On the first day after Tang Wutong's return, Xuan Zi personally sealed the last trace of divine aftershock left by the shattered Return Flow Core Fragment. He then swept the outskirts of Star Dou with the pressure of a Limit Douluo, confirming that the Sun Moon spies and the Holy Spirit Cult's remaining forces had both been driven back before returning to Shrek with Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong.
Along the way, Huo Yuhao remained at Tang Wutong's side, as though afraid that even a gust of wind might blow her out of this world.
Tang Wutong said nothing.
She had only just awakened, and her divine sense was still unstable. Wang Dong'er's memories, Wang Qiu'er's memories, and the even more distant fragments of the Divine Realm all weighed upon her heart in layers. She clearly knew that the young man beside her was named Huo Yuhao. She knew that she had once loved him as Wang Dong'er, and she knew how Wang Qiu'er had refused to yield as she drew close to him. Yet when she truly saw Huo Yuhao's face, her heartbeat still felt as though it belonged to her for the very first time.
By the time they returned to Shrek, dawn had already broken.
Outside the Sea God Pavilion, it was unnaturally quiet. Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou were all waiting there. Ma Xiaotao leaned against a corridor pillar, her red robes fluttering faintly in the morning breeze. For once, she did not joke around.
Everyone knew that Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er were gone. They also knew that the girl at Huo Yuhao's side was not an enemy, not an illusion, and certainly not an empty shell created by the Holy Spirit Cult. But who exactly she was was