Zhe Yao

Yao Wan's fingertips trembled slightly, and even her breathing could not help but stall for a moment.

At such a critical juncture, how could she possibly not be nervous?

Awakening a dormant soul was no easy task, especially for someone like Xiao Yan, whose bodily functions had withered away in an extremely short span of time. Perhaps he would remain dormant until his soul erased itself over the long years, unaware of anything at all, like a dream from which he would never wake.

Even Yao Wan could not easily interfere. The dormancy of a soul was even more unlike sleep, where "awakening" was possible.

It was precisely because of this that, when the Medicine Emperor Phantom had mentioned this method of salvation to Yao Wan, he had only said there could be a glimmer of hope.

So now, no matter how desperately anxious she was, she could only wait.

But they had already... they had already come this far. How could she possibly be willing to accept any possibility other than success?

Her voice gradually drowned in the faint rustling of the Lian Li Branch beside her as its leaves slowly unfurled.

But Yao Wan did not immediately fall into disappointment. She merely waited in silence.

After all, was he not destined to reach the peak and save the world?

Yao Wan pressed her lips together slightly.

At last, Xiao Yan's fingertips trembled slightly, and then, faintly, he began to breathe.

The bloody hole in his chest had already vanished. Within his body, the translucent Bodhi Heart beat softly, exchanging blood and pure, clear qi, faintly already possessing a trace of life's ruddy color.

"...Hah."

When Yao Wan heard his extremely faint breath, the emotions in her heart nearly erupted completely in that instant, but even so, she still