My classmates chose martial arts and fantasy, but I chose the prehistoric world.

As Chen Beixuan finished speaking, the entire venue fell into dead silence!

Then, it exploded!

"Peak of the Tribulation Transcending Realm?! He says he's at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending Realm?!"

"Impossible! The highest level a person could reach in the history of Earth is the late stage of the Void Refinement realm! How could he possibly be at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending realm?!"

"The aura emanating from him... is truly terrifying! It's probably real... There's no need to lie at a time like this, right?"

"One hundred and fifty years... He only stayed in the High Immortal World for one hundred and fifty years, and yet he cultivated from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the peak of Tribulation Transcending? This absolutely cannot be explained by high talent! He must have obtained some heaven-defying opportunity there!"

"The Chen family... is really about to take off... although, it may not fly as high as Chen Beixuan imagines..."

Outside the fence, Chen Jinyan stood still, her body trembling violently.

He looked at the spirited young man in white in the center of the playground, at that face that looked almost exactly like his own when he was young, but his mind went blank.

Peak of Tribulation Transcending!

That is, the peak of the Earth Immortal realm!

They have already entered the realm of immortals!

His son returned from the world of immortals and broke the global record for returnees from the world of immortals, bringing back a cultivation level at the peak of the Earth Immortal realm.

This should have been a joyous occasion that would have brought smiles to the faces of all the ancestors of the Chen family.

but--

He recalled the Chen family members who had disappeared into the orange and red beams of light yesterday.

If Beixuan were one year later...

If he went to the immortal realm...

If he comes back alive...

Then he might not just be a peak Earth Immortal, but a Celestial Immortal, or even a True Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, or Golden Immortal!

That's the real takeoff!

Chen Jinyan's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

Old Master Chen stood beside him, his hand gripping his cane with bulging veins, and his complexion was unusually good.

He had the same thought.

Heartache!

The pain is so intense I can't breathe!

In the center of the playground, Chen Beixuan basked in the attention of everyone present, his smile growing wider and wider...

Before returning, he had imagined his return to Earth countless times—

Great attention!

Shocking the entire audience!

Everyone looked up at him with awe!

Now, he has finally achieved it!

but……

He noticed something was wrong.

In the gazes directed at him, besides shock, there seemed to be something else...

mercy?

regret?

Some people were even shaking their heads and sighing.

At this moment, Chen Beixuan couldn't help but frown.

What's going on?

At the same time, thanks to his amazing hearing, he overheard people in the crowd whispering:

"What a pity...it would have been better if he had graduated a year later."

"Yes, if the matter of the Immortal and Demon World had been made public a year earlier, with his talent and luck, if he had gone to the Immortal Realm to take a chance, his achievements might have surpassed those of Shi Hao from the previous year's Imperial Capital No. 2 High School?"

"Peak of Tribulation Transcending, in the past, was indeed the obvious ceiling, but now... sigh..."

"It's all about timing and fate."

……

Chen Beixuan's smile froze on his face.

A world of immortals and demons?

What kind of world of immortals and demons?

What happened to Blue Star during the year he was gone?

He turned to look in the direction of his father and grandfather, hoping to find the answer in their faces.

But Chen Jinyan and Old Master Chen just stood there, their expressions complicated, without saying a word.

Chen Beixuan's heart sank.

Just then—

A golden beam of light descended from the sky without warning!

That beam of light was more dazzling than the sun and more profound than the stars.

The golden light shone brightly, turning the entire playground into a golden hue!

"gold……"

"A golden teleportation beam?!"

"That's... the primordial world?!"

"That Meng Chuan... he's back from the primordial era?!"

"Impossible!! The mortality rate in the primordial era was 100%!! No one has ever returned alive from the primordial era in the past eight hundred years!!"

"It's Meng Chuan!! The Meng Chuan who chose the 'Primordial Era' last year!! He's back!!"

……

The entire playground erupted in chaos!

The gazes that were originally fixed on Chen Beixuan instantly shifted to the golden pillar of light.

"Golden light? Meng Chuan chose the primordial world?!"

Xiao Yan, Luo Feng, and Chen Beixuan all turned their gazes in that direction, their faces filled with horror and their eyes with shock!

Outside the fence, the parents who had been crying, laughing, and hugging their children were all stunned.

"Brother Chen, we...we're going to be incredibly awesome this time!"

Ye Chen's assistant's voice trembled, his gaze fixed on the golden beam of light.

Ye Chen stood beside him, squinting as he stared directly at the golden light through the camera lens.

At that moment, the corner of his mouth twitched almost imperceptibly.

"They actually...returned from the primordial era!"

"No wonder his family is so incredibly lucky!"

"I couldn't even see through him... This also proves that his cultivation level is definitely above the Golden Immortal! Taiyi? Or... Daluo?"

"If it really is the Great Luo..."

Ye Chen was deeply shaken.

In the center of the playground, the golden beam of light finally began to dissipate.

A figure appeared in everyone's sight.

He was dressed in a gray cloth long gown, with an upright posture and a calm expression.

There was no earth-shattering pressure, no overwhelming momentum...

It looks ordinary.

He stood there like he had just come back from a walk, rather than returning from a place where no one in history had ever come back alive...

But everyone who saw him felt, in that instant, an indescribable feeling—

Standing in front of him felt like gazing up at the entire starry sky!

Outside the fence, a sharp, piercing scream, laced with sobs, shattered the silence of the entire arena:

"elder brother--!!!"

Meng Xiaoyu threw herself against the fence, desperately reaching her hands through the gaps, tears streaming down her face like a burst dam, her voice completely distorted: "Brother!! Brother—!!!"

Wang Xiulan stood beside her, her body trembling violently. She covered her mouth tightly with her hands, her eyes fixed on the figure in the center of the playground, as if afraid that he would disappear again in the blink of an eye.

She dared not move, dared not make a sound, and dared not even breathe.

When Meng Chuan turned his head and looked in her direction, the long-sealed memories belonging to the original owner of the body surged within him, causing his lips to move involuntarily, and he silently uttered five words: "Mom, I'm back."

Wang Xiulan's tears finally streamed down her face!

Her legs went weak and she slid down, but was firmly supported by a pair of strong arms.

Meng Shanhe stood beside her, supporting his wife with one hand and gripping the fence tightly with the other, feeling as if his breath had completely stopped!

He didn't cry out loud, but tears streamed silently down his face, etched with wrinkles.

He stared at the center of the playground, at his son who had been taken away by a golden beam of light a year ago and was now being brought back by the same beam. His lips trembled for a long time before he finally uttered only a few words:

"It's good that you're back."