Before long, they spotted the city in the distance, and countless people finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Back at their base, many looked exhausted. After fighting for so long with their nerves stretched taut, how could they not be?
No one said much. They simply went their separate ways.
It was as if one more word would make them collapse into sleep.
Ren paid them no mind. He strode back to his palace.
Ruthless followed Ren, but Yunxiao did not. She took her two younger sisters aside, apparently to tell them something.
As soon as he entered the palace, Ren exhaled. "It's finally over. We're finally back!"
With those words, he let himself relax completely and slumped into a chair.
Ruthless's expression remained calm. She fixed her deep gaze on Ren and murmured, "The battle is over. It's time for me to reincarnate and cultivate anew."
Her words were quiet, but Ren shot upright, all his exhaustion gone. He stared at her. "Reincarnate and cultivate anew? Why?"
Confusion and shock filled his tired eyes. He had never imagined that Ruthless would want to reincarnate so soon after returning. Why would she need to? Wasn't she already incredibly powerful? Ren could not understand it.
A faint smile seemed to touch Ruthless's face, and her gaze warmed as she looked at him. "I should have done it long ago. From the moment I arrived in the Primordial World, I could sense that its Great Dao was complete, far beyond anything in Shrouding the Heavens. That made it easy for us to remedy what we lacked and become Quasi-Saints. But the flawed foundations we built in that broken world can never truly be repaired. I need to reincarnate and cultivate anew, using the complete Great Dao of the Primordial World to forge