Standing beneath the starry sky, a thread of loneliness welled up in my heart. Following the brightest star, I lightly touched my toes to the ground, intending to shoot upward, only to discover that I was like ethereal star-sand, drifting beyond my control, utterly unable to move as I pleased.
"Qingcheng!"
I called out at the top of my voice, but the drifting left me with nowhere for my heart to rest.
"Qingcheng!"
My voice echoed through the splendid river of stars, spreading across tens of millions of miles.
"Qingcheng!"
My endless, boundless search was like an anxiety that knew no respite.
My calls never ceased, nor did this search ever stop. I knew she was somewhere within this starry sky, and I knew she could hear my voice, because every cry I uttered sent the entire Milky Way spinning the stars and shifting their positions.
"Yitian... you still came..."
"How could I not? You are my wife!" I answered loudly, almost without thinking.
"Yitian... I don't want to go back anymore. Can I just stay here?"
"No! You have to come back! You have to be with me! We promised that we would stay together for all eternity!" Of course, I knew what she was thinking, even if I did not understand her as deeply as she understood me.
"Yitian... but I... I really don't want to go back... I tried... I gave more than anyone else..."
"Didn't I tell you? You agreed to it too! Even if I have to snatch it, I'll snatch you a Dao Foundation powerful enough!" I repeated myself loudly. She had clearly fallen into a cycle of bewilderment, like the mutterings of someone lost in sleep, or that last wisp of life-saving grass grasped by someone sinking into an abyss.
At this moment,