His gaze slowly withdrew from Above the Nine Heavens.
The golden light gradually faded from his eyes, and he pressed down the restless stirrings in his heart.
Li Qingshan cupped his hands once more in thanks.
"Thank you, Venerable, for clearing up my doubts!"
He had only just made his First Ascent to Nine Heavens. Now that he knew the answer, all that remained was to verify it one by one.
"The one who should be thanking someone is not you, but me..."
Zhihui paused, seeming to want to speak yet holding back.
There was too much to say. For a moment, he did not even know where to begin.
The plans laid over a million years had been repeatedly shattered and overturned by Li Qingshan's constant "meddling."
Yet it was precisely this repeated "meddling" that, in an unexpected way, directly pushed the battle to its conclusion!
At this very moment,
despite having just gone through a great battle, despite having personally slain Netherworld, he actually felt as though he had won while lying down?!
"Forget it. Thanks aren't spoken with the mouth. Let's discuss the arrangements for what comes next first!"
Zhihui smiled meaningfully and raised a hand to point at the surrounding Starry Sky.
"Wherever Formless reaches, there lies the barrier!"
"Next, the postwar reconstruction shall be entrusted to you, Formless General."
Having said that, Zhihui and Fu Shan exchanged smiles before vanishing from where they stood.
Li Qingshan looked out at the boundless Starry Sky, and the corner of his mouth suddenly twitched.
The blood-red hue was gone, and the Starry Sky had become crystal clear once more, but...
Other than the Planetary Fortresses, there was scarcely anything intact within his field of vision.
Stellar wreckage diffused through the void, while fragments and dust blanketed heaven and