After leaving Sea God's Pavilion, Han Yue walked toward where Ye Chen was, whether intentionally or not. Her mind was already completely immersed in her memories.
Time returned to two years ago. Deep within the boundless Star Dou Forest, pale golden mist rose from a vast lake like white jade, carrying immense Life Energy that nourished the vibrant life around it.
Everything around was so quiet. Beneath the bright moonlight of the night, it was as dreamlike as a fairyland. In nearly every corner, one could find the spark of life, dazzling the eye and entrancing the mind.
That place was the true core of the Star Dou Forest, as well as an absolute forbidden ground for human soul masters.
Over the past ten thousand years, no one knew how many explorers had entered it for all manner of purposes. Unfortunately, none had ever returned.
Only a handful of terrifying powers on the continent had records of this place. Most soul masters likely could not imagine that such a paradise on earth existed in the perilous depths of the Star Dou Forest.
Yet within this place where slaughter and life coexisted stood a beautiful figure, utterly out of place amid the fearsome reputation of the Great Ferocious Land.
Upon a strange branch hanging over the lake and drawing nourishment from it sat a girl in a pale pink dress. Her bare jade-like feet were submerged in the water, sending ripples spreading out as her legs swayed. Her equally pale pink eyes gazed blankly at the boundless Lake of Life, while her thoughts had long drifted to distant horizons.
The girl looked no more than twelve or thirteen, no different from how Han Yue had appeared when Ye Chen first met her two years ago.
The Imperial Beast had only