Long Ying and Yun Tian walked outside.
"Brother, is this the surprise you prepared for me?"
"Huh? What? You knew?"
"Yes. Although my father and my clansmen are back, the memories in my mind are still there. I know they were all dead before, but now they're alive again. It could only have been your doing, Brother."
This surprised Yun Tian a little.
He had not expected Long Ying's memories to remain even after space-time had changed. After thinking it over, the only possibility he could see was that Long Ying's contact with him, someone outside the cycle of reincarnation, had allowed her to step beyond space-time and the future.
As they walked, Long Ying wrapped her arms around Yun Tian's arm.
"Brother, there's something I want to tell you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
Long Ying took a deep breath, as though she had made an important decision.
"Brother."
Long Ying looked into Yun Tian's eyes.
"I like you."
"Ever since you taught me how to fight, pulled me out of the abyss of revenge, and showed me that there was more to life than hatred,
"Then, during this time we've spent living together,
"And now, you've saved my father and my clansmen."
"I fell for you 100,000 years ago. And now, I've realized that my heart can never leave you."
Yun Tian looked at the girl standing before him with her head lowered.
Usually so decisive and forceful, she was now shy and fidgety.
"All right."
Aboard the Black Tortoise Ship.
Huo Linfei and the others were heading toward the Fifth Universe.
Miao Tiaojun was piloting the ship.
The others stared at Ye Lingyun, as though guarding against a sudden attack from him.
Ye Lingyun, meanwhile, looked at them as though they were idiots.
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