Perfect World: I Am Eternal

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"We've waited too long for this day!"

At this moment, Lin Fan became an immortal, but his eyes showed little joy or excitement, only endless emotion.

The path of cultivation knows no time, but the silence that follows is ever-present. Along this journey, he has missed so much – family, friends, and lovers.

For the sake of spiritual practice, countless days and nights are spent enduring the torment of loneliness, often requiring seclusion for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. How can ordinary people bear that?

In particular, Lin Fan had left the Great Wilderness at a young age, and along the way, calamities outweighed joys; his only sister died tragically, and his clan perished...

All of this has led to an eternal separation between the living and the dead, a vast and uncertain existence.

Even Lin Fan, at this level of cultivation, is helpless!

He has become an immortal, but what about his dearest loved ones? They are all buried in the passage of time. From now on, tears will flow in his eyes. It is a sad thought to even consider it.

"Seven emotions and six desires, the myriad aspects of mortal life—it has always been difficult for those who aspire to become immortals to achieve perfection, and I have missed out on far too much..."

Lin Fan murmured, looking back on his life with a sense of loss and regret.

It wasn't until the day he became an immortal that he understood what he had lost and what he had missed; cultivating immortality was not necessarily a good thing.

The wars were endless, the fighting was fierce, and cruelty outweighed joy.

"Becoming an immortal... If I could choose again, sometimes being a carefree mortal wouldn't be so bad!"

Lin Fan felt a pang of bitterness, watching helplessly as his loved ones died one by one, forced to experience the loneliness of a world in ruins.

However, flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns.

Now that I've embarked on this path of cultivation, there's no turning back, whether for myself or for the resurrection of my loved ones.

Of course, outsiders don't understand all the hardships involved; all they feel is excitement and a yearning for immortality.

Because, at the very moment Lin Fan broke through the suppression of the Great Dao, the world seemed to begin to recover, and spiritual energy gradually increased.

"That's wonderful! If things continue like this, the Dharma-ending Age will eventually end, and we'll return to an environment conducive to immortality!"

At this moment, the world is in an uproar, but Lin Fan remains calm.

He became an immortal, washing away his mortal roots. His body shone with radiance, exuding an aura of immortality, and he possessed immeasurable combat power.

Moreover, he is the first immortal in the mortal world to attain immortality in history, having achieved immortality in an era when it was impossible to become an immortal. He must be far superior to other true immortals.

Now, Lin Fan's physical body is flawless, his primordial spirit is indestructible, and his magical power is inexhaustible. He no longer needs to worry about the erosion of time.

However, to this day, he has little happiness, but more regret.

Back then, in order to reach the pinnacle of road construction and seek a carefree life, he resolutely left his tribe and family, and went far away to another place.

But now, where is my sister? Where are my people?

They have long since turned to dust, leaving only memories of the past to be found; even true immortals are powerless against them.

"This journey through the void has been fraught with countless hardships, who can understand? Hahaha... This is cultivation, the so-called cultivation of immortality!"

Lin Fan laughed loudly, his body glowed, and the sound of scriptures continuously rang out. "One thought, eternity" was the operation of this great law.

His ability to come to this era, this world, and to defy the tides of time was greatly related to this method.

Over the years, he has often pondered this, and indeed it remains mysterious and unpredictable.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lin Fan sensed something unusual: a river of time appeared before him, rushing downstream.

Without a doubt, he could not stay in this space-time any longer; the power of time was lurking around him, trying to send him back to his original world.

This was neither his own will nor something he could control; otherwise, he would have liked to stay longer.

It should be understood that such time and such opportunities are rare and extremely precious. In comparison, later generations are far too lacking in opportunities for development.

The alien realm is about to attack, and the Dark Turmoil is about to begin. Compared to those renowned old monsters, he really doesn't have enough time.

Otherwise, he truly wished to stay longer, until he became a Celestial King and possessed sufficient power to deal with the unprecedented changes of the ages. "Farewell, Emperor Luo!"

Gradually, Lin Fan's figure blurred, falling into the long river of time, turning into a rain of light, just as he had come.

"Huh, where did the Heavenly Emperor go?" The beings of the fallen era were astonished; in the blink of an eye, he had vanished.

On this very day, chaos erupted in the Heavenly Court. The disappearance of the Heavenly Emperor was not a good thing; without him, who could suppress the eight directions?
In the distance, a golden willow tree glanced in the direction where the Heavenly Emperor had disappeared before returning to the depths of the Heavenly Court.

……

The void was distorted, time was flying by, and Lin Fan had become an immortal. He felt a strange and peculiar aura about this.

He saw a vortex, composed of chaos and light, affecting everything, disturbing the great river, yet so conspicuous.

"call!"

A strong wind howled, and fragments of time flew everywhere. Lin Fan was swept up in the vortex and then sucked in, carried downstream of the river.

He did not struggle or resist, because he already knew and had experienced it before, and it would do him no harm.

Finally, Lin Fan saw a ruin, very empty and desolate, which was the place where he drank the Eternal Brewed Wine back then.

Unfortunately, the woman was gone, leaving only a stone table and a pot of wine. Even Shi Hao, who had been with him, was not here.

"A thought can last forever, it's truly insane!" Lin Fan sighed. He had returned to the Imperial City in a dreamlike state, a dream that was both real and illusory, which had brought him here, and now he was returning.

He walked forward, but as he got closer, he saw the ruins twisting and turning, and a path appeared.

Clearly, this is not the end point, nor the destination.

Feeling a strange sensation in his heart, Lin Fan took a step forward and embarked on his journey home, following the newly appeared path.

"Hey!"

Fragments of time danced in the air, and the place was bathed in radiant light. The spiritual energy was so rich that it transformed into streams and sacred lakes.

In addition, near Linghu Lake, there are large areas of collapsed palaces and ancient temples that look very old, even resembling the ruins of an ancient dynasty.

"It looks somewhat familiar, like an abandoned Heavenly Court," Lin Fan muttered to himself as he walked forward.

When he finally stepped out, the world had changed drastically, the environment had transformed, and the world had turned upside down; the atmosphere of the end times was no longer there.

Where is this? Lin Fan looked around and felt a strong sense of familiarity.

Then, his body shuddered, his pupils dilated, and he could hardly believe that he had actually arrived at this place!
Not on the battlefield of the Nine Heavens Immortals, but on the Ascension Platform.

"The Ancient Immortal Ruins!" Lin Fan recognized the location he was in and said that he had been there before.

To be precise, this is the ancestral land of the Immortal Ancient Clan, and also the location of the Heavenly Court he established during the era of Emperor Luo.

However, time has passed, and after several eras, the Heavenly Court had long since turned to ashes and become ruins after his departure.

"Ah, the passage of time!" Lin Fan sighed deeply.

For him, it was just a fleeting moment, but for this place, it had been hundreds of millions of years. All the glory had been buried by time.

Then, Lin Fan even went so far as to deduce and trace back to the past, his sharp eyes seeming to see through eternity.

"So that's how it is. After I left, the world changed drastically, various races rose up, and no one suppressed them. The Heavenly Court was coveted by all sides and launched a counterattack, which led to its destruction."

Lin Fan sighed, having already understood everything, but the Heavenly Court was ultimately his creation, so he couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

After a long while, Lin Fan paid his respects and then left the place. With each step, illusions vanished, his magical power was astonishing, and his cultivation was unfathomable.

In this world, no one could catch a glimpse of him, let alone catch up with him; not even the leaders of the ancient sects could.

However, after he left the ancient immortal land, his keen senses made him feel something, and he looked towards the Imperial Pass deep in the no-man's land.

"Has the foreign land come knocking...?"

(End of this chapter)