Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“Three days and three nights?”

Li Yao’s legs were already shaking.

“Dad, what happened to you? Weren’t you fine just now?”

Xiao Ming asked.

“I—I’m fine. I can hold on!”

Li Yao took a deep breath and calmed himself down. “Right. What about the rest of you? Any reactions?”

“The virtual space is still under reconstruction and could collapse at any moment. Therefore, it is not suitable for the souls of ordinary human beings. But many people have left messages for you through me.

On Xiao Ming’s open palm, another ten or so brilliant balls appeared.

Li Yao extended his finger and touched the ball.

The image of Li Jialing appeared in the first ball.

However, compared to the Li Jialing in Li Yao’s memory, the little emperor was even more intimidating when he was surrounded by smoke.

“Brother Yao!”

Only in front of Li Yao could Li Jialing completely put down his dignity as a king and resume his identity as a younger brother. He beamed with joy and said, “Although I never gave up hope at the most difficult moment

and believed that you would definitely fall from the sky, I never thought that you would appear in such a way and create… an unprecedented miracle. Really, really, really, I don’t know how to describe it.

“The first time we met was only a few years ago, but it felt like a lifetime ago. At that time, I would never have imagined that such earthshaking and unbelievable changes would take place in the future of the imperium.

“However, even though the entire universe is changing, some things will never change. I still remember how you charged at the overwhelming army of puppets unhesitatingly in the iron factory below Empyrean

Terminus. You said that your biggest dream was to be a butterfly that could raise a storm.

“I’ve remembered your words for a long time. So, rest assured, Brother Yao. Your mission as a butterfly has been accomplished. I will certainly be the storm that revolutionizes the imperium and sweeps the universe.

With my courage, wisdom, and determination, | will bring a brighter future to the civilization of mankind!”

Li Jialing’’s body was frozen while he was waving his fists.

“This kid, what does he mean by ‘my mission has been completed’? It’s like I’m retiring!”

Li Yao mumbled to himself. But his lips curled into a smile as he opened the second message.

Boss Bai’s ugly face suddenly appeared in front of him.

“Li Yao, you are really something!”

“We thought that we would annihilate the last main fleet of the four electors’ families in the Jade Tripod Sector, ambush the enemy’s base in the Yellow Dragon Sector, and jump back to the imperial capital with a lot of

aptive starships. We thought that we would be the biggest contributors to the war.

didn’t expect that I would be intercepted by you at the last moment. Hahahaha. How infuriating!

“Think about it. A hundred years ago, when you and I met for the first time on Spider Den, you were still an unknown. In only a hundred years, you were invincible. Even Wu Yingqi and the so-called ‘Fuxi’ were no

match for you. Even I, the double Pirate Potentate, was no match for you!

“However, this is good.

“Only the real experts such as yourself are qualified to explore the high-dimensional space with me, are you not?

“Therefore, why are you still sleeping? Get up and go to the depths of the universe with me. The journey we’ve been on is long, but it is only one billionth of the journey that we are about to embark on. Get up! Get up!

Get up!”

Boss Bai extended his fist from the picture, as if he wanted to stab Li Yao’s nose and wake him up.

Li Yao chuckled. He rubbed his nose and opened the third message.

It was Jin Xinyue.

“Master, are you still sleeping?”

Jin Xinyue smiled like a blossoming flower. “Although I knew that you would make amazing achievements every time you went out, and I’d arranged the propaganda machine of the federation to promote and brag

about your master’s achievements, your contributions this time are indeed unbelievable. Not only has the founding ancestor of the Imperium of True Human Beings been slain by you, even the super artificial

intelligence from hundreds of thousands of years ago has been slain, too. I really don’t know how I should publicize your remarkable achievements to the entire nation. No matter how I publicize it, it will seem false.

Master, why don’t you wake up and teach your disciples in person? What do you think?”

Jin Xinyue blinked and vanished.

Long Yangjun was next.

“Huh. Do I have to leave a message, too? There’s no need for that. I don’t know Old Demon Li very well. We are just friends. There’s nothing to say, is there?”

In the picture, Long Yangjun yawned and suddenly thought of something. With a mysterious smile on her face, she leaned close to the camera and said, “Right. Li Yao, your wife suddenly came to me the other day and

examined me up and down for a long time. She seemed to be very concerned about my appearance, which gave me the creeps. But in the end, she frowned and walked away resentfully. Do you know what that means?

“All in all, my intuition tells me that a storm is brewing. You’re on your own now!”

Li Yao swallowed hard.

The rest of the messages were all Peng Hai, the Fire Ant King, Wu Mayan, Yan Liren, Han Te, Liu Li, his family, disciples, and friends.

Although his soul was separated from his body and he was in a coma, everybody was surprisingly optimistic.

Maybe, his past experiences had convinced everyone that he would certainly be able to create a greater miracle this time.

In the end, all that was left was a small ball that was surging with crimson flames.

“Is—is this Ding Lingdang’s?”

Li Yao asked somewhat guiltily.

Xiao Ming nodded his head.

“What did she say?”

Li Yao asked again.

“I don’t know. These are all messages for Dad. The seals are intact. I’ve never seen them.”

Xiao Ming answered honestly.

Li Yao made up his mind and poked the ball.

In the sound and lightning effects of the dancing red dragon, Ding Lingdang emerged from the surging ocean of flames with a brilliant smile.

“Honey, you’ve slept for too long. It’s time to get up!”

Ding Lingdang said with a smile, “Although many people say that you are in an extremely dangerous, if not unprecedented, situation right now and that there are no records of your soul being separated from your body

of flesh and blood for too long and that it is impossible for your soul to return to your original body, even the hope of your soul awakening is very slim.

“But I’m not worried about such a ‘small problem’ at all, because this is you, my Ding Lingdang’s husband. How could you be defeated by such a small problem?

“Therefore, don’t waste your time. I’m going to be very, very busy in the coming month. I’m going to have to deal with the alliance of the federation, the imperium, and the Sanctuary Alliance, the reorganization of the

expedition army, the connection between the frontline and the rear, and the attack on the territory of the four families. There are too many problems for me to handle.

“You’d better wake yourself up in the next month. Otherwise, I’m going to crawl into this place… the ‘virtual space’ and wake you up in person!”

Ding Lingdang’s message ended there.

Until the last moment, her smile had been perfect and peaceful.

But Li Yao’s face was getting darker and darker.

“Dad, what happened to you?”

Xiao Ming asked curiously, “Isn’t that a compliment?”

“You don’t understand. You don’t understand at all. If she says ‘Li Yao, get the hell up’, everything will be peaceful again.

Li Yao closed his eyes and mumbled, “But all of a sudden, she is so gentle and gentle. At the end of every sentence, she is either ‘oh’ or ‘oh’. This… This… Sigh. Anyway, you are still young. You don’t understand. You

don’t understand the difficulties of us married men!”

“Forget it. Let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about my soul. I feel that my soul has not been fully recovered yet. Or rather, many sealed areas are still waiting for me to excavate. Is this the data fragment of the Fuxis?

Also, what is the meaning of the data streams connected to me from… many virtual worlds? I feel warmth flooding into my body along the data streams. My soul grows larger and larger with every ‘tide’. It feels so

good!”

“Yes. It is a brand-new treatment, or training method, that we discovered from the data pieces of the Fuxis and trained with the computational ability and the changes in the virtual world.

Xiao Ming said, “Speaking of which, I have four special friends who wish to express their gratitude to you through me. They are Chu Zhixiao, Yun Haixin, Yuankou, and Guan Qixing.

“Chu Zhixiao… yaksha squad!”

Li Yao’s eyes immediately bulged. “They are still alive?”

Speaking of which, the four members of the yaksha squad were the key to Li Yao’s infiltration into the main brain of the Fuxi Clan.

At first, they were invaded by Lu Qingchen as a platform to corrupt the Fuxi Clan.

Then, it was utilized by Fuxi to reconstruct Lu Qingchen’s soul.

Li Yao had thought that their souls would’ve dispersed after the torment. He didn’t know that they were so tenacious.

The power of the Fist King must’ve triggered the incompatibility deep inside Lu Qingchen’s soul and made him spit out the soul fragments of the four members of the yaksha squad as well as the tremendous data of the

Fuxis.

However, could they maintain the integrity of their souls and return to their original bodies after all the suffering?

“In a sense, they are still alive, but in a similar situation to my father’s. Their souls have been tortured too much, and they have been away from their bodies for too long. It is difficult for them to return to their original

bodies.

Xiao Ming explained, “Their souls are much weaker than Dad’s. They can’t go back after only a few days without their bodies. In the words of the ancient Cultivators, they are ‘wild ghosts’ and can only live in the virtual

space made of thousands of super crystal processors.

“However, this is good, too. They have embarked on a new path of life. Right now, they are the ‘Dream Makers’ of many virtual worlds. They are the people who created and maintained the virtual worlds together with

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