"Senior."
Upon seeing the old woman, Li Qing flew straight onto the stone platform without another word.
When he drew close and looked, the nameless old woman had long since lost all breath.
Her flesh was terribly withered, skin nearly clinging to bone. Even the silver hair atop her head was dry and utterly devoid of luster.
It was difficult to imagine that such an old woman had been a formidable Core Formation cultivator in life.
There was no Storage Bag or anything similar on the old woman. Presumably, when she had commemorated those figures from the past, she had burned her own belongings along with theirs.
"Senior, may you rest in peace!" Li Qing respectfully cupped his fists toward her.
This person's passing was no less than the end of an era in the Autumn Mountain Domain.
The Cultivation World of the Eternal Night World was slowly withering away. In the future, he might even become this world's only immortal cultivator.
For a moment, Li Qing did not know whether that was good or bad.
"The fall of immortal civilization is destined to bury countless scriptures and ancient texts beneath the dust of history."
"What a regrettable thing."
Li Qing sighed. Immortal Cultivators were withering away one after another, which meant fewer and fewer people could threaten him.
Yet at the same time, once Immortal Cultivators vanished entirely, should he encounter a perilous secret realm like the Spirit Devouring Realm in the future, he would likely be caught utterly unprepared.
"Forget it. I can only cross each bridge when I come to it. There is little point worrying about the future now. Better to focus on what lies before me."
As the words fell, Li Qing, standing atop the stone platform, walked to its edge and looked down at