Chapter 1209: A Hero in His Twilight

Kano's hasty retreat filled everyone with joy and excitement.

The dragon clan erupted in jubilation!

Today, nearly every clansman had teetered between life and death.

The mental shock was enough to drive one to despair.

Among them, Long Teng was the happiest.

Meeting Fang Tian again after fifty thousand years, the excitement in his heart was beyond words.

"Heh, fifty thousand years and I never expected your strength to have grown even greater, Brother Fang!" Long Teng smiled as he approached.

After all, he was an old monster who had lived for tens of thousands of years; after a moment of composure, Long Teng had steadied his emotions, no longer as agitated as before.

Yet the joy in his words was unmistakable.

But Fang Tian stood there, unmoving, and did not answer Long Teng.

Long Teng's face darkened as an ominous feeling rose within him.

"Brother Fang! Are... are you alright?"

"Pfft..."

Suddenly, Fang Tian spat out a mouthful of blood mist, his figure swaying as if about to fall.

"Brother Fang!"

Seeing this, Long Teng was greatly alarmed.

Fang Tian waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. Let's go to the dragon clan first."

This scene made everyone's hearts clench once more.

Long Teng's face shifted between emotions, his heart suspended in anxiety.

...

At that moment, in a wilderness, Zhuge Qingxuan and Kano stood facing each other.

"The Heaven-Fixing Divine King, tsk tsk. If I hadn't arrived in time today, you would have become the biggest joke in the Divine Domain by tomorrow," Kano said, looking at Zhuge Qingxuan with a half-smile.

Zhuge Qingxuan was taken aback. If anyone else had said that, he would have killed them with a flick of his finger.

But the man before him was far stronger!

Moreover, Kano was right.

If he hadn't arrived in time today, he, the so-called number one in the Divine Domain, the Heaven-Fixing Divine King, would have become the laughingstock of the entire Divine Domain by tomorrow.

Thinking back to that scene, he still shuddered.

That Ye Yuan was too treacherous!

That bastard had actually set a trap for him, willing to suffer mutual destruction just to kill him.

The more he thought about it, the more furious Zhuge Qingxuan became.

He was confident that with his strength, even if Long Min and Ye Yuan joined forces, they could never keep him there.

If Ye Yuan hadn't schemed against him, how could he have nearly died?

Of course, what he hadn't expected was that Ye Yuan truly had the power to make him fall!

But in his heart, Zhuge Qingxuan did not consider himself a failure; he was making excuses for his defeat.

"Enough nonsense. What exactly do you want?" Zhuge Qingxuan said irritably.

"Hey, so harsh. Is that the attitude you should have toward your savior?" Kano was not annoyed, smiling lightly.

"What else do you expect? Do you think I should show any courtesy to a demon?" Zhuge Qingxuan said coldly.

"Haha... You're just as hypocritical as your ancestor Zuo Zong! I am the Heavenly Demon God. Before me, do you think you can have your cake and eat it too?" Kano laughed loudly.

Zhuge Qingxuan's expression changed. "You know Ancestor Zuo Zong?"

"Heh, of course I know him. We've even crossed blows! If he hadn't fled the battle back then, Jue Tian might have truly killed both me and Yue Ji. But I never expected that his act of self-preservation would allow his legacy to endure for a million years," Kano said with a smile.

Facing Kano, even the Heaven-Fixing Divine King, the number one in the Divine Domain, felt as if he was being seen through.

This feeling infuriated Zhuge Qingxuan!

"Spit it out if you have something to say!"

Kano smiled. "Join me."

Zhuge Qingxuan's face changed. "Impossible!"

"What if I could make you truly the number one in the Divine Domain?" Kano said with a half-smile.

...

Five days later, Ye Yuan emerged from seclusion.

Looking at the old man who seemed to have crawled out of a coffin, Ye Yuan felt a deep respect welling up inside him.

"Ye Yuan pays respects to Senior Fang Tian!"

Fang Tian was gaunt and haggard, his face utterly bloodless, looking like a zombie.

Ye Yuan, well-versed in medicine, could tell at a glance that Fang Tian had nearly turned himself into a living corpse to extend his life.

Even so, he was now at the point of utter exhaustion.

Fang Tian looked at Ye Yuan with a gratified expression. "Good, good! Truly, the waves behind drive on those before! Back then, I glimpsed the heavenly secrets and left the Haotian Stele in the Boundless Realm, though I was uncertain. I never imagined it would meet a prodigy like you."

Ye Yuan's heart stirred, and he spoke, "Senior, could it be... that you are the master of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion? And the mysterious organization that opposes the demons—the hidden expert behind it—is it you, Senior?"

Hearing this, Fang Tian suddenly burst into laughter.

Long Teng also stroked his beard and smiled. "Brother Fang, you lost our bet!"

Fang Tian laughed heartily. "Lost, lost! But I lost happily! In these fifty thousand years, I have never been as happy as I am today. Cough, cough, cough..."

Fang Tian laughed too hard and began to cough violently.

Seeing this, Long Teng's expression changed. "Brother Fang!"

Fang Tian waved his hand. "It's nothing. I haven't long to live anyway. Seeing Ye Yuan grow up, I can die with my eyes closed."

"Ye Yuan!" Long Teng's gaze turned to Ye Yuan, carrying a pleading look.

Ye Yuan was a peak Alchemy Emperor who had mastered the laws of the divine path; if anyone could save Fang Tian, it was him.

Ye Yuan sighed softly. "Senior Fang Tian has likely not made a move for many years to prolong his life. This time, forcibly mobilizing his primal power has severed his vitality. Even a divine pill would be powerless to turn the tide!"

Long Teng shuddered at these words, despair in his eyes.

But Fang Tian laughed. "Old friend, at our age, can't you see through it? I should have died fifty thousand years ago. Living until today is already a gain."

Long Teng said painfully, "Breaking through life and death—easy to say! Those divine path powerhouses have lifespans of hundreds of thousands of years; I doubt they would be willing to turn to dust either."

Fang Tian laughed. "Haha, you have a point. I've been dragging out an ignoble existence until now—how could I be willing to die? But in this state, death is a release for me."

Ye Yuan remained silent; he could understand the bond between these old brothers.

Even if Fang Tian reached the demigod realm, his lifespan would not increase much—at most twenty thousand years.

To have lived until now, Fang Tian must have used countless secret arts and endured much suffering.

Ye Yuan thought for a moment and suddenly said, "I have a prescription. If I reach the Profound Connection rank, I could extend Senior Fang Tian's life for a while, but... at most three years. And during those three years, Senior Fang Tian must not make a move again, or he will die instantly!"

Ye Yuan's words made both Fang Tian and Long Teng's eyes light up.