(The previous chapter has been revised and is no longer about game settings! I believe everyone will like it.)
"Grandpa, you don't need to persuade me anymore. I want to be alone for a while. Please find me a quiet place," Zhou Hong said with a hint of loneliness.
"Alright!" Zhou Sheng Gu immediately found a secluded peak in Sheng Gu Immortal Kingdom, and Zhou Hong would live there from now on.
Zhou Hong sat alone on the peak, his heart filled with bewilderment. Little did he know that his "previous life grandfather" was not who he thought he was... not his previous life grandfather.
At this moment, Zhou Sheng Gu hesitated for a moment, feeling it necessary to exit the Metaverse again and have a talk with his young lady.
So, he disappeared again.
Back in the same ancient room, a shadow flew out from a large glowing sphere, and Zhou Sheng Gu appeared in the room. The glowing sphere behind him was the Metaverse, containing the immortal realm where Zhou Hong was currently located, the lower realm, Earth, and countless other small worlds.
As for why this glowing sphere was so magical, capable of spawning such a vast world within it, Zhou Sheng Gu did not know for the time being. The Gu Si Divine Race behind Zhou Sheng Gu was also not entirely clear. They only knew it was a divine artifact, but its functions and other details were still under research.
"Young lady!" Zhou Sheng Gu entered a room and called out to the girl he had seen before.
"Butler Fu, why have you come out again?"
"Young lady, that Zhou Hong already knows about the Metaverse."
"What? Who told him?"
"Who else could it be? Your two cousins. They are both in the Metaverse right now. They used their family connections to obtain identities as two primordial demon emperors within it and are living it up. I heard they found many strong men in the Metaverse...!" Zhou Sheng Gu couldn't bring himself to continue.
"How could they be like this!" The young lady blushed for a moment, but it wasn't a big deal. The Metaverse was originally a place for the descendants of the various families of their Gu Qi Divine Race to have fun. Other family descendants also frequently went in to fool around with women.
However, it was different. Other family descendants treated the people in the Metaverse as mere playthings. Only she... had developed feelings for a native named Zhou Qing. This was not allowed by their family, because in the eyes of their Gu Qi Divine Race, the natives of the Metaverse were low-level beings. They could be played with, but falling in love with them would undoubtedly tarnish their divine status.
Therefore, the young lady knew she was playing with fire. If her family found out, they would surely erase Zhou Hong's consciousness. Fortunately, only a handful of people knew about this, including her two cousins. Su Dan Novel Network
"Young lady, Zhou Hong is now determined to know the truth. If he can't find out, he might become depressed. Why not just tell him? Whether he can accept such a cruel truth is up to him."
"This...!"
"Seeing him so dejected, I feel sad too. He shouldn't be someone who can't handle a blow. Perhaps I should tell him the truth," Zhou Sheng Gu said.
"Fine, fine. I'll go find him myself," the young lady sighed.
"Then let's not delay. Let's go find him now. I hope he can accept reality after learning the truth and won't be so depressed that he wants to commit suicide."
With that, Butler Fu and his young lady arrived together in the room with the glowing sphere.
"Butler Fu, regarding this Metaverse, has the family not yet figured out what kind of divine artifact it is? Why can it autonomously generate such a vast world within it?" the young lady asked, looking at the glowing sphere with confusion.
"No, it's not that easy to figure out. We only know that ever since our Gu Si Divine Race obtained this divine artifact, it has been like a small sun, independently generating a vast world within itself. Originally, our Gu Qi Divine Race wanted to see how to use this divine artifact, but they couldn't find a way to use it no matter what. The clan leader even spent 1 billion years trying to see if he could become its master, but the result was still futile. Other powerful individuals in the clan, and even some genius disciples, have tried. Not a single one has managed to become its master. Therefore, this divine artifact remains masterless to this day. Apart from allowing the clan's descendants to play in it, it has no other use."
"Hmm! Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go in and find Zhou Qing."
"Zhou Qing was his previous life. Now he's called Zhou Hong," Butler Fu smiled.
"Whether it's Zhou Qing or Zhou Hong, fundamentally, he is still the same person."
"Young lady, when you allowed him to reincarnate on Earth, why did you change his personality? Wouldn't it have been better to let him retain his romantic nature?" Butler Fu suddenly asked with some confusion. It turned out Zhou Hong wasn't a pervert from the start but had been changed intentionally.
"Because... I didn't want to see him be a romantic like in his previous life. I wanted him to become a passionate person, or even a promiscuous person, after reincarnation. That way... I might not love him as much when I saw him, and I would gradually forget his appearance from his previous life."
"Have you forgotten now? Don't think I don't know. You're constantly watching his growth from outside."
"Alright, Butler Fu, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go in and find him. This fated misfortune should come to an end," the woman said, and then instantly transformed into a wisp of smoke, entering the glowing sphere. Butler Fu followed closely behind.
In the Metaverse, Zhou Sheng Gu and the young lady appeared almost simultaneously in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall of Sheng Gu Immortal Kingdom.
At this very moment, Zhou Hong was lying on a rock on a mountain peak suspended in the sky, drinking wine like a drunkard.
Zhou Hong felt unbearable pain in his heart, indescribable. He felt his worldview collapsing. Although he didn't know the exact truth of this world yet, he had guessed about ninety percent of it.
"Zhou Hong!" Just as Zhou Hong was lying there drinking cheap wine, his grandfather's voice reached his ears.
"Grandpa, why are you here...!" Zhou Hong immediately got up, but then he saw a woman of extreme beauty standing behind his grandfather. As Zhou Hong's eyes fell on that woman, a deep, indescribable pain and sorrow emanated from the depths of his soul.
"Ah!" Zhou Hong couldn't help but let out a soft cry, and tears began to fall like rain, uncontrollably.
"Zhou Hong? What's wrong?" Zhou Sheng Gu flew over in confusion.
"Grandpa, who is she? Why does my heart ache so much when I see her?" Zhou Hong asked, but he knew without an answer that the girl from his previous life he was looking for had finally appeared.
(Everyone, don't give up! Guess who will become the master of this Metaverse divine artifact? Who will find a way to recognize it as their master?)