The skies were dark and murky.
Wind and sand swept through the air. The encompassing sand dust and blood mist formed a bottomless vortex under the Heavens, concealing the sky and covering up the sun, as if ready to devour all houses, carriages, mountains, and forests in sight.
Inside this chaos, Feng Ci stood against the wind, looking into the depths of that vortex.
A thin figure stood there.
That person’s black robes floated in the strong gale. His long, waist length hair dangled, appearing an unhealthy brittle white. A thin, deathly pale hand reached out from the robes.
As if sensing Feng Ci’s gaze, that person suddenly looked back, revealing a pair of liquid gold eyes under the hood.
He looked at Feng Ci from afar, gaze seemingly happy, but also carrying a bit of mockery.
—”You arrived too late.”
The world instantly turned and capsized.
Feng Ci abruptly returned to consciousness.
Next to his ears, insects chirped endlessly. Under the blinding sunlight, Feng Ci closed his eyes and heard the person beside him speaking.
“What happens next? How come you stopped talking?”
The speaker was a 6-7 years old little boy, looking at him with a pair of bright shiny eyes.
Beside the boy were several little companions of the same age. They all started to speak simultaneously and urge impatiently: “That’s right, hurry up and tell us. What happened to that Saint Sovereign afterwards?”
Feng Ci sat leaning against the long bench of the park, his long slender arm dangling over the back of the bench. He tugged on his loose collar and used this movement to exhale softly: “What else can it be? The Saint Sovereign QianQiu defeated the big demon, retired after his great accomplishment, and went home to live in seclusion.”
“…… that’s it?” The little boy who spoke initially was clearly somewhat disappointed.
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Feng Ci asked him: “Then how do you think it should go?”
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He just finished speaking when a yell traveled over from nearby: “Feng Ci, what random story are you telling the kids now? They didn’t even finish their homework yet!”
The yeller was a slightly fat, middle aged woman. As she untied the apron around her waist, she walked over and shouted at the group of kids: “All of you go eat!”
The little kids scrambled and dispersed.
Before the little boy left, he pulled out a lollipop from his pocket and gave it to Feng Ci: “I’m coming back tomorrow. You remember to give the Saint Sovereign QianQiu a better ending!”
Feng Ci opened his mouth, but the little boy didn’t wait for him to speak before running off.
Feng Ci shook his head in exasperation. He ripped apart the wrapping paper and placed the candy into his mouth.
“I say, can you go do something serious?” The woman chided with hands on her hips.
Beside this city park was a sizable adoption center. The children just now were all orphans from the adoption center.
The woman was a caretaker from the adoption center.
Originally, only orphans from the adoption center and elderly old people liked wandering around in this public park. However, a young man had appeared some unknown time ago as well.
Looking around 20 years old, with a pretty handsome face, it’s just the person was not very proper and always loved to gather a bunch of kids to listen to him tell stories.
What intergalactic imperial general, researchers of a futuristic world, kings of troubled times meeting each other… Talking like they were real, each story can last an entire day. And the one that he loved talking about the most was the fantasy story of the Saint Sovereign QianQiu pacifying the whole world and rescuing all life under the Heavens.
Causing the little kids of the adoption center to be in no mood to study now. Everyday, they only yearned to find Feng Ci and listen to stories.
Although Feng Ci acted rather sloppy normally, his personal conduct was amiable. His personality and manners were completely different from the indolent gangsters of the streets.
Therefore, the woman didn’t actually dislike him. On the contrary, she felt rather disappointed that he’s failing to meet expectations.
“I say, while you’re still young, you should go find a good job. Why spend all day like an old man, only knowing how to watch birds, smell flowers, and stroll around parks?”
With the candy in his mouth, Feng Ci spoke a bit vaguely: “How come that old man isn’t working?”
“He’s already retired.”
“I’m also retired.” Feng Ci shrugged, a face full of innocence: “I’ve retired for many years.”
The woman couldn’t hold back from rolling her eyes.
Feng Ci had wandered around nearby for several days now. The woman naturally inquired about his history. He has never avoided discussing his own personal business, but the problem was that he said he was from a different world. He said he once saved hundreds and thousands of lives. He said he was chosen by the Heavenly Principles, capable of living forever without growing old.
Only an idiot would believe him.
Feng Ci had a sincere gaze: “I’m really not lying to you……”
In this cosmos, there were countless big and small domains independent of each other. Feng Ci named these collectively as the Sumeru worlds. There were over three thousand Sumeru worlds. The flow of time and social development of each world were different and separate from each other without any interactions.
Feng Ci had come from another world.
“Forget it. I’m about to go anyway.” Feng Ci stood up and patted his clothes: “I won’t be an eyesore to you in the future.”
The woman was stunned: “Where are you going?”
“To do serious things.” Feng Ci tilted his head, thought briefly, and said with a smile: “Using the words of your place, it should be called re-employment after retirement?”
Receiving the blessings of the Heavenly Principles meant obeying its instructions.
The Heavenly Principles had bestowed Feng Ci countless cultivation techniques, an immortal body, and the ability to predict calamities and disasters. His duty was to pacify those calamities and disasters. The last time this ability appeared was three thousand years ago. At that time, the demonic (mo) clan invaded. The world was on the verge of facing an extinction level catastrophe.
And the most recent time… was just now.
After retiring for 3 thousand years, he still had to be dragged back to work. Who was more tragic than he?
Feng Ci chewed the candy to pieces in 2-3 bites and then threw away the candy stick casually. Accurately and flawlessly, he tossed it inside a trashcan in the distance before finally looking back at the woman to say: “Help me pass on a message. Starting tomorrow, I won’t be coming anymore.”
“Ah?”
Feng Ci said these words nonchalantly, as if this so-called farewell was no different than how he usually talked about his history, like it was just an idle, senseless joke.
Yet his expression was also very serious, without any hint of jest on his face.
“Then you……” The woman tasted an indescribable feeling in her heart. She paused: “Will you still come back in the future?”
“Who knows.”
Putting aside the fact that the flow of time between the two worlds passed differently, in facing a great catastrophe, no one can guarantee that they can return safely.
Although the fate of his life was uncertain, Feng Ci didn’t show any expression of worry or reluctance. On the contrary, when he spoke these words, his tone was relaxed and delighted. His eyes shone faintly with light.
As if to him, this was something worth being happy about.
“I’m leaving.” Feng Ci waved his hand, turned around and walked off in the other direction.
“Hey? You–”
The woman didn’t expect he’d leave so unfettered. Unconsciously, she wanted to stop him, but she also didn’t know what to say. Then, within a blink of an eye, he had already disappeared.
A chilly autumn wind suddenly blew over from the man-made lake, sending the ginkgo leaves by the lakeside flying, covering the ground with the color of gold.
Like this, Feng Ci disappeared in this gust of autumn wind.
“You remember to give the Saint Sovereign QianQiu a better ending!”
oo foreshadowing ~?
anyway this seems like jus my cup of tea, thank you for the translation ❤
random kids: let him fck!!!
him: what
LMAOOO
the only lmao I can see is your god d@mn profile dude XD
Ooh stylish exit!
Yeeey, FC is on his way~
Thank You for the chapter (•‾⌣‾•)و ̑̑♡
Thanks for the chapter ~
Thank you for the chapter!
pretty.
Aiya, I’m actually quite excited with how this story will turn out, thank you for translatingggggg!!!!!!! Muah muah muah!!!!
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Im excited for thisssss
Nice prologue. Thank you
Hahaha… Thanks for the prologue ❤️
Ohh! So for 3000 years he was just wandering about after leaving little snake in the cave?
thanks for the chapter!
Mc coming from a diff time & space and a manager of worlds OwO mc is a heavyweight ~~
Interesting 🧐
As soon as I read “Heavenly Principles” I think of Genshin