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Chapter 2161: Chapter 2129: Brothers Who Once Shared Life and Death

In the vast, desolate mountains and forests, a middle-aged man with a scar on his face was slowly walking along the mountain forest toward a clear little Xiaoxi.

It could be seen that his legs didn’t seem very good; his right leg was injured, and when he walked, his slight limp was clearly visible.

In the man’s hand, he was carrying two pheasants. When he arrived at the side of the Xiaoxi, the man let out a light breath, put down the pheasants, carefully plucked their feathers, let their blood out, then used a few pieces of dead wood on the spot to put together a simple grill. After strenuously forcing out a wisp of Energy to ignite the dead branches, he placed the cleaned pheasants on top and began roasting them.

The man’s clothes looked somewhat tattered, and there were even quite a few patches of dried, dark red bloodstains on them.

As he was roasting the pheasants, the man looked up and suddenly发现 it had started to drizzle from the sky.

"Damn it, don’t tell me even that damned old heaven is targeting me?" the man cursed, but could only helplessly watch the dead branches gradually go out.

After gathering some more dead branches, the man carried the two half-roasted pheasants and walked toward a cave not far away.

As he walked, he didn’t care that the pheasants were only half-cooked, and started tearing into them with big bites.

"I was at least once a dignified Heavenly King, and now I’m here struggling on one’s last breath, barely hanging on to a life. Why do I feel it’d be cleaner to just die?" Half collapsing in exhaustion beside the cave, the man once again spent a ton of effort to get a bonfire going. His gaze turned somewhat blank as he looked toward the forest outside and the fine drizzle falling from the sky.

Unconsciously, the man’s thoughts drifted far away.

He thought of that unknown moment when he suddenly gained Spiritual Intelligence, as if born of heaven and earth themselves, suddenly emerging into existence.

Moreover, very soon he discovered that his talent was exceptional. In a very short span of Time, he charged into a rather impressive Realm.

Afterwards, he found a disciple whose talent was even better.

But for some unknown reason, a group of people suddenly appeared, began hunting him down, and wanted to take his disciple.

Under the pursuit of that group, he risked getting seriously injured to send away that disciple who had yet to formally enter his sect, while he himself escaped into a Lower Realm Space.

Even he himself didn’t know why he wanted to enter that Lower Realm Space; it was as if some kind of intuition was guiding him, driving him to flee there.

In the end, when he wanted to abandon his broken body and attempt a Soul Possession rebirth, he died at the hands of an Earth Level who, in his eyes back then, was so insignificant as to be almost invisible.

Originally, he thought that was the end.

Unexpectedly, after some years, a young man discovered him again.

He followed that young man as a wisp of Remnant Soul, and in the end, he returned to the Heaven Realm along with that young man.

Moreover, that youth even helped him find an item capable of reshaping his body and rebuilt his flesh.

Originally, he thought that as a Remnant Soul, even if he had a body, he would no longer be able to cultivate.

But for some unknown reason, his Soul suddenly self-completed. Not only could he cultivate, but his cultivation speed was in no way inferior to before.

In a short Time, he had already touched the edge of the Soul Realm.

Then, he returned to the place where he first awakened and gained Spiritual Sense—the Heartless Sea of the Star Land of Heavenly Might.

He had originally planned to break through here and become a Soul Realm Celestial Venerable.

But because he encountered a Treasure while searching for resources, during the scramble for that Treasure, he was hunted down again.

And this time, the ones hunting him were even stronger!

He could only fight and run at the same time.

By the Time he arrived at this place called the Sea Edge Domain, he was already seriously injured, even his Yuan was wounded.

Helpless, he could only hide.

Hide within this Folded Space that no one could find.

Because his injuries were too severe, he couldn’t even use his Cultivation. Even if he exhausted his full strength, he could only squeeze out a tiny spark with his True Yuan.

The current days, to him, could truly be called struggling on one’s last breath.

"When I was at my smoothest, I got a stick to the head. This is what they call the unfathomable will of heaven?" The man let out a bitter laugh, leaning against the side of the cave. His messy stubble made him look even more haggard.

"There is no will of heaven. So-called will of heaven is nothing but an excuse." At this moment, a calm voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Who?"

Although the man was seriously injured and his Cultivation had yet to recover, he was extremely vigilant. The instant he heard the voice, he snapped to alertness and instinctively drew a gleaming Longsword.

In the continuous drizzle, a figure slowly walked over, gradually coming into focus through the hazy rain.

In the end, a black-clothed youth appeared before the cave.

Looking at the man, the youth wore a smile on his face. "Old Cang, long time no see."

"...It’s you." Seeing the youth, the man was stunned for a moment. The hand gripping the Longsword slowly relaxed, then he gave the youth a bitter smile. "Yeah, long time no see. But I’m still this pathetic, huh."

Li Chen walked forward with a smile, patted the man’s shoulder, and said with a laugh, "So what? Who in this world can really sweep across everything and stay invincible for a whole Yisheng? Isn’t it just a little injury? It’s fine. Once you’ve healed up, it won’t be too late to personally go take revenge!"

"You’re quite optimistic." Cang Ku looked at Li Chen and let out a bitter chuckle. "But I guessed back then that your future achievements definitely wouldn’t be ordinary. I just didn’t expect that in just a little over ten years, you’d already reach this level."

Cang Ku tried to sense Li Chen’s Cultivation, only to realize he couldn’t see through it at all, just like an Ape Monkey stretching out its arms trying to measure the size of a planet—simply overestimating itself.

"Without you being my guide back then, I probably wouldn’t have today." Li Chen smiled. "Speaking of which, we can be considered brothers who once shared life and death, right?"

Cang Ku was stunned, then recalled that Heaven Swallowing Roar they had encountered back then.

He still vaguely remembered how, when they faced that Heaven Swallowing Roar, everyone was so terrified that they didn’t dare move a muscle.

And also Li Chen back then, roaring up at the sky full of anger and pain, demanding Power.

"Yeah, brothers who shared life and death." Cang Ku also started laughing.

"So how could a brother just watch you fall into hardship?" Seeing the smile on Cang Ku’s face, Li Chen stretched out his hand and directly pulled out several Pills.

"Emperor Return Pill, Purple True Pill, Martial Void Pill..."

Seeing the Pills in Li Chen’s hand, Cang Ku couldn’t help but mutter, "These are all Top Level Healing Pills."

"Take them, I’ll help you heal!" Li Chen stuffed the Pills into Cang Ku’s hand in one go.

After Cang Ku swallowed them, Li Chen placed a single hand against Cang Ku’s back, helping him dissolve the medicinal Power one by one.

In just a few breaths, Cang Ku’s immensely severe injuries completely recovered. Aside from the fact that his Yuan had been damaged and he needed a bit of Time to recuperate, everything else was almost fully restored.

"I... healed just like that?" Cang Ku lowered his head to look at his own body, somewhat in disbelief.

"What else?" Li Chen smiled, then waved at Cang Ku. "Come on, I’ve still got plenty to talk to you about. Since Little Cang doesn’t want to tell you, I’ll do it in his place."

(So damn cold)