"All right, this isn't a place to linger. Let's head back!"
Su Mo wasted no more time. Ripples spread through space as he opened a portal.
The gray passage through the void closed behind them. When Su Mo and the other two reappeared, they were already standing outside the Seaside Cottage on the eastern side of Sea God Island.
The sea breeze blew into their faces, carrying its familiar salty tang and crisp freshness.
Holding Tang Chen in her arms, Bo Saixi flashed into the cottage.
Seeing this, Su Mo left in a flash as well, without disturbing their reunion.
The cottage was quiet, with only the waves repeatedly striking the rocks below the cliff, each crash like a heartbeat that would never cease.
Bo Saixi sat beside the couch and wiped the cold sweat from Tang Chen's forehead.
Tang Chen rested with his eyes closed for a long time before opening them again and gazing absently at the sea outside the window.
"This place is just as it used to be." Tang Chen's voice was soft and hoarse, as though drifting back from somewhere far away. "It was this same season when I left."
Bo Saixi murmured softly in agreement and took his withered hand.
She did not ask how he had endured all these years, nor why he had never returned.
Some things had ceased to matter the moment she saw him again.
"Bo Saixi." Tang Chen turned to look at her. "Tell me what's happened on the continent all these years. I've slept for far too long. The world outside must have changed long ago."
"All right!"
Bo Saixi fell silent for a moment, then began with the night of the soul beast extinction.
She spoke very slowly. From the moment she described all the soul beasts