"Hey, boss." Bai Xinghan gave a foolish grin. "...It's been so many years."
"Neigh~" Lightning Arrow was the most excited of all, looking at Chen Xun as though it had seen its own father.
Only, the Sea Macaque was no longer beside them, having vanished without a trace.
Chen Xun gave a rare, clear smile. After a long silence, he said, "It's good that you're back."
Roar~~~
In an instant, a roar rang out all around them.
Old Bull, Little Scarlet, and the others all rushed over, their faces brimming with excitement and fervor. They had never imagined that they were still alive, for rumors said that the Ten Million Mountains had long since been emptied and had suffered the heaviest "devastating blow."
Later.
Ancient people returned one after another in scattered groups.
The entire Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory remained desolate. Amid this vast sea Tiandi, it seemed ever lonelier, standing apart from the world.
Ten thousand years later.
The Primordial Divine Mountain Continent gradually regained a trace of its former splendor.
Yet no new living beings were born, nor were there any newly initiated disciples. Only occasionally could one see Immortals in twos and threes discussing the Dao.
Chen Xun and the others remained free and unrestrained, living as they pleased.
Only now, everyone tacitly stopped speaking of the Immortal Dao and the Great Dao, as though everything from their former immortal journey had become drifting clouds of the past. No one journeyed far anymore in pursuit of that illusory Transcendent Realm.
Time flowed by like water.
It reflected no ancient people, nor did it mirror those of old.
A million years passed as Chen Xun and the others busied themselves with all manner of little idle pursuits. Tiandi remained as steady as ever. Affairs from the outside