Cut off my way home? You'll sacrifice the entire other world in return!

Time passed second by second.

The floodwaters are receding.

Li Fan's stomach has returned to normal.

But his current state is quite peculiar.

The original black demonic energy now had a hint of blue watery hue.

That violent and destructive aura became restrained.

It's like a bottomless ocean.

The surface is calm, but undercurrents are surging.

"The highest virtue is like water."

Li Fan opened his eyes.

"Water benefits all things without striving, but if it strives, all things will be destroyed."

He got it.

Protecting is not just about enduring, but also about being inclusive.

Embrace the enemy's attacks, embrace the world's suffering, and then... transform it into your own strength.

"it is good."

Yu the Great walked over.

The stone shovel in his hand was gone, replaced by a golden rod.

The Iron Needle for Stabilizing the Sea.

This is the prototype of the legendary Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff).

"You did it."

"Not only did it protect the village, but it also taught us the art of water management."

"This iron is yours."

Da Yu handed the stick to Li Fan.

"This is the treasure I used to measure the depth of the sea and determine the sea's depth back then."

"Weighs 13,500 jin."

"It can settle the four seas, and it can also... settle the soul."

Li Fan took the baton.

Shen.

Even though he is now incredibly strong, he felt a sudden heaviness in his wrist.

"Taiyi."

Li Fan placed Taiyi's bead on the top of the stick.

"Integration".

"Buzz!"

The beads and the stick resonated together.

A golden light flashed.

The beads were incorporated into the stick.

The stick began to deform.

It transformed into human form.

White hair, purple eyes, black robe.

Taiyi.

He is back.

And it's stronger than before.

His skin was covered with golden divine patterns and the power bestowed by the Sea-Stabilizing Needle, and his eyes held a deeper, more profound depth.

"Father God."

Taiyi knelt on one knee.

The voice remained calm, but it carried a greater weight.

"Taiyi, return to your place."

"I am now both a divine weapon and a weapon spirit."

"As long as I don't want to move, no one in this world can shake me in the slightest."

Li Fan laughed loudly.

"good!"

"My head butler is back."

"Now we have more confidence."

……......

The trials of the Mountain and Sea Realm continue.

Li Fan continued onward with the resurrected Taiyi.

The next stop is the Moon Palace.

That is, the place where Hou Yi and Chang'e lived.

There is an elixir of immortality there.

That is the key to reviving Nian Nian.

"Niannian, wait for your brother."

"Your brother will take you home soon."

Li Fan looked at the lantern in his arms.

The light inside the lantern seemed to sense something and flickered slightly.

After leaving the flood control platform, Li Fan and Taiyi continued westward.

It got colder and colder as I walked.

It wasn't the kind of cold that comes from ice and snow, but a kind of chill that seeped into your very bones.

A jade mountain appeared ahead.

It is carved entirely from white jade and radiates brilliance.

There is a palace on the mountaintop.

The Moon Palace.

"Is this the Moon Palace?"

Li Fan tightened his collar.

Although his physical body is now powerful, this chill is directed at his soul.

"Father God, be careful."

Taiyi gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had now become a golden longsword, and warily surveyed his surroundings.

"The rules here are a mess."

"It's like...a dream."

The two reached the top of the mountain.

In front of the palace stood a huge cassia tree.

A man was sitting under the tree.

He was dressed in animal skins, carrying a large bow without a string on his back, and holding an axe in his hand, chopping down a tree.

"when!"

"when!"

Each axe blow leaves a deep mark on the tree trunk.

But the scar healed in the next second.

The man was not discouraged and continued chopping.

It's mechanical and numb, yet it carries a kind of obsession.

And in the palace windows in the trees.

There was a woman standing there.

She was dressed in a magnificent gown, so beautiful she seemed otherworldly.

She held a jade rabbit in her arms and quietly watched the man under the tree.

There was a transparent barrier between the two.

That is the distance between heaven and earth, forever separated.

"Hou Yi? Chang'e?"

Li Fan tentatively called out.

The man stopped what he was doing.

The woman also turned her head.

"Someone else is here."

Hou Yi put down his axe, his voice hoarse.

"Has the old man of the land not given up yet?"

"He always wanted someone to take the medicine away."

Chang'e sighed softly.

"medicine?"

Li Fan's eyes lit up.

"An elixir of immortality?"

"Yes."

Chang'e held a small jade bottle in her palm.

"This is what you've been looking for."

"It can revive the dead, restore flesh to bones, and even reunite the soul."

"but…....…"

Her eyes turned sad.

"This is also the most poisonous medicine."

"If you eat it, you will no longer be human."

"You will ascend to heaven, you will become an immortal, but you will also... forever lose the one you love most."

She looked at Hou Yi under the tree.

The two looked at each other.

His eyes were filled with endless longing and regret.

They were so close, yet it felt like they were separated by the Milky Way.

"I'm not afraid."

Li Fan stepped forward.

"I am a demon, not a human to begin with."

"And the people I want to save don't need to ascend to immortality, they just need to live."

Give me the medicine.

"I can give it to you."

Hou Yi stood up.

He exuded a chilling aura.

That was the murderous aura that had shot down nine suns.

"But this medicine isn't free."

"You have to get through a hurdle."

"A matter of life and death."

"What life-or-death crisis?" Li Fan asked.

"If you lose what you care about most."

"Chang'e said softly."

Will you still be alive?

Will you still persist?

"Let me take you home. We've already dealt with the main god outside, so you don't need to try anymore. Let me take you back to have a check-up first."

Chang'e waved her sleeve.

A fragrant breeze wafted over.

Li Fan only felt a blur before his eyes.

He lost consciousness.

…………

"Fanfan! Wake up!"

"The sun's already high in the sky!"

A familiar voice rang in my ears.

A chill followed as the blanket was pulled back.

Li Fan suddenly opened his eyes.

The sunlight was blinding.

He instinctively raised his hand to block it.

"Um?"

He was stunned.

These hands... how come they're so white? So delicate?

There were no calluses or scars, and no demonic aura.

He sat up.

Look around.

A wall covered with One Piece posters.

A messy desk.

And there was that old computer with the game screen flickering.

This is…....…

His bedroom.

His bedroom before he traveled through time!

"I'm back?"

Li Fan touched his face in disbelief.

It has temperature and the ability to feel pain.

"What are you spacing out for?"

The door was pushed open.

A middle-aged woman walked in, holding a spatula.

She wore an apron and her hair was a little messy, but her face had that nagging yet kind expression.

mom.

"mom?!"

Li Fan's voice was trembling.

"Are you trying to call back the soul?"

His mother rolled her eyes at him.

"Hurry up and wash your face and brush your teeth, the braised pork is getting cold."

"Aren't you going for a job interview today?"

"interview?"

Li Fan's mind was a complete mess.

But he instinctively jumped out of bed and hugged his mother.

"Mom! I miss you so much!"

"Oh dear, you're such a grown-up and still acting like a child."

Although his mother complained, she still patted him on the back.

"Alright, alright, go eat."

Li Fan rushed into the bathroom.

Looking at myself in the mirror.

Young and energetic, without any hostility.

"Was everything before... just a dream?"

"The Supreme God? The Demon Realm? Nian Nian?"

"Was it all part of a very long nightmare I had?"

Li Fan pinched himself.

"Ha ha!"

"I'm back!"

"Very good!"

He rushed out of the bathroom and sat down at the dining table.

My dad was reading the newspaper when he saw him come out and snorted.

"All you do is sleep in all day."

"dad!"

Li Fan grabbed his chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Rich but not greasy, it melts in your mouth.

The familiar smell brought tears to his eyes instantly.

"This child can even cry while eating meat."

His mother served him a bowl of soup.

Eat slowly.

Everything was so beautiful and real.

Li Fan felt that he was the happiest person in the world.

He even started planning for the future.

Find a job, get married, and take good care of your parents.

Forget that damn nightmare completely.

The days passed by.

Simple yet fulfilling.

until….....…

That night.

Li Fan went home after finishing his overtime work.

When we reached the entrance of the alley.

He saw the ambulance.

I saw a police car.

There were also onlookers.

An ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

He rushed over like a madman.

Push through the crowd.

I saw two people lying in a pool of blood.

Dad.

Mom.

They were carrying baskets filled with pork ribs, Li Fan's favorite food.

"Dad! Mom!"

Li Fan knelt on the ground and let out a heart-wrenching roar.

"Who did this! Who did this!"

The police pulled him away.

"Calm down! It's a home invasion robbery... The suspect has already escaped..."

"They ran away?"

"No!!!"

Li Fan's world collapsed.

The scene changes.

He is in the hospital.

My mother has already covered me with a white sheet.

My dad is still in the emergency room.

The doctor came out and shook his head.

"I'm sorry, we tried our best."

"No…....…"

Li Fan collapsed to the ground.

Why?

"Why take away hope after just giving me it?"

The following days.

is hell.

Li Fan resigned.

He started drinking heavily.

I began my wanderings.

He wanted to find the killer, but he couldn't.

He looked at himself in the mirror.

With a scraggly beard and cloudy eyes, he looked like a beggar.

"I might as well die."

What's the point of living?

He stood on the bridge.

Looking down at the dark river below.

"If I jump, I'll see my parents."

It's very windy.

The wind made him shiver.

One of his feet was already over the railing.

Just then.

"elder brother…...…"

A childish voice rang in his ear.

Li Fan was taken aback.

Auditory hallucination?

"Brother, don't jump."

The sound was very faint, as if it came from a very far place.

"Niannian is still waiting for you."

"Nian Nian?"

A scene flashed through Li Fan's mind.

A little girl with pigtails smiled sweetly.

Who is Nian Nian?

He covered his head.

My head hurts so much.

It seems like he's forgotten something.

"Father God, Taiyi is loyal to you."

Another voice rang out.

A young man with white hair and purple eyes transformed into a divine wheel and crashed into the ball of light.

"Taiichi?"

Li Fan's memories began to loosen.

He took something out of his pocket.

I'm looking for a wine jug.

But he touched a piece of paper.

A crumpled piece of paper stained with blood.

By the light of the street lamp.

He could see the words on it clearly.

Missing Person Notice

"Li Fan, male..."

"If you have any leads, please contact..."

That is...

It was written by his parents.

But it wasn't written in this world.

It was written in the world before he traveled through time!

"wrong!"

Li Fan realized the truth.

"The parents here are fake!"

"The happiness here is fake!"

"Death is fake too!"

My real parents are still waiting for me!

"Niannian is still waiting for me to save her!"

The cloudiness in his eyes dissipated.

Instead, two burning demonic flames appeared.

"Get out of here!"

Li Fan roared at the void.

"This false pain, this cheap despair."

"You can't hold me back!"

"I am Li Fan!"

"I am the Demon Lord!"

"I'll go home by myself!"

"I'll save my own family!"

"As long as I'm still here!"

"They're right here!"

"Break for me...!"

"boom!"

A monstrous surge of demonic energy erupted from his body.

The bridge is broken.

The river has dried up.

The whole world collapsed like a mirror.

The original Guanghan Palace was revealed.

…

Li Fan opened his eyes.

He was still standing under the osmanthus tree.

sweating a lot.

It looked like it had been pulled out of the water.

But his eyes were clearer than ever.

"woke up?"

Chang'e was somewhat surprised.

"So fast?"

"Most people will languish in that world for hundreds of years until they die of old age."

"That's fake."

Li Fan wiped his sweat.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it's still fake."

"I want real braised pork."

Even if I can't eat it now, I know it's waiting for me at the finish line.

Hou Yi walked over.

He looked at Li Fan.

He nodded.

"Good character."

"Better than I was back then."

"Back then, I was so caught up in this kind of pain that I stayed here cutting down trees."

He took the large bow off his back.

The bow was jet black, as if it were made from dragon bones.

There are no strings.

"This bow is called the Sun-Shooting Bow."

"No string needed, no arrow needed."

"Where the heart leads, the arrow will follow."

"If you want to kill, you can shoot down the sun with an arrow even if it's hidden on the horizon."

"It's yours."

Hou Yi threw the bow to Li Fan.

"Take this and shoot that so-called God straight through."

Li Fan took the bow.

It felt cold to the touch, yet incredibly heavy.

He tried to pull it.

"Buzz!"

An invisible bowstring appeared.

A black arrow formed automatically from demonic energy.

The arrow pointed into the void, emanating a chilling killing intent.

"A fine bow."

Li Fan put away his bow.

Look at Chang'e.

Chang'e handed over the small jade bottle.

"The elixir of immortality."

"I hope you can make good use of it."

"Don't end up like me, regretting it for the rest of your life."

Li Fan solemnly accepted the jade bottle.

This little bottle contains Nian Nian's hope for resurrection.

"rest assured."

"I have no regrets."

He lowered his head.

Looking at the extinguished lantern in his arms.

My hands trembled slightly.

"Nian Nian".

"I got the medicine."

"Let's...go home."