Star Brilliance City, Longevity Pavilion

However, after Bai Ze arrived in this world and rose from a tiny county town,

he had encountered countless people along the way—friends, masters, senior sisters, junior sisters, disciples, even enemies, and more.

Yet when he looked back on the years he had lived through, he found that those who had truly treated him with sincerity were few and far between.

Moreover, when he had ascended to the Upper Realm, the world where he had once lived had been shrouded by the Myriad Demon Great Array.

That terrifying array had not only destroyed every trace of life, but had also plunged the entire world into endless darkness and despair.

More than two hundred years had passed by now. Most likely...

But the people before him had faced life and death alongside him, forging deep bonds between them.

That bond had transcended the limits of time and space, becoming a precious treasure in Bai Ze's heart.

It was precisely because of this that Bai Ze had not hesitated to help her seize the Phoenix Essence Blood back then, using the Primordial Time-Space Tower as the price to escape.

At that moment, Bai Ze felt a few more emotions stir within him. A faint smile rested on his face as he said gently, "There is nothing seriously wrong with me now. I only need to recover slowly."

"Still, I have you all to thank for finding so many heavenly treasures for me. Otherwise, I would not have recovered so quickly."

"It was only what we should have done."

Lü Ruoxue hurriedly waved her hand. She looked deeply at Bai Ze, an unusual light in her eyes, and said softly, "If you had not helped me seize the Phoenix Essence Blood back then, none of what followed would have happened."

"And if I