Xuan's Rebirth in the past

The world shook and the barrier that protects the world was destroyed. The Gods were battling the universe-catastrophic level Asmodeus—The celestial worm that could eat stars and galaxies as food.

They were firing divine spells at it but it was for naught. Xuan as well as his students came late as they repaired the barrier. They were all humans but were all having Divine sparks ignited. Making them have longevity. They were in the Peak realm and were all Mythical.

They soon met Xuan and greeted them, "My further respects to the deities!" bowing slightly.

They were baffled by his formalities. They were still young when they met Xuan and they became Gods with the help of Xuan. Xuan witnessed all their ascension and he was a great mentor to them.

"The world eater worm was slow but it has a huge appetite. We must hurry to kill it or our world will be gone!" the God of Slaughter said to him.

The God of Death was having a bad mood as he couldn't deal even with a scratch to the said worm, "It was nearly invulnerable!" he bellowed.

The other Gods have expended many divine powers to stop the movements of the worm and create chains as well as seals to hinder it from moving further.

But it was all for naught. Their chains would break and their seals were broken. Making them have an annoyed look while staring at its swerving crawl into the space.

"We have to make a plan!" The God of Light shouted.

"I do have," Xuan flew forward, "Though it needs sacrifice,"

"What do you mean?" the God of Light was struck with worry. Curious as to why he said it.

"There is a way! I need all your divine powers. Make a formation and pour out your divinity to me and I will do the rest. There is a powerful spell that could annihilate even ethereal monstrosities. I only need huge power to use it," he then bit his lower lips.

"But you will die without an artifact to hold divinity!" They all bellowed.

"I know, I am just a sad old man. This is goodbye!"

He immediately told them what to do and they made a circle formation encompassing him. They soon poured their divinity and then Yulin screamed. It felt like his very being was stretched out like a sponge absorbing water. His soul realm was being filled with divinity that he was about to burst. His eyes emitted divinity and without a Law tablet to absorb divinity, he was doomed to die in being over-capacitated.

He immediately flew towards the colossal beast and then into its mouth, he was sucked inside it and then he shouted with all his might.

"Soul and Spirit Black Hole Explosion!"

Boom!

There's an explosion first and then the mouth of the beast explodes.

Whoop!

Soon there was a sucking force that sucked it up.

Bang!

Another explosion but greater and wider.

Swoosh!

The explosion sucked midway upon its burst then...

Baboom!

The burst of divinity then made a blinding light and they all covered their eyes.

Master!

His students all cried and the Gods made a moment of silence. It was many years that he lived and they did not expect that it was his last moments.

"The great Xuan was now dead and we pay respects. Though he can still be saved!" the God of Life said to them.

The God of Death was also baffled, "That's it! His soul still hasn't crossed the afterlife! Collect his soul dust! We must save him! He is still needed by all of us!"

They soon made haste and then went to the explosion site. The soul dust was floating in space and they all collected it.

They soon went to the Dimension of the God of Time and collected all his soul dust from each one of them. They went to the timeline rivers and poured his soul dust there.

Soon after, his soul dust entered the Timeline River and his soul dust glittered in gold. They soon sang a melodious song as they watched it being carried away by the waters.

They would wait another thousand years before he would get reborn. And as for where they will meet him? It was yet unknown.

A thousand years later.....

"It's a boy! We will name Xuan from the great hero Xuan himself!" A man shouted.

"Let me carry him. Let him drink milk!" a weakened female voice rang inside the room.

"Sure sure, he will surely get it. As for now, I will prepare dinner. Rest well hun!" he said then left the room.

A year has passed and Xuan was inside his crib. He was barely able to talk but can say, mama and papa. A pretty little word for an adorable child of theirs. As he surmised, he was indeed reborn.

'Quite crafty Gods! To let me have a second life! This is a break from my clean record of having no deaths! But sure, a thousand years have passed already. The timeline river made its job well done,' he bellowed deep inside his mind.

While idle most of the time, he was still reminiscing about his moments as a baby. It would not come again another time and he enjoyed not thinking of problems at all. Though that would end soon, time passed faster than expected. He could not even remember some of his moments from one year before. Well it was normal, he still had a baby brain inside him.

And he was still growing! He needs to be at least two to start thinking about all the problems this world would face. Quite early but given Xuan what he wants, he wanted to grow old faster. Though that would be near impossible as he would retain youthful looks along the way with his cultivation spewing out impurities from his body and giving a small time of longevity.

He would be happy to talk to his students and friends sooner than later. He missed them a lot for even just a year that passed.