(Sorry I'm late, everyone.)
(A lot has happened lately. First I was hospitalized, then I caught COVID, and finally my grandmother passed away. One thing after another.
Things are mostly settled now, and I finally have time to start updating the extras.)
The years had been long, but the wait had been worth it.
The one she awaited had returned, and her heart was whole.
Today, the Boundless Chaos Sea and its Holy Land, Purple Firmament Heaven, quietly welcomed back a legend of old.
Ruthless's Daoist Grounds had long been silent and empty, but today they came alive, bright and beautiful once more.
Everything here was exactly as it had been, unchanged, giving Meng Chuan the deepest sense of familiarity.
The place was still the same place, and the person was still the same person.
Meng Chuan gently embraced Ruthless. After saying, "I'm back," he fell silent and savored the beauty of the moment.
All he felt was peace within his heart.
"Sorry for the wait," Meng Chuan whispered in Ruthless's ear.
Ruthless shook her head slightly. "It wasn't long."
I waited until you came back. That made it no long wait at all.
Meng Chuan shifted his head and looked at Ruthless from up close. At her radiant face, he smiled faintly.
"I won't leave again. I'll stay by your side—by all your sides—forever."
From the day Meng Chuan transcended the Great Dao Matrix, he had reached a realm whose very existence even the Limitless Ones could not be certain of.
Having reached that realm, he no longer needed to roam in pursuit of more, as he once had, leaving those close to him behind.
This realm transcended everything. Nothing stood above it or outside it. It was an ever-moving "end point."
That "end point" moved because Meng Chuan