"Qing... Qing Xuan, why... why?"
"Why hadn't This Seat perished? It's a long story."
Within the Floating Palace of the Lord of Zhu Yuan, inside the Central Treasure Hall.
Heng Xuan reached out with her fair hand and stroked Liu Yun's cheek, staring fixedly at him as tears welled in her eyes.
At the same time, she was filled with confusion.
Back then, Liu Yun's death had been witnessed by everyone in the Qing Xuan Secret Realm, and he had even been buried.
A few days ago, missing Liu Yun, she had personally entered the tomb to inspect it. Liu Yun's body had been lying quietly within the White Jade Coffin.
Yet now, he stood before her completely unharmed.
Only after a long while did she calm herself.
The officials in the hall, along with Lian Luan, tactfully left the hall.
Liu Yun and Heng Xuan held each other tightly, pouring out their feelings.
"This Seat truly did perish."
"Then what about the body in the Emperor Tomb?"
"It's perfectly normal for cultivators like us to shed our bodies, isn't it?" Liu Yun said with a smile.
"Shed your body?" Heng Xuan raised her head to look at Liu Yun, her confusion deepening once more.
"The body in the Emperor Tomb was merely a discarded shell that had already lost all life."
"Back then, my life force strangely drained away. My soul left my body, was wrapped in a streak of Golden Light, landed at the Foot of Heng Chuan, and slipped into a Vortex Portal."
"After that, I arrived in a world called the Beast Origin Void Realm and took on the form of a beast."
"A beast form?" Heng Xuan grew even more puzzled.
"You can understand it as another kind of rebirth."
"After becoming a beast, This