Sun Supreme fell silent for a moment.
"Yes."
"Many old friends must depart, even after longevity pills gave them another thirty thousand years. Birth, aging, sickness, and death are still beyond our understanding."
Sun Supreme sighed softly.
Jiang Ding felt a pang of melancholy too.
He had no intention of visiting those Celestials.
Since those seniors had not come to see him, they had made their choice. Not everyone wanted to see a being in the bloom of youth at the end of their life.
Such a meeting would leave a bitter ache in the heart.
Better not to meet at all.
Over the years, the Celestial seniors who wished to had left descendants and disciples behind. They had people by their sides to see them off; they would not be alone.
So he would not disturb them further.
The Lunar-Solar Sword Heir remained in slumber. The two would awaken only when a Supreme of the previous generation departed. Their seals were costly to maintain, consuming vast quantities of rare treasures every year, but their lifespans drained much more slowly. They could endure for many years yet. There was no need to worry.
Jiang Ding had come only to spend a quiet while within the same sect as his many old friends.
The three fell silent and immersed themselves in cultivation.
Jiang Ding quietly worked through the Immortal-Dao Cosmic Constant Empirical Formula, while the two Supremes of the Taiyin-Sun Lineage strove to comprehend the threshold of a Seventh-Tribulation Supreme. The years slipped by unnoticed.
Before they knew it, several hundred years had passed.
One day, the roar of a lightning tribulation made all three open their eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Yin-Yang is undergoing her Supreme tribulation."
"Let's go and watch."
Sun Supreme spoke.
The Yin-Yang Lineage had been close to the