Chapter 11: Half-step to the Third Realm Chapter 33: The Long Night
The timeline is still moving forward, and daughter Xu Lixing has also reached the end of her life.
"Dad." Xu Lixing leaned on the bed, holding Xu Jingming's hand and smiling happily, "Don't be sad. I am very happy and blessed to be your daughter for the rest of my life."
Xu Jingming looked at his daughter.
The people who gave birth to me and raised me are all dead.
My partner is gone too.
Now the only daughter that I raised is also leaving.
Even though he was a half-step into the third realm, Xu Jingming felt that his heart was already riddled with holes.
"I know that my pride - my greatest father, is the strongest." The old Xu Lixing looked at his father and smiled.
Xu Jingming gently touched his daughter's face: "Li Xing, Dad loves you very much."
"I love you too, Dad." Xu Lixing smiled slightly, "Let Meng Tian and I chat with the children for a few more words."
"Okay." Xu Jingming stood up, looked at his daughter reluctantly, turned around and walked out of the house.
Meng Tian, Xu Fangjin and Xu Biyun all entered the room immediately, surrounded the bed and looked at Xu Lixing.
In the courtyard outside.
Xu Jingming stood alone in the corridor, gazing at the endless starry sky as the night grew darker.
"So what if I'm half a step into the third realm?" Xu Jingming stretched out his hand and grasped the void, "I can't stop time, and I can't change the limit of my life. I can only accept it and endure it."
Finally, late at night, Xu Lixing also passed away.
Meng Tian, with an old face, sat in front of the bed, looking at the deceased Xu Lixing, unwilling to leave for a long time. Brother and sister Xu Fangjin and Xu Biyun had already gone out to arrange the funeral.
"Senior Sister, I will come to accompany you soon." Meng Tian said with a smile.
"Meng Tian." Xu Jingming appeared outside the door.
Meng Tian turned to look at Xu Jingming: "Father-in-law."
"More than 30,000 years ago, you already mastered the 'method of constructing a higher-dimensional life form' and could become a higher-dimensional life form at any time." Xu Jingming looked at him, "But you never made a breakthrough, and now you plan to... die with Li Xing?"
As a half-step to the third realm, he can see the past and the future, and Meng Tian’s secrets cannot be hidden from him.
Although the human race now has a number of cosmic legends, the most outstanding among them is the extremely low-key Meng Tian. Meng Tian has always been behind his wife Xu Lixing, not showing off his abilities. Only Xu Jingming, who can see the past and the future, knows Meng Tian's progress.
“Father-in-law.” Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, then nodded. “Yes, I mastered the method of constructing high-dimensional life forms more than 30,000 years ago. But I know that the perception of the world by high-dimensional life forms is completely different from that of low-dimensional life forms.”
Xu Jingming nodded.
The same world, in the eyes of ants, is very different from that in the eyes of humans. Both sides are just very ordinary low-dimensional life.
The difference between the world seen by low-dimensional life and high-dimensional life is even greater! Not only are the perceptions of size, color, and taste different, but even the perception of space and time is completely different.
"I want to grow old with Li Xing and experience the same world together." Meng Tian said, "And I also know that my talent is not that high. With the great cultivation of you, my father-in-law, I have made such slow progress. My talent... is far worse than that of Vice Dean Chi Meng. The human race has the five of you, my father-in-law, here, so my presence or absence does not mean much to the human race."
"So, I want to be selfish." Meng Tian looked at Xu Lixing who was lying beside him, "I want to leave with Lixing. Because, without her, this world has no meaning to me."
He could never forget the first time he met his senior sister.
He could not forget the girl with the bright smile who bought out his contract.
It was she who brought him out of the dark abyss and into the world of light.
"Meng Tian." Xu Jingming understood Meng Tian's mentality at the moment, "If you die, it will mean nothing to Li Xing. It only represents your selfishness."
"I want to be selfish." Meng Tian said with a smile.
"As long as you are alive, there is hope." Xu Jingming said, "I have been practicing for so many years. I am indeed very talented in the heart realm, but my talent in the physical body is very average. I can't create my own clan at all. The only way to revive Li Xing and the others is for me to break through to the third realm! But... the third realm is too difficult."
"So, I tell you the truth! My hope of resurrecting them is not great." Xu Jingming looked at Meng Tian.
Meng Tian was stunned.
"I need your help." Xu Jingming said, "You have a good talent in the physical body. If you can reach the third level of the half-step physical body, you can revive them. You may be able to do what I can't do."
"If you die, you will give up the chance for Li Xing and the others to be resurrected." After Xu Jingming said this, he turned around and left.
Meng Tian was silent.
yes.
Although my father-in-law is the greatest and most powerful person in the entire territory, he is indeed only good at the mental realm and has no achievements in the physical realm.
…
Through observing the future, Xu Jingming knew very well that when it became clear that there was little hope for him to resurrect Li Xing and the others, Meng Tian would definitely choose to break through and become a higher-dimensional life.
"This child has always revolved around Li Xing all his life." Xu Jingming said secretly, because Meng Tian treated Li Xing very well all his life, Xu Jingming was naturally very moved and admired Meng Tian very much.
Soon, just half a year after Xu Lixing's death, Meng Tian broke through and became the sixth high-dimensional life in the human race.
But the brother and sister Xu Fangjin and Xu Biyun finally met their end.
…
In the cemetery.
The cemeteries were silent. Xu Jingming sat alone on the steps, looking at the tombstones in front of him.
My grandfather, parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law, wife, daughter, grandchildren... they all died of reaching the end of their lifespan. In theory, it can be considered a happy funeral.
But Xu Jingming felt as if the whole world was pressing on his heart.
"I am the only one left."
Xu Jingming sat on the steps, drinking wine. "Although I have seen the future and the present scene many times before, it is still very painful when it really comes."
My heart felt as if it was being cut by a knife all the time. The pain was unbearable and the pain spread to every part of my body.
Xu Jingming knew very well that this was purely the pain in his heart that affected his body.
"Jingming." A voice sounded, and the thin dean appeared in the cemetery.
"Dean." Xu Jingming looked up at the dean.
"You have been in this cemetery for a hundred years," said the dean.
"Has it been a hundred years?" Xu Jingming whispered, "I have been reminiscing about the days I spent with my parents, and the good memories I had with my wife and daughter. Unconsciously, a hundred years have passed."
The dean looked at the cemeteries and said, "We all have to get used to it! Every high-dimensional life that comes from a low-dimensional life has to get used to loneliness."
"Habit?" Xu Jingming looked at the graves.
"Yes , it's a habit."
The dean said, "We can never forget the most important people in our lives. The pain of losing them will always torment us, but over time, we will get used to this pain."
"This pain is also forcing us, forcing us to work harder to become stronger. Because only when we are strong enough can we revive the most important people we have lost from the past time and space." said the dean.
Xu Jingming nodded.
"You shouldn't keep indulging in it." The dean said, and then disappeared .
Xu Jingming sat on the steps without moving, drinking silently and looking at the tombstones.
…
In the territory of Nanting 3609, the Lord of Emperor Dragon Island has always been paying close attention to Xu Jingming, because he knows that even his master has begun to get involved.
"This Wu Ming is too talented and grows too fast! Therefore, he can help his relatives of low-dimensional life to live for 100,000 years. But because of this, they have deep feelings for each other." The Lord of Emperor Dragon Island saw through the cause and effect and saw that Xu Jingming was still in the cemetery. "His relatives left one by one, but he was still immersed in the beautiful memories."
“When I saw him, I felt like I saw my master.”
"Master is the same, he has a deep bond with his family. After reaching the third realm, he resurrected his family, allowing them to have eternal life."
"At first the days were beautiful, and we had a wonderful time, but what was the result? The hearts and minds of those relatives were ordinary, and in the face of a long time, their hearts eventually became corrupted and twisted. In the end, it brought even greater sorrow to Master."
The Emperor Dragon Island Master looked at Xu Jingming in the cemetery and said, "This Wu Ming has an extraordinary talent. He may be able to reach the third realm in the future! But what if he does? He will follow the old path of his master and will also face the days when his family members' hearts become corrupt and twisted."
"The more you value love, the more you will be hurt by it." The Lord of Emperor Dragon Island said silently.
…
Xu Jingming didn't know how long he had been in the cemetery. He only knew that the dean, the tower master, the island master, Chi Meng, Meng Tian and others had been there. Xu Jingming knew very well what he was doing, but he didn't want to stop.
He was immersed in many beautiful memories, which were the most precious memories in his life.
"Um?"
Xu Jingming raised his head and poured the wine jug in his hand, but there was no more drop of wine.
"Have you finished drinking?" Xu Jingming stood up. "Now that you've finished drinking, it's time to leave."
Xu Jingming looked at the names on the tombstones, as if he was looking at familiar figures.
"After losing you, I feel even more how much you mean to me."
As Xu Jingming took a step, his figure became blurred and entered the realm of mind, leaving the scope of the universe.
In a chaotic mind.
Xu Jingming's eyes were dark, with too much anger, sadness, unwillingness and longing in his heart. A spiritual spear appeared in his hand.
“Wow——”
This shot was silent, but it turned into endless darkness, covering everything and penetrating everything.
Darkness covers everything and there is no hope.
The fourth style of "Golden Sword" - Night!
It was as if he was in a long dark night, which was extremely long and extremely torturous. Xu Jingming was firmly waiting for the moment of 'dawn'.
"I am in the Dao realm! I am in the Dao realm!"
“You are my way!”
Xu Jingming whispered softly. Even though he knew it was difficult to reach the third realm, Xu Jingming did not waver at all at this moment.
It was not until this moment that Xu Jingming completely completed "practicing my way".
Only after my Dao Realm has been completely broken through, will I be qualified to begin to comprehend the last realm of the Eight Directions Diagram - the Realm of Great Freedom!
"Great freedom? Great freedom?"
"How can I be so free?" Xu Jingming laughed at himself. He took a step and disappeared into the world of his mind.
