Wan Jianyi stepped into the Heart-Inquiry Array.
The instant his body came into contact with the grand array, the entire golden ocean trembled.
A force of obsession stronger than anyone's before erupted from him.
That power was so immense that even the Heart-Inquiry Array let out a mournful cry as though it could no longer bear the burden.
Qingye looked at the figure shrouded in endless obsession, concern flashing through his eyes.
Just how heavy a burden did this junior carry in his heart?
Wan Jianyi found himself within the familiar Ancestral Shrine.
Ancient lamps, Buddha statues, fallen leaves, and the morning bell.
Everything was exactly as it had been a hundred years ago.
Before him stood a woman in a moon-white Daoist robe, her cold and beautiful face turned toward him.
The resentment and unwillingness that had once filled her eyes were gone, leaving only deathly stillness.
It was Shuiyue.
The woman he had spent his entire life wronging.
"You came."
She looked at him, her voice devoid of emotion.
"I came."
Wan Jianyi looked at her, and his heart, silent for a hundred years, ached sharply at that moment.
"I'm sorry."
He spoke hoarsely.
"I owe you an explanation."
"Heh."
At his words, Shuiyue let out a bleak, cold laugh.
"An explanation?"
"It has been a hundred years."
"And only now do you remember to give me an explanation?"
"Don't you think it's too late?"
Her voice was full of mockery.
Wan Jianyi fell silent.
He knew he had no rebuttal.
"I..."
He wanted to say something, but found that any words would only seem pale and feeble.
"Leave."
Shuiyue turned around and did not look at him again.
"I don't want to see you anymore."
"From this day onward, all ties between us are severed."
Her words