At that moment, Zhou Hong suddenly froze in place, the whole person stunned, as if something incredible had just happened.
Seeing Zhou Hong's reaction, Lu Qianqian was full of doubt. He had just said that Long Xuan was his woman, so why did his expression change so suddenly?
Similarly, Long Xuan, who was still blushing, looked at Zhou Hong with confusion and hurriedly asked, "Zhou Hong, what's wrong? Why did your expression suddenly change? You're not going back on your word, are you? Although I rejected your pursuit before, you are the only man I have ever had." Long Xuan thought that Zhou Hong had suddenly changed his mind and wouldn't take her into his harem, so she quickly confessed to Zhou Hong that he was the only man she had ever had.
Zhou Hong then looked up, looking at Lu Qianqian and Long Xuan excitedly, and said in disbelief, "Just a second ago, a voice suddenly came into my mind, and that voice said I would ascend to the immortal realm in ten days. I... I finally received the summons to ascend." Zhou Hong's eyes were filled with tears. He had waited for over 200 years, and finally, he received the summons to ascend.
"What did you say?" Lu Qianqian and Long Xuan were also stunned. No wonder Zhou Hong had suddenly stopped moving. It turned out he had received the summons to ascend. Long Xuan quickly broke into a smile. It was such good news, she had thought... !
"Are you sure it's true?" Lu Qianqian asked excitedly, afraid it was another dream.
"Of course, it's true. This time, it's definitely not a dream," Zhou Hong laughed heartily.
"Congratulations, Zhou Hong," Long Xuan said quickly. She had been very happy, but then she suddenly thought of something, and a look of sadness crossed her face. Zhou Hong had finally accepted her as his wife, and now he was going to ascend in ten days. Once he left, it would be a final farewell. Long Xuan had no hope of ascending herself.
Zhou Hong naturally saw what Long Xuan was thinking and patted her shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, if I'm ascending, I won't leave you here."
"You can't possibly take me with you, can you?" Long Xuan gave Zhou Hong a glare. She wanted to cry at that moment, but it was such a happy occasion that she couldn't bring herself to cry. She thought Zhou Hong was just comforting her.
"Don't worry about it too much. Just get ready to leave with me in ten days."
Long Xuan looked bewildered, while Lu Qianqian beside her was beaming with joy.
Seeing that Lu Qianqian wasn't worried at all, Long Xuan quickly looked at her and said, "Sister Qianqian, Zhou Hong is going to ascend soon. You can still smile. This departure might be a final farewell."
"Sister Long Xuan, please don't worry. We will all go to the immortal realm together then," Lu Qianqian said happily.
"Even you say that? Is there some secret you're hiding from me?"
Zhou Hong sighed, "Fine, since you're my wife, I won't hide it from you anymore. Let's go. I'll take you somewhere and share this good news with my other family members."
"Other family members?" Long Xuan was confused. Wasn't Zhou Hong a loner? Apart from Lu Qianqian, he had no other relatives.
The next second, Long Xuan and Lu Qianqian simultaneously entered Zhou Hong's sub-world.
The events that followed are not detailed, but in summary, Zhou Hong took Long Xuan back to his home in the sub-world and introduced her to his family members. At the same time, Zhou Hong informed his family that he would be ascending to the immortal realm in ten days.
His family members were overjoyed to hear this news and even held a grand celebration at their home on Earth.
Long Xuan also got to meet Zhou Hong's other family members and, like Lu Qianqian, quickly integrated into their lives. Long Xuan couldn't help but sigh at how deeply Zhou Hong had hidden his secrets, harboring such a world within him. No wonder Zhou Hong dared to say he would take her with him to the immortal realm.
When Zhou Hong, Long Xuan, and Lu Qianqian emerged from the sub-world again, a week had already passed.
Zhou Hong had three days left before his ascension to the immortal realm, so he naturally came out to prepare. At the same time, he needed to inform his human friends at the Taigu Academy, as he couldn't just leave without a word. Sudian Novel Network.
Zhou Hong summoned all the human powerhouses from Taigu Academy and publicly announced that he would be ascending in three days.
Everyone immediately congratulated Zhou Hong. However, a dozen or so Mahayana stage cultivators wore faint expressions of disappointment. They had broken through to the Mahayana stage earlier than Zhou Hong, yet Zhou Hong had already received the summons to ascend while they still hadn't.
"Everyone, after I ascend, the human race here will be entrusted to your protection. I will wait for you in the immortal realm," Zhou Hong told the crowd.
"Senior Zhou Hong, please rest assured."
Zhou Hong said no more, as the more he spoke, the greater the stimulation would be for some of the older cultivators present.
"Then let's disperse. I hope we meet again."
Zhou Hong left and came to a small wooden cabin in a forest. This was the cabin where he and Lu Qianqian had lived for a hundred years. He would spend his last three days here.
Time passed slowly, and soon, the three days were up.
Early in the morning, Zhou Hong felt his body gradually losing its gravity. He felt as if he were floating when he walked.
It was an indescribable feeling, as if the continent's pull on him was gradually disappearing.
Around noon, Zhou Hong suddenly looked up at the sky. A golden halo had appeared in the sky. At this moment, the golden halo was very, very small, like a tiny ring. As time passed, the golden halo gradually expanded.
After about half an hour, the golden halo grew as large as a mountain and hovered above Zhou Hong's head. Immediately, a powerful suction force emanated from the golden halo, and Zhou Hong's body slowly drifted towards it.
Zhou Hong looked down at the shrinking world below and said to himself, "Goodbye, mortal realm. Goodbye, everyone I once struggled with."
Zhou Hong's mood was somewhat melancholic. After all, he was ascending and leaving today, and what he would encounter and experience in the future was an unknown.
When Zhou Hong's body was completely sucked into the halo, the halo began to shrink, just like at the beginning, until it finally disappeared into the clouds, and the sky returned to its peaceful state, as if it had never appeared.
Zhou Hong vanished from this world.
No one saw him off, no one bid him farewell. He left the mortal realm alone.
As for Lu Qianqian and Long Xuan, they had already entered Zhou Hong's sub-world and left with him. For this world, Zhou Hong became a legend. Tens of thousands of years later, his story and his legend were still introduced in the history books of this world. This is a story for another time.