In the starry skies of the Celestial Craft Star Chain World Cluster, a young man in azure and a girl in a white dress gazed at each other for a long time, neither finding a word to say.
This scene seemed to have played out many tens of thousands of years ago.
In the distant Northern Plains Minor World, beneath Eastspirit Mountain in Eastspirit Prefecture, this girl before him had been the first person he met in that world.
They had come all this way from his high school days to the present.
Now, after tens of thousands of years apart, they met again. She had aged beyond measure and was nearing the end of her life.
Of course.
Her talent and gifts had always been ordinary. Reaching Void Refining had already taken luck, countless opportunities, and the superior conditions of the upper realm. How could advancing to Dao Integration now be anything but difficult?
Even old friends had to part when their time came.
"Gong Caiyu,"
"It's been a long time."
Jiang Ding spoke softly.
"Mm, young master."
Gong Caiyu's cheeks flushed as she nodded hard.
She chattered away, telling the Great Sun Sword Lord about everything she had seen over the years.
How she had reached the upper realm and nearly been scared to death by the Yang Bone Celestial soon after; how she had gone to the Great Sun Heavenly Palace and met so many unruly sword cultivators there; and how the Radiant Glory Divine Lord and the Radiant Blue Divine Lord had taken over what was his and stolen his money...
Things had only improved after the Threadweaver Celestial died. Her fief expanded to three world clusters, and she could accumulate wealth much faster.
"Oh, right. This."
"Young master, these are your spirit stones. This is