Chapter 558: A Child Wants to Care, But His Parents Are Gone

【You spent a bit of time familiarizing yourself with the new Divine Abilities expanded by "Drawing Inferences."】

【"Now I truly don't lack Divine Abilities to use."】

【To say you lack them is still true, but what you lack are Heavenly Fiend Divine Abilities.】

【But the Heavenly Fiend Divine Abilities number half that of the Earth Fiend Divine Abilities, only thirty-six in total.】

【With "Drawing Inferences," comprehending just a few should be about enough.】

【For normal cultivators, no one cultivates with the goal of mastering every single Divine Ability, because the more Divine Abilities one masters, the harder it becomes to comprehend new ones, and eventually one's lifespan simply can't keep up.】

【Comprehending a few Divine Abilities suited for one's own use, and deriving several Divine Arts from each, is plenty to get by.】

【If one were a Late Stage of the Transcendent Realm cultivator, one would only need to select one of the Heavenly Fiend Divine Abilities one has already mastered for deep mastery, thereby advancing it into one's own law, which opens the door to the Rule Mastery realm, namely the rank of Immortal Lord.】

【Therefore, normally speaking, cultivators have limited lifespans and would not keep comprehending Divine Abilities endlessly after entering the Extreme Terrain Realm; holding as many Divine Abilities as you do makes you the minority.】

【That year, a blue planet that haunted one's dreams finally appeared in view beyond the cabin window.】

【Your gaze pierced through the cabin glass, looking at Earth, your heart filled with mixed emotions.】

【At this moment, every speculation was confirmed.】

【"I've come home..."】

【One month later.】

【Huaxia, Linjiang Province, Haitian City, a cemetery in the suburbs.】

【"Welcome to Haitian Seventh Public Cemetery. Civilized grave-sweeping is everyone's responsibility. Feudal superstition must not be taken up. Should you have needs, we provide one-stop services including online spirit money burning, three-dimensional firecracker sound effects, holographic spirit money, cyber psychic mediums, professional suona bands, and more..."】

【You stood inside the cemetery, looking at the neat rows of holographic tombstones ahead.】

【Even though a full month had passed since arriving on Earth, you were still somewhat unaccustomed to today's high-tech society.】

【It was now the year 2176 AD, exactly 150 years since you transmigrated from Earth to the Void Realm, and you were now precisely 150 years old.】

【Humanity's technological level had leapt forward by a huge margin, and society's appearance had undergone great changes as well.】

【Technologies that previously existed only in laboratories or in theory were now applied to daily life.】

【Although average lifespan had risen by a great deal, your parents had not held on until one hundred and fifty years later.】

【You had come today to sweep their graves.】

【To determine the location of their tombs, you had spent no small amount of effort.】

【One hundred and fifty years, seas turned to mulberry fields; the Haitian City where you grew up could no longer be found in a single familiar place, all of it had changed beyond recognition.】

【"Dad, Mom, I've come home..."】

【You knelt before the two elders' holographic tombstones and bowed deeply in salute. Free funeral music played around you, then prompted you that continuing the musical accompaniment required purchasing a membership service.】

【The snow-maple trees in the cemetery shed yellowing leaves that landed on your shoulders, as though your parents were caressing their wandering son returned home.】

【The tree wishes to be still but the wind will not stop; the pain of wanting to care for one's parents before it is too late pierced deep into your heart in this moment.】

【The most terrifying thing was not knowing you could never go home.】

【Rather, it was having returned, with all your loved ones gone, with no one left in the world who still remembered you, and no one to leave that guiding lamp lit for you at home.】

【Over the past month, you had confirmed a few things.】

【First, Earth did have Immortal Qi, but it was extremely thin, insufficient to support your cultivation as a cultivator of the Transcendent Realm.】

【Even if you used "Ominous in Old Age" to remodel the terrain and create a spiritual vein, it could only slightly improve the situation; after all, the foundation was simply too thin.】

【Second, Earth did have cultivators.】

【They hid very deeply, with no obvious sect organizations discovered for the time being. Each cultivator had their own normal social identity, such as merchant, singer, scientist, and the like.】

【These cultivators' realms were very low, at most only the Qi Transformation realm.】

【In the Real Realm, one could cultivate without Immortal Qi, but one could at most reach the Innate Martial Artist realm.】

【Given Earth's thin Immortal Qi, it was not surprising that some people with good aptitude could reach the Qi Transformation realm.】

【Third, you still had living kin.】

【One hundred and fifty years ago, after your disappearance, your parents, to ease the pain of losing a son, gave birth to a younger brother for you.】

【This younger brother of yours was now already one hundred and forty years old, lying in a hospital's intensive care ward, unable to care for himself and liable to pass away at any moment.】

【Your brother's family was very large, with flourishing branches and leaves, containing many industry elites and even major entrepreneurs.】

【Among them there were also cultivators.】

【You felt you could start from these relatives and investigate Earth's cultivator circles, to see whether there was any possibility of finding clues to a channel, and thereby leave Earth, to return to the core Starry Domains of the Celestial River local galaxy.】

【Earth was too remote; for a cultivator, it was simply a wasteland, and you would not linger here for long.】

【"May I ask who you are?"】

【Someone came to the grave, saw you mourning here, and stepped forward to ask.】

【You turned to look at the newcomers; there were quite a few people, a whole surging crowd.】

【You had already investigated all these people's identities clearly; they were all relatives descended from your younger brother's line.】

【The middle-aged man in the black suit leading them was your younger brother's grandson's grandson, Chen Dyson.】

【The year Chen Dyson was born, the Dyson Sphere Project led by Huaxia officially announced the start of construction, so he was given this name.】

【That year, there were many other Dysons.】

【"I... should count as a distant relative of yours, I suppose. My name is Chen Dong."】

【Judging by appearance alone right now, you were much younger than Chen Dyson.】

【Chen Dyson shook hands with you.】

【"Chen Dong, is it? My father didn't really mention you while he was alive."】

【"The family has many relatives; it's only normal he didn't mention it."】

【"Since you've come today, then join us in honoring our ancestors. This also counts as our old Chen family's tradition."】

【"I have already paid my respects. I'll leave first."】

【You tightened your windbreaker and departed alone.】

【Chen Dyson and the others watched your retreating figure, and there seemed to be some doubts in their hearts.】

"I still have a younger brother?"

【Chen Yi raised his head and gazed at the starry sky.】

In the past, he had not felt much longing for his parents on Earth. This was not because he was heartless or slow-witted.

Rather, it was because he had believed the Void Spirit had grasped this chance. Compared to distant kin on a hometown that distant, abandoning the fetters of duty was the right decision.

Like a dead man, what meaning was there in longing for the living?

But now, he knew he actually still had a chance to return to Earth.

Chen Yi's state of mind inevitably underwent subtle changes.

"I transmigrated over twenty years ago; my parents should both still be alive now. If I'm lucky, it's not impossible that I could see the two elders one last time before they pass..."

Cultivators emphasized severing the mortal world, so that one's thoughts could flow unobstructed and one would not be entangled by latent inner demons.

The abrupt occurrence of transmigration had left Chen Yi no time to sever it, and now this had provided an opportunity.

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