Golden light spilled across the Divine Mountain, where pink peach blossoms bloomed in profusion.
Shafts of golden divine light lit up within the Divine Mountain, bringing in people from outside.
Golden stone walls that reached the heavens surrounded the Divine Mountain on all four sides, as though sealing this golden mountain away from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, making it the only peaceful place left in the world.
When the six from the Academy were transported into the Divine Mountain, their expressions grew somewhat dazed. Looking around, they saw many people, familiar and unfamiliar alike, standing there in a stupor.
"It was Little Seven. Little Seven brought us back to the Divine Mountain..." Gu Yu parted his lips and murmured.
The others fell silent as well.
Suddenly, when Gu Yu turned and saw that familiar little figure, he froze.
She saw Little Girl sitting dazedly, tears streaming down her face.
Little Girl hugged her knees with her small hands, sitting numbly on the ground. As though an endless cold surrounded her, her frail little body curled up there, trembling without cease.
Beside Little Girl stood Prince Ying and his wife, their faces anguished and dazed.
Then Gu Yu saw Luo Yin and the broken Ink Zither in her arms.
Gu Yu slowly walked up to Luo Yin, looked down at Little Girl sitting on the ground, then looked back at Luo Yin. "Where's Little Seven?"
Luo Yin raised her head, her eyes entirely bloodshot.
Something seemed to be missing. Luo Yin showed none of her usual warmth toward Gu Yu. She merely stared blankly at her, then looked down at the Ink Zither in her hands.
Dao Hua and Cheng An'an had also been transported into the Divine Mountain by the Flowers of the Other Shore where they each