(Chapter comments are back. It hurts a little to think how lonely those earlier chapters I poured my heart into were~)
The Netherworld was weeping bitterly, followed by cheers that soared into the sky. The mortal world was the same.
Compared with the Netherworld, however, the mortal world had not suffered so terribly. Most of the green smoke that had emerged from the Heavenly Access Well had been swallowed by Blade Sage Cao Yuan, and afterward the Green-Curtain Sedan had blocked it. Apart from the insects and innocent wild beasts beside the Heavenly Access Well, the actual harm suffered by the mortal world was relatively slight, so there was mostly cheering.
Those cheers seemed to cross the vast ocean and reach the shores of the East Sea.
People gazed at that glimmer of golden light deep in the ocean, their faces filled with joyful smiles. But when they turned toward the cliffs where the Heavenly Access Well lay, the atmosphere immediately grew subdued, and even their voices became much quieter.
Apart from the Green-Curtain Sedan, those now guarding the Heavenly Access Well were mostly the Imperial Court's soldiers and officials. Almost the entire Pure Heaven Bureau had moved here.
The cultivators of the various sects could not have succeeded in their great undertaking of filling the sea without the Imperial Court's full cooperation and logistical support.
Dealing with so many matters was truly grueling. In little more than ten days, Gu Qing had grown markedly thinner, his eyes sunken and his complexion dreadful.
The Imperial Court's officials on the East Sea shore all knew that Lord Gu Qing's terrible condition had nothing to do with overwork, but with that other matter.
"I don't understand why you can't find him."
Looking at the Pure Heaven Bureau's Commandant and the