Atop the Imperial Pass, no one understood what Wu Shang had meant by his parting words. They thought everything was already over.
In the Heavenly Abyss, billions of runes burned. Laws surged like an ocean, the power of order, flames of karma... even Immortal Kings dared not touch them lightly. Wu Shang and Yu Tuo's retreat had made that clear.
Everyone was certain that beings from the Foreign Realm could forget about invading again for several hundred years.
Several hundred years might have been brief, but to the people of this age, it was already an exceedingly long time. Their hearts were all exhausted. They needed these years of peace.
"Shi Yi, Shi Hao, you've done well." First Elder Meng Tianzheng arrived. Seeing the two young men he had once held in such high regard become the great heroes who drove back the Foreign Realm, his old heart swelled with pride and relief.
The Sacred Academy First Elder and Immortal Academy First Elder were there as well. They followed behind Meng Tianzheng, tears welling in their eyes. Shi Yi was a disciple they had nurtured. They shared in the honor of his achievements today.
The young prodigies gathered too, surrounding Shi Hao like stars clustered around the moon.
The Ten-Crown King, Exiled Immortal, Nine-Life Heavenly Lord, Tuogu Yulong, Cao Yusheng... all came over and gave Shi Hao great hugs. Qingyi, Little Rabbit, and the others did the same.
Only Shi Yi stood in lonely silence. It was not that everyone was shunning him, but that his aura was far too unfathomable. Even the invincible figures within the Imperial Pass could only look up to him. It was lonely in the cold heights.
In the end, only Cao Yusheng walked over and gave Shi Yi a fierce hug. The others merely