The Way of The Dao

Unexpectedly, Luo Hongmeng smiled faintly at the sight of Ling Tian and Feng Zhiyun, feeling a little amused, "I would have loved to know what love is... to fall in love for the first time with someone..." She whispered faintly before shaking her head trying to get rid of those useless thoughts.

Luo Hongmeng's gaze rested on Ling Tian's face for a moment before shifting.

"Once I hand over my pagoda to you, this little secret realm will disappear from the plane and grow once again into your own small world when you become the owner of this pagoda." Luo Hongmeng looked at Lang Qingzu and she explained with a smile, "My little descendant, I may not be able to offer you much, but what I will give you will certainly help you become very strong so you can protect your loved ones."

"En! Zu'er will cultivate a lot to become stronger!" Lang Qingzu nodded smilingly.

"I would give you my heavenly cultivation technique that allowed me to reach the immortal threshold, but this technique is nothing before your true cultivation technique of [The True Rebirth Of The Dazzling Butterfly], so I can only offer you my personal artifact and knowledge."

Luo Hongmeng stretched out her slender finger and touched Lang Qingzu's mind. A tender and gentle smile formed on her face and finally she said, "Maybe it is too much to ask, but I want you and your big sister to be very close and keep loving each other very much, just like my big sister and I were very close. I owe a lot to my big sister, so as my descendant I would like you to support her, my big sister's descendant... of course this is just a selfish wish of mine, you are free to decide what you want."

Luo Hongmeng turned to look at Xuan Li, smiling nostalgically when she saw her beloved big sister's reflection in her, even looking a little like her. Luo Hongmeng knew that Xuan Li had actually somehow obtained her big sister's inheritance once she felt the halberd on her; ever since they entered this secret realm Luo Hongmeng had felt her faint presence on Xuan Li, and she witnessed the sisterhood and closeness of these two girls.

"Umn? I love my big sister very very much and of course we will always be together!" Lang Qingzu tilted her head briefly as she received a great amount of spiritual force in her consciousness sea before responding with a big smile. She turned to Xuan Li and smiled happily.

Having spoken in a low voice, Xuan Li was dumbfounded as she felt the gazes on her when she couldn't hear what was going on.

"You have broken the seal that covered the world, so the demonic beasts will appear once again in the future." Luo Hongmeng looked at Ling Tian and said, she sensed the destruction of The Great Seal of Divine Ancestral Protection in the void and added to what Ling Tian has done she was sure that he was responsible, especially since she had a backlash and this destruction affected her a bit as well.

"You're going to slander me?" Ling Tian lifted the corner of his mouth and approached Lang Qingzu and Luo Hongmeng.

"No, that seal had already been unstable for a long time and it was a matter of time before it destroyed itself." Luo Hongmeng shook her head. She had also tried to repair that void formation through this little mysterious realm but it was impossible. Even if she had all the knowledge, she didn't have the required immortal materials.

That was why Luo Hongmeng also put a restriction on this secret realm, she even tried to prevent those cultivators from entering the pagoda in order to preserve the most energy and continue to hold back the enemy and the ferocious spiritual beasts out of control from directly entering the cultivation world.

"I don't think any of you knew, but from what I've gotten of information, this seal was not only created in this world, but it was also created in the entire cultivation plane, because the immortal ascension call to be able to ascend to the higher plane was blocked as well." Ling Tian commented at once upon seeing Luo Hongmeng.

From the quick information he refined and obtained thanks to the energy Luo Hongmeng shared with him, as well as the information that that elderly couple who were the guardians of the Primordial Warrior Princess' inheritance, Ling Tian quickly understood the extent of the formation in the void. Even he had his doubts at first that that mysterious Great Seal of Divine Ancestral Protection was only around this cultivation world: The Heavenly Earth Continent.

Luo Hongmeng blinked in surprise for a moment before frowning, confirming her own thoughts, "Then that's why I felt a strange restriction after all this time, just as I failed to perceive any ascension in the void all these years..."

"But since I destroyed that formation, immortal ascension was once again perceived... only I'm not sure if one would actually manage to reach the immortal world, probably ascend to an intermediate world." Ling Tian finally said.lights

"We didn't know much about the entire reach of this formation, we only knew that it would stop the relentless siege of the demonic beasts and allow for the survival of mankind." Luo Hongmeng sighed.

Ling Tian was not surprised by this, in a time of desperation and terror, most would do what was necessary to stop the main problem even if it brings unimaginable or unknown consequences.

bender

Luo Hongmeng silently looked at Ling Tian as she was lost in thought. She narrowed her eyes and asked, "I would really like to ask you about your level of strength you have reached, but that would be disrespectful of me... I would just like to know what the legendary immortal world we had been told about since we were children is like, that place full of joy, excitement, fantasy and so on."

Luo Hongmeng's voice contained a trace of nostalgia and fantasy, but at the same time sadness and acceptance.

"Although the immortal world is said to be wonderful and full of fantasy and dreams that every mortal cultivator aspires for, it is really quite the opposite." Ling Tian said with some reluctance, before adding again, "The Immortal World is no different from the Cultivation World, in that place coldness and cruelty abound with every step you take, embracing you to the point of despair, while death does not rest at any time, even if you feel that you became much stronger you will feel that you are actually becoming weaker and that there are powerful and terrifying existences that can change the heavens and the earth just by waving their hands... the Immortal World is not as it is really described."

Ling Tian could clearly remember all the events he experienced and suffered once he arrived in the great and legendary immortal world: the humiliations he received, the insults he took, the wounds that constantly claimed his death, as well as the despair and agony he suffered every time he tried to increase his strength no matter how minimal it was. For Ling Tian, the legendary immortal world is nothing but a cold and cruel world, a world where it is constantly reaffirmed that the law is whoever has the strongest fist while the weak can only expect to receive humiliation, sneers and death.

"I understand..."

Luo Hongmeng looked at Ling Tian's charming and stunning jet black eyes as if she could see a galaxy of stars in them, but she could also feel that sense of frustration, of loneliness, of a bitter experience in which humiliation, derision, powerlessness, disappointment and so on could be found perfectly. Even Luo Hongmeng could find in Ling Tian's gaze a weariness but with a strange vicissitude toward life, as if he had witnessed the secrets of life and the mystery of the universe.

Lang Qingzu looked at Ling Tian in confusion, understanding little of his words and being surprised that her sect ancestor spoke about the immortal world as a cold and ugly world.

"I don't have much time left and I have shared all what with you, now I ask you to protect my successor until she is strong enough to be able to defend herself in this world... or at least watch over her for a considerable amount of time." Luo Hongmeng looked at Ling Tian as she tried to change the subject, her voice and gaze full of sincerity and even a bit of pleading for Lang Qingzu.

"Big sister..." Lang Qingzu looked worriedly at Luo Hongmeng, despite barely knowing each other, Lang Qingzu could feel the sadness and longing in Luo Hongmeng, as well as her soul energy was about to fade away.

"My successor Lang Qingzu... no, my little Zu'er, I don't have much time left, so I will support you with what I have left to help you increase your cultivation so that you can obtain the pagoda as soon as possible." Luo Hongmeng smiled at Lang Qingzu, insisting that she not feel worried.

"E-en..." Lang Qingzu nodded with some reluctance and a lot of sadness, before cupping her fists again and saying, "Zu'er will not let you disappoint and will also strive for your Primordial Elemental Heart Sect to be reborn again!"

Although Luo Hongmeng did not talk about her sect, as a disciple of a sect that is like a big family to her, Lang Qingzu knew about the great importance of the sect to Luo Hongmeng as well.

"Thank you, Zu'er." Luo Hongmeng smiled sweetly full of gratitude. Although she could ask her to rebuild her Primordial Elemental Heart Sect so that in such a way her lineage would not be lost, the true members were gone, those people who formed her family and were the most important thing to her, plus she was disappearing soon too, so there would be no point in requesting this to her successor since ultimately Lang Qingzu would be her next generation, and finally she should not be tied to her past as well.

Luo Hongmeng also could not feel the presence of this eternal enemy in the void, so her mission was finally over.