FIMA Ch177: Conclusion [Part One]

The immense aura carried by the boundless dragon of artifacts clashed fiercely with the consciousness of the Lingting Realm in the air.

The released spiritual power almost shattered the heavens and earth, and the surrounding air seemed to ignite.

Gu Siyuan stared upwards, his gaze indifferent.

Xiao Qi’s complexion turned ashen.

Because the impossible thing he had declared actually happened.

Reality seemed to unfold just like that.

Often, the more unwilling something is in the subconscious, the more likely it is to happen.

This isn’t some terrifying curse on humanity, but rather because the subconscious is informed by subtle signs and clues that have already surfaced. It’s just that people deeply wish not to believe it, and so they subconsciously ignore or even block it out.

A dazzling light flashed across the sky.

At the same time, with a soft sound like a seedling leaving the soil, the Lingting Secret Realm appeared in the air and was forced to tilt and move to the other side.

The members of the Xiao family in the secret realm felt as if the world had turned upside down, their whole beings unstable.

Of course, those who suffered the most were not them, but the two powerful beings from the spirit world who had already entered the light column passage.

Due to a sudden change at the endpoint, they deviated from their original path. The light column passage in space also tilted and curved slightly, almost imperceptibly.

However, the spatial path was originally so stable and powerful that any slight change midway would immediately backfire fiercely on those in the passage.

Gu Siyuan looked at the two faces that had appeared at the other end of the passage, their originally proud and disdainful faces suddenly distorted with rage, lips moving incessantly in what seemed like curses.

Watching them being swept away by the spatial storm, their bodies and souls shattered into pieces, leaving nothing behind.

The summoned beings disappeared.

The light pillar connecting the two realms also began to flicker and gradually blur. In the end, like a shooting star, it completely disappeared into the sky without a trace.

It was as if everything that had just happened was only a dream.

But of course, this was not a dream.

At least the relocated Lingting Secret Realm wouldn’t think it was a dream, nor would the many disciples of the Xiao family who lost their spiritual power due to the sacrifice and died due to the interruption.

In the secret realm, only Xiao Qi stood there dumbfounded, like a consciousnessless statue.

The wait and preparation of tens of thousands of years had come to nothing, which was bad enough. But to end what was supposed to be the final, absolute blow that sacrificed the entire clan and even his own life in this way was unimaginable.

More importantly, it also caused the death of the two spiritual realm experts from the Xiao family. The Xiao family was just a small family in the spiritual realm, relying entirely on a few ancestors. Now, it wasn’t hard to imagine that the entire Xiao family would soon become meat on the chopping block, a laughingstock.

Facing such an ending, it was difficult for anyone to bear.

However, in contrast, Gu Siyuan was in a good mood. A faint smile tugged at his usually stern face as he said to the communicator at his waist, “It’s done.”

“Good.” Xie Xueyi immediately responded, followed by a series of colorful compliments flying around, “Brother, you’re amazing, not only did you solve the trouble, but you also managed to deal with those two old guys in return!”

His voice was clearly filled with joy and excitement.

“Wow…”

Just then, a continuous crisp collision sound echoed in the sky. The great dragon artifact was slowly dissipating, transforming into streams of light flying back into the hands of their respective owners.

Gu Siyuan looked up at Xiao Qi. “Are you going to walk out on your own, or simply choose to end it yourself?”

Upon hearing Gu Siyuan’s words, Xiao Qi seemed to regain some spirit.

He slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Gu Siyuan. “Haha… Haha… If heaven has created me, why would it create you again?”

As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped himself on the forehead. Blood instantly flowed from his five senses, and his white figure “thumped” onto the ground.

Gu Siyuan watched this scene with slightly narrowed eyes, his expression still cold and almost unchanged.

“Oh, he’s dead!”

A clear and pleasant voice sounded beside him, not from the communication badge.

Gu Siyuan turned his head and saw Xie Xueyi, slightly dusty and slightly embarrassed. “You came so quickly. Did you use an escape talisman?”

Xie Xueyi nodded triumphantly. “Yeah, I had to see with my own eyes the look of this old dog who planned everything but failed. Isn’t it interesting? I was even thinking of mocking him a bit, but who knew he had such mental endurance…”

“Right, I was thinking I must come to see this old dog’s futile efforts.”

Beside them, a voice kept echoing in agreement.

Gu Siyuan looked at the figures appearing one after another behind Xie Xueyi, feeling somewhat helpless.

Escape talismans, due to their involvement with spatial rules, had always been the rarest among all talismans. It was extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to obtain even one. Yet, you all used one just to come back and watch people make fun of you.

Just then, perhaps due to the complete death of their master, the tightly closed entrance to the Lingting Secret Realm suddenly opened wide, and a slightly denser spiritual energy slowly overflowed compared to the outside.

Xie Xueyi tilted his head: “This time, it should finally be over! Don’t drag it out anymore.”

Gu Siyuan reached out and pinched Xie Xueyi’s cheek, saying lightly, “There’s still one thing left to do before it’s truly over.”

“Hmm?” Xie Xueyi blinked, sensing the rushing spiritual energy. Suddenly realizing, he took out a black object from the spatial ring: “Right, we still need to lift the sealing formation.”

Gu Siyuan reached out and took it. It was the Black Dragon Cone.

The Xia family spent nearly ten thousand years preparing this to break the seal formation on the ascension passage, wanting to return to the spiritual realm, but in the end, Xie Xueyi stole it.

Now that the Xia family is completely gone, even the two combined great powers of the spiritual realm have perished.

From now on, even if cultivators from the Canglan Continent ascend, they will no longer be threatened.

Canglan Continent is about to restore its prosperous cultivation era from ten thousand years ago.

…

“Beep, beep…”

“Beep, beep…”

In the clean and cold research room of the institute, the ice-blue electronic screen suddenly made a sound: “Mental power data has recovered. Test results: excellent.”

Ying Ze, sitting in front of the monitor, was first stunned, then stared wide-eyed, realizing something.

He almost jumped and turned to look at the nutrient tank beside him. Suddenly, he met a pair of familiar, calm, and wise eyes.

He opened his mouth wide and exclaimed in pleasant surprise, “Lao Gu…”

“Lao Gu, you’ve finally woken up!”

Suddenly, a flood of information from multiple worlds rushed into Gu Siyuan’s mind, quite complex, with his dark eyebrows slightly raised like a sword.

Ying Ze’s expression shifted from joy to alarm in an instant, his heart skipping a beat, anxiously saying, “Lao Gu, are you feeling unwell? Sleeping for too long might leave lingering effects…”

Gu Siyuan shook his head, his voice cold, “I’m fine. Don’t you have all my body’s data in front of you?”

Ying Ze smiled, glanced at the cold data on the electronic screen, confirming that all indicators were stable, healthier than even himself who could run and jump.

In an instant, his past joking attitude towards this strict boss and good friend welled up, “Alright, you’re the most rational and clear-headed. You wouldn’t joke about your own body, and I can’t be bothered with you.”

Gu Siyuan ignored him, reached out to press the button on the side of the tank, and walked straight out of the nutrient tank.

He took a few steps, stood at a nearby workbench, and casually picked up a specially made nutrient fluid to drink.

Due to careful maintenance during his slumber, his figure remained vigorous and upright. As he swallowed, his slender neck slightly raised, the prominent Adam’s apple sliding up and down, dangerously attractive.

Ying Ze sneakily glanced at Gu Siyuan.

He couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: Lao Gu truly is an absolute male god. Even after sleeping for so long due to injury, he remains calm as if he just woke up, noble and elegant as ever, admired from afar but not to be trifled with.

Such a divine figure, it’s no wonder Xiao Xie…

Thinking of this, he quickly opened the communicator on his wrist and began typing stealthily.

“Who are you contacting?” A cold, deep voice, with the texture of precious metal and jade, almost sounded right next to his ear.

“It’s Xiao Xie,” Ying Ze casually replied.

Then, he abruptly covered his mouth.

This was really pushing it.

Ying Ze slowly raised his head.

Gu Siyuan was standing just two steps away, staring at him intently.

Ying Ze immediately turned off the screen light of the communicator and dared not reply to the message anymore, trying to please and appease, “Lao Gu…”

Gu Siyuan lightly coughed, his voice low, “Where is he now?”

“Huh?” Ying Ze looked blank.

Gu Siyuan frowned, his tone slightly cold, “I’m asking you, where is Xie Qingxiao right now?”

Ying Ze was stunned for a while before he realized what was happening.

With his small eyes staring at Gu Siyuan, he smiled maliciously, “Lao Gu, are you asking about Xiao Xie?”

Gu Siyuan: “Otherwise?”

Ying Ze heard his unfriendly tone and, rare for a colleague, retorted teasingly, “Lao Gu, it’s not that I’m saying this, but that incident before wasn’t intentional by Xiao Xie either. It’s thanks to his treatment advice these days that you’ve been able to recover so quickly…”

“I know.” Gu Siyuan glanced at him, his voice cold and deliberate, “So, where is he?”

Ying Ze completely deflated, no longer in the mood for jokes, dryly said, “He’s at the xx Hotel. It seems today is the engagement day for his younger brother, Zhuang Ming.”

“Good.”

Gu Siyuan nodded slightly, then turned and walked towards the door.

He was the owner of the research institute, possessing all the highest privileges. Without verification, as he walked, there was a continuous sound of automatic opening and closing of doors.

Outside, the researchers who saw him along the way all widened their eyes simultaneously.

“My, am I seeing things? This…!”

“BOSS, BOSS is awake?”

“Boss, are you completely recovered?”

Gu Siyuan lightly nodded, his voice calm, “Hmm, it’s nothing serious. Everyone, continue your work. I have things to attend to!”

“Uh… okay!” Everyone responded dumbfoundedly.

It wasn’t until Gu Siyuan’s figure completely disappeared outside the research institute’s gate that everyone came to their senses.

They couldn’t help but gather together and whisper softly.

“Boss has been unconscious for half a year, right? How come he’s so imposing right after waking up? I almost thought I had just dreamed it all?”

“Yeah, right? Instead of celebrating together with a party, he actually made us continue working. Does he even know what he’s busy with?”

“Tsk, Boss Gu is truly something! He’s tough on us, but even tougher on himself!”

Gu Siyuan naturally didn’t hear these discussions, and even if he did, he wouldn’t care.

He took the elevator down to the underground parking lot, reported his destination to the car’s system, and the sedan automatically drove onto the road.

It was now the year 2060.

Technology was more advanced than in any world he had previously visited.

Yes, he remembered everything that happened before, or rather, the stories of the various worlds he experienced during his slumber.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but think of Xie Qingxiao.

Gu Siyuan’s own parents died early, and his childhood was quite difficult.

After entering university and having projects and financial ease, he sponsored several middle school students from his hometown orphanage to continue their studies.

Xie Qingxiao was one of them, and he was the most outstanding among them.

Gu Siyuan visited him several times when he returned home, and he had also given him advice on many academic issues.

After a few years, Xie Qingxiao was admitted to the university where Gu Siyuan taught, then pursued his graduate studies and eventually worked in his research institute.

Xie Qingxiao was very intelligent, with ties to his past, so Gu Siyuan naturally had a fondness and indulgence towards him.

However, precisely because of this, Xie Qingxiao had an unusually strong possessiveness towards him. Whenever he talked a bit more with someone else, this little guy would silently show his dissatisfaction.

Gu Siyuan had been quite troubled by this before, and even decided to keep his distance from him for a while. However, some thoughts were left unresolved due to subsequent events.

And now…

Gu Siyuan couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly.

Children are like this. Strong possessiveness is normal, and actually quite cute.

“Mr. Gu, we have arrived at the destination,” a gentle and soothing robotic voice sounded inside the car.

“Thank you.”

Gu Siyuan unfastened his seatbelt, stepped out of the car, and squinted at the magnificent hotel in front of him.

…

Xie Qingxiao lazily leaned on the sofa in the corner of the banquet hall, his cold and beautiful face full of impatience, incompatible with the lively scene before him.

Occasionally, a few people who wanted to invite him to dance were scared off by his demeanor.

Xie Qingxiao rolled his eyes and leisurely withdrew his gaze from Zhuang Hongkai’s family.

Eighteen years ago, he had just turned six when his mother passed away less than three months later. Zhuang Hongkai then married his secretary and brought along a four-year-old son.

A few months later, he himself got lost and was abducted by human traffickers.

If he hadn’t been clever since childhood and secretly escaped, who knows what would have happened to him now?

For many years after that, he grew up in the orphanage.

Life in the orphanage was not easy, but at least it was safer than the Zhuang family.

And…

Xie Qingxiao smiled faintly. It was there that he met Gu Siyuan.

A year ago, while accompanying Gu Siyuan to attend a technology exhibition, he encountered Zhuang Hongkai again.

Perhaps because he looked so much like his late mother, Zhuang Hongkai almost immediately recognized him. Upon learning that he worked at Gu Siyuan’s research institute, this guy who hadn’t made much effort to find him over the years unexpectedly staged a deep father-son affection act on the spot, shamelessly trying to claim him back as his son.

Xie Qingxiao had no interest in being fathered by Zhuang Hongkai.

However, even if he didn’t care about the Zhuang family’s assets, he couldn’t let others take advantage of it for free.

So, on the surface, he once again assumed the role of the eldest son of the Zhuang family.

However, since he returned, there had hardly been a peaceful day in the Zhuang family mansion. His stepmother and stepbrother were practically reporting to Zhuang Hongkai every day.

Xie Qingxiao found great pleasure in this.

However, Zhuang Hongkai, that old bastard, might also be his natural nemesis.

Upon learning that Gu Siyuan, Boss Gu, was still single, Zhuang Hongkai even came up with the idea of a marriage proposal.

Initially, when he first heard about this, Xie Qingxiao was indeed pleased for a moment, thinking that this old bastard, despite being disgusting to the extreme, had some discernment.

However, who knew that Zhuang Hongkai’s intended bride-to-be was not him at all, but his stepbrother Zhuang Ming.

Hmph, go to hell!

He was no longer the weak kid without power from years ago.

No one could take anything away from him again, especially the person he had liked and confirmed long ago.

Thinking of Gu Siyuan, Xie Qingxiao raised his hand to look at the communicator, which had been silent for quite a while.

Earlier, that idiot Ying Ze somehow interrupted the communication, and he was also summoned by that old bastard.

Suddenly, he stared at the brief words on the communicator as if his butt was on fire, and immediately jumped up from the sofa.

“He’s awake, he’s awake…”

He couldn’t care less about the occasion in front of him, pushing through the crowd and rushing towards the exit.

“Xie Qingxiao!” Zhuang Hongkai saw this scene from afar and couldn’t help but be furious.

This brat dared to show no respect for him in front of everyone.

Xie Qingxiao ran out headlong.

After a few steps, his head suddenly collided with a tall and sturdy figure, almost causing him to fall on his butt.

However, the person opposite was quick-eyed and quick-handed, immediately catching him and pulling him into their arms.

Rubbing his head, Xie Qingxiao was about to say thank you.

However, in the next moment, he realized that this person was not very polite. That palm was directly on his waist, and the chin was pressed directly on his shoulder.

He raised his eyebrows and was about to scold fiercely, when suddenly, a familiar deep and magnetic voice sounded in his ear.

“Now that we’re back in the real world, do you really have to stick to the same script and fall into my arms as soon as we meet?”