In the human realm, within the Great Xia Dynasty, Ning Chen returned, bringing Guigui to sweep Changsun's grave.
After tens of thousands of years, everything had changed beyond recognition. Only this ten-mile stretch remained utterly unchanged.
Ten-Mile Maple Forest blazed red as fire. Before the great tomb, Ning Chen knelt and silently kowtowed.
At the side, sensing the change in his father, Guigui knelt as well.
Guigui was very clever and very well-behaved. He knelt there quietly, without disturbing his father.
"Empress Dowager, I have returned."
As he spoke, Ning Chen looked at the child beside him and said, "This is Guigui, my child."
Before the great tomb, maple leaves drifted down, landing upon the gravestone in such vivid crimson.
"Guigui, kowtow four times to the Empress Dowager," Ning Chen said softly.
Hearing this, Guigui obediently kowtowed four times. His tiny body looked so adorable.
The blazing sun moved westward across the heavens, and it was already getting late. Ning Chen brought Guigui to the edge of the maple forest and said, "Guigui, shall we live here?"
"Okay."
Guigui answered obediently.
"Then let's build a little wooden house here," Ning Chen said with a smile.
"Guigui will help Daddy."
Guigui nodded.
Ning Chen walked to a maple tree, joined two fingers into a sword, and severed the maple tree with a single strike.
The falling maple tree startled the birds and beasts into scattering. Using his fingers as a sword, Ning Chen gradually shaved away the branches.
Guigui helped at the side, carrying away all the cut branches.
Father and son worked together, and beneath the setting sun, they quickly built a simple wooden house.
Before long, the sun set, and heaven and earth gradually darkened. Ning Chen crouched down, wiped the dust from Guigui's face, and asked gently, "Guigui,