The old man, Xian Li's Master, snapped his fingers. The surroundings suddenly began to change into a black void without any light. It only stopped after everything was absorbed in and by the void.
His Master didn't say anything and moved his hands forward as some light particled, which were red in color, started coming out of his hands and slowly got inside Xian Li's body. Xian Li didn't try to resist, not because he couldn't but because he didn't want to.
Well, He couldn't, too.
As the red particles entered his body, Xian Li felt something strange happening to his body.
His body was... growing?!!
Even his bone age was growing!
It meant one thing- He was getting older and older with those red particles.
When His Master stopped giving those red particles, he opened his eyes and said with a smile-
"Now! It will be more convinient this way."
Standing in front of him was a young man. It was obviously Xian Li but-
He was 20 years old!
Xian Li was waving and shaking his arms and legs to get used to it, as he was, moments ago, a few months baby.
He looked at his Master and asked-
"What do you wanna talk about, Master?"
His Master didn't reply but looked upwards and then looked at him again and said-
"The Right Path."
"The Right Path?"
Xian Li suddenly remembered something and asked his Master-
"Was it you who saved Zhurong and told him to show me the path of truth?"
"Indeed. But I just used him so you could come to this dream world to 'suffer' Hahaha Just kidding, I wanted to talk to you as this was the only safe way to talk to you."
"What do you mean by 'safe'?"
His Master sighed and said-
"It's a long story but We have a good amount of time so I'll tell you but I can't tell you too much as it goes against the rules."
What rules, Master?"
I can't tell."
His Master shook his head. Xian Li again asked-
"How strong are you, Master? Which Realm are you at?"
"I can only tell you that I am many, many, many times stronger then those fake Heaven's group you have there."
"So can't you just help me kill those or just help me by giving me something which could be used against them, if you are bound by your so called 'rules'."
His Master said-
"That's why I am here, you fool."
"Why- Why did you disappear?"
Xian Li asked with a sad face.
"Because my time was over. I had looked for a very long time to choose a heir for the Heavens."
Xian Li looked at him confusedly and asked-
"But Aren't you stronger than those fake Heavens, So why did have to choose a heir for them?"
"I am not talking about those fakies but The Real Heavens. It's a very deep secret which can't be told to you until you are strong enough. I chose the heir for the real Heavens, because you had a destiny like none other. You NEED to overcome that curse of The Celestial Blade."
"But why are you making it so big? The Celestial Blade wasn't even enough for The Celestial Emperor to defeat those fake Heavens. And Was The Celestial Emperor a disciple of yours too?"
"Yes and No And Yes and No for both your questions."
"And What's that supposed to mean?"
"I am not making it big, It is not just big, but Grand. But currently, it is not even big. The Celestial Emperor was not a disciple of mine in the straight sense but many used to call him and he himself did so. I just guided him. But you, you were my first disciple."
"I understood the second part but I can't understand the first, Master."
"In simple words, you just have to break the curse and The Celestial Blade will reveal its true form."