Xi He looked at her younger sister, who had endured countless hardships and finally returned fulfilled. Her eyes reddened as ten thousand years of guilt and heartache surged within her.
Chang Xi raised her eyes to look at her sister, who had guarded Taiyin alone through countless ages, bearing the loneliness and divine duties in her stead. Tears shimmered in her eyes as well.
The distance of countless ages, the longing of innumerable years apart, and the debts they had each carried all turned into gentle murmurs at this moment.
"Sister..."
"Elder Sister..."
Those two soft calls, choked and hoarse, spoke of longing spanning ages and loneliness lasting millennia.
The next moment, the sisters could no longer restrain their emotions. They stepped forward and embraced tightly. Moonlight coiled around them, merging as one, while gentle tears fell and shattered upon the laurel leaves that had endured for thousands of years.
Xi He gently patted her sister's back, her voice filled with self-reproach and guilt. "I'm sorry. I made you suffer all these years. Back then, I was too selfish. I forced you to sever your mortal feelings and stand against Houyi.
"I even made you sever your own Primordial Spirit and divide into incarnations to undergo the tribulations of the Mortal World. I caused you to be trapped by emotional barriers and stagnate upon your Path of Dao for countless ages. It was all my fault."
Resting against Xi He's shoulder, Chang Xi gently shook her head. Her tears were warm, but her voice was soft and relieved. "Sister, it wasn't painful. Not at all."
"The path of cultivation has always held tribulations and fate. Without our separation back then, without those tribulations and experiences in the Mortal World, I would never have seen through the Dao of emotion or