The Way of The Dao

Ling Tian's warm and loving smile made the women think that he really loved those children and apparently they were the children he cared for.

It didn't take long for Ling Tian to keep talking while smiling softly as he remembered those children.

"Those children ended up becoming his disciples. So he taught them the path of cultivation while he cared for them; eventually they became one big, loving family.

Those brats really became mischievous and cunning once they grew up a bit and a great trust was created among all of them, behaving as if they were really blood siblings and thus creating problems among themselves but mostly not lasting more than a day."

Laughs

Ling Tian couldn't help but let out a little laugh when he remembered the mischief and 'headaches' these children gave him when they behaved mischievously.

The girls couldn't help but laugh too when they saw Ling Tian, learning that these children were really mischievous but considered themselves to be a big family.

"But they also developed a strong feeling of family love over the years, really considering themselves a big family.

They also helped him to look for news or things related to the two girls when they all grew up a bit and he sent them away from home for a certain time so that they could observe the outside world and so that they could learn some things about life.

Of course, he told them many things and made them aware of the evil in the world so that these children would not be deceived.

Without expecting it, those children brought him a feeling of love and consolation, greatly relieving the depression he felt at not being able to find the whereabouts of both women..."

From this moment on, everyone could notice that the warm smile on his face disappeared and a heavy, sad feeling began to be felt in the air. His eyes even lost that unique and especially attractive glow; an emptiness could be seen in them.

"During all that time, he did not stop looking for the two girls either, even though in his heart hope was totally disappearing...

No one had seen those two girls since that event.

There was not even a hint or sign that at least the two girls had returned to the last city where the three of them had been.

The illusion and wish to see them again was finally consumed by despair and sadness, as well as a guilty feeling towards himself..."

Ling Tian's hand could not help but concentrate more strength, gripping tightly but with trembling the delicate but unbreakable gourd while his heart squeezed and collapsed in complete anguish and sorrow...

"He knew that those last two men who had appeared before the two girls before he was teleported, were demons who were with the old man, therefore, they would be just as powerful as the latter.

Their cultivations were a little lower than his at that time, so if he couldn't even do a wound to the old man, then the two girls couldn't do much... even they could not escape...

Although he knew the outcome of this, he didn't want to think about it, rather... he didn't want to believe it...

It was evident that both girls should be dead...

The torment and guilt towards himself reached its peak one of those days, finally causing him to break down inside while blaming himself...

Why had all this happened?

Why did he decide to hide from them that his ring had great wealth and that way be able to cultivate quickly?

Why didn't he decide to increase his cultivation more instead of waiting for them?!

Why didn't he ever think something like that could happen?!

Why had he let his loved ones die again when this time he could have had the power to protect them from the beginning if he had truly cultivated?!

Why had fate brought misfortune back into his life by losing his loved ones again?!"

Ling Tian's heavy aura was filled with feelings of grief, sorrow, guilt, regret, sadness, pain, self-hatred...

It wasn't long before he felt a warm and comforting feeling coming from Yun Mengxin trying to fill his body through their connection, while her delicate and soft hands subtly added a little more strength to his. Her face showed a soft, tender smile as she tried to express that he should not feel in such a way, much less blame himself.

Similarly, other hands also began to cover his trembling and anguished hands, beginning to calm them by feeling their warm feelings.

Long Yuyin, Mu Shuiruo, Tang Wanying and Zhang Xinya joined their hands over his, trying to comfort him too.

Even Lan Yin had come to his other side and had hugged his body with her face buried in part of his chest; her beautiful and little eyes were shedding tears all the time, wetting the clothes on his side of the chest.

Ling Tian took a deep breath as he tried to calm his feelings.

A small smile again began to slowly form on him after a while, wanting to smile at them again. He too decided to continue.

"A desperation and self-blame in him deepened in his soul, constantly lamenting and criticizing himself for having believed that nothing could happen and that the three of them would always be together as a family, becoming great experts and reaching the top of the way of cultivation.

The demons in his heart also intensified to such an extent that even he could fall onto the path of perdition.

However, those children who were with him made his heart beat again with love and more, preventing him from being completely lost in his depression. Their love and affection succeeded in filling his heart with more depth, making him feel renewed once again as he was filled with that familiar love.

Now he was not alone, he had those children who were his family.

They always supported him in those moments of need, almost as if the roles were reversed and they were the ones who were taking care of him. He couldn't let them down and disappoint them...

Hence, the death of both girls which had become a deep demon and eternal suffering towards him, became his main determination to become stronger.

If he became very, very strong, no one could hurt his loved ones... to his family...

At the moment he made that strong determination and powerful will, a warm, comforting and inexplicable feeling filled his being completely, illuminating again his life and allowing him to fly to the heavens once more, clearing the clouds, clearly observing the way ahead.

This indicated that he had overcome the demon in his heart and thus the shackled layer of the human realm in him was removed, obtaining the opportunity to face the true tribulation of the heavens and transcend...

Knowing that he didn't have much time, he told the children that he couldn't stay with them much longer because he would soon be leaving that world, so they spent a whole day as a family, playing and doing many things together.

Although the children did not want him to leave, they understood that this was the will of the heavens so that he could transcend and ascend.

He left many things to them and explained everything he knew, giving them all the advices he remembered and that they should take care of themselves, since they were a family.

Feeling that he could no longer delay the call of the heavens, the young man left their home quietly in the middle of the night, feeling reluctant to leave them, but he had no other choice.

Looking for a far away and lonely place, he prepared himself while waiting for the trial of the heavens.

His unwavering will to face and overcome everything in his way helped him by not hesitating and successfully passing through the tribulation of the heavens.

As a result, he finally transcended; becoming an Immortal and disappearing from that world as he ascended to the higher plane..."