It looked mysterious and inexplicable, but the principle was actually simple.
Lian Sanyue had used the Endless Sword Technique to condense immortal qi into threads, then formed a bridge from those threads, preventing Bairen from leaving. This was equivalent to dragging him out of the sky and back into the mountain that was the Chaotian Continent.
Then, in the shortest possible time, she had poured most of the immortal qi in her body through that bridge-Bairen's finger-and into Bai Zao's body.
Bai Zao's body had been transformed over many years by the immortal qi and immortal sense within that Immortal Register, making it capable of bearing one of Bairen's incarnations, and thus making today's descent possible. But now that the quantity of immortal qi had suddenly nearly doubled, her body was bound to be unable to withstand it and was about to collapse.
If Bairen did not want to die in this explosion of immortal qi, he could only leave this body, taking most of the immortal qi with him, both to ensure Bai Zao survived and to ensure he could remain on the Chaotian Continent a while longer.
The immortal qi within Lian Sanyue had been all but exhausted, and that golden thread naturally dissipated into the air.
Bai Zao's gaze suddenly grew bewildered, then gradually cleared. She understood what had happened over these years and today, and her face turned somewhat pale. Unable to withstand the twin shocks to her spirit and her immortal qi, she collapsed straight into Lian Sanyue's arms.
"Senior, is that you?"
She stared at that face, clearly ordinary and unremarkable, yet breathtakingly beautiful because of the bead of blood between its brows, and asked dazedly.
"Don't speak. Rest a while first."
Lian Sanyue carried her toward the great hall.
Bairen floated into the