1885 A Surprise

"Hmm… that's unfortunate."

As seconds passed, Alex became aware that he simply had no method of testing whether what he had done would be a success or not.

The memory he had seen of the man who did these experiments first told him that in the book he had read about these experiments, this was how he would succeed.

Only Alex wanted more than just memories from a memory. He wanted factual evidence this would work, but it appeared that it wasn't going to work.

In the end, to figure out if a Spiritual Root transplant worked, he needed to try it out on a living, breathing human being. Only then would the body take in the spiritual root and adapt to it.

Alex was certain to never get a chance to do that, at least not here. He felt horrible even thinking about experimenting with living humans. That was horrible and had been why he had killed the previous man who had done it with children.

The only one Alex could do something like this would be with his enemies, and there were none of them at the moment.

The only possible person he could do it with was himself in the end, and he already had all 7 roots. There would be no way in hell he would ever experiment on himself, even if he physically could, to transplant another root on himself.

This experiment had now hit a dead end. There was no moving forward without using morally questionable means.

Alex still finished what he started. The experience of placing the meridians and spiritual roots into another body, albeit a dead one, was still quite valuable. It was useful knowledge to use later if the need ever arises.

After finishing his experimentation, Alex tore away all the Spiritual roots from the person, storing them in an ice-filled container, along with all the rest of the spiritual roots he had taken before.

He wasn't sure if he would ever need them, but if he did, he would have the ones right here. Hopefully, because he had taken them out just minutes after the person's death, they would all still be working when he needed them.

Alex burned the rest of the corpse, taking out two urns of ashes to hand over to the people who had brought them. Then, after some deliberation, he decided to stop experimenting on people.

Alex made an announcement that he would stop taking dying men and women now. The ones that were there were returned back to their family, to spend the last of their days with them.

Once that matter was settled, Alex went to his family to spend what few days there were.

Hannah arrived in the Southern Continent a few weeks later, along with Long Huan, as a complete surprise to most of them.

Alex was one of the people surprised at her appearance. But somehow Helen, Liz, and Ronron seemed to not be surprised at all. They even seemed to be expecting it.

"I thought you had more time before your breakthrough, Sister," Alex said. "Are you done with the matters in the Eastern Continent? Are you going to try and break through now?"

Hannah chuckled when she heard that. Helen and Liz laughed too, letting Alex know something secretive was going on between them.

They had been doing something that they hadn't thought to let him know. But he had been with them most of the time, what could it be that they had hidden from him?

"You forgot, didn't you?" Hannah asked with her hands crossed in front of her. "And here I thought you would be excited too."

"What did I forget?" Alex asked. As soon as he did, he remembered something and turned toward his mother. "Wait… I thought I said no. I didn't want it."

"Well, I want it, and you can't refuse now," Helen said with a wide smile and turned around. "Alex, come here. Stand by him."

She pulled the older Alex away, placing him next to Alex as they stood side by side, the same person in two ages.

Something exploded and confetti fell all over the two Alex.

"Happy 100th birthday!!"

"Happy 100th birthday!!"

"Hurray!!"

Birthday wishes and celebratory cheers came from all around the two Alex, letting them know what day it was. Neither of the two had remembered it at all, nor had they made any plans for it.

They didn't even know what date it was this time around when compared to the Central Continent. The two places didn't share the same calendar, so figuring out their birthday was a nearly impossible task.

Alex didn't want to celebrate a birthday like Hannah did, where the entire continent celebrated with her. However, just her friends and family were more than welcome.

"Happy birthday, Alex!" Wen Cheng, Luo Mei, and the rest came around to celebrate his birthday.

"Happy birthday… Master," Scarlet said, teasing him.

"Brother, Happy Birthday!"

Pearl and Whisker were more than happy to celebrate Alex's birthday.

Bai Jingshen and his wives, Hao Ya, the elders, and many others came to his birthday celebration that lasted the entire night.

Not many knew of this party, not even inside the palace itself. However, those who knew it celebrated it to the fullest throughout the whole night.

Alex's 100th birthday was a night to remember.

Only, Alex knew it wasn't his 100th birthday, but rather his 97th. Because of the 3 years he spent inside the Demon realm, he wasn't the age everyone thought he was.

But of course, there was no point in revealing this information, and technically he had been born 100 years ago, so it was all the same in the end.

Once the celebration ended, Hannah and Long Huan returned to the Eastern Continent for one last time.

There was a small matter of passing the throne to Long Hanjue, and Hannah would be able to break through immediately.

"When I return, we will immediately leave," Hannah told everyone before she left. It seemed she did not plan on staying behind for too long as an Immortal.

She was going to become an Immortal and leave right away.

Long Hanjue's ascension hadn't been officially done, but unofficially, he was now the emperor.

For the past 15 years, Long Huan had been helping his younger brother learn as much about ruling as he could, so all he could do now was trust that his brother would become a good Emperor.

As Hannah and Long Huan made their own preparation, Alex's family did the same as well. It was about time they were going to leave, so they began spending their final days together, saying their goodbyes to the ones that would be separated from them.

They were going to leave immediately, so they didn't have much time together.

Hannah came back and let them all know that she was now ready to break through. That was the final thing remaining before they all left this world.

Everyone, human and beast, followed Hannah all the way to a remote island south of the Southern Continent.

Nearly everyone who was close to anyone had come to watch Hannah's breakthrough.

Hannah took a deep breath and nodded to herself.

"Let's begin."

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