Western White Tiger Domain, Demon Putrid Domain:
A large mountain suddenly appeared out of nowhere, a fact that baffled not only devil cultivators but also the world. Unfortunately, the Di Clan took possession of the mountain and set up a formation to surround it and prevent anyone from approaching.
For the past few days, the Di family has been doing everything possible to unseal their future patriarch to no avail. Even going as far as mobilizing all 5 of their Emperor Artifacts.
In the end, they even secretly woke up a few of their Dao Ancestors to try to remove the seal. And the answer they got was that it would open on its own when the conditions were met.
Although Di Tian was sealed underneath the mountain, he could still communicate using his Divine Sense, and he could also cultivate. Resources could even be sent to him with no problem.
Wu Hong's main objective was not to stifle his growth or something but to prevent him from interfering with Wang Wei's growth. In some way, leveling the playing field.
After all, with Di Tian's intelligence on par with Wang Wei, his overwhelming strength, unmatched experience, and unrivaled information gathering system in the form of the Sleeper, competing with him was no longer Hell-difficulty.
After taking over the area surrounding the mountain, the Di family ensured that news of Di Tian's seal did not go out. Meanwhile, Di Tian had just ordered his Shadow, Di Jia, to keep watch on the changes going on in the world and inform him of anything significant before dismissing her.
Di Jia looked at him longingly before leaving. Not long after she left, someone came to see Di Tian again. Oddly though, this person managed to bypass the formation and entered the small space underneath the mountain where he was sealed.
Di Tian suddenly opened his eyes that were closed and a look of shock appeared on his face. His pupil dilated, his mouth sranobes.netplex emotions flashed across his face in just a few seconds.
This was the first time in countless millennia that he displayed so many emotions at once.
"N-Ni-Ning'er, is that really you?"
As he looked at the woman in front of him, he did not dare to believe it was true. He guessed that maybe Wang Wei's illusion still affected him. And deep in his mind, he did not mind; he wanted to indulge in it for a little longer.
"It's me, but it is not me at the same time," replied Qiao Ning.
"What do you mean?" asked Di Tian as he rushed to hold her in his hand. That touch, it was so similar. How long has it been since he last felt it? Although it was countless Eras before, he still remembers it as if it was yesterday, as if it was the first time.
"After I die, my desire to see you was strong enough to create this ghost spirit-like existence."
"So, you are still gone?" replied Di Tian as he raised his head to look up, tears in the corner of his eyes. With a single thought, they were extinguished the moment they began to fall.
He looked at her again, caressing her hair one more; she looked so real.
"Why didn't you come to see me?"
"I did," replied Qiap Ning. "Throughout all your reincarnations, I talked to you in your dreams trying to convince you to give up on me, to forget, to move on. But you never listened."
"And why would I? You were everything to me. The reason I took a breath every day, the reason I existed."
Qiao Ning paused for a moment, "Because I do not want to see you in pain. It hurts to watch you constantly suffering, from era to era, from generation to generation.
"It hurts, and I do not want that."
"Everything will be worth it once you get to see the world once more," replied Di Tian with great conviction.
"*Sigh* You have to understand that some things are inevitable."
"Only people who have accepted their destiny would say something like this, and I despise fate."
Qiao Ning looked at her husband deep in the eyes as if to see his soul. She raised her hand to caress his handsome face. Although he had a few different faces, one thing that never changed ever since that day was his eyes.
Full of hatred for the world, full of sadness and loneliness, yet, always determined to keep moving forward.
"You were always stubborn."
After sighing one last time, she disappeared from the room, leaving Di Tian with an unquenched longing. After a few seconds, the conviction in his eyes resurfaced and he returned to his cultivation.
In the distance, Qiao Ning looked deeply at the mountain before muttering softly: "Do you want to see me again because of our love, or because I have become your obsession?"
She did not have an answer, nor did she wants to find the truth. So, she left silently, just like she came.
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