Cross was hugged by Xue'er and coughed "Aiya! You're dead too?" Xue'er slapped his chest lightly as she said angrily "Do you know how worried I am for you?!" Cross smiled wryly and said "I know." Feng Xue'er sighed and helped him up, Cross stretched out his hand and grabbed Xue'er's breast.
She frowned and said "You still can't see?" Cross replied "Mantra is good, sight is a no go. let's pretend to be a cripple." he waved and a wheelchair appeared. He waved his arms and grabbed the wheelchair before sitting in it, he gave Feng Xue'er a silly smile and she sighed before smiling herself and pushing his wheelchair to Long Chen.
Cross said "Yo! Wake up." he really needed to get the hang of using his mantra as eyes because he was currently talking to Yu Xiaoyun. Long Chen burst out laughing and Cross looked up saying "Ah! The straw bag emperor!"
Yu Xiaoyun almost coughed up blood and shouted "What did you call me!?" Cross said "The straw bag emperor!" then he suddenly sighed and said "This place is cursed, I lost my sight and the straw bag emperor is deaf. Hais..."
Feng Xue'er giggled and said "Alright, silly boy. Let's leave before you get attacked." she rolled him out and Cross said "Are you my sexy nurse?" Xue'er giggled "If you want me to beee~"
The people inside had amused looks on their faces and Yu Qingxuan was blushing.
A while later
Cross was at a table, being fed by Xue'er, he had a big smile and directly didn't use his mantra. Enjoying the sensation of being fed by her, he said "Xuexue, can you take care of me like this everyday?" Feng Xue'er's heart felt sweet and said said "Of course~" before wiping his face with a cloth.
Guo Ran looked at Lily, who paused and snorted saying "Fat chance." before going back to eating. Guo Ran almost started crying as he ate his meal in silence. Cross waved his hand and the gourd in Long Chen's hand flew over.
Long Chen and Yu Xiaoyun already drank 3 bowls but Cross drank from the gourd and crushed more than 3 bowls in one go, stunning everyone. Cross had a red line of blush from his left cheek, over his nose, to the right cheek as he slurred "Heh, this daddy... Hic! This daddy likes this wine~"
Long Chen had a blush as well as he snatched the gourd back and said "Bastard! That's my wine!" Cross giggled and said "Bah! Bah! What's yours is mine, what's mine is mine as well!"
The atmosphere was happy.
A while later
Long Chen, Cross, Yu Qingxuan, Feng Xue'er, and the rest of the Dragon Blood Legion, including Guo Ran, Xia Chen, Lily, and Artemis, disappeared on a teleportation formation.
The entire group appeared in the wilderness. Cross sighed in the wheelchair and said "How many fools will come to die now?" Long Chen chuckled and said "Who knows. Silent Night recognized the Tripod. The Huayan Company said it's the Universe Cauldron, how many people will come... It's hard to tell."
Cross stood up from the Wheelchair and said "Fuck me! Universe Cauldron?! I should've taken it for myself!" Long Chen sneered and said "With just you?" Cross grabbed Guo Ran and said "You want to fight?!" Guo Ran said "Father-in-law, you missed..." Cross grabbed Xia Chen and had a fierce expression, Xia Chen said "Father-in-law, you missed again..."
Cross clicked his tongue and said "Damn! I hate being blind!" Long Chen chuckled and the group boarded a flying boat, vanishing into the sky towards the Corruption Filled Heaven region.
Days later
Cross got used to seeing without eyes and stood at the front of the boat with a black blindfold on. He said to Long Chen "What do you think?" Long Chen said "We don't have a choice." Cross was silent before saying "Inner World?" Long Chen said "Please." Cross walked away and gathered the Dragon Blood Legion, he waved and said "All of you except Guo Ran and Xia Chen, get inside." he didn't give them room to disagree and sucked them in.
Soon it was just Guo Ran, Xia Chen, Long Chen, and Cross on the ship.
Suddenly a ship appeared and a laugh was heard "Hahah! Long Chen, our Longteng Company will get revenge and the Universe Cauldron! What a deal!" Cross clenched his fist and black Qi created an orb over his fist as he said "Abyss swallows the Earth!" before punching out.
The old man put up a barrier with a sneer but Cross' punch went through the barrier and blew up the old man's head like a watermelon, killing him completely. Cross grinned and stole his weapons as he stepped back.
The Ship suddenly sped off into the Heavenly River and disappeared as everyone was stunned. The boat escaped and the strong people in hiding cursed.
The boat sailed forward and Long Chen said seriously "We need to get stronger, if these Hierarchs keep coming for us, one day we'll get swarmed and die." Cross sat down and said "Then we fight to the death." apparently he was fine with dying.
He took out a bunch of precious ores and materials, weapons, boats, cauldrons, armors. everything that had runes and was forged. He took off his Prayer Bead necklace and started forging with his Divine Consciousness.
He melted the things and started molding the liquid with big invisible hands as he imprinted runes with his hands. Guo ran and Xia Chen watched in awe as the black and gold crown appeared over Cross' head and ripped the Heavens down to use it's power.
Aurora was submerged in the liquid and the Impurities were being pushed out and into a bottle, that smelled like death. Guo Ran's eyes sparkled at the bottle. All the impurities were cast away and the necklace was revealed again.
Countless little runes were swimming in all the beads and the Necklace gave off a subtle pressure of a Realm Artifact. Cross put it back on and threw the bottle to Guo Ran, who caught it excitedly. Cross leaned against the ship and sighed, taking out his scythe and caressed the blade.
Suddenly, the boat was blown into the air, the 4 got a good look at a giant mouth in the sea that closed as the boat came back down. Guo Ran said "What the fuck was that?!" Cross said "It was a giant mouth? In the sea? Did it eat the fish or aim at the boat?" Xia Chen said "The fish."
Cross smiled and said "It's a Sky Whale." Guo Ran said "Sky Whale?" Long Chen explained "The Sky Whale is a legendary beast. Nobody has ever seen it's true body before but it's said to be bigger than the entire 9 Heavens."
Guo Ran and Xia Chen were stunned, was that even possible!? Cross smiled and said "They're relatively harmless. Though they might accidentally eat you, they don't meant to." Guo Ran said "That's reassuring...."
The boat continued on for days without an incident, until they came to a vortex. It was the Eye of the Devil that Cross and Long Chen met when they came to the Purple Flame Heaven Region.
Long Chen said "Go towards it!" Xia Chen was stunned and Cross got up to look at the eye, Guo Ran held his shoulder and transmitted his vision with Cross, so he could see.
They went into the Eye of the Devil and floated down to see a mountain of skeletons with a Tree on top. Cross said "Ah... That's what I saw last time." Long Chen asked "You saw this before?" Cross nodded and said "The Tree Demon is what I saw, under the Mountain, I can't see." Long Chen jumped off and went to the Tree Demon before talking to it.
Eventually.
Long Chen freed the Tree Demon, who was unexpectedly an Undead Dragon Tree, part of the Undead Plant race like the Undead Willow Tree and the Magic Eye Water Lily. Technically, this old guy was the same as Die Wu.
Cross looked sad thinking of Die Wu, he hoped she was alright wherever she was. He really wanted to see her again, actually he wanted to see them all again. He grinded his teeth in hatred and looked at the skies, when everything was done he would tear up this hateful sky and create a new one.
Free of Demons, hateful things, under his own iron fist ruling! Whoever doesn't agree, Death!
Long Chen looked down at a giant life crystal and sucked out the life into the Universal Cauldron, 1/3 of the rust came off and was collected by Guo Ran. Long Chen came back with the Tree Demon, Uncle Huai.
Cross smiled and said "Old man." Uncle Huai smiled and said "Magic Eye Water Lily?" Cross smiled and said "My Wife, originally a Flower Spirit. Fortunately, became a 9 colored Water Lily." Uncle Huai was deeply shocked and said "So lucky?!"
Cross just smiled and the boat floated out of the Eye of the Devil.
Suddenly, a ghost ship surfaced from the sea. Cross and Long Chen were excited and the boat chased after the Ghost Ship. The group swung from a loose chain onto the Ghost Ship deck, Cross looked around and said "Treasures!"
they walked forward into the ship and saw a bunch of skeletons dragging a person. Uncle Huai said "Primordial Era Powerhouse!" Long Chen was stunned and said "We gotta save this guy!" he went through the ship and they came to the Ghost Ship core.
Cross touched the core and forcefully took control. Long Chen had Xia Chen drive the Ghost Ship and after 7 days the person, who was identified as a Starry Sky Warrior moved his hand, but nothing more than that.
They came to a dead Sky Whale and traveled for 3 days before landing on it's head. Cross looked at the whale head and the head exploded revealing a core that flew behind the group. they turned around to see the Starry Sky Warrior eating the whale core, then he crushed the whale head and ate that too, then he ripped out the whale spine and made it into a whip before shrinking it to his waist.
Long Chen, Cross, and the others were stunned. The guy looked around before leaving without a word. Long Chen cursed "What a rude fellow!"
They went back to the Ghost Ship and Long Chen started trying to get the cauldron to refine pills. Cross set up a portal to his Inner World on the deck and put up a Time barrier around Yu Qingxuan and Long Chen while they played with the Universe cauldron.
Cross sat on the deck in a chair, next to the Inner World Portal and looked out to the distance, sitting peacefully. Being blind ironically let him see things he didn't see before. What is Life truly about in a world like this?
What is the meaning of life? In an endless battle for strength, what is the meaning of fighting for everything? Just to reach the top? The top of this mountain is inevitably the starting point of another mountain.
The truth was blindness wasn't a curse, the curse was to see the world. If you can't see the next mountain aren't you happy with your own life? What is there to look forward to when the world you know doesn't expand infinitely? Love, peace, happiness, growing old and eventually returning to dust.
Cross suddenly was enlightened! His body glowed white before dimming down, everyone looked at him and felt peaceful. It was very strange. Cross drank from his wine gourd and hummed softly, looking out into the distance.
It wasn't a cultivation enlightenment, but an enlightenment of the temperament and mindset. He felt a lot calmer than before.
In truth, Cross was really tired. He already decided a long time ago that this would be the last world he becomes a God in. After he changes the sky and creates a Peaceful world, he'll retire and manage his sect.
He had big dreams, he wanted his sect to welcome everyone. Beasts, Humans, Spirits, etc. If they wanted to learn, he would teach them.
He sighed to himself and held Xue'er's hand, caressing the back of it softly as he felt himself to be turning into an old man. Feng Xue'er smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder, looking out to the distance with a longing smile, feeling his thoughts.
Stones or I'll tell your mom you're bullying me.
Cross circulated his Heaven Rending Void God Arts constantly, refining his entire being as the days trickled by.
1 and a half months later
Long Chen threw Cross a pill and he ate it right away, not even asking what it was. Cross took off his blindfold and he could see! A miracle! His eyes felt much better. Long Chen's eye also felt slightly better.
They reached land and saw a Monster tide, so they swept past, helping the humans in need. Cross dangled countless strings off the side of the Ship and collected the corpses, sending half to Long Chen.
They got to the shore and got off the boat but they were stopped by a man who shouted "Stop! Who are you!?" Cross smiled and said "It seems our help wasn't appreciated." Xue'er held his arm and giggled. The man glanced at Xue'er and Yu Qingxuan, his eyes flashed with lust and greed.
Cross and Long Chen looked at each other and shook their heads. Sure enough, the man said "I think you're conspiring with the Demons! Arrest them!" the Dragon Blood Warriors behind Long Chen immediately killed all the people with the man.
Cross said "Isn't it nice to live?" Feng Xue'er smiled sweetly and said "Seems like they were in a rush to meet Lucifer." Cross scratched the bridge of her nose and said lovingly "You learn fast, Xuexue." Feng Xue'er scrunched her nose cutely and Cross smiled happily.
A powerful guy appeared as Guo Ran cleaned up the man, Uncle Huai shot and destroyed the powerful guy's body. The guy suddenly went into a wooden totem and cast a tracking mark on the group saying something about a 'Ye family not letting them off' before running away.
Cross scoffed at this and said "Are we going to let them off? This fellow, is his brains shit?" Long Chen rubbed his face and said "Do we have to meet idiots everywhere we go?" he killed the man that was crying on the ground and searched his soul.
Long Chen suddenly said "Heavenly God? Immortal Aristocratic Family?" Cross said "Heavenly God? The Peak??" Long Chen sighed and said "Is it the peak?" looking at Cross with a wry smile, Cross rubbed his nose and said sagely "There's always a higher mountain." before sighing.
Long Chen laughed and interrogated some people around about where this was, learning that they were in the Peaceful River Prefecture. Long Chen left a threat to not fuck with him or the consequences could not be afforded.
Then the group left on the ship, sailing away.
Ain't that the truth? I haven't seen someone who has survived Long Chen's revenge yet!
Anyway.
They left and 3 Hierarch Realm old men came. In short, Cross didn't have to move. Two of the old men were taken care of by Uncle Huai and Long Chen had been fighting the last one, but he pissed himself, kneeled on the ground and begged for his life.
Long Chen disdained to kill him, but Cross wasn't polite. The old man said "I'm willing to be a slave!" Cross waved over and smiled saying "Very well, since you want to be a slave. I will fulfill your wish." his hand glowed black and gold and he slapped the old man's forehead, imprinting the Taichi pattern and enslaving the old man.
The old man stood up without emotion and had a blank expression on his face. Cross washed the old man clean and threw him armor and a heavy sword as he said "Get dressed, carry the sword on your back at all times and stand guard."
The old man did as he was told and stood guard suited in armor with a giant heavy sword on his back. Cross smiled and sat in a chair, looking at the gawking looks. He chuckled and said "What?" The group just shook their heads and the ship continued on.
They came to a city and went to the Huayan Trading Company. Long Chen went to get information and the rest went to rest. Cross went for a walk on the streets with Xue'er. He felt really happy, being with Xue'er at the moment, feeling calm from the depths of his heart.
Actually, he had his Art circulating at all times, he felt that this was the Art for him. It finally fit with his body. He wouldn't go as far to say that it was fate, because he didn't believe in such a thing. It was all bullshit, if he stands there and doesn't resist an attack from a God would fate help him then? Destiny?
Haha. I don't think so. The result would be Cross meat patties, not a heavenly destiny.
As such, he was just happy he got the Art and didn't think about too much else. His Body was constantly being refined, which meant he was in constant pain, but after a month it didn't hurt so much anymore.
Cross walked the streets, holding Feng Xue'er's hand and walking gracefully, bringing her to buy things. He smiled at her graceful figure trying on a bunch of robes but ultimately sticking with the sundress Cross made for her.
Of course, what would a walk be without shopping? Cross and Feng Xue'er bargained with a few old men over things, Cross was so rich he didn't really mind the price but paying less was always a good thing, right?
They circled around the city, not having a single accident which was too goo to be true. Even Xue'er was surprised and happy. Nobody bothered them on their date! She was beyond thrilled actually. Cross smiled and said softly "Xuexue, are you tired?"
Feng Xue'er was startled and asked "What do you mean, hubby?" Cross walked to a restaurant and got a table in a corner, subconsciously releasing a noble and calm aura, making people have a good feeling towards him.
They sat down and Cross finally said "All of this, aren't you tired?" he ordered a few dishes with a smile and Xue'er replied "I don't want to say anything usually..." Cross smiled and held his chin in his palm as he looked into her eyes and said gently "Tell me, love."
Feng Xue'er smiled warmly and said "Well, I am tired... I don't want to speak for the rest but... I just want to rest, the constant push to get stronger takes a toll, you know?" she seemed to finally find an outlet as she gushed her feelings "Every time I watch you fight or are in pain, my heart hurts. I just want to live quietly, away from all the constant fighting. I stomach it because I love you, but truthfully, I don't like fighting. I don't like it at all."
Cross smiled softly as he listened to her complaints. He felt deep guilt in his eyes as he looked at her, she stopped and saw the guilt look in his eyes. She said quickly "Cross... Please don't feel guilty. I know you're doing everything for us. If anything, we should be the ones who are guilty. You get so strong so fast, it's really hard to keep up. I, along with the others, try our best but in the end, we seem unable to help you every time."
Her eyes quickly watered and Cross wiped her tears away as he said "Xue'er, do you know why I fight?" Feng Xue'er said immediately "To survive." Cross shook his head and said "To make a better world for you all."
Xue'er looked up and Cross' eyes were extremely gentle and full of love as he said "I want to make a world where you, our children, our children's children, and so on, don't have to fight and can live in peace. I want to become an unshakable pillar that shelters you all from the rain and protects you all forever."
He sighed and said "It's hard. It's extremely hard. Everyday it's a constant push through rows and rows of corpses and blood." Xue'er's eyes turned red as she said "Cross.." He continued "But I will push, swim, climb, tear, and claw my way forward. Even if I have to crawl, centimeters at a time, I will do it. Even if I have to use my teeth to continue and it takes 100s, 1000s, 1000000s of years I will do it."
He smiled and added "This is my way, my path, my Dao. Unyielding to the Heavens and Unrelenting to any obstacle." he looked at Xue'er and said softly "You, Luna, Jasmine, Ying'er, Jie Yuan, Die Wu, Elise, Luo Ning, Lu Mingxuan, Yuanyuan, Amelia, Lily, Artemis, Hong'er, Zephyr, Pandora, White, Selena, Grey, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Rose, Carl, Buckbeak, Red, Blue, and Levi, are my family. If I have to suffer for you all to have a better life, the price is inconsequential. I can endure any suffering, any pain for you all. You're all my life, each and every one of you is my treasures."
Cross flipped his palm slowly and smiled as a 28 colored rainbow lotus bloomed on his palm, dazzling the other customers. Cross said softly "If I lose even one of you, I don't know what I would do." he shook his head softly and the lotus floated to the roof of the restaurant and spun into beautiful colors, sprinkling down from the sky.
The cultivators were a bit irked but when they felt the sprinkles they lost their disgruntled expressions immediately as they felt calm and happy. The lotus was full of life aura, it was good for cultivators anyway.
Xue'er cried and said "Cross... I..." Cross wiped her eyes and said "I know, my love. It's okay. If I couldn't handle it, I wouldn't dare accept any of you in my heart for fear I wouldn't be able to protect you. I do this willingly because I love you. If I didn't want to, I wouldn't."
Feng Xue'er sniffed and Cross caressed her cheek as he said lovingly "Eat, then we'll go back." she nodded and they had a nice meal before leaving the restaurant. They walked on the streets and Cross walked to a shop.
He smiled at the middle aged woman and said "How much for the bracelet, miss?" the lady smiled and said "100 Immortal Crystals." Cross gave her 100 crystals before taking the rusted bracelet and leaving with Feng Xue'er.
He tapped the bracelet with his knuckles and the bracelet buzzed, the rust fell off and revealed a red jade phoenix bracelet. He put it on Feng Xue'er's wrist and gave her a soft smile. Xue'er smiled beautifully and hugged his arm as they went back to the rest.
Cross kissed Xue'er and sat in a chair, looking at the people passing by on the streets. Xue'er transformed into a golden Phoenix and shrank down, laying in his lap. Cross softly stroked her feathers as he continued refining endlessly, locking it to be on all the time.
Xue'er slowly fell asleep as Cross rubbed her neck and stomach feathers.
A while later
Long Chen and Yu Qingxuan appeared with serious expressions. Cross smiled and said calmly "Yes?" Long Chen said "You're gonna want to come take a look at this." Cross sighed and held Xue'er in his arms softly, so as to not wake her up as he followed the duo to a tree.
He touched the blood and licked it before chuckling darkly with an enraged expression. Long Chen frowned and said "You know?" Cross said angrily "Know." Yu Qingxuan said "What are we going to do??"
Cross took a deep breath and stroked Xue'er's feathers as he said "Get me everything you know on the Dark Elves here." he looked at an old man and said "Can you do that?" the old man nodded and a few minutes later, he handed Cross a jade token.
Cross read the Jade token and grinded his teeth as he put the jade token back in the old man's hands. He gently gave Yu Qingxuan Xue'er and suppressed his rage as he said softly "Please don't wake her, she's very tired." Yu Qingxuan smiled slightly and nodded.
Cross turned around and walked away, clenching his fists in rage. He stepped on the void and disappeared. These fucking Dark Elves were about to get a mouthful from the enraged King!
Stones or I'll commit a war crime and frame Jimmy.
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