Yan Feiyin's sudden passing left Gao Xian despondent for a long while.
Gao Xian was not putting on a show of deep affection. Yan Feiyin had failed her tribulation and suffered the destruction of both form and spirit; it could not help but make one lament how arduous the Great Dao was, how fragile life could be. His heart was full of pity for Yan Feiyin, and he could not help but feel a measure of bewilderment toward the road ahead...
All those tangled emotions mixed together, leaving Gao Xian silent for more than a month.
Yun Qingxuan, Yue Shenxiu, Xiao Hongye, and Li Feihuang all came to visit Gao Xian. Qingqing simply moved in next door to him, playing chess and drinking tea with Gao Xian every day, helping her father ease his spirits.
Gao Xian was not truly so fragile. He quickly adjusted himself.
The dead were gone. Those still alive had to keep living—had to live well.
After informing Qiniang and the others, Gao Xian quietly headed to the Five Qi Grotto-Heaven.
To refine the Divine Blade of Annihilation of Positive and Negative Five Elements Yuan Magnetism, he had forcefully used the Taiyuan Divine Image as coordinates for his natal Yang Spirit to enter the depths of the grotto-heaven. His natal Yang Spirit, united in form and spirit, could also transform into a pure Yang Spirit state, though it could not last for long.
Entering that special grotto-heaven also greatly consumed his natal Yang Spirit's lifespan. Even the avatar refined in Mysterious Embryo Heaven had all its potential drained away. Under the corrosion of the immense spiritual qi, the body's vital force had nearly been exhausted.
That was why he had consumed five thousand years of lifespan. Only at such a tremendous cost had he raised the