Return to hometown

Chapter 594: Return to the Homeland

In the valley, flower petals drifted everywhere, carrying a faint fragrance that wafted over the small mounds of earth, yet still couldn't hide the desolation.

“I've returned again, to the land that gave me birth and raised me…”

Lin Fan whispered, filled with endless melancholy, afraid of disturbing the peace here.

Crystalline petals sprinkled down, like fragments of time dancing in the air.

His gaze shifted, as if spanning millions of years, and his expression dimmed, tinged with sorrow.

“Little sister, I've come to see you.” Lin Fan stood before a blood-inscribed stone tablet, his eyes dimming.

“I can pluck stars and seize the moon; I can shatter the starry sky, but I couldn't protect you, couldn't keep you alive.”

“You were still so young… You hadn't seen the world's splendors, hadn't grown into an adult, yet you departed so early…” Lin Fan murmured to himself.

He had swept across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, broken the curse of longevity, and become invincible in the heavens and on earth—but what did it matter?

In the end, he had lost too much, unable to even protect his own family.

At this moment, Lin Fan, with his invincible glory and endless melancholy, saw his loved ones turned into mounds of yellow earth, a truly poignant scene.

Not far away, Yue Chan watched silently, not disturbing him, but her own emotions were low, saddened for this man.

A person who had won everything in the world, invincible under heaven, yet his early life was something to sigh over, to lament.

Behind the halo lay sorrow, desolation, and loneliness; his closest kin had all passed away, leaving only him to exist eternally.

What kind of solitude was this, what kind of mindset?

“Alas…”

Even Yue Chan sighed in the wind, infected by this emotion, feeling a strange illusion: standing at the absolute peak, with only a few graves, and the world vast and empty.

He had comprehended peerless Dao in the world, yet it couldn't stand against the flow of time; a lifetime of ultimate brilliance couldn't conceal the mottled tears and blood of yesteryear.

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a grave split open—it was the tomb with the blood-stained stone tablet. The earth parted in the middle, moving to both sides, revealing a stone coffin.

Yue Chan was stunned. How did the great grave split open?

Without needing to think much, it was Lin Fan's doing, because besides him, who would dare touch this place? It was akin to a Dragon's reverse scale.

“Bang!”

Indeed, Lin Fan was casting a spell. The ancient coffin was even pried open, array patterns flickered, and Chaos permeated, clearly indicating the presence of a Restriction.

If an ordinary Cultivator were to come here and dare to disturb the great grave or destroy the cemetery, they would certainly be obliterated by the Formation.

Undoubtedly, this was arranged by Lin Fan.

But Yue Chan didn't understand why he was opening the coffin. Was he going to move the grave? Or did he have some strange癖好… “This is…”

The next moment, she was astonished, because what was buried inside was not bones, but a bronze ring and a ghost-faced mask.

Little did she know, the earthen graves here were actually cenotaphs. Lin Fan's relatives had been pulverized in the great war, leaving no remains.

In those years, when he returned to his homeland, he only found these two items, perfectly preserved, among a pile of rubble.

Moreover, the bronze ring and the ghost-faced mask were gifts Lin Fan had given to his younger sister.

He hoped that one day, she could become an extraordinary woman like the Ruthless Great Emperor, peerlessly beautiful, shaking the past and present!

In fact, at the time, Lin Fan had only thought about it. He hoped even more that she would grow up safely, but unfortunately, things went against his wishes.

“Haha… So that's how it is, it's really like this… Haha…” Just then, Lin Fan suddenly burst into laughter.

He looked at the two items before him, filled with excitement and agitation, as if he had gone mad.

Yue Chan was dumbfounded, incomprehensible light flickering in her beautiful eyes. Had her man become heartbroken to the point of losing his mind?

“Are you alright?” she asked worriedly.

“I'm very well, and very happy. One day, I will see my little sister again!” Lin Fan replied, still laughing.

As soon as he said this, Yue Chan's heart sank. How could the dead possibly be resurrected?

“It's over, Lin Fan is really sick! A True Immortal, how am I supposed to cure him? With love?” she muttered.

However, just as she was pondering, Lin Fan returned to calm, reburying the two items in the ancient coffin.

The drastic change left Yue Chan dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

“Let's go, we should leave!” Lin Fan said, ignoring Yue Chan's bewildered little eyes, and drifted away with her.

People have their youth, but the path must continue. Unanswered thoughts will only deepen regret; it's better to temporarily seal them away.

Because, one day, the deceased will return, and in the rolling Mortal World, they will meet him again.

He composed himself.

At this moment, Lin Fan was still the confident and invincible Holy Emperor, his gaze firm, as if nothing could defeat him.

I alone am Supreme!

…Butian Sect.

Two figures arrived. The man was towering, peerless in the world, and the woman was tall, with skin like ice and bones like jade, both possessing extraordinary grace.

When they walked together, they were simply a perfect couple, flawless, with nothing to criticize.

Moreover, when Lin Fan arrived at the Butian Sect, the entire sect was shaken. Unlike a few years ago, this made them both terrified and uneasy.

By now, Lin Fan had recovered his true self, naturally different, and most importantly, unpleasant things had happened in the past.

If he were to settle old scores, the Butian Sect would surely be annihilated.

Especially, some of the individuals involved in the past were extremely worried, their faces turning pale.

One must know, this was the first Immortal of this epoch, Heaven-Defyingly reconnecting the broken path, creating brilliance and miracles once more.

Not long ago, the four Injured Immortals who had plagued an entire epoch were even directly exploded by him; many people in the Three Thousand Provinces had witnessed it.

“Let the past be bygones,” Lin Fan said calmly. Two hundred thousand years had passed in a blink, there was nothing he couldn't let go of.

Besides, after he achieved Supreme status back then, he had already sought revenge; those who needed to be killed had been killed, and the past was like smoke.

The most important point was that he had received the sect's compensation, taking both the old and new Saintess, which could also be considered a form of retaliation.

Upon hearing this, the high-ranking members of the Butian Sect almost cheered. Especially seeing Yue Chan, they understood something and relaxed even more.

Even so, everyone was still incredibly nervous, keeping their heads down, not daring to look at Lin Fan's Immortal body, much less make eye contact.

“Uncle, don't be so nervous, relax a little. He's not a Vicious Beast that eats people,” Yue Chan said.

Qing Yang's expression changed, and he felt ashamed. He had heard since childhood that this one was even more terrifying than a Vicious Beast!

Thinking back to a few years ago when he had called him brother, a shiver went down his spine.

Then, he glared at his grand-niece, saying, “Qing Yi, why are you so unrestrained with your words, just like Yue Chan? Do you want to kill your uncle?”

Yue Chan: “…”

Then, Qing Yang continued, “You absolutely must not learn from her. She's been spoiled since she was little, and relying on someone to back her up, she's always been lawless.”

“Look, after so many years, she doesn't even think about coming home. She's really gotten used to being wild outside. I doted on her for nothing when she was little.”

At this moment, Yue Chan gritted her teeth, listening to her uncle's nagging, almost transforming into a female hooligan, wanting to smash her delicate fist down.

She was so angry; she really wanted to righteously eliminate her own kin!

Because she didn't believe that her closest relatives couldn't distinguish between her and Qing Yi, as there were still differences in their personalities.

One was relatively quiet but actually very lively inside; the other was rather cold but actually a bit mischievous inside.

This could be detected from their dressing styles. Yue Chan appeared peerless in white, unstained by dust, but she preferred black lingerie.

On ordinary days, every move she made was as pure as an Immortal, all to maintain her outward image, while secretly, she was very uninhibited.

Lin Fan deeply felt this, unlike Qing Yi, who was always shy when the three of them played together.

“Where is Qing Yao?” Lin Fan asked, scanning the surroundings.