Chapter 536: Another World from the Novel

The author had simply written "The End" beneath the final Chapter, explaining that the story had an open ending with no bonus Chapters. Readers were free to imagine whatever ending they wanted.

Back then, Xiao Shou had nearly wanted to smash his computer screen in frustration. What kind of open ending was that? It wasn’t even a multiple male lead novel! Even if the male protagonist refused to forgive or accept the female protagonist, leading to a bad ending, the author should at least have written the outcome of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor’s battle against the final antagonist before leaving the ending open! But what had she done instead?

The novel had actually ended the moment the battle began!

It was so infuriating that Xiao Shou could hardly find the words to describe it. Having read that novel, he had sworn to hate the author for the rest of his life, and there was no need to explain why. Even now, whenever he thought about it, it felt as though a fish bone were stuck in his throat, something he simply had to get out of his system.

Sigh! He wondered whether the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor they had just mentioned was the male protagonist himself. He hoped it wasn’t an inheritor from the male protagonist’s generation. Otherwise, things could become very troublesome.

As he recalled the novel’s contents, Xiao Shou silently prayed for the best while trying to remember its title. Wasn’t it something like Ascending to Immortality with a System, with a quick transmigration tag at the end?

His mind was racing with thoughts, but in the outside world, barely an instant had passed.

After hearing Xiao Shou’s explanation of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s inheritor, Tushan Shanhe nodded and said, "I see. Such things are quite common in the cultivation world, the Spirit Realms, and even the Immortal Realm. A weak faction might suddenly obtain some extraordinary material and use it to create a supreme treasure, allowing it to shake an entire realm. I’ve heard of several such cases myself."

"Really? Great Granduncle Shanhe, please tell me about them!" Having just remembered the novel that had filled him with so much anger, Xiao Shou felt an urgent need to cleanse his mind with something else.

Fu Young, who was standing nearby, watched Xiao Shou thoughtfully. For some reason, his master looked very much like someone who had just eaten something that didn’t agree with his taste.

As he leisurely flew through the air, Tushan Shanhe continued, "Take the Crimson Eclipse Gate I mentioned earlier, for example. Its founder was an Eight Tribulation Immortal Ascendant from the Mystic Azure Realm who accidentally obtained a peculiar material. Afterward, whenever he entered meditation, he would see a vision of a blood red moon containing intricate patterns through which profound principles flowed. By comprehending those principles, he created the cultivation techniques that became the foundation of the Crimson Eclipse Gate. He established the sect, spread its teachings throughout various Spirit Realms, and eventually survived the ninth tribulation and ascended to the Immortal Realm."

"Uh, really?"

Sigh! Of all the things he could have mentioned, why did it have to be this one?

The Mystic Azure Realm was another world the female protagonist had visited during her transmigrations. Later, the main branch of the Crimson Eclipse Gate faction had been completely wiped out by her, all so she could retrieve the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s original body.

And that peculiar material that caused people to dream of a blood red moon was actually a fragment of the Heavenfall Immortal Sword’s original body!

Honestly... The more he listened, the more certain Xiao Shou became that this was yet another world the female protagonist had transmigrated through. He felt utterly dejected.

Tushan Shanhe also noticed Xiao Shou’s listless expression. Assuming that Xiao Shou wasn’t interested in this sort of story, he hurriedly changed the subject.

"The Sacred Timber Gate is another example. Its founding ancestor was originally nothing more than a menial servant at the Qi Refining Stage. By chance, he picked up a piece of withered wood. Who would have thought that this seemingly ordinary piece of dead wood would eventually allow him to successfully cultivate the Divine Wood Technique? He went on to establish the Sacred Timber Gate, which became a renowned sect of healing cultivators throughout the Spirit Realms and the Immortal Realm."

"Mm-hmm!"

Uh... Should he tell Tushan Shanhe that he already knew this story too? He even knew that, in the future, the female protagonist and the male protagonist would join forces to destroy the main branch of the Sacred Timber Gate. The cultivation power accumulated by all the Sacred Timber Gate’s healing cultivators, whether mortal or immortal, would become the male protagonist’s strength, allowing his cultivation to advance by an entire major realm. He would also reclaim another fragment of his original body!

This world was truly unreasonable. Why couldn’t he have ascended to a realm that wasn’t the setting of some novel? His luck was simply too terrible.

Xiao Shou thought dejectedly. It would be a long time before he learned that his arrival in this world had been predetermined long ago. Whether he ascended to the Spirit Realm through the proper channels or crossed the boundaries between realms directly, this had always been his destined fate.

Seeing how listless Xiao Shou looked, Fu Young carefully sensed their surroundings before pointing in a certain direction.

"Master, there’s a bustling city more than a hundred thousand li that way. Why don’t we go there first and find somewhere to rest? We’ve all been exhausted for days. We should take a break before deciding what to do next. My mind is a complete mess right now. I can’t think of anything!"

"Mm-hmm! I want to find somewhere to sleep as soon as possible."

Xiao Shou nodded repeatedly at those words.

It seemed his master really had run into something troubling. Xiao Shou’s usual response to difficulties was to sleep first and think about them after waking up. He was a typical believer in the idea that once you fell asleep, all your worries disappeared.