71: Chapter 71: Hidden Prophecy, Refusing the Promise to Mend the Heavens, All for the Sake of Caring for Parents in Their Old Age!

"Actually, with my power, I could have swept through the Demon Realm and crushed Blue Star long ago. But I have endured for ten thousand years, doing nothing, just waiting for one person. An anomaly capable of repairing the world barrier and bearing high-dimensional power—a Heaven Mender. Nüwa spared my life back then; I live only to repay that debt. Once the debt is settled, I will dissipate into the heavens and earth, vanishing forever."

The post ended completely here.

No one replied anymore, all treating it as a cyber-confession from a hardcore chuunibyou.

Jiang Feng stood in the vast, empty map of the Universal Boundary, surrounded by dead silence.

The worldview, equipment grades, and level thresholds exposed in the post all matched the hidden information in his system.

It was confirmed—the other party was an old monster who had lived for ten thousand years, hiding in some corner of Blue Star or the Demon Realm.

Jiang Feng curled the corner of his mouth slightly and reached out to click the input box below the floating light screen.

Without testing or nonsense, he typed a single line directly: "You are all looking for a Heaven Mender. Let me be direct: I am the Heaven Mender."

He clicked send.

One second.

Two seconds.

The data stream before him suddenly exploded, churning wildly.

The starry background of the Universal Boundary was viciously torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and the spatial barrier emitted a harsh, shattering sound.

There were no system announcements, no special effects for spawning monsters.

A gaunt gray shadow forcibly smashed through the underlying code of the Level 8000 map and slammed in front of Jiang Feng with a boom.

The old man was covered in gray-brown rock scales.

He had no equipment, no weapons, and not even Jiang Feng's Detection skill, which could see through all laws, could reveal his name or health bar.

Yet, as soon as he stood still, the chaos black gold set on Jiang Feng's body automatically erupted with blinding black light.

The 240-times boosted Absolute Defense was triggered passively on the spot, frantically resisting the high-dimensional pressure radiating from the old man.

"You... were just replying to the post?"

The old man's voice was hoarse and dry.

His sunken eye sockets locked onto Jiang Feng, and the ghostly blue flames in his eyes danced wildly.

"Your internet speed is quite fast."

Jiang Feng flipped his wrist, holding the staff of universal collapse with an underhand grip.

He showed no unnecessary caution, yet he held a burst of true damage capable of hitting values in the jing range, ready to be unleashed in a millisecond.

Zelug did not care in the slightest about his cold attitude.

He trembled and took a step forward, his gaze greedy and fanatical, scanning Jiang Feng's entire body like a hungry wolf staring at its prey.

"The foundation of an Archaic Star Sovereign... No, your aura goes far beyond that!"

He looked up abruptly, his rocky old face squeezing into an almost insane smile: "It can't be wrong! Only an anomaly that has completely jumped out of conventional constraints can mend the heavens! Twelve thousand years, I have finally waited for you!"

Jiang Feng watched his fanatical appearance, looking like he was about to rush up and hug his leg at any moment, and said in a tone as bland as water: "I only posted to confirm the truth. I won't take this job; find someone else."

Zelug was completely stunned.

He clearly hadn't expected Jiang Feng to refuse.

He waved his withered arms frantically, his tone so urgent it was unseemly: "You don't understand! That is the Road to Heaven! It is the strongest passage in the myriad realms! As long as you come with me, my Star Remains Race will exhaust our final origin to help you skip all job transfers and all level thresholds, reaching the peak directly!"

The more he shouted, the more excited he became, his voice exploding in the starry sky: "No matter how vast your current data is, you are still just a mortal trapped in this plane! Come with me, and you will instantly condense a godhead, fuse with laws, ascend in one step, and become a god in the flesh! You will directly reach the Level 1000 cap, become a god, and step to the pinnacle of the myriad realms!"

Skipping all shackles to become a god at the max level directly.

This temptation was enough to make any leaderboard mogul kneel and kowtow on the spot.

But Jiang Feng?

He remained calm, even a bit cold-blooded.

He lifted his eyelids slightly, coldly examining the old antique who had lived for ten thousand years: "Click and get a reward, become a god directly? The condition is for me to fill that high-dimensional rift for you, right?"

"This is your destiny! It is also the only way out!" Zelug roared.

"Not going."

Jiang Feng spat out only two words, crisp and decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.

Zelug's eye sockets shrank, and the ghostly blue fire in his eyes instantly froze: "Why?! That is the great power that all myriad realms bow to! How many people would beg for it!"

"Since it's an unknown passage, entering it might mean losing contact."

Jiang Feng turned around and casually clicked the teleportation coordinates of the myriad realms star plate, his tone flat, "You paint a pretty picture. But even if I become a god in the flesh, if I can't come back, who will provide for my parents?"

He turned his head slightly and glanced at the completely petrified Zelug.

"Also, stay honestly in your cave. If you come to bother me with this kind of nonsense again, I'll extract your godhead along with you and sell it for gold coins."

Jiang Feng turned and left.

In the dead, silent starry sky, only the ten-thousand-year-old Star Remains clan leader remained.

Jiang Feng did not cross that line to tear apart the underlying laws of the Demon Realm, nor did he believe Zelug's passionate "Heaven Mending" speech.

The reason was simple.

Such cross-boundary matters—who knew if they would trigger a chain reaction?

What if it brought unpredictable disasters to Blue Star?

He didn't want to be any savior, and he certainly didn't want to cause world-destroying trouble for his family.

More importantly, Jiang Feng's attributes had now stacked to a terrifying level.

His mental perception was extremely acute.

He instinctively felt that this Zelug was not right.

He spoke of the common people of the world, but the greed in his eyes could not be hidden at all.

Until Jiang Feng's figure completely disappeared.

The god-like, transcendent aura on Zelug's face instantly collapsed, and his withered face twisted like a piece of old tree bark.

In his ghostly blue eye sockets, a spiteful fire ignited.

"You low-dimensional ant who doesn't know what's good for you!"

The old monster's withered fingers crushed a meteorite beside him, his voice as harsh as sandpaper grinding.

"What kind of bullshit Heaven Mender! Twelve thousand years, I have guarded this shitty place, my physical body dried up, my laws lost!"

"I finally waited for a perfect vessel, and he actually dared to refuse!"

This was his true purpose.

The so-called guiding passage was just a ruse.

As soon as Jiang Feng relaxed even slightly, he would immediately strike, viciously draining Jiang Feng's soul, and directly occupy this supreme body possessing an Infinite Grade: Pangu Plunder talent, to return to the pinnacle of the myriad realms!

But he never expected that Jiang Feng wouldn't fall for his trick at all!

"Don't want to mend the heavens? Want to provide for your parents?"

Zelug laughed sinisterly, his rock-like scales trembling violently.

"Quite filial, aren't you?!"

Zelug roared sharply, the blue fire in his eyes burning wildly, "Then I will send your whole family to hell to reunite! When you see your parents die in front of you with your own eyes, I want to see if you can still be so calm!"

Boom!

High-dimensional laws tore through space.

Zelug transformed into a gray light, following the remaining causal threads on Jiang Feng, and killed his way directly toward the lower levels of the Demon Realm.

...

At the same time.

Level 1200 map, [Fallen Earth Abyss].

Dark red magma churned underfoot, and swarms of Level 1200 Abyss Lords emitted earth-shaking roars.

Just picking out one would be enough to wipe out the current top guilds of Blue Star hundreds of times over.

But at this moment, this place felt like a casual farm resort.

Jiang Jianguo held a weapon whose true appearance had been hidden, looking like a novice wooden bow, and casually pulled it to full moon.

"Swish!"

An unadorned arrow flew out.

Rumble!