Chapter 238: Growing Up Means

Shui Yuetian had been quietly enjoying the drama the entire time. She tried to guess what was happening from Yu Xian's and Nora's movements and expressions.

When Yu Xian suddenly walked toward Nora, she practically screamed inside. Her matchmaking efforts had worked!

Yu Xian grabbed Nora's hand and turned to everyone under their surprised gazes. "Sorry, Nora and I need to step away for a bit. We'll be back soon!"

A spatial bubble enveloped Yu Xian and Nora. In the blink of an eye, only the bubble remained where they had been standing, and even that quickly shrank.

The others more or less understood what was going on. Zhang Shou sighed and spread his hands helplessly. "Are we just supposed to stand here like idiots until they come back?"

Shui Yuetian excitedly replied, "There's a snack shop over there. Let's go eat while we wait."

Little Nora's eyes lit up. "Yay! I want something tasty!"

With that, everyone headed toward the nearby snack shop.

***

At the Island Pocket Dimension, Yu Xian looked at Nora, who stood right in front of him, his heart pounding rapidly. With a serious expression, he asked, "Nora, are you really willing to face danger with me, even if it means death?"

Nora stared at him and answered with unwavering determination, "I am!"

This was not a decision she had made on impulse. She had repeatedly searched her heart and confirmed her true feelings before making up her mind. The prophetic dream had merely been a catalyst. What truly drove her to this decision was a desire to face the future with Yu Xian and walk hand in hand with him to create a life without regrets.

Even if it meant death, she refused to repeat the mistake she had made in the dream. She didn't want to end up like that, left behind alone on the Blue Planet, unable to find a home for her soul or a direction for her future.

The moment Nora said, "I am," Yu Xian's already racing heart began pounding even faster. Looking at Nora, he was overwhelmed by emotion and instinctively leaned closer. Nora's cheeks flushed faintly as she slowly closed her eyes and leaned forward to meet him.

The instant they kissed, the Primordial Blood Pact entered Nora. The two embraced, and gradually, Nora merged into Yu Xian. Yu Xian closed his eyes as his silver hair turned platinum-white, while his features became even more refined.

However, the changes to his appearance were superficial. The true transformation took place within him. Although he was a wild vampire, the source of his existence was Nora's mutated blood. Whether he admitted it or not, on a conceptual or mystical level, Nora was the source of his supernatural power. Certain conceptual or rule-based abilities could even use Nora as a medium to directly affect him.

But things were different now. Yu Xian and Nora had become a single unified existence. Even on a conceptual level, the two of them had formed an unbreakable alliance. Anyone who tried to target Yu Xian through Nora would have to face the counterattack of the entire Primordial Blood Pact system.

At this moment, Yu Xian and Nora were both in an extraordinarily wondrous mental state. It was as though their minds had synchronized to the same frequency. There were no barriers between their thoughts, and each could clearly feel the other's love.

Scenes from the past flowed through their shared mental world. Hand in hand, they walked along the river of memories, as though they had returned to every morning they had gone to school together. The sunlight was bright, their joy at seeing each other was genuine, and their feelings were mutual. Their happiness needed no words.

In this wondrous state, Yu Xian and Nora's strength began to rise slowly.

126... 127... 129...

0.02... 0.1... 0.9... 1...

130... 133... 145...

1... 10... 20... 50...

The increase in Yu Xian's Power wasn't dramatic, mainly because he was already extremely powerful to begin with. The astonishing part was the rise in Nora's strength. Because of the mental resonance between them, her strength increased at an incredible rate, directly breaking through to the equivalent of half the Power of a Star-rank powerhouse.

This was somewhat similar to dual cultivation. Without a doubt, Yu Xian was the finest possible cultivation cauldron. Nora's mental energy was weak, so under Yu Xian's "nourishment," it was only natural that she would make enormous progress.

Eternal Purity, who stood nearby, was the sole witness to this scene. As she looked at Yu Xian, who radiated a faint golden glow, she suddenly understood the significance behind why she and Yu Xian, separated by countless stretches of space and time, had ultimately met.

Eternal Purity also understood that Eternal Bliss had never truly been her enemy, even though Eternal Bliss had regarded her as a mortal enemy and wanted nothing more than to kill her. She should never have regarded Eternal Bliss as an enemy, because Eternal Bliss had never been her enemy at all, but rather her beloved.

A gratified smile appeared on her face. "So, that's how it is. This is how my fate became intertwined with Yu Xian's. We will both grow stronger because of love and, because of love, become invincible."

Kindness was only the outward expression. At its true core was love.

Right now, she was invincible, while Yu Xian still had a long road ahead of him. But she believed that one day, Yu Xian too would become invincible—not merely unbeatable, but truly invincible.

She closed her eyes, and an indescribable aura began emanating from her. In truth, she possessed many offensive abilities. She had simply never used them. But now, she discarded them all. As she herself had realized, she no longer had any enemies. Naturally, there was no need for any means of attack.

Eternal Purity slowly opened her eyes and gave Yu Xian one final, lingering look. "Goodbye, Yu Xian."

She transformed all the power she had discarded into a point of light and sent it into Yu Xian's chest. Then she turned around and quietly left.

The period where her fate intersected with Yu Xian's had ended. She was now going to find her beloved and stop him from indiscriminately killing the innocent, and she would not be coming back. All gatherings had to eventually end. She and Yu Xian had met and come to know each other, and now was the time for them to part.

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Yu Xian slowly opened his eyes. His Power had now risen to 300. He could feel tremendous power surging through him. This power had come about in an extraordinarily mysterious way. He had not absorbed it from the outside world; it had been born from the love between him and Nora.

Yu Xian examined his condition. "Could this be the secret behind Mind-System cultivation methods? Did Nora and I somehow stumble into some kind of Mind-System state?"

Instinctively, he wanted to ask Eternal Purity, but immediately realized that she was gone. Yu Xian searched his surroundings. She had always been by his side. An indescribable sense of panic welled up within him, and he immediately began shouting, "Auntie! Auntie, where are you? Auntie..."

Over the past year or so, he had grown accustomed to Eternal Purity's company and come to regard her as family, an elder, and a friend. Whenever he encountered a problem, he would also seek her advice because he believed she would never harm him. Her sudden disappearance left his heart pounding with unease. He rushed through his spatial bubbles, traveling through countless cities and planets as he searched every place he could think of. In the end, he had no choice but to admit that Eternal Purity was truly gone.

Perhaps once a lion cub grows up, it must eventually walk its own path alone. Fortunately, he already had a pride of his own by his side.

Yu Xian dropped down onto the beach and watched the tide rise and fall. Filled with a lingering sense of loss, he looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh. Since things had already come to this, he would return to Crescent Bay first.