Empress Ziguang and the others would not return until the next Grandmist Era.
Seeing that Li Fan was not in the best mood, Goddess Wangshu took out the surprise that Empress Ziguang and the others had hidden away.
Li Fan's life as the Heavenly Emperor had come to an end—a belated love letter.
There were eight letters in total.
All the tenderness and gratitude left unspoken had been sealed within them, woven into their words.
[Empress Ziguang to Li Fan]
I bore the Star Sky upon my shoulders, carried the innate supreme laws, stood at the pinnacle of the Star Sky, and awed the Prehistoric Universe for eternity.
Born stern and aloof, with a solitary Dao Heart, I looked down upon the eight directions, never giving my heart easily or allowing myself to be moved lightly.
In the ancient age of chaos, when calamities overturned the world, only you, with the majesty of the Heavenly Emperor, suppressed the universe and determined the rise and fall of Qiankun.
I stood beside you upon the Dao path and fought the fires of tribulation with you. I watched you carry the bearing of a Heavenly Emperor, embracing all living beings of the myriad Daos and sheltering fellow cultivators across All Heavens.
I ultimately fell short of stepping into the realm of the Great Dao, yet through your guidance, I saw through the shackles of Hunyuan and connected to the road ahead of Primordial Reincarnation.
The countless lights of Ziwei could not compare to the Dao bones within you; your might over All Heavens could not compare to the depth of feeling in a single promise.
Today, I used Ziwei divine light as paper and the Dao resonance of the Nine Heavens as ink to write of the devotion hidden within my Dao Heart