Siheyuan: At the beginning, I can integrate everything!

The sour smell in the dilapidated house had not yet dissipated.

That emaciated corpse will soon be disposed of like trash by wild dogs or a morgue.

In Zhang Huaimin's mind, the old scores concerning the courtyard house had been completely settled.

But at this moment, he had no mind to pay attention to any of that.

The enormous crack in the sky, resembling a wound in the heavens, was emanating a high-dimensional energy fluctuation that even he found unsettling.

"Has it finally arrived...?"

Zhang Huaimin stood in the front yard of the Hongxing Courtyard.

He didn't look up at the sky, but instead turned his gaze back to the direction of the backyard of the east wing.

There, he created a garden of herbs using advanced active ingredients.

There was also the only person in this mortal world who could stir even the slightest ripple in his heart, which was as calm as ice.

"Good evening."

Zhang Huaimin murmured softly.

In this replica of Earth, he wielded the system, swept away everything, and stood at the pinnacle of human power and technology.

But he knew very well what was going on in his heart.

With the appearance of that crack, Earth's thin protective atmosphere has been completely torn apart.

The challenges ahead will no longer be foreign spies who only know how to plot and scheme, or laughable transnational capital.

Rather, they are those ultra-high-dimensional beings that traverse the starry sky and destroy stars at will!

Zhang Huaimin was destined to embark on a journey to the stars and the sea.

But he would never leave his woman on Earth to grow old slowly.

Zhang Huaimin strode through the passageway and into the backyard.

In the Hundred Herbs Garden, it is spring-like all year round.

Various exotic flowers and plants, emitting fluorescent light, sway gracefully in the breeze.

A slender figure wearing a plain woolen coat was squatting next to a mutated Ganoderma lucidum, carefully observing it with a magnifying glass in her hand.

Her name is Lin Wanyi.

The little girl who trembled in fear during the storm in the compound back then is now a world-renowned top biologist.

I heard footsteps.

Lin Wanyi turned her head and saw Zhang Huaimin.

"Huaimin, you're back."

She stood up, a gentle smile blooming on her face.

Sunlight shone on her face; time, after all, had not spared this beautiful woman who was dedicated to scientific research.

A few fine crow's feet wrinkles have quietly crept up at the corners of her eyes.

A few glaring silver strands were now faintly mixed in with her originally jet-black and lustrous hair.

In recent years, she has devoted a great deal of effort to the laboratory in order to keep up with Zhang Huaimin's pace.

Zhang Huaimin looked at the fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

My heart ached for no reason.

In this world, he can be ruthless and even decisive in killing all enemies.

But for her alone, he only wanted to present her with all the most beautiful things in the world.

"Wanyi, come here."

Zhang Huaimin extended his hand.

Without any hesitation, Lin Wanyi, like a bird returning to its nest, gently walked to his side.

Zhang Huaimin reached out and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

He looked up at the sky shrouded in red light.

"Those guys outside can't wait to get in."

"I'm about to leave here and face them."

Lin Wanyi's body trembled slightly.

She was an extremely intelligent woman; from the air raid sirens and news broadcasts that filled the streets, she had already guessed what was going on.

She didn't cry or make a scene, nor did she try to stop her.

She simply turned around and gripped Zhang Huaimin's hand tightly, her clear, cold eyes revealing an unyielding reluctance and sorrow.

"I know."

Lin Wanyi lowered her head, her voice trembling slightly.

"Your world is too big; the Earth can no longer contain you."

She gave a wry smile and touched the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

"I...I'm old. Even if you could take me with you, I would only be a burden."

"I am already very content to have accompanied you this far and watched you become a hero of this world."

Hearing these words...

Zhang Huaimin smiled.

It was a laugh that blended ultimate domineering power with endless tenderness.

"Silly girl."

He pulled Lin Wanyi into his arms and rested his chin on her forehead.

"How could my woman, Zhang Huaimin's woman, possibly grow old?"

"Even if the King of Hell comes with the Book of Life and Death, he won't take a single hair from your head unless I give my consent!"

Before he could finish speaking...

Zhang Huaimin's eyes instantly became incredibly deep, as if they contained endless stars.

He closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank into the vast ocean of the system!

"system."

In his mind, Zhang Huaimin issued the most insane and decisive command he had ever given in this Earth instance.

"Clear all my shock points!"

"Exchange for the ultimate trait—'Eternal Life'!"

[Ding! Warning! This trait is the ultimate trait for interdimensional life leap; exchanging for it will consume all of the host's current points reserves!]

[Confirm redemption?!]

"confirm!"

Zhang Huaimin did not hesitate at all.

Money? Fame and fortune? Power?

At this juncture when we are about to usher in the era of interstellar cultivation, those worldly things are not even worth a piece of waste paper.

Only immortality and love are his strongest support in conquering all the heavens and the myriad realms!

[Ding! Redemption successful!]

The "Longevity and Immortality Trait" has been extracted!

Om-!

An extremely vast amount of life energy, seemingly originating from the very beginning of the universe.

It instantly coalesced within Zhang Huaimin's system space.

It did not materialize, nor did it enter Zhang Huaimin's body.

Instead, it followed Zhang Huaimin's will.

On the tip of his right index finger, a crystal-clear object, radiating a dreamlike seven-colored divine light, slowly condensed...

Water droplets!

This drop of water seems ordinary.

But it contains a high-dimensional code that allows cell telomeres to divide indefinitely and keeps the gene chain in its peak state forever!

Zhang Huaimin opened his eyes.

He looked at Lin Wanyi, who was still confused, in his arms.

He lowered his head slightly, his eyes filled with deep affection.

"Good evening, close your eyes."

Lin Wanyi obediently closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

Zhang Huaimin raised his right hand.

The seven-colored water droplet that embodies the quality of "eternal life".

Gently, very gently.

It was placed right in the center of Lin Wanyi's smooth forehead!

boom!

The moment the water droplet touched Lin Wanyi's forehead.

The drop of water seemed to come alive, instantly transforming into a stream of seven-colored light that entered her mind without any hindrance!

"Well……"

Lin Wanyi let out a soft cry.

She felt only a vast yet extremely gentle energy that could not be described in any human language.

In an instant, like a gentle spring breeze and nourishing rain, it cleansed her meridians and internal organs!

This feeling is like a desert that has been parched for countless years suddenly receiving a torrential downpour of life-giving rain.

She could feel it clearly.

Those cells in your body that have aged and become tired due to working day and night.

At this moment, it went mad, frantically splitting, reorganizing, and reborn!

Miracles were happening to her at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhang Huaimin watched quietly.

He saw it.

The fine crow's feet at the corners of Lin Wanyi's eyes were wiped away instantly, as if by an invisible eraser.

The few silver strands mixed in with the black hair, under the flow of the seven-colored light, regained their waterfall-like black luster.

Her skin, which was originally somewhat dull and looked tired.

now.

It turned out to be like a peeled egg, white, smooth, and even faintly glowing with a jade-like luster!

Rejuvenate!

Do not!

This is even more terrifying than rejuvenation!

This is an ultimate evolution that completely transcends the natural laws of birth, aging, sickness, and death of carbon-based organisms at the level of life!

In less than half a minute.

When Lin Wanyi opened her eyes again, they were as clear as autumn water.

Not only did she lose all her fatigue, but she also completely returned to the most perfect and stunning eighteen-year-old girl state of her life!

Even more breathtakingly beautiful than before!

"Huaimin...I...I feel..."

Lin Wanyi looked at her fair and soft hands and touched her smooth, silky cheeks.

Her worldview as a top biologist was completely shattered at that moment.

She was so shocked that she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

But tears of ecstasy and utter disbelief welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Huaimin remained silent.

He stepped forward and embraced the stunningly beautiful woman, who had regained her youth and possessed an almost infinite lifespan, tightly in his arms.

He gently stroked her long, smooth, black hair.

His voice was deep and filled with an air of dominance that seemed to conquer the universe.

"The Earth is too small, it's late."

I'll give you ten thousand years.

"Come with me to see the stars, let's see just how big the universe really is."

The ultimate in romance!

Ultimate immortality!

In the backyard of this courtyard house, Zhang Huaimin not only stood at the pinnacle of the mortal world.

He even defied the laws of heaven and earth, allowing his beloved to share this endless time and glory with him!

At this moment, the emotional arc reached its most perfect sublimation!

Lin Wanyi did not ask why.

She simply clung tightly to Zhang Huaimin's waist, buried her face in his chest, and nodded heavily.

"Okay! Wherever you go, I'll go!"

The two embraced affectionately in the Hundred Herbs Garden.

The exotic flowers and plants around seemed to sense this life force that transcends dimensions, and they all bloomed with the most dazzling brilliance.

however.

Just as this ultimate romance reached its peak.

"Boom—!!!"

In the sky.

That enormous, blood-red crack that has always stretched across the Earth's atmosphere.

Suddenly, a terrifying roar erupted, shattering eardrums and seemingly tearing the entire earth apart!

The crack was filled by an unimaginable force.

It tore apart completely and brutally!

A terrifying pressure, vast, ancient, and imbued with an aura of endless death.

In an instant, it was like a celestial river overflowing its banks, pouring down and enveloping the entire Earth!

Zhang Huaimin suddenly raised his head, shielding Lin Wanyi behind him, his deep black eyes fixed on the depths of the crack.

All I saw was...

In that torn, endless void.

Nine enormous ancient black dragon corpses, each as massive as a mountain range and covered in cold, black scales!

It was dragging nine thick, black iron chains as thick as pillars in the sky.

At the end of the chain.

A coffin of bronze exuding an overwhelming ancient aura, as if it had buried an entire era!

Suddenly, it possessed an aura capable of crushing all stars.

From that distant starry sky beyond, it broke through the boundary and emerged without any hindrance.

It appeared in outer space!