The Great Xia imperial palace.
Xuan Yuan Nihuang had long since ordered the palace sealed off. No one was allowed to disturb them.
Inside a quiet, secluded hall, Li Qingshan, Xuan Yuan Nihuang, and Li Chang'an sat facing one another.
Immortal fruits and immortal tea lay on the table, all things Li Qingshan had brought back from the Immortal Realm.
Even though Li Qingshan had sealed away most of their immortal essence, immortal qi still suffused the entire hall, as though it had become a realm of immortals.
After more than a hundred years apart, all three had so much they wanted to say.
Xuan Yuan Nihuang began with what had happened after Li Qingshan's ascension.
She told him how dragons and phoenixes had cried in harmony above Tianyuan Planet when Li Chang'an was born, and how phantoms of a True Dragon and a Phoenix had lingered together for nine full days.
She told him how Li Chang'an had awakened his innate dragon-phoenix immortal physique at three years old and nearly died from the clash between his dragon and phoenix bloodlines. Only the Five Elements Ancestor's use of the five elements great dao to harmonize the two bloodlines had allowed him to grow up safely.
She spoke of Li Chang'an's first cultivation session, his first breakthrough, and his first time on the battlefield.
She also recounted how she had led the Great Xia Immortal Kingdom to sweep across Yuheng Planet, conquer the surrounding worlds, and ultimately unite the Tianyuan Starfield.
All these years, she had been both Great Xia's Human Emperor and Li Chang'an's mother.
Though she glossed lightly over the hardships, how could Li Qingshan fail to hear them?
Li Qingshan took Xuan Yuan Nihuang's hand, his eyes filled with heartache and guilt.
"Thank you for everything you've done