Chapter 1631: All Living Beings Beneath Immortality Must Die

In the starry sky of the upper realm's Tiangong Star Chain world cluster, a youth in blue and a girl in a white dress gazed at each other for a long time, wordless.

This scene seemed to have appeared many myriad years ago.

In a distant minor realm of the Northern Plains, beneath East Spirit Mountain of the East Spirit Prefecture, the very first person she ever met in that world was the girl before him now.

They had grown together all the way from their high school days until now.

And now, after parting for several myriad years and meeting again, she had aged immensely, entering the final stage of her life.

Yes,

Her talent and gifts were ordinary; being able to advance to Void Refinement was already a stroke of luck, aided by many fortuitous encounters and the superior environment of the upper realm. To now attempt advancing to Dao Merging — how could that possibly be simple?

Old friends, after all, must eventually face the parting of time.

"Gong Gong Caiyu,"

"It's been a long time."

Jiang Ding said softly.

"Mm, Young Master."

Gong Gong Caiyu's little face flushed red as she nodded vigorously.

She chattered away, sharing with the Great Sun Sword Lord many of the things she had seen and heard over the years.

How she had come to the upper realm, how upon arriving she had nearly been scared to death by the Sun Bone Heavenly Being, then how she went to the Great Sun Heavenly Palace, where she saw many unruly sword cultivators, as well as that Glory Divine Lord and Azure Light Divine Lord who stole your money by usurping the nest of the magpie…

Things only got a little better after the Thread-Pulling Heavenly Being died; her fief increased to three world clusters, and the speed at which she accumulated wealth rose dramatically.

"Oh right, this."

"Young Master, your spirit stones — the spirit stones accumulated over thirty thousand years are only this much; originally there could have been even more…"

Gong Gong Caiyu took a ring shimmering with spiritual light from her bosom, held it in both hands, and presented it to the Great Sun Sword Lord.

This was a super-large spatial storage treasure she had requested from the Great Sun Heavenly Palace, and all the wealth she had accumulated for the Great Sun Sword Lord over the years was stored within it.

Because many people said one would encounter the Great Sun Sword Lord in the Tiangong Star Chain world cluster.

So she had come, wanting to deliver this personally into the Great Sun Sword Lord's hands, so that his Dao path in the future could advance a step further, could draw a tiny bit closer to a True Immortal.

She was very weak, so she had also made many preparations: if she died, this ring from the Great Sun Heavenly Palace — a treasure of near-immortal grade — would not be seized by people from the Immortal Artifact Sect or the Thunder Yang Heavenly Sword Realm, but would vanish on the spot, remaining at the place of her death until the Great Sun Sword Lord appeared in this world cluster.

At that time, the Great Sun Sword Lord would know that his money was here.

Fortunately, she was very lucky, surviving the battlefield and waiting all along until the Great Sun Sword Lord arrived here.

At this moment, she felt utterly at peace, with no worries at all.

It had been like this since many years ago.

As long as she was near him, there was nothing to worry about,

Danger never appeared, and no enemies ever showed up nearby.

"My spirit stones…"

Jiang Ding was somewhat dazed, unable to comprehend.

"That's right, Young Master."

"These are your spirit stones."

Gong Gong Caiyu pushed both hands against his chest.

Jiang Ding fell silent.

After a long while, his hand gently picked up the ring from the girl's palm, and under her hopeful gaze, his divine sense surged into it to inspect what lay within.

In an instant, Jiang Ding's pupils contracted.

Treasures!

So many treasures!

Words like "piled up like mountains" and "treasure light spilling in all directions" need not even be spoken — they are wholly insufficient to describe even a hundred-millionth of it.

This was the wealth of three world clusters over several myriad years!

From first-tier to eighth-tier Heavenly Being grade, all manner of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, spirit stones — everything one could want — could be found here. One could even say it exceeded the lifetime wealth of ten Heavenly Beings; after all, Heavenly Beings who possessed an entire world cluster were few even in the upper realm, and the annual cultivation expenses of a Heavenly Being were astronomical — it was impossible to hoard all one's wealth without spending any.

And here,

The tax revenues of three world clusters over several myriad years were all contained within!

One could say this wealth could effortlessly create several Heavenly Beings outright!

If one took the Immortal Sect as the baseline unit, how many times the wealth of the Immortal Sect's national treasury did this represent?

At least sixty times!

Within this one small ring lay wealth equal to sixty times the Immortal Sect's national treasury!

Although the Immortal Sect was a young Heavenly Being-grade power with not much accumulated wealth, and although the Ancient God Domain did not seem particularly rich, this sum was still far too astonishing — especially for an individual cultivator.

"Thank you."

Jiang Ding's feelings were somewhat complicated.

"Mm!"

"Actually, this is the wealth you've accumulated yourself, Young Master! Saved up over several myriad years, naturally it'd be a bit more than usual."

Gong Gong Caiyu smiled smugly, like a fox.

She was very happy; she had been looking forward to this day for a long time, and now it had finally come true.

"But I also have a gift to give you."

"Gong Gong Caiyu."

Jiang Ding rummaged through the storage ring and found a Heavenly Being-grade spirit fruit called the Dao Realm Fruit, an eighth-tier rare treasure that could grant a cultivator an acquired constitution similar to a Dao Body, bringing tremendous benefits to cultivation.

An eighth-tier rare treasure.

For disciples of the Taiyi Qingmu Xianzong's lineage, such a thing was incomparably precious, yet now to him it did not seem particularly precious — it appeared in the daily tax revenues, though only once every several myriad years.

In the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm's sword-son training plan, this was originally meant for the sword son to bestow upon subordinates.

However, just as he

was about to hand this spiritual fruit over, Jiang Ding's hand paused.

"Young Master,"

"I cannot accept it."

Gong Gong Caiyu was very happy, gave a soft sigh, but did not accept.

This was extremely abnormal.

Because in the past, no matter what the Great Sun Sword Lord gave her, no matter how precious, she would accept it immediately and not feel any embarrassment about it.

"I am already far too aged."

"I likely can no longer continue to accompany you."

"This spiritual fruit, I can no longer refine and absorb."

Gong Gong Caiyu said, revealing a lovely smile.

She did not wish her final impression in the other's eyes to be a frowning, bitter face; it ought to be one of constant optimism, forever cheerful.

Jiang Ding was silent.

With his divine sense and sword intent rivaling those of a Celestial Being, how could he possibly not know these things?

It was merely that, subconsciously, he did not wish to bid farewell to the first old acquaintance he had met in this other world.

In this other world's realm, she alone should have been the kindest to him.

Even after losing her power, she still seemed someone one could rely on; in this cold Xian Dao Shi Gao Jie, such a woman actually existed.

Although, the Great Sun Sword Lord who had lost her power was already dead.

"Therefore,"

"are you about to enter reincarnation?"

Jiang Ding's eyes grew faintly moist as he raised his head to look at the sky.

All living beings have an end to their lifespan.

So long as one does not become an immortal, all living beings have an endpoint to their lifespan; even an omnipotent True Immortal cannot change this.

Parting is inevitable in the end.

"No."

"I will not enter reincarnation now."

Gong Gong Caiyu smiled mischievously.

To be able to make the Great Sun Sword Son — who between realms had always been mad and bloodthirsty, slaughtering without end, hated by gods and loathed by ghosts — weep for her, even if only for an instant, forgotten forever afterward.

As a woman, that single instant was eternity.