Stronger from Earth

Chapter 392 - 386: Time Makes Us Grow Old

On the life planet "Sigui" in the northern hemisphere, it is springtime, and the earth is blanketed in green, brimming with vitality.

"Cough, cough."

An old man walked up the mountain, a fist-sized gourd hanging from his waist, carrying a hoe as he walked along the field.

He stood seven feet tall, and from his hunched back one could imagine how robust he must have been in his youth. Sadly, with age, his body had lost strength and appeared exceptionally shriveled.

"Er Gouzi, Er Gouzi!"

With a shout, a grey dog bolted from a wooden hut a hundred meters away, leaping over the fence and dashing towards the old man.

Wagging its tail, Er Gouzi approached, while the elderly man chuckled, "Today I caught a rabbit; after I eat the meat, you can gnaw on the bones."

Chopping wood to light a fire and cooking, each movement was familiar. A gentle breeze billowed the smoke as clouds shifted by, resting on a cool mat for half an hour passed quickly, ushering in the afternoon.

The old man hoisted his hoe once again, returning to the fields to till, weed, and plant wheat.

Three months swiftly flew by, and the old man had grown considerably more ancient, seemingly aging a few years each month, his actions increasingly slower.

Until he could no longer walk, lying breathless on the bed like a worn-out lamp casing. Eventually, the elderly man, his hair completely white and face lined with wrinkles and liver spots, passed away.

"Woof, woof, woof!" Er Gouzi wailed beside him, inciting the wolves in the mountains to join in howling, frightening him into lowering his head and falling silent.

Guarding his master’s corpse, he was reluctant to leave. After three days and nights, when hunger became unbearable, Er Gouzi ventured into the mountains to bring back a wild rabbit.

Upon returning, he suddenly noticed his master’s stomach move, causing him to bark excitedly and jump around.

With a tearing sound, the old man’s belly tore open, and a three-month-old baby crawled out. Er Gouzi sniffed at it, only to be slapped down.

"Er Gouzi, don’t you recognize me?"

The baby leapt to the ground, standing firmly. Looking at the crops as the ripe wheat fell to the ground, he regretted the wasted effort of planting several acres over the spring.

Er Gouzi lay on the ground, having witnessed its master age from youth to white hair in merely twenty-plus months.

The master was different from others, a truth Er Gouzi knew well.

As days went by, just a month later, the baby had grown to a meter tall. In six months, the child began losing teeth, quickly growing a full set of healthy ones again.

Childhood, teenage years, adulthood—time seemed to pass incredibly fast for this person, reaching maturity in less than two years.

The mountains showcased distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Er Gouzi’s joys, besides hunting with his master, involved sneakily venturing into the woods to entice wild wolves, wanting to establish a family was its innate life instinct.

With a short lifespan, a dog’s life rarely reaches ten years. Er Gouzi was already three-years-old and had seen its master age, yet then witnessed him grow up again, returning to his youthful state.

Standing at 1.9 meters tall, Wang Xuan stretched his body, took a deep breath, and the sky’s clouds rapidly moved toward him. Upon exhaling, a gust turned the mountains and forests into disarray.

"Three years have passed," Wang Xuan commented, suddenly heaving a long sigh. Nearly four years had flown by since venturing into the Evolution Realm, where the Earth Expeditionary Army stationed itself on this star.

In the short term, people could maintain high spirits and long for a return to Earth, but after three years, they were focused solely on settling here.

Single individuals established families here; of course, in the army, men always outnumbered women, and only a few fortunate ones found companions. Most soldiers continued cultivating and training.

Three or four years meant little; they could wait, knowing progression in cultivation made living a century or two easily achievable, and one day they would return home.

But not even Wang Xuan could avoid feelings of loss and despondency.

Nearly four years had gone by. Who knew how Earth had changed? Or the situation of his own family?

"Time Spirit," Wang Xuan summoned, and quickly a personal panel appeared.

Name: Wang Xuan

Realm: Peak of Divine Infant

Cultivation Skills: Creation True Scripture Celestial Immortal Chapter Second Layer Limit, Mixed Element Martial Scripture Celestial Immortal Chapter Second Layer Limit, Divine Elephant Golden Bell Shield Celestial Immortal Chapter Second Layer Limit, Heart Spirit Demon Scripture Fourth Layer Perfection, Nine Breath Qi Cultivation Limit, Flowers in an Instant Limit, Primordial Spirit Sword Embryo Fifth Layer Endless Sword Limit, Extreme Metamorphosis Divine Art Four Turns Limit...

Source Points: Thirty Million

Over three years, his cultivation had already reached the Peak of Divine Infant, elevating the Creation True Scripture, Mixed Element Martial Scripture, Divine Elephant Golden Bell Shield, and Heart Spirit Demon Scripture all to the Divine Infant stage limit.

Spending over ten million Source Power points, he advanced in many aspects simultaneously, ensuring exceptional combat power within the same realm.

The Extreme Metamorphosis Divine Art underwent two more turns, significantly boosting both his physique and life force, unmatched by cultivators of the same realm.

When he was at the Peak of Divine Infant, he once faced Clone Emperor Xuan, who was at the middle and early Jade Platform Stage; the clone exerted full combat power, barely surpassing Wang Xuan.

This proves his main body’s combat power has surpassed the clone’s in the same realm, all achieved through Wang Xuan’s own efforts, though the massive consumption of Source Power was key.

"Any single cultivation technique could allow me to reach the Peak of Divine Infant, but the foundation and combat power would certainly not be as solid as now."

If not for grounding his foundation, Wang Xuan would not have chosen to cultivate multiple techniques—this consumed immense time, energy, and Source Power.

After attaining the Divine Infant limit, only one Great Realm separated him from the True Immortal Realm; seeking the path was a crucial endeavor for Jade Platform Celestial Immortals, as they must choose their grand way.

Wang Xuan was also very cautious, having spent three years researching the Path of Creation, evolving life cycles and comprehending the essence of life.

One core aspect of the Path of Creation is life; the mythology of Nuwa creating mankind stems from her supreme cultivation in the Creation path.

More than three years had passed, yielding rich rewards as he successfully advanced the Creation True Scripture to the Late-Jade Platform Realm stage, ultimately stabilizing his path of Creation.

Life and death, yin and yang, creation and destruction are all parts of the Creation path. He excelled at life and creation at this point, yet understanding life encompasses understanding death, and he thoroughly grasped the path of destruction.

"Since leaving Mother Star, my progress has slowed far too much; had I remained on Earth, I might already be at the Peak of Jade Platform Realm," Wang Xuan realized this was due to isolation from Earth.

Living in the mountains for years had brought him through the entire journey from birth to death, compressing a mortal’s lifetime into a few years.

This experience deepened his comprehension of life.

"Er Gouzi, I know you’ve been courting two female wolves in the mountains, even fathering several litters. After I leave, embrace your role as the Wolf King."

A stream of Power of Creation surged into Er Gouzi’s body, and soon the dog grew over a meter tall, extraordinarily robust.

Its bones crackled, muscles immensely strong, its fur shed rapidly, and in no time, a mighty Wolf King emerged.

Wang Xuan soared into the sky, traversing hundreds of kilometers with each breath, soon reaching outer space.

Interstellar battleships docked in the vacuum, orbiting the star like the life planet without pause, and Wang Xuan entered one of the battleships.

In the mountain forest, only the Wolf King remained, endlessly howling.