After Heaven Beyond was unsealed, Xiao Tian Ce traveled the continent for six hundred years. When he returned to Heaven Beyond and met with the elders, he immediately went into seclusion.
Three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, yet Xiao Tian Ce showed no sign of emerging. Every half month, Xiao Qing wrote up the affairs of the Central Plains and the northwest and delivered them in an envelope, but every envelope she sent in remained unopened.
Fortunately, Xiao Qing could still sense his aura all along. Otherwise, she would probably have forced her way through the door.
Finally, one day, just as Xiao Qing was about to deliver another letter, a powerful aura suddenly surged straight toward her.
Boom!
Fierce winds kept rushing out from within, abruptly blowing the letter out of Xiao Qing's hand.
Whoosh!
Before Xiao Qing could react, the doors that had remained shut for centuries suddenly opened. Then a white figure flashed before her eyes, swift as thunder before one could cover one's ears.
The letter landed in a man's hand. Smiling, he slowly said, "Qing'er, you've gone to the trouble of sending a letter every half month. Such persistence is truly rare!"
Hearing this, Xiao Qing hurriedly turned around. Once she saw the man's face clearly, she was overwhelmed with joy. She bowed and said, "Greetings, Third Uncle. Congratulations on emerging from seclusion."
"Heh, this seclusion lasted rather long. I should have come out much earlier, but I suddenly sensed an opportunity to break through to Spiritual Array Grandmaster, so I continued my seclusion.
"Unfortunately, I don't know whether it's a restriction imposed by this world or whether the objects I crafted cannot withstand the conversion of any more Dou Qi. Every time the array is nearly complete, it fails." Xiao