Brother, We Will Meet Again Soon

After confirming that no demons or evil spirits remained, Xu Xi left the Boundary Ruins.

The news of this immediately caused a huge uproar.

No one had expected that the mountain of corpses and sea of blood, which would have required the intervention of the Supernatural United Bureau's headquarters to barely suppress, had been resolved by Xu Xi alone.

How was this possible?

The weakest of the evil entities inside were at the Foundation Establishment level, with many at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages!

With only Golden Core cultivation, Xu Xi shouldn’t have been able to defeat such enemies on his own!

“Hiss—”

A collective gasp echoed through the scene.

Everyone wore expressions of shock and disbelief as they looked at Xu Xi.

“I understand now! Senior Xu is a hidden Deity Transformation cultivator. His Golden Core cultivation is just a facade, like in those novels where the protagonist pretends to be weak to deceive others!”

“From the moment I first saw Senior Xu, I knew he was a powerhouse!”

“Father, do you need a hanger-on for your mighty leg?!”

“Ahem, I actually have a younger sister…”

Facing the excited crowd, Xu Xi could only explain helplessly, “I’m really just a Golden Core cultivator.”

However, no one believed this truth.

Even the most honest Wang Dali wore an expression that said, “Are you kidding me?”

In the end, Xu Xi had no choice but to let everyone misunderstand. After all, with the Eternal Tear in his possession, his combat power far exceeded that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

…

With this, the matter came to a perfect conclusion.

The Supernatural United Bureau reinforcements, who had been rushing to the scene, turned back halfway, leaving only a small group of supernatural practitioners and researchers behind to collect samples from the Boundary Ruins.

Afterward, Zhang Yaoguo asked Xu Xi what reward he wanted.

The Boundary Ruins had posed an immense threat, and Xu Xi’s early resolution of the crisis was a monumental achievement. It was hard to decide how to reward him.

“If possible, I’d like to exchange it all for supernatural items. Yes, all of it. And I don’t need any cultivation-related supernatural items.”

He didn’t ask for Huaxia currency.

Nor did he request points.

Under Zhang Yaoguo’s stunned gaze, Xu Xi made this peculiar request.

“Alright, I understand.”

Although he didn’t know why Xu Xi, as a cultivator, wanted supernatural items from other systems, Zhang Yaoguo readily agreed.

Not long after, Xu Xi received over a thousand supernatural items.

Their quality varied, with some damaged and others intact.

Xu Xi fed them all into the simulator, significantly increasing the loading progress.

Unfortunately, due to the wide variety of supernatural items, the progress of the anchor media increased at different rates. In the end, none of them reached 100% completion.

This meant that Xu Xi needed to continue his efforts and pour more supernatural items into the simulator.

“The highest loading progress is for the magic system’s anchor media, at 83%.”

“In that case, I’ll start with the magic system.”

After returning home, Xu Xi immediately threw himself into the task of alchemy.

He purchased raw materials from Supernatural Home—refined them into finished pills—listed them for sale on Supernatural Home—and used the earned points to buy more materials.

This cycle repeated endlessly, and Xu Xi squeezed every bit of his rest time until he finally reached the final stage of his harvest.

“Bang!”

About twenty days later.

Late at night.

As the copper lid of the alchemy furnace flew open, dozens of golden-yellow pills floated in the air. With a flick of his porcelain bottle, the pills flew into the container, sealing themselves inside.

“Phew,” Xu Xi let out a long breath.

His face was filled with undeniable exhaustion.

“This is the last batch of Yellow Dragon Pills. Once I sell them tomorrow, I’ll have enough points to buy another batch of magic system items and max out the remaining progress.”

“Finally, finally.”

“These past days, refining pills day and night, I feel like I’ve been refined myself.”

He shook the porcelain bottle in his hand, listening to the sound of the pills clinking against each other.

Xu Xi sighed again.

Then, he stored all the pills in his storage ring.

Glancing out the window at the night sky, where the moon hung high, he no longer resisted his overwhelming fatigue and walked to his bed, lying down peacefully.

A Golden Core cultivator had long replaced ordinary sleep with meditation.

They could go without sleep entirely.

But Xu Xi was simply too exhausted. The continuous alchemy over the past twenty-plus days had left his spirit utterly drained. All he wanted was to sink into a deep sleep and forget everything else.

Soon,

the quiet room was filled with the soft sound of breathing, indicating that its inhabitant had fallen asleep.

“…”

The moonlight was like water, and the night was serene.

It was an exceptionally peaceful and tranquil evening.

The pure moonlight, cool and gentle, shimmered alongside the starlight.

Unlike the dazzling brilliance of the sun, the moonlight lacked its scorching heat.

Yet, in the dimness of the human world, the moonlight pierced through the thick curtains, instantly illuminating the entire room.

With an incredibly gentle touch,

it cast a silvery glow over everything in the room.

Including the figure who had appeared at some point, standing quietly by the bedside. The ends of her dark hair were also tinged with a silver halo.

“Elder brother…”

She called out softly.

Her voice trembled, filled with infinite longing.

Her fingertips pressed against Xu Xi’s chest, just as she had done as a child. She bent down, tilted her head, and rested herself against her brother’s chest.

Feeling the familiar warmth, the familiar scent,

her restless and guilty heart finally found some peace.

Her brother had returned.

Her brother had truly returned.

Witnessing her brother’s presence, touching him, hearing him, Xu Moli finally received the answer she had been seeking.

The hero who belonged to her alone, the sun that belonged to her alone,

had truly returned.

“Elder brother, we’ll meet again soon, I promise…,” the young girl murmured softly as she lay against her brother.

Finding her long-lost brother should have been a joyous occasion, but for some reason, her brother had appeared in this weak and insignificant timeline.

Because of this,

Xu Moli’s true form couldn’t enter this place.

If she forced her way in, it would shatter everything, destroying all existence.

She didn’t want to do something that would make her brother despise her.

Therefore, from the infinitely distant reaches of time and space, Xu Moli, who had ascended beyond the Immortal Emperor realm, was rapidly dismantling one cultivation world after another, merging their fragments with the Earth’s timeline.

She aimed to enhance Earth’s capacity in this way,

until it was strong enough to accommodate her true form.

Only then could she fulfill her wish and live with her brother once more.

However—

While her true form couldn’t descend, it didn’t mean she couldn’t make contact. Through the Eternal Tear that Xu Xi wore, Xu Moli could always sense his presence and send a trace of her power to his side.

Just as she had done now.

A trace of power, a single thought, was enough to construct a body for her to inhabit.

The reason she hadn’t dared to reveal herself or interact with Xu Xi for so long was largely due to fear.

Fear that her brother wouldn’t accept her, who had changed so much.

Fear that her brother would resent her.

Fear that her brother wouldn’t welcome her arrival.