"Moo..." Big Black Ox softly snorted, reassured.
"Old Ox, Little Crimson... how is he?"
"...Moo~"
Big Black Ox answered absently. He had been laid to rest as well, buried in the Heaven Severance Plains like Frog Daoist, Mountain-Sitting Duck, and the others.
Chen Xun nodded silently. That was good.
This farewell was far calmer than those of ages past, with far fewer regrets. It felt as natural as bidding farewell to one old neighbor after another, only their numbers were far greater than before.
"Big Brother, Second Brother~"
Just then, a woman in a black dress appeared like a gust of wind. She spoke softly and gently. "Everything in the Outer Frontier has been settled. All our fellow Daoists rest in peace, safe and undisturbed."
Laying them to rest also meant protecting them.
Unless a True Immortal's body underwent Becoming Ancient, strange things would always emerge from it after hundreds of millions of years. To prevent the corpse from transforming, it had to be properly laid to rest.
But unexpectedly-
Ominous Old Ancestor and Foul Beast Turtle had actually failed to outlast Meng Sheng. The former had passed into oblivion in the decaying Ending Immortal Sect, saying that if he had another life, he would follow the Dao Ancestor again. The latter seemed to have either starved to death or fallen into an eternal slumber.
After Meng Sheng underwent Becoming Ancient.
It was as though a silent proclamation had been made to Heaven and Earth-
All of Eternal Antiquity's lineage had fallen, and the magnificent Heaven and Earth Era belonging to Eternal Antiquity alone had finally drawn to a close.
Only, its curtain had fallen without a sound, in utter tranquility.
Those who saw them off were Chen Xun's family.
In the end, only three figures remained in the vast,