The scene shifted again.0

The seated Ye Jiuyou slowly rose to her feet, her steps light as she walked toward the heart of the darkness as if she were treading on lotus flowers. There, amid the shadows, lay what looked like a still, silent pool of water. With each step, her delicate hand waved gently, and every dark creature was barred from drawing near. Her presence, even without violence, bent the abyss to her will.0

She kept walking. And then, the sheer black veil she wore slid from her shoulders, falling away without a sound. Her snowy-white body stood stark against the pitch-dark backdrop, a glaring contrast.0

Zhao Changhe: “?”0

What the hell are you doing?!0

Why, when I’m clearly trying to follow an important karmic thread, do I end up seeing you taking a fucking bath? This doesn’t make any sense! She’s lived through an entire world era. Who knows how many millennia she’s been through? Am I really going to be tracing through all of that? How much am I going to end up having to watch? Come on, girl, you’re one...1