But the woman remained aloof. Her eyes, woven with reincarnation, fixed Ren with one deep look before she turned away. Patterns of reincarnation shimmered across her skin, taking solid form before his eyes and in his heart.
She walked slowly away, as though leaving this place, vanishing into reincarnation, disappearing into the endless mortal world.
The feeling that she was about to disappear tore through Ren's mind. Emotions from countless reincarnations surged up, and he cried, "No... Don't go. Don't go..."
Chapter 2359: A Dream of Reincarnation
He had searched through countless reincarnations, only to be parted from her by life and death every time.
Now that he saw her again, however illusory she seemed, Ren refused to let her go.
As he roared, memories of his past reincarnations returned. Reincarnation Enlightenment had made him forget much of what had happened, but some memories were carved too deeply to ever fade.
Following those memories, following instinct, he cried out to the woman like a child.
But her beautiful figure, amid the shifting images of reincarnation, grew fainter and more unreal. It was as though she had never heard him.
He roared and wept like a lonely child who could not find his mother.
At last, her illusory figure vanished. Just before she disappeared, she turned and cast Ren one lingering glance. Then she seemed to suppress every trace of feeling and faded into the empty void.
She was gone, and Ren came to his senses.
Only then did he realize he had been in the palace all along. What he had just seen felt like a strange dream.
When he tried to recall it, the images had already grown hazy.
If not for the tears still at the corners of his eyes, Ren might have doubted he had seen