My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

The Heavenly God has perished.

The powerful beings observing this scene were all stunned.

"The Heavenly God has actually perished!"

"Did he dissipate his obsession upon seeing Qi Yuan?"

"It seems the relationship between the Heavenly God and San Sheng... is not just that of ordinary senior and junior brothers."

These powerful beings sighed, their expressions varied.

A shadowy figure also murmured.

"I was the only one who believed in him in this battle... but I never expected it to end like this!"

Many powerful beings had thought that this battle would be extremely fierce, ending with Qi Yuan's defeat.

But no one expected that Qi Yuan would survive, win, and win so easily.

Upon seeing Qi Yuan, the Heavenly God simply perished.

It was too simple, too unexpected, beyond everyone's imagination.

After all, it defied logic and reason.

Of course, they didn't know that the Heavenly God had already been at the end of his rope.

Over the years, resisting "Return to Nothingness", his injuries were not much lighter than San Sheng's.

"San Sheng... is actually a part of him. Will the world... gain another sixth-stage Yang God being?"

Pillar Tian Kai murmured, his gaze complex.

That was the sixth stage of Yang God, a being that existed eternally across the heavens and the earth, throughout all realms.

"San Sheng did not enter the sixth stage of Yang God. With his pride and his pursuit of the Great Dao, would he simply step into the sixth stage of Yang God?" The Divine Emperor had a different perspective.

For them, reaching the sixth stage of Yang God was extremely difficult, almost impossible, with not even a glimmer of light visible.

But for San Sheng, it was nothing.

After all, the legendary Heavenly Emperor had a relationship with San Sheng that was both mentor and friend.

There were even rumors that the Heavenly Emperor was able to step into the sixth stage of Yang God because of San Sheng's guidance.

After the journey to Origin Mountain, everyone believed that San Sheng would definitely step into the sixth stage of Yang God.

But who would have thought that San Sheng would choose not to follow the path of others, wanting to forge his own path.

He refused to enter the sixth stage of Yang God.

With such talent and pride, how could he easily step into the sixth stage of Yang God?

"The Heavenly God entered the sixth stage of Yang God, and the Heavenly Emperor also entered the sixth stage of Yang God... If I could become friends with him, perhaps..." The Divine Emperor sighed, his thoughts wandering.

Fortunately, through Tian Kai's connections, he had the opportunity to meet with Qi Yuan.

If Qi Yuan could impart some wisdom and give him some guidance, the benefits would be unimaginable.

The many powerful beings in the distance were all moved, their hearts filled with various thoughts.

Who wouldn't want to befriend Qi Yuan, to befriend San Sheng?

Even a little bit of their wisdom would be like the sound of the Great Dao to them.

However, when they looked towards Qi Yuan, they found that his figure had disappeared at that moment.

It was as if he had never appeared.

"Where did he go?"

All the powerful beings and leaders were puzzled, even the Dao Lords of the Cosmic Alliance was surprised.

Qi Yuan had disappeared right under their noses.

...

Origin Mountain.

The sound of dripping water echoed as the Heavenly Emperor, dressed in a white robe, held a teapot in one hand and brewed tea with the other.

The tea boiled, steam rising. The Heavenly Emperor shook his hand, causing more steam to rise, evenly distributing the tea leaves and water.

"Beings like us... originally have no meaning in this world. If there is any meaning, it is... to find an opponent and surpass them."

The Heavenly Emperor smiled lightly.

A cup of hot tea was poured into the cup, instantly cooling.

Qi Yuan took a sip, finding it slightly bitter: "Is this the thinking of all sixth-stage Yang God beings?"

The sixth stage of Yang God was the pinnacle of cultivation.

No matter how far one walked, it was still the sixth stage of Yang God.

"In this world, one must always find something to do," the Heavenly Emperor said. "Last time, you told me that 'all beings are me'... is a good path."

If all beings were the Heavenly Emperor, all at the sixth stage of Yang God, then "Return to Nothingness" would be unable to devour them.

This was also a method to resist "Return to Nothingness".

If other cultivators resisted "Return to Nothingness" for survival.

Then for sixth-stage Yang God beings, it was more about tempering themselves, or finding an opponent to give their existence some meaning.

"All beings are me, and I am constantly growing stronger. Compared to the last time I saw you, I have grown stronger... perhaps a hundred million times?" The Heavenly Emperor casually mentioned a terrifying number.

Back then, he was already at the sixth stage of Yang God.

A hundred million times stronger, what kind of concept was that?

"However... in this lifetime, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to surpass "Return to Nothingness"." The Heavenly Emperor changed the subject, looking at Qi Yuan.

This was what he truly wanted to express.

"I am also a part of "Return to Nothingness", all beings are "Return to Nothingness".

Therefore, I must be stronger than me plus "Return to Nothingness"."

He grew stronger, "Return to Nothingness" also grew stronger.

He was considered a part of "Return to Nothingness".

Therefore, no matter how strong he became, he could not surpass "Return to Nothingness".

After all, the other sixth-stage Yang God beings were also considered part of "Return to Nothingness".

He was no exception.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan fell silent, then said: "So, you resist "Return to Nothingness"... to improve yourselves?"

"Something like that," the Heavenly Emperor said. "Time is too short, living beings... must always find something to do, always have a goal to strive for?"

All sixth-stage Yang God beings regarded "Return to Nothingness" as a goal to strive for.

If, at the beginning, a certain sixth-stage Yang God being's strength was close to "Return to Nothingness".

After so many years, they were infinitely close, but never truly surpassed it.

This was also the path and amusement of these sixth-stage Yang God beings over the endless years.

Too omniscient and omnipotent, having seen too many sights in this world.

So-called morality, ethics, and all other cognitions seemed insignificant in the eyes of sixth-stage Yang God beings.

In their eyes, only "Return to Nothingness" and their own Great Dao held some importance.

After all, there weren't many interesting or challenging things left for them.

It was like, with the strength of a sixth-stage Yang God being, they could cheat in any game in the world.

Only with "Return to Nothingness" did they need to take it step by step, slowly playing, slowly grinding.

"Sigh, I'm still young, haven't lived long, and haven't developed such profound thoughts and deep connotations as you."

Qi Yuan said honestly.

In fact, he admired those who were open-minded, saw through worldly affairs, or had found their own path.

"I resist "Return to Nothingness" simply because... I'm a mundane person."

Although he had cultivated immortality, Qi Yuan always felt that he was a mundane person, without the demeanor of a powerful being.

The battles between powerful beings often involved casually affecting an entire galaxy, causing the deaths of billions of living beings.

Those powerful beings were ruthless, not even blinking an eye, nor caring if their eyes were sore.

Qi Yuan couldn't do that, he liked to blink.

Every time he killed an enemy, he was also very careful, controlling his spiritual power to avoid harming the innocent.

He didn't even kill an ant.

Of course, the flies and mosquitoes buzzing around his ears were exceptions.

So Qi Yuan didn't have the mindset of a powerful being, he always thought of himself as a mundane person.

"My heart is too soft."

Qi Yuan sighed.

As for killing someone's entire family, wiping out their entire clan, that wasn't his fault.

Moreover, was it the same?

"I don't want to see mortals struggling all their lives just to survive.

I don't want to see the kind-hearted die from misfortune.

I don't want to see the lovely fall into dire straits.

I don't want to see the tyrannical live too comfortably.

I don't want to see the foul-mouthed enjoy a wicked life.

I also don't want to see the devoted destroyed by betrayal, the promiscuous die from loyalty, the sincere slandered... the eight sufferings of life, everywhere unattainable."

There were too many things Qi Yuan didn't want to see.

Especially the foul-mouthed enjoying a wicked life, Qi Yuan wasn't good at arguing, and was socially awkward, he had never won an online argument.

If his arguing skills improved, he would delete the part about the foul-mouthed.

He would support the foul-mouthed enjoying a wicked life.

Qi Yuan was also a very complex person.

Or perhaps, all living beings in this world were complex.

The scheming conspirator also had things they cherished.

The high-ranking official who contributed greatly to the ages also had moral flaws.

Even saints... had selfish desires.

So-called right and wrong... to some extent, were defined by the world, or perhaps, depended on whose perspective one took.

From different perspectives, the answers were different.

Of course, it could also depend on who held the power of discourse.

"I also don't want to see innocent ants being crushed by me.

Now that I think about it, when I was thirteen, I accidentally spilled a cup of boiling water, killing three ants.

I was a minor, protected by the law, not legally responsible.

Also, I have a mental illness.

But... I feel guilty, those were three ants, although they were worker ants, busy all their lives dedicating themselves, in the eyes of us cultivators, perhaps it was even helping them escape suffering.

But... I shouldn't judge their lives, arbitrarily deciding their fate, even if... in the eyes of most, I might have been doing them a favor.

Do you understand?"

Qi Yuan looked at the Heavenly Emperor, his emotions genuine.

The Heavenly Emperor leisurely picked up a cup of tea, sipping it slowly.

"If it were before, I would say you're sick, sentimental, childish, but now... good luck, Qi Yuan, I also want to see... if your path of reincarnation... can truly resist "Return to Nothingness"."

"Why resist "Return to Nothingness"? Actually... aren't I also "Return to Nothingness"?" Qi Yuan took another sip of tea, "What has "Return to Nothingness" done wrong, why should we resist it?"

"..."Return to Nothingness" hasn't done anything wrong." The Heavenly Emperor said, "In fact, it is the first sixth-stage Yang God in this world."

"Is that so?" Qi Yuan's expression was calm, he finished the tea in one gulp, "The tea is finished, I should go, the game isn't finished yet, I'm very busy, next time... I'll come here to drink tea with you."

After saying this, Qi Yuan's figure disappeared.

On Origin Mountain, the Heavenly Emperor continued to leisurely drink his tea, as if Qi Yuan had never appeared.

...

"My special ability is to merge with all things."

"Merge with... "Return to Nothingness"?"

"To create reincarnation, to solve "Return to Nothingness", to save those three ants, I need to understand them, know them..."

"It's like, if I kill the Heavenly Emperor, to resurrect him, I need to know his divine abilities, Great Dao, methods... everything."

In an unknown place, Qi Yuan's clothes fluttered in the wind, rustling.

He thought of many things, and understood many things.

"Reincarnation... starts from the beginning... starts now."

"Merge with... "Return to Nothingness"."

After becoming an Yin God, Qi Yuan had obtained this special ability, but apart from merging with the Gate of Myriad Principles, he rarely used it.

This time, he chose to merge with "Return to Nothingness".

He wanted to see those beings consumed by "Return to Nothingness".

Without seeing those people, without seeing those beings, how could he pull them into... his soul.

"Three ants... I'm coming."

Qi Yuan murmured, his figure completely disappearing.

His consciousness also became muddled at this moment, like the sound of cicadas in the midday sun, sped up a hundred times.

Suddenly, an ice-cold can of Sprite exploded, like a signal.

Spinning, flipping.

Time was pulled back to its normal trajectory.

...

Moonwatch Continent.

July Lake.

The ancient tree reached into the sky, its height unknown, seemingly just a bit short of touching the stars.

"Old man, stop bragging, what Faceless Sword God, what Outer Realm Demons, it's all just stories to scare children."

In the tavern, a burly man, his face flushed with alcohol, spoke with disdain.

"You've told this story a hundred times, we're all tired of it, change it up."

Many martial artists joined in the jeering.

The old man with a thick beard blushed, as if he had drunk fake wine.

"You, you... sigh, the world is not worth it."

The old man with the beard cursed as he left.

When his figure reappeared, he was in a dilapidated temple.

Inside the temple, there was a somewhat damaged statue.

This statue did not have a face.

"Only three hundred years, and it has already come to this?"

"Sigh..."

The old man with the beard looked at the statue, his face filled with longing and memories, and a trace of awe.

At this moment, a clear voice rang out.

"Old man, don't keep living in the past, people need to look forward.

Maybe, in your heart, this person is very important, but to others, they have more important people... and things in their hearts."

"Get lost, you young brat, what do you know about the Faceless Sword God!" The old man with the beard couldn't help but retort.

"No one in this world understands him better than me." The young man plagiarized a certain famous quote.

At this moment, the old man with the beard seemed to realize something, suddenly turning around.

He scrutinized the young man behind him, his eyes filled with doubt and uncertainty.

His pupils trembled.

"You... you..."

"Long Pan, it's been a long time, you're still as prone to blushing as ever."

This young man was naturally Qi Yuan.

He had merged with "Return to Nothingness", originally intending to go to the very beginning, to see the three ants he had killed with boiling water.

But instead, he ended up in Moonwatch Continent.

Or rather, Moonwatch Continent after the Outer Realm Demons had been destroyed.

Long Pan was a Divine Realm expert who had lain in a coffin within the Five Elements Forbidden Land.

Back then, when Qi Yuan entered the Five Elements Forbidden Land, he gained the recognition of the Five Elements Ancestors, obtaining control of the Five Elements Forbidden Land and the divine reflections of the Divine Realm experts.

Long Pan was one of them.

From the memories of the divine reflections, Qi Yuan knew that Long Pan was very handsome and delicate, but prone to blushing. To avoid being looked down upon, he grew a thick beard.

"You..." Long Pan's heart was shaken, still unable to believe it.

After all, back then, Qi Yuan had entered the Earth's End alone, fighting the Outer Realm Demons, how tragic, how heroic.

He must have died without even ashes remaining.

"Don't get excited, I came from the future, here to take a look, but I ended up at the wrong time." Qi Yuan said.

He glanced at the statue of the Faceless Sword God, slowly walking towards July Lake.

July Lake held many memories for him.

Long Pan's heart was in turmoil, the words "future" made him hesitant.

"This time... it's finally not snowing."

July Lake shimmered, with white ducks and red feet, green carp jumping, and the ancient tree stretching endlessly.

"Yu... and Zanghua, where are they?" Qi Yuan asked casually.

Being omniscient, he could easily know all the answers with a simple perception.

But that would be boring.

"We were already at the end of our ropes, after coming out of the seal, learning that you alone had slaughtered all the Outer Realm Demons, we all felt guilty... but also happy." Long Pan's voice was filled with nostalgia, "The first to go was Yu... he was the strongest among us, but also the one who contributed the most each time, with the most hidden injuries. The second to go was... Zanghua, a month ago, Little Green also left, she was buried in the Five Elements Forbidden Land, resting beside the Five Ancestors.

Now, only I remain, clinging to life."

Long Pan stammered, filled with memories of the past.

Old friends gradually passed away, the world they once protected becoming more and more unfamiliar.

He also seemed like a passerby in this world, in some corner, on some night, quietly passing away.

When discovered, he would likely be treated as a dead vagrant.

Wrapped in a straw mat, buried in a mass grave.

No one in this world would remember him.

Or rather, in the future timeline, apart from Qi Yuan, no one would remember this handsome, bearded man who blushed easily.

"Back then, in the Five Elements Forbidden Land, the Five Ancestors sacrificed themselves to empower me, I remember this kindness.

At that time... I thought, if I could rebuild the earth, water, wind, and fire, turn the false into the real, the virtual into the actual, I would definitely bring the Five Ancestors back to the world of the living."

Qi Yuan said.

Beside him, Long Pan's body trembled violently, he remembered Qi Yuan's earlier words, that he came from the future.

He seemed to realize something.

Could it be...

This... was a bit too terrifying and unimaginable.

"Long Pan, do you think Yu, Tong, and Zanghua... would be willing to enter my reincarnation?"

Qi Yuan asked.

He respected people's opinions.

His resurrection was different from that of other Yang Gods.

Perhaps, other Yang Gods resurrected people with the same memories, the same person.

While the Dao Lord resurrected true spirits in the Cosmic Mother River.

Qi Yuan's... was to mark them and enter his reincarnation.

Long Pan's body trembled slightly: "Perhaps... they would be willing."

"But my resurrection... might infringe on people's privacy, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?" Qi Yuan hesitated.

His resurrection also had several types, or rather, his method of resisting "Return to Nothingness" was to truly know all things, understand all things.

The Dao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to all things.

All things belong to "Return to Nothingness".

To resist "Return to Nothingness" is to resist all, including oneself.

To understand "Return to Nothingness" is to understand all things, to understand everything in the world.

It could be a gust of wind passing through a hall, a yeast cell sleeping soundly, or a pangolin laughing and playing.

Merge with all things, mark them, enter his reincarnation.

"Ah, I forgot, they had once reflected their divine selves to me, I already know their privacy." Qi Yuan said.

Hearing this, Long Pan's old face blushed again.

His past had also been glimpsed by Qi Yuan.

"They probably wouldn't mind." Long Pan hesitated.

"Sigh, reincarnation is too difficult, the first step is to infringe on people's privacy." Qi Yuan sighed.

Indeed, the path to great achievements is always fraught with difficulties.

Running red lights, infringing on people's privacy, these were things Qi Yuan couldn't do.

He had always been lawful good.

Although, occasionally killing someone's entire family, wiping out their clan.

But wasn't that influenced by the Patriots of Blue Star?

Moreover, was it the same?

Killing someone's entire family doesn't affect never running a red light.

"In that case, I'll begin." Qi Yuan said.

"Alright." Long Pan nodded vigorously.

Qi Yuan closed his eyes.

He began to use his special ability again.

He merged with "Return to Nothingness".

He merged with Moonwatch Continent.

He merged with... the deceased Metal Ancestor, Wood Ancestor, Water Ancestor, Fire Ancestor, and Earth Ancestor, as well as the Divine Realm experts from the Five Elements Forbidden Land who had reflected their divine selves to him.

Countless memories flooded into his mind once again.

He seemed to see a cheerful blacksmith, diligently forging every day, sparks flying, always grinning from ear to ear.

His life was monotonous, his favorite pastime was fishing.

Every time he fished, he felt a great sense of satisfaction.

He lived in his own little world, his wife often complained that he lacked ambition, destined to be a blacksmith in this small town forever.

Then... the Outer Realm Demons invaded.

As the Metal Ancestor of the Divine Court, he charged to the front lines.

Unfortunately, the strength of a Divine Realm giant was far inferior to those Outer Realm Demons.

A fishing line descended from the sky, the hook glinting, he was hooked.

Just like the fish he usually caught.

He died, only a skin remained in the world.

That skin was the vessel of the metal attribute.

This time, his wife cried her heart out, never again saying he lacked ambition.

"This is his story."

"Everyone's story, when you delve into it... is so touching."

Qi Yuan sighed.

Just like a dog kicked on the side of the road, if you delve into its heart, it also has its story, its joys and sorrows.

Unfortunately, people are different, species are different, interests are entangled, survival of the fittest, all living beings have struggles.

"Now it's the Fire Ancestor's story..."

"Now the Earth Ancestor..."

"Yu..."

"Little Green..."

He stood by the shore of July Lake, contemplating the pasts of these people, their lives.

After an unknown amount of time, he opened his eyes, his gaze clear.

Long Pan, who had been standing beside him, perked up, seemingly wanting to ask something but not daring to.

"No need to rush. When I return to the present world, they will naturally revive and reappear in the world."

"They can choose to live in the present or in the future."

"If they complain about me bringing them back to suffer in this world, they don't need to come to me; they can just return to nothingness."

Hearing this, Long Pan's expression was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

After all, without seeing the Five Ancestors revive and his old friends return to the world, he couldn't be sure.

Qi Yuan didn't pay much attention to this.

At that moment, a gentle woman's voice rang out.

Dressed in a green robe, her figure was graceful.

"May I ask where you come from, your name, and what brings you to the Moon Emperor's Dynasty?"

The woman's voice carried a hint of caution.

Qi Yuan glanced at her and said softly, "A guest from the heavens."

With those words, his figure disappeared, leaving behind the stunned woman in green and the dazed Long Pan.

It all felt like a dream.

"The wood attribute of the world, the ancient Qi Chuang is supreme. You... should also be a part of my master, or rather... a coordinate. It's because of you... that Xiao Jia came to me?"

Qi Yuan reclined on a branch of the ancient Qi Chuang tree, his hand reaching up as if he could grasp the sun, moon, and stars.

"Grasping the sun and moon, plucking the stars, there is no one like me in this world."

Qi Yuan murmured.

With a wave of his hand, a faint fragrance wafted through the air.

Jinli sat in Qi Yuan's arms, the confusion in her eyes vanishing, replaced by a gentle moonlight-like gaze.

"Actually... does this count as meeting many times before our official meeting?" Qi Yuan asked.

"In all timelines, I want to be the first."

The woman in his arms turned her head, her soft lips approaching.

...

The desert was vast, with a long river but no setting sun.

"Indeed, this world without the sun and moon's light is missing my Golden Core."

"Your sun has arrived."

Qi Yuan muttered to himself.

Ahead lay the City of No Return.

Back then, Qi Yuan had stood guard here alone, fighting against the demonic scourge.

No, Xiao Jia had been with him.

Now, Qi Yuan stood there, gazing at the city walls from afar.

The walls were empty.

His gaze shifted, and in the distance, dust and sand filled the air as two figures trudged forward.

One carried a military flag, the other held a jug of wine.

Every few steps, they would stop to rest.

In the future, they would go to the City of No Return to stand guard, only to die from severe injuries.

Qi Yuan glanced at them and then disappeared.

He reappeared on a battlefield.

Bloodstains were everywhere, with severed limbs and broken bodies scattered about.

This was the burial ground of the soldiers who had died in the Songzi Camp.

"Back then, I said I was destined to become a Great Luo Golden Immortal, and I would remember them."

"Although my memory isn't great, I still remember them."

"Not only that..."

"I not only remember these NPCs with stories, but I also remember those... who didn't even have names, who only appeared as background characters, as mere numbers."

"I remember you."

He looked at the corpses, some old and frail, some young and tender.

Fathers, children, husbands... or just themselves.

Qi Yuan looked at them seriously, committing them to memory, as well as the sand on the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, he flashed away again.

In a dilapidated village, in a pigpen, a pig was eating pigweed.

The pig's diet didn't seem great; it was thin and pale.

"Is this the pig that Chen Jiao kept talking about not castrating?" Canary's crisp voice rang out, clear and pleasant.

"Husband, although my body and heart are yours, castrating pigs... is better done by you." Ning Tao, dressed in a black skirt, took a step back, her petite figure hiding behind Qi Yuan.

"Ah?" Canary realized something and tightly grasped Qi Yuan's hand, "I am the number one beauty of Jiupan Mountain, my body is precious, I won't castrate pigs!"

Clearly, she couldn't do such work either.

Canary was still as proud and spoiled as ever.

"You all..." Qi Yuan hesitated, "Before castrating the pig, shouldn't we ask for its opinion? Does it want to be castrated?"

"Uncastrated pigs don't taste as good?"

"It probably doesn't want to be eaten either?"

"But if we don't eat it, people will starve."

"So complicated."

Canary and Ning Tao whispered to each other.

"Right, ask Chen Jiao, it's his pig."

"He's dead?"

"In this timeline, there's still a bit of his true spirit left."

Qi Yuan waved his hand, and a trace of consciousness seemed to awaken in the dazed true spirit of the deceased Chen Jiao.

He immediately saw Qi Yuan, as well as Canary and Ning Tao.

"Didn't I die?"

"Could it be... that after death, people really go to the underworld?"

He looked at Qi Yuan, extremely nervous.

In his eyes, this person must be the ruler of the underworld, a deity.

But why did he feel that this person resembled the guardian of the City of No Return?

Unfortunately, he couldn't see clearly.

Facing such a being, he didn't know what to say.

"Chen Jiao, do you still want to castrate your pig?"

"If you do, you do it!"

"...???" Chen Jiao.

...

Mortal Heart Realm.

Qi Yuan stretched lazily.

"No wonder the Blood Sun Great Sage's lineage produced two Yang Gods; they were lucky to find part of the Nanke Dao Lord's inheritance."

This time, he had come to the Mortal Heart Realm.

Here, he met many people and discovered things he had overlooked before.

"Wu Shi comes from the Yin Realm, a world created by the Nanke Dao Lord, a collapsed universe.

No wonder the creatures that chased us here were so weak; it's because... this place is also a dream of Nanke?"

"The ancestral land... is a product of the Yang Realm. When I have time, I should visit the ancestral land's hometown.

Back then, they helped me so much; I should repay them."

Qi Yuan believed in repaying kindness.

"Here, I comprehended that all beings are me. In fact... this is also a precursor to my reincarnation."

Qi Yuan's reincarnation to resist "Return to Nothingness" is to know all things, to know everything in the world.

All beings are me, which is also part of it.

"Unfortunately, the concept of all beings being me has flaws; I was still weak back then."

"In that battle, everyone sacrificed themselves, like selling low-tier cards in Teamfight Tactics, just to chase after my three-star five-cost."

"Although I revived them with the concept of all beings being me, turning them into my Nascent Souls, someone like Venerable Tianbao who died early, only his memories were revived in my Nascent Soul."

"Now... I can truly remember him, and... many others, many NPCs."

Back then, in the group chat, Venerable Tianbao knew he was in danger and didn't have much time left.

He wanted to give Qi Yuan the treasure for breaking through to True God.

They had never met, and their only interaction was this.

Later, the sky lit up, the night illuminated by a pillar of light, and Qi Yuan learned of Venerable Tianbao's death, met his granddaughter Wang Wenqi, and received the treasure for breaking through to True God.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Yuan seemed lost in thought.

"Should I go see... Ancient God Yuan? Could she be a fellow countryman, Yuan Shen?"

Qi Yuan thought about it and finally decided not to.

He looked up, through the ages, and seemed to see the swaying Heavenly Pillar.

The Heavenly Pillar was the backbone of the Mortal Heart Realm.

"It's time... to see her."

Qi Yuan recalled his three meetings with the Foodless Holy Mother.

He sighed inwardly.

In Wu Shi's timeline, the first Little Wu Shi was weak and pitiful.

The second time he met Wu Shi, she discovered the truth. She understood why, as a Devouring Primordial and Innate Primordial, she could eat fish. It turned out she was eating Qi Yuan's blood.

At that time, with the characteristics of the Devouring Primordial and her strength, if she had acted, she might have been able to devour part of Qi Yuan across time and space, but in the end, she held back.

The desires inherent in such a physique were hard for ordinary people to suppress and control.

Even during their last meeting, she had a meal with Qi Yuan, eating ordinary fish.

Back then, Qi Yuan didn't understand why she chewed so slowly; was she afraid of fish bones?

Now he realized she was enduring immense pain.

She was also telling Qi Yuan that her strength wasn't solely due to her physique; she had overcome the desires it brought.

She didn't eat him.

"It's time to see her."

Thinking of Wu Shi, Qi Yuan also remembered the cold, snow-white woman from the Cloud Dream Palace and the mischievous young Wu Shi from the Tu Wu Great Realm.

Half a breath later, a graceful figure appeared behind Qi Yuan.

The woman was as cold as frost, as lonely as snow, with a trace of turbidity in the corners of her eyes, as if she had been in the Forbidden Land for too long, where time and space were chaotic, and curses of sinking clung to her.

Or perhaps her eyes were tainted by hatred.

She stared at Qi Yuan, her voice hoarse.

"Should I call you master, or disciple?"

"Or... Cycle?"

Her laugh carried a hint of grievance.

...

Gongxing.

Robot Zero-One stood beside Qi Yuan, holding a cat.

"The myriad paths are composed of zero and one. Zero-One, you're right."

"Games are made of zero and one; the present world is just a large-scale game."

"If "return to Nothingness" is zero, representing nothingness, then my reincarnation is one, representing existence."

"Master, how many levels of computer exams have you passed?"

"Ahem, that's not important. Do those programmers understand zero and one better than me? Do they understand games better than me? Or do they understand world creation better than me?"

"Probably not as much as you." Zero-One's voice remained mechanical. It turned its head to look at the man in black ahead. "Do you think if the Luo and Chen families hadn't been wiped out, he would still be determined to seek death?"

"Probably not. Back then... he was probably more heartbroken than anything."

"Should I help you package this world and send it to you?"

"No, don't. I still have to respect their privacy!"

"Sigh, reincarnation is too hard."

"The myriad worlds... should practice family planning. Otherwise, when will I ever finish walking through them, knowing all things, creating reincarnation?"

"Hey, this stone, do you want to enter my reincarnation? But before you do, your privacy might be slightly exposed. I might see you bathing naked?"

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything? Are you shy?"

"Don't worry, I'm very humane; I'll delete the memories!"

"Otherwise, with so many memories, my memory will be insufficient, and it'll be annoying if I lag."

"This stone doesn't understand human language. Little Junior Sister is better, rich and beautiful."

"Right, I'll go ask if Junior Sister's money is willing to enter my reincarnation."

"Junior Sister's money is probably very obedient."

In the Divine Wood Universe.

"Black Heaven exists in the past and the future, but not in the present."

"Am I... in the past now?"

Qi Yuan wandered through the vast Divine Wood Universe for a long, long time.

Different timelines, different points in time.

Unfortunately, he met many people, including Chen Kangbao.

But he never found Shen Lingxuan, the blind girl, or his master, Ruan Yixi.

He understood that Shen Lingxuan was a Chosen One, a manifestation of a lingering thought from the ancient Qi Chuang tree.

In a way, she was a part of his master.

"Does the fourth stage of Yang God exist only in the past and future? Even now... I can't see them?"

Qi Yuan felt lost.

Back then, when he fought Black Heaven, it was also across time and space.

They had never met face to face.

His master, Ruan Yixi, was a sentient being born from the lingering thoughts of the fourth-stage Yang God ancient Qi Chuang tree.

Her existence was different from ordinary fourth-stage Yang God beings.

Ordinary fourth-stage Yang God beings had no true spirit and existed only in the past and future. Only when they reached the second stage of solidification would they exist in the present.

But she was born from a fourth-stage Yang God being that existed in the past and future.

Such an example was unique in all the myriad worlds.

If not for Qi Yuan's special ability, she would not have gained sentience.

Thus, she could only exist in the past and future.

"The reincarnation I seek is one without regrets, a perfect fulfillment of desires."

"I am still too weak now."

Qi Yuan sighed.

To see his master, he first needed to surpass the understanding of "escape."

Second, he needed to make a significant leap forward in his path of reincarnation.

"The Divine Wood Universe was born because of you. Every blade of grass, every tree, every cycle of life and death here is a trace of your existence."

"Know all things, enter reincarnation."

At this moment, Qi Yuan became a traveler.

He walked through the Divine Wood Universe across different timelines.

He seemed to hear his own murmurs, telling the stories of "Journey to the West" and "The Romance of the Eastern Chamber".

He seemed to see an ancient Qi Chuang tree standing alone in the vast emptiness.

The clouds drifted, the rain fell, but she couldn't hear the sound of the drizzle. She could only hear one person's voice.

The lonely Qi Chuang in the wilderness had no one to share her thoughts with, but one person told her about many beautiful sights.

The thunder in the sky deliberately fell silent, as if unwilling to speak to her. Fortunately, she had someone to confide in.

In the wet marshes, the white mugwort and cockleburs grew lush and beautiful, but she couldn't appreciate them. It seemed she was waiting for something.

"Know all things, understand all beings, master reincarnation."

"Master, I know too little about you."

He walked through the entire Divine Wood Universe.

He saw flowers, grass, trees, insects, fish, birds, beasts, clouds, thunder, stones, and iron.

But his understanding of his master remained limited.

He had stillness, he had reincarnation, and though he could traverse time and space, he could never touch the traces of his master.

He could only occasionally catch glimpses of some scenes and hear fragmented words.

"Hey, who are you? What's your name?"

"Qi Yuan?"

"Then I'll call myself Yuan Qi?"

"Hmm... no, Yuan Qi?"

"Ruan Yixi."

"I want to open the seven orifices."

"Who am I?"

"Who are you? What's your name?"

"Don't remember?"

"No name?"

"Then I'll call you..."

"Little Blood?"

"Little Robe?"

"Blood Robe!"

"Let's get divorced!"

"Stick together."

...

"Hey... did you give me my eyes?"

Countless whispers, murmurs, and fragmented images entered his eyes and ears.

Qi Yuan felt as if he could reach out and touch them.

But he never could.

"Reincarnation... what's still missing?"

Qi Yuan murmured.

He didn't know how long he had walked, forgetting time. He left the Divine Wood Universe.

He seemed like a madman, a lunatic, or a cultivator with a poor memory.

He traveled between the past and future while existing in the present.

He knew all things, understood all things, and step by step perfected reincarnation.

"I forgot, I'm still missing a sword."

"The Sword of Forgetting."

The Sword of Forgetting was forged from his fourth-stage Yang God self, crafted by the Moneybags Dao God and the Sword Disciple.

This sword could sever the curse of sinking.

It could cut away excess memories.

There were too many things in the myriad worlds, and too many possibilities across different timelines.

"The Great Forgetfulness Sutra couldn't make me forget."

"What about the Sword of Forgetting?"

"I do not exist in the present, nor do I come from the present. I exist in the past and the future."

"Can I temporarily sever all the noisy memories, leaving only those related to my master?"

He seemed to have discovered something.

"More pure now."

"So this... is the Dao of Escape."

"Is this the past and future of Escape?"

"Am I now at the sixth stage of Yang God?"

"Should I keep going?"

The path of reincarnation continued to expand, and Qi Yuan continued to walk alone.

His strength and realm also continued to rise.

He felt no fatigue, no weariness, wandering outside the timelines.

His strength and realm continued to climb.

First, he surpassed Escape, then he surpassed the Heavenly Emperor, surpassed Stillness.

More and more sixth-stage Yang God beings were left behind.

He seemed to be getting closer and closer to "Return to Nothingness".

One day, he grew tired, his legs sore, and he felt lonely.

After all, he was a mundane person, walking around ants, and feeling lonely was normal.

"Together as one."

At this moment, Xiao Jia in her red wedding dress appeared and said, "Qi Yuan, I am Xiao Jia!"

"Let's walk together."

This time, it wasn't a wooden sign.

The End!