Life was a great dream; death was the great awakening.
"Do you want to wake up, or keep immersing yourself in the dream?"
"I want to live in a world with you, without the turmoil outside or the ties of the sect. Just you and me. I've waited so long for this day."
"Fool!" The man sighed and said, "However wonderful a dream is, it's still an illusion. Drowning in the past is the helplessness of the weak."
"You have to be strong. Life is still long, and you'll encounter so many more possibilities..."
"No! I don't want to wake up, and I never wanted to become strong. Everything I am... is frozen in the past." Qing Yao shook her head.
"You stupid woman, why can't you understand? If you don't wake up, how will you ever see me again?"
The man reached out and tapped her forehead.
Qing Yao froze for a moment, then lit up with delight. "You're still here..."
"You're such a nuisance. Don't come here again. You're adorably foolish." The man waved his hand gently, and the dream began to shatter.
"Life itself is a great dream, and only after death comes the great awakening. One day, we will meet again, but not now. Hopefully, you'll have grown a little sense by then..."
As his words fell, Qing Yao was shoved hard and plunged backward, yet she was happy, her gaze fixed on the man.
"I-will-wait-for-you!"
Outside.
"First Elder, your method didn't work either, did it?" Lin Fan said plaintively.
"How about this? Take her to the Nine Heavens and find Heavenly Dream Supreme..."
Boom!
Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted, spreading from Qing Yao as the mightiest Great Dao swirled around her.
Like a phoenix undergoing nirvana, she was surrounded by the Great Dao Laws emanating