Yao Qing's Story

Chapter 1 —

Cloud Immortal Realm: At the summit of the vast mountains of the Central Plains, beneath a gloomy thundercloud, two cultivators faced off:

"Li Tianhua, you and I have been best friends since childhood. I helped you overcome the tribulation of lightning and achieve the position of True Immortal, yet you turn around and try to kill me here. Do you deserve the title of 'gentleman'?"

Yang Jing knelt on the ground, clutching his chest, looking at his friend Li Tianhua, who had just achieved the True Immortal realm but suddenly turned to attack him. His face was full of resentment and confusion.

Li Tianhua wiped the blood from the sword's edge. Although there was **** in his eyes as he looked at Yang Jing, he still spoke up: "Brother Yang, your true identity is actually an extraterrestrial demon, isn't it?" "..." Yang Jing's pupils dilated. Although he didn't answer, the way his body froze for a moment said it all. "Just now, when I attained the position of True Immortal, I resonated with the Heavenly Dao for a moment. The Heavenly Dao transmitted its voice to me: You are an extraterrestrial demon from another realm who came during the war between immortals and demons hundreds of years ago..."

Before Li Tianhua could finish speaking, Yang Jing interrupted him fiercely: "What about an extraterrestrial demon? I have always been devoted to the Dao and have never done anything that harms heaven and reason. Moreover, if it weren't for my creations and inventions, how could the world be as happy and peaceful as it is now? With such great merit, the Heavenly Dao actually wants to kill me!?"

Hearing this, Li Tianhua was slightly taken aback and explained: "Brother Yang, the Heavenly Dao did not give me an order to kill you."

"Then what was your intention in making that move just now?!" Yang Jing shook his head and barely stood up. Perhaps because he was too angry with the other party, even though he was not seriously injured, he felt that his mind was somewhat dazed.

"Heaven, mindful of your service to all living beings, has decided to grant you a way out. However, you do not belong to this realm, and therefore must be expelled—your physical body belongs to this realm and cannot be taken away, but your primordial spirit can leave."

"Hoo... I see."

Hearing Li Tianhua's explanation, Yang Jing finally realized why he had been somewhat dazed—he was now at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, and his primordial spirit and physical body had achieved a considerable degree of fusion. Li Tianhua's sword strike had severed the connection between his primordial spirit and physical body.

"I misunderstood you, Brother Li. Over the years, I have been fortunate to receive your care, and now I must suddenly part from you, yet I do not know how to repay you."

Yang Jing sighed, looking at Li Tianhua with a complex expression—he was originally an orphan from Earth who was struck by lightning while climbing a mountain alone and his soul transmigrated to the Cloud Immortal Realm, a realm with cultivation methods. In the days that followed, he had always followed Li Tianhua, a man of extraordinary destiny, and after hundreds of years of arduous cultivation, he finally achieved the Void Refinement realm.

The other party had treated him well, so he had risked his life to protect him during his tribulation... He just never expected that he, who had always been by his side, would be executed by the Heavenly Dao the moment the other became an immortal, and now he was facing expulsion from this realm.

"The world is unpredictable," Li Tianhua sighed, sheathing his longsword and taking out a high-quality storage ring from his storage bag. "Although we are from two different realms, we are fellow Daoists and brothers—the Heavenly Dao is ruthless. Without external protection, Brother Yang will certainly not be able to reach his destination safely... Therefore, let me personally escort you on your way."

Yang Jing nodded without refusing. The Gate of Time and Space was filled with turbulent winds and currents, which cultivators with their primordial spirits separated from their bodies feared most. Therefore, without external protection, he would surely perish in the turbulent flow of time and space.

Seeing Yang Jing agree, Li Tianhua made hand seals and chanted, "Soul-Guiding Technique, Enter!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a powerful suction **** pulled Yang Jing's primordial spirit away from his body and towards the storage ring.

The space inside the ring wasn't large, only about 1000 cubic meters, but Li Tianhua had already created a small world within it—a place of blue skies, white clouds, distant mountains, rustic wooden houses, and verdant bamboo groves.

"It's quite a beautiful place, Brother Li, you've really put your heart into it." Approaching the house, several high-grade spirit stones and a few medicinal herbs were prominently displayed on the table—if he were to return to Earth and re-establish his cultivation, these resources would be enough for him to reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Just as Yang Jing was marveling at Li Tianhua's arrangements, the other's voice resounded throughout the space from within the ring:

"Inside the ring are some spirit stones and rare treasures that I specially prepared for Brother Yang... I hope Brother Yang won't think I'm stingy, it's just that the Heavenly Dao doesn't allow too many cultivation resources to flow out of the realm. You haven't done anything wrong, but you've been **** to suffer this calamity because of the rules of the Heavenly Dao. Alas... I wish Brother Yang a safe journey!"

Yang Jing shook his head, indicating that he didn't care about the amount of resources, but solemnly bid farewell: "Brother Li, take care of yourself too!"

After speaking, a portal to spacetime, carrying countless turbulent currents of wind, was opened by the Heavenly Dao hidden in the shadows. Li Tianhua sighed again, and after setting up a protective barrier around the ring with his spiritual power, he put the ring into the portal.

...

Within the turbulent flow of time and space, Yang Jing, having completely left the Cloud Immortal Realm, sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, reflecting on everything since his transmigration. A sense of loss washed over him:

"I never imagined I would leave this realm so abruptly. Back on Earth, there's no spiritual energy there. How am I supposed to continue my cultivation path..." Thinking of his own path, he chuckled self-deprecatingly: "Tsk, and choosing a body to possess is a huge problem—hundreds of years of immortal cultivation haven't changed my moral compass. Heh, should I say I've been too well taken care of following Brother Li and haven't suffered any hardship, or is it that my Dao heart is unwavering?"

“Forget it, there’s no use thinking about it so much. My primordial spirit has already left my body, and Brother Li even forcibly separated it from my physical body through his methods. Not to mention that my primordial spirit has suffered some damage, even if it were completely intact, it would still consume a lot of spiritual energy every moment… The time of my return journey is unknown, so just in case, I should enter hibernation to reduce the consumption.” Thinking of his current state, Yang Jing shook his head helplessly, then focused his mind, suppressed his aura, and slowly entered hibernation—he would awaken from his slumber once someone put on his storage ring.

However, Yang Jing was unaware that his return journey had already failed the moment he entered the space-time gate—because the “blind” Heavenly Dao of the Cloud Immortal Realm, when locking onto the world's anchor point, had mistakenly identified a “Blue Star” that looked seven or eight parts like Earth as his final destination.

However, if he knew this news, he might not be disappointed: he was an orphan on Earth, with no relatives. Since he had no ties, it didn’t matter to him whether he returned to Earth or went to a similar Blue Star.

Moreover, this Blue Star possesses extraordinary powers that do not exist on Earth.