Chapter 893 - 346: Eternal Guest
A dim and desolate planet.
As the isolated star fixed at the end of this Small Thousand World, Ying Huo has always been the brightest in the night sky, heralding disaster and calamity.
The day Fan Wubing was born, it burned to the extreme, announcing the arrival of "calamity."
Afterward, it swiftly extinguished.
Ying Huo did not follow the Circulation Dao, making orbital rotations around the center of the Small Thousand World. It’s embedded in this space, without satellite, without orbit, the most "solitary" star in this world.
Si Jiuyou walks ahead, her Dao surrounding her unaffected by Ying Huo’s colossal mass.
"Heaven once used Ying Huo to create True Demon Runes, needing it to face the obsessions of all beings. This obsession fostered its independent consciousness. But if that’s all, it’s far from sufficient to have it willingly grant you passage. At its core, it’s still the far-reaching influence of the True Dragon Will."
"True Dragon Will?"
Si Jiuyou said, "The Destiny Dao desires to create eternity, essentially trapping everything in the Great Thousand Worlds within a fixed frame. The True Dragon Will is, conversely, about breaking these bounds, continually moving forward..." She pondered, "Perhaps it’s a belief."
"Is there belief in the Great Thousand Worlds too?"
Si Jiuyou chuckled, "’Belief’ is a rather vague term, akin to virtue, integrity, and spirit. Yet, no other word better describes the True Dragon Will than ’belief.’"
She continued, "The True Dragon Will permeates among all beings in this world. Therefore, the obsessions of heaven and earth are inherently infected by the True Dragon Will, which in turn infected Ying Huo."
"So, the True Dragon Will is the genuine, persistent uncertainty factor?"
"Yes. Hence, it poses the greatest obstacle to the road to ultimate eternity, necessitating control, even eradication." Si Jiuyou said, "After your birth, Heaven discovered Ying Huo’s independent will, marking the start of chaos, naturally seeking to assimilate it. Although Ying Huo was no match for Heaven, it didn’t utterly lose resistance, resulting in its will falling to the Mortal World after a bout of struggle."
Fan Wubing completed her thought,
"Then you discovered her."
Si Jiuyou nodded, "As Fu Ming of the Eternal Immortal Sect, I didn’t know her exact situation at the time, only sensed she harbors an aura akin to yours, so I saved her. Then followed your story with her."
Fan Wubing encountered Ying Huo’s will in Wangbei City, Little South Continent, and named her Xianchan.
"No wonder she was so close to me from the start. Yet in the end..." He slightly dropped his gaze, "She still returned to Heaven for my sake."
Si Jiuyou smiled, "So, it’s my turn now. I intervened before Xianchan could be assimilated by Heaven. As Fu Ming of the Eternal Immortal Sect, I can’t defeat Heaven by any means, but merely protecting Xianchan was doable. Simultaneously, I thoroughly severed Heaven’s perception of you."
Fan Wubing nodded,
"Since then, I’ve been a person without fate. However... did you from the Eternal Immortal Sect... cease to exist?"
Si Jiuyou shook her head,
"That’s a part of me, how could I idly watch her demise? After she fulfilled her wish, I united with her."
"Her wish..."
"Was of course to save you." Si Jiuyou smiled with her head lowered, "Though I call it her wish, it’s actually a means I utilized to resolve regrets." She turned back, "Would you blame me?"
"Blame you for what?"
"Blame me for creating her to resolve regrets."
Fan Wubing shook his head, "I don’t blame you. However, I’m curious, what were your regrets?"
Si Jiuyou pondered, smiling, "It’s complex, and hard to articulate. If I must say, it’s that since you once gave everything for me, I too must give everything for you."
"Why?"
"Only then is everything squared off."
"It’s not a debt, why say squared off?" Fan Wubing wasn’t fond of this reasoning. He felt the senior sister believed she owed him, hence her actions.
Si Jiuyou approached him,
"Bend down."
"Why?"
"Just listen to me."
Fan Wubing bent down, then felt a warm, slender hand gently caressing his head.
Si Jiuyou’s voice, inherently sweet, was already on the verge of ruining her image the moment she spoke. With her gentle tone added, it seemed more delicate,
"I’m not squaring off with you; I’m doing so with my past self. I’ve never been able to properly face the letter you left me. It’s loomed like a shadow, lingering in my heart. However, this doesn’t blame you; it’s me being unable to forgive the part of myself that failed to understand you."
"Mm."
"Good boy." Si Jiuyou smiled, helping him stand upright, looking at him now, very satisfied and nodded, "You’ve grown into a remarkable adult. Though in senior sister’s eyes, you’ll always be the junior brother! You must respect senior sister, listen to her words, understand?"
Fan Wubing smiled warmly.
Si Jiuyou turned around, refreshed and said,
"Alright, time to wake the little sleepyhead."
The two ignored the obstruction of this massive solitary star, directly reaching the star’s core.
In the dense space akin to an icy cage, Xianchan hugged her legs, curled up asleep like a frosted kitten. No aura flowed from her, entirely devoid of life. However, she wasn’t truly dead; rather the place where she slumbered was a space-time cut off by Eternal Universe and Cosmic Dao. Everything outside wouldn’t disturb her, and she was unable to sense anything outside.