrated here, you were an ordinary person, right? You later unified the six kingdoms, so you mean you also took the elixir of immortality? And that Han Kingdom you mentioned, it shouldn't be in the same world as us now, right?"

Upon hearing Han Chunming's barrage of questions, Yi Xiaochuan waved his hand helplessly, interrupting Han Chunming's continued questioning, before speaking calmly.

"Don't worry, I'll explain everything to you one by one!"

Yi Xiaochuan put away the glowing gem in his hand before continuing.

"After I transmigrated here, I have indeed lived for more than two hundred years, and I am still the same as when I transmigrated here. Back when I transformed into Wei Yang, my appearance had not changed for many years, and I had already guessed a possibility: I was very likely already immortal when I transmigrated here!"

Han Chunming almost gaped in disbelief. He had become immortal after transmigrating? What was that immortality elixir he had taken? And what was that two immortality pills in his possession?

Han Chunming continued listening.

Yi Xiaochuan then continued.

"I originally thought that by living forever, I could do whatever I wanted and reshape the world into my ideal world, but I was clearly overthinking it!"

As Yi Xiaochuan spoke, a bitter recollection appeared on his face, and he sighed.

"That day, I received a report from an official that a ball of light had suddenly appeared underground in a certain place. The ball of light was extremely hot, and no one or animal could live within a radius of a hundred miles. I was notified and rushed to check it out. When I saw it, I was dumbfounded. The place where the ball of light appeared was the meteorite crater where I appeared when I traveled here all those years ago."

Yi Xiaochuan, lost in painful memories, continued speaking.

"Back then, I also searched for the place I came from. Since it was my first time there, I wasn't familiar with the area and left in a daze. After several unsuccessful searches, I gave up."

But to my utter surprise, more than two hundred years later, I found that meteorite crater again, and a ball of light emerged from the crater. The ball of light seemed to be absorbing all the sunlight, and within a short month, people and animals within a hundred miles could no longer survive.

Only then did I belatedly realize that the reason I had traveled to this place was due to that meteorite sphere. But it was too late. The sphere grew brighter and brighter, gradually causing rivers to dry up, mountains to melt, and its area to expand. Five years later, it finally covered the entire Earth, and Earth became another sun.

Han Chunming felt his head was still buzzing. He subconsciously looked up at the "sun" in the sky and guessed what it was. However, he didn't ask again this time. He knew that Yi Xiaochuan would tell him everything.

Yi Xiaochuan gave a bitter smile and continued.

"During those five years, all of humanity in the world gradually disappeared, and because of my special physique, I became the last human on Earth. During those five years, I was studying that sphere of light. Five years later, until the Earth was destroyed, I finally figured out something."

As Yi Xiaochuan finished speaking, he opened his palm again, revealing the glittering stone inside.

Han Chunming seemed to understand something, looking at the stone in Yi Xiaochuan's hand, and remained silent.

Yi Xiaochuan looked at the stone and said.

"I researched for five years and finally found a way to destroy this meteorite. Unfortunately, I didn't have time then. I could only extract a small amount of energy from the meteorite at the last moment and activate the spatial black hole!"

Yi Xiaochuan sighed and said.

"Later, I went to your world and sent Yi Xiaochuan here. Gao Yao was an accident, and so was you. After you left, I also traveled here, but I arrived more than a hundred years earlier than you. During those hundred years, I continued to be Wei Yang and became close friends with Duke Xiao of Qin, continued to be falsely accused and executed by dismemberment, and continued to be a lonely figure. But since then, I have taken on many names and gradually corrected history, making the history of those hundred years exactly the same as the history in your history books."

Han Chunming became more and more confused as he listened. He felt that he understood some of it, but at the same time, he felt that he didn't understand anything at all.

Yi Xiaochuan smiled bitterly and said.

"As I just told you, the world I traveled to from Earth before its destruction is your world, not the world I came from before. My first time traveling was also from 2010, but it wasn't 2010 in your world."

Because in the history of my world, there was no Wei Yang, and the Qin Dynasty didn't unify the six kingdoms. Although the later history is roughly the same as my world, many historical figures have changed. So I'm quite certain that we are just in a parallel world, although in that world, there is still a young man named Yi Xiaochuan!

Han Chunming was stunned, completely stunned.

Yi Xiaochuan smiled at this point before continuing.

"That's why I traveled back in time more than a hundred years earlier than you, and started as Wei Yang. Later, I gradually corrected history and put it back on its original track. If I hadn't changed history, we would never have met. Perhaps at some point in history, we would have missed each other again."

Upon hearing this, Han Chunming finally understood a little and quickly asked.

"You mean if I change history, then the future, this world, will be a different parallel world? Instead of the world I originally traveled from?"

Yi Xiaochuan nodded and said.

"Yes, if you continue to change history, there will still be a Han Chunming in the future, perhaps a Han Chunming living on Mars. Although he is also named Han Chunming, he will have absolutely no relation to you!"

Han Chunming was dumbfounded again!

Yi Xiaochuan smiled and continued.

"Okay, all I want to tell you is that if you don't change history, our current experience will become part of history, and you will still be able to see your family from 2010 in the end. Of course, all of this is on the condition that I can handle this thing on the screen!"

With his weathered face, Yi Xiaochuan pointed to the "sun" in the sky!

By this time, Han Chunming finally understood, albeit vaguely, that the reason he was able to travel to this era was purely because of the "sun" in the sky.

However, Han Chunming soon had a new question, but he didn't ask it and waited for Yi Xiaochuan to answer.

Yi Xiaochuan looked at the "sun" and said slowly.

"Sometimes I wonder if everything I'm doing now is worth it, or if this is my mission. If I don't solve this meteorite, this world will still be destroyed in two hundred years. In this universe, there are countless worlds and countless parallel Earths. Besides me, there should be millions of Yi Xiaochuans trying to solve this meteorite, because only by solving this meteorite can there be a parallel world in 2010!"

Yi Xiaochuan sighed and said.

"Perhaps in those worlds, there are already Yi Xiaochuans who have given up on themselves, but I can't give up on myself!"

Yi Xiaochuan shook his head before speaking.

"When this meteorite crashed to Earth, its energy was almost depleted, but it could absorb all light sources. The sun was its biggest charger. If left unattended, it would be fully charged with energy in two hundred years and then begin to release it, causing the Earth to be completely destroyed. I have been studying this meteorite for years and have finally found a way to deal with it!"

Han Chunming asked impatiently.

"any solution?"

Yi Xiaochuan didn't keep them in suspense and spoke directly.

"Even an underground space, allowing it to release energy, slowly releasing energy in the darkness, would take time, at least two thousand years. Two thousand years later, someone would need to pull the switch to completely shut down this meteorite, making it unable to absorb any more energy."

Suddenly, Han Chunming recalled a scene from a mythological TV series where, after Gao Yao removed the glowing stone, the Heavenly Palace collapsed, and the meteorite turned completely into darkness and sank into the ground.

Could it be that that was the moment when this meteorite completely shut down?

A thread seemed to suddenly connect in Han Chunming's mind, but there was still one thing he didn't understand. Just as he was about to speak, Yi Xiaochuan suddenly said something.

"Are you wondering why, if this meteorite can shut down and completely lose its energy two thousand years later, we still need to find a Yi Xiaochuan from a parallel world to come to this era?"

Han Chunming was speechless; he did indeed want to ask that question.

Yi Xiaochuan gave a bitter smile and slowly unbuttoned his robe. When Han Chunming saw Yi Xiaochuan undressing, he quickly took two steps back and looked at him in surprise!

Yi Xiaochuan didn't stop. He unbuttoned his upper robe, revealing a body that left Han Chunming speechless.

A large hole appeared in Yi Xiaochuan's upper chest, from which a faint black light emanated, a sight that chilled the heart.

Yi Xiaochuan was not surprised by Han Chunming's expression at all. He smiled, tied his robe to cover himself, and then slowly spoke.

"This is the price of time travel. My body is already riddled with holes, and there is a black hole about to form inside me. Once the black hole inside me is formed, I may travel to an unknown world, or I may disappear completely. In short, I simply cannot protect this world for two thousand years. This is why I found another Yi Xiaochuan to come to this era!"

When Han Chunming saw Yi Xiaochuan's weathered face, a feeling of admiration suddenly welled up in him, and he sighed and said.

Why Yi Xiaochuan?

Yi Xiaochuan smiled and said.

"No matter how the universe changes, you are the one who knows yourself best. He is me, and I am him. We are just two sides of a mirror. Although we are not in the same world, our parents and ancestors are all of the same lineage. If any of these things were to change, there would be no other Yi Xiaochuan in the world."

I have a carefree nature, but I do have my bottom line. Of course, I don't want to tell him the truth. I want him to live peacefully for two thousand years. When the time comes, I plan to design a love story that lasts a thousand years. But your appearance has completely shattered everything I never expected.

At this moment, Han Chunming finally understood why Yi Xiaochuan in the original drama always had a master guiding him: the mysterious Cui Wenzi who could concoct the elixir of immortality, and the never-seen Beiyan Mountain Man.

Han Chunming sighed and asked.

"You must be Beiyan Shanren?"

Yi Xiaochuan nodded and said.

"I disguised myself as the Northern Rock Hermit and orchestrated all of this from behind the scenes. The elixir of immortality you took is real, and the meteorite black hole from which you traveled was created by me. You were just mortals before. Originally, I planned to give one elixir of immortality to Yi Xiaochuan, one to Gao Yao, and one to Yu Shu. Gao Yao's appearance made this plan even more secure."

I've orchestrated a love-hate relationship between Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan. Given Gao Yao's petty and narrow-minded nature, he'll definitely try to destroy Yi Xiaochuan. If Yi Xiaochuan doesn't come to the Heavenly Palace two thousand years later, Gao Yao will certainly find a way to locate it. I've made Yu Shu take the elixir of immortality and plan to send her to the Heavenly Palace. Two thousand years later, I'll instruct Yi Xiaochuan to come to the Heavenly Palace and resolve this millennium-long crisis on Earth!

Han Chunming shook his head with a wry smile. The original setting of the descendants of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth) in the drama was also arranged by Yi Xiaochuan in front of him, just to give Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao a hint more than two thousand years later.

Now everything makes sense. This explains why Gao Yao easily removed the meteorite in the original series, causing the destruction of the Heavenly Palace. It turns out that the meteorite had already exhausted its energy, and even an ordinary person could easily remove it and complete the mission of saving the Earth.

More than two thousand years later, whether it's Yi Xiaochuan, Gao Yao, or anyone else, anyone who opens the Heavenly Palace can easily save the Earth, as long as someone can open the Heavenly Palace.

Perhaps trapping Yu Shu in the Heavenly Palace was also to have Yi Xiaochuan guard it, preventing others from destroying the Heavenly Palace at other times. And for Yu Shu's safety, Yi Xiaochuan dared not use brute force to dig, so he could only search for the key to open the Heavenly Palace.

What a brilliant plan! Perhaps this so-called immortality is just the energy that allows one to live for more than two thousand years. After the meteorite in the sky is destroyed, the energy that carried the immortality will also quickly shut down along with the meteorite, turning the so-called immortals back into ordinary mortals, aging instantly and not having many years left to live.

Han Chunming sighed and then asked.

"So you summoned me here to have me protect the Earth? Because I took the elixir of immortality?"

Yi Xiaochuan shook his head and said.

"As I said before, you were an accident, and also a pleasant surprise. You should be able to notice the changes in your body, right?"

Han Chunming nodded.

Yi Xiaochuan stepped forward and, while Han Chunming was still in a daze, placed his palm on Han Chunming's chest.

Just as Han Chunming was about to back away, he suddenly felt a familiar sharp pain in his chest. Han Chunming cursed inwardly!

Yi Xiaochuan quickly withdrew his hand and looked at Han Chunming with a smile.

"There is a magical creature inside you that can absorb the energy of this meteorite!"

Han Chunming was somewhat bewildered.

Yi Xiaochuan said with a smile.

"Although it will hurt a bit, it will be good for you. This meteorite is your lifesaver. Without it, you won't live past 150 at most. The creature inside you seems to be in hibernation. It is constantly absorbing external energy. If it weren't for this meteorite, your body would eventually be drained dry!"

Han Chunming touched his chest with lingering fear and muttered to himself, "What's wrong?"

"Can it absorb energy from meteorites?"

Yi Xiaochuan nodded, then pointed to Han Chunming's body and said.

"While absorbing your body's energy, it releases special substances that make you stronger and transcend ordinary people. In fact, it's not giving you a gift, but rather widening your energy channels. To it, you are merely a tool for absorbing energy. The substances it gives back to you allow your body to absorb more energy, which you can't perceive as it's being absorbed. Eventually, it will be full of energy and leave your body, and this meteorite will be its best food!"

Han Chunming was completely dumbfounded. He looked at Yi Xiaochuan with eyes full of pleading.

Yi Xiaochuan rarely showed a smile, and laughed heartily as he spoke.

"Misfortune and fortune are intertwined. With so much energy absorbed, it will naturally continue to strengthen your body, meaning you will become stronger. However, if it awakens one day, you're finished. But I estimate it will last at least a hundred years, or even two hundred years."

Even a hundred hours is enough for you to fully experience the splendor of this world. Immortality isn't as wonderful as you imagine. For every gain you make, you will lose something else. If you gain power, you must also bear responsibility. This is your destiny!

Han Chunming felt a sharp pain in his chest again. What a messed up life!

But thinking about it carefully, it's not a big deal. If I really die, I'll be sober. I've been in this world long enough, so leaving this world won't matter.

After getting through the plan, Han Chunming relaxed a lot, but then suddenly remembered something and quickly asked.