Warm Moon Lake, atop Lake Heart Mountain Island.
Qin Heng cleared a patch of ground, set out a stone table, and sat facing Dong Huaiyue.
Feng Qianxue and Meng Xing both had their own matters to attend to. They were urgently improving their strength in preparation for the Ancient Secret Realm, so neither came to his side.
After returning to the Evergreen Realm, the sense of crisis from the Tribulation Grounds faded away, and life became leisurely.
Qin Heng boiled water and brewed tea. Looking at the boundless lake below the mountain, he remarked, "After so much fighting, sometimes it feels like peace is better."
Dong Huaiyue sighed. "Over the long years, there are times of conflict and times of tranquility. Only through constant change can one feel that one is alive."
Qin Heng looked at her and asked tentatively, "You... remembered everything from your past life?"
When she had been on the verge of death from the poison, she seemed to have recalled matters from her previous life.
Dong Huaiyue took a sip of hot tea and shook her head slightly. "Not all of it. Only when I touched the boundary between life and death did I vaguely see some scenes from my past life."
Qin Heng said nothing, listening patiently.
She said, "I came to this universe a very, very long time ago. In my first life, it seemed the Chaos Sea did not yet exist, and I grew up in the heartland of the God Ruins Realm. The specifics... I cannot remember clearly. I only know that when I died in that life, I possessed the strength of a God King."
She paused for a moment, recalling the scenes of her past life that she had seen not long ago.
After a while, she continued, "In the