Since 8200 AD in the 74th century, you have been dissatisfied with your slow pace and entered a long period of slumber, remaining motionless for 150,000 years.

Because back then, you could only move one light-year on average every ten years, so it would take at least 7 million years to get out.

This is too exhausting; your mental fortitude absolutely cannot withstand it.

Even now, although you've become somewhat stronger, it will still take several million years.

Due to the unique nature of your descent, even if your essence is enhanced by a full doubling, it only reduces the number of descents by one.

[At double combat power, it would take ten descents to reach the speed of light. Every ten days, including the return to reality and the present, one can only move two light-day positions.]

Even with four times the combat power, eight descents are still required. Only two light-days can be moved every eight days.

[It will even weaken further later on, because you can only use Return to Truth once a week.]

[So you plan to remain asleep until you can travel at 600,000 miles per second even without any external presence within this cosmic membrane, before you begin moving outwards.]

In that case, it would only take 700,000 years to travel, and with the double displacement of returning to one's true nature, that's a little over 300,000 years.

[In 1997, you once again returned to your true, newly added essence.]

But suddenly you feel a chaotic, turbulent current.

Not far from you, chaotic matter is being stirred up and is still fluctuating.

The fluctuation was very weak, like the tiny ripples in a glass of water on a table caused by the slight force of typing on a keyboard.

[But because this is a fluctuation of chaotic matter, even the slightest ripple is enough to kill a bunch of sixth-realm cultivators, which is why you noticed it.]

You've been sleeping for the last 200,000 years without moving at all. At most, you might turn over or change position if you're not sleeping comfortably. This fluctuation can only be caused by something else!

Something passed by nearby not long ago!

[Was it a true immortal passing by, or...?]

At this moment, you seemed to realize something, and you used all your summoning attempts at once, stacking them up to the level of a True Immortal with the power of hundreds of Dao!

Your spiritual power radiates far and wide!

[As you can see, just 45 days away, a "world bubble" is traveling through the cosmic membrane!]

[It was a world that wasn't very large, probably only a few hundred million miles in diameter. It could barely be considered a high-level world. You could destroy it with ease, perhaps with just a breath.]

[But because it is a world, it can move freely through chaotic matter.]

[It wasn't necessarily a matter of passing through; it was more accurate to say they were captured.]

That bubble-like world was captured by other, larger worlds similar to the Primordial Heaven Realm!

You tried your best to catch up, but you couldn't.

[Because that world moves at 20 times the speed limit of the present world within the cosmic membrane, which is 12 million miles per second.]

[But you will be stuck at twice the speed of light in your past life: 600,000 miles per second.]

Even if you can normally travel at the speed of light, using it once a week, and returning to your true form every week, would only amount to twice the speed of light.

[Moreover, your overall essence has only increased by several hundred million times, and you still need about ten more descents to reach the current world's speed limit within the cosmic membrane.]

On average, it's even slower, meaning it covers two light-days' worth of distance every ten days.

You can't catch up with that world; you're destined to miss that high-speed train.

You can't help but feel annoyed.

If you remain conscious, if you can foresee the future, you can know in advance which world will pass by.

[You can then appear on its inevitable path ahead of time, directly enter that world, and then comfortably arrive at your destination by taking advantage of this opportunity.]

Even if we can't leave the cosmic membrane, entering another world similar to the Primordial Heaven Realm would be good too!

Because it means you can see living things, and from then on you will no longer be alone. It can fill the loneliness and emptiness in your heart, and you can communicate and interact with living people like a living person.

[You no longer have to endure those unbearable years of the past; you can find new vitality and a new life there!]

[You can also cultivate there, using resources with corresponding Dao attributes that can only be produced in the true world, then condense a Dao Seal, and finally advance to True Immortal!]

[Pure life essence can be used to accelerate leveling up and as a universal resource, but to condense it into a Dao Seal system, you need to truly engage with things containing relevant Dao principles, rather than producing and consuming them yourself.]

Even just eating a mouthful of rice and breathing in fresh air.

If the cosmic membrane contains only chaos and no materials derived from the real world, you cannot rebuild other systems.

"If only I had noticed what was happening in that world beforehand..."

"No, there's no 'what if'."

You quickly calmed down: "Because if I had remained conscious until today, I'd probably be driven mad by the silence."

"But 200,000 years have passed already."

[It all seemed like yesterday, even though it was just a fleeting moment.]

[100th century.]

Your overall potential is nearly 700 million times greater.

Now that your power has increased slightly, you can occasionally wander freely in the chaos. You sing loudly, you shout, you create epic novels of trillions of words, and you reminisce about the life you once lived.

Those people in my memories, they are so vivid.

[200 BC.]

You've created a small space of several hundred meters, giving yourself a larger living environment.

You begin to decorate your little bedroom, your little home, your little world here.

[...]

[A long, long time later.]

Countless years have passed.

You open the door, and there you are in a garden.

Yun Shou: "???"

[Colorful and peaceful.]

The grass is lush and green, and the flowers are in full bloom.

"I'm here again."

You came skipping along, looking relaxed, humming an outdated pop song.

"You are my little apple~"

"I can never love you enough."

"Spring flowers bloom all over the hillsides~"

"Sow hope and you will reap a harvest."

A butterfly flies past you, its wings fluttering and scattering shimmering powder.

The barely visible butterfly scales reflected a delicate shimmer in the sunlight.

[You immediately spot the girl at the front; she sits there, as beautiful as a painting.]

Yes, after all, she likes you the most, so she always waits for you at the very front entrance so that you see her the first thing you see when you walk in.