After the Skyfall

Chapter 979 Seeking each other
"Great! The God of Red Mountain has returned."

"The God of Red Mountain has been fighting abroad for many years, and today he has finally returned to Red Gold Mountain."

When Li Yi visited Crimson Gold Mountain again, it had become the Kingdom of Crimson Gold. Many cultivators had established their cave dwellings there, preferring to travel the wild world rather than stay on Earth.

This world is rich in resources and spiritual energy, which is more conducive to cultivation.

Li Yi's appearance greatly excited many people who had migrated to the Red Mountain Kingdom. They had not seen the Red Mountain God for several years. Fortunately, there were many powerful figures maintaining order in the Red Mountain Kingdom, otherwise it might have caused turmoil.

After all, a country often needs a local deity to oversee it.

In truth, the honor of being the God of Chishan no longer brings Li Yi any benefit. His appearance this time is merely to intimidate the crowd and stabilize the kingdom.

As the kingdom he personally established, Li Yi naturally did not want it to fall into chaos or even perish due to a lack of care, especially since many tribes' warriors had followed him in battles.

During Li Yi's absence, a cultivator renovated the city lord's mansion for him. The previous mansion was the place of the previous Crimson Gold Mountain Lord, and now that a kingdom is being established, a better place to live is needed.

A palace of crimson gold sits atop a mountain.

Standing tall within the palace, overlooking the entire Kingdom of Crimson Gold, it symbolizes supreme power and majesty.

A steep staircase seemed to connect the Heavenly Mountain with the ground, and powerful divine blood warriors guarded the entrance. Inside the Crimson Gold Palace, only Eji and Suji, along with some beautiful women, lived.

Even the guards were female warriors like Shanguo.

Although Li Yi did not give any instructions, once he arrived at this position, his subordinates would naturally take care of everything for him. All he needed to do was demonstrate his strength and let everyone know that he could protect this country.

Just like a pride of lions in the animal kingdom.

Male lions do not need to hunt; they only need to patrol their territory and drive away intruders.

The wild world still follows this almost primitive tradition.

When Li Yi arrived at the Crimson Gold Palace, the once peaceful sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and countless terrifying bolts of lightning pierced the sky, moving like dragons and snakes, enveloping the entire palace.

This terrifying power has exceeded the limits of this world; even from a great distance, everyone can smell the aura of its destructive force.

This aura was enough to make even the most powerful blood warriors tremble.

"Is that the power of the Red Mountain God? How can it be so powerful that it even pierced through the sky?"

"Compared to a few years ago, the power of the God of Red Mountain is even more terrifying."

“I, who am not even afraid of death, am trembling in the face of such power.”

Upon witnessing the lightning power near the Crimson Gold Palace, they were utterly shocked, especially the many merchant lords and wise men, whose eyes widened as they felt their understanding being overturned once again.

They traveled to many countries, witnessed the power of the Lord of a Hundred Mountains, and paid homage to one god, or even five gods, but no god had ever reached such a level.

Li Yi's reason for revealing his power was simple: he hadn't appeared for several years and needed to intimidate everyone, letting them know that his power was still there, or even stronger than before, which would save him a lot of trouble.

"Lord, you have returned."

Sensing the familiar power of thunder, two incomparably beautiful women, like celestial maidens from heaven, soared into the air and immediately knelt respectfully upon seeing Li Yi.

“It’s Eji and Suji. It’s been a few years, and your cultivation has improved. Not bad.” Li Yi nodded slightly at the two of them. “Get up.”

Eji and Suji stood up respectfully.

Li Yi then glanced at Shan Guo not far away. This female warrior who once guarded the mountain village had now embarked on the path of cultivation. Her wildness had faded, and she had become a qualified female warrior.

He then went into the palace.

A throne made of pure gold shone brightly and stood in the very center of the hall.

Li Yi glanced at the throne but did not sit down. Instead, he flicked his finger, and the power of the Heavenly King condensed, instantly transforming into a Dharma body formed from lightning.

Its Dharma body possesses a spirit, contains wisdom, and has extraordinary strength, with combat power at the level of a celestial general.

"From now on, when I am no longer in the Crimson Gold Kingdom, let a part of my power remain here to protect this country," Li Yi said.

"Master, are we going back to Earth?" Eji asked cautiously from the side.

Li Yi smiled slightly and looked at Eji and Suji, saying, "I know you want to follow me, but unfortunately, the path I am about to take is extraordinary, and you will not be able to continue with me."

"Stay on Red Gold Mountain and cultivate diligently. In the future, you will be able to live forever. After that, you can have your own lives and even help me manage the Red Mountain Kingdom."

He had a good impression of the two beautiful young women, but as the Heavenly King, he was naturally unwilling to stay in the mortal realm for long, nor could he take a few weak women with him to venture into the Heavenly Realm.

Therefore, Li Yi had no choice but to leave them here. "Master."

Eji and Suji immediately knelt down: "We are the Lord's beautiful concubines. Wherever the Lord goes, we will follow. Even if we encounter danger and die outside, it is our destiny."

Li Yi said, "You have all experienced the destruction of your tribes, so you should understand that all good things must come to an end. You cannot follow me forever, and when the time comes, we will naturally part ways."

Eji and Suji immediately lowered their heads, looking extremely sad and disappointed.

Li Yi wanted to offer some words of comfort, but at that moment two auspicious clouds suddenly came from afar, boldly passing through the area of ​​thunderclouds and rushing straight into the main hall.

Two beautiful fairies arrived together, their eyes filled with joy as they looked at Li Yi.

"Taiyi, why didn't you inform us of your arrival? If it weren't for Consort Yun's message, I wouldn't even know you had returned. Is it because you're now rich and powerful that you despise us for being old and faded, no longer useful? So you want to get rid of us?"

Xiang Xiangzi spoke, her face filled with resentment.

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuezi glanced away slightly, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Two fairy maidens, please don't misunderstand. I have just returned to Earth and naturally have some personal matters to attend to. I will visit you after I have finished these matters."

Li Yi smiled slightly, still very polite to Xiang Xiangzi and Xuan Yuezi.

These two fairy maidens have helped him so much, and they even almost lost their lives for him. Even now that he has become a heavenly king, he still dares not neglect them.

"That's more like it. I heard you went to the Heavenly Realm? You gained many opportunities there, and you're not the same as before now?" Xiang Xiangzi immediately came over and said, "Can you take me to the Heavenly Realm too? Xuan Yuezi and I will be your concubines and follow you to cultivate the Great Dao. I talked to Xuan Yuezi, and she said it's no problem. If you don't believe me, you can check it out tonight."

She still made such startling remarks, immediately throwing out wild and outrageous statements.

Li Yi, however, was already used to it. He said seriously, "The Heavenly Realm is very dangerous. The two fairy maidens are only at the stage of Three Flowers Gathering and Five Qi Converging, and have not yet attained the Dao. If they go to the Heavenly Realm, they will be no better than heavenly soldiers. Even if I can protect them, it is not a safe thing."

"According to my previous plan, I left a Heavenly King Palace on Earth, and then I would guide the strong people on Earth to the Heavenly Realm after they cultivated to the level of Heavenly General."

"Don't try to fool me. It would take forever to cultivate to the Heavenly General level on Earth. Although Earth has a good environment, it can't compare to the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Realm. I'll go to the Heavenly Realm to cultivate to the Heavenly General level before venturing out into the world. Why stay on Earth and waste my time?" Xiang Xiangzi said.

“That makes some sense,” Li Yi said. “But if I take you to the Heavenly Realm, there will be no return. The Heavenly Realm is different from other worlds; it cannot be reached by crossing boundaries. You need some kind of extraordinary treasure to cleave open the membrane between heaven and earth to enter.”

"You are very weak. If I can't protect you, you will be captured and enslaved, treated like cattle and horses. Wouldn't that be terrible?"

Of course, he was just lying to the two of them. As the Heavenly King of the Celestial Royal Family, protecting the two fairy maidens was no problem. But the Heavenly Realm was a deep and dangerous place. Here, they could be kings and tyrants, and act lawlessly. But in the Heavenly Realm, they would have to keep a low profile.

“If something unforeseen happens, it’s just death, what’s there to be afraid of?” Xiang Xiangzi said directly. “If we didn’t have this awareness, why would Xuan Yuezi and I have asked for your help?”

Li Yi laughed and said, "Fairy, you are really quite carefree."

“Taiyi.” Xuan Yuezi slowly spoke from the side: “Xiang Xiangzi and I have reached the Great Perfection of cultivation and have entered a bottleneck. Even if we endure hardship on Earth, it will be difficult to achieve the Dao. Moreover, there are many realms above us, such as Heavenly Soldier, Heavenly General, and Heavenly King.”

"Instead of staying on Earth, we might as well go to the Celestial Realm and give it a shot."

She saw that her future was limited, so she wanted to prepare in advance.

Li Yi said, "Cultivation has no end, when will it ever end? The fairy maiden has finally survived the Dharma-ending Age and come to Earth. It is the time for her to live a carefree life. Why do you have to wade into the muddy waters of the Heavenly Realm?"

It wasn't that he was unwilling to take them to the Heavenly Realm; if he were, he wouldn't have left behind ten human cultivation methods and a Heavenly King's Palace. Rather, he was worried about their lives.

After all, the three of them had supported each other through a difficult period and had a life-or-death bond. Li Yi did not want them to perish in the Heavenly Realm.

“Since Taiyi has a Heavenly King Palace, Xiang Xiangzi and I can hide inside the Heavenly King Palace to cultivate, and not come out until we reach the strength of a Heavenly General. What do you think?” Xuan Yuezi said with a hint of pleading, “The road here is blocked. Even if we live a carefree life in the world for a hundred or a thousand years, what good will it do? In the end, we still have to go to the Heavenly Realm and embark on the path of cultivation again.”

"Rather than wasting thousands of years, I beg you to go with Taiyi today."

After she finished speaking, she bowed to Li Yi.

Upon seeing this, Li Yi immediately helped her up, then sighed and said, "I didn't expect the fairy maiden to be so devoted to the Dao. Well then, since that's the case, the two fairy maidens will accompany me on my next cross-realm journey."

He couldn't refuse, so he agreed. After all, with his status as a member of the Heavenly God Royal Family, taking care of the two fairy maidens wouldn't be difficult. As for whether they could achieve success in their cultivation, that remained to be seen.

If that doesn't work, Li Yi will still send them back.

If they can truly make rapid progress and soar to great heights, that would be a good thing, helping others achieve their goals.

Upon seeing Li Yi, he agreed.

Xiang Xiangzi and Xuan Yuezi were overjoyed, feeling that they had a good chance of achieving enlightenment in the future.

(End of this chapter)