Chapter 1762
Chapter 1762 - 1758: Newborn
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At a certain inn in Wanjing, Lu Ping’an encountered an old acquaintance he had not seen in ages.
"Long time no see, Lord Xiu Yi,"
Seeing an old friend again undoubtedly filled Lu Ping’an with joy.
Especially after enduring the Plane War, where so many familiar faces from the past abruptly disappeared, leaving nothing but obituary notices... Encountering an old friend again in peace naturally brought comfort.
"Little Lu... Lu Ping’an, from now on, you don’t need to address me as ’Lord’ anymore."
The elderly lady before him, who appeared as a refined middle-aged noblewoman, seriously examined Lu Ping’an’s increasingly youthful face and refused the honorific he’d used before.
Seeing Lu Ping’an’s surprised expression, the elderly woman smiled and shook her head.
"...Otherwise, I might have to address you as ’Lord’ as well."
"Then... Ms. Xiu Yi?"
"That works, Little Lu Ping’an."
Lu Ping’an didn’t dwell on it much. He had never cared too much about titles.
Once certain things changed, altering how someone was addressed also signified a shift in "position." Lu Ping’an had no interest in wasting time over trivialities.
Using a respectful title earlier was not just because she was a Quasi-God... In fact, Lu Ping’an had never addressed any other Quasi-God as "Lord." The term "Lord" had been adopted from the way other big shots referred to Xiu Yi.
On one hand, this was because her seniority and experience made her a respected predecessor and guide for everyone. On the other hand, as a Super-specification Quasi-God, she far surpassed ordinary Quasi-Gods in every aspect... In terms of realm, she even exceeded most Deities. She simply needed to accumulate more in specification.
"Ms. Xiu Yi this time... I don’t quite understand." Lu Ping’an was a bit astonished. Previously, he could vaguely sense something about Xiu Yi’s essence, but now, he saw only a foggy haze.
"Heh, no matter what, I am still your senior..."
The two of them strolled as they chatted casually.
Unlike before, Lu Ping’an dropped "Lord," and Xiu Yi spoke to him in a tone of equal standing.
This wasn’t because Lu Ping’an had advanced to become a Quasi-God, but because after taking that step, he quite evidently walked on a pathway aimed toward becoming a God Above Gods, making him a Super-specification Quasi-God.
Since they tread the same path, they could barely count as peers—seekers of the same stage. Even though Xiu Yi was at least three centuries older than Lu Ping’an, considering how arduous and consuming "that step" was, they could be regarded, in a sense, as "contemporaries."
Xiu Yi could tell that the step Lu Ping’an took wasn’t just wide—it was deeply significant.
Lu Ping’an couldn’t see through Xiu Yi... and, truth be told, Xiu Yi couldn’t see through Lu Ping’an either.
As two Super-specification Quasi-Gods of the Life system, their life systems and life forms had likely already embodied the "World’s Reason." They had each taken completely different evolutionary paths, and apart from their self-cognition, they could essentially be considered different species.
In Xiu Yi’s prior experience, this kind of "utterly incomprehensible" and "this life form theoretically shouldn’t exist" was, paradoxically, the first step to becoming a Super Life Form.
"...Little Kerdalais, you’re quite adorable now."
As she chuckled, Xiu Yi casually greeted her actual "junior."
Perched on Lu Ping’an’s head, the small, gray-blue short-haired cat that always pretended to be dead let out a strangely human-like sigh, raising a paw in acknowledgment.
"Senior Xiu Yi."
Kerdalais—Chris—a kitten less than a week old, was still in the age where she slept excessively and ate voraciously. Even maintaining a shred of rationality at this point was remarkable.
Lu Ping’an hadn’t anticipated that this advancement of his would require the most powerful force on his side to take a period of rest.
Lu Ping’an had thrown himself into the Hatching Pool, undergoing "rebirth." But at the same time, he vaguely touched upon another set of rules.
The "Ghost" that accompanied him threw herself in as well, completing her newborn transformation after Lu Ping’an had awakened.
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
However, as Lu Ping’an touched the tiny kitten atop his head, which couldn’t even qualify as an Extraordinary Being, he found the situation rather peculiar.
"She’s alive now?"
"She’s alive."
The little cat signified that Chris was no longer a ghost. She had become a living being with her own bloodline and soul.
Just as Lu Ping’an had been "reborn" back to "sixteen years old," she too had regressed... into the state of an Earthly kitten.
This certainly seemed abnormal, but considering her original gene module might have been utterly lost, restarting evolution from the closest life form didn’t seem impossible.
For a being like Kerdalais, the starting point wasn’t particularly important... Whether she began as a dragon or an ordinary human mattered little in the grand trajectory of her evolutionary path.
However, this kind of "revival" had exceeded everyone’s expectations... Lu Ping’an vaguely felt that these events were inevitable but hadn’t expected them to happen so soon.
"So she’s alive, but doesn’t this situation feel a bit... off?"
Initially, Lu Ping’an thought this was a natural spark in the life evolution pathway—a glimmer of hope that marked his fated trial. Two pathways—both interconnected and antagonistic—would clash and fuse, with the victor becoming the Unique God and sole main path.
But now, it seemed entirely unrelated. If he wanted to snuff out the current Big Cat, it would take but a thought. She needed at least a dozen hours of sleep per day.
Since it wasn’t a conflict of destinies, it was likely the integration of destinies instead...
"Has she conceded?"
Staring at the kitten napping once again, Xiu Yi suddenly posed the question.
"Not in words, nor in actions, and probably not in her heart either... but in her subconscious... it’s hard to say."
Lu Ping’an sighed, not anticipating that the Big Cat would seemingly "give up" of her own accord.
Perhaps she thought she had been wrong, or felt her Rule (Mother Goddess) should never have existed to begin with.
"It must’ve been that Mist Sound... At that moment, your Rule fused with hers, or perhaps your lower-level Rule became compatible with hers. In the presence of Ten Thousand Spirits, the Mother Goddess truly didn’t need to remain independent. This wasn’t just the world’s acknowledgment—it was both of yours as well."
Xiu Yi, as if seeing through everything, spoke with clarity.
Lu Ping’an simply smiled, then shifted the topic, refraining from discussing it further.
The Big Cat’s "independence" was a temporary weakening. Her "puppet body" likely couldn’t be utilized until she reached a certain level of strength again.
But in the long run, her return to Quasi-God status was only a matter of time. This meant that Lu Ping’an’s faction would soon possess a Super Martial Fighting Quasi-God.
"She could become your disciple, someone to test and validate your path..."
Well, Xiu Yi’s words only became more outrageous.
But if the Mother Goddess truly became a subordinate Rule of the Ten Thousand Spirits, perhaps having a Demigod to validate and refine it was indeed necessary.
This seemed to be destiny’s reincarnation. Chris had once mentored Lu Ping’an, and now it was Lu Ping’an’s turn to "guide" Chris... Although he didn’t need to teach her knowledge, he could serve as her superior pathway, preventing her from straying onto the wrong track.
A "circle" had formed here, with life continually converging, encountering, and merging again...
— End of Chapter 1762 —