Reunion
After a long while, the mother and son finally stopped crying.
Shen Yuting wiped Shi Yue's tears and said with relief, "So many years have passed, and you've already reached the Body Integration Realm, Yue'er. Don't blame your father. It was all my fault. You must have suffered so much over the years! I haven't been a very good mother."
Even though Shi Yue had been accepted as a disciple by a Mahayana cultivator, reaching the Body Integration Realm from the Qi Refining Stage in just over four hundred years had surely taken countless hardships.
Shen Yuting and Shi Yunxuan hadn't been by Shi Yue's side or able to help him, and she felt deeply guilty.
Before meeting his parents, Shi Yue had harbored some resentment. If they were still alive, why hadn't they come back to see him? Why had they left him alone, letting his fellow disciples bully him?
Only after Shi Yue reunited with Shi Yunxuan did he understand that they had left to treat his illness. If he hadn't obtained Palm Heaven Space, he would probably have died.
He had taken many Rare Spirit Herbs, which had gradually calmed the chaotic bloodline within him.
"Mother, it wasn't your fault. Fortunately, I met my master. He bestowed Spirit Pills and Elixirs on me, took me away from Baisha Star, and even entrusted Immortal Herb Palace to me to manage. Without my master, I wouldn't have made it this far." Shi Yue smiled as he spoke, his words full of gratitude toward his "master," making it clear that he had one.
Shen Yuting looked relieved. Then she suddenly thought of something and glanced at Shen Tianfeng, her expression complicated.
"Yue'er, this is your great-great-grandfather."
Shi Yue had never liked Shen Tianfeng, but for Shen Yuting's sake, he