Su Mo bowed his head deeply.
Just as he had wanted to know the cause of the illness afflicting him, he now knew everything and had gained everything.
Yet he felt as though he had lost everything...
He had lost the meaning of those memories of a past life. Those memories were not his own, but Eternal Life's.
He was Eternal Life, yet he would never be Eternal Life!
Eternal Life was dead, and those memories would remain a bewilderment and a dream that Su Mo could never erase in this lifetime.
Beside him, the Void Beast nuzzled affectionately against Su Mo, then licked his arm, seemingly trying to comfort him.
Su Mo turned to Big Strong and raised a hand to stroke its head gently.
Big Strong bared its teeth in a grin at Su Mo as well, looking as though it was very happy...
It understood little and only hoped it could stay by Su Mo's side forever!
It did not know why Su Mo was unhappy, but it hoped it could make him happy.
Just as it had back in the Nine Heavens.
It could feel that the fatal wound on Su Mo was gone, and that made it happy.
Watching Big Strong try to amuse him, Su Mo shook his head slightly.
"All right, all right, settle down..."
"Awoo." Big Strong whined and lay back down.
Su Mo gazed toward the Long River, his expression shifting.
The Floating Life Lamps there had all gone out after Eternal Life stopped lighting them...
Just as the six members of the Divine Race had said, when the wind from the Other Shore swept across the Long River, it would cause the world to be worn away.
The first to bear the brunt had been the destruction of the Desolate