Xu Chunniang passed one shrine after another, absorbing the power of belief within them.
Those shattered and lost memories also slowly returned as her soul recovered.
"So Sky-Gazing Hound and I met in a secret realm somewhere within the Demon Race."
"When I was in the Qianluo Realm, I took in a disciple with impaired eyesight named Shen Miaoling. After so many years, if all went well, she should have ascended to the Immortal Realm by now..."
New scenes surfaced in Xu Chunniang's mind—scenes from her past.
After absorbing the power of belief from one shrine, she recalled Little Walnut, whom she had forgotten as well.
"Ever since I awoke, Little Walnut hasn't been by my side. Did I lose it?"
What exactly had she experienced in the Immortal Realm, to suffer such grave injuries and even lose Little Walnut...
Xu Chunniang remained silent for a long time before finally accepting the fact with calm.
Life had its rises and falls; after crossing peaks, one would also pass through valleys.
No matter where Little Walnut had gone, she would find a way to locate it.
After steadying her thoughts, Xu Chunniang continued searching for shrines and absorbing the power of belief into her soul.
In the end, she traversed the entire Human Race, draining every shrine of its power of belief, and finally restored a full seventy percent of her soul.
As her soul recovered, many memories she had once forgotten surfaced bit by bit.
"So, when I was in the Immortal Realm, I had possessed Immortal King cultivation. The one who injured me so severely was Venerable Heguan, a Golden Immortal—and Venerable Heguan had already fallen in that battle."
Xu Chunniang tried hard to recall the details of that battle, but only a few fragmented scenes remained in her