Back on Earth, I am the only cultivator.

Before he finished speaking, Wu Fan had already rushed into the living room!

When he witnessed the horrific scene on the sofa, saw his sister Wu Xi's torn coat, saw the bright red five-finger marks on her face and the blood at the corner of her mouth, and saw the burly man about to commit the crime...

boom!

An uncontrollable, overwhelming killing intent instantly overwhelmed his reason, and his scalding blood rushed to the top of his head!

His eyes, which had been filled with the joy of returning home, instantly turned bloodshot!

Having lived in the cultivation world for 100,000 years, he had seen countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and his Dao heart was already as firm as a rock. However, his family was the only soft spot in his heart that he could not touch!

"Ah!!! Die, you emperor!"

Wu Fan roared and pointed a finger from afar!

puff!puff!puff!

Before the three of them could even react to what had happened, a tiny, almost invisible bloodstain appeared silently on their foreheads.

Then, their bodies seemed to have all their bones removed, collapsing limply to the ground, lifeless.

"Xiao Xi!"

After dealing with the three scoundrels, Wu Fan forcibly suppressed the murderous intent surging in his heart and quickly calmed down.

He stepped in front of his sister and looked at her, now a grown woman, who had suffered such humiliation. Seeing her swollen and red cheeks, he felt a pang of heartache.

He had imagined countless scenarios of their reunion, but he never expected that he would be greeted with such a scene upon returning to his homeland!

Just then, Wu Xi's eyes, which had been tightly closed in despair, fluttered slightly, and she slowly opened them.

A tall and slender figure came into view.

elder brother?!

In an instant, Wu Xi felt an indescribable surge of joy.

This person's face...it looks so much like my brother's face from ten years ago! So alike!

But...that's not right!

The joy lasted only a second before being replaced by intense vigilance and doubt.

My brother has been missing for ten years, how could he still look exactly the same as he did ten years ago? Who... is this person?

Wu Xi abruptly sat up on the sofa, ignoring the pain in her body. She frantically pulled up her torn collar, curled up in a corner of the sofa, and stared warily at Wu Fan, her voice trembling with fear: "You...who are you? What do you want!"

After asking the question, her gaze fell on the three burly men lying motionless on the ground. Her face instantly turned deathly pale, and her voice became even softer: "What...what did you do to them?"

"I just knocked them unconscious." Wu Fan kept his voice as soft as possible, without revealing that he had killed the three men.

His sister was just an ordinary person, and he didn't want her to be exposed to the bloodshed and cruelty of this world, not even a little bit.

At the same time, a complex and indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

Judging from her wary reaction, Xiao Xi... clearly didn't recognize her!

However, this is normal.

When he went missing, his younger sister was only ten years old, a little girl with pigtails.

As for myself, although I have experienced 100,000 years of vicissitudes in the cultivation world, my appearance was frozen at the age of nineteen when I left because I embarked on the path of immortality.

Now, with his long, flowing hair and a demeanor that is vastly different from ordinary people, it is perfectly understandable that his sister does not recognize him.

However... this heart, so eager to reunite with its loved ones, ultimately felt somewhat disappointed.

Wu Xi glanced at the three burly men lying on the ground with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty. After confirming that they posed no immediate threat, she thanked Wu Fan.

Suddenly, something occurred to him, and he quickly pulled an old cell phone with a worn-out casing from his pocket.

The screen lit up, revealing several obvious cracks.

With trembling fingers, she dialed a number.

"Hello, is this 110? I need to report a crime! This is Xingfuli residential area..."

Wu Fan was startled and instinctively wanted to reach out to stop him.

When the police arrive, things will get very complicated, especially with those three bodies on the ground; they can't withstand any examination.

However, just as his hand was halfway out, Wu Xi recoiled like a startled deer, dodging his touch.

She gripped the phone tightly with one hand and shielded herself with the other, maintaining what she considered a safe distance from him, her eyes filled with wariness and defensiveness.

Seeing his sister like this, Wu Fan's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, overwhelmed with endless guilt and self-reproach.

Yes... I was absent from her life for ten years. Where was I when she needed protection the most?

Her sudden appearance and suspicious behavior must have frightened her.

Wu Fan paid no more attention to his sister's call to the police, his gaze slowly sweeping over the familiar yet unfamiliar home.

The home was furnished very simply; apart from a few old pieces of furniture, there was almost nothing of value to be seen.

On the wall, there is a family photo. In the photo, the young parents are smiling brightly, and the young boy and a little girl with a ponytail are nestled beside them.

The photos have long since yellowed, but the warmth they evoked seems to transcend time.

It's hard to imagine how Xiaoxi has spent these past ten years all by herself...

And where are Mom and Dad?

Why is she all alone at home? Where...did they go?

Wu Fan's heart sank little by little.

After his sister hung up the phone, he took a deep breath and, in the gentlest and most sincere tone of his life, said, word by word, "Xiao Xi! Don't be afraid, I'm back... I'm your brother!"

The word "brother" exploded in Wu Xi's mind like a thunderclap.

She suddenly raised her head, her tear-filled eyes staring unblinkingly at Wu Fan.

The face before me was sharply defined, with striking eyebrows and bright eyes—an impeccably handsome face brimming with youthful energy.

But upon closer inspection, one can see that his deep eyes seem to hold a starry sky, containing a calmness and vicissitude that are quite incongruous with his age, giving him a unique charm that is hard to describe.

It's my brother's face... but it doesn't look like my brother...

Wu Xi shook her head vigorously, her inner reason screaming frantically:

No! My brother has been missing for ten years. Even if he came back, his appearance would be completely different. How could he still look as young as when he disappeared? This person must be a liar!

Emotionally, the sense of closeness stemming from blood ties and the deep-seated longing in her heart made her unable to resist harboring a sliver of hope.

What if... what if it really is my brother?

Wu Fan saw the struggle and doubt in Wu Xi's eyes. He knew that he couldn't convince her with just a face.

He smiled slightly and said softly:

"Xiao Xi, do you remember? When we were little, we secretly buried a time capsule in the flower bed right in the middle of our apartment building."

You said we'd dig it up together when we're both grown up. This is... a secret only the two of us know.

Time capsule!

These four words were like a key, instantly unlocking the floodgates of Wu Xi's long-sealed memories!

That summer afternoon, amidst the incessant chirping of cicadas, her younger brother and she held hands and together buried a tin box filled with "treasures" into the ground...

That was their most precious secret, belonging only to the two siblings!

The man in front of me... he knew! He actually knew!

Wu Xi's body trembled violently, and all his doubts, vigilance, and fear collapsed at that moment.

Her eyes, which she had been trying so hard to open and hold back her tears, could no longer hold back the torrent of tears.

"Brother...brother!"

A cry, suppressed for ten years and filled with endless grievances, longing, and pain, burst forth from her throat.

The next second, she rushed towards Wu Fan without hesitation, then used all her strength to hug his neck tightly and buried her face in his chest.

"Wow!!!"

Wu Xi burst into tears, crying her heart out, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances, loneliness, and fear she had suffered over the past ten years.

The bewilderment of her missing brother, the grief of her parents' passing, the hardship of living alone, the bitterness of being ridiculed by classmates, the despair of being harassed by debt collectors... all of these found an outlet in this embrace that was ten years overdue.

Wu Fan stiffly held the trembling, petite body in his arms, feeling her hot tears soaking his clothes; his heart broke.

He gently patted his sister's back and softly comforted her, "Don't cry, Xiaoxi, don't cry... Brother is back. From now on, no one will dare to bully you anymore."

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Xi's crying gradually subsided, turning into soft sobs.

After she calmed down, Wu Fan put his hand on her shoulder, looked at her red and swollen eyes, and asked the question he was most afraid to face: "Xiao Xi...where are Mom and Dad?"

When her parents were mentioned, Wu Xi's tears, which she had just managed to stop, flowed again.

She recounted everything that had happened over the past ten years to Wu Fan, in fits and starts.

After his brother went missing, his parents spent all their savings on a frantic search, eventually falling ill from overwork and longing, and finally passing away two years ago with endless regret and lingering love for their son…

Then, in order to raise her college tuition, she had no choice but to take out online loans, which resulted in compounding interest and led her into her current desperate situation...

Listening to his sister's story, Wu Fan's body trembled uncontrollably, and a wave of grief swept over him.

He returned, but his parents... had left him forever.

The pain of wanting to care for one's parents but finding them gone is the deepest sorrow in the world!

"Dad... Mom..." Wu Fan closed his eyes, and two lines of clear tears silently slid down his cheeks.

He, a dignified Immortal Emperor, who had shed blood but not tears for ten thousand years, was now experiencing excruciating heartache.

He suddenly opened his eyes, a resolute glint flashing in them!

I am the Celestial Emperor! I can reverse time and space, I can reshape reincarnation! Once I regain my cultivation, I will definitely resurrect my parents! Our family will be able to sit together again, completely united, and enjoy a reunion dinner!

This thought transformed into an obsession, deeply imprinted on his soul.

He looked at his sister, whose face was streaked with tears, and gently wiped away her tears. He said in a deep voice, "Xiao Xi, don't worry about the money you owe from online loans. From today onwards, I'll take care of everything and won't let anyone bully you anymore."

Her brother's voice instantly soothed all of Wu Xi's unease.

"Yes!" Wu Xi nodded heavily. Although she didn't know how her brother would solve the problem, she just believed him for no reason.

As long as my brother is here, the sky won't fall down.

at this time,

"Beep beep, beep beep."

Downstairs, the urgent and piercing sound of police sirens rang out in the residential area, growing louder as they approached.