After the zombie battle ended, ghost officials escorted the remaining souls back to the Underworld.
Before everyone's eyes, Huang Bai's figure gradually faded away, vanishing into the depths of the night sky.
A-You and Qian Hao stood where they were, unable to recover for a long while.
Everything that had happened before their eyes had far exceeded anything they had ever known.
After quite some time, A-You finally let out a slow breath and said in a low voice:
"Could this... be the completion of his merits? Daylight Ascension?"
If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that someone could truly vanish into thin air like that.
Qian Hao stared in the direction where Huang Bai had disappeared, his expression complicated.
"The Daoist priest's origins have always been mysterious."
"Maybe he was a deity sent down from Heaven in the first place."
A-You did not refute him.
He merely raised a hand and patted Qian Hao on the shoulder, his voice lowering slightly.
"Take good care of Heavenly Dao Temple. The talisman lineage Huang Bai left behind is a path straight to Heaven."
After saying that, a trace of melancholy appeared on his face as well.
The story was over.
In the end, they still had to return to their own lives.
Before leaving, A-You and Qian Hao went to Heavenly Dao Temple together and packed up everything that needed sorting out.
Inside the ancient temple, Huang Bai returned carrying the Five-Element Formation Disc and a pile of miscellaneous items.
As the Heavenly Dao Talisman Edict returned to its place, the ancient temple slowly brightened once more.
Huang Bai first set down the things in his hands, then looked up at the incense altar.
An incense burner and a Spirit Army Altar