Chapter 1

As the gentle breeze blew, the distant sky was divided into two parts by a streak of red sunset, casting the entire earth in an orange glow. The wheat fields, one after another, were illuminated like waves of orange.

It was very beautiful.

Especially when the wind blew and the sea of wheat swayed, the grandeur was even more overwhelming. Looking out, the world seemed like a fairyland without any clouds.

This was a fertile land where crops easily flourished, and the people were prosperous. Although there were few ordinary people, they were widely scattered, but most had their own estates, living self-sufficiently.

On a high ground, there was an estate where a father and son lived. The son was extremely filial, and even though their family was well-off, he had no trace of arrogance. He revered his father as if he were a god.

His father, who was not actually old, around forty years old, was a wealthy man. Every morning, he liked to sit in the courtyard, looking at the sky and the distant fields, until the sunset, watching the orange sea.

He was very content, because as long as the crops were there, it meant that his family would never run out of food. What made him even more content was seeing his son.

His son was a filial son, and all the neighbors in the area knew this. His filial piety seemed to be ingrained in his bones, passed down in his soul. No matter what, his father was always the sky in his heart.

He was Ke Yunhai, and his son was Ke Jiusi!

In this cycle of rebirth, under Ke Jiusi's persistence and with Meng Hao's help, they remained father and son.

Even though their memories of their previous lives were already vague, in this life, both Ke Yunhai and Ke Jiusi were very happy.

Not long after, Ke Jiusi, who chose to become an ordinary person in this life, got married. His father held a grand banquet for him, inviting all their relatives and friends. For those few days, the entire estate was bustling with activity.

As time passed, day after day, year after year.

As Ke Jiusi grew older and the next generation was born, Ke Yunhai in this life became increasingly aged. However, a warm feeling always permeated the family, and his habit of watching the sky in the courtyard never changed.

"Grandpa, what are you looking at?" His grandson would always ask this question. Each time, Ke Yunhai would smile and shake his head without answering. His son, Ke Jiusi, would pat the child's head, and in his eyes, there seemed to be a deep understanding.

After more than twenty years, when the child grew into a young man, Ke Yunhai became even more aged, but his eyes were not at all cloudy; instead, they were clearer, as if he could see through his past life.

One day, in the same courtyard, when his grandson asked this question again, he softly replied.

"I am waiting for your uncle."

"Uncle?" The young man, now a young adult, was taken aback.

"I always feel that your father has a younger brother who has been away for a very long time and has not returned yet." Ke Yunhai's eyes seemed to have a hint of reminiscence, but upon closer inspection, there was a faint light in his eyes.

The young man did not understand this light, but his father, Ke Jiusi, who was now middle-aged, clearly understood that this light represented... persistence.

In this world, many people, many of Meng Hao's friends and family from his memories, had already been reborn.

Before leaving this starry sky with Xu Qing, Meng Hao walked through various regions, passing by one star after another, seeing those familiar faces...

With Xu Qing, under the influence of the mysterious power in his mind and the coverage of his divine sense, he arrived at a floating continent in the starry sky.

"Are there old friends here too?" Xu Qing, accompanying Meng Hao, looked at the continent and softly asked.

"There is an elder I will never forget in this life... I must see him before I leave." Meng Hao gazed at the continent for a long time and smiled, his eyes filled with reminiscence, becoming even gentler.

In the winter of that year, Meng Hao and Xu Qing appeared outside the estate. The sunset cast an orange glow over the earth, and the sea of wheat swayed in the wind. In the sunset, Meng Hao came to the courtyard and saw Ke Yunhai.

At that moment, Ke Yunhai seemed to be separated from Meng Hao by a cycle of rebirth. He could not see Meng Hao's figure. He looked at the sky, gazing into the distance, with Ke Jiusi accompanying him and his grandson by his side.

In the courtyard, Meng Hao looked at Ke Yunhai and Ke Jiusi for a long time, then silently walked over and knelt before Ke Yunhai.

Although they could not see him, Meng Hao still knelt there, bowed his head, and his eyes showed gentleness, filled with countless years of reminiscence. The scenes of the past clearly appeared in Meng Hao's mind, the feelings of recognizing Ke Father in the Ancient Immortal Sect, the first experience of fatherly love, all of which settled in his heart at that moment.

He could not forget Ke Father's doting on him, even though he once thought that Ke Father mistook him for Jiusi.

He could not forget all that Ke Father had done for him, the increasing white hair, until the moment Ke Father looked at Meng Hao before his departure, Meng Hao realized that Ke Father had long known he was not Jiusi.

He could not forget the first time in the vast outer world, when Ke Father's passionate voice and the enlightenment he provided.

All of this appeared in Meng Hao's mind as he bowed and knelt.

Xu Qing, standing beside him, seemed to understand something, lowered her head, and knelt as well, like a daughter-in-law.

"Adoptive father, I have come to see you..." Meng Hao softly said.

Almost as soon as his words were spoken, Ke Yunhai suddenly lowered his head, and the light of persistence in his eyes became even brighter, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

Ke Jiusi, standing beside him, seemed to sense something and smiled as well.

Only Ke Yunhai's grandson, the young man who had grown up, was very surprised to see his grandfather and father smiling.

"I can feel it, your uncle has come..." Ke Yunhai smiled.

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