Cheat Cultivator's Ascension - Chapter 464 - 464: Everyone's Thoughts

With the major problem being dealt with, it doesn’t take long for those two celestial-level powerhouses to leave and return to the depths of space to resume their game, all while they do the duty of guarding their home world from the grasp of other treacherous, greedy races of the universe.

“That just cements the fact that he’s going to be that massive figure that’s going to lead us beyond the stars, just like what you had said before” as they look over the horizon, looking down on the world that they oh-so-value, its size not even a mere speck of dust in comparison to the vast, near infinite, if not, darkness of space with the existence of the stars in the night sky solely lighting the blank expanse, the peculiar Lucius said with certainty filling his voice, earning a smile from his old friend.

“It seems like he’s so much more than that as well, he… goes way beyond those monsters of rumors circulating within the stars…” hearing his old friend’s words, the powerful celestial that is Hua Xingtian said with a hint of melancholy, along with a trace of loneliness in his voice, wondering when is it that he will be able to pass on the mantle of being the forerunner of their world to that young man.

‘This would’ve never been an issue had it not been for that Long Yangxue…’ as the thoughts of pity wondering just how much that old celestial suppressed before him and his brothers, the powerful old man thought to himself with malice surrounding his entire being making the peculiar old man well aware of what he is thinking about right now.

After all, more often than not, there are only a few things that can invoke the ire of a celestial-level being; of course, there are some special cases, including the ancestor of the Imperial Court.

Shaking his head as he knew that it would be for just a while that this friend of his would be in this state, Lucius merely flew alongside him silently as their figures ascended further and further until no one from the surface of the Sky Soul Star could see them anymore.

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Meanwhile, somewhere quite far away from the battle that just happened, to be exact, right within the area where the visitors and guardians of the participants of the Dao Enlightenment Competition, a regal, mature lady reveals a smile on her face that shows how interested she is towards a certain someone now, this certain someone she is currently observing with her powerful senses.

‘We really need to recruit him to our force…’ as she recalls the things she witnessed, how this figure, an immortal-like young man standing up to two people of the same realm as hers, even brutally sending one off to the underworld while the other lost not only his hand, but his dignity as well, this mature lady thought to herself with a little bit of urgency to her tone, knowing just how much attention this young man had pulled already during the time he is competing with the other geniuses of his age.

‘It’s also good to just form a connection with him…’ should she fail on this task though, she thought of such alternative, not even thinking of bearing malice to the young man as she feels like she knows the kind of person he is, the sort of monster that would bear grudge to all those who bears ill will to himself and shows gratitude to all that grants him grace, and invoking the ire of such person, particularly with how talented he is, will more than likely, only result in self-ruination.

Meanwhile as she thinks of this, the other guardians who also came from the same place as hers also bears the same thought now, even without managing to observe the fight, after all, what this immortal-like young man had shown during the competition is already more than enough for them to feel like he has such huge potential for growth.

What makes their thought different from this regal lady, however, is their willingness to dispatch the young man should he not fall into their grasp.

As all those people are thinking of such things, though, the ones who are the closest to the topic of the thoughts, his friends and family, are currently looking beyond the horizon, still feeling quite nervous despite those two presences already disappearing completely, making them wait for the arrival of that familiar figure all the more.

‘I thought we’re going to be brothers-in-arms protecting each other’s back in the most precarious of situations but…’ looking beyond the horizon, Ling Feng, Wang Sheng and Huo Chen couldn’t help but thought of such thing as they once again realize just how large of a gap there is between them and their sworn brother, wondering when they will catch up to such strength, rather than whether they will even achieve such level.

On the other hand, the other ladies also have their own thoughts, mostly how frustrating, even depressing it is that their most treasured is out there, fighting in the very front lines yet here they are, merely waiting for him to end the fight while they helplessly watch him knowing that they will only become more of a hindrance than help should they intervene.

“I… I need to cultivate harder after this…” clenching her dainty fist as she thought of such fact, the empress-like Hua Xian’er mutters uncontrollably out of her fair lips, her lower lip being slightly red, a sign of her biting it quite hardly for a while now already, her words resonating with her ‘sisters’ making them nod seriously to her words as well.

‘You’ve picked great partners, my dear big brother…’ looking at the expression on these new faces, ones that she never had the chance to know in that destroyed timeline, Wu Xiaoyao smiles as she thought to herself, as even she, with all her knowledge and experience being inherited from herself on that timeline, finds it quite hard to believe that her dear big brother manages to meet and develop close relationships with these kinds of ladies all the time.

‘Tsk, I should be quite frustrated with more competition but why am I happy…’ as she snaps back to herself, the bubbly young beauty thought in quite the annoyance before she sighs in a retired, defeated manner, laughing wryly as she blames all of this on her dear big brother who is currently nearing their location now.

‘Xiaotian…’ cursing her weakness, her current, and even her previous cultivation being weaker than her beloved son, the goddess-like motherly beauty that is Su Meiyao couldn’t help but feel her chest tighten in both self-pity and frustration, this state of near depression merely lasting for a moment as a determined light shined underneath her bright, beautiful eyes.

Seeing a figure descending from the horizon, despite the massive gap in their cultivation, it is Su Meiyao, instead of both her reunited sworn sisters, who managed to identify who this figure is first, her chest bursting in relief and joy as she watches him approaching closer and closer to their location.

“Tian!!” had she not controlled herself, knowing that there are a lot of people here that might pull their attention towards her, she would’ve immediately run outside and used her movement technique to feel herself in his arms again as soon as possible.