Welcome Back, Your Majesty, the Human Emperor (4K) (Continued)

But behind this hard-won miracle lay endless torment and loneliness, along with the agony of possibly being completely eroded and refined away at any moment.

Her thoughts churned as her crimson lips moved slightly, about to say something.

Whoosh!

But at that very moment, a piercing sound came from afar.

The pitch-black divine banner that had flown away earlier to save Suiren Lianlei now returned, its overwhelming ferocity completely restrained as it transformed into a streak of black light.

It carried the seriously injured Suiren Lianlei and drifted lightly before Tan Lin, pausing briefly.

Then it affectionately circled Tan Lin once before quietly hovering at his side. Its banner fluttered without wind, giving off gentle ripples.

Whoosh...

Suiren Lianlei was gently set down by the divine power within the banner, her steps slightly unsteady.

She had hurriedly swallowed a spiritual pill earlier, but before she could refine it, she had been brought here in haste. Naturally, neither her injuries nor her mana had recovered.

After arriving, she steadied herself. The first things she saw were the backs of Tan Lin and "Gu Qingying," as well as the dark pool that instinctively made her heart tremble.

"This is... the Soul Spirit Pond?"

Her pupils contracted slightly as she instantly recognized this infamous burial ground of the Divine Domain.

But her gaze was immediately drawn to Tan Lin.

More than thirty years had passed since they last met.

The young man before her seemed even more composed than before. The feeling of still waters and towering mountains, as though he could bear the weight of countless years, had become far more apparent.

Especially now, as he stood silently beside the pond and gazed into its depths, the faint aura spreading from his back—

It somehow overlapped with the majestic figure from her