Chapter 369: Past is the Past, But the Future is Infinite
Just then, Tian Yongheng’s gaze slowly swept across the gathered crowd once more.
Then suddenly, his eyes paused on Su Yanlan.
A faint flicker appeared within his pupils.
Interesting.
At this moment, Su Yanlan appeared completely normal.
However, Tian Yongheng could clearly sense something unusual.
Some time ago, he had seen a system notification about how she was beginning to awaken her past life memories.
Now that he had become an Immortal, and a True Immortal at that, he truly could feel karmic fluctuations around her.
An ordinary Vagrant Immortal, even Earth Immortal might not be able to detect them.
Fragmented memories were slowly awakening deep within her soul, not enough to fully restore her past life memories, but the process had already begun.
At this moment, Tian Yongheng recalled her previous identity.
Violet Heavenly Jade Fairy, one of the seventy two successors of Jade Heaven Monastery.
A peak Immortal Sovereign who was on the verge of breaking through to a higher realm, an existence even more terrifying than Zhu Dong, capable of shaking the entire Upper Realm with a stomp of her foot.
Unfortunately, her current cultivation was still too low.
The consciousness of a peak Immortal Sovereign was unimaginably vast; even a single complete memory fragment could crush an ordinary cultivator’s soul.
That was why her recovery process remained so slow.
Unlike Zhu Dong, who had directly descended through possession.
He did that consciously, while Su Yanlan was different.
She had genuinely undergone complete reincarnation with her Essence Soul, and her memories had been erased completely before slowly reforming through the traces left behind within karma and destiny.
At this moment, Su Yanlan seemed to notice Tian Yongheng’s gaze.
She instinctively raised her head, and their eyes briefly met.
For an instant, confusion flashed through her eyes.
What happened to this fellow? Why is he looking at me like that?
Tian Yongheng merely smiled faintly hearing her thoughts before withdrawing his gaze.
The mind reading abilities of Immortals were truly wonderful, but it felt a bit immoral, so he never really used it much.
There was no need to interfere too much with her. When the time came, those memories would naturally awaken.
At this moment, he slowly stood up.
The atmosphere throughout the cave abode instantly became solemn once more.
"The coming years will be important. We may not have much time left."
His calm voice echoed softly.
"From today onward, all cultivation resources within the Eternal Peak will be adjusted. The resources are more than there are cultivators; there shouldn’t be much issues. Everyone must cultivate with full effort."
The expressions of everyone gradually became determined.
No one doubted Tian Yongheng’s judgment.
After all, he was a supreme powerhouse, now a living Immortal who could remain in the Lower Realm without ascending, unbound by the Heavenly Dao, someone capable of producing Immortal Qi in the Mortal World, possessing unfathomable means.
Following such a person, chances of something going wrong were very unlikely.
Soon afterward, the meeting finally concluded.
One figure after another rose from their seats before respectfully bidding farewell and leaving the cave abode.
The atmosphere throughout the Eternal Peak gradually became much more serious than before.
Everyone understood clearly that Tian Yongheng would never summon all of them merely to speak casually.
If even he regarded the future calamity so seriously, then the situation was likely far worse than they imagined.
Within moments, only two people remained inside the cave abode.
Or rather, three if the clone continuously nurturing the Primal Dao Sword nearby was counted.
The clone sat cross-legged in absolute silence while streams of dazzling light continuously flowed from the Dharma Fusion Stone into the sword.
The Primal Dao Sword occasionally emitted low humming sounds.
The scene felt somewhat solemn yet also slightly awkward.
At this moment, Mo Yuxin quietly sat in place, her eyes darting around the cave abode.
Sometimes looking toward Tian Yongheng, then away, then back toward Tian Yongheng.
"..."
"..."
The atmosphere instantly became even more awkward.
Seeing this, Tian Yongheng couldn’t help letting out a soft laugh.
The sound immediately caused Mo Yuxin’s ears to turn slightly red.
With a casual wave of his hand, a cloud condensed nearby and transformed into a comfortable chair.
"Sit properly."
Mo Yuxin immediately glared at him.
"You make it sound like I wasn’t."
Yet despite saying that, she still moved onto the cloud chair.
At this moment, Tian Yongheng sat opposite her, a faint smile still lingering upon his face.
Mo Yuxin couldn’t help becoming slightly distracted.
This version of Tian Yongheng felt unfamiliar, but at the same time, it was strangely comfortable.
The detached, Immortal-like figure from the past always seemed separated from the world by an invisible barrier.
But now, that barrier was gone.
For the first time, he genuinely resembled an ordinary person.
Well, an absurdly handsome ordinary person.
At this thought, Mo Yuxin immediately looked away.
Meanwhile, Tian Yongheng seemed completely unaware of her thoughts.
Or perhaps, he was deliberately pretending not to notice.
The two gradually began chatting.
They did not discuss cultivation, heavenly secrets, or the approaching calamity.
Instead, they talked about all sorts of trivial matters.
Tian Yongheng spoke about some of the interesting things he encountered during his travels.
Including a certain person named Ouyang Chenyao who might be coming here within the next few decades.
Listening to her story, Mo Yuxin felt quite emotional.
At the same time, she was shocked when Tian Yongheng went to the part about the Mortal Transformation Dao Scripture.
"You... is there really anything you can’t do?"
She couldn’t help but ask.
Tian Yongheng just smiled faintly, giving a noncommittal hum.
Then she began speaking about her own experiences.
The Qingyun Sword Sect, the years before the Righteous-Demonic War, the strange people she had encountered, and the countless adventures she experienced while wandering throughout the Mortal World.
After all, although Tian Yongheng’s cultivation far surpassed hers now, Mo Yuxin was actually not just a little older than him; she was already at the Golden Core Realm when they first met.
Her experiences before meeting him were far more colorful than his days of dull secluded cultivation.
Thus, the days quietly passed.
Neither of them seemed particularly concerned about time.
Outside, the Eternal Peak remained as prosperous as ever.
Inside the cave abode, the atmosphere remained unusually peaceful.
For a brief period, it almost felt as though all the storms gathering throughout the Lower Realm had become infinitely distant.
...
Several days later.
Mo Yuxin finally stood up.
She looked at Tian Yongheng.
For a moment, neither spoke.
Then she suddenly smiled.
A smile far brighter than before.
"Then I’ll leave first."
Tian Yongheng nodded, "Alright."
Mo Yuxin hesitated briefly.
Then she turned and walked toward the exit.
Reaching the stone gates, she suddenly paused.
Without looking back, she softly said, "You’ve changed."
Tian Yongheng smiled.
"So have you."
For a moment, silence lingered.
Then, Mo Yuxin finally left.
Her figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
However, the brightness within her eyes never faded.
Some things that once seemed completely impossible for her now no longer felt impossible, at least not entirely.
...
Inside the cave abode, silence returned once more.
The clone continued upgrading the Primal Dao Sword, the sword’s aura steadily growing stronger.
Tian Yongheng quietly sat where he was, a faint smile still lingering on his face.
His gaze slowly drifted upward.
A thought surfacing within his mind.
The past was already the past.
Many regrets could never be changed, many losses could never truly be recovered.
Even with the fragment of the Eternal Dao Record in his possession, some things remained beyond his reach for now.
Perhaps only when he reached that supreme realm capable of changing everything would there be a possibility.
Yet, for now, the future was different.
The future still possessed endless possibilities.
At this moment, Tian Yongheng slowly closed his eyes.
The approaching calamity, the chaotic karma, the gathering Providence, the schemes of Immortals and Gods, all those matters still existed.
None of them had disappeared.
But for the first time in a very long while, he did not feel burdened by them. Instead, a strange sense of peace quietly settled within his Dao Heart.
Then, after a long time, Tian Yongheng softly murmured to himself,
"Eternity..."
A faint smile appeared on his face once more.
Perhaps eternity was not merely witnessing countless ages pass by alone, maybe it was also having things worth carrying into those endless ages.
