Everyone stared blankly at Yunxue, but she merely repeated those words stubbornly.
She was Shi Jiuxuan; naturally, she knew of the Calamity of the Nine Heavens. She knew even better that the "dissuasion" within this illusion might already have indicated something.
Yet she still wanted to go and see...
Even if the ending was tragic, she would go without looking back.
Su Mo saw Yunxue's choice, and he heard it too.
Standing atop the upturned eaves in silence, Su Mo suddenly recalled the choice Shi Jiuxuan had made in the Forbidden Lands, concerning a world like floating driftwood.
"Foolish woman..."
Su Mo shook his head and gazed toward the boundless horizon, his expression softening.
It seemed nothing had changed. The crown prince married into the Cloud Sect, and the entire nation celebrated.
And Min'an still left the Imperial City on his wedding night...
He did not know that after he left the city, his Yunxue had followed him out as well, protecting him in secret.
Su Mo watched Min'an leave, his expression bewildered.
He found it harder and harder to see clearly...
Nothing had changed, even in just this "reincarnation" before his eyes.
In the emperor's palace, Su Mo drifted in, clad in white.
Watching Su Mo approach, the emperor smiled calmly. "How did it go?"
Su Mo slowly walked up to the emperor. Looking at the emperor, whose injuries were difficult to heal, he parted his lips slightly, yet could not say anything.
At this, the emperor rose and broke into a smile. "Do you understand now?"
Su Mo shook his head blankly, staring at the emperor in a daze.
"Isn't this... my dream?"
The candlelight in the hall flickered and swayed, like Su Mo's mind, caught in boundless darkness, with only those few candle flames struggling in