Lin Qiye opened his mouth and spoke hoarsely:
"Can..."
Lin Qiye had not understood before, but now he saw it clearly. Lingbao Tianzun's return had been inevitable. Setting everything else aside, without Lingbao Tianzun, they would either have died beneath Zeus's Myriad Manifestations Scepter or been utterly exiled to the end of time, spending the rest of their lives in deathly silence.
Lingbao Tianzun was Great Xia's hope.
"Then from now on... will Baili Pangpang never be able to come back?"
After a long silence, Lin Qiye finally gathered his courage and asked the question he most wanted to ask.
Lingbao Tianzun gazed at Lin Qiye for a long time before saying, "Baili Pangpang, Lingbao Tianzun... these are merely identities. All of his memories still remain in this poor Daoist's mind. A part of this poor Daoist's soul has always belonged to Baili Pangpang.
"Once all the dust has settled, even if this poor Daoist lives another life as Baili Pangpang... why not?"
Lingbao Tianzun looked into Lin Qiye's eyes, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his lips.
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
"We'll talk about the future when it comes." Lingbao Tianzun shook his head, turned, and continued walking deeper into the Dark Ancestor Stone Array.
Lin Qiye took a deep breath and followed, an indescribable feeling welling up within him.
It was not exactly painful. After all, he could still sense Baili Pangpang's traces within Lingbao Tianzun, which meant that he had not completely disappeared... Lingbao Tianzun had also said that once everything was over, Baili Pangpang might still have a chance to return.
Though it sounded somewhat unrealistic to have the mighty Lingbao Tianzun willingly become that foolish young master from a landlord's family again, at least there was now a glimmer of hope.