Gu An watched Ye Lan drift into the Reincarnation Vortex. He did not withdraw his divine sense, but followed her all the way inside. Only when Ye Lan was drawn into the Great Dao by the Rules of Reincarnation did he finally retract it.
He stood where he was, continuing to gaze at Ye Lan's gravestone.
A long time passed.
An Xin came to his side and asked, "Master, are you all right?"
Gu An turned around, stretched, and said with a smile, "I was just thinking of the past. Let's go. It's time to return to the valley."
An Xin nodded and accompanied him as they walked toward the valley.
"Master, I've already made the arrangements. From now on, there will be female disciples keeping watch before Martial Aunt's gravestone every day."
"Mm, that was thoughtful of you. Don't mistreat her."
"I definitely won't mistreat her. Oh, right, Master, everyone outside is saying that Holy Heaven is about to return, and that the Immortal Dynasty will be defeated. Is that true?"
An Xin changed the subject, afraid that Gu An would be sad.
Gu An, who could hear her thoughts, wanted to laugh. This was hardly the first time he had experienced partings of life and death. How could he be sad?
Besides, sooner or later, he and Ye Lan would meet again.
Gu An answered, "Holy Heaven will indeed return. As for when, that's hard to say for now. The Rules of Reincarnation will obscure cause and effect, and no one can calculate through them completely. But on one point, the Immortal Dynasty is still a very long way from being defeated."
Four hundred and twenty years had passed. In the mortal world, there were no longer heavenly demons stirring up chaos, and the Heavenly Demon Great Sect