The Divine Maiden's long dress fluttered, transcendent and serene. Her exquisite, peerless face seemed to hold an indescribable mystery, one so mysterious that even she had never noticed it.
Her long hair danced, and her pure white silk dress seemed suffused with an ineffable air beyond the mortal world.
Those three simple words somehow brought an unbidden peace to Su Mo's heart.
He had only called once, and she had come...
At this moment, Su Mo felt something he had not felt in a long time... peace of mind.
As though, so long as the Divine Maiden stood beside him, no one in the world could make things difficult for him!
He had felt this before, back when the world's mighty cultivators had pressured him outside the Demon Realm in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. The Great Calamity and the Mysterious Maiden had appeared, standing forcefully before him and helping him turn that pressure back upon them.
The Divine Maiden quietly watched Su Mo, seemingly unable to understand his sudden emotion.
Seeing that Su Mo did not speak, the Divine Maiden slowly sat down beside him of her own accord and gazed out at the boundless Border Pass.
"Sister Divine Maiden..." Su Mo called softly.
"Hmm?" the Divine Maiden answered.
"You said that, back when I was still just a wisp of consciousness drifting through the Star Sea, you waited a very, very long time for me?" Su Mo asked.
"Yes." The Divine Maiden nodded with quiet grace.
"Do you still remember how long I drifted through the Star Sea?" Su Mo asked again.
The Divine Maiden shook her head. "I can't remember clearly. A very, very long time."
Su Mo fell silent and did not speak again for a long while.
Only when Su Mo seemed to give