Causal Entanglement

Watching the young Gu Master walk away, the girl lingered for a long while, unwilling to withdraw her gaze as she stared at his receding back.

Figures came and went along the mountain valley path, while other figures prepared Medicinal Mud beside the cliffs. The features of every figure were gradually blurring beyond recognition.

The girl sat alone beneath the cliff. She wanted to stand, but felt weak all over, and yet could not remember why she was so frail.

Like one who had entered a dream, she had long forgotten reality. Within the dream remained only fragments of memories taken from reality.

In the end, she was merely an obsession.

The scenes within the valley had replayed who knew how many times, through who knew how many years.

At some unknown moment, spiritual light flickered within the darkness beyond the valley. Sensing the presence of outsiders, the restrictions outside the illusion began operating on their own.

The spiritual objects sustaining the restrictions had been corrupted. Their operation was intermittent, incapable of stopping powerful beings from forcing their way in.

"Bang..."

Airwaves surged as an enormous White Marsh descended into the abyss.

Two women stood atop White Marsh's back: Cloud Dream and Ji Qiu, who had come from Skyglow Continent.

The other White Marshes, Demonic Beasts, and the corpse cultivators clearing the way all remained outside the abyss entrance.

Ji Qiu flew down ahead of them to the valley, pointing at a patch of Buddha Light blooming in the darkness. "That is the Insect Temple. A woman inside is guarding this temple with her obsession. I ask that you do not harm her, Senior."

Cloud Dream flew down from White Marsh's back, ignored the crumbling restrictions, and walked straight into the valley.

Within the illusion, the girl slowly rose to