Shrouding the Heavens: The Empress's Sternest Master
Chapter 163

Welcoming His Majesty the Human Emperor Home in Triumph (4K) (Continued)

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Whoosh...

Their eyes met.

At that moment, Tan Lin's Past-Era Past-Life Wisdom related to her surged through his mind like a river bursting through its banks.

Crash!

Every moment they had shared during the Primordial Era, every memory, every emotion, all resurfaced with perfect clarity.

"Tianling..."

He spoke softly, his voice low, carrying a weathered tenderness that seemed to span countless ages.

At the sound of his voice, Tianling's body trembled. The mist in her eyes condensed into a crystalline tear that slipped free.

The torment of hundreds of thousands of years, the helplessness of being reunited with her former beloved only to find him "strange," the exhaustion of being hunted...

All of it, at that single call, turned into an indescribable emotion.

At that moment, she wanted to say something. Her crimson lips moved, yet no sound emerged.

Tap...

Tan Lin stepped forward, reached out, and gently wiped the blood and tear stains from her face.

His movements were gentle, as though he were handling the most precious treasure in the world.

"I'm here..."

He murmured softly:

"It's all right now."

Boom!

Those six short words entered Tianling's ears, and she could no longer restrain the emotions in her heart. She threw herself into his embrace, her two scarred, slender arms tightly wrapped around him.

She held him with such strength that it seemed she wanted to meld him into her own body, so he could never leave again.

This gesture also seemed to pour out all the loneliness, waiting, and pain she had endured over these hundreds of thousands of years...

Above the Sea of Bitterness, deathly silence reigned.

Everyone stared dumbfoundedly at the two embracing figures.

At that moment, question after question arose in their minds.

What exactly was the relationship between these two?

Judging by this,

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