【Year Fifty. Age Seventy-six.】
【A-Dou was brought to the imperial palace, where he was cared for by professional royal wet nurses. He grew plump and rosy-cheeked.】
【By royal tradition, all imperial heirs had to undergo medicinal body-tempering baths from a young age and sleep in spirit springs so that their bodies could become accustomed to immortal energy.】
【There were thirty-six such foundation-building regimens in total.】
【From the age of one to twelve, everything that had to be done before formal cultivation was arranged down to the last detail.】
【But you did not put A-Dou through any of it.】
【It was not that you were unwilling to provide him with resources.】
【You simply felt it was unnecessary.】
【With A-Dou’s peerless human aptitude, you worried that using external aids to hasten his growth might amount to forcing a seedling to grow and instead damage his potential.】
【In short, medicinal cultivation was out of the question. It might harm A-Dou’s limits. Natural cultivation was the better choice.】
【The family of Uncle Zhong, who had given birth to A-Dou, was immediately granted a noble title by you. From then on, they lived comfortably, free from worry over food and clothing.】
【One day, you secretly took A-Dou to Fengyang Village, where you met Mr. Xun.】
【When Mr. Xun saw A-Dou—especially the phenomenon surrounding his hands—his eyes grew moist.】
【“He is a Destined One. I never imagined that I would be fortunate enough to see one in my lifetime.”】
【“Have Destined Ones appeared before?”】
【“Of course. Looking across the entirety of history, there have been many.”】
【“But the Celestial Emperor has never reappeared in this age, which means that all those Destined Ones ultimately failed.”】
【“The other races rule the universe, while humanity survives in the cracks between them. To walk the Celestial Emperor’s path once more—how unimaginably difficult that is.
“Destined Ones often possess traits that set them apart from ordinary people. Even if it is merely exceptional aptitude, they will certainly attract the attention of the other races. The result can be imagined.
“Even if a Destined One spends their entire life in some remote little place and never comes into contact with any major power, the resources of such a place are limited. How could they possibly support the birth of a Celestial Emperor?”】
【That was the meaning behind everything you were doing now.】
【You had already arranged for Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang to travel aboard a starship to Lingwei Star, where they would serve as liaisons and messengers between the two stars.】
【You intended to establish communication between Lingwei Star and Blazing Light Star, allowing the two places to maintain close ties and exchange resources.】
【What you had obtained so far consisted of nothing more than “small places.” But by linking those small places together, they might one day become a “large place.”】
【Before that happened, however, you had to remain inconspicuous. The other races needed to stand in the spotlight, while humanity remained behind the scenes.】
【The Yishen Cult of Yuhua Star System and the Heavenly Dragon Nation of Blazing Light Star both operated under this system.】
【Li Wentian of the Human Realm was highly capable as well. During the sixth simulation, he unified an entire second-grade star. In the end, however, the Sacred Dragon Society found an excuse to behead him for “destroying the peace.”】
【That was the lesson you had taken from his fate.】
【Until humanity truly possessed the strength to stand on its own, you would continue hiding behind the forces of the other races, deceiving Heaven and crossing the sea!】
【“Mr. Xun, have we established contact with Purple Violet Star?”】
【“Although the Torchfire Tree transmits messages faster than even the maximum speed of the star routes, it still takes some time. I believe they should have received the message by now. Their reply should be on its way.”】
【The Torchfire Tree was a divine tree used by the Torchfire Association to transmit messages between planets.】
【On the surface, it looked no different from an ordinary tree and displayed no obvious signs of anything supernatural.】
【Yet every branch and every leaf on the tree corresponded to a Torchfire Tree growing on another planet.】
【Using these branches and leaves, the Torchfire Association could communicate efficiently across the stars.】
【Of course, “efficiently” was merely relative to the scale of the universe.】
【Given the distance between Blazing Light Star and Purple Violet Star, sending a message there and receiving a reply still took an entire year.】
【The Torchfire Tree could be said to be the most important divine artifact of the Torchfire Association.】
【The Torchfire Association’s ability to spread throughout the universe owed no small debt to this tree.】
【In essence, there was only one Torchfire Tree.】
【The Torchfire Trees growing on various planets had all been grown from branches cut from the original tree.】
【You would not remain on Blazing Light Star forever. It was only a second-grade star, while you needed the environment of a first-grade star to advance your cultivation more quickly.】
【Besides, the Star Apes were still waiting for you to go to the Human Realm and bring their prince back.】
【So Purple Violet Star had to be your next destination.】
【You therefore had Mr. Xun contact his superior branch of the Torchfire Association—the Purple Violet Star branch—and inform them that a Destined One had been discovered on Blazing Light Star. Someone would be bringing him there soon, and they should be prepared to receive him.】
【Who would take him there? Naturally, you.】
【And under what identity? A member of the Torchfire Association.】
【Although this did not follow the Torchfire Association’s procedures, Mr. Xun had seen everything you had done for humanity on Blazing Light Star. His assessment of you was: not a Destined One, not a member of the Torchfire Association, yet superior to a Destined One and beyond any member of the Torchfire Association.】
【So he violated the Torchfire Association’s oath once and did not make you go through the proper process to join. Instead, he directly approved your status as an official member.】
【And not merely an ordinary member—you became the second-in-command of the Blazing Light Star branch.】
【This meant that once you arrived on Purple Violet Star, you could enter the inner circles of the Purple Violet Star branch directly.】
【“Although Purple Violet Star is a first-grade star, and the Torchfire Association there is more established and more powerful, the forces of the other races on a first-grade star are also far stronger.
“They allow human powers such as the Ji and Jiang families to exist because, fundamentally, they are confident they can control them.
“Must this child really go to Purple Violet Star?”】
【You looked at A-Dou in his swaddling clothes and said,】
【“With you and me ruling Blazing Light Star openly and in secret, it is too peaceful here. That may not necessarily be suitable for a Destined One.
“Although a first-grade star is full of shifting circumstances, I will not let A-Dou leave my side this time. His safety should not be a major concern.”】
【“A-Dou…”】
【“The child has not been given a name yet. That is simply what I have been calling him.”】
【“Then perhaps I should give him a name.”】
【“That would be fine.”】
【The last time you simulated this life, A-Dou had been named “Chen Yixun,” in memory of Mr. Xun, who had sacrificed himself to ensure his escape from Blazing Light Star.】
【This time, that tragedy had never occurred. Calling him the same name would feel rather strange.】
【So you thought it was quite fitting for Mr. Xun to name him. It could be considered a kind of tribute to the previous simulation.】
【“The child’s father bears the surname Zhong. He carries the extraordinary fortune of a Destined One. May he follow at Mr. Chen’s side and one day contribute to the revival of humanity…
“How about Zhong Yanqing? It expresses the wish that Heaven and earth may enjoy peace, that truth may be restored to its proper place, and that our human race may one day see the light again.”】
【You turned to look at A-Dou.】
【“A-Dou, from today onward, your name is Zhong Yanqing!”】
Over the next few years, Chen Yi did not hurry to leave. Instead, he waited until A-Dou had reached a suitable age.
Otherwise, having to bring someone still in diapers aboard a starship would have been far too troublesome.
Whenever he was not in a hurry to cultivate, Chen Yi would switch to the Mortal Bone and comprehend divine abilities.
Whenever he reached a dead end in comprehending those divine abilities, he would switch back and resume cultivation.
As he went back and forth between the two, A-Dou gradually grew up, and the day of their journey to Purple Violet Star drew near.
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