Chapter 1439: Xu Que Is Very Angry

One minute later, Xu Que actively pulled back, ending the kiss!

"Are you crazy?" he asked Xuan Yuan Wanrong in shock.

"Hm?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong was equally surprised; Xu Que's reaction did not look like someone who had fallen for her!

"This method didn't work?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong immediately furrowed her brows, anger surging in her beautiful eyes as she clenched her small fist and said coldly, "That unscrupulous search engine lied to me!"

"..."

Xu Que rolled his eyes, completely speechless.

"Xu... Xu Que..."

At this moment, Lin Yuxi suddenly called out to Xu Que, her voice trembling slightly.

Xu Que paused, turning to look at Lin Yuxi; she was currently pressing one hand against her forehead, her face somewhat pale, her expression appearing very painful.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Que asked.

"I... my head, it hurts terribly..." Lin Yuxi struggled to articulate, "It seems like many strange pieces of information are appearing... there are monsters, there are many Immortals, there is a lot of blood, I am in danger..."

Whoosh!

Suddenly, she jerked her head up, her gaze fixing on Xu Que, filled with astonishment: "Xu Que?"

"Ah?" Xu Que was a bit bewildered, and he sensed that the Lin Yuxi before him was subtly different.

The Lin Yuxi who had been panicking and suffering from a headache just a second ago was now remarkably calm, her eyes clear and bright.

"Heh..." At this moment, Lin Yuxi suddenly let out a bitter laugh, seeming to carry a hint of self-mockery along with some relief: "I never expected to see you again before dying; this place... eh, I must be dreaming!"

As she spoke, she glanced around at the surrounding environment; though something seemed off, she lacked the mental energy to ponder it further and simply attributed it all to being a dream.

"So be it; even if this is a dream, being able to see you once leaves me with no regrets. Earth Continent has collapsed, and many people have met with disaster; I thought that obtaining that Creation would qualify me to stand by your side again, but alas, fate toys with people, and in the end, I..."

"Crackle... crackle..."

Before Lin Yuxi could finish speaking, her voice was interrupted by a noise resembling electrical interference; immediately afterward, Lin Yuxi's Flesh Body inside the car froze in place, becoming like the others, beginning to turn illusory until she transformed into a ball of light.

"This..." Xuan Yuan Wanrong was somewhat stunned by Lin Yuxi's sudden change.

Xu Que himself was bewildered, yet from Lin Yuxi's final few sentences, he heard many clues.

He was surprised; the Lin Yuxi from before was definitely the Lin Yuxi still on campus within the Memory World.

But after Lin Yuxi mentioned her headache, the one who appeared afterward seemed to have an consciousness that had been to Earth Continent.

Back when Xu Que was on Earth Continent, he had met Lin Yuxi; she had been brought there from Earth by an expert, encountered Xu Que, and later departed on her own to seek the Creation left behind by her master.

Xu Que also believed he had long let go of the feelings and grievances of those years, so he did not seek her out, only dispatching people from Tiantian Academy to protect her secretly; after returning to Tianzhou, he had never seen her again.

He never expected they would meet again in such a manner, a way that even Xu Que himself found inconceivable; it seemed Lin Yuxi's consciousness had been directly transmitted into the Lin Yuxi of this Memory World.

Moreover, from her final words, it was not difficult to hear that she was currently facing a life-and-death crisis.

Furthermore, the collapse of Earth Continent proved that what Mo Junchen had said back then was correct: Tianzhou was a giant Boat bound by shackles; once the shackles were released, both Xuanhuang Continent and Earth Continent would collapse, and only by escaping to Tianzhou could one keep up with this giant Boat and survive.

"This is huge trouble now; damn it, this cursed Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone just had to act at this moment..."

Xu Que felt his head swelling; with Tianzhou in trouble, he did not know the situation of Jiang Hongyan and the others, and now learning that Lin Yuxi was in danger on Earth Continent, all sorts of matters had converged at once.

What was even more critical was that he was currently trapped within the Memory World of the Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone and had no way to return.

"Alright, now it's just the two of us!" At this moment, Xuan Yuan Wanrong said expressionlessly.

Xu Que immediately shivered, glaring at Xuan Yuan Wanrong: "You... what else do you want to do?"

"Nothing; since I've tried my best and you still cannot like me, we might as well wait for death together!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong replied indifferently.

Only then did Xu Que breathe a sigh of relief; he was truly afraid Xuan Yuan Wanrong might discover some even more outrageous method, and if she proposed shaking things up inside the car, he wasn't sure he would still possess the noble righteousness he had just now to refuse.

Most men, when choosing between being a beast and being worse than a beast, sometimes find it very difficult to make a choice, after all, not everyone can be like the globally renowned paragon of virtue—Taishang Buyi!

"Tsk tsk tsk, your thinking is too extreme; who said we will definitely die?" Xu Que looked at Xuan Yuan Wanrong and said solemnly.

"You have confidence?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong's bright eyes lit up slightly.

"Didn't I say it before? I have a method, but you wouldn't let me finish speaking and even forcibly kissed me, you shameless rogue!" As Xu Que spoke, he deliberately made an expression of Anger, rolling his eyes at Xuan Yuan Wanrong.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong instantly felt a wave of Evil chill and experienced an unprecedented urge to beat someone up.

However, she suppressed this impulse and said in a deep voice: "This Memory World is facing collapse; if we do not pass through the Love Tribulation, there is a high probability the Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone will default us as having failed the Love Tribulation; are you certain you still have a way to pass this trial?"

"Yes, and it will be done very soon!" The corners of Xu Que's mouth turned up, revealing a confident smile.

The prompt sound of the System had already appeared in his mind, indicating that the Restriction was about to be cracked ahead of schedule.

The System had detected the cause: the Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone had been impacted by an external force, affecting the Memory World; this might be related to the shackles of Tianzhou being broken, and after causing that instant of impact, it had damaged the Restriction of the Memory World.

Because of this, the difficulty for the System to crack the Restriction was now greatly reduced, requiring only a few breaths of time to break it directly.

"Very soon? How fast?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong asked in disbelief, somewhat unconvinced.

"Snap!" Xu Que smiled slightly and snapped his fingers, "Right now!"

Boom!

The next moment, a loud noise suddenly rang out all around; the environment outside the car, like a large oil painting canvas hung high, rapidly slid downward.

Immediately afterward, the car in which the two were staying also began to decompose, scattering into tiny points of light.

In merely that instant, everything outside the two of them vanished, and the surroundings became a vast, boundless world of white light.

"This..." Xuan Yuan Wanrong's face was instantly filled with Shock, unable to believe it.

The Love Tribulation of the Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone, throughout history, had never been controlled by anyone, and no one had ever been able to cleverly escape it.

Yet now Xu Que had actually accomplished it, actually escaping that Memory World.

"How did you do it?" Xuan Yuan Wanrong asked, looking at Xu Que in surprise.

"Relying on this!" Xu Que pointed a finger at his own head.

Xuan Yuan Wanrong frowned: "Relying on your noggin?"

Xu Que rolled his eyes again: "This is called wisdom; relying on my wisdom, understand?"

"Hard to believe!" Xuan Yuan Wanrong shook her head, while simultaneously breathing a sigh of relief: "Since you can crack this Love Tribulation, I need not worry about the next stage either."

"Huh?" Xu Que suddenly gasped: "What did you say? Next stage?"

"You're asking a stupid question again. The First Stage tested your Memory World, so naturally the next stage must test mine. Though I don't know how you recovered your memories, I still advise you not to help me recover mine—otherwise, chaos will erupt!"

Xuan Yuan Wanrong stared intently at Xu Que and said solemnly: "Remember: never attempt to restore my memories, and never tell me anything about me. You only need to break the Love Tribulation, just like this time!"

"What? Who cares about breaking the Love Tribulation? My point is, why is there even a next stage? Right now, the urgent matter is returning to Tianzhou!" Xu Que immediately panicked.

He had thought breaking the Restriction would let him return to Tianzhou immediately.

Now Tianzhou was in turmoil—he was deeply worried about Jiang Hongyan and the others—and Lin Yuxi was still on Earth Continent, trapped in danger. They had known each other, had shared stories; to ignore her would be unforgivable.

But at this critical moment, there was another Love Tribulation?

"System!" Xu Que immediately summoned it with his mind.

Boom!

Yet before he could issue a command, a powerful pulling force surged from all directions, suddenly engulfing his entire body.

Xu Que and Xuan Yuan Wanrong's bodies were instantly torn apart, transforming into two streams of Light Stream, dissolving within the blinding white space.

Soon after, the blinding white space flashed with Spiritual Light, transforming into a vast world of green mountains, blue waters, birdsong, and fragrant flowers.

This was a towering peak piercing the Clouds, with a straight stone staircase ascending upward.

At the top of the stone staircase stood a Gate of the Sect, and before it stood a Stele, inscribed with three bold, powerful characters—"Heavenly Palace Academy."

Xu Que, clad entirely in Black Robe, with a Purple-Gold Black Staff slung across his back, stood at the foot of the peak, gazing upward—his expression grim.

He had returned—he was back in Tianzhou, his cultivation fully restored to its peak.

But the problem was—he had returned to Tianzhou ten thousand years ago. This was Xuan Yuan Wanrong's Memory World!

"Damn it, Imperial Physician Heavenly Stone, when I get back, I'll throw you into the latrine as a latrine stone—I swear by Xu!" Xu Que's heart burned with fury.

He hated being controlled—especially by a piece of stone.

"Ding!" At that moment, a crisp System notification echoed in Xu Que's mind: "Welcome back, Host!"

Hearing this familiar System voice, Xu Que didn't even need to summon it—he knew the original Acting Cool System had returned, not the previous Reproduction Version.

For no reason, a faint sense of calm settled in his heart.

"Ding! Detection: Host previously lost temporary connection with System due to insufficient System Level, unable to fully resist Divine Power. Thus, Host was isolated; System could only exploit loopholes to send a Reproduction Version to assist Host!"

"To prevent recurrence, Host is advised to work harder, continue Acting Cool, and rapidly increase this System Level!"

The System rattled off a string of messages.

Xu Que helplessly shrugged. Was it my fault the Level was low?

But now wasn't the time to care about System Level—he had to break the Restriction of this world as quickly as possible to return to Tianzhou.

He focused his mind, preparing to communicate with the System.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the System notification rang again.

"Due to Divine Power interference, System and Host are temporarily disconnected. Though the cause is low System Level, the Divine Power's actions may also be interpreted as a provocation to the System. Host is angry—the System is even angrier!"

Huh?

Xu Que froze, stunned.

This System… had a temper?

Holy shit—this was earth-shattering news!

"Ding! According to System Special Provision, Host's current world is a Virtual Restriction World. Given its high power level, to ensure Host's survival, System Mall will offer all items free of charge and activate Revenge Mechanism at no cost—valid until Host departs this world!"

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【The transformation of Tianzhou is a normal plot progression, not a sign of premature ending or poor writing—don't misunderstand! Also, I didn't abruptly stop updating for no reason. What exactly happened? I really don't want to talk about it. I can only say I'm still strong enough to return and write—something few could manage.】

【When I truly come to terms with it, I'll gladly share with you—but not now. So no matter how much you criticize me, accuse me of breaking promises, I fully understand and accept it, and I apologize with guilt and self-reproach.】

【Finally, here's wishing everyone a happy Labor Day! I'll update properly, accompany you through a joyful holiday, and use this holiday as a new beginning to keep writing!】