Beneath the rustling Susu tree, fallen petals danced in the air.

Gu Changzhi removed Qianye's mask.

Beneath the quiet, innocent cat mask was a shattered face stained with blood and tears.

Qianye never took off her mask.

Because the "art of divination" had extracted most of her physical body.

Half of her cheek had collapsed, transforming into golden threads... but even so, one could still see that she was an extremely beautiful woman, with a transcendental, detached aura between her brows and eyes.

Gu Changzhi reached out his palm and gently brushed it across her cheek.

That small wisp of the "Dou Zhan Fire Seed" emitted its remaining radiance, enveloping her. The half of her face that was broken was repaired by divine power, piecing itself together like shattered porcelain, bit by bit.

Gu Shen stood in the distance, watching this scene, his heart truly aching.

He could feel that beneath the Susu tree, there was a pervasive, drifting air of death.

And so, Gu Shen desperately circulated the "Breath of Spring," wanting to preserve Master Qianye's life as much as possible, to keep her in this wilderness... yet this time, he failed.

That air of death transformed into wind, scattering with a single gust.

Indeed.

He was not yet the true "King of the Underworld," and even if the true "King of the Underworld" were here, he could not defy the greatest iron law of the universe.

Once a person dies, they cannot be brought back to life.

This Pure Land could at most retain a wisp of spirit.

And that was already a miracle.

"Little Gu... don't waste your strength."

Master Qianye felt the spring breeze coming towards her. She saw through Gu Shen's thoughts; he wanted to use his special power to retain her constantly dissipating soul.

She smiled softly and said, "My mind is made up."

The Pure Land can never hold onto the dead who are "determined to leave."

For Qianye, her greatest wish had already been fulfilled.

If Gu Changzhi could not exist in the world for long...

Then why should she live alone?

Attachment is a terrible thing. It can support you to walk ten thousand miles, but once you reach the end... there is no more motivation to continue.

Now.

She was tired.

She didn't want to go on.

Gu Changzhi had found Bai Shu to inherit the "Dou Zhan Fire Seed."

And she had also found the best successor for the art of divination and the mausoleum array patterns... After holding the divination golden threads for so long, she finally received a gift from fate. This was already an extremely good ending.

All of this was just as Qianye had said before.

She was willing.

"Teacher..."

Gu Shen heard this heartfelt voice, and sensed Qianye's determination. He didn't say anything more, silently dispelling the wisp of spring wind surrounding the Susu tree.

To him.

This year, they had been together day and night. Qianye had become his teacher, imparting knowledge and guidance.

Although he hadn't learned the art of divination, he had completely comprehended the ancient texts of the mausoleum.

Qianye had shared everything she knew without reservation.

He hadn't had a chance to repay this kindness.

"Cough..."

Qianye coughed softly. Under the effect of the Dou Zhan Divine Fire, her broken body was briefly pieced together. She slowly sat up from Gu Changzhi's arms, then, supporting herself on the ancient tree, tried to steady herself, although it was somewhat difficult.

But at this moment, she could move.

Exchanging a glance with Gu Changzhi.

Master Qianye said softly, "I want to... see Miss Chu."

She still had things to say to Chu Ling.

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Soon, Chu Ling arrived at the Pure Land.

She had been to Gu Shen's "barren wilderness" more than once.

She had seen the vast, boundless scenery of this grassland, and had also experienced the fall and decay of everything being destroyed and turning into barrenness, but... she hadn't expected that the Pure Land would one day become so magnificent. The towering, lush Susu tree was truly amazing.

Now, only a giant tree stood, still somewhat empty.

But she was certain.

In the future, the Pure Land would definitely be beautiful!

Beneath the giant tree stood the woman whose life was fading. Under the burning of the Dou Zhan Divine Power, her face had also returned to its youth. Even with a gentle smile, the detached aura between her brows and eyes still easily evoked sighs.

She really didn't seem like a woman of this world.

However... compared to Chu Ling, she was still somewhat lacking.

After all, Chu Ling was truly not a woman of this world.

This was the first time Chu Ling had seen the true face of the mausoleum guardian. For twenty years, guarding Changye, no one knew what the face beneath that cat mask looked like.

[Deep Sea] had certainly tried to capture this important information.

Unfortunately.

They had all failed.

Master Qianye had never taken off her mask since she came to the mortal world and entered Qingqiu.

She was an incomparably mysterious woman, no one knew where she came from, no one knew who her teacher was, and she came to Qingqiu Mausoleum with the world's most mysterious "art of divination," and from then on, she stood firm, unmoved by wind or rain.

In the hearts of the millions of people in Changye, Qianye was the irreplaceable "guardian" when the Divine Throne slumbered.

Many times, what she said was "divine revelation"!

These twenty years of wind and rain had created a unique and profound prestige.

Now... she was leaving.

This vast blessing would naturally fall upon her "disciple."

"You've come."

Qianye looked at Chu Ling, her eyes full of smiles. The more she looked at this second disciple that Gu Shen had taken in her stead, the more she liked her... Anyone who looked at Chu Ling should feel the same.

The ribbons of the red sacrificial robe fluttered in the wind.

Chu Ling came to Master Qianye's side. She could see that the mausoleum guardian's mental state was not quite right at this moment... Although she had a smile on her face, her soul was slowly dissipating.

All of this was just a final burst of light.

Chu Ling's voice was a little hoarse, and also a little puzzled: "You... have something to say to me?"

This was the final moment.

Qianye had finally waited for Gu Changzhi. Chu Ling originally thought that they would spend all of their final time with each other.

Speaking of this, she looked to the other side of the giant tree.

Gu Changzhi and Gu Shen were not far away, also talking about something.

"There is something important... to tell you."

Qianye smiled softly.

She looked leisurely at this wilderness, and softly said a shocking piece of news.

"Actually... I'm not from this world."

"...?!"

Even Chu Ling, a person who was usually calm even when the sky was falling, now revealed an astonished expression.

She looked at Master Qianye in shock.

Not from this world?

"I came from... there."

Qianye stretched out a hand, pointing to a very distant direction. She pointed to the outer edge of the Pure Land, the world outside the mausoleum...

That was the north.

In the far north of the Five Continents, there were countless giant walls and fortresses.

There were source energy airships, heavily guarded, because outside the giant walls were fragmented, order-collapsed black spots... More accurately, there were large areas of collapsed black holes, and the black spots had already spread, engulfing the old world.

This was truly a heavy piece of news.

Master Qianye came from a place further north than the Northern Continent...

The Old World.

No wonder her information had always been kept secret. The Federal Government simply couldn't find her past records, not because she had escaped the attention of [Deep Sea], but because she had never lived under the gaze of [Deep Sea].

No wonder she always wore a mask.

Because the face under this mask simply didn't conform to the basic appearance of the "Five Continents region." If people looked at it for too long, they would become suspicious.

Chu Ling's voice was complicated, and she murmured, "So there really are... people there."

All along, whether it was [Deep Sea] or the transcendents who knew the truth of the world, they all held a pessimistic attitude towards the so-called rumors of the Old World. The battle situation on the giant walls of the Northern Continent was so severe, and every year they had to do their best to ensure that the fortifications of the garrison were not eroded. In such an environment, how could there still be "survivors"?

Not to mention the so-called "oasis"!

Qianye said with a smile, "I also hope that there are people there."

Chu Ling was stunned again... What did that mean?

"More than twenty years ago, I woke up in a hibernation pod, my memory fragmented, losing many, many things... and the only things I clearly remembered were some scattered ancient texts, and the 'art of divination' that involved fate."

"The outside world was filled with order-collapsed black holes, and in the distance was a broken, huge mothership that had been almost completely eroded. And my hibernation pod was in a very small gap, and was able to survive."

Qianye waved her sleeve, and with her remaining spiritual power, condensed the scene she had seen at that time.

That was a broken scene from many years ago.

A huge, shocking giant ship body, swallowed by black holes, riddled with holes.

The current technology of the Five Continents... didn't seem to be able to create the "mothership" that Master Qianye mentioned. Judging from the dilapidated scene in this picture, Chu Ling vaguely deduced that this mothership could easily accommodate two hundred source energy airships from the Northern Continent.

That was equivalent to the entire air combat power of three important fortresses.

Qianye said lightly, "I used the art of divination, wanting to seek a glimmer of hope, but the result of the divination was despairing... I didn't even have a chance to open the door of the hibernation pod. Once the pod fluctuated, I would be swallowed by the black hole in an instant, and then die."

Chu Ling imagined the despair at that time.

She murmured and asked, "That mothership... is that the oasis?"

"I don't know."

Qianye shook her head and said, "I still haven't recovered the lost memories... To this day, I don't know what I experienced, and what that dilapidated scene means."

"How were you... saved?" Chu Ling asked again.

The mothership had been sunk.

Under the cover of countless black holes, how could a person survive?

She couldn't think of a single way.

But after the words came out of her mouth... she suddenly realized that the answer to this question was actually very simple.

Qianye smiled, she looked at the not-so-far Susu tree, her eyes full of tenderness: "I met Gu Changzhi."

Every year, the Northern Continent Fortress would send out "investigation corps" to break through the fog of the old world, trying to find a path to the bright oasis.

It's just that these people could only travel a limited distance.

And the Divine Throne would also go out, leaving the Five Continents.

The environment depicted by Master Qianye had not yet been told to the Federal Government.

Obviously, this was a great secret.

It must be in the depths of the Old World... Only the Divine Throne could walk here!

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(ps: This chapter is a supplementary update. Supplementing yesterday evening's update.)