Years in a Flash

"Show me my progress since 2 weeks ago."

Host: Qin Tianlong

Age: 4

Experience Points: 256/500

Cultivation Stage: Fifth stage Dou Zhi Qi

[Listed Skills]

Nine Mysterious Sword Art (High Di Rank)

Skill Mastery: 19%

[Sealed State]

After the incident 2 weeks ago, which was the initiation of his engagement to Nalan Yanran, He spent more time with his family before the day would come that he left and started his closed cultivation.

He sat in his courtyard's garden and looked enjoyed the peaceful moment. However, he felt someone sneaking up behind him and raised his guard up. But when he felt the familiar fluctuations, he forced a smiled and turned around.

"Xun Er, what are you doing?"

"Ah!"

The four-year old Xun Er had certainly become closer with Qin Tianlong over the past 2 weeks. Everyday, they would play with each other as Qin Tianlong also helped her strengthen her bones using his Qi.

As a result, Xun Er and Qin Tianlong were occasionally together and teased by the other clansmen as little lovers. However, instead of making him happy, it made him feel a little upset.

They were only children after all. Once Qin Tianlong disappears for a couple of years, then one day she might forget him. It was also enough time for Xiao Yan and her to get closer over the years, replacing him in her heart.

Just thinking how he would be forgotten someday by this young girl made his heart feel heavy. However, he wasn't a harem collecting machine. He knew for sure that without unlocking the sealed state of the System could only bring her with him. And the only way to unlock it was to finish his first world and go to another.

It wasn't reach the peak of the current world, it was finish it and head to another. Therefore he tried suppressing such feelings instead of letting it flow. He was the Successor of Primordial Origin. The consciousness of all creation, the one above all. He was destined to someday fight it's rival, the Entity of Darkness.

Should he fail this mission, then it would devour everything in it's way until nothing existed. With such a large responsibility in his shoulders, maybe he wasn't destined to have a normal life.

Have a wife, kids, and build his own family.

Perhaps such a life wasn't meant for him.

...

"Brother Tianlong are you alright?"

Qin Tianlong nodded at Xun Er. Xun Er happily giggled. "You always like to get lost in your thoughts don't you?", she tilted her head in a cute way.

"That's right don't worry about it. I just have a lot of things in my mind."

...

Soon, nightfall came and Xun Er had returned to her courtyard. It was time for him to leave.

It would take years for him to finish his closed cultivation. He would be a forgotten genius and the engagement would most likely be postponed or be on hold before he appears once again.

He sneaked out of the courtyard without the guards noticing him and ran throughout deep in the forest. The forest was one of the most mysterious places in the Jia Ma Empire. It was crawling with large and powerful magic beasts. These powerful beasts could probably kill him in one hit.

But all he needed to find was a place filled with a lot of concentrated Qi.

But in a world deprived of Origin Qi which came from the higher planes of the world of The Great Ruler? Then it would only be a dream unless a Dou Di was born.

In reality, he could just simply hide and cultivate for a couple of years, study at the Jia Nan Academy and take the Ancient Tuo Shi's Dou Di inheritance. But things were not that simple. Without a good constitution, if he were to absorb it then he would explode the moment he had contact with it.

Problem was that the people in this world was not aware of the existence of their dantian.

They simply thought that Qi was stored in their bodies, which in fact, contains some truth. However, the problem was they don't know how to use the Qi to cleanse their bodies of impurities.

There was indeed a reason why the world of Battle Through the Heavens was considered a lower plane in The Great Ruler. Their Origin Qi was lacking, information was lacking, nearly everything was lacking.

Therefore if Qin Tianlong wanted to find a place to close cultivate, then it would take a bit of effort to find one. But he didn't believe he wouldn't find a place to cultivate. The moment he was reincarnated, he had immense luck. Stumbling into ancient caves, resources an alchemist would drool over, and a lot more.

Speaking of ancient caves, he in fact, remembered that there was a considerably large amount of Qi in one of the caves. If he had absorbed it, then it would make him rise faster than geniuses. The problem was that if he absorbed the Qi back then, he would most likely would not be able to stop unless he absorbed it all.

Therefore, that cave was extremely suitable place for him to cultivate. But who knew how much time it would take to absorb it all? 5 years? 20 years? 100 years?

Unless he was to try himself, he wouldn't know. Therefore he immediately headed to the cave.

...

After arriving inside the cave, he felt a strong Qi surrounding him. What was the cause of the Qi anyways? There were many questions left unanswered. He didn't dwell on such a question that he wouldn't be able to answer.

He sat down and started collecting Qi everywhere. Sharp fluctuations surrounded him like a blade getting waved around. Anything that came near him would most likely be slashed in two if such a thing came near them.

As for other knowing the cave, he wasn't worried at all. The cave had a special seal which had never appeared in the canon before. Anything alive that tried going inside never came back except for him. Making him believe that this was most likely a 'helping hand' from the world itself.

...

Xiao Clan Manor.

"Where could have he gone?"

"Do you think he ran away?"

"Impossible! He has no reason to run away."

Elders of the clan argued with each other while the main characters of the Xiao Clan was silent.

Xiao Lin's eyes furrowed as he finally had enough of their argument. "That's enough! Qin Tianlong has been only missing for two days. Unless we have proof, then this matter cannot be explained in arguments."

The elders fell silent and dropped their heads. No one dares refute the Patriarch's words in the Clan. He was the only Dou Wang in the Clan and the only reason why the Xiao Clan reigned supreme in the Wu Tan City.

If the old man was to pass away, then the Xiao Clan's status would fall. The only son of the Patriarch, Xiao Zhan, wasn't considered to be a genius but he was at least a Da Dou Shi.

While in the juniors, the two sons of Xiao Zhan were quite capable enough. But compared to Qin Tianlong, they lacked luster.

Therefore, Qin Tianlong was considered an important future asset of the Xiao Clan the moment he was engaged to Nalan Yanran.

Xiao Zhan merely dropped his head in sadness as he thought of his adopted son.

Why did such a thing have to happen?

As for the canon characters of the story, Xiao Yan naturally felt sad at the missing status of his brother. While the side-characters of the Xiao Clan, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Qing who looked up to Qin Tianlong, felt that it was a waste for him to go missing.

Xun Er stood on a lonely hill a couple of miles away from the Xiao Clan. Beside her, stood a man dressed in black with a mask on his face.

Xun Er didn't look at the man and asked immediately. "Did you find him?"

The man shook his head. "No. He had suddenly vanished when he left the Manor. It was as if he—"

"Stop!"

Before the man could even finish his words, the young Xun Er stopped him. The man was a bit baffled but recalled his previous calm demeanor and apologized.

Xun Er didn't hear the man's apologies and stared blankly at the skies.

"Brother Tianlong..."

...

Deep in the forest, hidden in a cave, an extremely handsome and charming young man sat naked with a weak movement of Qi roamed around him.

After some time, the weak Qi had dispersed as the young man's eyelids moved and opened, revealing a golden iris in the middle of his eyes.

Unknowingly, 10 years had passed in a flash.