Chapter 911

"The prodigies of the same era as me, no one remembers their names. In that era, and the eras that followed, only my name, Jiang Yan, has been passed down through the ages."

"I moved forward under the gaze of everyone and the protection of countless Shushan powerhouses."

"At eighteen, middle stage of Refining Qi into Spirit; at twenty-four, late stage of Refining Qi into Spirit; at thirty, peak of Refining Qi into Spirit."

"Finally, at the age of thirty-two, I crossed the tribulation and achieved Refining Spirit into Void."

"Master once said that my cultivation speed surpassed all the great powerhouses in the history of the cultivation world."

"In the year I crossed the tribulation and achieved Refining Spirit into Void, the three Taiyi ancestors of the upper realm, along with dozens of Taiyi from the upper realm Daoist sects, came to congratulate me."

"The path that others have to walk for tens of thousands of years, or even a lifetime, I had already finished at thirty-two."

"Thirty-plus years... for a cultivator, it might be the time for a nap, but for me, it was enough to make my name spread to the ears of the great powerhouses of the upper realm."

"At fifty-two, middle stage of Refining Spirit into Void, until the year I was eighty-seven..."

"The Day of Dharma Extinction arrived, and the Ancestor gathered the soul-sparks of countless predecessors of the Daoist sects to send me through time to the present era."

"This year... I am ninety years old."

Jiang Yan smiled and joked:

"Speaking of which, many of you here are much older than me."

"But..."

Jiang Yan was proud, and a supreme aura surged out.

"At ninety years old today, I have achieved the peak of Refining Void and Combining Dao, becoming a Human Immortal of the lower realm."

"Cultivating for ninety years, I have already reached the supreme summit of the lower realm!"

"Even though I have never been willing to say that talent determines everything, I have to be arrogant for once..."

"In these myriad worlds, with infinite living beings, can there ever be another prodigy like me?"

"In these infinite eras, through endless epochs, who else... can have talent that surpasses mine?"

941. This is the Sect Master's Final Arrangement

The usually peaceful and gentle Sect Master actually had such arrogant and uninhibited remarks. For a time, many elders, heads, and disciples were moved.

They were inexplicably subdued by Jiang Yan's momentum.

Peak of Refining Void and Combining Dao...

At only ninety years old, he had finished the path that people of the lower realm, and even the upper realm, could not finish in a lifetime.

In the true sense, he had reached the summit of the myriad worlds...

Just one step away, he could ascend and become an immortal who is eternal and indestructible.

Honestly, Zhongli and the others felt that Jiang Yan was still too low-key.

If they had such achievements, not spreading their deeds throughout the myriad worlds would be considered self-deprecating.

"Ninety years..."

Jiang Yan laughed loudly, his black hair fluttering. The usually elegant Shushan Sect Master appeared somewhat arrogant at this moment.

"It is not a time span of vicissitudes, not a span of changing years. I am only one step away from becoming an immortal in the myriad worlds that is unreachable..."

"Just one step away..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yan felt inexplicably lonely, and the aura of isolation infected everyone.

"I have always felt that I was destined to suppress an era of the myriad worlds from birth, enjoying endless glory, protected by the power of Shushan."

"I thought I would ascend under the gaze and blessings of Master and the elders, and continue to advance in the Immortal Realm under the witness and welcome of countless ancestors of the upper realm."

"In the end, when Master and the seniors ascended, they would watch me continue to become a famous powerhouse in the upper realm."

"Ninety years in the cultivation world, nothing happens, but ninety years, everything has happened in this cultivation world."

"The traces of the old Shushan belong only to me."

"The glory of the old Shushan only exists in the hearts of countless demons in the myriad worlds. How pathetic..."

"Shushan, which once dominated the heavens and the earth, and even in the Immortal Realm, no one dared not give face, and the countless senior powerhouses and the countless network of connections..."

"Now, only I remain."

"When I truly reached the summit of the myriad worlds and became the number one in the world, how lonely it was..."

"The peerless prodigies whom I once disdained to look down upon, and whom I suppressed for an era, have also disappeared."

"Cultivating... cultivating..."

"Master once said that in the end, cultivation is nothing more than being a lonely person."

"Once, I couldn't understand. Clearly, the Taiyi ancestors of the upper realm also had endless friends, but now, I understand..."

"I want to share the joy, but I have lost the people who can understand my joy..."

"Even, for everything that has disappeared, I cannot say a word. If Master knew in the underworld, he would also be happy..."

"They no longer have a past, nor a future."

Jiang Yan laughed at himself, and Klee was somewhat sad, hugging Jiang Yan tightly.

"Master, Klee will always be with you..."

Jiang Yan touched Klee's head and looked at the silent crowd below.

He said slowly:

"I called you all here today to make the final arrangements..."

"Sect Master!"

Ganyu and the others' expressions changed drastically, as if they had thought of something.

Jiang Yan raised his hand slightly.

"Since I broke through to the peak of Refining Void and Combining Dao, everything has become a foregone conclusion."

"Once I stabilize my cultivation, the Immortal Tribulation should arrive."

"I used to be proud of my talent, which was unprecedented and will surely have no successor, asserting that the myriad worlds, the infinite divine bodies and prodigies, were all like clay chickens and pottery dogs compared to me."

"As a congenital Dao body that has never appeared before, my path is at least Taiyi, and I even have hope of achieving Daluo in the future."

"Therefore, I look down on everyone."

"Master once tried his best to persuade me that the world is vast, and if I am alone, I am destined to be lonely."

"I didn't understand at the time, but now, I understand a little..."

942. One Year Later, Pacify the Heavenly Demons, Prepare to Ascend

"Once, I had Master, grandfather elders who treated me as their own, and ancestors in the upper realm who were hard to contact but always cared about me."

"I had countless fellow disciples and relatives in Shushan, and countless genius monsters who clung to me."

"In the past... even divine bodies had to look at my mood if they wanted to cling to me."

"Therefore, I never cared about Master's words. Destined to reach the summit, I would not lack companions."

"Even if I went to the upper realm, I could still discuss the Dao with my ancestors, and discuss the Dao with Erlang Zhenjun and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who viewed me as a younger brother."

"But Master was right."

Jiang Yan's expression was gentle as he touched Klee. This finger seemed to be a inheritance, from Jiang Yan's master to Klee.

"If one wants to aim for the supreme, it is destined to be a lonely journey."

"I am unfortunate; my relatives, Master, brothers and sisters, and ancestors all died in the great catastrophe countless years ago to protect me from escaping the Day of Dharma Extinction."

"Since then, Shushan died, and I became a lonely person."

"But I am also lucky; I survived, so Shushan survived. I carry their will forward, carrying their expectations forward."

"I rebuilt Shushan, met you all, and now, I can continue to pass on what Master told me."

Jiang Yan touched Klee's head gently and looked at Ganyu and the others.

"I have my own disciple. Her talent is not like mine, but she still suppresses the myriad worlds."

"I can continue to pass on my experience and what Master told me. Therefore... Master probably did not die."

Jiang Yan looked at Kiana and Zhongli again.

"Someone has inherited the techniques of Brother Yang and the Great Sage. They probably did not die either."

"I continued to move forward and gained two companions who care about me..."

Jiang Yan took Ganyu and Miko's hands, looked at their teary eyes, and smiled.

"I thought this day might come, but I didn't think... it would be so fast."

"Master is truly smart. He saw everything in advance, saw the path I was destined to walk alone."

"However, I am still very lucky. At the very least, I can do everything I can for Shushan."