"You big liar... you always said you stood invincible and undefeated, that nothing could possibly happen to you..."
"So many eras have passed now, yet there still isn't the slightest trace of you..."
Beneath a gigantic white statue.
A young woman in a long white dress stood gracefully, her figure slender and elegant, murmuring ceaselessly under her breath.
She was Yu Ge.
She had changed a great deal over the years, too.
Her beauty had grown even more capable of toppling cities and kingdoms, and amid her transcendent, otherworldly bearing, she exuded an intangible air of sacred supremacy.
She seemed nothing like a being born from All Heavens Karmic Obstruction Power.
Though, judging by appearances alone.
She still radiated an icy air that warned strangers away.
But those eyes, which seemed filled year-round with a peculiar longing, could never lie.
"How much longer will it be before you come back...?"
Yu Ge reached out and touched the statue before her, which held no warmth.
Her vision suddenly began to blur.
Scalding tears burst uncontrollably from her eyes like a breached dam, sliding down her fair cheeks and pattering onto the ground.
It was as though her soul, too, was gradually being drawn away. Supporting herself against the statue before her, she slowly crumpled to the ground, her body trembling gently as she sobbed uncontrollably.
Whenever she saw this familiar statue before her.
So many familiar memories would flash through her mind.
That White-Clad Figure had brought her out of the Karmic Obstruction Abyss, with its endless darkness and endless loneliness.
Through all the little details of everyday life, he had given her a taste of home.
He had helped her slowly emerge from the shadows in her heart and gradually understand the meaning of feelings and home.
He had even