I Ascended with Earth in Tow

Nine days of tribulation thunder exploded above my head, purple lightning twisting like a dragon as the heavens unleashed their mighty power. The cold voice of the Heavenly Dao echoed in my sea of consciousness: "Su Wan, there is only one place. Ascend, or perish alongside this world. Choose." Behind me stood ten billion compatriots who had struggled to survive the apocalypse for a century. They looked up, their eyes filled with fear and, too, their last hope. Over the past hundred years, spiritual qi revival had brought rampaging demon beasts. I had fought my way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, becoming the only mighty cultivator at the Tribulation Transcendence stage on this planet, and their sole guardian. Now the Heavenly Dao wanted me to abandon them. I smiled, tears streaming down my face. To hell with being the only one...