In the quiet room, the radiance faded away.
On the Jade Bed, the young man who had slept for three months gave a faint flutter of his eyelashes.
Lu Xueqi's heart leaped in response.
She held her breath, her cool eyes fixed on his pale face, afraid this was only another illusion.
The next moment, the eyes that had been tightly shut for a hundred days slowly opened.
There was no longer any weariness or pain in them, only a clarity like a starry sky.
"Xueqi."
A hoarse yet gentle voice sounded in the quiet room.
Lu Xueqi could no longer hold back her emotions.
Tears surged from her cool eyes.
She reached out and wrapped her arms tightly around the man who had just awakened.
She held him very, very tightly.
"You're finally awake."
Her voice choked with tears.
Li Xiaoyu felt the woman trembling in his arms, and his heart filled with tenderness and guilt.
He reached out, gently patting her back as he soothed her in his softest voice.
"I'm sorry for making you worry."
"I'm back."
The news of Li Xiaoyu's awakening swept away the gloom that had hung over Green Cloud Mountain for months, like a spring breeze.
The entire Green Cloud Sect erupted in celebration.
On Morning Sun Peak, the moment Chief Seat Shang Zhengliang heard the news, tears streamed down his face. He threw back his head and laughed, looking almost mad.
He was proud of his promising disciple.
On Small Bamboo Peak, when Master Shuiyue learned the news, a genuine smile appeared on her usually cool face.
She gazed at the bright sunlight outside the window, and the heavy stone in her heart finally settled.
Tian Buyi and his wife on Big Bamboo Peak, Zeng Shuchang on Wind Return Peak...
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