# Chapter 3051: We… Have Never Disappeared!
Jiangnan shook his head:
"This strike… I will never cut at you again…"
"You did take a wrong step… but who can guarantee that they themselves wouldn't make mistakes? Brother Fan… no one is perfect…"
"That divine Jiang Fan is already dead. The former Jiang Fan has returned. The pure white canvas is now covered in colors. You've found everything you once lost, haven't you?"
"That's… already enough!"
"Why force yourself into the abyss? Turn back… it's still not too late now…"
Jiang Fan gritted his teeth, tears glistening in his eyes: "Too late, everything is already too late. The things I lost won't come back. I lost everything I once had!"
"I failed the stars entrusted to me by old friends! It's time to end this. I can't find any meaning for my continued existence anymore!"
"Let my death add the final stroke to your dream reality. Don't treat me like this anymore! I'm in pain, truly in pain!"
"Now I'm alone, with no stars that will shine for me. I can't face myself. I can't get past this hurdle!"
"Let me atone! Let me die! Kill me!"
The self-blame, guilt, grief, and sorrow in his heart threatened to devour Jiang Fan completely.
Jiangnan still shook his head, his gaze firm:
"I won't let you die! This is just you running away, running away from a reality you can't accept!"
"You can't face yourself now, is that it? Then endure it! A hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years from now, when you look back, when you turn back to look at all this, you'll find it's really just that—nothing so terrible!"
"There's never been a hurdle you couldn't get over. As long as you keep moving forward, the road beneath your feet will always stretch ahead. Isn't that what life is?"
"Live on! Death is just escape, not release!"
Jiang Fan's face was full of pain. He clutched his head with both hands, nearly collapsing:
"Yes! I am running away! So what? I can't be like you, enduring one dark moment after another!"
"I've been moving forward my whole life. All my companions fell along the way. No one walked with me, only the countless stars accompanied me. But now… they've all disappeared!"
"I'm tired, truly tired. I don't want to walk the road ahead anymore. Don't keep me! I'm not worth saving. Let me fulfill your dream!"
"If you don't kill me, you can't settle this! You can't give an account to the myriad races of the starry sky!"
In that moment, Jiang Fan couldn't help rushing forward, grabbing Jiangnan's collar, his eyes full of despair:
"Do it! Don't you still see me as your brother Fan? If you still recognize me, then do it!"
But Jiangnan's tone was exceptionally firm:
"No! Absolutely not! At this point, no one can force me to do something I don't want to do!"
Jiang Fan: !!!
"Fine, fine, fine! Since you won't do it, then I'll do it myself!"
In that moment, the origin of Jiang Fan's Starry Sky World began to burn wildly. The world started to collapse uncontrollably!
He truly didn't want to live anymore!
He was completely determined to die!
But at that moment, countless rays of starlight converged into a river of stars, surging from the Boundless World and pouring fiercely into the Starry Sky World!
Repairing the world walls of the Starry Sky World and its collapsing rules!
Jiang Fan's aura didn't weaken; instead, it grew stronger and stronger!
Jiangnan's gaze was profound: "Brother Fan? Have you forgotten? You're currently within my world! And here… I call the shots!"
"I won't allow you to die! Even if you want to die, you can't!"
Jiang Fan was on the verge of breaking down. He madly charged at the Boundless World's boundaries, trying to escape Jiangnan's territory!
He wanted to collapse his own Starry Sky World, but Jiangnan kept repairing it!
Jiang Fan roared in despair: "Let me out! Let me go! Let me die!"
"You won't even give me the right to die? How can you be so cruel!"
Jiang Fan completely collapsed, curling up on the ground, tears streaming down his face. He condensed a blade of rules and stabbed himself in the heart over and over!
But how could he kill himself with his own rules?
Yet at this moment, Jiang Fan was truly in too much pain!
Jiangnan just stood to the side, quietly watching Jiang Fan being tormented by suffering…
For a long, long time…
In that moment, Jiang Fan lay in agony in the void, tears blurring his vision. He reached out toward the starry sky…
"They won't come back… they've already disappeared… let me go accompany them, I beg you…"
But two veins bulged on Jiangnan's forehead. He couldn't help stepping forward, grabbing Jiang Fan by the collar, yanking him up, and punching him hard in the face!
Sending him flying far away, blood at the corner of his mouth, even a tooth knocked out!
Jiangnan roared: "This punch is for your fallen old friends! For Senior Long Chen! For Sister Yue Lan!"
"Jiang Fan! Look at yourself now—so pathetic!"
"Can death really bring release? Can it solve everything? Will you no longer have to face things?"
"If I really let you die, would that truly be atonement? Would you be worthy of those stars that disappeared?"
"You took one wrong step, turned into a god. It was precisely the disappearance and shattering of your old friends' stars that pulled you down from the divine throne!"
"They used their own disappearance to make you find your emotions, to find everything you lost, to complete your redemption! They shone for you, Jiang Fan, until their very last moment!"
"And yet you want to die? If you die, you're nothing but a coward! You don't deserve those stars, nor do you deserve the opportunity and redemption they bought with their disappearance. That would be the true betrayal of them!"
Jiangnan had also seen Jiang Fan's past. Precisely because he had seen it, he understood the hardships he had endured along the way!
That was why he refused to give up!
Jiang Fan's heart trembled violently, as painful as if it were being cut by a knife!
Yes… if the stars of his old friends hadn't shattered and disappeared, he wouldn't have awakened. The pure white canvas wouldn't have been dyed with colors!
Without Sister Lan's time star guiding him, he wouldn't have found what he had lost…
It was precisely because those stars had faded that he had turned from a god back into a human!
Had pulled him back from the wrong path…
But now he was about to betray those stars—unable to accept himself, unable to forgive himself, and wanting to end it all?
I…
At that moment, Jiang Fan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with grief…
"But… the stars that accompanied me all the way… are no longer here. I don't know if I…"
Before he could finish, Jiangnan roared: "Are they really gone? Are your fallen old friends nothing more than stars in your eyes?"
"Yes! The stars that your old friends turned into have all disappeared. They can't be brought back!"
"But can you therefore deny that they ever existed? They exist, they exist in your past, accompanying you through journey after journey!"
"This train called life has always been moving forward. They just got off midway, but they still exist in your memories, in your mind, forever remembered by you!"
"They exist in your life experiences. It's precisely these experiences and stories with old friends that have supported you to where you are today, isn't it?"
"Death is not true death! Being forgotten is true death! If you die, who in this world will still remember them? What meaning would their deaths have?"
Jiang Fan was bombarded by Jiangnan's words, unable to speak. He bit his lower lip tightly, clutching his heart desperately!
Jiangnan gritted his teeth: "The Space Star has disappeared, but can you say that Long Chen no longer exists? His instructions, his hopes for you—don't you still remember them?"
"The Time Star has also disappeared, but have your feelings with Sister Yue Lan also disappeared? Her blessings, her hopes for you—have they disappeared too? Have you forgotten all the beautiful times you spent with her, all the happiness you experienced?"
"Only by living can you give meaning to those stars that disappeared! Otherwise, you'll only betray their hopes for you!"
"You have the courage to face death, but you don't dare to live? How long do I have to keep yelling at you before you give up the idea of dying?"
"Even if not for yourself, please live for the sake of those old friends who have passed!"
"Cough, cough, cough—damn it, I'm exhausted!"
Jiangnan let out a barrage of verbal attacks, spit flying everywhere, his mouth dry. This was more tiring than fighting!
If Jiangnan wanted to avoid trouble, one sword strike would have settled it.
But then… he wouldn't be Jiangnan!
Jiangnan had never wanted to give up on anyone from start to finish!
As long as it was something he held in his hand, if he could grasp it, he would grasp it. That was Jiangnan!
Jiang Fan was already in tears. Death… would truly be betrayal?
At that moment, Jiang Fan looked up at the starry sky, tears flowing freely down his cheeks…
The stars are no longer there, but my past still remains. My departed old friends still truly exist in my past life, just as I saw them…
If I died like this, what meaning would Sister Lan's final guidance have?
Not run away, but accept all this—accept the self that made mistakes—then hold my head high and stride forward?
The self that made mistakes… is still my self…
In a daze, Jiang Fan couldn't help thinking of the scenes he had seen before!
Countless old friends—Long Chen, Sister Yue Lan—were waving at him…
Perhaps… it wasn't a summons… but a farewell…
We have indeed left, but we will not disappear…
We will exist in your past, becoming your life experiences, supporting you, protecting you, moving forward… and forward again…
Step forward boldly. There are no hurdles in life that can't be overcome, only those who are too timid to move forward…
Jiang Fan remembered the last words Sister Yue Lan had said to him…
"Take care of yourself… No matter what happens in the future, where it goes… We… have never disappeared…"
Never disappeared…?
Even if the countless stars are no longer there, you have never disappeared…?
"Wah—"
At that moment, Jiang Fan could no longer hold back. He slumped down in the void, looked up, and cried out loud!
He cried like a child. He didn't want to hold it in anymore. He cried freely, tears pouring out like a bursting dam!
Venting his emotions, and also taking away Jiang Fan's grief, self-blame, guilt, and sorrow…
In the vast starry sky, it seemed only Jiang Fan's cries echoed!
Jiangnan silently watched this scene from the side, quiet as if he didn't exist!
Cry… it's better once you cry it out…
It's not a sin for a man to cry. Only when heartbroken do tears flow…
Jiangnan rarely cried. He only cried when he couldn't bear it anymore…
After crying… it would be much better…
And he would have more strength to continue moving forward…