Chapter 78: Exalted Soul.... I Come to Guide You Home

Finally, Zhang Jie chose the prescriptions for "Body Tempering Pill" and "Guide Qi Pill," corresponding to the basic pills needed for the first and second stages of martial cultivation.

The prescriptions were extremely detailed, from acquiring and planting the ingredients to the formation of the pills, a thick stack that someone unfamiliar might mistake for a professional paper.

The two sets of prescriptions together cost Zhang Jie 300 simulation points; if he were to exchange them for finished pills, the cost-effectiveness would be low, so Zhang Jie decisively gave up buying the finished pills and chose to hand the pill data over to Alliance personnel for imitation.

Researching whatever would consume a lot of energy and time; better to let those Alliance researchers tinker with it, he himself would just forget about it.

After all, without the Gene Hacker ability that allows very intuitive gene viewing, Zhang Jie now would be better off leaving professional matters to professionals.

Not long after, Zhang Jie returned to his hometown aboard Xiao Jiu; after the simulator had battered him twice, he really did feel a bit homesick.

By the way, he could bring his parents over to live here in the Alliance; there are also many interstellar companies stationed on the Alliance's giant warship, making cooperation convenient while safety is assured.

Looking at the planet drawing ever nearer, Zhang Jie's heart was like an arrow heading home...

Ten hours later, Zhang Jie was chased out by his own mother, all thoughts of returning home gone...

Zhang Jie felt helpless; now he was honest, this absolutely is the purest maternal love in the world...

"Forget it, forget it, I'll go find Lin Ran instead... I actually don't miss home that much."

After sending the message to Lin Ran, Zhang Jie again rode Xiao Jiu toward the Alliance.

Afterwards, after handing the two prescriptions to his subordinates at the Alliance Research Institute, Zhang Jie and Lin Ran set out on the journey back to Lofty Star.

Soon after, beneath the statue of Zhang Jie holding a spear at a forty-five-degree angle toward the sky, Lin Ran announced to the entire populace of Lofty Star and the entire Alliance that Zhang Jie was the Second Leader; for a time, speculation about Zhang Jie's identity kept echoing across major platforms.

There was no need to dwell on it; soon a big brother uncovered Zhang Jie's suspected identity—that legendary hero who supposedly ignited the sun actually looked exactly like Zhang Jie.

Some thought Lin Ran had been deceived by an online romance, while others thought the Alliance Leader wasn't that foolish, so this Zhang Jie must have something up his sleeve.

However, no matter how they discussed it, Lin Ran also gave no concrete response.

After all, for such a matter, having an ancestor from over two thousand years ago come back alive would indeed be rather terrifying.

Afterwards, at Lin Ran's strong request, the two disguised themselves, using Alliance technology to change their faces, and began a millennium-spanning shopping trip on Lofty State, over two thousand years later.

Here, in front of Zhang Jie, Lin Ran could finally drop the guise of the Alliance Leader and freely release her nature.

"Zhang Jie, Zhang Jie! Jasmine-flavored cake, huh! So fragrant!"

"Huh? No, how come I'm endorsing it?"

Only see that the cake shop had a few big characters written: "The Alliance Chief's favorite cake! Honest to all ages!"

A century-old pastry shop, although they used her name without Lin Ran's permission, they are indeed honest to all ages...

Watching Lin Ran shake her head and sway while eating cake, Zhang Jie laughed and flicked her nose.

Good thing... Lin Ran hasn't had a major change in temperament.

Also fortunate... even after over two thousand years, he can still meet his girl today...

At the same time..

Tens of thousands of light-years away from here, on a planet filled with mysterious temples, within one of the tallest, largest, most grandiose temples, a large number of creatures clad in white hooded robes gathered.

There were humanoids, machines, and insectoid beings; all kinds of strange believers gathered here, they made no distinctions, with humans holding insect limbs, and those limbs entwined by strange tendrils.

This is a high‑civilization planet renowned for its soul‑ascension system; its beings make no distinctions, they believe the mind triumphs over matter, are keen to awaken their own soul power, and hold that all things possess souls.

At the center of these believers, a naked man lay still upon an altar, his eyes tightly shut; though his body seemed to brim with vigorous life, it gave the feeling that he was already dead.

What's more strange, this person actually had a face exactly identical to Zhang Jie's.

As many believers murmured softly, countless white patterns appeared on the altar; as many obscure, hard‑to‑understand chants went on, the patterns gradually crept onto the man's body, forming a peculiar network diagram on him.

The network grew brighter and brighter, continually converging toward the man's brow.

Before him, a person in splendid ceremonial robes closed their eyes; a white beam of light slowly rose from their forehead, and the same was true for the lives of the surrounding other species.

In their eyes, the world had long since departed the material universe, as if they had arrived at a higher‑dimensional level.

"O spirit of the exalted warrior!"

"I come to guide your soul home..."

And on the outer edge of these pious lives sat a large quail with silver hair reaching its waist and a handsome face, quietly perched on a chair.

Only see Weiniya holding her arms before that exaggerated giant thunder, legs crossed, staring fixedly at that crowd, a faint anticipation hidden in her gaze, then she pretended not to care, lowered her head, and looked at her own palm.

On her pale, tender little claws, strands of golden qi‑blood flowed, unmistakably gilded qi‑blood.

Nowadays, Weiniya is no longer the bodily‑deficient little quail she once was.

Relying on her diligent study and work in the Alliance, Weiniya successfully used Alliance technology to restore her body, enabling her to cultivate martial arts normally.

Prosthetic? What's that? I'm not familiar at all!

Since joining the Alliance, any prosthetic is outdated junk; the outside world is wonderfully colorful, and the Alliance's biotech repeatedly shatters Weiniya's understanding.

Once she had some capital and strength, Weiniya left the Alliance, venturing into the vast Star Sea to seek a way to bring her teacher back to the mortal realm...

At this moment, the ceremony atop the altar gradually ceased...

The person in splendid robes slowly approached, speaking to Weiniya with a respectful attitude.

"Honored Miss Weizhen Tian... I am sorry..."

"Forgive our inadequacy; your beloved, his soul has long been lost in the Star Sea, and we cannot call him back..."

"What do you mean?"

Weiniya furrowed her brows, but did not rebut the words "beloved."

"Put another way, his soul has either entered the higher‑dimensional universe or already been reborn into reincarnation..."

"Miss Weizhen Tian... no one's soul would just wait for you three hundred years for nothing..."

ps: The world vote is here! Just like my comment! The three worlds are just a matter of order!

World One: Agreement Three!

World Two: Holy Knight and Little Catgirl!

World Three: Embodiment of Heavenly Calamity or Vanishing in Dreams!

(Grandma's dripping, another earthquake today)