Eternal Escape Route

Inside the Immortal Abode.

Xuan Nie let out a mournful sigh. "So close, so close. If only I'd had a few more seconds, I would have made it."

Yan Feng sighed. "We all did our best. Qin Heng even took an elder's blow head-on with his body..."

"I'm not blaming anyone," Xuan Nie said. "I'm grateful to all of you. It's just that I... I was useless. I couldn't absorb Master's inheritance any faster."

The True Dragon Saint Child's enormous dragon eyes brimmed with mist.

Qin Heng's divine sense entered the Immortal Abode as he asked, "Is the missing portion substantial? Is it important?"

Xuan Nie replied, "It isn't much, but it's crucial. It was a memory Master sealed within the altar, concerning an escape route she left for herself."

"An escape route? What does that mean?" Yu Ling asked in confusion.

"I don't really understand either," Xuan Nie said. "It seems to mean preparing against falling... Brother Yan Feng once reached the Eternal Realm. Perhaps he understands?"

Yan Feng nodded. "Yes. After every Eternal stabilizes their realm, they leave themselves an escape route. Should they encounter a powerful foe, or a dreadful calamity in the universe, and die or fall, that route prepared in advance becomes the key to their rebirth."

Outside, Qin Heng was astonished. "So you're saying the Eastern Huaiyue Lord may not be dead at all, and was merely reborn like you?"

Xuan Nie froze. "Th-That's possible?"

The sudden news transformed his guilt and regret over failing to fully receive the inheritance into joy.

"It is highly likely," Yan Feng said. "However, when Eternal Grade experts begin cultivation anew, they face obstruction from the Great Dao of the Universe and cannot retain too many memories or insights. Back then, I relinquished a great portion of my