Li Xiang and his daughter were traveling through the endless sea of stars. Most of the islands were empty, and there were only strange creatures and bloodthirsty xenogeneics lurking around.
As the war on the seven continents spread out, more and more disasters were sent to the seven continents. The sea of stars became an area that no one cared about.
The deeper they went, the scarier the sea of stars became. At the same time, there were fewer creatures that could survive in these places.
The environment was getting worse, and the aura of living creatures was decreasing. This was what Li Xiang felt the most.
If it were not for the gift from the Spider Queen, Xin Yi would not have been able to walk freely in such a harsh environment. Even so, the sudden and terrible weather still made her suffer.
And just like that, she welcomed her second birthday.
Li Xiang fed her some snacks and gave her a break. She did not have to continue learning or fighting today.
The little girl cheered, running around and playing on the uninhabited island they were resting on. She was like a prehistoric beast that was wreaking havoc everywhere.
Li Xiang sat by the campfire and cultivated quietly. He felt the threshold of Level-8 and the points to increase his strength.
Players needed to break through their limits every time they leveled up. The corresponding profession evolution had its own requirements. For Assassins, they needed to continuously learn the assassination techniques in the Assassination Tattoo until they reached the stage of mastery.
Mages, on the other hand, needed to continuously perfect the magic rune.
Li Xiang's Occult Magic Rune had evolved from an Advanced Rune to a Legendary Rune when he reached Level-7. The combination of machinery and Occult made Li Xiang feel like he had seen Lancelot's path in the past.
He had become a Level-9 player because he was a Mage and a Mechanic.
Machinery emphasized logic, precision, structure, and other mathematical, physical, and chemical content. It had extremely high requirements for rationality. Occult, on the other hand, was the opposite. It corresponded to ancient, mysterious, unknown, deduction, and other complex theological content. There was no logic at all.
The two were originally two parallel lines that could not intersect.
However, reality proved that even if they were parallel lines, they would still converge at the end and become a unique fusion.
Adding occult knowledge to machinery would cause some shocking changes.
For example, the mechanical creatures created would begin to have true consciousness. The mechanical weapons and equipment created would be like disasters that could backfire on their owners.
At the same time, some machines could also possess mystical characteristics, which was astonishing.
These were all parts that Li Xiang had been studying. Unfortunately, he did not have any conditions to build machinery in space. He could only rely on the Black-Feathered Falcons to fly some simple parts over and teach his daughter the most basic knowledge of machinery.
Even so, he was still able to experiment with the most basic steam weapons. The steam pistol that Xin Yi used as a toy was a new product that he tried to combine the two.
The power source was steam, but it had intricate and complicated magic patterns. After the steam poured out, it could switch to a mysterious form and launch some unknown attacks.
There were also some interesting settings, such as the Lucky Roulette. Every time an attack was made, it would automatically spin, and the number displayed would be the additional damage dealt. Once the three numbers were the same, it would trigger a lucky effect, multiplying the attack power by ten, and at the same time, adding some attack special effects.
In a sense, this was a Magic Steam Weapon, similar to a Magic Origin Substance Weapon. However, it used the more common Steam Weapon, which had more potential and more people who could use it.
Although the power would vary greatly in the hands of different people, it could allow some people who were not magic users or could not obtain a Magic Origin Substance Weapon to successfully make up for their shortcomings.
He had already sent the blueprints back to the Scarlet Heavy Industries of the New Polar Night. With the ability of those craftsmen, they should be able to create a weakened version of the Magic Steam Weapon very quickly, bringing a ray of hope to the people who were trapped in the chaos of war.
This was the only thing he could do for them.
He knew that in the Seven Continents, his reputation was extremely bad. Every family, no matter which faction it was, despised him, even more so than the level 9 players who were currently stirring up a storm in the Seven Continents.
Other than the New Polar Night Alliance, not many people would have a good impression of him.
In their eyes, Li Xiang had personally destroyed the Great Wall of Disaster, released Bai Lili, and was the main culprit behind the chaos in the Seven Continents.
And his goal was just for a woman.
They did not remember his past achievements. He had once defended the Great Wall of Disaster to the death for them, even dying in battle. Who knew how many soldiers had been sacrificed there, but they never received justice, not even a simple tombstone.
People were forgetful.
But so what?
Li Xiang shook his head and expelled the distracting thoughts from his mind.
In his field of vision, Xin Yi ran back with a gun in his arms and shouted at him breathlessly, "Dad! Dad! There, there … there, there's a very, very long river! "
River?
A very long river?
Li Xiang got up and walked over in confusion. Suddenly, he felt that Xin Yi's body was tainted with a trace of the Eternal Existence's aura.
Although it was weak, it made his hair stand on end!
Li Xinyi, who was still patting her small chest, looked at her father in a daze as he raised Paradise of Ashes. A blue beam of light poured down and enveloped her.
It was warm and scalding. So comfortable.
She opened her hands as if she was taking a bath, allowing the light to baptize her body.
After a while, the weak Eternal Existence's aura was finally expelled. Li Xiang let out a long sigh of relief and asked for the details.
Li Xinyi used both her hands and feet to explain clearly. At the end of the island, one could see a long, colorful river that seemed endless to the north.
The river seemed to have no concept of time. It seemed to be flowing, but it also seemed to be completely still. Through it, one could even see many wonderful mirages.
Li Xinyi was very playful and subconsciously wanted to swim across the sea of stars toward the river. However, after swimming for a while, she could only return unhappily because of her fear of him.
Only then did she realize that she had never really disobeyed her father and was a very obedient person. However, when she saw the river, she actually had the urge to see what it was. She subconsciously jumped into the sea of stars and swam toward it without even realizing it!
Fortunately, Li Xiang had beaten her many times. At the critical moment, she remembered her father's face, and her fear overcame her curiosity, so she returned.
Li Xiang's scalp tingled. He quickly picked her up and did not let the little girl leave him. After extinguishing the bonfire, he went in the direction she said.
Xin Yi had his Origin aura, and her level was equivalent to an Eternal Existence. According to Bai Lili, she was at the level of a player at level 13 or 14. Even a Great Old One like the Spider Queen would find it difficult to bewitch her. That river could easily deceive Xin Yi and taint her with a trace of Eternal Existence's aura. It was very likely that it was the Eternal River he had been looking for for a long time!
The Eternal River was a river that connected the sea of stars to the other side. Bai Lili said that only by crossing it could one reach the other side and see the Eternal Door.
However, after searching in the sea of stars for nearly two years, he found nothing.
Suppressing the restlessness in his heart, Li Xiang came to the edge of the island. Following Xin Yi's finger, he saw the river that was as bright as the stars.
It was colorful, reflecting many scenes he had never seen before. The concept of time and space was blurred.
An ancient and boundless aura spread over, but it was quickly expelled by Li Xiang's Origin aura.
The Paradise of Annihilation in his hand, which symbolized the Darkness Origin, began to tremble slightly and become incomparably active. It was frantically absorbing the ancient aura, and its power was increasing.
Only the purest aura of Eternal existences would be absorbed by this spear as a charge, indicating that this river was the legendary Eternal River.
He watched quietly. The Paradise of Annihilation could only absorb his Origin aura to charge. Now that it had a new source of energy, it was very satisfied.
When it was completely charged, the ancient aura was still floating, affecting the surroundings. It meant that the aura was extremely rich and mottled.
In addition to the top Sanyuan Pillar God, there were countless Eternal Existences with different auras. They all stood at the peak, and people could only look up to them.
Li Xiang felt the aura of an Immemorial Eternal. He was very familiar with this aura. After all, he had almost been killed by it.
The huge yellow silhouette was still vivid in his mind. If an existence of that level were to descend on the Seven Continents, no one would be able to stop it.
As he stood here and truly felt the aura of eternity, he finally understood what Bai Lili had said back then.
We can't defeat those ancient and powerful mysterious existences.
This was not a matter of willpower or strength, but the difference in level and level of existence. It was like a low-dimensional creature in a computer and a high-dimensional creature outside of a computer. There was a difference of a whole level. What could we use to defeat them?
The magic, battle skills, and attack methods you used were just a part of their power and could be taken away at any time. In their eyes, you were just a group of ants who controlled some power.
Li Xiang could feel the Eternal River flowing and moving away. Perhaps if he did not go now, he would never see this river that led to the Gate of Eternity again. Perhaps it was using a higher level of bewitchment to trick him into going down.
But no matter what, for Ming Xu, now that he finally saw the Eternal River, he could only choose to go down.
Xin Yi, who was in his arms, was unusually quiet.
"Summon the black-feathered falcon and let it take you back to the Seven Continents. You can follow Aunty or the other aunties, but don't follow Daddy anymore." Li Xiang patted his daughter's head. Seeing the misty look in her eyes, he smiled gently and comforted her. "Silly girl, Daddy is going to look for Mommy. It's not that I don't want you anymore."
"B-but Xin Yi wants to go too …" She shrunk her head and grabbed Li Xiang's clothes tightly with her small hands. She was reluctant to part with him, but she knew in her heart that she could not enter the Eternal River with her strength.
"Good girl, I've already summoned it. I'll go back today. I'll go down when I receive a reply." Li Xiang looked at the Eternal River. He realized that after his state of mind changed, the speed of its flow seemed to have changed as well.
Was it waiting for him?
Li Xiang hugged Xin Yi and sat at the edge of the island. He quietly looked at the river that alternated between still and moving.
After a few hours, the sleepy Li Xin Yi hugged the black-feathered falcon's neck and soared into the sky. The little girl was sleeping soundly. This was good too. There was less of the feeling of parting, and he did not have to be too sad.
After Xin Yi left, Li Xiang continued to cultivate with his legs crossed. He had already mastered the four states of the Paradise of Annihilation. The blue initial state, the red violent state, the black shadow state, and the white final state.
However, the final state symbolized the pattern of time and space. He was not familiar with it yet, but it gave him a different understanding and concept of time and space. Hence, he could acutely sense that the Eternal River was different and terrifying.
If he did not have a deep understanding of the three laws of time and space, shadow, and void, he would not have dared to enter the Eternal River recklessly. If he was not careful, he would get lost in it and become a part of those mirages.
When the Eternal River appeared, the disastrous aura in the surroundings instantly disappeared. To the beings of the sea of stars, it was a natural disaster that they could not avoid.
When the Crimson Moon sank, Li Xiang saw the black-feathered falcon flying back.
It came from the Jadeite Forest. It was said that the blood of the little fairy dragon flowed in its body. Hence, it was particularly close to Li Xiang and Li Xin Yi. It seemed to have a premonition that it would not have a chance to meet again. It frantically rubbed against Li Xiang's body for a long time before reluctantly leaving.
"I'll leave Xin Yi to you." Li Xiang nodded to it and then walked towards the sea of stars.
The sea was cold.
The sea of stars was composed of an unknown scarlet liquid. Some places were warm, some places were bone-chilling cold, and some places were as hot as boiling water. It was as strange and unknown as the sea of stars itself.
Xin Yi hated these liquids and also hated swimming. She basically only moved around on the island due to her deep-sea phobia. When she wanted to leave the island to wander the sea of stars, she would use a spider web as a means of transportation. Like just now, she directly jumped into the sea of stars and swam. It could be concluded that she was bewitched.
If not for his usual strictness, the little girl would be in big trouble. Thinking of this, Li Xiang decided to let her go.
Xin Yi was now only one step away from becoming a player. After that, she would have the ability to protect herself. Moreover, her uncles and aunts were not to be trifled with. Knowing that Xin Yi had returned, Bai Lili would not just stand by and watch.
It was just that Li Xiang did not want Xin Yi to face Bai Lili who was staring at Ming Xu's face.
He hoped that Xin Yi, who had never seen her mother before, would see the real Ming Xu's face for the first time, and not the grandmother who had taken over her body.
Putting the Paradise of Annihilation back on his back and overlapping it with the Eternal Purgatory, Li Xiang took a deep breath and suddenly dove into the sea of stars. He dived and headed towards the Eternal River.
He did not know how long he had been swimming. The river that was so close seemed to be forever on the other side, and he could not get close.
Just as the strength in his body was about to be exhausted, Li Xiang suddenly woke up. He raised his head and stood up. His body was wet, and his consciousness had become much clearer. He suddenly looked back and found himself standing in the Eternal River!
Countless auras of eternal existences wrapped around him, and he almost got lost in it!
Li Xiang broke out in a cold sweat. He looked around and found that he was standing in an ordinary river.
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