Gu Qingying stood within Snow Valley, her pale yellow dress fluttering gently amid the snowstorm, a striking contrast against the surrounding silver-white landscape.
She extended her slender jade hand and caught a falling snowflake, watching it slowly melt in her palm.
"This was the first place... where you came into this world..."
She murmured softly, her gaze somewhat unfocused.
"When I found you, you were still swaddled in cloth. You neither cried nor fussed, only opened those clear eyes and looked curiously at this world..."
"At that time, you had yet to awaken the memories of your past life as Human Emperor Suiren. Did you ever imagine that you would live such a magnificent life, yet one as brief as a shooting star?"
"If you had known how it would end today, would you still have chosen to walk that path?"
The wind and snow were silent. No one answered.
Only the cold wind howled, sweeping up countless drifts of snow, as though telling some story—or perhaps merely sobbing without meaning.
She stood in Snow Valley for an entire day and night, until the morning sun rose and golden light spilled across the snowy plains, stretching her graceful shadow long behind her.
At last, she gently exhaled a breath of white mist and turned around.
Tap...
With a single step, her figure vanished beyond the horizon.
After leaving Snow Valley, Gu Qingying did not return to the Heavenly Mystic Ancient Clan Secret Land. Instead, she departed Big Dipper directly.
She crossed star fields and wandered through the boundless universe, setting foot upon one Ancient Star after another as she searched for traces of her two patriarchs, Tianling.
However, she knew that the whereabouts of the two patriarchs were a mystery. They had left behind far too few clues.
Still, she