Thankfully, I Have You

"Fellow countryman, long time no see."

Near a park outside the outer sect of the Sword Sect, Yuan met Xu Xing.

"Mm. Long time no see."

Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu hadn't come with Yuan. Instead, they had gone to see Li Ke.

He walked over to Xu Xing and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"How have you been these past few years?" Xu Xing asked.

"Not bad." Yuan smiled. "I ran into some frustrating things, but all in all, things went pretty smoothly."

He looked toward a corner of the park, at the fallen leaves scattered across the ground.

"I just never thought this day would come so soon."

He'd thought it would take many more years.

After all, the Ascension Plan wasn't something that could be accomplished in the short term.

"I never thought so either." Xu Xing sighed softly.

He had never expected that obtaining the Original Intent of Tai's Dao would let him see the path to Dao Source so clearly.

But soon, he smiled again and asked,

"So, how do you feel?"

"Nervous, I guess." Yuan gave a wry smile. "When I returned to the Great Profound Realm, I thought I was ready. But now that the moment's actually here, I'm not so sure."

Void Return was just an insignificant embellishment. Only at Dao Integration could one truly take part. Even those at Profound Penetration or Truth Insight were merely somewhat larger ants...

Even a True Immortal couldn't be sure they would survive.

Facing a war whose outcome was known, but whose details were not.

He couldn't decide anything, or guarantee anything. To say he wasn't nervous...

Would've been a lie.

He hadn't even found his hometown yet!

"..." Xu Xing fell silent for a while, then suddenly said, "How about I give you