The many little tree spirits gathered around to watch looked on in confusion, seemingly unable to understand.
Within Reincarnation, people were not supposed to die.
No one had ever died. Never...
Something seemed to have changed.
They looked toward Rouyun, seemingly seeking her help, hoping she could give them some explanation.
But Rouyun merely held Su Mo's dead body, tilted her head back to gaze at the scenery within the Heart Tree world, and raised a hand to gently smooth his white hair.
"Su Mo... Su Jingyan... Su Eternal Life... Pei Min'an..."
Her lips moved slightly, as though reciting one name after another. Yet all those names belonged to the same person!
A gentle breeze came, carrying those names away, their soft echoes ringing throughout Heart Tree Reincarnation...
The little tree spirits tilted their heads back to look at the sky.
They seemed not to understand...
Only one gravely injured little tree spirit slowly approached Rouyun, staggering to Su Mo's side.
Looking at the dead Su Mo, the little tree spirit opened its mouth. "Nigu... nigu..."
Two teardrops slid down, just as they had in past cycles, yet something seemed different from before.
This was the only little tree spirit who wanted to escape Reincarnation, and it also seemed to understand more than the others.
Holding Su Mo, Rouyun turned to look at the Ancestral Grounds outside the Heart Tree.
Time outside seemed different from that in the Ancestral Grounds. Seen from within the Heart Tree, the people outside seemed suspended within the Long River...
No one entered the Heart Tree again. Within it, everything seemed steeped in a sorrowful silence.
Time flowed by like this, but Rouyun made no further move.
Winds shifted and clouds moved, and that white-clad figure became withered bones.
Yet the flower of the other