From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister

"I\'m suddenly quite curious," the woman said as she looked at Fang Ren. "Someone as odd as you, uninterested in the position of True Lord, what on Earth are you in such a hurry to go back for? Is there something more important than inheriting the position of True Lord?"

Fang Ren\'s head ached the moment she brought up the True Lord.

"Look, Sister, have you ever been married?" Fang Ren asked.

"Married? That\'s merely a vulgar rule you mortals have established for procreation. To someone like me, it\'s utterly boring," the woman replied.

"Then have you ever been in love?"

"No, I was born an immortal and have no dealings with such mortal trappings."

"Then you\'re quite the tragic figure, living tens of thousands of years without experiencing a proper romance." Fang Ren shook his head and commented. "But since you say you were born an immortal, both of your parents must be immortals as well, right? So, what made them interested in having you?"

A cold smirk crossed the woman\'s face: "My mother was an immortal, but my father was a mortal. And I\'ve always found my mother both pitiable and detestable."

"You see, how come your mother was capable of mortal passions?"

"It\'s precisely because she harbored those mortal attachments that she ended up living in such agony," the woman frowned and said.

"Please, continue."

"If a mortal cannot step onto the path of immortality, their lifespan is invariably short. She knew this, yet she remained deluded! Eventually, when my father\'s lifespan was exhausted, she was left alone for thousands of years. Although immortals can endure millennia of solitude, she insisted on shattering that loneliness, seeking so-called love. And then what?

She couldn\'t bear the solitude any longer, her cultivation was hindered, and she eventually perished on her path to enlightenment."

"Then why resent her for that?"

"If she hadn\'t insisted on loving a mortal, I wouldn\'t have spent nearly ten thousand years stubbornly searching for a way to bring about rebirth after my father died," the woman said.

"That sounds like you actually loved your family quite a bit. And you say immortals have no passions? Aren\'t you contradicting yourself?" Fang Ren pointed out.

"After all, there are exceptions to everything. And the mortal affairs I spoke of refer to what you mentioned earlier about marriage and love, not about my blood relatives," the woman clarified.

It was then that Fang Ren realized he had strayed from the subject and quickly steered the conversation back on track: "Didn\'t you ask why I have to return? I\'ll tell you, it\'s for my wife and daughter, it\'s that simple."

The woman sighed. "Why bother? Since you were able to pull out the Divine Weapon bestowed by the True Lord, it\'s preordained that your life is extraordinary. You married and had children with mortals, but have you considered the grief you\'ll bear alone when they reach the end of their lifespans?"

"I have no intention of joining you to cultivate in the Hongyu Chasm. I just want to live an ordinary life like my wife; when it\'s her time to depart this world, I\'ll leave at about the same time," Fang Ren declared.

From the beginning, Fang Ren truly wanted to live an ordinary life. However, Sister Hui Qing was not ordinary, and as time and events complicated their feelings, he had no choice but to forgo an ordinary life.

Of course, even now that he was powerful, in the eyes of the centuries-old woman beside him, he was still just an ordinary mortal.

"So unambitious!"

The woman became angry again.

"Don\'t be mad. I\'ve already given that thing to you. According to what you said, it\'s more important than fifty million years of lifespan. Isn\'t this the same as you indirectly getting what I would have gained after victory? I can only advise you not to be too greedy, otherwise, we\'ll only have a bigger conflict," Fang Ren earnestly said.

"I do covet those fifty million years of lifespan, to be honest. But anyone would be greedy for that," the woman said, then suddenly asked, "By the way, how old is your wife?"

"What\'s it to you? She\'s definitely not as old as you," he retorted. .net

"I just want to know, with the lifespan she has left, how long can she stay with you?" the woman inquired.

"While we might be mortals to you, we can also cultivate. Given her current realm, living another two hundred years shouldn\'t be a problem."

"Merely two hundred years, gone in the blink of an eye. Are you really content to spend those years with her and then embrace oblivion?"

"Aren\'t two hundred years enough?" Fang Ren gave her a look.

To contest for the position of True Lord and then to only gain an extra year of lifespan was just outrageous.

Rather than striving for such a role as the True Lord, he\'d rather spend quality time with Sister Hui Qing, free from shame and agitation.

"I simply can\'t comprehend your way of thinking!" the woman sighed.

Boom—

Just then, the stark white world began to shift.

"It looks like it\'s time to go back," the woman stood up, looking once more at Fang Ren. "I have one last question."

Upon hearing they were returning, Fang Ren\'s mood lifted, and he cheerfully said, "Don\'t worry about it. Just ask me whatever you want!"

"If you\'re not going to participate in the selection, I won\'t have a reason to return to the Hongyu Chasm. I\'ll free up two hundred years to stay here instead, if you wish," the woman offered.

"What do you mean?"

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Fang Ren still couldn\'t quite understand why this big sister, who could have been an immortal, had stayed on this tiny Earth for two hundred years. What for?

The woman coughed awkwardly, "Ahem, ahem, as I said before, if you could turn the branch..."

"Into a maid, huh?"

Fang Ren laughed, not expecting the woman to take it seriously, "It was just a joke. I also said to forget about it at the time."

"Even so, since you\'ve given me this opportunity, I should do something for you. Two hundred years is not long for me. I can ensure the safety of you and your wife for the rest of your lives, until your lifespans are exhausted," the woman said.

"That won\'t be necessary, my wife on Earth is really fierce in a fight. In a one-on-one situation, no one can beat her except for me."

Fang Ren was just about to decline when suddenly he remembered something and continued, "However, I do have a favor to ask."

"Just say it, as long as you don\'t ask me to be your wife. I don\'t want to follow in my mother\'s footsteps," the woman said.

"Big sister... I don\'t know what it\'s like where you\'re from, but over here we practice monogamy," Fang Ren retorted with a roll of his eyes.

"That\'s good."

Boom—

The space began to distort violently, and the figures of Fang Ren and the woman started to disappear into the darkness.

At the same time, Fang Ren\'s countless bodies also began to return to the various worlds, devoid of any life or movement.

On Earth, in the Tianjiang Continent, atop a field of ruins.

The morning sun rose slowly from the horizon, its soft light caressing the shattered land.

Standing atop the ruins, Fang Ren looked around at everything. His heart felt desolate at the state of Tianjiang, yet he was also joyful for his rebirth.

"Tell me what you need my help with."

Clutching two broken branches, the woman stood atop the ruins, her white silk garments fluttering in the wind, her expression indifferent. Amidst the desolate landscape, she appeared surprisingly beautiful.

"Look at the sky."

Fang Ren pointed at the Void Hole in the sky, saying, "I\'d like to ask for your help to either shatter this hole or move it away."

The woman looked into the sky, her brow furrowing slightly before letting out a sigh, "If it were a normal spatial interweaving, maybe I could shatter it for you, but unfortunately, it\'s not."

"Then what is it?" Fang Ren was shocked.

This woman, who could span tens of thousands of miles with a casual palm, had no way to deal with the Void Hole?

"Didn\'t I tell you? The previous Space Lord had already merged into the Void long ago. Since he left, the supreme Space Law was without a master, leading to the same scenery in many universes—the realms of various worlds began to intertwine, with different races and civilizations encountering each other. They either live in harmony or slaughter one another."

"Other worlds have encountered this too?" Fang Ren was quite surprised.

"Indeed, many worlds are in great chaos now."

After carefully studying the sky hole for a while, the woman added, "However, from what I can see, this hole in the sky hasn\'t been around for very long, only a few hundred years or so. Moreover, the place connected on the other side of the hole is likely to be a planet in the Barbaric Strict World. It\'s mostly brutal, savage beasts there.

If they come here, they surely won\'t coexist peacefully with your human race."

"How can we stop the beasts from continuing to come through?" That was all Fang Ren cared about.

"Wait seventy years. When the new Space Lord ascends, the convoluted realms will return to stability, and these holes connected to your world will disappear."

"What exactly is the Lord up to? Why did he suddenly abdicate? It\'s caused unrest everywhere!" Fang Ren was infuriated.

"Every Lord will eventually return to the Void; no one knows where they go. All we know is that each of them will one day suddenly depart," the woman explained.

"So we just have to wait another seventy years? In those seventy years, who knows how many more will die," Fang Ren sighed.

"It\'s alright, I can stay and help you. You gifted me a Divine Weapon, and since you seem to want nothing else, I can only repay your favor this way," the woman said.

"That\'s good, then."

Fang Ren nodded. He still quite trusted the woman\'s strength.

Moreover, seventy years to this woman might just be a brief incident in her long life, and he didn\'t feel like it was too much of a delay for her.

"I\'m going to find my wife now. Have you decided what you\'re going to do here?" Fang Ren asked.

"I\'m not familiar with this place, so naturally, I\'ll follow you. Otherwise, if I act without knowing the rules and kill some troublemakers, wouldn\'t that just bring more annoying problems?"

"Well, alright then. But please, big sister, don\'t bring up anything about being a maid again. I\'m afraid my wife might get the wrong idea."

"Ha, what nonsense!"

With that, the two vanished from the ruins.

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