Sorry, I'm a cultivator.

Before Li Xingzhou's "Law of Heaven and Earth," Tianzhu Chen had just come of age.

Indeed, this is true; the Heavenly Lord Chen, who broke through to the next realm, did possess the initial ability to cross realms, but it was only the initial stage.

The strength that Li Xingzhou gained through desperate cultivation in order to return is far beyond what Tianzhu Chen's mere hundred years of life force can compare to.

Li Xingzhou looked down at Tianzhu Chen, as if he were a sparrow in his hand: "The Heavenly Wing Clan's hundred-year-old lifespan? Nothing special!"

"Who are you?!"

Tianzhu Chen roared desperately, his face filled with disbelief. He never imagined that his biggest trump card was as fragile as paper in front of Li Xingzhou!

Didn't they all come from outer space?

Vampire species, monster species... which one isn't?

Why is it that only Li Xingzhou possesses such formidable strength?!

This is not fair!

"There are heavens beyond heavens." Li Xingzhou smiled slightly: "And there are people beyond people!"

Without another word, Li Xingzhou tightened his grip and crushed the Heavenly Lord Chen in his hand into dust.

As the Great Dao was annihilated, the Heavenly Lord's soul scattered and dissipated.

The shattered void that covered the entire heavenly kingdom was restored to its original state in an instant.

The sky is high and the clouds are wide, the wind and sun are just right.

Li Xingzhou's Law of Heaven and Earth gradually returned to its original state, but less than one-tenth of the spiritual power within his body remained.

His spiritual power had not recovered, and the spiritual power that Emilia and Olivia had restored was greatly depleted in the Dharma Heaven and Earth.

Li Xingzhou showed no discomfort and did not care about the remaining Demon Kings' loud cheers after the Demon God King's death.

He simply took out the ten Heaven's Cups he had collected, and then—

clap, clap, clap...

I heard a chorus of clapping and applause.

Li Xingzhou looked up.

Jiang Wanzhao, walking on air, clapped her hands, a gentle smile on her face, her voice quite smug.

"As expected of my proud little brother~"

Jiang Wanzhao stopped clapping, her movements swift as the wind, showing no sign of discomfort whatsoever.

She appeared in front of Li Xingzhou in the blink of an eye and pointed her sword at his forehead.

"Xingzhou, please forgive your sister, this is the last time."

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Chapter 164 "Me and my...brother?"

"Xingzhou, please forgive your sister, this is the last time."

The moment Jiang Wanzhao pointed her sword at Li Xingzhou's forehead, a hint of reminiscence seemed to appear in her beautiful eyes.

When she had two remaining Heaven's Cups in her hand, the other ten Heaven's Cups seemed to be summoned and directly slipped from Li Xingzhou's hand.

The twelve Heavenly Cups spun around Jiang Wanzhao's wrist, which was pointing with a sword, several times before transforming into the Three Thousand Great Daos that existed at the beginning of creation.

Jiang Wanzhao's body was filled with surging spiritual energy, embodying the great Dao of Heaven and Earth, as if he himself were the Dao of Heaven.

The hidden ailment in his body was cured at this moment.

His aura... though seemingly that of an ordinary person, was a symbol of returning to simplicity and inner peace.

At this moment, Li Xingzhou could not see through Jiang Wanzhao's level of cultivation at a glance.

Jiang Wanzhao's skillful use of the Heaven's Cup truly exceeded his expectations.

In Li Xingzhou's view, once all twelve Cups of Heaven are collected, the twelve Cups of Heaven will form the most complete Cup of Heaven, and then one can make a wish upon this divine artifact.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wanzhao directly took the twelve Heavenly Cups for his own use, without even needing to recite that string of incantations like the Heavenly Lord Chen.

That's getting interesting.

Is the Heaven's Cup hers?

Or did she already discover another correct way to master the Heaven's Cup?

Li Xingzhou didn't know, but regardless, Jiang Wanzhao's hidden ailment was cured at this moment because of the Heaven's Cup.

He didn't go through all that trouble to collect the Heaven's Cup, all for the moment when Jiang Wanzhao's body was fully healed!

As for the rest...

Li Xingzhou quietly watched Jiang Wanzhao, watched the surrounding void collapse once more, and then—

It is then that a space completely isolated from the outside world is formed.

Inside the space, only he and Jiang Wanzhao were present.

Li Xingzhou could clearly feel time beginning to... reverse!

Before Li Xingzhou's eyes lay the historical process of Xuanhuang over the past hundred years, unfolding like a scroll painting in a revolving lantern.

Jiang Wanzhao's voice rang out at this moment: "The time I have always missed is the time after I left the orphanage."

She casually picked up a scroll depicting the time the two of them spent relying on each other after leaving the orphanage.

Although their parents left behind an inheritance, the two were initially sent to an orphanage. It wasn't until the dispute over the inheritance ended that they moved back home.

Jiang Wanzhao raised Li Xingzhou while studying.

For Li Xingzhou, although his older sister Jiang Wanzhao was very strict with him in terms of his studies during that period, it was indeed a happy and memorable time.

Until the year I received my university acceptance letter at eighteen—

Li Xingzhou looked at Jiang Wanzhao, whose expression was gentle: "You want to go back?"

"I want to." Jiang Wanzhao shifted her gaze to Li Xingzhou's face: "Let's go back with bodies that have no connection to each other right now, back to that warm place, back to that... home that belongs to both of us."

Li Xingzhou looked at Jiang Wanzhao in surprise: "Is this your purpose?"

"Isn't that good?" Jiang Wanzhao smiled slightly: "There's no war, and everyone around us is still alive..."

Li Xingzhou smiled and said, "The past cannot be undone. You can certainly change yourself and even influence those around you, but the general trend cannot be reversed."

Even if you go back to that time, what's destined to happen will still happen: the Great Cataclysm, the Spiritual Resurgence... At that point, are you really going to keep going back to the past?

"I'm in charge of the Xuanhuang Realm."

"This isn't a question of whether it counts or not." Li Xingzhou looked at the determination in Jiang Wanzhao's eyes: "Your 'having the final say' is just repeatedly returning to that beautiful but false memory of the past. Do you think that's real?"

"Don't you want to go back?" Jiang Wanzhao ignored Li Xingzhou's words and simply said, "Whom do you miss? Jiang Xuetang? Or someone else?"

Li Xingzhou replied calmly, "And what about you? Do you still want to use your power to foresee the future to send me to another world when I turn eighteen?"

When did you find out?

“Some time ago,” Li Xingzhou replied, “it seemed like you were doing it for my own good, but in reality, you wanted to sever the blood ties between us.”

"You succeeded, and I can accept that, but I absolutely do not want to go back to the past."

“Beautiful memories are beautiful because they are memories.” Li Xingzhou looked around: “Just like the white moonlight that has died is the most perfect white moonlight.”

"I reminisce about the past because I've entered an unfamiliar environment. I've thought about you constantly throughout my growth, and this longing makes your strictness seem endearing in my memories."

Li Xingzhou paused, then said, "But if I were to experience it again, I might not find it cute anymore..."

He didn't continue, because he saw Jiang Wanzhao's calm eyes, and it was obvious that she hadn't listened.

They might have listened, but they didn't really care.

Jiang Wanzhao still wants to go back to the past.

really--

"It's alright." Jiang Wanzhao's smile remained gentle: "Memory is also the easiest thing to tamper with. Once we go back, I'll make sure you only have eyes for me."

"Do you think you can take me back?" Li Xingzhou sighed. "Do you think you've won by playing the role of the last mantis stalking the cicada?"

Sister, to be honest, I didn't want to hit you.

"The memories you cherish are equally important to me, but because of that..."

Li Xingzhou stepped back with his left hand, adopting the starting stance of the Eight Extremes Erlang Carrying the Mountain: "I don't want you to ruin this memory either."

He knew that Jiang Wanzhao's hidden illness was real, but he was also wary of Jiang Wanzhao after reconciling accounts with Xuetang.

Jiang Wanzhao was able to use her future power to send herself away by leveraging her bloodline connection. If her hidden illness is cured, she might do something similar again.

Jiang Wanzhao, who could come up with the idea of ​​pre-seizing future power to condense into a great fortune, is a madman.

But at this moment, Li Xingzhou was somewhat speechless.

Jiang Wanzhao's true purpose was simply to go back to the past.

how to say?

Unexpected, yet perfectly logical.

The things Jiang Wanzhao would do, however greedy... are not really that shocking.

It was just a little bit of whimsy on Jiang Wanzhao's part after she recovered from her hidden illness and took control of the Heaven's Cup.

But this little act of willfulness dragged the entire Xuanhuang Realm into the mess.

Li Xingzhou didn't want this to happen.

People always have to look forward.

Although the scenery of his homeland was unfamiliar to him when he returned, and a large-scale war had broken out because of other races, war was never limited to different races.

But setting all that aside, has the world regressed?

Obviously not.

All-powerful capsules, Sky City, Spiritual New Energy, Flying and Earth-遁 (Flying and Earth-遁 is a term used in Chinese fantasy novels, often translated as "flying and earth ...")...

These are things that once only existed in our imagination, but now they have all come true.