Both of them had set their hearts on the Dao path and were not overly attached to romantic love.
Besides, for cultivators, love and desire were only part of life. Both were great cultivators whose lifespans stretched across tens of thousands of years; neither was in a hurry to cling to the other morning and night.
They needed only to follow their hearts and keep each other company, letting things fall into place as naturally as water flowing into a channel, without deliberately forcing anything.
The little things accumulated in daily life were far more precious than any formal status.
Like the blank spaces in a landscape painting, which invited imagination and lent its realm greater depth, their relationship needed room to breathe. Forcing Perfection would only create obstacles; just the right distance and freedom, polished by time, would prove all the harder to fade.
This was what Li Miaoxuan and Gu Yuanqing felt, and they shared a quiet understanding.
Cultivators' feelings were different from those of mortals to begin with, for they had no need to fight for every fleeting moment!
After the celebration, everyone went about their own affairs.
Li Chengyi enjoyed a reunion with his wife and children. Li Miaoxuan did not rush back to the Lingxu Sect either, instead sitting down with Gu Yuanqing to discuss the Dao.
Although she had only just entered the chaos heaven immortal level, she and Gu Yuanqing were broadly within the same realm. Having undergone her heavenly tribulation, she now understood the Heaven and Earth Great Dao differently, and both gained something from comparing their insights.
Three days later, Gu Yuanqing escorted Li Miaoxuan back to the Outer Realm Battlefield.
Gu Yuanqing spent several days in seclusion, reviewing his own cultivation, before suddenly turning his attention to the Boundless River.