My gorgeous wife Chapter 2298 - 2266: I Did It

"To others, I am too powerful."

No sooner had Duan Yu spoken than he uttered these words.

Words that seemed boastful but were in fact sincere.

And Li Chen knew that Duan Yu was not bragging, because what Li Chen saw in Duan Yu’s expression was not the self-satisfaction of arrogance, but a deep sense of loneliness.

The back of the Earth Devouring Beast Little Feng was very wide, and Li Chen, not being stingy, allowed Duan Yu to sit behind Little Feng and begin pouring out his troubles.

"At first, I wanted to become powerful just to protect my family. But as I began to chase after great power, my family gradually grew old and eventually died."

There was no discernible expression on Duan Yu’s face: "After that, with no goal, I was simply pursuing power for the sake of it."

"Yet after obtaining power, I did not stop. And along this path of pursuing power, I became stronger and stronger. In the eyes of others, powerful monsters and villains were easy for me to crush. Other heroes started to challenge me, but these challenges were no more than a punch or a kick."

"I gradually lost interest and lost my goals. I even started to detest this power."

"I have become too strong," Duan Yu spoke softly.

"Everyone thinks I’m a recently risen hero, but they don’t know that I’ve already..."

"Over three hundred years old?" Li Chen suddenly interjected.

Duan Yu was startled and then looked at Li Chen with some surprise.

Li Chen waved his hand: "Have you forgotten what I told you before? Others can’t tell, but you can’t hide it from me."

Only then did Duan Yu nod: "Indeed, I am already over three hundred years old. In these three hundred years, I’ve been a merchant, an emperor, a head of a household, and even an ordinary peddler. But in the end, I became a hero."

"I’ve done everything those teachings about experiencing life talk about. But in the end... I gained nothing."

"Even the emotions of battle - the adrenaline, excitement, pain, regret - I’ve gradually become numb to them. The emotions of being human are constantly fading." Duan Yu looked at his hands: "All these years, I’ve been walking from place to place, constantly searching for a way to feel emotions again."

"But in the end, I’ve still gained nothing."

"I have become too strong."

Li Chen squinted slightly, looking at the person in front of him who is considered a special case even in the Eight Directions.

Luck.

This was what Li Chen saw through causality.

On this person called Duan Yu, there was a tremendous amount of luck.

According to Li Chen’s estimation, the luck that descended on the Eight Directions during the Banquet Era had been substantially inherited by this person.

One could say he is a man of extraordinary luck, loved by the whole planet in his lifetime.

Yet, alongside luck, he also felt misfortune. Because his own immense strength made him incompatible with the world around him.

It was like a giant living among ants, no matter what the giant did, it was difficult to integrate.

The size difference was too great.

This feeling was something Li Chen could also relate to.

Except Li Chen was very clear that he was not from this world, so he could calmly feel this difference and divergence, knowing that he would leave eventually. Plus, he had the presence of family.

But for Duan Yu, who belonged to this world and was unable to leave, it was undoubtedly a form of torment.

"For this world, you are indeed very powerful. But beyond this world, there’s an even broader world. In that place, even with your strength, you would just be one of the ordinary people." Li Chen said leisurely.

"A broader world?" Duan Yu was startled.

"That’s right." Li Chen nodded: "Compared to that boundless world, even the world you are in now is insignificant and trivial, let alone yourself. I think if you entered that world, this feeling would naturally fade."

"Is there really such a world?" Duan Yu asked eagerly.

Li Chen pointed to the sky: "If you don’t go and see for yourself, how do you know there isn’t?"

Looking at the sky, a glimmer of hope appeared in Duan Yu’s eyes, but it quickly turned bleak.

"I can’t leave." Duan Yu shook his head: "Even the most powerful Mysterious Vehicle can’t break free from the restrictions of the Eight Directions, let alone myself."

"That’s only what you think." Li Chen smiled: "But in my view, you alone are fully capable of breaking free from the gravity of the Eight Directions to enter the outer world."

Looking at the young man in front of him, Li Chen couldn’t help but feel a bit emotional.

This is the sadness of lacking a Cultivation Civilization.

This guy named Duan Yu inherited the luck of the Banquet Era, inexplicably started cultivating, and lived for over three hundred years on the Eight Directions, yet without a cultivation method, he couldn’t even fly.

According to the Starry Universe’s cultivation rankings, this guy definitely qualifies as a peak Soul Realm combat power.

Someone like this living on a planet like the Eight Directions is indeed a sorrowful existence.

In this regard, Duan Yu was not wrong. To others, he is too powerful.

This is someone whose exact realm even Li Chen cannot be certain of.

One must know that this estimate of a peak Soul Realm combat power was made when this person hadn’t even come into contact with the Law.

Once he truly began cultivating the Law and working with the forces of the ’Boundary’ and the ’Universe’ for creation, what level would he reach?

Even Li Chen was quite looking forward to it.

"You... no, do you have a way to let me go to the outside world?" For the first time, an expectant look appeared in Duan Yu’s eyes.

Li Chen didn’t answer directly, instead asking meaningfully: "If you went to the outside world, what kind of person would you be?"

Duan Yu’s expression became serious, and he said earnestly: "As long as you can send me to the outside world, as long as I can retrieve the emotions of being ’human,’ I’ll do as you say!"

Li Chen reached out and patted Duan Yu’s shoulder: "I have no other demands, just hope that you can become an ordinary member of this Era and protect the universe we live in well."

"Universe?"

"Yes, the place we live in, including this Eight Directions Star under our feet, is collectively called... the Starry Universe," Li Chen said calmly.

"I will do it!" Duan Yu said with determination.

Though his emotions had long since thinned, since birth Duan Yu had always meant what he said.

At the end of the Banquet Era, Dao Saint Duan Yu single-handedly broke into the headquarters of the Era-Ancient Civilization’s war fortress.

With three Dao Saint powerhouses of the Era-Ancient Civilization, he perished together with the entire fortress outside the Starry Universe.

Before dying, facing the Starry Universe, this Dao Saint whispered with a smile.

"I did it."