Chapter 2147: Returning Once More to the Northern Origin Minor Realm

When the two Supreme Ones stood with their robes neatly arranged within the Sea of Realms, a gate materialized in the sky.

A youth in green robes stepped out from it.

Behind him, a girl with an apple-shaped face followed in his footsteps, having lost the terrifying demeanor that had ruled the Fallen Immortal Realm for hundreds of thousands of years and made countless Supreme Ones tremble; she looked more like an innocent mortal girl, inexperienced in the world and very easy to bully.

"Pure Yang, long time no see."

The Sun Supreme One gave an awkward smile.

He had thought the Supreme Sword Immortal of the Great Sun was here to demand accountability, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

In fact, it was not so; it was simply a reunion of old friends.

"Long time no see, two Daoist friends."

"It seems you have been doing well."

Jiang Ding said with a smile.

He broadly inspected the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm and gained a clear understanding.

So many years had passed, and the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm had developed very well; after the passing of the Yang Bone Supreme One, a new Supreme One was born in the Pure Yang lineage, and after years of trial and error, the Yin-Yang lineage finally produced a new Supreme One; now the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm could be said to have four Supreme Ones in one school, extremely illustrious.

As for the other Immortal Sects and Immortal-like Clans, they too had developed quite well.

The newly ascended Heavenly Beast Supreme One, Dan Tian Supreme One, and Heavenly Sword Supreme One whom the previous Jiang Ding had met had already died, and a new generation of Supreme Ones had grown up again; the cycle of the mortal world was uncertain, and the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm he was familiar with in the past now showed almost no trace.

Life born in this era had already forgotten many things.

Jiang Ding no longer had the intention to summon these Immortal Sect and Immortal-like Clan Supreme Ones.

These Supreme Ones could no longer intersect with him; the affection accumulated over past years had been completely exhausted, and there was no need to meet again.

"Doing alright."

The Sun Supreme One scratched his head.

The few of them chatted for a while, discussing the Dao path and future trends in Immortal Dao development, then went together to pay respects to the previous Great Yin Supreme One, Great Sun Supreme One, and Yang Bone Supreme One, as well as many ancestors of the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm, lingering especially long before the spirit tablets of the Pure Yang Ancestor, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and Great Yin-Great Sun Ancestor.

"Two of you, see you next time."

Afterwards, Jiang Ding waved goodbye to these two old friends.

They discussed no politics, no military or combat matters; it was simply old friends catching up.

Jiang Ding and Gong Gong Caiyu left the Great Yin-Yang Sword Realm and appeared before the Upper Domain Great Dream Sword Domain.

A barrier appeared before Jiang Ding, blocking his path; the surrounding space thus twisted and fluctuated, numerous rules flickered and vanished, as if great danger lurked.

Gong Gong Caiyu held her breath.

The Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm was extremely special; within it lay something called the Heaven-Earth Barrier!

If a Supreme One of the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm wished to enter the Upper Domain, Middle Domain, or Lower Domain, they would inevitably pay a heavy price; for many years, no Supreme One had ever been exempted; this was an extremely special Heaven-Earth rule.

Now,

could the Sword Immortal be exempted from such Heaven-Earth laws?

Jiang Ding silently gazed at this realm of heaven and earth, at the barrier before him.

He sensed a faint, elusive aura of danger, extremely subtle yet truly present.

"A secret,"

"There must be a secret here..."

Jiang Ding murmured to himself.

In his youth, he believed such barriers were naturally formed by the Great Thousand World, which contained all kinds of wonders.

But now, he saw a trace of artificial intervention.

In history, perhaps many existences had set up many things within the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm, for many reasons, turning the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm into a very dangerous place.

Yet, according to the "Ancestral Instructions of the Dharma Emperor" from the Ten Thousand Dharma Imperial Family, that campaign during the prime of the Ten Thousand Dharma Ancient Emperor did not seem to be in the direction of the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm?

Jiang Ding gazed deeply at this place for a long time, then his figure gradually vanished.

Now was not the time to investigate deeply.

When the two figures appeared again, they had arrived at a starry sky very far from the Fallen Immortal Immortal Realm.

This starry sky was extremely desolate, with only an unremarkable Minor Thousand World flickering with faint light, all alone, with nothing around it.

"This is..."

Gong Gong Caiyu's eyes showed a look of delight.

Home.

This was home!

When they were young, they had met here, and many things had happened.

"Yes,"

"This is the place."

With a thought from Jiang Ding, a layer of Dharma-Extinguishing Membrane spread out, enveloping the two of them.

Afterwards, the two slowly walked, entering this tiny Minor Thousand World without triggering any reaction from the Minor Thousand World's Heavenly Dao, descending from the sky like this, arriving in a desert.

"Hmm?"

"A desert?"

Both Jiang Ding and Gong Gong Caiyu were slightly stunned.

Amidst the boundless yellow sand and terrifying storms, the expressions of the two, whose faces still resembled those of a youth and a maiden, were somewhat dazed.

According to their calculations and memories, this was clearly the Dongling Mountain of their recollections, a forested mountain range; it was here that Gong Gong Caiyu, when being hunted down, had met the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal.

But here, let alone a forest, there was not even a mountain peak; in the more distant past, this place seemed to have been a lake.

Many traces of the past had completely vanished.

"Young Master, did you calculate the position wrong?"

Gong Gong Caiyu felt a touch of sorrow.

"No."

"After all, it's been over a million years. Even a world has undergone many changes — how could a stretch of mountain forest exist forever?"

Jiang Ding gave a soft sigh.

The Sword Fairy's will, the Sword Fairy's memories, shrouded the heavens and earth, and in turn influenced the Heavenly Dao.

This vast, sand-swept heaven and earth began to rewind.

Time seemed to sweep past thousands, tens of thousands of years in an instant.

The sandy land began to retreat, retreat. Within the scene, countless grains of sand piled up and scattered under the storm, scattered and piled up again. From time to time, animals like camels and lizards appeared; from time to time, mortals appeared, and cultivators appeared — all living beings hurrying through the sand, flashing past in an instant.

Everything was retreating.

When time had rewound roughly ninety thousand years, the sandy terrain finally began to change. A dried-up lake appeared on the earth, already shrunk to the size of a pond, surrounded by an endless lakebed of cracked mud and many large fish reduced to white bone.

Time continued to rewind, rewind.

The lake in the scene rapidly grew larger, larger, and soon became a lake with no end in sight. A gentle breeze drifted in, ripples spreading outward, and large fish flickered in and out of view within the lake.

Time kept flowing on. Twenty-some ten-thousand years passed, and the lake slowly vanished, becoming snow-capped mountains that pierced the clouds.

Another hundred-some thousand years, and the snow mountains became plains — countless scenes of farming, forestry, and herding songs, great armies on campaign, dynasties rising and falling, poets full of lyric and grace appearing only to become a grave…

Over the span of more than a million years, the changes in this Minor Thousand World were truly not small.

Gradually, as time rewound to its very end, a vast stretch of mountain forest began to appear before the eyes of the two. Those mountains, those jungles, finally began to overlap with the scenes in their memories.

East Spirit Prefecture, East Spirit Mountain!

This was their memory, now appearing once more in the world.

"This is reality."

Jiang Ding said softly.

At the thought between his mind, rolling surges of spiritual Qi and vast quantities of matter came flooding here, transforming the desert terrain — letting flora and fauna appear here, letting mountains appear, letting rivers appear, and within the rivers flowers, birds, insects, and fish appeared. These things were not conjured from nothing; they were ones he had forcibly relocated from elsewhere.

A cultivator's single thought to reshape heaven and earth — now made real.

This place now was the East Spirit Mountain of over a million years ago, the place where he had first appeared in this cluster of worlds back then. Now, it had returned once more.