Above The Sky

Chapter 2096 - 50: That’s Right, I Love You Too!

Since Ian, who has undergone Celestialization, has merged everything about himself into one entity, he, even if he is a super-large Fae, doesn’t have a second Fairy Ian to embrace. So, he merely raised his hand, allowing Hua’an and Frost Butterfly to descend, then lifted his head to touch foreheads with them: "It’s really great that you could come."

[What]With this forehead touch, Hua’an and Frost Butterfly knew what Ian was going to do next. They were slightly shocked and stamped their feet, saying: [The Empress said, you’re going to be the head governor (emperor, king, something like that) of our Fae community, how can you just drop everything and leave!]

[Exactly, exactly!]Frost Butterfly said with a serious expression: [Everyone on the New Continent is waiting for you to lead them, Father!]

"It’s not about dropping everything, just taking a temporary break."

Ian waved his hand, helplessly saying, "Look at my body."

Saying so, he showed everyone his body.

At that moment, Ian’s body looked the same as before he set off for Falling Star City, but now as Ian removed his concealment, everyone could see that his body was emanating a warm and gentle glow.

The two Fairy Misses resting in Ian’s palm felt it most clearly. They sensed beneath them something like fiery water and wind with substance, as the Aether slowly ascended, gently caressing their bodies and touching their souls.

[Pure Aether!]Hua’an, who was experienced and knowledgeable, exclaimed: [It’s like the Realm of Light, Ian, this is...]

"I’m still ascending."

Ian said: "As I told you before, the failed ascenders are stored in the Great Aether Circulation, becoming part of its stars. The Star Gods have endless time to wait, wait for the failures to find their mistakes, and wait for the failures to become successes."

"I haven’t even failed, I merely paused the examination myself. To be honest, with the gentleness of the Star Gods, you wouldn’t think that if I paused the examination myself, they would give me a failing grade, would you?"

"They would even proactively give me a leave, and when I have the time, once I find a new ’Perpetual Motion Machine,’ I can go back and take the test again."

"But there is a time limit... If it’s delayed too long, the Great Aether Circulation might pull me back to continue the exam. What might happen if I refuse then, I do not know, but it’s better not to find out."

[This is a good thing!]Hua’an held Frost Butterfly, rubbing the Little Fairy’s head against her chest, puzzled: [Once the issues on Dragon Island are resolved, we can just continue, right?]

"It’s not that simple, there are preliminary tasks to be done."

Ian shook his head. Although he’d told his people about The End, explaining how he planned to resolve it was too troublesome, so he briefly said, "I have to go to the Imperial Capital and Steep Ridge Fortress to acquire the full inheritance of the Terra Dragon and find a way to create the ’Cradle Barrier’ to seal that gap before I can safely advance."

"Besides, I still need to think about the true essence of The End... and safely leave the Cradle without using the Aether’s ’lightspeed-superluminal’ travel method. Otherwise, even if I become a Star God, I’d still be trapped inside the Cradle. How would that be any different from not becoming one at all?"

Ian counted, "Although there are only a few tasks left to do, I don’t have much time. Plus, I also intend to pursue some more fundamental secrets... I must temporarily leave the ’material world’ and venture into the depths of the Ether Sea to find the truth."

"I can grant you permissions to the Imperial Capital," Carlos nodded from the side. This Sunbird, who had inherited the Top Seat’s Blood of the Ancestral True Dragon, had now joined Ian’s little group: "But my sister may not agree."

"We’ll see then. I have permissions to The Unyielding Fortress myself," Ian shrugged. Although he and Alegria didn’t have a great relationship, based on what he’d seen across various space-times, he knew she had a bona fide Electra complex, a father complex. The reason they probably didn’t get along was because she thought he killed Axel.

Given that, if he tells her that, in fact, Axel isn’t dead, but sealed alongside Michael, she probably wouldn’t have the time to tangle with him.

After sincerely bidding farewell to everyone, Ian knew he would be away from the ’human world’ for a long time.

Yet, he wasn’t worried.

Unlike the other Ians, this time, Ian, though not perfect, had managed to save almost everyone he could.

He had friends, family, subordinates, who could support his dreams, society, continue his Path of the Dao, and his thoughts.

So he wouldn’t be lonely.

Nor would he leave.

This might just be a kind of [immortality].

Before long, after saying goodbye to everyone he was familiar with, those he cared about, and those who cared about him (including the Dragon King, although it was too large to hug, so he just patted its claws), he still didn’t leave.

Because he was waiting for others.

Others who were jealous, hateful, or wanted to kill him.

[There’s an attack! More than one person!]

The True Flame Dragon King, the first to react, this Dragon King whose material form was a mighty gold-red Flame Dragon, flaring up a column of fire behind it, looked ferociously towards the east of the land: [Who dares to attack the savior of the world’s heir?!]