"Xiaoyao, is this the reason why you betrayed me?"
"If Your Majesty must think that this is a betrayal, I have nothing to say. However, you should understand who was the first to betray the Immortal World from being the head of all the worlds in the past to its current situation. "
"The current Immortal World is still the head of all the worlds."
"Yes, the Immortal World has been at war for many years, destroying all the worlds and dominating the ruins. Your Majesty, when you ascended the throne, you didn't promise us that. "
Above the ninth heaven, the conversation between the Immortal King Xia Yu and Xiaoyao continued.
For thousands of years, Xia Yu had lived in the Palace of Three Purities. Except for Senior Immortal Xiaoyao, no one had ever had such a long conversation with him. Xia Yu always had unusual patience and tolerance for Xiaoyao. Even today, when Senior Immortal Xiaoyao had unabashedly admitted his betrayal of the Immortal King, this patience was still not exhausted.
Xia Yu looked at Xiaoyao with a complicated look and said, "Xiaoyao, how long have you lived?"
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao said, "Thirteen thousand five hundred years. In the Immortal World, I am relatively young. Thanks to Your Majesty's appreciation, I can have today's achievements, but …"
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Xia Yu.
"Do you know how long I have lived?"
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao pondered for a moment. He had long suspected this question, and at the same time, he also had his own speculation.
"Your Majesty ascended the throne of the Immortal King thirty thousand years ago. If we calculate this …"
"I have lived for one hundred thousand years."
"What?"
Although Senior Immortal Xiaoyao had long suspected the lifespan of the Immortal King Xia Yu, he was surprised to hear the answer from the Immortal King himself.
This was much longer than he expected, and it had already exceeded common sense … Immortals were not really immortal. Generally speaking, the average Immortal, that was, the level of True Immortal, could live for ten thousand years. In Nine Regions, they were the giants of all ages. At the level of Senior Immortal, their lifespan could be extended to twenty thousand years. As for the Immortal King, except for Xia Yu, only a few people in the history of the Immortal World had reached this realm. According to the records of the predecessors, the lifespan of the Immortal King was fifty thousand years. By special means, it could be extended to sixty to seventy thousand years, and it was impossible to live any longer.
Everyone would eventually die. This was the supreme law that encompassed all worlds, and no life form could escape from it. The more one defied the heavens, the heavier the restrictions of the laws would be. If one wanted to prolong their time, they would have to put in a lot of effort. Before Xia Yu, there was once an Immortal King who pursued longevity at all costs, but in the end, he fell on his 75,000th birthday. He used all the resources of the entire Immortal World and gave it his all, but the result was nothing more than extending his lifespan by 5,000 years.
Yet, Xia Yu said that he had lived for a hundred thousand years … Just how much did he have to pay to achieve this? It was simply unimaginable.
No, it wasn't that hard to imagine. The world of immortals had gone from being the supreme ruler of all worlds to a lone island in the middle of ruins. Tens of thousands of immortals had either died in the fires of war or had died due to the changes in the laws of the world when it was in decline. Even the once vast and boundless world of immortals had split into countless fragments … At first, people had thought that this was a natural change in the laws of the world. It was similar to how the people of Nine Regions treated the Age of Chaos. But now it seemed that the Age of Chaos in Nine Regions originated from the plundering of Nine Regions by the Immortal World. The destruction of the Immortal World was clearly the price Xia Yu had to pay for his 100,000 years of life.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of your own selfishness, can you even ignore the Immortal World …"
"Immortal cultivation is for one's own selfishness." Xia Yu said unceremoniously, "Otherwise, what's the purpose of immortal cultivation? Wine, women, avarice, and temper? Power over the world? In that case, why do you need to ascend to the Immortal World? You can be like a fish in water in Nine Regions. The essence of immortal cultivation is to seek longevity. There is great horror between life and death. It is this horror that drives generations of cultivators to explore the immortal path. You should understand this truth. "
"But what's the point of this kind of struggling at death's door?"
Xia Yu said, "You have only lived for ten thousand years, so naturally, you are far from experiencing the wonderful taste of longevity. When you live for one hundred thousand years like me, you can naturally understand the feeling of longevity. Indeed, for the current me, every day I live has to pay an amazing price, but at the same time, I will also get amazing pleasure. Heh, equivalent exchange, this is also the supreme law in the world. "
"… I see. Maybe Your Majesty really has your own reasons. But please forgive me for not agreeing with it. " Senior Immortal Xiaoyao said seriously, "Like I said, I am loyal to the Immortal World, not to Your Majesty the Immortal King. Your Majesty destroyed the Immortal World for his own selfishness … "
Xia Yu said, "So, what if I say I will share longevity with you?"
Xiaoyao was surprised and said, "Share longevity with me? Why? "
As a Senior Immortal in the Immortal World, Xiaoyao knew very well that there were many things that could not be shared by a king. Xia Yu attached so much importance to longevity that he wished he could use all the resources in the world in exchange for the extension of life … How could such a person share longevity with others?
Unless …
The next moment, Xia Yu solved the mystery. It could be said that it was not unexpected.
"Because you are my child." Xia Yu said, "Your mother is a great cultivator, but unfortunately, I can't give her a proper title. That's why I've never told anyone about your identity. However, among my many children, only you have truly inherited my mantle. Like Xia Xiaohe, she is just a fool who used the name of the Immortal King's daughter to act recklessly. Her death is not worth pitying. "
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao found it difficult to calm down. He had thousands of words to say, but he didn't know where to start.
His path in the Immortal World was too smooth. The Immortal King Xia Yu was almost obedient to him. Many people joked that he was the illegitimate son of the Immortal King, which deeply violated his taboo. But unexpectedly, the joking words of the past turned out to be true!
He was really the son of the Immortal King!
"However, even if I'm your child, for you, I'm just a relatively high-level sacrifice … In order to live a long life, you can even ignore the whole Immortal World, let alone a mere son."
"No, you're wrong. Only you, I will not sacrifice in any case. Because you are the key to my longevity. "
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao was shocked again, "Do you want to reincarnate? Just like how you dealt with Xia Xiaohe and the others, you want to use my body to prolong your existence? "
"No, my existence has pretty much come to an end." The Immortal King Xia Yu sighed with desolation, "In the past tens of thousands of years, I have exhausted all my means. The time limit of one hundred thousand years is my limit. Even if I clean up the Nine Regions this time, it will not help me to continue to prolong my life. "
"Then …"
"I have done all this for you. After I die, you will inherit everything from me and become the new me. You should have heard the saying that children are the continuation of their parents' life. "
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao sneered, "I don't want to continue your life. I am me, and I will never become anyone else."
Xia Yu said with desolation, "I have said this sentence of yours seventy thousand years ago."
"…"
"Whether you admit it or not, you are almost a copy of me at that time. Xiaoyao, since you entered the Immortal World, your every move has been under my control. What makes you think that you can really become an independent individual? "
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao was silent. Thinking of the care that the Immortal King had given him in the past years, sweat gradually oozed from his forehead.
"So, including your rebellion, it's actually not unexpected to me. If it were me at that time, I would probably do the same thing. You want to delay time and let that lower realm bastard come back, but do you really think he can change anything? "
"…"
Senior Immortal Xiaoyao had nothing to say. He indeed had high expectations for Wang Lu. However, if all this had fallen into the Immortal King's calculation, then his so-called expectations for Wang Lu were just a pipe dream.
In the silence of Senior Immortal Xiaoyao, the Immortal King suddenly raised his hand, and an invisible wave spread to the distance, silently breaking the connection between the Heavenly Tower of Stellar Peak and the wreckage of the passage between the two worlds.
"Now, he can't come back."
However, at this moment, a playful laughter came in.
"What a pity, you two, I'm back."
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