Bai Xiu took Gu Xiao Man away from the Temple of Light in Tin Silver City.
But not long afterward, Bai Xiu returned.
"Miss Meng, the person you're waiting for isn't just Xiao Man, and it isn't just me."
Bai Xiu took a deep breath. Standing before the towering, blazing God of Light's Throne, he asked solemnly, "The reason I came this time is actually to ask something... Is that person still alive?"
Meng Xizhou's expression was complicated.
The scenes revealed by the Forbidden Book Tower differed from person to person.
And fate was a wondrous thing.
Sometimes, because of the difference of a single word, countless people's destinies would change as a result.
"I can't say."
After pondering for a moment, Meng Xizhou shook her head. Her expression was grave as she said, "Mr. Bai Xiu, who I'm waiting for isn't important. What matters is... I can feel that day is coming soon."
That day... was coming soon?
Bai Xiu wanted badly to say something, but in the end, he held his tongue.
Over these four years.
He had traveled through nearly every Old World ruin along the border coast of the Northern Continent. Mu Wanqiu had given him an exceptionally detailed and complete map, and he had investigated every suspicious location marked on it... Those places did indeed contain remnants of starship civilization, but no matter how he searched, he could not find any clues about extinguished candles.
Without a suitable Fire Seed.
One could not touch the origin.
Even someone as extraordinarily talented as Bai Xiu had been blocked by this Natural Barrier.
How could he not have wanted to break into the Source Tower... But even Meng Xizhou, who had fused with the Light Fire Seed, was not confident she could face Qinglong. What did he