390: Chapter 389 Retirement Life After Becoming Invincible

Five Years Later

Antarctic Continent, Ice Nightmare Troll Nest.

Tang Ping stood in this extremely cold land covered in ice and snow, holding an eye-shaped gem in his hand. This gem wasn't large—only a circle bigger than a normal eyeball—yet it had birthed an entire race that could be considered top-tier even on the Antarctic Continent.

The Ice Nightmare Troll was a massive ape-like creature covered in thick, snow-white fur, with a vertical ice-blue eye in the center of its face. Adults could reach over ten meters in height and could tear a Level Five sea lion apart with their bare hands; the kings among them were even comparable to powerful Heavenly Kings.

This was the case now. In a few decades, this Ice Nightmare Troll King would likely reach the Level Eight Titled level. However, because this continent had long been isolated from the world, no one would ever know that such a powerful being existed in this extremely cold land.

But now, this Ice Nightmare Troll King lay fallen at his feet, and this strange gem would become his nourishment.

Upon returning to the future once more, Tang Ping refined the gem. To his surprise, not only did his Ice Nightmare Extreme Pupil upgrade to SS-Rank, but even his Extreme Ice talent reached SS-Rank Talent level.

He simply stayed there until he had cultivated this future body to Level Eight as well.

It was now one hundred and sixty years after the apocalypse. He returned to his previous life once more; this time, he wanted to see what would happen when the timelines overlapped.

Time flew by. Tang Ping stayed in the Heavenly Mansion, and the time here had now reached the one-hundredth year after the apocalypse.

This was the exact time when he had first arrived, but unfortunately, at this node, another version of him did not exist in Star Glory.

The current Holy Heaven Mansion was almost the same as it was during his last visit to the future. Beneath the territory covered by the barrier, it was like a scene from another world entirely.

There wasn't much difference between here and the future Tang Ping had visited last time.

Perhaps the biggest difference in the entire Holy Heaven Mansion now was whether he was present or not.

At the foot of Peach Mountain was the center of the entire Tianfu Safe Zone, also known as Tianfu City.

After reaching Level Eight, Tang Ping discovered that it was now extremely difficult for him to improve even a tiny bit.

Level Eight Talent Users had opened an inner sea within their bodies. The vast seawater was the source of all their power, and the consumption during battle could be replenished by connecting to cosmic energy, making it effectively infinite.

Therefore, even if one Level Eight powerhouse had an inner sea several times larger than another's, there wasn't actually much difference in their combat strength.

The only thing that influenced combat strength was likely the Mystical Arts they practiced.

Once they reached Level Eight, if a Mystical Art was cultivated to a high enough Origin level, they could condense stars above their inner sea.

Currently, dozens of stars hung above his inner sea. One of the three largest was a pale green one, which was the Azure Realm Mystical Art.

It was both a Mystical Art and a world spanning tens of thousands of miles.

Thus, among the current Level Eight Titled experts in the world, his combat strength was definitely in the top tier. As for the specifics, it was hard to say, as Titled experts never fought each other to the death.

Level Eight energy was infinite. Even without practicing Mystical Arts, their SS-Rank Talents automatically transformed into inner sea stars, and their offensive power was equally formidable. Consequently, in battles, one would at most gain the upper hand.

Additionally, due to the vast distances, although they were all on Blue Star and Level Eight experts had a vague mutual sense of each other, as long as one didn't actively expose their location, no one could find anyone else. Naturally, everyone lived in peace.

Below Level Eight, things like Safe Zones, Kings, or Emperors could no longer provide any assistance to their advancement. Thus, these things were no longer important, and no one coveted anyone else's Safe Zone.

After all, it provided no benefit to their own improvement. Many powerhouses who reached Level Eight found that after decades of bitter cultivation, they made no progress at all, so they simply gave up on trying.

Since they had both power and status, and could easily establish a nation spanning countless miles with a lifespan that had no visible end, they lost their goals and simply became free spirits.

This was also why, when he went to the future and the Tang Ping of Holy Heaven Mansion hadn't appeared for decades, no one tried to take advantage of it.

After all, they themselves would often vanish for years, a decade, or even decades without a trace.

As for those so-called Safe Zones, which they had built with their own hands, they now seemed more like toys.

Star Glory's Sister Wang, Qing Tian's Miao Qingshi, Holy Heaven Mansion's head manager Zhang Xile, Peach Blossom Spring Wonderland's Tao Yumian, the Ancient God Chamber of Commerce's Blood Ancestor Xiao E, and Tang Ping's pet, the little purple lion in the Thunder Realm restricted area—all were now Level Eight.

Now, everyone gathered frequently or went out to the Wasteland to relax.

Zhang Xile, that fellow, loved playing the role of an old mentor and enjoyed leaving opportunities at the bottom of various cliffs.

Miao Qingshi liked to pick places she found pleasing and casually transform the region, clearing the contamination and turning it into a pure land of tens of thousands of miles of green mountains and clear waters.

Sister Wang didn't like to interfere much; her main focus was simply companionship.

Tao Yumian had a quiet and indifferent nature and didn't like to manage things either, but she enjoyed making peach blossom forests grow for a thousand miles around wherever the group settled in the Wasteland.

As for Xiao E, she liked to randomly transform people or deviants on the Wasteland into members of the Blood God Clan. No wonder Jiang Yaya's appearance in the future hadn't raised any suspicions.

As for the little purple lion, Zi Ming, he couldn't change the feline nature of wanting to urinate everywhere to mark territory. However, instead of urinating, he now opened his mouth to spit out a sheet of lightning, turning a piece of land into a lightning domain.

As for the Great Emperor Moth, limited by its aptitude, it only reached the Invincible Heavenly King level, which was still plenty powerful. Who would have thought that this had originally just been an Earth Worm, found everywhere on the Wasteland?

[I really don't know what to write anymore. Actually, reaching this point is essentially the end, but I still want to hold out until a million words. Therefore, from here on, besides daily life, there might be biographies of some acquaintances. This book is quite flawed, but I really like the world I've built, so I might also write about some commoners in the Wasteland who happen upon opportunities.

Thank you for your company (＾∇＾)ﾉ♪]