100 year passed in the blink of an eye.
"Why did you call us, Inikaka?" Hyesi asked.
Ning had called everyone to come to assemble for a few minutes as he had some things to say.
Hyesi, Anya, Night, Aegis, Blue, Hijaka, Dahlia, Iris, Varsil, Halios, and many other people that were staying in the Origin assembled to where Ning had called them.
Hyesi stood at the front. He was the weakest of them all with barely any cultivation base, but he was certainly the one with the most authority beside Ning here, perhaps even more so than Ely.
As the one that gave his life to protect them all, everyone in the group respected and adored Hyesi. He also had a naturally cheerful personality that everyone adored.
At the moment, he looked nothing like a demon at all. His horns were gone, his wings had shed, and his claws had transformed into normal nails. Even his crimson skin was nothing more than rose-tinted at the moment.
Ning had spent an extensive amount of time helping him recover from the effects of corruption that came with using magicules. It had taken a long time to get completely removed from his system, but now it had, and Hyesi had even started on his cultivation journey.
A few more years and he would become an Immortal. After that, he could fully use the terrifyingly amazing cultivation skill that Ning had provided to every individual that had broken through to immortality.
"Master, I was making some pills. If it is not very urgent, I will need to go back," she said.
Anya had learned the Alchemy books that Ning had provided her and at this moment her alchemy knowledge was terrifying. There would be nothing wrong with anyone saying that she was the best Alchemist in the entire galaxy.
She was even better than Ning, albeit Ning hadn't practiced making pills in a long time.
Her cultivation base had also increased quite a lot, but it was obviously not as good as it should be since she had to spend most of her time learning Alchemy from the books.
She had made it a habit to teach her descendant every day and as such her cultivation speed had definitely slowed a lot. She didn't mind it though. Having an Immortal King cultivation base was enough for her to make pills.
Ning looked at everyone that was gathered there for him.
Blue and Night had cultivated a bunch. Aegis had also cultivated, along with his family. The Klavians had improved a lot, and Anya's clan was doing quite well as well.
Even Varsil had managed to cultivate and become Immortal in the last 100 years.
He was a much more experienced person now than he was a century ago. After Halios was freed, he and Halios went around the world to experience what it was like.
They had gone through many things in the last 100 years and were much more learned and jaded. Varsil no longer looked like a mortal even as his mannerisms had changed.
As for Halios, he was no longer a naive Will, but one that understood the world that had formed him.
Ning looked at the improvement of the bunch and couldn't help but smile.
"I have one good news... and one bad news," he said.
The crowd looked at each other, trying to guess what he was talking about.
"Master, what's going on?" Anya asked with a bit of a confused and concerned look.
Ning smiled again. "I will start with the good news first," he said and called Ely who was standing not far behind him.
Ely walked up front and stood next to him.
Ning looked back at the crowd. "Notice anything different?" he asked.
The group looked at her, but there was nothing different about Ely at all. Even if there were some physical changes, why would that be bad news at all?
As everyone tried to figure it out, Halios was the first one to notice the change as he was the only other person in the group that could possibly understand the height of what had happened.
Also, he could read Ning's mind.
"She's stronger now, much stronger," he said.
"Strong?" Hyesi looked at Ely, but his mortal senses could tell nothing.
Even Anya couldn't tell anything with her Immortal King senses. However, judging by the context, she could guess what had happened.
"Immortal God?" she asked. "Has sister Ely reached the Immortal God realm already?"
Ning smiled widely. "Yes!" he said. "She reached the Immortal God realm yesterday. I had taken her out to the flatlands so she could break through, so none of you realized."
"That's amazing!" Anya said. She came forward to hug and congratulate Ely as everyone else did too. They all celebrated as she was the first person to become an Immortal God.
After a while, the elated emotions faded and the people looked at Ning with concerned looks. Since the good news was done, they were now waiting for the bad news.
"What is it, Inikaka? Just tell us," Hyesi said.
"Fine, here is the thing," Ning said. "The time has come for me to leave you guys and return."
"Return? Return where?" some of them asked. However, the ones that were more important to Ning knew exactly what he meant.
"You did say you had a family back where you came from," Anya said. "Are you going to return to them?"
"Yes," Ning said. "I promised them I would return after I was done finding you all. I would have left a long time ago, but I decided to wait until Ely could reach the Immortal God stage. Now that she has, it is time I go back."
"W-when do you plan on leaving, Inikaka?" Hyesi asked.
"Within the week," Ning said. "There are problems back on earth too, so I should return as quickly as I can."
"Okay!" Hyesi said with a puffed-up chest. "Since this is going to be Inikaka's last week with us for who knows how long, let's make this the best week he's ever spent."
The crowd shouted in agreement and everyone found something to do immediately.
A festive atmosphere was created in the Origin as everyone found something to be happy about. Some sang songs, some danced to them.
Some laughed at old stories and some cried to them.
Ning spent time with everyone for that entire week as they all made the best of the little time as they could. The Origin was never as happy and chaotic as it was for that week, and neither would it be for years to come.
Then after all that was over, they gathered for one final goodbye.
Ning opened a portal to earth and looked back at his own students and friends. Of the ones there, he had agreed to take only Night and Blue as they were the only ones that he could take without feeling bad about taking them with him.
Aegis had a family, so he was left behind.
"So, this is goodbye," Ning said. "But it's not permanent. It may take a thousand years or even tens of thousands of years, but once I solve the problems on Earth, I will come back for you all. After that, I will never be away from you."
"Goodbye, Inikaka!"
"Goodbye, Master!"
"Goodbye, Sister Ely!"
"Goodbye, Night. Goodbye, Blue."
Ning turned around and along with his wife and two beasts, entered the portal.
