They finally learned their origins, why they had always been so gentle, why they never wanted to hurt anyone, and why they always wanted to embrace everyone around them. It was because they themselves were the warmest part of the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor. No one cried out, and no one was afraid. At this moment, all the members of the Joy Clan and the Love Clan slowly looked at their closest relatives.
The husband gently held his wife's hands, and she slowly nestled into his arms. The elderly gently embraced their children, and siblings hugged each other tightly. Friends touched foreheads, their faces adorned with the most genuine smiles, and glistening tears streamed down their faces—not from sadness, but from happiness, for they finally knew that they were not heading towards the end.
Finally, they were able to return to the place that truly belonged to them. No one in the entire Shade-Guarding Clan let go of each other; everyone embraced quietly, their eyes filled with longing, and their faces radiating the purest happiness. It was as if the entire world had transformed into a warm farewell. At that very moment, the second page of the Wordless Heavenly Book suddenly erupted with unprecedented divine radiance.
Boom! A beam of azure-gold light pierced the heavens and the earth, shooting straight into the sky. Immediately afterward, a beam of blazing yet gentle crimson-gold light rose up at the same time. The two divine rays intertwined in the sky, and the whole world began to tremble gently. All the branches and leaves of the Shade-Guarding Ancient Tree stretched out at the same time, and countless emerald green leaves danced in the sky. Each leaf turned into a stream of light and slowly rotated around the entire clan's territory.
Immediately afterwards, the body of the first Shade-Guarding Clan member began to become transparent. Without pain or struggle, his body gradually transformed into countless emerald green starlight, slowly rising into the sky. He still tightly embraced his wife in his arms, while his wife's body simultaneously transformed into another warm crimson-gold starlight, the two lights intertwining with each other.
They merged with each other and then slowly flew towards the Wordless Heavenly Book. More and more people began to turn into light. The entire Shade-Guarding Clan, tens of thousands of people, slowly rose into the sky at the same time. Streams of green star rivers and streams of crimson gold star rivers intertwined and nestled together. The entire world was completely illuminated by tens of thousands of brilliant starlight. Above the sky, it was as if countless stars were falling at the same time.
The entire sky transformed into a warm and vast ocean of light, with all the radiance remaining intact. Every pair of lovers embracing became a shared stream of light. They flew towards the Wordless Heavenly Book, still embracing each other and gazing at each other all the way, until finally merging completely into the second page. The entire process lasted for a very long time.
The sky grew quieter and quieter. As the last streak of green and crimson light slowly fell into the Wordless Heavenly Book, the entire territory of the Shade-Guarding Clan fell into complete silence. There were no corpses, no ruins, only the ancient tree still stood quietly, though it was no longer as lush as before. On the second page of the Wordless Heavenly Book, a magnificent painting slowly emerged.
In the painting, a divine tree that shades the heavens stands tall in the center of the world. There is no war, no killing, no fighting under the tree. Only countless people dressed in blue and white robes live there quietly. Children chase and play around the ancient tree, old people sit under the tree and play chess with smiles on their faces, and young men and women lean on each other and stroll hand in hand among the sea of flowers.
Some people are gently playing the piano, some are slowly brewing tea, some are gazing at the starry sky, and some are sleeping in each other's arms. On everyone's face is the purest and warmest smile. The whole painting does not contain any earth-shattering supernatural powers or grand battles, but just one glance at it can gradually calm all the restlessness in one's heart.
It seemed as if this was the most blissful state of being in the world, and this was how it should be. Qin Yu slowly closed the Wordless Heavenly Book, and the second page had completely solidified. Joy and love returned to their source. And this world had finally completed its million-year cycle of reincarnation.
Qin Yu slowly absorbed the Wordless Heavenly Book into his sea of consciousness. After the second page fell completely silent, the entire ruins of the Shade-Guarding Clan returned to tranquility, with a gentle breeze blowing.
The ancient tree that had accompanied the Shade-Guarding Clan for millions of years still stood quietly rooted in the earth. However, with the complete return of the Joy and Love Clan, countless branches and leaves gradually lost their former spiritual charm, and the green radiance that once covered the heavens and earth slowly receded. The entire ancient tree seemed to have completed its mission and returned to tranquility.
However, just as Qin Yu was about to turn and leave, Qian Wenwan suddenly stopped. She slowly raised her right hand and gently pressed it against her chest. A hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes. "Young Master Qin..." "This ancient tree..." "It... it's calling to me."
Qin Yu immediately stopped and turned to look at Qian Wenwan. He saw that two completely different lights, one red and one green, were slowly emerging around Qian Wenwan's body. Neither of the lights emitted any aura of attack.
Instead, it was like two warm life rhythms constantly flowing around her gently. Her Fate Soul essence began to resonate at this moment, and her entire sea of consciousness rippled. Qin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. He could clearly feel that there was an extremely ancient connection between Qian Wenwan and the ancient tree in front of him.
This connection wasn't something acquired later; it was more like a primordial imprint planted long ago. Qin Yu pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I sensed it too." "Your Fate Soul essence is constantly resonating with this ancient tree." "Go and see for yourself. Don't resist; feel it with your heart."
Qian Wenwan nodded gently. She took a deep breath and walked step by step toward the ancient tree. With each step she took closer, the red and green lights around her body became more and more intense. When she arrived at the foot of the ancient tree, the entire tree suddenly trembled slightly, and countless branches and leaves made a soft rustling sound at the same time.
As if welcoming back an old friend she had waited countless years for, Qian Wenwan slowly extended her right hand, her fair and slender palm gently touching the thick trunk of the ancient tree. The instant her palm touched the tree, boom—her entire consciousness suddenly jolted, and all the scenes before her eyes vanished instantly. She did not activate any supernatural powers.
She didn't circulate any Fate Soul, but simply closed her eyes and completely immersed herself in it. Gradually, her breathing became even. Her Fate Soul force slowly opened up, and gentle life waves resonated with the ancient tree. Deep within the tree trunk, circles of ancient Daoist charm, invisible to the naked eye, slowly spread out.
Each line carries a trace of the Great Dao left by the Layered Realm Void Great Emperor. Qian Wenwan's mind continued to extend into the depths of the ancient tree, without any obstruction or rejection, as if that was the place she was meant to go. At the same time, Qin Yu stood quietly in the distance, not disturbing her, but silently protecting her.
Time flowed slowly by, one incense stick, two incense sticks... Suddenly, a gentle divine light slowly shone from the core of the ancient tree. Qian Wenwan's physical body stood still, and a wisp of almost transparent divine thought drifted out from between her eyebrows. She stepped into the trunk of the ancient tree and instantly dissolved into the depths of the tree.
The entire ancient tree exuded an increasingly profound and majestic aura of the Great Dao. Within its trunk, ancient divine patterns, buried for countless ages, lit up one after another, as if unlocking a legacy sealed for endless eras. After an unknown amount of time, the ancient tree suddenly emitted a long and deep resonance. A moment later, a slender figure slowly walked out from within the tree.
That was Qian Wenwan's divine sense. However, at this moment, she was quietly holding an ancient divine sword that was the same size as her divine sense. The sword was only about a foot long, and its blade was as clear as jade. It was semi-transparent, with a warm crimson-gold divine light flowing on one side of the blade and a soft emerald green Daoist aura swirling around the other side. The two forces flowed continuously, yet they merged perfectly.
On the hilt of the sword, the pattern of an ancient tree was carved, with countless tiny veins extending to the entire blade, as if it had grown naturally from the Great Dao, without any trace of artificial carving. The moment the divine sense stepped out of the ancient tree, the divine sword suddenly transformed into a stream of light, flying towards the main body at the same time as Qian Wenwan's divine sense.
Boom! Her divine sense returned to her sea of consciousness, and the divine sword pierced straight into her brow. In an instant, Qian Wenwan's entire body suddenly erupted with two dazzling divine rays. One was crimson, and the other was emerald green. The two colors soared into the sky, transforming into two pillars of light that stretched across the heavens and earth. An extremely ancient and vast sword aura slowly spread out.
Ripples of the Great Dao spread through the surrounding space, and even the Wordless Heavenly Book in Qin Yu's sea of consciousness trembled slightly. After a moment, all the strange phenomena slowly subsided, and Qian Wenwan slowly opened her eyes. Two sword lights, one red and one green, slowly flowed within her eyes before returning to calm.
But at this moment, her entire aura had undergone a completely different change. It was as if the divine sword was not a treasure she had obtained, but rather a weapon that had always belonged to her from the beginning.