The sky gleamed with splendor, the Parting Letter white as frost.
Su Mo stared blankly at the Parting Letter before him and slowly closed his eyes.
The care within that letter washed over him, enveloping his entire body...
It was the concern that belonged to a father alone, crossing the Long River to reach Su Mo's hands.
The Brush of All Living Beings on Su Mo's shoulder spoke again. "Was this letter left for you?"
Su Mo opened his eyes, gently picked up the letter, and carefully tucked it into his robes.
"Yes!"
"But..." The Brush of All Living Beings was utterly bewildered. "The Pei Clan died out countless ages ago. Why would he leave a letter for you, someone from the age of Eternal Ages?"
Su Mo turned to look at the stone statue, an indescribably complicated expression crossing his face.
He did not explain, nor could he.
The mysteries of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths only grew more unfathomable to him.
A dream he had experienced in the Divine Realm had become something he had lived through in the age of Eternal Ages.
How could he explain something so inconceivable?
All he knew was that the dream from the age of Eternal Ages might all have been real...
Back in the Ruins, Su Mo had merely thought that, because of the Divine Realm, he had accidentally entered a dream of regret Emperor Pei had left in the world.
He had influenced events within that dream, leading the Emperor Pei within it to mistake him for Pei Min'an.
But seeing this Parting Letter today, he knew that could not possibly be the case.
He had never seen Emperor Pei leave this letter in the Ruins. In other words, this Divine Soul projection had been made after that cycle