Chapter 1097

The first year of the Immortal Calendar was the year when the God Venerable of the Fifth Star Ring fell and the Immortal Venerable rose.

Since then, twelve Immortal Lords have set twelve eras, one era for twelve thousand years, forming a great cycle.

Within each era, it is divided into Dao Beginning, Dao Splendor, Dao Sky, and Dao End.

One Dao for three thousand years, four Daos circulating, forming a small cycle.

And rules were set that for every additional Immortal Lord in the future, the Immortal Calendar would have one more era.

And because the Immortal Venerable practiced all year round, rules were set that whichever era was in the present, that era's Immortal Lord would govern the Fifth Star Ring within the time of that era.

Today is the Nine Shores Era, Dao End year 2999, November.

Only one month away from the next era, the Aurora Era.

And the alternation of each era is a major festival with special significance for the cultivators of the Fifth Star Ring.

Whether it is the Immortal Lord belonging to the next era, or the current one, it is the same.

So as the governing location for the next era, the Aurora Xiangong was decorated with lanterns and streamers, and the overall atmosphere was overflowing with the meaning of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

Everything was ready, and the handover was nearly completed.

As early as many years ago, most of the immortals under the Aurora Immortal Lord were dispersed in the Fifth Star Ring, to assist, gradually taking over all important positions.

Especially the four disciples of the Aurora Immortal Lord, except for the fourth disciple who was arranged to sit in the Xiangong, the other three were all out, going from the command of the Nine Shores Immortal Lord to take over and govern the three major immortal armies.

This is something that happens every time an era alternates.

Now, just waiting for this last month to pass.

The entire Fifth Star Ring will welcome a new era.

The Aurora Immortal Lord will govern the power of the Star Ring in the next twelve thousand years.

It was just that, in this entire Xiangong, everyone was overflowing with longing and beauty, and their emotions were also excited, there were miserable wails, transmitted from the Punishment Thunder Cliff in the eastern part of the Xiangong, spreading in all directions.

The sound was incomparably tragic, heard by many cultivators in the Xiangong.

But most people ignored this, even if someone occasionally raised their head to look in the direction of the Punishment Thunder Cliff, they shook their heads and sighed, and then did not pay attention anymore.

At most, when seeing a young man flying in a hurry toward the Punishment Thunder Cliff, they would not be able to help but ask a few questions jokingly.

"Is the Young Master being punished again?"

"This time, what happened?"

"Zhong Chi, no need to rush over, come come come, tell us a bit."

Facing the inquiries of everyone along the way, the young man named Zhong Chi smiled bitterly and greeted them one by one, but his figure did not stop, heading straight for the Punishment Thunder Cliff.

As he approached, the thunder roared violently, and the wailing sound also grew louder.

Finally, just as the young man was about to step into the restriction of the Punishment Thunder Cliff, the wailing sound stopped suddenly, coming to an abrupt end.

The young man was stunned, walked a few steps quickly, and stepped into the restriction. As the scene in front of him blurred, in the next instant when everything became clear, what reflected in his eyes was the cyan lightning across the sky.

Endless lightning shone in the sky, continuously bombarding a figure hanging in mid-air.

That figure was in rags, disheveled, and his body was entangled by thunder.

Now for some reason, he no longer wailed, but under the endless bombardment of lightning, one could see his body trembling continuously, his breathing rapid, and there were many wounds all over his body, bloody.

The corners of his mouth were also the same.

Seeing that the Young Master still had breath, a look of relief appeared on Zhong Chi's face, and he bowed toward mid-air.

"Young Master... the Hundred Flower Palace has been sealed according to your instructions, and no one will break in during the time you are being punished by thunder."

The thunder continued, and the lightning continued.

The figure hanging in mid-air seemed not to have heard the young man's words, and at this moment lowered his head, eyes closed tightly.

No matter how the lightning bombarded, he did not open his eyes.

Because... in his closed eyes, at this moment, there were confusion and helplessness, as well as trance and other emotions, flowing one after another.

"How come as soon as I appeared, I was being punished?"

The intense pain of being surrounded by thunder, like being whipped, made Xu Qing's heart sink.

He clearly remembered that a few breaths ago, he walked into the gate of the North Sea in the third layer of the world, and as he recited those eight characters in his mouth, in the next instant, he appeared here.

The body was not his own.

Even the soul was not his own.

But the consciousness belonged to him!

Like time travel, and in the next instant... the memory of the host became countless pieces of information, roaring in his consciousness.

After a long while, everything of the host appeared in Xu Qing's perception.

The small person did not deceive him this time.

The host's identity was indeed the only son of the Aurora Immortal Lord.

Here, was the fourth layer of the world.

A piece of history that happened in the past time.

And just as Xu Qing was digesting the host's memory in his consciousness, the lightning that kept whipping in mid-air suddenly stopped.

What stopped was not only the lightning, but also the operation of this sky, and even the void, and even time, all stopped at this instant.

His companion reader Zhong Chi was the same, not moving at all.

Only a figure that appeared from nothing appeared in the sky, appearing in front of Xu Qing who was hanging.

This figure was blurred and could not be seen clearly, but that vast feeling, like heaven's will, like the world, and like the master of this star ring, could suppress everything.

He looked at Xu Qing coldly.

After a long while, he spoke.

"Rebellious son!"

"It's fine if you are licentious on weekdays, creating a Hundred Flower Palace, I also turned a blind eye, allowing you a certain degree of indulgence."

"But you... actually went to provoke the daughter of the Nine Shores Immortal Lord!"

"You cheated the other party's feelings, and cheated the other party's body!"

"That's fine, you comforted her well, and I can count you as having some ability, but you started and abandoned, and did it so decisively!"

"Now the Nine Shores Immortal Lord has brought his daughter and come to me for an explanation!"

Xu Qing was silent. He was very nervous at this moment, and even more incomparably vigilant.

He knew that the person in front of him was exactly that Aurora Immortal Lord.

Worried about being seen through, although this way of returning to the past was guided by the Xiangong, it was in accordance with the rules.

But the Immortal Lord was after all the Immortal Lord!

In addition, he was not sure if the small person was the same as himself, having a host body here.

If there was, then the Aurora Immortal Lord himself was naturally the most suitable choice.

That small person was originally the residual thought of Aurora.

But Xu Qing could not be sure.

Plus he was digesting the host's memory, so he could only be silent about the Aurora Immortal Lord's scolding.

"Now you know to be silent?"

The Aurora Immortal Lord's voice was cold, and subsequently he raised his hand and waved, increasing the power of this thunder, causing the lightning that was static in mid-air to instantly double in size.

After finishing these, he turned around and left this Punishment Thunder Cliff.

The lingering sound came.

"Since you are silent, then repent silently. I have already helped you propose marriage. Your marriage with the daughter of Nine Shores is set for a month later. You have to marry whether you want to or not!"

"And your Hundred Flower Palace, which is full of foul atmosphere, I give you half a month to disperse it!"

"Zhong Chi, although you are a companion reader, this time, you watch him!"

The sound echoed, falling on heaven and earth, causing the static lightning to recover instantly, roaring toward Xu Qing with a more fierce momentum.

Everything around also recovered at this instant, including the young man Zhong Chi.

He took a deep breath, raised his head respectfully, and felt nervous in his heart.

He had not seen the Aurora Immortal Lord.

Because every time the Aurora Immortal Lord appeared, everything around would be static.

And this time, because he mentioned himself, he was perceived.

Although he had been in this fourth layer world for some time, he had verified his identity and knew that the people in this past time would not notice.

But facing the Immortal Lord, he was still instinctively nervous.

As for this Young Master...

It is said that a tiger father has no dog son, but in Zhong Chi's memory, this was not the case for this pair of father and son.

This Young Master clearly had very good cultivation qualifications, but he was obsessed with lust, achieved nothing, and according to the history he knew, this Young Master would die in a month.

With the daughter of the Nine Shores Immortal Lord, on the day of the wedding, before the wedding could even be completed... the entire Aurora Xiangong fell into a catastrophe.

"In a month, it is not just him who dies, but everyone in the Xiangong, all wiped out by the Immortal Venerable..."

"So, I just need to play my role well and complete my Dao here!"

"Also, the identities of others are hidden very deeply. I only have a rough lock now... but as long as they don't hinder me, I don't need to find them."

Thinking of this, Zhong Chi raised his head and looked at the Young Master hanging in mid-air, sighing.

"Young Master, why do you have to do this again... you should just submit."

This sound fell into Xu Qing's ears, as if separated by years, a bit blurred.

At this moment, he had also gradually absorbed the host's memory completely, and the life of this Aurora son made Xu Qing not know how to evaluate it.

It could not be said that he did not practice seriously, nor could it be said that he was a prodigal.

He was over three hundred years old, and his cultivation had reached the Master realm, not far from the quasi-immortal level.

On weekdays, he did things quite well, giving people the feeling of being gentle and elegant, and he had a very good appearance.

Only one point...

That was being sentimental.

If one were to describe it, according to the self-mockery of this Young Master in his memory.

It was that his heart was broken into countless pieces, and each piece fell in love with a different person.

So, his memory was basically a spring palace map.

Xu Qing frowned. After digesting the memory, Zhong Chi's voice also became clear, so he opened his eyes and looked at the young man below.

In the host's memory, there was only one companion reader beside him.

Then the true identity of this young man, Xu Qing had already guessed roughly at this moment; nine times out of ten, it was Li Mengtu.

But he naturally would not reveal it.

Thus, looking at it for only a glance, Xu Qing spoke hoarsely.

"I am a bit tired."

Zhong Chi blinked. He felt that this Young Master in front of him seemed a bit different from the past, but there was one point he was very sure of.

That was in this period of history, there were three people who could not be played.

One was the Immortal Venerable, one was the Immortal Lord, and one was the Young Master.

The Immortal Venerable and the Immortal Lord, needless to say.

"Could it be that it also came?"