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Chapter 666: Jue Di’s Condition

The moment he was sure they were alone, Lan Jue dialed his father’s nu that had transpired

“These creatures are highly intelligent She was probably testing you” Jue Di said once the story was finished

“Dad, when you faced the alien in the Starfields we learned how strong they were You are the most powerful huenia will rebound on you, too?”

Jue Di was silent

Lan Jue’s heart skipped a beat His father had always been good about replying to his questions This ti to tell you and your brother, but now that you’ve asked it’s tiree of power the universe attein to sense it once you achieve Nirvana What we call the Infinite is just the beginning, a bottleneck to immortality However, with no Immortal Realm there is no way to protect ourselves frohts the universe could not sustain, they surpassed the limits of this reality and hid in a place that kept them safe

“This place was the Immortal Real They say it was created by a being of immense power As more and er able to hide the natural law In the end, it collapsed The immortals perished, or perhaps found some other way to hide their power from the cosmos The Immortal Realm went by many names; Olympia, Heaven, Western Paradise… they all described the saer live in the sa else

“None of the ancient books spoke of it, but after years of experience I know that those who caes, Buddhas or what have you – were unhappy Every day the pressure of their stolen existence bore down on the them to live in crae, and when I was your age my search for poas undeniable I was deterest human to have ever drawn breath I achieved this, but when I did I began to sense soht

“When I achieved Nirvana I began to sense a darker part of reality pressing me OF course I did not care at the tian to feel the danger, but my potential would not be stopped I could not siress I caainst the barrier

“In the old world when a being reachedSurviving meant entrance into the Immortal Realm It was said that when the Ier fro was not so terrible Only once the Ier bear the poithin it did the lightning beca could survive, for only the truly strong could help the Immortals maintain the reality they’d built for themselves

“Now it’s different There is no ihtning has faded into legend, but the rejection I feel from reality is real Every time I use my powers the universe can feel it and attempts to suppress what it senses as an aberration It seeks to destroymy life force This is the reason why I hid away on Ziluo, cutting myself off from the rest of huth But over the last couple of years I have felt I can no longer subduemy life force with it Under these conditions I have perhaps only three more years before my time in this reality is over, and only if I don’t use uessed at his father’s danger, hearing it struck him like a ton of bricks He hadn’t known his condition had becoht the aliens…” His voice trailed off

Jue Di answered, his smile evident in the sound of his voice “A true man has responsibilities he cannot shirk You think I’ll let the universe tell me what to do?”

“What can we do? Hoe stop it?” Lan Jue asked

His father’s voice was soleone, then I don’t have the power to create one myself My choices are limited; I can find a way to extend my life, or continue to this way until it claims h power to contend against universal protogenia and survive I don’t have this power However, if I were soh and uncover the secrets of the Immortals, death would not takea lot about what I experienced in the Starfields, against the alien planet Whatever it was possessed the power of an Immortal Those beasts couldn’t be called Ith of one Ititself froive chase, likely for the same reason I can’t show my real power It would be destroyed just like I would”

As he listened, a thought crystallized in Lan Jue’s mind

He perked up “Dad… what if you could coreatest immortals? Could you resist the universe then?”

“The ancient texts seeest it,” Jue Di answered “For instance, one of the Three Pure Ones could do so I’m sure that somewhere in existence there is this power, but it isn’t eneration could try It’s likely that whateverto protect itself froy Theydestroyed Approaching you as a mate was probably an atte race – strong and smart”

Lan Jue’s voice was low, hard “It seems an all-out ith these creatures is inevitable, and that means we’ll need to face their false iy?”