Chapter 3017: The Moment of Eager Anticipation!
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Jiangnan, eyes filled with expectation!
Beneath the brilliant radiance of countless stars, the Eternal Demon Lord stood before the crowd and slowly removed his own demon mask!
The entire starry sky fell silent…
What was revealed to everyone was a modest gentleman, gentle and refined like jade. Jiangnan’s brows and eyes were gentle, his six Dao Divine Pupils emitting a faint glow, his nose bridge high and straight, his lips slightly thin!
The corners of his mouth always carried a hint of a playful smile!
The silver strands of hair on his forehead swayed lightly, adding an ethereal feeling to Jiangnan!
Jiangnan smiled and raised an eyebrow:
(๑◔◡◔ิ) “My name is Jiangnan! The Jiang of Jiangcheng, the Nan of the Southern Wall… Remember it?”
“As for the agreement… I will naturally come back when there’s an opportunity in the future. After all, the time I’ve spent in the Celestial Palace Xing Kong World is far longer than my time in the Wanzu Xingkong Shijie. It’s practically half a home now…”
Nian Hongyan was stunned, staring at Jiangnan with wide eyes, as if she wanted to carve his appearance into her heart!
She muttered unconsciously:
(°△°๑) “Jiangnan… Jiangnan, you say? Senior is really handsome, isn’t he?”
This feeling of youth was just too touching!
Jiangnan casually waved his hand, completely unconcerned:
(︶ꇴ︶〃)ﾉ “Ah~ what are you saying such big truths for? Just average handsome~ only the ceiling of good looks, that’s all!”
At this moment, the Seven Saints were completely dumbfounded, staring at Jiangnan in disbelief!
∑(°口°๑) Damn!
Is he for real? This young and handsome?
In their imagination, the Eternal Demon Lord should at least be vicious and ferocious, or at least exceptionally domineering!
At the very least, he should have some scars on his face or something!
He shouldn’t be worse than that demon mask!
But now, it was completely different, and this contrast made them all stunned!
Chi San widened his eyes: (°△°〃) “Tch~ you’re this handsome? Damn! Why didn’t you say so earlier? If I had known you looked so fine, I might have lowered myself and tried to seduce you!”
“It definitely wouldn’t be a loss to hook you!”
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั*) “You? Forget it! Want an old cow to eat tender grass? Get out of here, you hermaphrodite!”
Ling Que shrugged regretfully:
(〃´-ɞ-`) “Such a handsome demon lord, it’s a pity he has a mouth!”
Jiangnan: (ꐦ°᷄◡°᷅)
Come here! I promise I won’t kill you!
Li Daoyan was also stunned: “So… so young? Unbelievable. You said the time you spent in your original world was not as long as the time here?”
“May I ask how old the demon lord senior is?”
Jiangnan tilted his head:
(๑•̌～•̑) “Hmm~ I was born in the All Things Xing Kong World, lived there for less than thirty years, then came here for over three hundred years. The time in the Life Forbidden Zone doesn’t count. So I’m about three hundred sixty or seventy years old now?”
“Good heavens! I’m that old? Tsk tsk~ But it doesn’t matter. This body is eternal and indestructible. Age means nothing to me!”
Li Daoyan almost spat out a mouthful of old blood!
Holy crap! Not possible? He’s that young?
He’s not even a fraction of my age!
That means Jiangnan descended into this realm and crushed the Seven Saints when he was less than thirty years old?
Damn! How did he cultivate to this level?
This is the true prodigy!
Nian Hongyan was also stunned. Senior demon lord is actually younger than me?
Then… that would be an older sister-younger brother…
Thinking this, Nian Hongyan blushed again!
Jiangnan grinned:
(˵¯͒◡¯͒) “Satisfied now?”
Nian Hongyan was startled, then quickly nodded:
(งᵒ̌ꇴᵒ̌)ง “Satisfied! Totally satisfied! Demon… no, Senior Jiangnan, you must remember the agreement, okay?”
Jiangnan smiled and extended his pinky: “Pinky swear~”
Their pinky fingers hooked together, and the agreement was made!
Li Daoyan laughed: “Said it was a farewell drink for Lord Demonlord, but we’ve been talking all this time. Here—this is the farewell wine prepared for you!”
“This wine has a special origin. It was brewed by my own hands on the day I attained the Dao, using the finest heavenly materials and earthly treasures. I only have a few jars, and I’ve never been willing to take them out to drink!”
“Today, Lord Demonlord is fortunate to taste it!”
With that, he directly produced a wine jar, broke the clay seal, and the aroma of wine filled the air!
Yan Xing rubbed his hands, eyes sparkling:
(人⁰̷̴͈꒨⁰̷̴͈) “Good heavens! This is a good thing! The old Daoist really went all out, huh?”
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั益꒪ัꐦ) “Fortunate? What fortune? If I drink it, won’t I have to force it back up again?”
“You want me to break the law of conservation and not leave here, right? You’re not being honest either, are you?”
Li Daoyan said seriously:
(˵ಠĹ̯ಠ˵) “Lord Demonlord! You can totally watch us drink it!”
Jiangnan: (ꐦ°᷄◡°᷅)
Deliberate! This guy is definitely doing it on purpose!
Trying to tempt me?
“Fine, fine! You guys drink the wine, I’ll drink this!”
As he spoke, Jiangnan waved his hand lightly, and the space condensed into a glazed cup, filled to the brim with Realm Source Energy!
“Here’s to a toast!”
At this moment, the faces of the Seven Saints all stiffened. Drinking Realm Source Energy? Are you for real?
This is something we dream of! You drink a whole cup in one gulp?
Yan Xing immediately shoved the wine jar aside: “What kind of trash is this? Totally not up to par! Lord Demonlord! I still think your stuff is better! Give us some to drink!”
Jiangnan raised his head arrogantly:
(︶.̮︶〃) “No, no! You guys just go ahead and drink your immortal brew! Making me jealous, huh?”
Nian Hongyan watched this scene and couldn’t help but laugh out loud!
In the end, Yan Xing and the others didn’t get any Realm Source Energy. They just drank the immortal brew, though they clinked glasses very hard, hoping that a bit would spill from Jiangnan’s glazed cup into theirs so they could leech some Realm Source Energy!
But how could Jiangnan make such a mistake?
They were overthinking it!
The few of them, illuminated by the starry sky, began to drink their farewell toast, clinking glasses and laughing continuously!
It seemed everyone had forgotten the sadness of parting!
And among those seeing him off, many used memory beads to preserve this precious scene!
Some even used brushes to paint this scene on paper, calling it “The Eight Saints Farewell Painting,” planning to hang it in their halls for worship…
Amidst the laughter, time passed, and the Xian Zhou Star was getting closer and closer to the dimensional crossing node…
…
In the Wanzu Xingkong Shijie, after the Battle of the Wuxian Great Wall, Jiang Fan had indeed not made any big moves. These three months had been quite peaceful!
The Final City was not completely rebuilt, but instead, around the accretion disk, many space wormholes and large particle transmitters were constructed to ensure the collection of the final batch of materials!
The Silicon race had also developed an antivirus program to counter the Watts Virus, but the cost was considerable. The Final Legion had suffered a significant blow from this wave!
As for Jiang Fan, over these few months, he had been sitting cross-legged in front of the Final Black Hole, eyes closed and motionless, like an old monk in meditation!
Regarding the progress of Xun Zu’s Shen Zang refinement, the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance had tried every means but couldn’t find out!
Even Zhang San had gone there a few times, but the Eternal World existed independently of the Wanzu Xingkong Shijie!
Blocked by the world barrier, even Zhang San couldn’t enter, so naturally he couldn’t find out the specific progress. It was still a fog!
During these three months, the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance hadn’t been idle!
They had already been preparing for the final decisive battle. No one knew how it would turn out. Apart from the combat forces used to defend the Wuxian Great Wall, all non-combatant civilians had been transferred to the Dimensional Star City for temporary shelter!
The transfer work had been ongoing!
But they couldn’t retreat completely. The starry sky needed resistance. The Wuxian Great Wall had to be defended!
They couldn’t give Jiang Fan an opportunity!
As for immovable industrial systems and everything else needed for development, they left them as they were!
No matter what, they had to protect the foundation of their race first, and the foundation of the race lay in the population!
They had to prepare for the worst, such as the possibility of the Wuxian Great Wall being breached!
And once the Final Black Hole erupted with jets, even hiding in the dimensional gaps wouldn’t help; they would still be hit!
But the thing everyone was worried about never happened!
Because Jiangnan would soon return!
According to the timeline, the Xian Zhou Star had been away for exactly three years, three months, and three days!
In another ten-plus minutes, it would cross back!
If Jiangnan had succeeded over there, he would follow the Xian Zhou Star back!
At this moment, in front of the Milky Way Star Domain’s Celestial Palace Star System!
Zhong Yingxue, Xia Yao, Jiangnan’s entire team, including Mila and Lan, were all here. Li Bing was also there!
Yang Jian, Xiao Chuihuo, Chong Feiyu, Youming, and the others, including little brother Baldr, a bunch of familiar faces, all came to wait!
They were eagerly anticipating Jiangnan’s return, their gazes fixed on the dimensional crossing node!
Even Zhang San was present, silently counting down Jiangnan’s return!
These three-plus years had been bumpy, agonizing, and some had left, but no matter what, everyone had managed to endure!
Everyone was looking forward to what surprise Jiangnan would bring them when he returned!
After cultivating in the Celestial Palace Xing Kong World for over three hundred years, how strong had Jiangnan become? What had he turned into?
Zhong Yingxue’s eyes were full of longing, and Xia Yao had long been impatient!
Now the Milky Way Star Domain was extremely desolate. Looking out over the starry sky, it was a vast emptiness!
Besides the starlight emitted by the star domain itself, everything around was pitch black!
In fact, the Milky Way Star Domain had long been in the Dark Domain. It was located in the outskirts of the starry sky, on the expansion path of the Finality Defense Line!
The surrounding star domains had all been emptied by the Final Legion!
The reason the Milky Way Star Domain still existed was that Jiang Fan hadn’t moved it; this was the jurisdiction of the human race!
In this boundless Dark Domain, only the Milky Way Star Domain and the Shen Nong Star Domain of the Star Farming Clan remained untouched!
Jiang Fan had kept the promise he made before Jiangnan left, not touching the humans, nor the Star Farming Clan’s Qing Er!
Even so, there were hardly any people left in the Milky Way Star Domain. Almost all humans had transferred to the Dimensional Star City or behind the Wuxian Great Wall!
Because being in the Dark Domain, there were no development conditions, nothing was convenient, and there was no sense of security. Continuing to hold it was useless!
Now the Milky Way Star Domain felt like a ghost town after everyone had left!
Only some insect swarms of Chong Feiyu and Ai Jiang’s mechanical troops were stationed here, maintaining the normal operation of the Milky Way Star Domain!
The main thing was to guard the Celestial Palace Star System!
This place absolutely could not go wrong, because it was the beacon for Jiangnan’s return!
And Zhang San had been caring about the Celestial Palace Star System all these years, silently guarding it to prevent any accidents!
These three-plus years, everyone had been waiting day and night, finally reaching this day!
As the time for dimensional crossing approached, the moment of Jiangnan’s return was imminent!
Li Bing’s heart was also in her throat!