"Yiya, yiya..."
Deep within Lost Paradise, Keke murmured unconsciously. Its mental fluctuations revealed extreme unease, along with a helpless sort of sorrow.
"Yiya... want to cry... heart hurts..."
The Snow-White Little Beast did not know why it felt this way. Upon arriving here, it had felt its heart filled with grief, as if it had lost the people closest and dearest to it.
The scenery in Lost Paradise was magnificent. The Divine Tree swayed gently, its jade-green branches and leaves glittering brilliantly, laden with colorful, strange fruits. Their fragrance drifted through the air, soothing the soul. Under normal circumstances, the Snow-White Little Beast would have flown over long ago to gorge itself.
But now, the normally lively and active Keke murmured softly before a thatched cottage deep within Lost Paradise, utterly uninterested in those strange fruits.
"Yiya, yiya... wah... Mother... Father..."
Keke suddenly burst into tears. Its adorable snow-white body trembled as it abruptly shot forward, charging toward the thatched cottage.
Within the simple straw hut, two human-shaped skeletons emitted a gentle glow. They lay sleeping with their necks intertwined, as though they had passed away peacefully and without regret.
The Snow-White Little Beast rushed before the two skeletons and wailed loudly. Its sorrowful emotions affected the entire Lost Paradise. Ten thousand flowers withered, emerald trees shed their leaves, and everyone felt a wave of grief that made them want to cry.
"Mother... sob... Father..."
Keke recognized its parents entirely by instinct. Though it had never seen them before, it still knew who they were. It simply had not expected that... they had already... become withered bones...
Lost Paradise was a world they had refined, so naturally only Keke could open it and inherit it. This was also an important reason why so many Half-Ancestor false gods bore such deep