Where Fate Began, Where Fate Ended

The affairs of Suzhou and Hangzhou were settled. It was time to leave.

She had arrived in Suzhou and Hangzhou on Qingming, the third day of the third month. More than half a year had passed since then. When she came, spring rain had flowed like wine and willows had shrouded the land like smoke. When she left, lingering snow remained and the waters were cold. Bai Yujun had successfully devoured the Earth Vein Dragon Qi needed for her evolution and entered the Demon Emperor realm. Within the next seven hundred years, she had to reach perfection. The road ahead was long and heavy.

After evolving, she discovered something else: her future advancement would no longer require her to madly devour Earth Vein Dragon Qi.

In other words, she would have to rely on other methods to improve, though she had no idea what those methods might be.

It made sense when she thought about it. She could not devour the whole world like some greedy snake. It was rather like passing the age of nursing—she ought to eat normal food and grow properly. Her body had been transformed by Dragon Qi, something rare beneath heaven, one of a kind. There was simply no precedent she could draw from.

She had once browsed most of Chunyang Palace's records, but there was nothing about transforming into a dragon.

Perhaps Mu knew.

Before leaving, she bid farewell to the bizarre duo from Bamboo Spring Temple. Bai Yujun believed they would certainly meet again someday. Friends of several hundred years did not need to put on false airs and exchange polite thanks.

"Master Hui Xian, I'm returning to the Southern Wasteland. Until we meet again."

"Amitabha. This humble monk is Hui Xian."

"Close enough~"

"Benefactor Bai, when you have time, you must come