Xu Ziyan thought she had misheard. After freezing for a moment, she asked in a trembling voice:
"The Heaven-Connecting Realm? The Dao-Integration Heavenly Communion Realm?!"
Thanks to certain fortuitous opportunities, Xu Ziyan had stumbled her way into the Dao Integration Realm here in the Yellow Springs, so she knew very well how vast the difference was between its initial stage and the Dao-Integration Heavenly Communion Realm.
At that moment, her eyes red, Xu Ziyan suddenly let out a long sigh, then looked at Xu Taiping and spoke with a slight nasal catch in her voice:
"Taiping, these years must have been very hard."
As a disciple of the Azure Profound Sect, Xu Ziyan knew better than anyone that Xu Taiping must have survived nine deaths for a single chance at life to reach where he stood today.
And among the reasons he had braved those mortal perils, Qingxuan must have carried the greatest weight.
Xu Taiping looked at Xu Ziyan with a smile:
"Senior Sister Ziyan, it was hard, but it was worth it."
For Xu Taiping, although many things had gone poorly when he first entered Qingxuan, Qingxuan had undoubtedly given him the greatest help in setting out on this path to immortality.
If he did not repay this karmic debt, then even if the Path to Heaven lay within arm's reach, it would surely remain beyond his destiny.
Xu Taiping's words, "worth it," moved Xu Ziyan even more deeply.
She let out a long breath, then nodded repeatedly and said with determination in her eyes:
"Taiping, having you is truly Qingxuan's good fortune. But please believe that one day, Qingxuan will surely become the greatest blessing above your head!"
Xu Ziyan's words seemed to hint at something.
Xu Taiping did not press her, however, and merely said gravely: