Zi Lin'er's Strength

Zi Lin'er looked at the many resources of heaven and earth inside the spatial storage room. No matter how pure and innocent she was, she understood their value and what they represented.

Her eyes reddened, and she couldn't help shedding tears.

At the thought of parting, she was overcome with reluctance.

Only after the Old Phoenix offered her a warm, kindly smile and words of encouragement did she agree to leave with Li Ye.

Looking over the mountains and rivers, now that he was the only one left, the Old Phoenix felt an indescribable loneliness.

The person he had guarded for more than ten thousand years had suddenly left.

One could imagine the emptiness he felt.

"I lived through an age of war and moments of despair. I know the meaning of an Immortal King's mission."

"After the seal was undone ten thousand years ago, I came here and shut myself away from worldly affairs. I feared others would learn of her existence and distract me from my mission. But in doing so, I also developed an attitude of indifference toward life and all living things..."

"I thought that when she was born, she'd seen my frightening appearance and didn't want to stay here."

"Only when she called me 'old geezer' just now did I realize that all these years, I really had been a bad person."

"Heavens, I once drew my sword and fought for all living things. How could I have spent more than ten thousand years in such a daze?"

The Old Phoenix's eyes grew damp, and tears fell.

Little did he know that it was precisely because he had lived through such an era that, after surviving it, he had become exceedingly cautious.

And so, without realizing it, he had lost sight of himself.

Otherwise,