As I finished feeding Emil, I couldn't help but notice Emma's body starting to lose its vitality. It was heartbreaking to witness, but I knew there was nothing I could do to bring her back. Even if I could somehow stop her body from dying, her soul was already gone. The best I could do for her now was to give her a proper burial and say goodbye.

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One year had passed since Emma's death, and Emil had grown into a healthy and happy baby. As I watched him crawl around and explore his surroundings, I couldn't help but feel a sense of relief that I was capable of caring for him. However, there was one thing that constantly nagged at the back of my mind. It's only a matter of time before the aliens notice that humans have made no progress, and the reason for that is me regressing time. If they find out, they will attack Earth.

As I watched Emil crawl around, I came to the realization that while I couldn't directly intervene in the ongoing war between humans and aliens, I could still contribute in my own way, indirectly.

I made a hand gesture and suddenly, a clone appeared in front of me. "Take care of Emil for a few days. I have something to take care of," I said to the clone.

After the war with aliens, I witnessed a new era of unity on earth as all countries came together to form one government. The concept of independent countries ceased to exist, and humanity was finally united under one banner. It was a time of great progress and development as we all worked towards a brighter future for ourselves and generations to come. Well it would have been like that if I didn't regress time, right now what's awaits humans is total destruction.

As I flew towards the middle of the Pacific, I started to circulate my energy to create a new island. Once I landed on the island, I closed my eyes and released my spiritual sense to cover the entire earth. As I scanned each person, information started flowing into my brain. My goal was to find people who didn't have much influence, people whose absence would go unnoticed - orphans, beggars, and those on their deathbed. After some time, I found 14 people who fit my criteria.

I made a hand gesture and suddenly, the 14 people appeared in front of me. They were all children whose ages did not exceed 15. As the 14 people noticed the sudden change, they began to look around in confusion.

As I faced the bewildered children in front of me, I quickly noticed their confusion and concern. I took a deep breath and began to speak, "Okay, now that the first part is over, let's move on to the next part. I know you're all wondering why I brought you here, but I assure you there is a good reason." The children stared at me in puzzlement, so I tried to comfort them, "Don't worry, you're all safe here with me." Suddenly, one of the children spoke up, "Are you God?" I chuckled a bit and looked towards the child who spoke and asked, "What's your name?"

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"Jackson," the kid said.

"Ok, Jackson, before I answer, let me ask you, do you know about the war between the humans and the aliens?", I asked him.

Jackson responded, "Yes."

"Good. Then let me ask you again, what will happen if the aliens attack again?" I asked.

"Then we humans will fight and get out victorious," Jackson replied.

"You're very optimistic, but that's far from the truth," I said as I clapped my hands. The very reality itself changed before the kids' eyes, and they were scared to death. One of them even wet himself, and Jackson was shocked.

"Don't worry, this is just a vision of the future," I said. I clapped my hands again, and the vision started playing. Countless alien ships headed towards Earth. Although humans tried to defend themselves, aliens had much more advanced technology and numbers. Some humans were killed, some were enslaved, and experimented on. I didn't explain the vision; I let the kids watch it themselves.

After finishing the vision, I turned to the kids and asked, "Now, what do you think?"

One of the girls surprisingly spoke up, "Can't you do anything about it?"

I asked for her name, "What's your name?"

"Anna," she responded.

"Well Anna, what do you think?" I asked.

Anna hesitated a little before speaking, "I can see that you really want to help the humans, but you can't, and that because either you are not powerful enough but I doubt that, or something or someone is stopping you."

I smiled, "Spot on, I am more powerful than any of you can imagine, in fact I can go right now and destroy the aliens, but the something or someone you mentioned wants nature takes its course, and I also came to understand this not too long ago, that's why I summoned you."

"So you are going to give us power and train us, so one day we can fight the aliens," Jackson said.

"Yes and no," I said. "I am going to train you, so that you can train others and spread cultivation all over the earth."

"Cultivation?" Jackson asked.

"Yes, cultivation. It's the name of the power I am giving you," I said. "This should be a choice, so you either stay and train with me, or you will return to your life. But remember this, I chose you because most won't have any impact by disappearing. Some of you are orphans without a family, so no one is going to miss you. Some were beggars who also have no one to miss, and some of you were on your death bed, so returning means death."

Unsurprisingly they all nodded in agreement to stay, I began to explain the basics of cultivation to them. I started with the first six mortal realms of cultivation, which include body refining, foundation building stage, enlightenment stage, divine sea stage, divine fusion stage, and finally ascension stage. I made sure to go into detail and answer any questions they had, ensuring that they had a strong foundation to build upon.