Today there was torrential rain, flooding rivers and mountains.
Today there was a scorching sun, drying out ten thousand forests.
Today, the Ten Thousand Wishes Return to the Star Sect came seeking Authority to bring their master back.
Every loss was painful, and every pain was despair.
All that remained for everyone was an answer that even Bai Xuanling himself did not know was true or false.
Yet that answer of uncertain truth was the only chance any of them had left.
Li Yingling did not know how long it took before she rallied again.
Alone beneath the bright moon, she sipped the bitter wine of sorrow in her heart.
Flowers bloomed several times, and leaves withered several times, too.
Cui Hao could not find Third Senior Sister, but holding up this Sect, which did not seem large to outsiders, all by himself consumed almost all his strength.
Sandong asked where the Sect Leader had gone.
Yuankong could no longer sweep the fallen leaves before the gates.
Even Lin Luoyu, who bore Righteousness, could not find the answer in her heart or what she ought to do.
Xie Lingyu was also fulfilling the promise made to Chu Xingchen.
The Only True Immortal stood guard over the Sect, yet could not stand guard over everyone's hearts.
Second Senior Brother, whom Cui Hao had thought he could rely on at this moment, also left without a word one day, becoming impossible to find, just like Third Senior Sister.
The Sect was small, so every person was part of its core.
The departure of Second Senior Brother, the steadiest of them all, dealt another blow to hearts that were already wavering and coming apart.
Sandong cried and begged everyone not to leave Ten Thousand Flowers Ridge anymore.
Not a single thing would be