A young man in blue and a white-skirted girl with an apple-cheeked face gazed at each other for a long time.
It was as though time had already spanned a million years.
This moment seemed to have arrived in a mountain forest in Eastspirit Prefecture of the Yue Kingdom, where two scenes from different ages merged into one.
Though they had not seen each other for nearly a million years, there was no unfamiliarity between them. When they met once more, everything came naturally, as if they had never been apart.
"Have you advanced to an Eight-Tribulation Supreme?"
"Congratulations."
Jiang Ding asked softly.
As a living being who had not returned to slumber, the fact that she was still alive rather than dead, submerged in the great torrent of time, represented an achievement in itself.
Strength and antiquity were one and the same.
"Young master, it is more than that."
Gong Caiyu said excitedly, "According to the titles recently issued by the Dao Court's central authority, I may be called a Quasi-Emperor now. I have already begun to exceed the scope of an Eight-Tribulation Supreme and am drawing closer to a Nine-Tribulation Supreme."
"I am very strong, young master."
Her eyes curved as she looked at the blue-clad youth before her.
"So impressive?"
Jiang Ding pretended to be astonished, as though thoroughly shocked.
"Mhm, mhm."
"That is exactly how it is."
Gong Caiyu lifted her chin proudly. "In the Supreme Great Sun Maidservant Scripture, on the path of the Maidservant Dao, I am the number one heavenly prodigy of the boundless starry sky. I am like the projection of a portion of your path, always following your silhouette as I walk upon the Great Dao."
"Now, as you grow stronger, I am growing stronger too."
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