Farewell, Wang Shu; Long Time No See; Qingyuan's New Idea; The Thought of Devouring the Primordial Wilderness

When he returned to the Primordial Wilderness.

Scorch marks left by Purple Firmament Divine Thunder still remained on the beach north of Golden Ao Island.

That Darkened Wood tea table was completely unscathed, and the teacups atop it still gave off faint wisps of heat.

Qingyuan sat beside the tea table for a while, finished the tea in his cup after it had gone slightly cool, then set it down, rose to his feet, and headed toward the Southern Heavenly Gate.

His figure passed through layer after layer of cloud seas and crossed beneath the Southern Heavenly Gate's archway without alerting anyone.

The heavenly soldiers and generals guarding the gate still stood ramrod straight on either side, while the Four Heavenly Kings dozed inside the gate. None of them noticed someone walk past them.

He headed straight for the Moon Star above the Nine Heavens.

This was the Moon Star of his own time and space, not the newly reviving star in the Myriad Worlds.

This Moon Star remained as cold and lonely as ever. Moonlight spread across its surface like frost, while the Moon Laurel stood silently in the distance, its branches and leaves swaying gently in the breeze. Wu Gang was nowhere to be seen beneath the tree. Only his massive axe leaned against the trunk, its blade still speckled with fine wood chips.

A thin layer of silver frost covered the stone Steps outside the Moon Palace. Several Moon Rabbits were curled up beside them, dozing. Their ears occasionally twitched before drooping again, utterly unaware that someone had passed beside them.

Qingyuan crossed the long corridors of the Moon Palace and stopped in a courtyard.

The courtyard was not large. Bluestone paved the ground, and several slender clumps of Moon Bamboo grew from the cracks between the