"Do something? That Ruthless one hadn't moved in thousands of years. Would she care about some dying person? What a joke..."
"..."
Outside, discussions raged. Some gloated over her misfortune, some remained indifferent, and some mourned the rabbit's death as though fearing for the fox.
The cultivation world was simply that realistic. Time mercilessly cut down geniuses; one generation of newcomers replaced the old. When a powerhouse of one generation fell, it meant the forces within the world would be reshuffled.
Meanwhile,
At the bottom of the Abyss beneath Scarlet Glow River,
An eternal deathly silence seemed to reign, oppressive demonic qi intertwining with Chaos Qi.
Tan Lin was pierced by nine Immortal Gold Divine Chains. He sat silently in meditation, his hair disheveled, his aura as still as an ancient well.
Suddenly, his tightly shut eyes slowly opened.
His gaze was deep and distant, piercing through endless void to behold the direction of Tianxuan Holy Land.
He seemed to "see" that solitary peak,
He saw the pale figure in the pavilion, her breath faint as a guttering candle in the wind. He saw the disciples, inside and outside the holy land, kneeling across the mountains and fields, weeping in grief.
He also saw Xiang Xuan outside the mountain gate, repeatedly kowtowing until he could barely speak through his sobs.
Rustle... rustle...
Time passed.
His gaze lingered on Chi Xuan for a long while.
Several thousand years had passed.
That bright and lively girl of the Chi Family from back then, who had dared to love and hate,
That beauty who had nearly entered into a marriage pact with him in this life, that devoted woman who had repeatedly risked danger to enter the Abyss merely to glimpse him from afar...
Now, she too was nearing the end of