Chapter 301: The Following Days - 301
Guang Fu woke up 3 hours after passing out. As his eyes opened, he did not move. He laid face first on the ground.
He was defeated.
'We've lost.' Guang Fu thought to himself.
After all that training and hard work, not only was Yao Mun alive, but Tian Ren was dead. It was as if they went into battle expecting to lose at most 100%, or the worth of Guang Fu, and left after losing 100000%, or the worth of Tian Ren.
Only after silently staring at the ground while the rain fell onto him and around him did Guang Fu get up.
As he looked up into the sky defeated, he could only think of one thing.
"Yao Mun. That masked man. No, the entire beast world. I'm going to kill you all." He said softly.
A moment later, Guang Fu started to move. He quickly made it to the next teleportation array where he met one of the defenders on his side.
"Hey!" He yelled, getting the defenders attention.
"Retreat with me. Now!" He yelled.
"Unless there are direct orders from the higher ups, I will stay here." The man responded.
Guang Fu shook his head, wondering why he even bothered, and continued on. Through the rest of the squares, he didn't say anything and flew through.
Soon, he arrived at the Heaven world base. He sighed to himself as he saw the crowd waiting for good news.
After Tian Ren's declaration, they were hoping for good news.
Guang Fu only stood there as he watched the crowd in front of him. How was he even going to break the news?
Some people in the crowd began to cheer, although they were surprised at his injuries, but a few of the stronger ones sensed the atmosphere around him and looked solemnly.
Yet, even they were not prepared for the next words that came out of Guang Fu's mouth.
"Tian Ren….. Is dead." He said.
It was as if the entire world stopped moving. Some had shocked looks, but some were so shocked that their faces did not even change.
"We need to retreat." Guang Fu said amidst the silence.
Nobody was paying attention.
Guang Fu, at a loss of what to do, flew past the crowd and into the Heaven base. He was still extremely tired and injured. He needed to rest before starting the long journey.
He also needed to regrow his arm and leg, but he would survive for now.
Guang Fu found a room and slept in it. When he woke up, the news had spread across the entire Heaven base.
It had even been transmitted back to the Heaven world and the worlds between. Along with that, the order to retreat to the Heaven world was sent out.
As Guang Fu got up and walked out his door, he was met with a single woman standing in front of him.
"We went to investigate yesterday, and can essentially confirm what you said. However, you need to tell me what happened to my husband immediately." Tian Ren's wife said.
Guang Fu nodded and was about to speak, but was interrupted.
"Not here." She said as she grabbed his arm and flew at a speed he could not comprehend.
He opened his eyes and found himself in a meeting room. Contrary to the last time, every single individual inside was able to rank at the very top of the entire Heaven galaxy in terms of strength.
Without waiting, Guang Fu explained everything as it happened. He also talked about his training with Tian Ren and everything else he could think of.
The room was in a gloomy silence. Only Tian Ren's wife began to speak.
"Before anything else, we need to get the hell out of here. Everyone occupying a square is already back. We will take the flying ship as instructed in the emergency code." She said.
The flying ship was a space shattering realm item that flew in the air. With its size, it could carry a billion people if they were squeezed together and stacked on top of each other.
Luckily, there weren't that many at the base.
Tian Ren's wife disappeared, soon followed by the others in the room, leaving Guang Fu alone.
Guang Fu soon exited as well, albeit many times slower. Before long, the Heaven base had been fully evacuated onto the flying ship. The flying ship was as big as the Heaven base itself.
It soon raised into the air and flew away at a speed equal to those first level space shattering realm cultivators.
After a week and a lot of teleportation arrays, the ship was much more packed than before. Along the way, the ship stopped at another planet and evacuated a lot more people. The world was not fully evacuated, but a lot more trips would start once the current group got back. They would evacuate all of the worlds leading to the final world.
Once the group reached yet another teleportation array, the same exiting procedure was followed. The ship was far too big to enter the array, so they had to individually leave every time. This time, however, the ship would not be following.
The array led to the heaven world. Once they entered, they would be free to go wherever, but most would go to the Heaven sect.
Guang Fu entered the array following the line, but not before Tian Ren's wife handed him a talisman.
"We will reach out to you soon." She said.
Guang Fu nodded and disappeared into the array.
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In the final world, on a flat mountain, a single humanoid creature that seemed like a cloth bag stood.
In front of him was a wooden grave. He had personally made it.
"We had our ups and downs, and even worked together for a while, but it seems our time ends now." Bi Chong said to the grave.
"While I can't say I liked you, I wish we could have battled again. Goodbye forever Tian Ren. Don't worry, I'll be sure to take care of the Heavenborns for you." He said with a chuckle.
Suddenly, a lightning strike shot down and destroyed the grave.
"Hahaha." Bi Chong laughed as he walked away.
Chapter 302: Return - 302
Three years later, a knock was heard on a wooden door. Standing outside of the shack, knocking on the door, was a silver haired woman.
Even after knocking for three minutes straight, she received no answer.
"I know you are in there. I can literally see through these walls." She said in an annoyed tone.
Still, there was no answer.
After another minute of knocking, she decided that was enough.
"Fine then." She said as she backed up two feet.
Then, she kicked down the door, turning it into dust. Inside, she saw a blond haired man with a tired face meditating.
"The sect master has demanded your arrival. Get up so that we can go." She said.
After a moment of silence, the man opened his eyes.
"There is no reason for me to go. There is nothing that I can do there." He said. "Tell your sect master that I kindly refused."
"As if that's an option. The fact that she hasn't sent someone to beat you up for your disobedience is a miracle in itself. Also, it's OUR sect master." She responded.
The man put his hand to his forehead as if he was exhausted from her presence.
"Can I at least hear why I must come back. I already described everything that happened that day."
"I don't know. She said it was beyond my information level." The woman honestly responded. "There's no need for you to stay here in solitude. Do you not want to repay Tian Ren's kindness and sacrifice?"
"Of course I do. But there is nothing to do until I am stronger. I find no point in bothering with the Heaven sect." Guang Fu responded.
The woman let out a heavy and annoyed sigh.
"From what it sounded like to me, they may even give you techniques that can increase your strength. Just get up and come back." The woman said.
"I could practice techniques later. What I need is cultivation." Guang Fu responded.
"We both know that it won't matter if you spend a few hours a day practicing techniques. You are being lazy. Stop feeling sorry for yourself." She said.
"Fine. Fine. You are right. I'm coming." Guang Fu relented.
'I guess I have been doing nothing but feeling sorry for myself and mourning. That needs to be over right now. No more slacking or lazing around in self pity.' Guang Fu thought to himself as he got up.
For the first time since he returned to the Heaven world, his eyes brightened again.
Three years had passed since Tian Ren's death. Just a month ago, the final Heavenborn entered the Heaven world. Now, there was not a single one elsewhere in the entire universe.
A week ago, the Heaven world declared their defeat. Now, the entire Final world was in the grasp of the beast world.
Tian Ren flew behind the woman as they sped to the Heaven sect. Since Tian Ren had died, his wife took up the position of sect master.
"Wait a minute." Guang Fu said. "How did you know that it wouldn't matter if I spent a few hours a day practicing techniques?"
It had been discovered by Guang Fu when he first started training with Tian Ren, but his cultivation speed was no faster when he cultivated 24 hours a day than when he cultivated 18 hours.
At the time, he and Tian Ren assumed that it was some form of compensation for cultivation speed being limited no matter the talent. Naturally, they were right.
"I'm a god rank talent. Back in the nascent soul realm, I experienced it myself." She answered.
"Makes sense." Guang Fu responded as they kept flying.
A while ago, Guang Fu's meridians stopped growing and halted at the immortal 3 rank. It was back when he and Tian Ren were training, but there was no obvious difference.
After a few days of flying, Guang Fu and the silver haired woman arrived at the Heaven sect.
As per usual, they stopped flying at the gate and began to walk. Nowadays, it was seen as disrespectful to Heaven to fly in the Heaven sect.
Despite the rule, it was rumored that Tian Ren was annoyed at his view being impeded and declared such.
Naturally, it had never been confirmed, but the rumor was as old as the rule.
'Not that it matters anymore.' Guang Fu thought.
As they reached the center of the city, Guang Fu was met with a surprise. Underneath the giant eye statue that represented Heaven, a new statue was built.
The statue was as old as the Heavenborn race itself, so it was surprising to see something change around it.
As Guang Fu got closer, he was able to make out its appearance. Below the giant eye, a man sitting on a throne raised his hand high and supported the giant eye, along with the three golden beams.
Naturally, that man was Tian Ren.
"It's fitting isn't it. As the greatest follower of Heaven, it's just right. The whole Heaven sect voted and the decision was unanimous." The woman said as she admired the statue.
"That is the man you are living up to. Good luck." She said with a chuckle.
Guang Fu could tell he was being mocked, but silently followed the woman as he observed the statue.
Behind the statue was the Heaven sect castle, where Tian Ren once lived. Guang Fu followed the woman into it and saw a woman standing near the throne while facing it. Although there was no dust on the throne, it was clear that it had not been sat on in a while.
"So you finally came. I don't know who you think you are, ignoring my talisman, but you are lucky I haven't beaten you up." She said with feigned anger.
"I apologize ma'am." Guang Fu responded.
The woman shook her head and waved her hand.
"Go now. Me and Guang Fu must talk alone." She said to the silver haired woman.
"Of course sect master." She said as she left the castle, closing the doors behind her.
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